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"Gabriel...." A whispery voice sounded in Van Helsing's head.

He stood in the middle of a dark room with elegant oak panneling covering the walls. An old chandaleir hung from the ceiling, it resembled a tangled spider's web more than the crafted metal that it truly was. The rest of the room was like a baren wasteland covered in grime.

"Gabriel..." the voice was louder and more insitent.

A wave of blinding light passed the room and Van Helsing found himself staring face to face with Count Dracula. He looked down and his tough werewolf's paw was clamped viciously on Dracula's neck. He realized that he was reliving the last moments of Dracula's life! The vampire slowly started to dissinigrate with reams of unpleasant hisses and squeals.

Suddenly Dracula laughed a deep chuckle, the flames of hell reflected in his pitch black pupils. Van Helsing could only stare transfixed as the events rewound themselves. Dracula was regaining strength instead of weakening, he was growing instead of dissintigrating, Van Helsing became human again, the werewolf's thick fur stripping off his body to reveal human flesh. The scenes stopped and Van Helsing stood before Dracula who towered above him. Dracula chuckled again.

"Gabriel, Gabirel, when will you ever learn?" with that he struck Van Helsing across the jaw and sent him pummeling into the stone wall. Darkness began seeping into the corners of his mind, he soon slipped into a much welcome oblivion.
His eyes fluttered open and he found himself laying flat on his back in what looked like a field riddled with brittle old corn husks. Getting to his feet he studied his surroundings more closely. A village was visable in the distance and cold snow-capped mountains reached up toward the sky in the north. From what he could tell it had just become night. "How the hell did I get here?" reaching around to the back of his head he found no evidence that it had ever connected with a stone wall. "Odd" he mused.

A shrill scream caused him to glance up just intime to see a vampire heading toward the moutains dangling a villager from its long talons. It's gray body was enveloped in moonlight making it look more mythical yet more menacing than usual. He reached down for his crossbow but grabbed at thin air. He looked in pockets for even a small dagger, but no weapons were to be found. Looking back up at the vampire he discovered that it was decending rapidly toward the field a few yards off from him. He scrambled to catch up with the vampire lest it start feeding.

He resched the spot where he saw the vampire decend but found no evidence of the winged creature. Examining the field more closely he came upon a body laying on its stomach. Long, rich brown hair flowed from her scalp and she was dressed richly. Gabriel reached down and turned her over.

"Anna!" He knelt down beside her and stroked a stray hair away from her pale face. She blinked and he felt a rapid pulse beating through the vein in her neck. Clasping her hands he raised her to her feet. Anna wobbled, still very uneasy, and fell into him. He caught her and layed her face gently against his neck. The skin on his neck seemed to jump as her warm breath caressed it and chased away the cold night air. Her long chestnut locks were reams of silk between his fingers. Lost in the euphoria of it all he vaguely felt the slightest prick graze the skin directly above his jugular vein. He came to his senses as the prick became harder and more insistent.

"My, my and what might you be doing?" He turned her to face him and was warmed by her brilliant smile which was surrounded by creamy, luscious lips. His eyes grazed her smooth, unblemished forehead and down to her eyes. How he wished he could drown in those pools of luminescense with chestnut coloring, it would be the sweetest death imaginable. His eyes continued their journey down her face, taking in the curve of her nose and the ripe light-rose of her cheeks. Those small, yet important and interesting details were what he loved best about her. Her smile widened and she reached out her right hand and ran it along his forehead, stopping to trace each eyebrow, then moving slowly down his nose, all the while never breaking his intense gaze. She then brought her left hand up and she slid both down to rest at the back of his neck. He ever so slowly slid his callused hands down her spine, moving over each vertibre, past her waist to rest on her defined and curvacious hips.

The gap between them closed a bit to slowly for his liking, but their lips met in a searing kiss. Her teeth toyed with his lower lip, biting, carressing. Her kisses became more insistent as she breathed heavily against his lips. Her hands toyed with the small hairs on the back of his neck, causing a little pain. His hands were restles, stroking up and down her torso, paying attention to each curve and dip in his path. He pulled his mouth away from hers, they shared a gaze for a small while, his eyes locking with hers, never blinking, never straying, a same understanding, a same love passed between them. He then moved his mouth up her jaw and to her earlobe by way of many small kisses. His tongue and teeth flicked it around and toyed with it.

"Do you really enjoy toying with me this much?" She questioned him with a smirk.

"Wouldn't you like to know." He retorted playfully.

She grabbed his chin between her hands and brought his mouth to hers. She once again her teeth grazed against his lower lip, but this time painfully. He pulled away. His right hand left her waist and touched his lip, pulling it away revealed blood.

He looked at her and she just smiled widely again, but her canines were no longer rounded and small, they were vicious fangs. Her tongue trailed across her lower lip, absorbing the last droplets of blood. The gleam in her eyes gave her away completely. He backed away quickly, she followed him more slowly. She clasped her hands behind her back and her face took on the innocent school-girl look.

"What's the matter Gabriel?" She said coyly, "afraid of a little blood?"

With a cry she lunged at him, instantly changing from human to a winged creature of the night. She pinned him to the ground. Her fangs clicked at thin air a few centimeters above his jugular vein. He managed to shove her off and regain his footing.

"Anna come back to me!" he shouted, "You're not a vampire, you can't be a vampire! Anna!"

She suddenly lunged and pinned him to the ground he struggled but she held him fast. She smirked and sunk her fangs into the rich liquid pulsating below the surface of his skin. She drank deeply and savored every drop that passed her lips. He struggled to push her off again, but to no avail.

"Anna!" he cried, almost despiratley, "Anna, ANNA!"
A/N: cliffie! Sorry I haven't posted in a while, the teachers have been pilling on homework! The fourth chapter should be up tomorrow. Thanks to all my reviewers!:

Osage: ya, why did Anna have to die!?

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JojoBlond: yes! you finally reviewed! See ya l8r jo!

Kubi: hmm......thanks for the idea, there will be many new chapters.

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Kirby Doggett: No Anna? That's evil! Thanks

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