Disclaimer: c 1st chapter, this is the updated version of chapter 2, my stupid idiotic computer managed to screw it up somehow.
Van Helsing craddled Anna in his arms, trying not to desturb her peaceful state while going down stone stairs or dodging piles of ashes from the vampires and dead minions. Carl hurried ahead infront pondering the results of today's affairs.
"Where is that confounded wall of ice that Dracula calls a door?" Carl huffed "Do you remember where it is?" he called back at Van Helsing.
Gabriel racked his brain, trying to draw up some memory. "To tell you the truth Carl, I have absolutely no idea." "Sorry!" he added hastily hoping not to provoke the already puturbed Friar.
"Wonderful, just a grand situation this is!" Carl yelled back to Gabriel, a little to loudly, and rolled his eyes.
Anna's eyes jolted open. "Carl, you nitwit!" Gabriel glared at the back of the fast-paced Friar, hoping to bore holes through it. "Anna was having a perfectly good and well deserved sleep, and you desturbed it!"
"It's quite alright Carl, you did not disturb my sleep." Anna hopped down from Gabriel's arms. "Perhaps I could be of service to you finding that door." Gabriel was not surprised to find that she walked as fast as Carl.
After a couple of hours trudging through Dracula's castle Anna found the door.
"The only question is how do we open it?" Gabriel asked brushing a finger over the wall of ice. Carl placed his thumb and index finger on his chin and began pondering as he did so often.
"Perhaps if I just repeat the inscription that was on the other side of the door it will open."
"Or, you could just read it" Anna smiled triumphantly and brushed away the rest of the caked dirt and cobwebs hiding the inscription from view.
A log popped in the fire that cast away the shadows in the Valerious's sitting room. Anna was curled up in one of the high-backed red velvet chairs sipping a cup of tea. The events that unfolded themselves before her feet seemed beyond the stretch of her imagination. She had delt with Dracula, his brides, and wolfmen most of her life, but returning from the dead....now that was a different matter entirely.
From deep in her mind a memory delved out of the darkness presented itself. It was as if she was looking at herself, frozen in time, suspended in waves of blackness. Then the memory suddenly switched vantage points so she was looking out of her own eyes. White whisps of spirits long forgotten floated out of the darkness and grabbed her firmly by the hands. She wasn't frightened, but in her heart she knew this wasn't right, not yet at least. The spirits began pulling her forward, but she looked up and saw a miniscule speck of light. She looked pleadingly at the spirits who seemed to converse, but then nodded. She faded until she was absorbed by the darkness, but was suddenly pulled back into the light.
Anna gasped as the memory let go of her mind. "Death's doorstep..." she shivered although there was no breeze in the room. She yawned and sleep soon claimed her.
A/N: thanks to all my reviewers:
Enigma40: thanks a lot, you're very kind. Hmmm.....a sequal, I do hope so!
Raven: I'm flattered! I know it was short, but this one's longer! I'll certainly continue!
Brainfear: I'll post more soon!
Rachel: glad you liked it!
I hope to update soon, but the teachers have been piling on homework and projects ::grumbles:: Later Lady Adrienel
Van Helsing craddled Anna in his arms, trying not to desturb her peaceful state while going down stone stairs or dodging piles of ashes from the vampires and dead minions. Carl hurried ahead infront pondering the results of today's affairs.
"Where is that confounded wall of ice that Dracula calls a door?" Carl huffed "Do you remember where it is?" he called back at Van Helsing.
Gabriel racked his brain, trying to draw up some memory. "To tell you the truth Carl, I have absolutely no idea." "Sorry!" he added hastily hoping not to provoke the already puturbed Friar.
"Wonderful, just a grand situation this is!" Carl yelled back to Gabriel, a little to loudly, and rolled his eyes.
Anna's eyes jolted open. "Carl, you nitwit!" Gabriel glared at the back of the fast-paced Friar, hoping to bore holes through it. "Anna was having a perfectly good and well deserved sleep, and you desturbed it!"
"It's quite alright Carl, you did not disturb my sleep." Anna hopped down from Gabriel's arms. "Perhaps I could be of service to you finding that door." Gabriel was not surprised to find that she walked as fast as Carl.
After a couple of hours trudging through Dracula's castle Anna found the door.
"The only question is how do we open it?" Gabriel asked brushing a finger over the wall of ice. Carl placed his thumb and index finger on his chin and began pondering as he did so often.
"Perhaps if I just repeat the inscription that was on the other side of the door it will open."
"Or, you could just read it" Anna smiled triumphantly and brushed away the rest of the caked dirt and cobwebs hiding the inscription from view.
A log popped in the fire that cast away the shadows in the Valerious's sitting room. Anna was curled up in one of the high-backed red velvet chairs sipping a cup of tea. The events that unfolded themselves before her feet seemed beyond the stretch of her imagination. She had delt with Dracula, his brides, and wolfmen most of her life, but returning from the dead....now that was a different matter entirely.
From deep in her mind a memory delved out of the darkness presented itself. It was as if she was looking at herself, frozen in time, suspended in waves of blackness. Then the memory suddenly switched vantage points so she was looking out of her own eyes. White whisps of spirits long forgotten floated out of the darkness and grabbed her firmly by the hands. She wasn't frightened, but in her heart she knew this wasn't right, not yet at least. The spirits began pulling her forward, but she looked up and saw a miniscule speck of light. She looked pleadingly at the spirits who seemed to converse, but then nodded. She faded until she was absorbed by the darkness, but was suddenly pulled back into the light.
Anna gasped as the memory let go of her mind. "Death's doorstep..." she shivered although there was no breeze in the room. She yawned and sleep soon claimed her.
A/N: thanks to all my reviewers:
Enigma40: thanks a lot, you're very kind. Hmmm.....a sequal, I do hope so!
Raven: I'm flattered! I know it was short, but this one's longer! I'll certainly continue!
Brainfear: I'll post more soon!
Rachel: glad you liked it!
I hope to update soon, but the teachers have been piling on homework and projects ::grumbles:: Later Lady Adrienel