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Damien (the devil, Satan) the stranger who Vlad had encountered has revealed to him that he is a vampire, the first of his kind. Damien would later take Vlad to a place where he would begin his crusade against the humans and meet those who will come to his assistance. Don't get confused with the name of the castle. I'm not writing a story based on the video game.
Chapter 5
Damien takes Vlad Dracula under his wing and they both venture fifty miles through forests, over hills and through towns until they finally met their destination. They arrived at a colossal region north of the town of Poenari and south of the Transylvanian border.
Vlad noticed something on the ground he stood that startled him. The moon was full and his body did not penetrate through the blue light, therefore, he was unable to cast a shadow. "Damien," said Dracula "I have no shadow."
"Yes," said Damien. "The vampire casts no shadow and no reflection. He will no longer have knowledge of his height or his build and he will no longer have knowledge of his facial appearance. We are not here to count how many shadows or reflections we were robbed of, my friend." Damien's words were troubling towards . The life of the human was indeed gone for Dracula. He then focused on Damien. Damien had his right hand stretched out, then it began to tremble. As his hand trembled there was a great rumbling sound. The rumble made the ground shake at a great strength that Vlad could not keep his balance. Damien began to raise his hand and as he raised his hand something began to rise from the earth. It was huge, a sight that made Vlad's eyebrows rise above his head. Damien relaxed his hand and the rumbling ceased. What Damien was rising was already on the surface. It was a large white castle. "Vlad, this is your home," said Damien. "The place you knew as Castle Dracul is now Castlevania."
"It was destroyed by the Turks three years ago," said Dracula.
"It has been remade. This is where your kingdom begins." Dracula walked up to the gates of the castle. He looked up and stared in awe. It was truly different than he remembered. Its size and structure was new. Now he believed that no hand of man can create such a wonder. "Dracula," said Damien " there are things of your life that you must learn. You will not be able to show man that you are more powerful than the God he serves until you let them loose."
"More powerful than God?" said Dracula turning around.
"Yes. Those who come to me not only become powerful than men but also powerful than God. Man falls prey to God's promise of power and strength to those that submit to Him. This shows how weak the human mind is. Come, it is time for you to learn now." Damien held onto Dracula and jumps up to the very top of the castle.
On top of the castle, Dracula looked down. It was very far down. If one was not careful he would surely fall to his death. "How did he do that?" he thought. "This is where your first lesson begins," said Damien. "Jump."
"Jump?" said Dracula.
"Jump."
Dracula looked back down. "This man's mind is gone!" he thought. Then all of a sudden he felt a violet push on his back and he was sent falling down below screaming. It seemed that it would take forever for him to hit the ground for it was so high. His hair began to fly upwards as his body made a mad rush to the bottom and then all of a sudden he landed on his feet. He broke no bones and it felt like nothing had happened at all. He had fallen from the top, yet it felt like he jumped from a table. He looked up to see Damien. "Vlad?" he heard someone say behind him. Vlad turned around only to find Damien standing in front of him! Vlad was confused. "But…how…?"
"That is one of the gifts you have," said Damien. "The vampire cannot fall. He will always stand. He can stand on a great mountain and land on the ground below. No harm is done to him."
"I don't understand," said Dracula.
"You will understand in time. Face the castle." Dracula obeyed Damien's command. "I want you to run up the walls and return immediately," said Damien.
"That is impossible," said Dracula looking up to the castle.
"You must think and believe that it can be done. Focus on how it will be achieved. Envision it in your mind." Dracula began to think. He envisioned himself running on the walls of the castle at great speed as if he was running on flat ground. He started to run. His long grey hair blew in the wind due the speed that he was running. As he came close to the castle, his feet landed flat on the wall and he began to run upwards. This fascinated him, for when he thought it was impossible he achieved it. He arrived at the top, but he did not stop there. At the edge he suddenly jumped and landed to another area of the castle, then from there he began jumping to other areas of the castle, until he finally jumped and landed where he began. He picked himself up and looked at himself. "Incredible!" he said.
"Yes," said Damien. "You believed that it can be achieved and it was achieved. Yet, you accomplished more than you believed. Now come, there are teachings I must lay upon you."
Damien took Dracula into the deep forest that laid next to Caslevania. "We are here," said Damien "that you may learn the vampire's strength within his body and his mind. This is a gift that no human posses." Damien closed his eyes as Dracula looked closely. Dracula began to hear a great trembling of the ground and the creaking of a tree. Dracula turned his head only to see a tree being uprooted from the ground. Finally, the roots of the tree were free from the ground it stood and the entire tree started dashing towards him. It slammed into Dracula, sending him crashing into another tree. Dracula laid motionless on the ground as Damien walked towards him, being unconcerned of his wellbeing. Suddenly, both of Dracula's hands moved and pushed off the tree that was crushing him. His skull was cracked, his ribs and right leg were broken and he was covered entirely in blood. Then the wounds on his body began to disappear and all his broken bones were healing and blood began to disappear from his skin. "I don't understand," said Dracula. "I'm sure that I was wounded terribly. It seems that all of my wounds are healed. But before it happened I felt no pain."
"This, my friend is, another aspect of your new life," said Damien. "The vampire feels no pain. His flesh is not weak compared to the flesh of the human. If the vampire's flesh is punctured he will not scream nor fall. The wound will cease to exist and the flesh will become whole once again. The real intension for that experience was for you discover the strength within." He held Dracula's hand and helped him up. Damien began to walk away and Dracula soon followed. Dracula discovered that he was not on a limp. He was truly whole again.
Dracula followed Damien deeper into the forest until they both arrived at a river. "We are here for you to try again," said Damien not looking at Dracula. "I did not expect you to be successful the first time." He closed his eyes and Dracula looked forward to see a huge rock floating in mid-air. "The vampire possess great strength, Dracula," said Damien. "I want you to have this great stone in the palm your hand." The rock began floating towards Dracula, then it was directly above him. "Your life is in great danger, Dracula," said Damien. "You must protect yourself." The rock suddenly began to fall. Dracula raised his hands above his shoulders and the rock landed his hands. It brought Dracula to his knees, then he straighten himself up and held the rock above his head. He then threw the rock away. "Impressive," said Damien. "But can you withstand this?" Multiple rocks began flying towards Dracula. One flew directly into him, but he stretched his hands in front of him and stopped it. It pushed him backwards and he threw behind him. Other rocks dashed towards him and he pushed them aside one by one with palms of his hands.
One large rock flew towards Dracula at great speed. He drew his right hand backwards and as the rock drew close he pushed it in the center. The rock exploded into pieces and multiple splashes were heard in the river. Dracula, with a trembling fist, was shocked. "That was not expected of you," said Damien. "Yet, it was an impressive display. However, you must fend for yourself once more." A next set of rocks dashed towards Dracula. Dracula backed away slightly, then as the rocks came close they suddenly froze. Dracula looked at them in awe and he slightly bowed his head. As he bowed his head all of the rocks fell down. He looked at the rocks then he looked at Damien. "Did you do this?" said Dracula.
"No," said Damien. "That was all your doing. The vampire's mind can cause movement on all objects living or dead. This gift you have can be used against your enemies. You can cause seemingly dead objects rise and be used as weapons. When your enemy's weapon is formed against you, it wall not prosper. Anything that is thrown at you will stop at their tracks. Now, I want you to look at this forest. Make the right choice and move an object." Dracula looked around the thick forest. He looked at the trees and then the rocks in the river drew his attention. "Clever choice," said Damien. "Now, envision their movement." Dracula looked hard at the rocks. They began to tremble causing the water to tremble and then three rocks sprung up. They floated steadily in the air and Dracula looked at them hard once again. All three rocks trembled and fell into the river, then at great speed they dashed down the river. Dracula was amazed, then he smiled. "Humans have one thing correct," said Damien. " 'The mind is stronger than the body.' Come, you will soon learn that the vampire does not only dwell in human flesh."