Disclaimer: I DO NOT OWN VAN HELSING OR THE CHARACTERS. Just the story. -Linwe
April walked across the main hall of Velarious Manor with a lit torch in her hand. It truly amazed her how dusty a place could get even if someone had been living in it not to long ago. It was sort of unnerving, as though someone's absence could actually collect in dust form. She shook her head to stop her imagination from journeying away too far.
She made her way up a long flight of stairs and found herself in a hallway with many doors. After checking a few with no sign of any mirror-looking portal, she finally came to a very large living room study type place. She explored it thoroughly, but much to her disappointment, found no signs of any mirror that was large enough to walk through. What she did find was a very large map of Transylvania on the wall. She examined it, and much to her surprise, came upon a Latin inscription on the side of the map.
April quickly set her torch in a holder on the wall near the map, and read the inscription out loud to herself. After ten years of education, she knew Latin better than English really, and wished most people still spoke it in everyday conversation.
"In the name of God, open this door" she spoke the last line of the inscription out loud, looking at it curiously. "Door" she whispered. "Wait! Door… portal! But where's the mirror" As if the map had somehow heard her words, it changed. The map gradually melted away, starting in the center, to reveal the sleek silver surface of a mirror. "Oh my… well I suppose this is it." She said, staring at it, dumbstruck.
Then, hesitating no longer, she started to walk, hands in front of her, into the mirror, hoping that it was a portal so she wasn't walking into a mirror. It only took one step and her hands had amazingly penetrated the surface… she felt cold and quickly withdrew her hands. She looked around and grabber her torch from the wall. With one motion her swept the hood of her cloak over her head and walked forward once more into the mirror.
Three steps was all it had taken to completely walk through. April was shocked at the strong, icy wind blowing. She looked around and found herself in front of a huge, gothic castle, looking as though it was completely covered in ice. The ground was covered with snow, and even more snow continued to fall from the black sky and swirl all around her. Despite the nasty climate, she trudged on, determined to reach her goal and bring back the man who she had unfortunately fallen in love with. Even though all she knew him by was a kiss…
