"A Different Heaven"
by istoleyourpeppers
Disclaimer: no ownership of this series whatsoever..
A/N: PLEASE GO BACK TO CHAPTER 3 IF YOU HAVEN'T NOTICED THAT CHAPTERS 1 AND 2 WERE JOINED TOGETHER AS CHAPTER 1. This is chapter 4, enjoy!
Chapter 4: Lead One: The No-Life Princess...
What..?
This child declaring herself to be my daughter, is this what I've been up to this whole time? Probably not, my own kid didn't know where I was. This didn't really ran through their minds, the real question was: what kind of woman had the guts to screw with me and have a kid like that? I found this quite insulting when they dared to ask. I can get women, both Integra and Seras know this themselves. I just don't mess all the time...
"W-What?"Seras asked. "You... are master's child?!"
"Your mother was a brave woman, child..." Integra commented.
Shikari had a sweat drop, "It doesn't take guts to screw a coward..."
Seras blinked, "But.. master was never a coward... he actually was pretty scary himself." Seras began to remember all the times her master evil laughed, yelled at her and killed people.
"And it's scarier for someone to accept him on her bed when the chances of dying are so high..." Integra added. "In any case, this also makes you a vampire. Hopefully, not the ones we exterminate."
"Why would you exterminate me? I'm the daughter of that good-for-nothing father" Shikari responded.
She was not happy of being my daughter. They let her go, for now. This is when she just had to look around for the people around her. She thought everyone was akwardly dressed, especially Integra, and that Seras had terrible hair.
"Well now, can you tell us what did Alucard do or say the last time you saw him?" Integra questioned.
"He said he was coming back soon" Shikari replied.
"That's what he said to us and he hasn't returned for almost four years"
So I left Hellsing and my family for a long time, something didn't seem right. Something serious must've happened, and this concerned Seras and Integra quite tightly. Walter was the least concerned one, mostly because he thought that even if he didn't know what was going, I knew what I was doing. Then, Integra rested her body on her desk.
"I guess we need to join our forces to find him..." Integra said.
"...more like to catch him" Shikari corrected.
This alarmed Integra quite a bit. Shikari could be right, maybe this is a whole game. There was no reason to leave unless I was hiding, but...
Hiding from what?.. or from whom?..
"My dad is hiding and it's not funny anymore. Ever since he left, war has been forming and it has already started. If he thinks mother can handle this all by herself, he is war far away from right." Shikari said in a serious manner.
"War?..." Seras asked concerned. "Where?"
Shikari couldn't answer this question. She just went on silent and acted quite rude,
"Listen, I don't trust Hellsing and less the church. But, if you truly can help, then I'll let it through this time just because we need help and we don't have much time.."
Her eyes looked exactly as mine, she had the same expressions as I did when I seemed to be suspicious of something. She had black hair that reached at the start of her toes, she was wearing a red tank top and some black shorts. She seemed like nine to ten years old. The feature that quite caught Walter's attention was the red-ribbon bell, which was around her neck like if it was some sort of collar. This is when he started to think ahead of everyone else. While he did this, Integra decided to think about the next day, as it almost approached. They all needed to rest, so she dismissed everyone.
"Walter." Integra called. "Could this be possible?"
"What could be possible?" Walter answered.
"That Alucard, was capable of leaving a legacy without telling us a word."
"Quite possible, ma'am. I would not know his true reasons behind this, but if I were you ma'am, I would trust him." Walter smiled.
"But, how? Didn't vampires reproduce by feeding from the blood of a virgin?"
"He might've known this as quite satisfying, but, he might have wanted something more satisfying than that, and this was his choice."
Integra seemed shocked enough to not express it with body language. She stayed silent for minutes enough to make Walter walk away from the office and over think this a little too much. She was worried, if I had a child, this could mean that as soon as they found me, I might decide to leave Hellsing for large periods of time. No, I couldn't do this. If I did, I wouldn't be fulfilling my duty as part of this organization. I never had done this before, why start now? She then let these worries pass next to her and decided to go back to her sleep.
Seras entered her room with Shikari. Shikari then saw my coffin and glared at it, but she didn't have a choice. Shikari opened it and then sat on it, Seras looked at her with lots of questions.
"You're making a funny face, what's wrong, police girl?"
This caught her attention. That name brought back quite terrible memories about the past, when I was the one calling her police girl. She then turned around and asked, "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to."
"You seem like a funny character yourself."
"Oh.. ha.. thank you."
There was silence.
"Hey, Shikari."
"Yes?"
"Before he disappeared, how was master with you?"
"Him? Why do you talk about him?" Shikari sounded wounded from the inside.
".. I..I'm sorry! Forget I even asked..."
"No matter. He didn't harm me, but to hide and leave mother while war is about to begin.. it's not doing any good..."
Seras looked worried and sadenned herself. She knew she shouldn't have talked about it until they had found me. Though, her worries grew deeper when war was mentioned or even the future itself, after they find me.
"He used to tell rubbish fairy tales, you know, the ones that put you to sleep when you're a baby..."
"Master... knew.... fairy...tales?" Seras was creeped out.
"Well, it was either that or he'd tell us the Boogey Man was actually in my room..."
Seras had a sweat drop, as this would've been expected from me...
"Yet, the fairy tale seemed... unfinished and empty...no real happy ending..."
"Oh? How did it go?"
It went like this...
Once upon of time, as all fairy tales begin. There was a princess, as all stories begin. She was not the typical princess, as she was one of war and battle. She desired to always be a warrior and live in the battlefield, but as all rules go, she had to eventually become queen and end her 'foolishness', as her father would say. She would fish and camp out with all kinds of warriors and brave men out there, avoiding romance at all costs. She believed that as a woman, her beauty was the last of her priorities, as her courage was more important than anything else.
And that's what she heart fully believed...
Little did she know that her beauty was quite hidden and her actions created an atmosphere of respect. But did she care? No! She was a princess! It would take years for her to become queen, as she was the youngest of three sisters.
The youngest one and the most simple one...
She hated matters in the table, she wouldn't follow any rules. She just wanted to be a warrior...
But her wish was impossible to achieve in so many ways...
She was a nationalist, yet respected all cultures and enjoyed them all. She just desired with all her heart that one of her oldest sisters were to be chosen as the next queen. Then, when she would reach old age and would become unable to do any more, she would become queen and reign in peace.
And would just die this way...
One day, her father decided to punish her. He made her queen against her will. Her sisters were both taken out of their home, so she wouldn't receive any support and rule as the youngest queen that has ever placed her soul on the throne.
That is when rules were changed, and her beauty became a priority against her will...
She could fight in battle, but she would be the last to stand in battle. Their people were strong and fearless, which made this almost impossible. As she began to rule, many men, brave warriors wanted to have her hand in marriage, as she was the first youngest, most beautiful and strongest queen (all at the same time) that ever lived..
To sit on that throne...
As more men came to ask for her hand in marriage, they became furious with each other: both friends and rivals against each other. They battled for years and years. One day, when the young queen came to maturity, she stood up and said:
"With this right hand I would bring defense and with this left hand I would bring destruction that will end this battle once and for all"
and that's how it seemed to have ended...
Seras blinked after listening to it, who knew I was creative in this aspect? When Shikari had finished, she seemed silent for a long time. Seras grew confidence and hugged her, like if it was her little sister. There seemed to be a family connection between the two, one vampire was created out of a human and the other was created by the art of- erm-too much information. It was then when Shikari would finally speak...
"We would listen to it everytime, before bedtime"
"You and your mother?"
"Me and my twin sister"
What??...
A/N: It stops here.. stay there for Chapter 5! Read and Review please! It makes me write sooner and act less lazy...