The five riders galloped into the town of working peasants. When they
halted, all eyes were on them. Each of them dismounted slowly and with
caution, until...
"CARL!" One peasant woman yelled, running up to the monk (((three guesses who she is))).
"Natalie?" The monk said as the woman pulled him into a big bear hug and nodded.
"Yes!" Natalie said, and Carl hugged her back, "Carl, how are you?"
"I'm fine Natalie, and you?" Carl said.
"Fine, what brings you here?" Natalie asked. Just then, Van Helsing took his famous hat off.
"Van Helsing!" One man cried.
"Van Helsing!" Most of the villagers over 23 yelled. Gabriel tensed up.
"It is Van Helsing everybody! The man that saved us from the vampires!" A man of about 25 yelled. The crowd cheered.
"Well, this is certainly a different welcome then last time." Van Helsing said to Carl, who had finally broken the hug from Natalie.
"Yes, yes it is. Natalie has agreed to let us stay with her. Let's go." The friar said. The five companions followed Natalie to the stables and then to her house.
Natalie's house had three extra bedrooms. It was quickly decided that Carl and Van Helsing got private rooms, and the kids were stuck in one big room.
Of course, it was just as they were sitting down, ready to take a load off when they heard the screech of vampires.
"Quick Deianira, get your weapons!" Van Helsing said as he walked outside with his trusty auto-fire crossbow. Deianira followed in a heartbeat, she had all her weapons either in her bag or her belt.
"Van Helsing?" One of the young villagers said, "there's something we forgot to tell you. They made more."
"What!? More what?" Van Helsing said.
"Vampires." Deianira said.
"How do you know?" Gabriel said.
"Because they're behind you." She said, aiming her crossbow at Gabriel, who moved and turned to see six bat-like creatures headed towards him.
"GET INSIDE!" One of the villagers yelled as the crowd became chaos, all struggling to get home. Deianira took aim at the closest bat- thing, a girl of maybe 16 or 17. Deianira fired at her, but the thing just laughed and pulled the arrows out of herself. Deianira quickly got her Holy Water out and doused the tip of her crossbow into it. The girl-creature was chasing an old woman as a girl about Deianira's age screamed, "RUN GRANDMA RUN!"
"Take this!" Dei shouted as she aimed at the young creature pursuing the woman. Deianira was about to fire when she felt a force collide with her back. She turned around and saw another creature, a boy- creature of perhaps 19 or 20, grinning as it picked her up in its claws.
"Lovely view, isn't it?" He said, laughing. At least he was until Deianira got her sword out and nearly severed his foot from the rest of the boy. The creature howled in pain and dropped Deianira, who landed on a roof.
"AHHHH!" She screamed as she tried to claw her way to a stop as she flew down the roof. Just then an extremely small vampire flew and caught her upside down. Deianira pulled a stake out to stab him and was an inch from his heart, when he let go. Deianira fell through the air and begun to think maybe she should have taken those trapeze lessons when the circus was in town, when yet another vampire, a huge male, caught her. Deianira finally had her stake out and was about to kill him when he cried out, "NATASHA!" and dropped her two feet from the ground. She landed on her back as this vampire and the others flew off, keening.
"Dammit, twice I nearly got one." She grumbled standing up, looking for the others. Malak and Bahlal slowly crept their way out from behind an overturned cart, looking around cautiously. Carl, at the Church wall, had pushed Natalie behind his back to protect her. Van Helsing was putting his crossbow away while two feet away from him a woman with a stake in her heart was turning to ash.
"He killed Natasha!"
"He killed the vampire." Random cries went through the crowd as Carl and Van Helsing tensed up, then relaxed as they heard the cheers from the crowd.
"Let's go back to my house." Natalie said. Malak, Bahlal, Carl, Van Helsing, and Deianira followed Natalie back to the house. They were about halfway their when a teenage girl with black hair came up to them, sobbing. The same pale girl who had screamed at her grandma to run.
"Eva-kill-killed gra-grandmother!" The girl wailed leaning on Natalie.
"She did!? Oh, Lucia, I'm so sorry." Natalie said hugging the girl. "Come on, you'll have to stay with me. It's okay cry it all out, it's okay." Natalie said soothingly. The girl nodded and walked with them.
"Lucia is my second cousin." Natalie explained as they walked along, "She moved here with my great-aunt, her grandmother, a few months ago." She hugged Lucia again. When they got inside the house, it was decided that Carl would sleep with Natalie, ((not that way you nasty people out there)) Malak and Bahlal would stay put, and Deianira and Lucia would sleep in Carl's old room.
Carl and Deianira got their stuff to move into the new rooms as everyone else retired into their quarters.
((A/N, didn't really like this chapter but, oh well, review peoples, from now on all reviewers will be acknowledged in some way, shape, or form. Oh, and if you want to be in here as either a random villager or cult member, tell me the name and description, first 5 people!!
"CARL!" One peasant woman yelled, running up to the monk (((three guesses who she is))).
"Natalie?" The monk said as the woman pulled him into a big bear hug and nodded.
"Yes!" Natalie said, and Carl hugged her back, "Carl, how are you?"
"I'm fine Natalie, and you?" Carl said.
"Fine, what brings you here?" Natalie asked. Just then, Van Helsing took his famous hat off.
"Van Helsing!" One man cried.
"Van Helsing!" Most of the villagers over 23 yelled. Gabriel tensed up.
"It is Van Helsing everybody! The man that saved us from the vampires!" A man of about 25 yelled. The crowd cheered.
"Well, this is certainly a different welcome then last time." Van Helsing said to Carl, who had finally broken the hug from Natalie.
"Yes, yes it is. Natalie has agreed to let us stay with her. Let's go." The friar said. The five companions followed Natalie to the stables and then to her house.
Natalie's house had three extra bedrooms. It was quickly decided that Carl and Van Helsing got private rooms, and the kids were stuck in one big room.
Of course, it was just as they were sitting down, ready to take a load off when they heard the screech of vampires.
"Quick Deianira, get your weapons!" Van Helsing said as he walked outside with his trusty auto-fire crossbow. Deianira followed in a heartbeat, she had all her weapons either in her bag or her belt.
"Van Helsing?" One of the young villagers said, "there's something we forgot to tell you. They made more."
"What!? More what?" Van Helsing said.
"Vampires." Deianira said.
"How do you know?" Gabriel said.
"Because they're behind you." She said, aiming her crossbow at Gabriel, who moved and turned to see six bat-like creatures headed towards him.
"GET INSIDE!" One of the villagers yelled as the crowd became chaos, all struggling to get home. Deianira took aim at the closest bat- thing, a girl of maybe 16 or 17. Deianira fired at her, but the thing just laughed and pulled the arrows out of herself. Deianira quickly got her Holy Water out and doused the tip of her crossbow into it. The girl-creature was chasing an old woman as a girl about Deianira's age screamed, "RUN GRANDMA RUN!"
"Take this!" Dei shouted as she aimed at the young creature pursuing the woman. Deianira was about to fire when she felt a force collide with her back. She turned around and saw another creature, a boy- creature of perhaps 19 or 20, grinning as it picked her up in its claws.
"Lovely view, isn't it?" He said, laughing. At least he was until Deianira got her sword out and nearly severed his foot from the rest of the boy. The creature howled in pain and dropped Deianira, who landed on a roof.
"AHHHH!" She screamed as she tried to claw her way to a stop as she flew down the roof. Just then an extremely small vampire flew and caught her upside down. Deianira pulled a stake out to stab him and was an inch from his heart, when he let go. Deianira fell through the air and begun to think maybe she should have taken those trapeze lessons when the circus was in town, when yet another vampire, a huge male, caught her. Deianira finally had her stake out and was about to kill him when he cried out, "NATASHA!" and dropped her two feet from the ground. She landed on her back as this vampire and the others flew off, keening.
"Dammit, twice I nearly got one." She grumbled standing up, looking for the others. Malak and Bahlal slowly crept their way out from behind an overturned cart, looking around cautiously. Carl, at the Church wall, had pushed Natalie behind his back to protect her. Van Helsing was putting his crossbow away while two feet away from him a woman with a stake in her heart was turning to ash.
"He killed Natasha!"
"He killed the vampire." Random cries went through the crowd as Carl and Van Helsing tensed up, then relaxed as they heard the cheers from the crowd.
"Let's go back to my house." Natalie said. Malak, Bahlal, Carl, Van Helsing, and Deianira followed Natalie back to the house. They were about halfway their when a teenage girl with black hair came up to them, sobbing. The same pale girl who had screamed at her grandma to run.
"Eva-kill-killed gra-grandmother!" The girl wailed leaning on Natalie.
"She did!? Oh, Lucia, I'm so sorry." Natalie said hugging the girl. "Come on, you'll have to stay with me. It's okay cry it all out, it's okay." Natalie said soothingly. The girl nodded and walked with them.
"Lucia is my second cousin." Natalie explained as they walked along, "She moved here with my great-aunt, her grandmother, a few months ago." She hugged Lucia again. When they got inside the house, it was decided that Carl would sleep with Natalie, ((not that way you nasty people out there)) Malak and Bahlal would stay put, and Deianira and Lucia would sleep in Carl's old room.
Carl and Deianira got their stuff to move into the new rooms as everyone else retired into their quarters.
((A/N, didn't really like this chapter but, oh well, review peoples, from now on all reviewers will be acknowledged in some way, shape, or form. Oh, and if you want to be in here as either a random villager or cult member, tell me the name and description, first 5 people!!