Chapter 4: Lucina's Predicimant

Sonic stretched when he woke up from his went into Lucina's room and saw her. Sonic smiled at her, before growing concerned. Usually, she would be awake by now.

"Lucina, are you okay?" He asked.

Lucina's eyes opened and she looked at Sonic. "I was having a strange dream..."

"What about?"

"Everything was dark, and there was a voice, but that's all I remember."

Sonic sighed. "It has to be Ivan."

"Ivan? Why would he be doing this to me?" Her grandfather shrugged. Lucina sighed and looked down. "What should I do?" She asked.

"I don't know. We have to figure out what he's planning, first. Keep yourself safe as best as you can, Lucina. I don't want anything to happen to you."

"I will, gramps."

Sonic smiled. "Good. Do you want to help us figure out what's going on?"

Lucina thought about it. "Sure."

Sonic nodded and left the room to talk to Blaze. "We need to talk," he said. "Lucina had another nightmare."

"What happened in it?" Blaze set her book down and looked at Sonic.

"She said that she heard a voice. I'm beginning to think it's Mephiles and Ivan."

"What would they want with..." Blaze's eyes widened. "Do you think they might be trying to turn her evil?"

"That's my guess."

"We should do our best to protect her, then." Blaze sighed, closing her eyes.

Sonic nodded. "I agree."

"If Ivan's the one doing this... are we going to have to fight him?"

"Yes." Blaze sighed again. She didn't want to have to fight Ivan. "We'll keep an eye on Lucina. She is my granddaughter," Sonic told her.

"I know." Blaze smiled at him. "With all of us protecting her, she'll be fine. What are we going to do now?"

Sonic thought about it and transformed into Shadow. "I'm going to see Lucina," Shadow said. "If I put some of my consciousness into her, it might help." Blaze nodded and Shadow walked off. He saw Lucina and smiled at her. "I have something that might help," he told her.

"What is it?" Lucina asked.

"Come here." Shadow motioned for Lucina to come closer.

Lucina nodded and walked up to him. Shadow smiled at her and placed his hand on her forehead. He closed his eyes and concentrated. A few moments later, his consciousness was moving into her. Lucina groaned and transformed into him.

"What happened?" He asked.

"I gave you a part of my consciousness." The clone of Shadow nodded. "It should help you get through this."

"Thanks, Shadow. " He smirked. "It feels like I'm talking to myself."

"It does, doesn't it?" Shadow smirked back.

Lucina nodded. He looked at Shadow. "So, what now?"

"Now, we could go hunting. I assume you need to?"

Lucina nodded. Shadow and Lucina left the castle and started hunting. The two vampires fed off the humans, killing them brutally. Shadow looked at Lucina and smiled. He was glad to see that she was enjoying herself.

The vampire looked at Lucina. "What do you think of taking on my form?"

"It's interesting." Lucina smiled at him.

Shadow nodded. "I'll help you resist Mephiles."

"Is it going to work?" Lucina asked.

"Hopefully it will."

"So, what are we going to do now?"

Shadow looked around. They had their fill of blood for the night.

"We've had plenty of blood. Maybe we could return to the castle?"

Lucina nodded. The two of them returned to the castle. Lucina looked at his new body and nodded. "This is interesting," he told Shadow. "Am I going to be in your form forever?"

"I don't see why you would be." Shadow looked him over. "Try to take on your own form again."

Lucina nodded and tried to. A minute later, she was back in her original form. "That's cool," she said.

"I'm glad you think so."

Shadow closed his eyes and turned back into Sonic. "We'll take care of you," he said. "We promise."

"I know you will." Sonic smiled. Lucina returned his smile. "So, what are we going to do now? I assume I can't just wander around outside."

"Tell me about the dreams you're having."

"I don't remember any specific details about them. All I can remember is everything being dark, and someone talking to me."

Sonic nodded. "Did they say anything?"

"It has something to do with some dark power inside me, but that's all I can remember."

"I see...that is interesting."

"Does it help at all?"

The vampire lord nodded and left. He turned into Vlad and went to see Maria." Maria looked up when he entered the room she was in.

"Lucina's dreams are getting worse," he said.

"What's happening in them now?"

"Ivan is corrupting her and testing her powers."

Maria blinked in surprise. "How's he doing that?"

"I don't know. Shadow put some of his consciousness into Lucina so that will help."

"That makes me feel a little better about it." Vlad nodded. "How is she feeling about all of this?"

"She's okay with it."

Maria let out a sigh of relief. Vlad nodded but looked concerned. He didn't want his daughter to become evil. Even though he was evil, he knew that Ivan would influence her if she was. If Ivan succeeded in doing that, they would most likely have to fight her. They didn't want a war at all. Vlad sighed and gave Maria a kiss.

"I'm sure we'll keep her protected. Ivan's just one vampire."

His wife smiled, and kissed him back. "I'm sure we will."