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Hey all! So happy with the reviews, follows and favourites that my first ever story has gotten so far! You guys are my motivation to keep writing more chapters! Any way I know some people are wondering how Alucard/ Dracula (whichever you prefer) even knows about Seras so I decided to make a chapter that better explain that. Hope you guys like it and sorry if the fact that I keep switching between Dracula/Vlad, I just found it kinda boring to use just one of the given names but for future reference he will now be called Alucard so that there won't be any more confusion!
Chapter 2: Of Monsters and Memories
Red eyes watched from the shadows as the family of three concluded their meal before going off to bed; it was at that moment that the vampire lord chose to withdraw his mind's eye from the Vânător home. He needed to calm himself after what he had just heard. Now don't be mistaken, Vlad Tepes was never a compassionate or sentimental man and even less so after his death and resurrection as the dreaded King of the vampires, Dracula…however he is a very possessive man, whether during his past mortal life or in his present immortal life the rule was simple, if you touched what was his then your life is forfeit. This rule applied to everything that he viewed as his...EVERYTHING. This remains true especially with regards to the object of his recent desires….or rather the woman. If any man dared to touch her then he would ensure that the fool would suffer greatly…the great Dracula would administer every form of imaginable (and even unimaginable) pain and agony upon the pathetic man's very soul until he begged for death and pleaded with the devil for sanctuary! Just the thought of anyone touching his delicate little flower was enough to bring out the bloodlust within him…..but this….to hear that the lowly humans of her town dared to call her corcitură….it was enoughto make the whites of his eyes bleed red and his fangs extend as he let out a threatening great hellhound that lay besides its master let out an answering growl, for he too felt an undeniable rage at the thought of someone insulting his master's intended mate. It took a few moments for the Vampire King to calm himself before turning to speak to his beastly familiar, "Când m-am face-o regina mea o voi prezenta cu capul de fiecare și fiecare dintre acei oameni murdari care au îndrăznit să insulte oraș va fi scăldat roșu cu sângele lor ... bărbat, femeie sau copil, nu insulte unul mireasa mea!"( "When I make her my Queen I will present her with the heads of each and every single one of those filthy humans who dared to insult town will be bathed red with their blood...man, woman or child, no one insults my bride!"). With that said, he gave a smirk to the hellhound, "Vino înăuntru pentru acum, vreau să vizitez acest loc din nou."("Come inside for now, I wish to go visit that place again."), immediately the black beast's body dissolved into nothing more than a mass of shadows before being absorbed into the vampire's body. "Now what is it that the English call it?...ah yes, a little trip down memory lane.",Vlad then closed his eyes as his body began to fade away into the darkness, teleporting himself to the place where it all began.
The forest was bathed in absolute silence, the moon and stars providing very little light in the darkness however this wasn't a problem for a vampire. Vlad Tepes walked with such ease through the forest, leisurely strolling through the trees until he came to a small clearing where the short grass barely reached his ankles and wild flowers grew in abundance, this was the very place where his beloved caught his attention and stole his heart, though at the time she was just a child, a little girl no older than 7 or 8 but despite her young age Vlad knew that she was and forever will be his one true mate…
(10 years ago, Seras POV)
Little Seras Victoria Vânător at the tender age of 8 years old had already experienced some of the cruelties of this world…."Corcitură!" (Mongrel/ half-breed)….."Engleză murdărie!" (English filth)….. "Fiica curvă lui!" ("Whore's daughter!")…. Those cruel words cut at the little girl like an invisible blade, even the other children treated her horribly. Today was her 8th birthday and her father had given her, her very own bow and arrows set (much to her mother's displeasure). For most of the day she and her father had been in the open field outside of town so that she could practise with her new bow, however it was getting late and would soon be dark, Gavril told his daughter that he had some business to attend to and that he would see her back at home, with that they both walked back to town and went their separate way. While walking through town she felt the hateful glares of the townsfolk upon her and decided to walk a little bit faster, the sooner she got home the better. "Hei ciudat unde l-ai luat arcul?!" ("Hey freak where did you get that bow?!"), hearing this Seras turned to look at the group of children who always took great pleasure in tormenting her, "Tatăl meu mi la dat ..." ("My father gave it to me..."), she replied in a soft voice, not liking the way they were sneering at her. "Un animal murdar ca tine nu merita lucruri frumoase!", ("A filthy beast like you doesn't deserve nice things!"), one of the older boys then grabbed a stone off the ground and threw it at Seras, she let out a pained cry as it hit her forehead, blood soon started to run done her face from where the stone had broken the skin. At this point Seras was looking at the children with watery and fearful eyes. "Uite, chiar mizeria sângerări rosii din sange!" ("Look, even filth bleeds red blood!"), one of the other children laughter, they all soon began laughing at the scared little girl before some of then started picking up more stones, when Seras saw this she turned around and ran as fast as she could! She ran as fast and her legs could carry her, not daring to look back at the other children who she knew were chasing her, soon her parents' lone house on the outskirts of town came into view but instead of running towards it she ran past it and into the forest. The other children stopped a few feet away from the edge of the forest, their parents had warned them that it was dangerous in there, that deep inside the woods lay the devil himself. That's why the hunters never went too far in and instead chose to stay as close to the edge of the forest as possible. "Dă-i drumul, să sperăm că va fi ucis acolo și atunci nu va mai trebui să-i văd fața dezgustătoare din nou!" ("Let her go, hopefully she'll get killed in there and then we'll never have to see her disgusting face again!"), the self-appointed leader of the group sneered while all his friends laughed at the poor girl's expense, then then turned to walk back home, not even sparing a second thought on what might happen to Seras.
Seras just ran, she didn't know for how long she had been running or how far but she didn't stop, despite the fact that her leg muscles were tired and aching in protest from the exertion, despite the fact that her little lungs were practically burning and feeling as if she was barely getting in any air, despite the fact that the cut on her forehead stung and the blood was leaking into her left eye, she just ran. For a split second she chose to look behind her only to trip over a tree root, in a matter of moments she had fallen to the ground, she had accidently released the hold she had on her bow and it landed about foot away from her, the few arrows that she had scattered and landed all around her. For a few moments she just lay there silently weeping to herself before she looked up and saw that she had come across a clearing filled with a variety of wild flowers but the beauty of the scene was lost on the girl as she just continued to cry. Trying to get up to pick up her bow and arrows, Seras fell to the floor again with a sharp painful cry, experiencing an intense pain on her right ankle and a slight lesser pain on her knees. Rolling up her trousers, she took a closer look at her legs; Seras saw that she had some nasty scrapes and bruises on her knees from her fall and her ankle looked bruised and slightly swollen, no doubt she sprained her ankle. So it was with great effort that Seras moved herself to sit up against the nearest tree and then proceeded to remove her shoes so as to not put too much pressure on her ankle. It was at that time that she looked up to the sky and saw that it was getting dark, the reality of the situation then really hit her….she was lost and alone in the forest, she was injured and could even move close enough to grab her bow, her arrows lay scattered all over and night time was almost upon her…she then thought of her parents and how they have no idea where she was and she'd probably be dead before they found her….Seras couldn't stop herself from bursting into tears, she was alone and she was scared, she just wanted to be safe at home with her parents. While Seras was crying, she didn't even realize that something in the forest was watching her…..a great big black beast with glowing red eyes and razor sharp teeth…..the creature watched the girl before releasing a low growl which immediately started the girl, she frantically looked all around her until blue eyes met red. In that moment she was frozen in fear, this was it, she was going to die….Seras' eyes remained fixed on the creature as it approached her, at first glance she would have said it was a dog of some kind but now looking at the large beast she could tell that this was no normal creature, its size alone a clear indicator that it was not a mere hound but its eyes, oh those eyes that shown red as blood and held a demonic gleam within them, immediately Seras thought of the story her mother once told her about a demonic hellhound, the Hound of the Baskervilles...
The creature continued to approach her and on impulse Seras looked around for anything that could help her, she saw one of her arrows lying next to her and grabbed it. Even though she didn't have her bow to shoot with, she would use the sharp arrow head as a weapon if she must. "Stay away from me!", she yelled at the beast. The creature paused for a moment and just looked at her, slightly tilting its large head to the side before moving closer to her again. "I said stay away! I mean it!", Seras couldn't stop the slight tremble in her voice as she was overcome with fear. The creature stopped when he was a few inches away from her and simply lay down on the ground, its muzzle just an inch or 2 away from her little toes. Seras was shocked and a bit confused when she saw the beast lie down before her, she wasn't about to let her guard down and tried to move her feet away from it when she cried out because of the sharp pain she felt in her ankle. The creature immediately raised its head, its droopy ears lifting slightly in response to hearing the girl's cry of pain, it then looked down to her legs so she that she was injured. Seras' eyes were clenched shut as she tried to get past the pain, momentarily forgetting the intimidating dog-like creature before her…until she felt something warm and wet on her legs, what she saw when she opened her eyes left her speechless. The frightening beast was licking at her ankle like a puppy, with each lick of the tongue she felt a tingling sensation and then suddenly all her pain was gone, she looked down at her ankle to see all the swelling and bruising had disappeared. While the little girl was still trying to contemplate what just happened, the hound moved his head slightly higher so that he could lick at the scrapes on her knees and soon enough those injuries also disappeared. Seras moved her legs and found that any and all discomfort and pain was gone, she couldn't help but let a big smile appear on her face before looking up at the one who healed her, she immediately saw that its gaze was fixed on the cut on her head…gathering up her courage she moved her head forward and closed her eyes. Seconds ticked by before she felt the tongue on her face, licking at the cut and cleaning the blood off of her at the same time….strangely enough the only thought that went through her mind at that moment was not about her safety but rather about how glad she was that this creature didn't have bad breath…huh go figure. Once the hound withdrew from her, Seras on impulse launched herself forward to hug the creature. She wrapped her arms around its neck and buried her face in its shaggy black fur. The dog just lay there, seemingly enjoying the acts of affection displayed by the little girl, when she withdrew she heard a slight whine from the dog which just caused her to giggle, "I just want to get my bow and arrows together.", Seras then proceeded to pick up her possessions and put them by the tree where she has sat before moving to sit next to her new friend.
Seras knew she should've been afraid, after all this forest was said to be filled with demons and this dog was clearly not of this Earth, for all she knew it could be a demon but in that moment she couldn't bring herself to feel any fear. Demon or not, it had shown her more kindness than the people of her town ever had, as far as she was concerned those people were the true demons. She felt the hound nudge her with its massive head clearly seeking to get her attention; she turned to smile at it and raised her hand to scratch it behind its ear. "Thank you my friend, I'm sorry I yelled at you earlier, you just scared me. My name is Seras by the way.", in reply she heard the dog give a short grunt before a low and drawn out growl that sounded surprisingly like a purr escape its muzzle while leaning even more into the little girl's hand. "I'm sure you've never heard a person speak English before huh? I can speak Romanian too just like my tată, but I like speaking English!", she knew she was just babbling on but she didn't care, it's not like dogs can understand right….even if they are demons, "I think I should give you a name! I know most people say that this forest belongs to Dracula but you don't look like a Dracula to me…..hmmm I know! From now on I'll call you Alucard! Its Dracula backwards!", upon hearing this the great beast let out a series of barks that strangely enough sounded like laughter. Seras smiled at him before looking up at the sky, the sun had long since given way to the moon and the stars and she was feeling so tired from the day's exertion, before she knew it she was leaning against 'Alucard' and fell asleep. Just as soon as the little girl had passed out from exhaustion, a tall figure appeared through the trees and approached the pair…
(10 years ago, Dracula POV)
The Vampire King sat on the balcony outside his bedchambers, busy contemplating his familiar's strange behaviour as of late…..it was as if the creature was anxiously awaiting something, why just earlier this evening the beast was practically begging to be allowed out into the world. At first he thought that maybe his pet was bored or maybe there was some stupid human who had gone too far into his domain, either way he released the massive dog and it was immediately outside and disappeared amongst the trees. Out of curiosity, Dracula opened the link he shared with the hellhound so that he too may experience what it experiences. Moments later he saw through the beasts eyes; a little girl sat crying, the scent of her blood was in the air and thanks to the link shared between familiar and master Dracula could also smell it…the scent was irresistible and it had an immediate effect on him as his gums tingled, his fangs extended, the whites of his eyes bled red and startling growl escaped his throat….it was exquisite! No other blood had ever had such an effect on him! He tried to push down his desire for the girl's blood so that he could focus on what was happening between her and the hellhound. When he was once again able to look through his pet's eyes he saw that it was lying before the girl, this allowed Dracula to get a better look at the girl….she was small in stature with fair and flawless skin except for the wounds that marred it,…. it appeared that she was wearing boy's clothing…hmmm how odd, looking up at her face he saw she had golden hair, another odd feature, most of the people born to his land had dark hair…he continued his scrutiny, taking note of the bleeding cut upon her forehead (it took all his will power to not give into the scent, the sight of the blood was not helping either), when he looked into her eyes though it was as if time stood still….deep blue eyes, he felt as if the very air had been stolen from his lungs, not that he needed to breathe but in this instant the menacing vampire was truly left breathless by what he saw in her eyes, such purity, such innocence….but it was more than that, it was as if there was some hidden potential, some hidden power within her that called to him! She was light and he was darkness, she was pure while he was impure, she was a little angel while he was the devil reincarnate…..so different and yet he felt as if she was the only one who could complete him….At that thought he quickly shook his head to try and get rid of such thoughts. He was Vlad Tepes, Vlad the Impaler, Dracula, the Vampire King and here he was fawning over a damn child! He returned to looking through the hellhound's eyes, obviously he had missed something because his dreaded beast was lapping at the girl's ankle like some snivelling pup! Hellhound, the Hound of the Baskervilles, Devil-hound…..these were but some of the names his favoured familiar had earned throughout the year, a bloodthirsty beast known to strike fear into the hearts of men and here he was acting like a love sick puppy! Vlad was greatly irked by his creature's behaviour and then suddenly the dog was lapping at one of the girl's open wounds and Dracula was immediately brought to his knees when the taste of her blood ignited his senses…he let out a snarl as his eyes once again bled red, his fangs extended past his lower lip, his claws extending as well…..the more the hellhound licked at the girl's wounds and cleaned up the blood the more Vlad felt as if his very blood was on fire…..soon he had to place his hands on the floor to support himself, his breath coming out in pants as the taste of the blood drove him wild…he was acting like a raving beast but he couldn't help it, the blood had awakened some unknown desire within him that called for him to make that girl HIS! He knew he could do no such thing to a child but the desire was still there. Soon the taste fade and Vlad was able to calm himself once more though he couldn't say whether he was grateful or regretful that the sweet torture had ended…Standing up again, Dracula once again returned his focus to the beast and the girl, she was calmly sitting beside the dog and speaking to it as if she was speaking to another human. He quickly found that the girl spoke English which he could understand perfectly (he was centuries old after all, plenty of time to learn a language) but apparently she spoke Romanian like her father, from this he then came to the conclusion that the girl's father is Romanian and her mother must then be English….interesting, he also learned that her name is Seras….he couldn't help but say her name softly, feeling how it flowed so naturally of his tongue, it pleased him greatly. He continued to listen and burst into a fit of laughter at hearing the name Seras had given his hellhound….. 'Alucard….'she had unknowingly now bestowed that name upon him now as well since he and the hellhound were technically one being….When he looked again he saw that she was falling asleep and decided that he should probably return her to her family…as much as he would like to keep her all to himself, she is still a child….best she grow up and live her human life….for now, once she was old enough he intended to make her his bride for all eternity. Dracula teleported himself out of his castle and to the area where his familiar and intended mate were….he arrived and hid amongst the trees so as to ensure he did not startle Seras. Once he was sure that she was asleep he stepped into the clearing "So she is the reason you have been so restless…you were waiting for her….", he spoke in a soft tone and used his powers to ensure that his sleeping beauty stay in a deep sleep. "It is time to return her to the humans….", the hellhound immediately released an angry growl when he heard that, "Calm yourself, she still has to grow up before I can take her as a mate. When she is ready I will take her back and she will remain with me for all time.", the hound knew his master was right and so relented. Vlad bent down to pick up the sleeping child, her scent filling his senses and soothing his demented soul…..she smelled of orchids and sunlight, he couldn't help but hold her closer to him. Once he had her in his arms his familiar dissolved into shadow and was absorbed back into his master. He was about to teleport away when he saw her bow, arrows and shoes on the ground and summoned his shadows to pick them up. Making sure he had Seras securely in his arms he teleported to the edge of the forest where he knew her town was, using his powers to search the girl's mind he saw which of the houses belonged to her family and sure enough when he arrived there he could hear her parents inside, they were frantic and in complete panic because neither of them had been able to find Seras, both were crying and praying to their God to bring their little girl back. Wanting to avoid any unnecessary drama, Vlad gently placed Seras on the ground in front of the door, laying her belongings next to her…he then proceeded to fade into the shadows but not before he knocked on the door to get the humans' attention….he had just faded from sight when the door was wrenched open and both parents cried out in surprise and joy when they saw their little girl, her father immediately lifted her up and carried her inside while her mother grabbed her belongings and closed the door. Vlad could hear how they were crying and giving thanks to God for bringing their Seras back safely, at this he couldn't help but laugh while he teleported back to his castle, "It was not God who gave you back your little angel but the devil himself…"
Later that evening Dracula sat once again on his balcony, "Who would've thought….the almighty Dracula has finally found his one true mate…No…..not Dracula anymore, my name is now Alucard for it is the name that my intended has bestowed upon me….", he proceeded to summon a goblet filled with blood, taking a sip of the crimson liquid he couldn't help but find it lacking for it was nowhere near as exquisite as Seras' blood. "You are mine now Seras, mine for all eternity….soon I will make you the Queen you were destined to be…."
(Back to present)
"Yes my beloved very soon…..tomorrow marks the day of your 18th year of life, you will be a woman and I will finally be able to make you mine. I will give you a new life and I will keep you by my side where you belong my little No-Life Queen."
And that's the end of the chapter! Hope that gives you guys a better idea about how Dracula, now Alucard, came to find out about Seras. Hope you guys enjoyed it! Please leave reviews! I'd love to hear what you guys think otherwise I might lose my confidence and stop writing altogether. Also another thing, if you guys see any spelling/ grammar mistakes I apologize profusely, I try to get rid of all my mistakes but I'm only human after all.
