Me: Hey all! Thank you once more for the reviews and all that fun stuff... but alas, the funny ends for at least this chapter...
Zuranna: Should we be worried?
Me: ...
Zuranna: Well... that's not comforting.
Me: In any case... just read on... but always remember how I write, nothing is as it seems... what may be bad now, may get better later on... just keep that in mind while you read. And oh yes... the lyrics... They're from Shrek 2, song 7... and no I do not own the lyrics nor the song...
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"What... the... Stop the Jeep!"
With wheels screaming to a stop letting plumes of dust bellow. Blinding headlights shone brightly forward within the African plain cloaked in darkness. The dirt covered jeep stood there purring softly, yet vehicle's sudden stop went unnoticed to the African wildlife as both predators and prey stood side by side in the same manner of shock.
The land rumbled with deafening thunder, yet the star filled sky was clear of any clouds. The stench of blood was suffocating as the three Australians, two human, one a werelion, stared forward with wide eyes resting upon very pale faces as the were man's lion ears were held tightly back upon the golden mat of shoulder length hair. Having just been tourists to see the wild night life of South Africa, the three men had stumbled upon a very disturbing sight. By taking a simple dare from one of the three, they had headed off to find the one of four castles that had risen from the very earth twenty years ago. All who lived near the Castle of Fear, knew it was ruled over by a wolf king and his own clan, but now.
"Holy... Shit... it's... gone..." one of the dust covered men whispered with his heavy accent. The other two continued to just stare like a deer to headlights as with the groaning of a giant beast was heard. The entire night sky a near ten miles ahead of the jeep and its frightened travelers, huge plumes of bellowing black smoke darker then the darkness itself rose high into the sky with the dancing embers weaving in and out of the black smoke.
The ground vibrated ever so slight through the Jeep into the men's shoes as they watched still. With flames greedily eating at the black towers, two of the six towers bellowing their screaming wails, sank into itself and with a huge jet of flames rising into the smoke filled night sky. The two towers in near slow motion, crashed hard into the castle itself that was nothing more but a massive wall of roaring flames like a horrid beast from Hell itself. Even with the Castle of fear burning savagely and making all the animals seem frozen in place, that wasn't what made the men truly feel the fear rise within their very souls.
All around, bodies with not one fully intact, lathered the ground in their spilled innards and dark pools of blood. Weapons were tightly clasped within cold dead hands be it severed or attached to the master's arms still. "Ian!" hearing the man's terrified voice, the other two men glancing over saw far within the roaring flames and bellowing smoke. "What the fuck is that!" one of the men cried as with the haunting call to that of a demonic wail sending very cold chills down the men's spines, a huge winged beast beyond massive proportions slammed into the night sky just to fade from sight in mere seconds of appearance.
"What... was that..." one of the men whispered as he rubbed his trembling body within his arms. The lion gave a very shaky breath as his golden feline eyes watched the spot where the beast had flown off, nothing remained but huge clouds of black smoke and a star filled sky with a still pretty full moon that shined a vivid blood red. "I think... no... that demon... can't be..."
"Ian!" hearing one of his allies panicked cries, the lion blinking, stared at where the man pointed. Far off to the right of the collapsing and bellowing castle, a single figure by a pile of semi aflame rubble, was frantically digging hard at the caved in domain. "That's... hang on..." revving the engine hard, with the wheels skidding hard kicking up plumes of tall weeds and dirt behind them. Ian sped out of there... he had lived her for the twenty years Kunisaku had moved into that very castle, and he had come to respect this wolf king as well as his clan.
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With a heavy yell of brute strength. Clawed hands grabbing a huge collapsed wall of burned and charred ebony marble, a man's form lathered in ragged torn burned clothes with blood and cuts all over, pulled the wall hard from the top of the rubble pile with a groaning cry as the marble began to crack under his strong hold. Having violent golden eyes blazing, his black wolf ears were held erect with shear rage and panic as his left ear bleeding profusely had a gouge upon the edge of his ear from a piece of shrapnel that had flown through the night sky from the sudden surprise attack of a giant shadow cloaked winged demon.
Blood sloshing down his growling fang bared face, Kunisaku's arms seemed to bulge as the wall finally giving way from its perch on the rubble, groaning, collapsed hard to the far right and shattering loudly into what seemed hundreds of sharp small rocks of ebony marble. Taking ragged breaths, his slightly exposed and heavily bleeding chest heaved as Kunisaku looking forward at the rubble that within the fiery flames glow, glistened with crimson regret and lumps of strewn innards of some form of morbid artwork, the wolf king saw within the center of this blood lathered sight, the crushed and mangled near unrecognizable remains of...
"K... Kristen..." with a deep mix of a growl and groan of searing pain, a trembling clawed blood soaked hand gripped his right arm tightly as Kunisaku giving a weak howl, collapsed hard onto his knees. His body beginning to visibly tremble not from just the intense pain burning through his body but... through the sound of roaring flames to the extent of a continuous song of thunder, in the flames glow... Kunisaku with a weak sound passing his broken and bleeding ash covered lips, with his eyes hidden beneath his ebony hair, specks of shimmering light fell down onto the black rubble causing whiffs of steam to rise from the mixture of heat and... tears.
"D... damn it... damn it... Damn it! Damn it! Damn it all to HELL!" curling his left hand into a tight fist, the ground seemed to shake as t he rubble screamed from his sudden pounding attacks making flecks of debris, droplets of blood and tears to fly within the violently glowing air as the winds of blasting heat flew all around as the demonic flames continued to feast upon the wolf king's clan and castle... upon his very family.
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I need some sleep,
You can't go on like this
I tried countin sheep, but there's one I always miss
Everyone says, I'm getting down to low
Everyone says, you just gotta let it go
With his fist striking the rubble for a near twentieth time, bones grinded as blood splattered harshly all over the destroyed remains. Through gritted teeth that had blood dripping through and down his ash and scraped chin, Kunisaku's body shook as faint whispering whimpers passed his tightly clenched teeth. His love; his mate that was to be for all eternity... with a trembling motion of his head, the Wolf King of South Africa and one time UK, looked up with weak and tear soaked golden eyes with the spilled tears mixing with the blood upon his face, the wolf watched at the mangled body of the near unrecognizable female wolf with what seemed a look to wait and awaken from this nightmare.
you just gotta let it go
Even with all the blood and smoke filling his lungs and coating the inside with a vile film, Kunisaku could smell her spilled blood... the blood of... rising his mangled left hand, the wolf king kneeling forward, tenderly rested his bloodied hand upon the left side of Kristen's mangled face as her shut eyes seemed so peaceful, yet... Kunisaku could both see the small gathering of tears beneath her soft eyelashes and smell the salty sadness. "... my wife... my... family... they're..."
you just gotta let it go
His body convulsed and parting his jaws, Kunisaku hanging his head began to hack loudly making heavy pools of blood to spill out like vomit itself onto the ash and blackened remains of his domain. With the flames still violently dancing all around him and his fallen queen, rising his shaky left hand from Kristen's cheek, covered his bleeding mouth as Kunisaku's sorrow filled eyes looked to his fallen queen as his heartbeat began to trembled and convulse within. All around, his hearing began to fade as the sense of smell closed up from deep within. Kunisaku blinking the blood from his eyes s well as the salty tears, the wolf's focus began to blur as weariness began to consume him from within and out.
I need some sleep
Time to put the old horse down
I'm in to deep when the wheels keep spinnin round
Everyone says, I'm getting down to low
And everyone says, you just gotta let it go
"Father!" Hearing his voice, Kunisaku with glazing eyes and blood soaked hand still over his dripping mouth, looked weakly over as there they stood.. three figures, all ash covered, burned and beaten... but.. alive. A small shimmer began to rise within his golden eyes as Kunisaku's body began to slump over the rubble and the crushed remains of Kristen. "You're... alive... I'm... so..."
Just gotta let it go
Collapsing hard, the fallen wolf king faintly heard the cries of his children and their feet running thunderously over the ground with such force to the exact same of the greedy flames. Darkness began to engulf as he felt the three surround him and scream for him to hang on, he heard their wails mutate into a failing roar. Kunisaku knew... he was finished but... He must know. "S... Son..." coughing the weak word, Kunisaku's numbing body felt the eldest song grasp his mangled hand roughly and speak meaningless words the king couldn't even hear, but the man went on. "S... Son... Tell... Drac... Ula... what... happened... be... strong... all... of... you... be... strong..."
Just gotta let it go
With his last breath leaving his one time immortal lungs... Kunisaku's eyes slowly drew shut as all life fled his body leaving behind his three children. The only survivors from the massive slaughter, screaming over their fallen parents forms as flames consumed everything around the one time lively Castle of Fear.
Just gotta let it go
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With golden eyes going wide, Deborah covering her mouth with her left hand, fell hard to her suddenly trembling knees as unannounced tears began to slip down her soft pale face. Jonathan having been standing beside her in the small park with the midday sun hanging above, the wolf kneeled hard beside his ailing queen with very worried hazel eyes. "Deborah... what is it?" Jonathan cried as Deborah, blinking her very moist eyes, weakly glanced to Jonathan with pure sadness in her golden gaze. "Kunisaku... my... Brother... I... no... NO... it can't be!" wailing loudly, Jonathan with surprised eyes, caught his queen as she crashing hard into his body, began to weep loudly. Her mate with a soft sigh, slowly slinked his arms over her from as a few passerby humans and creatures of darkness watched them wearily. "I'm sorry..." Jonathan whispered into his loves hair as both their wolf ears hung limply on either side of their head.
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Sighing softly, Seras laying upon her back within the tall grasses, looked to the sun setting sky as the clouds and sky shifted from multi colors of radiant orange, red, purple, and pink. Laying upon the lands that surrounded the castle, Seras couldn't help but smile happily as a few butterflies flickered over head. The only thing not attacked by the servants were insects... including the butterflies.
Not to far off within the same large field, Sarina was playing happily with Yuki and Alexial who were clearly taken by the child's charms as the griffin who they learned was called Striker, sat nearby watching the child with strong protective eyes. It was found out by the three soon enough, she had gotten hold of Alucard's hat from finding it laying nearby. Drawing her eyes slowly to the sky past the flittering butterflies, Seras chuckled lightly as she wondered exactly why Alucard's hat was just lying around for easy pickings.
As the shadow and outline fell into her line of vision, Seras blinking, smiled up to Ty who with his ears perked forward, grinned down to his old friend and ally. "Having fun 'Lady' Seras?" the wolf chuckled as the orange suns glow made his metal arm glow softly in the late afternoons glow. Her smile turning a bit crooked, Seras promptly flipped the wolf off as he laughing fell back allowing her to sit up and itch her head with a lazy motion of her left hand. With a deep yawn racking her chest, the young queen rubbing her eyes leisurely upon her right sleeve, glanced over as far off beyond the playing child, vampire, servant and griffin... Integra fully mended, walked gently beside Walter as they traded soft words with one another while Kujimara near them, feasted on the soft grasses; his red eyes content.
"yeah... I am... I am glad to see Integra is finally mended... though... where is... um... never mind..." glancing to her right away from the others, Seras giving a small weak smile saw the demonic dog servant still having yet to go back to sleep due to who knew what reasons, headed over with its eight red eyes dancing while within its metal jaws dangled a very large branch as with the sun glinting off of his metal tail. The demonic dog stood there wagging his tail like a playful pup then a demonic guardian to this castle. Seras had only thrown the stick once ten minuets ago, and ever since, the guardian just kept bringing it back. The woman could just tell the demon to go back to his post, but... Seras was to soft when she had seen the guardian enjoying what seemed its time off of 'guard duty'.
Shaking her head making a few blond locks dance over her sapphire eyes, Seras rising her hands, rested them once more behind her head and fell back hard onto the soft grasses. "Ty... play with the pup..." She spoke with another deep yawn racking her body as she felt the relaxation seep over her body. Ty though with limp ears, weakly eyed the dog who having heard its master's words, wagged its tail as it looked eagerly to Ty. Sighing weakly, Ty rubbing his eyes, looked back down to Seras. "What did I do to anger you?" The young wolf asked as he headed for the dog who having dropped the large branch, fell back onto his haunches with anticipation.
Seras chuckling, continued to look at the dazzling sky of many colors. "Simple... you called me Lady Seras." Seras began to outright laugh as she hearing Ty's grumbling voice, also heard him take the branch and give a good toss. Yet... Seras within her heart as she laid there, felt it... this was just the calm before the storm. To almost an exact same feel she had much like twenty years ago... but right now. With worries pushed hard to the side, giving into a hearty deep breath, allowing it past her soft lips. The Queen of Dracula was going to take it easy. At least, she was until the following night when they, Seras, Alucard and their 'guests' with at least one main guardian, were going to take Sarina to Japan. Giving into a small laugh from the uneasy idea of Alucard coming along, the young queen filled her lungs with the soft scents of the long grasses around her as a few awakening servants both upon the castle's marble walls and in the surrounding trees, began to give out their haunting calls. Seras just continued to stare leisurely at the color filled sky as dark blue was consuming the entire sky slowly making the clouds fade to a faint lavender. Tomorrow... whether any of them knew it or not, their peaceful lives were to end when the full news of the Castle of Fear collapsed onto the entire wolrd of both light and dark.
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Me: Before any of you get angry and stuff, remember what I had said earlier... and also of the blood moon... That shall be explained (I promise) next chapter, which should be up by the end of this week, if not by sunday... Work is eating much of my time and energy... Zzzzz...
But yes... I know this chapter is depressing and hopefully you all get an idea as to what destroyed that castle... Though I would like to know how this chapter struck your emotions... but again, next chapter will not be so depressing or rather, I don't think many chapters, only a select few, will be that depressing. In any case, reviews, and always promised more to come... In the next chapter, for those who are being driven nuts for wanting to know.
The full explanation of Blood Moon with a very interesting twist with Alucard.