A/N: this (new) beginning to this chapter was conceived when I was lying outside in the sun…you know that feeling when your outside in the sun and don't care what happens?… well this is the state that Van Helsing is in the beginning of this chapter…I thought it appropriate…read review…and enjoy!
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The ships stopped arriving after a few days and as more people populated the island Van Helsing found that he valued his privacy more and more. One of his favorite spots was a cliff that overlooked the entire island. The view was beautiful and he always knew when to leave because he always saw people coming from his cliff-side view.
Today Carl had decided to invade his private time Van Helsing didn't mind as much this time as he was too busy enjoying something he got little of in his line of work… sunlight.
But eventually when Carl came to call he sat down beside the monster hunter. Apparently he had something to say but he knew from experience that it was a death sentence to disturb Van Helsing for almost any reason. So he sat silently until he felt it safe to talk.
"Van Helsing?" Carl said.
"What?" the monster hunter asked as he rolled over to face the friar.
"Do you know what the moonlight festival is?" Carl asked.
"No clue. But I'm going to guess that you're about to tell me?" Van Helsing said rolling onto his back once more to enjoy the sunlight.
"Well actually…no… I was hoping that you would tell me" the friar responded " I herd some crew members talking about it…and when I asked them about it they said that I would find out tonight. And so I thought that with your… er…. persuasive ways, you would know more about it" Carl said.
"Well then I'm just going to have to find out more about this moonlight festival now wont I?" Van Helsing said regretfully standing up from his sunlit perch.
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Van Helsing had gone all over the island asking or information on this moonlight festival. Sadly everyone seemed to want this to be a surprise for him because no matter how much…persuasion he used he would always get the same answer 'be patient… you'll find out tonight'. So needless to say… the monster hunter had gotten no where, that is until he finally found Stray and Naza. The little boy was probably so naivete that he would tell him right away. But he had to make sure that Naza didn't stop him.
Stray and Naza where skipping stones on the beach. When Van Helsing approached, Naza turned around and shouted to Van Helsing
"HEY! Ready for tonight?" she asked as she tossed her last stone into the ocean.
She was clearly referring to the moonlight festival. At least it solved the problem of how he was going to ask about it.
"Actually… I was just going to ask you what that was…" Van Helsing said as he walked down to the water's edge.
"You're joking… right?" Naza asked in a non-believing voice.
"I'm not," Van Helsing said.
"Well then stray here will just have to help you get ready now wont he?" Naza said in a clever voice
"YAY!" stray shouted as he ran up and started pulling on Van Helsing's sleeve "fallow me fallow me!" the energetic boy shouted
"See you at the festival!" Naza shouted after the two. Then she walked off into the forest.
If it weren't for the fact that Gabriel had to gather information about what was going on he would have been long gone by now. He was really starting to hate this place…he especially hated the fact that every time he was confused he got pulled around by his wrist. But that didn't solve anything, because for the moment he had to do something to get ready for a festival that no one would tell him about, on an island that the captain couldn't see… was it just him or was this getting stranger and stranger by the minute?
Finally Stray had lead him into a ship where a room full of colorful clothing and other nick-knacks such as fireworks, stilts, and juggling pins. Stray instantly started shoving Random piles of clothing into the monster hunter's arms and told him to try it all on till he found something that he liked. Not wanting to fallow the little boy's instructions he just picked out a pair of blue pants and a yellow shirt he wasn't going to bother to take the time to try them on.
Stray apparently didn't care because he was too busy trying on big multicolored hats that slid past his eyes till he couldn't see. When stray saw that he was done he grabbed a pile of clothes that he had picked out for himself and the biggest multicolored hat their was and dashed out of the ship. Van Helsing was supposed to fallow. Which he did with little enthusiasm.
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Stray lead him back to the cave that had over the past few days become something like his home away from the order. When they entered the main chamber Van Helsing saw that the whole cave had been decorated. Brightly colored streamers where all over the walls, pots and pans where arranged in one corner of the cave, a buffet table was not far from the entrance to the cave. It was all quite colorful. If Van Helsing had to bet he would say that the moonlight festival was exactly as its name suggested, a festival under the moonlight.
"Hey your just in time the party is about to start!"
It was Naza she was over by the pots and pans and was tying one onto a horizontal pole that already had several on it. When she had finished tying the pot to the pole she ran over to him. She was dressed in a bright blue shirt and bright red pants.
"Do you know where Carl is?" Van Helsing asked thinking that Carl should know about thins since he was the one who asked about the moonlight festival.
"Present!"
Carl was over by the buffet table. Strange part of it was that Carl was dressed in a bright blue shirt and orange pants. Van Helsing made no comment on his new outfit
"How did you wind up here?" Van Helsing asked as he walked over to the friar.
"When you left I went asking around and then someone finally told me to get ready and he-"
"Pulled you to a ship where he told you to try on a bunch of clothing" Van finished Carl's sentence
"How did you know?" Carl asked
Gabriel mearly held up the shirt that he had randomly picked up.
The two of them got quickly engrossed in a conversation and didn't notice that more and more people where coming in. that is until Naza ran over to the place with all the pots and pans and started hitting them with wooden spoons. Several people quickly joined her and in the jumble they created some rely upbeat music. The party had begun.
People where dancing running in and out of the cave and coming back with lots of odd little nick-knacks from the ship. This party was nothing like Draculas party, in fact this was the exact opposite instead of an organized maskarade ball. It was a party!
"come dance with me! This is the last song!" Naza said.
Well Van Helsing had nothing better to do so why not? Naza lead him down onto the dance floor. The song that they danced to was relatively slow compared to the rest that where played at a million beets per minute, but this one was still relatively quick. Naza turned out to be a fairly good dancer.
When the song did end a huge firework exploded near the hole in the roof. And the whole crowd grew silent. As if waiting for something.
The Harvest moon was now directly above the hole and shone more brightly then ever. Van Helsing felt a surge of energy rush through him… the beast was finally strong enough to come out and he was powerless against it… then…
BANG!
Something had just burst through the entrance to the cave and was fluttering blindly around the ceiling. Van Helsing knew he could fight this. He reached for his tojo blades ready to face whatever it was. But he found that his hands where too big for the grips. He looked down at his hands to find that his hands where swelling at an alarming rate. Then he looked up and saw that every one else was changing as well.
He herd a roar and he could barely make out some words, it sounded like "whatsgoingon!" it sounded like Naza. He looked to where she was standing, and in her place was
an 8ft tall white werewolf standing beside him and he was rapidly reaching its eye level. This was bad…
"What a way to end the day" Van Helsing thought, then he lost control.
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A/N: yes I know it's the crappyest ending but hey… if I couldn't stand to write another paragraph so I just had to end it. Well don't worry the next chapter is just around the bend so happy trails… or in Van Helsing's case tails!
