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Epilogue: The Blameless Wolf Wanders Alone
One year.
That's all it took for Adrian Fahrenheit Tepes' world to be swept away by the fires madness.
Within five months of his mother's murder his father completely closed himself off to the world, even his own son. The only thing Dracula did was increase Adrian's daily training regimens, mostly teaching the Dhampir himself.
Saddened and slightly embittered by this sudden reclusive state, Adrian came to value Lyudmil's decision to become his servant but even that didn't last for even his friend was soon ripped away from him thanks to a monster from Dracula's own ranks.
Magnus, who had been ordered to purge Târgovisté of any human life, had a hand in his friend's death. His dear friend who had only wish to see his homeland once more despite the bitterness grew held for humanity.
And he... Hadn't helped his dying friend in the slightest.
It was about seven months after the genocide of Târgovisté.
After being missing for three of those months, Adrian finally saw his father... And had to fight the urge to empty the contents of his stomach.
His father was covered in blood, fresh from the looks of it but that's not what prompted the urge to vomit nor was it the smell. It was the Cheshire cat sized grin on his face, revealing the blood stained fangs of his father.
"Ah my son. Finally decided to come to me instead? Have you mastered that "holy" blade of yours yet?" He asked, a sneer edged into his voice.
Adrian didn't take the bait. "I'm making progress sir."
He frowned. "Sir? When was I lowered to that?" He implored mockingly, getting up from his now blood covered throne and walking towards him.
Adrian tensed but did not falter. "Where have you been for so long that not even your son was privileged enough to know?"
Cold lips quirked into a frigid grin. "Busy hunting animals."
"Why?! You know this isn't what mother would've wanted! She wouldn't condone-!" He found himself pinned to the wall, speechless as the glowing red eyes of his father bore into him.
"What would you know about it?! You were off galavanting in a forest, chasing after imaginary plants that don't exist while your mother burned!"
Adrian's heart froze with guilt. Despite the circumstances being omitted from his father's words he was right but...that didn't make it correct.
"You are wrong. Father please listen to me. You must stop this senseless bloodshed now before its too late. I grieve with you...how could I not? But this...this isn't what she wanted us to do!" He grunted when his father let him go.
Dracula walked away, presumably in thought. "I see...so even you..."
Adrian slowly stood up,tentatively asking,"E..even I?"
He turned and faced his son with a mad smirk on his lips. "Even you would dare to betray me. My own son! Hah!"
"... Who are you...and what have you done with my father...?" He whispered, eyes locked onto the other's.
"My dear boy I'm right here. Did you forget my history so soon? Now... I shall let these traitorous thoughts of yours go for I am still a forgiving father but just this once. You are dismissed."
Adrian stared in disbelief, feeling a steady anger burn in his heart as he hissed,"No. These are not thoughts born of human manipulation but of the love and patience of a man and woman dedicated to studying the sciences! These words are what my instincts are telling me to believe in since my heart can not take what is going on right now! Do you not remember telling even those words to me father?!"
The half blood didn't have time to fact as his father suddenly punched him into one of the pillars in the throne room. Dazed, Adrian tried to recover only to find his father's foot slamming into his defenceless side, pushing all the air out of his lungs.
"I told you to leave. " His father said quietly as he wrapped his hand around his neck and wrenched him from the ground. "But since your so eager for punishment... I shall be more than happy to oblige."
Adrian quickly lashed out with his leg, the blow loosening his hold as he retaliated with a punch that sent his father flying.
From there all bets were off.
The two fought tooth and nail against each other but in the end... Adrian lost when his father's claws scraped across his chest, an inch above his slowly beating heart.
The Dhampir coughed, tasting copper against his tongue but his movements stopped when heard his father's shocked voice.
"Adrian...? Adrian my boy I'm so...so sorry I didn't mean..." He whispered but it was no avail for the damage was done.
"You...Will not stop..Will you." Adrian stated more than asked and with a disturbingly empty tone.
The mad gleam that overcame his father's eyes was answer enough. Adrian slowly went backwards before straightening himself. "Goodbye... Dracula. Next we meet... I WILL stop you...in the name of my mother and father." With that he hurled himself through the stained glass windows and into the inky darkness.
Entering bat form when so terribly injured was not the smartest move but he knew a place where he could go to heal.
After endless twists and turns he found it: A secret chapel made years ago by those accused of witchcraft but still wanting to continue on their faith. He had long taken it over and added a few things, just in case an emergency ever arose.
He transformed back, activated the wards and settled down to sleep.
'Adrian Fahrenheit Tepes has died...but Alucard of Wallachia will rise in his place...' Were his final words before he entered what would be a long sleep.
Above him Dracula's hordes cut into the land of Wallachia, causing bloodshed and terror to reign.
All done in the name of love. A love for a human woman taken from him.
A woman who healed his vampiric heart.
So here we are fam! It's been a blast making this and even more amazing that people actually liked this.
Again I thought this story would be decent but that I'd maybe make the characters too radically different or that I would mess up some of the references but I'm overjoyed that I seemed to hit the nail on the head with the majority.
I shall eventually start writing the sequel to this- haven't even thought of the title yet lol- but I hope you all will enjoy that as well. As to the shortness of this epilogue well it wouldn't be fun if my ideas weren't a surprise. ^_^
With utmost love,
Lady Astral of Blue Rose.
