Nathan began to ask questions, but quickly, his master cut in "Just hurry, Nathan!" So, Nathan just grabbed his hunter whip, and followed his master's command.

As they ran through the streets, the flames roared from the houses, and shops. Nathan began to speak loudly, but with a pant in his voice, "What's happening?"

Before he got an answer, a burst of flames shot out at the party, with a small brown figure the size of a man's fist visible thorugh the flames.

Soon, the figure of a small vampire bat was visible. It charged at the party, but Grant drew his leather whip from its holder, and with one clean veticle slice, ripped its head of.

The body immediately begin to flail towards the ground, with its body ripping apart into small spurts of flame.

"We must continue!" shouted Grant.



They began running, often encountering a bat, or group of bats, that was always killed by one of the three.

Soon, the houses of the town were to far away to be visible, and the flames were small blobs on the horizon. Brown trees with thick, green, foliage slowly dithered into setting.

The party stopped.



Looking up, was the dark shadow of a castle. Its very being inflicted pain and agony into the hearts of Nathan, Damien, and Grant.

Grant began speaking "We've made it...Inside this castle,lies Dracula. We must kill him." Damien responded "So...Castlevania has been resurrected..." However, Nathan said nothing.

They began heading towards the door, but they were immediately halted when they heard the rustling of a nearbye bush. Nathan heard it first, and he turned around, but by the time he did, it was to late.

An arrow struck Grant in the forehead, and his head was gushing out blood.

"Master!" "father!" replied each of the boys.

Nathan stood in shock, however Damien immediately identified his target as a skull archer in the bushes.

Damien drew a dagger from a slot in his belt, and dove at the enemy. The archer backed up, and began to lift up the bow, but Damien sliced the bow in half with a downward swipe of his dagger, and finished the combo by bringing it back up, shattering the rib bones of the archer.

The Archer's bones were sent flying in all directions. And Damien stood staring with hatred, at the bones of the archer.

He smashed the skull of it with his foot, and turned towards Nathan. Half to himself, and half to Nathan, he began to speak "I'll make them pay..."

Damien ran to the castle's door, and open it. "Wait!" Nathan shouted in vein, but Damien was already gone. "What a fool..."

Nathan stared at the body of his master, and then stared back at the castle door. "Dont worry...I will kill Dracula..."

Nathan began walking to the door, knowing that he was know on his own.