CHAPTER 2

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Author's Note: This story features the Tenth Doctor and Rose. It takes place in the universe of War of the Guardians and Children of the Wolf and is a prequel story to them. In the timeline of the television show, it takes place after The Satan Pit.

"Who are you two exactly? You never have said," The Doctor asked the young blonde and brunette girls.

"I am Ileana, and this is my sister Elisabeta. We live in the nearby village of Strigoistadt. We came back too late from visiting a sick relative, and we were caught out after the sunset. We knew that the servants of Kaziklu Bey were about to attack us at any moment. Thus, we ran and hid in that old mausoleum where you found us with your strange blue box," the older brunette sister explained to them.

"Kaziklu Bey?" Rose asked the Doctor as she barely pronounced the words.

"It's Turkish. It means "Impaler Prince". Why are you calling him that though, Ileana? That's what the Turks called him not his own people," The Doctor wondered.

"I call him that because that is what his enemy calls him, and I am his enemy as well. The enemy of my enemy is my friend, Doctor. I will call him what they call him and call a spade a spade," Ileana said with an angry look on her face.

The Doctor wondered what Dracula had done to her to inspire such anger. He decided to let the matter go for now.

"You have plenty of time to get home now, girls. I suggest you do so. Don't come out again after dark if you value your lives," the Doctor said severely.

"Soon it won't matter when we go out, Doctor. The Impaler is growing more and more powerful. Already there are reports of his being able to resist the effects of sunlight for longer and longer periods without burning or losing his powers. He will one day be able to walk in the sun with no fear, and then we will all be in danger day or night," Ileana said with disgust in her voice.

"Well, we'll just have to do something about that then, won't we?" the Doctor said as he gave her a reassuring smile.

"What exactly do you think that you can do, Doctor? He has slaughtered entire armies sent against him in the past, and that was when he was still alive. Now he is the undead with a legion of unholy creatures under his control. What can even you with your magic box hope to accomplish against such as him?" Ileana asked him in an angry voice.

"The Doctor's defeated things a lot scarier than vampires, Ileana," Rose said to her with a confident expression on her face.

"Dracula is much more than a mere vampire. He has strange and incredible powers. They say that he can control the very forces of the universe and bend them to his will. The only thing keeping him under control right now is that his powers fade at daylight. When that is gone, he will be unstoppable," Ileana said as her eyes teared up.

"What did he do to you, Ileana?" The Doctor asked finally.

"He killed my family! He slaughtered them all in the night when he and his creatures attacked our family home. Only I and my sister escaped alive. We've been living with relatives ever since. We keep getting shifted from one relative to another because no one wants us. We have no home, Doctor! Do you know what that's like to lose your home because of forces beyond your control, and what that does to your sense of self-worth? " Ileana said to him in pure anger.

One look at the sad, pained expression on his face told her that he did know exactly what it felt like though. He didn't have to say a word to her to convey the emotions that marched briefly across his face at her words. Such pain and sorrow! She knew those emotions well! She wore them on her sleeve every day.

"I'm sorry!" was all that she could think to say in way of apology, and the Doctor nodded.

Rose looked at the sad expression on the girl's face, and she vowed to herself that she would do whatever it took to stop the madman who had ruined these two girls' lives. She didn't know what she could do exactly, but she would help them somehow. Deep inside of her, the Wolf was beginning to reawaken as she felt the evil nearby. She would soon be needed to save her human self once more. This time the danger would be much worse than even the Daleks had posed to her. Soon the Wolf would be needed to help dispel the deadly shadow cast by the Dragon.

Watching them from a safe vantage point inside of a nearby house was the object of their hatred, Prince Vlad Dracula. These days he called himself Count Dracula. It did not matter what he was called though. Always he was the master of all that he surveyed. They had thought that they had killed him centuries ago, but still he survived. Year after year others had been sent after him to destroy him but still he lived on while they met gruesome deaths! His power grew greater and greater over the centuries until at night he was almost unstoppable. Only the daylight was his true enemy but soon he would conquer even that.

His instrument of deliverance now stood in his line of sight as he eyed Rose Tyler with hungry eyes. He could feel the power lying inside of her. If he could turn her to his side and harness such power, then he could finally become invincible. With her by his side, none would be able to withstand their combined power! Dracula and his invincible bride! The Dragon and the Wolf side by side against the universe. All he had to do was bind her to him and turn her while she was human then she would be his forever!

Soon, my dear! Soon you will be mine!" He said in a low whisper to himself as he made his way back into the house to hide from the effects of the sunlight.

Soon the promise that the last of the Great Vampires had made to him all of those centuries ago would come true, and he and he undead legions would blanket first the Earth and then the entire face of Creation! Soon everything that lived would call him master! Then, the universe would belong to the Dragon and the Wolf!

Nearby Rose felt a shiver go down her back and felt as if someone had walked over her grave!

Next: Tragedy befalls one of the sisters!