CHAPTER 7
A DAY WITH THE VAMPIRES
The first thing Julius noticed when he woke up was that the place he was in reeked of blood. In fact, that's all he could smell. Blood blood blood. Once his eyes were fully opened, he wondered why he didn't smell more than blood. The place he was in was dark and dirty, with rusty walls, stale air, and full of hay. Several men dressed in black and red cloaks were all sitting on the hay, talking about petty things and gambling their money away on poker games. Suddenly, all the men turned around, started at Julius, and smiled. Julius was extremely scared, not due to the fact that he was in chains, hanging on a wall and being stared at, their smile scared the hell out of him. Two of their teeth were pointed. All of them had two pointy teeth on the top portion of their jaw, and Julius knew what that meant- they were all Vampires.
"Oh look!" said one of the vampires. "The morsel has woken up!"
"Let me have a bite!" said one of them. "All I've eaten for three stinkin' months was pig blood!"
"I've eaten nothing but cow blood for four months! Pig blood is a lot better than cow blood!"
"Lemme have just a bite!"
"The human's mine!"
"Mine!"
"Mine!"
"MINE!" All the Vampires crowded around Julius as several of them tried to get to him, but the others pushed them all away so they could get a taste of Julius. Julius cringed at the site of them, for they were all really close to him with their fangs right in front of his face. For a second Julius wondered what if he tasted good or not, but that was just a sickening thought.
"SILENCE!" yelled a voice behind him. Julius turned his head around as back as he could and saw that it was the same vampire that he met in his room at the Leaky Cauldron. He was in the same black and red cape and he still had his Transylvanian accent (of course), but all the vampires flocked away from Julius once this vampire was in the room and sat down in an orderly fashion.
"No", said the vampire. "You all know me as Count Alucard, lord of this underground vampire group. We have served our master, Attila A'Killis, for several years. I even had the pleasure to serve the master's master, Lord Grimm Keinsfeld. He was a great man. His studies in the dark arts were extraordinary and breathtaking. They could have changed the world forever, if B'Ron hadn't betrayed them to the ministry and Keinsfeld died a sad death in Azkaban. Now, thanks to Attila, B'Ron has suffered a terrible death at the Avada Kedarva curse. However, this does not make Attila a good man. Is he paying us the galleons we want?"
"NO!" shouted the crowd of vampires.
"Is he treating us like the noble servants we are?"
"NO!"
"I was recently sent to deliver a message to Julius Logan, the man that is our guest of honor tonight". Suddenly the crowd grew extremely rowdy. All the vampires cheered and began to shout 'blood! Blood!' several times. However, Alucard raised his hands up high in the air and shouted.
"SILENCE!" yelled Alucard again. "People use owls to send messengers! NOT VAMPIRES! This is getting way out of hand. As punishment for his cruelty to us, we shall make Attila and his apostles all vampires! First, we shall start with this one." Julius was shocked at the vampire's statement. Not only were they going to suck his blood and make him one of them, but they were going to Attila's place. They would probably do worse things to Cleo than just suck her blood. Also, Attila was a powerful dark wizard, and if he became one of the vampires they could become invincible! He had to do something about this!"
"I bid fifty-five galleons on this one", said one of the vampires.
"Very well", said Alucard. "Anyone willing to bid higher than Gnisleh?"
"A hundred and fifty five galleons!" exclaimed another vampire.
"Going for 155 galleons", said Alucard.
"I'll double that. Three hundred and ten galleons!"
"I'll triple it. Four hundred and sixty five galleons! Plus a knut!"
"So the human is going for 465 galleons and one knut. Anyone wish to challenge Mr. Gnisleh?" Thus the bid went. While the vampires were bidding away on how much they would pay to suck the blood of Julius, Julius was laughing away at the silliness of it all. He never thought he would die getting bit by a vampire! He didn't even think that vampires existed! He knew there was no way to defeat all the vampires, for there were about fifteen in the room.
"Wait a minute", thought Julius. "They are too busy gambling my life away. I might be able to escape without him noticing." He observed that the vampires left his belongings right next to him. In a slow, snake-like manner he slid his arm down, dug through his bag, and grabbed his wand. He then whipped his wand too fast for any of the vampires to see and pointed the wand at his bindings. With the shout of a spell the bindings on one of his hands burned up. He used his free hand to untie his other hand, and he soon used his hands to untie the binding on his feet. However, while Alucard was shouting that the bid was not at 1,570 Galleons and thee sickles, Julius untied his last knot and landed on the ground with a thud. Within seconds the vampires noticed his position, turned around, and hissed at him.
"EXPELIARMUS!" exclaimed Julius. Alucard then flew back several feet and crashed into the other vampires with a thud. "ROMPEREMUS!" Suddenly, the wall that blocked Julius was reduced to a mere pile of rubble, and soon Julius was making a run for it. However all the vampires had transformed into bats and were zooming at him at a high speed. Julius then turned around and aimed his wand at them. "CONGELAS!" Suddenly, a stream of ice shot out of his wand and formed a wall made out of ice, which all the vampire bats ran into.
"Glad that's over", sighed Julius. Suddenly, as he turned around, Alucard grabbed him by the throat and pinned him against the wall.
"Lucky for me", hissed Alucard. "I'm going to get a free meal!" Julius, who could barely breath, aimed the wand at Alucard's feet.
"Serpensortia!" exclaimed Julius. Suddenly, a long, black snake shot out of his wand and bit Alucard. Alucard, who dropped Julius, was licking his wounds while Julius was running away. Alucard was speaking to the snake in Parseltongue (probably telling the snake to bite the hell out of Julius), but one he noticed Julius was running away, he turned back into a bat and flew towards Julius. Julius looked around where to hide, and he saw the door to the janitor's closet, so he ran in and locked the door.
"Whew", cried Julius. Suddenly, the whole room light up, and Julius was amazed at what he saw- there was a portal. It was somewhat oval-shaped and had a whirling sky-blue color. "Well, this must be better than being with the vampires". He then stepped into the portal, and then, within seconds, he was at a place he never thought he would be again- he was at his old home in the Scottish Highlands.
A DAY WITH THE VAMPIRES
The first thing Julius noticed when he woke up was that the place he was in reeked of blood. In fact, that's all he could smell. Blood blood blood. Once his eyes were fully opened, he wondered why he didn't smell more than blood. The place he was in was dark and dirty, with rusty walls, stale air, and full of hay. Several men dressed in black and red cloaks were all sitting on the hay, talking about petty things and gambling their money away on poker games. Suddenly, all the men turned around, started at Julius, and smiled. Julius was extremely scared, not due to the fact that he was in chains, hanging on a wall and being stared at, their smile scared the hell out of him. Two of their teeth were pointed. All of them had two pointy teeth on the top portion of their jaw, and Julius knew what that meant- they were all Vampires.
"Oh look!" said one of the vampires. "The morsel has woken up!"
"Let me have a bite!" said one of them. "All I've eaten for three stinkin' months was pig blood!"
"I've eaten nothing but cow blood for four months! Pig blood is a lot better than cow blood!"
"Lemme have just a bite!"
"The human's mine!"
"Mine!"
"Mine!"
"MINE!" All the Vampires crowded around Julius as several of them tried to get to him, but the others pushed them all away so they could get a taste of Julius. Julius cringed at the site of them, for they were all really close to him with their fangs right in front of his face. For a second Julius wondered what if he tasted good or not, but that was just a sickening thought.
"SILENCE!" yelled a voice behind him. Julius turned his head around as back as he could and saw that it was the same vampire that he met in his room at the Leaky Cauldron. He was in the same black and red cape and he still had his Transylvanian accent (of course), but all the vampires flocked away from Julius once this vampire was in the room and sat down in an orderly fashion.
"No", said the vampire. "You all know me as Count Alucard, lord of this underground vampire group. We have served our master, Attila A'Killis, for several years. I even had the pleasure to serve the master's master, Lord Grimm Keinsfeld. He was a great man. His studies in the dark arts were extraordinary and breathtaking. They could have changed the world forever, if B'Ron hadn't betrayed them to the ministry and Keinsfeld died a sad death in Azkaban. Now, thanks to Attila, B'Ron has suffered a terrible death at the Avada Kedarva curse. However, this does not make Attila a good man. Is he paying us the galleons we want?"
"NO!" shouted the crowd of vampires.
"Is he treating us like the noble servants we are?"
"NO!"
"I was recently sent to deliver a message to Julius Logan, the man that is our guest of honor tonight". Suddenly the crowd grew extremely rowdy. All the vampires cheered and began to shout 'blood! Blood!' several times. However, Alucard raised his hands up high in the air and shouted.
"SILENCE!" yelled Alucard again. "People use owls to send messengers! NOT VAMPIRES! This is getting way out of hand. As punishment for his cruelty to us, we shall make Attila and his apostles all vampires! First, we shall start with this one." Julius was shocked at the vampire's statement. Not only were they going to suck his blood and make him one of them, but they were going to Attila's place. They would probably do worse things to Cleo than just suck her blood. Also, Attila was a powerful dark wizard, and if he became one of the vampires they could become invincible! He had to do something about this!"
"I bid fifty-five galleons on this one", said one of the vampires.
"Very well", said Alucard. "Anyone willing to bid higher than Gnisleh?"
"A hundred and fifty five galleons!" exclaimed another vampire.
"Going for 155 galleons", said Alucard.
"I'll double that. Three hundred and ten galleons!"
"I'll triple it. Four hundred and sixty five galleons! Plus a knut!"
"So the human is going for 465 galleons and one knut. Anyone wish to challenge Mr. Gnisleh?" Thus the bid went. While the vampires were bidding away on how much they would pay to suck the blood of Julius, Julius was laughing away at the silliness of it all. He never thought he would die getting bit by a vampire! He didn't even think that vampires existed! He knew there was no way to defeat all the vampires, for there were about fifteen in the room.
"Wait a minute", thought Julius. "They are too busy gambling my life away. I might be able to escape without him noticing." He observed that the vampires left his belongings right next to him. In a slow, snake-like manner he slid his arm down, dug through his bag, and grabbed his wand. He then whipped his wand too fast for any of the vampires to see and pointed the wand at his bindings. With the shout of a spell the bindings on one of his hands burned up. He used his free hand to untie his other hand, and he soon used his hands to untie the binding on his feet. However, while Alucard was shouting that the bid was not at 1,570 Galleons and thee sickles, Julius untied his last knot and landed on the ground with a thud. Within seconds the vampires noticed his position, turned around, and hissed at him.
"EXPELIARMUS!" exclaimed Julius. Alucard then flew back several feet and crashed into the other vampires with a thud. "ROMPEREMUS!" Suddenly, the wall that blocked Julius was reduced to a mere pile of rubble, and soon Julius was making a run for it. However all the vampires had transformed into bats and were zooming at him at a high speed. Julius then turned around and aimed his wand at them. "CONGELAS!" Suddenly, a stream of ice shot out of his wand and formed a wall made out of ice, which all the vampire bats ran into.
"Glad that's over", sighed Julius. Suddenly, as he turned around, Alucard grabbed him by the throat and pinned him against the wall.
"Lucky for me", hissed Alucard. "I'm going to get a free meal!" Julius, who could barely breath, aimed the wand at Alucard's feet.
"Serpensortia!" exclaimed Julius. Suddenly, a long, black snake shot out of his wand and bit Alucard. Alucard, who dropped Julius, was licking his wounds while Julius was running away. Alucard was speaking to the snake in Parseltongue (probably telling the snake to bite the hell out of Julius), but one he noticed Julius was running away, he turned back into a bat and flew towards Julius. Julius looked around where to hide, and he saw the door to the janitor's closet, so he ran in and locked the door.
"Whew", cried Julius. Suddenly, the whole room light up, and Julius was amazed at what he saw- there was a portal. It was somewhat oval-shaped and had a whirling sky-blue color. "Well, this must be better than being with the vampires". He then stepped into the portal, and then, within seconds, he was at a place he never thought he would be again- he was at his old home in the Scottish Highlands.