===Chapter 5: The Lord is With You ===
Disclaimer: I don't own Van Helsing and all that baloney.
A/N:
Sinister-Darkness: Your welcome, and I do think he deserved it. Evil cackle I am SO evil!
Save Me Jebus!: Thank you!
Raynee: All will be explained, dear friend.
TearDrops: I know! Men and guys have almost ALWAYS screwed up their apologies to me, and I thought I'd put it in there to make Dracula look a little more human, even through he's not.
Lady Lestat: I totally agree. Men can be such dumbasses.
Nerys flew back to Fortress Dracula and to her room. She dug through trunks, throwing their contents all over the room. She threw drawers out of cabinets, creating an enormous mess in her search. She smiled when she found what she wanted. She pulled a necklace from the depths of a drawer. It was a thin silver chain, and on the end hung a silver cross jeweled with diamonds and rubies.
When she was alive, she wouldn't go anywhere with it and had it ever since she could remember. Nerys slipped it on her neck and immediately felt at peace. She suddenly felt dizzy and hastened to sit down on the sofa by the window. Her eyes fazed out and a seen fell before her.
===Scene===
A blinding white light covered the area in peace. It was obvious that no evil had tainted this place, and it was very unlikely it ever would. A most beautiful woman kneeled down on the golden street before a shining light. She was garbed in the softest material of a light blue. The dress draped slightly off her shoulders and the sleeves were split at the shoulders, so that her pale delicate skin was apparent. The dress ended at her ankles where one could see her golden sandals. The dress made her look very curvaceous, but no one cent of perversion or lust could be determined from the dress.
The girl bowed her head, her waves of pure blonde hair falling in front of her face, hiding her sapphire eyes from view. Wings of the purest white were folded behind her back.
A man stepped from the light t stand in front of the girl. But he was not a man; what he was is almost unexplainable. He had the soft, but strong feature, and there was no one as handsome as he. He wore robes even whiter than the girl's wings, and he knelt before her. He holes in his hands and feet. He smiled at her, slipping a chain over her head to rest upon her chest. A silver cross littered with sapphires and diamonds rested on the chain. The girl lifted her hand to it, stroking it lovingly. She noticed it was cool, but also pleasantly warm. A tear dropped from her eyes, but she was neither sad nor afraid.
The man stood, taking the girl with him.
"Go my child, for I am with you.
===End Scene===
Nerys blinked her eyes several times, holding the cross tightly within her grasp. Was she going insane? She sure felt like it. All these dreams, and now she was having hallucinations! Ha! Nerys thought to go to Dracula, he would answer her questions, but she thought better of it. There was something holy of her dreams, and he would not like that at all. Besides, she was still angry with him.
Nerys lay in shut the curtains over her window to block out the coming sunrise. Instead of going to her coffin, she went to her rarely used bed. It was dusty and a bit moth-eaten from age, but it was still very comfortable. She knelt next to the bed, resting her elbows against the comforter and folded her hands together. Nerys closed her eyes, trying to remember what to say. She had been brought up in the Church of England, though her mother was a strong Catholic.
"Now I lay me down to sleep, I pray the Lord my soul to keep, and if I die before I wake, I pray the Lord to take," She finished. Nerys crept under her covers, feeling happier then she had ever felt in her whole entire existence. The Lord was with her, and tears of joy fell down her face, as she rejoiced his presence. While he was with her, Dracula and his demons from Hell could not touch her. And as she fell asleep, she thought she felt a hand on her head, as a Father stroked his child, and the light behind her eyes took her.
"Now Salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of His Christ have come, for the accuser of our brethren, who accused them before our God day and night, has been cast down. And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, and they did not love their lives till death. Therefore rejoice, O heavens, and you who dwell in them! Woe to the inhabitants of the earth and the sea! For the devil has come down to you, having great wrath, because he knows that he has a short time.
Nerys sat up in her bed, feeling amazed, wonderful, and a tad scared. She had heard the voice of God, and she knew she was not worthy of it. She quickly left her room, grabbing a cloak and veil at the same time. As she walked through a room, the curtains were open and sunlight filled the room. She was not yet wearing her cloak and she yelled out in fright.
"Who left the bloody curtains open!" But she shushed as the light did not burn her skin, nor cause her pain. She let a broad smile light her face again, for the Lord had shown mercy upon her.
Nerys reached the stables and rode a dapple grey mare to Vaseria. She was cloaked in grey, and her black veil hid her face from just below her eyes and down, so that she might see, yet not be recognized by anyone. Only Van Helsing and Princess Anna had seen her, but she didn't want to take any chances.
Nerys was immensely happy with her condition of faith at the moment, but her face dropped as she saw the peasants of the village. The were clothed in mere rags, laboring all day, breaking backs with heavy wait, and the sun burned their skin. But they seemed not to notice. In fact, they seemed quite happy with their lives. They seemed to not know any different.
"May the Lord bless you souls," Nerys whispered, but none but the Lord heard her. Nerys dismounted her hose, leading it through the streets and to the small church. She saw the Holy Water, longing to touch it, run her fingers through its smooth element. But she restrained herself. She walked inside the church and it was empty. She kneeled down in front of the cross draped in satin. She closed her eyes and again folded her hands.
"Forgive me Father for I have sinned. Show mercy upon my soul for I was blinded by evil and consumed with it. I give you my heart my Lord, that you may reign in me. Show me guidance through these trying times, for I know not what I must do. I know that it is you that shows me these visions through dreams, but I do not understand. Please, let me know your plan, explain to me so that I might do your will. I wish to be with you, O Lord, to be graced with your presence, in hopes of light. Reign in me Lord, as I give you myself, my life, my service. Enlighten me, Lord. Amen." Nerys prayed fervently. She kissed the floor in front of the cross, then stood up. At that moment, an unbelievable power consumed her, and she fell to the floor in a faint.
===Nerys's Direct POV===
I stood in a street lined in gold, and everywhere I looked, people smiled and waved to me. All I could only wave back, amazed out of my wits. I have never seen a place more beautiful than this. I knew at once that this must be heaven, for there could be no other place as wondrous as this.
To Be Continued . . . .
= Revelation 12: 7-12
A/N: The next chapter is going to be immensely hard to write, because I do not know how to describe the presence of God. So If I do not do a good jog writing it, pretend its more holy then I make it. So what do guys think? This is like my semi-climax . . . Or climax . . . Don't look at me, I don't know! Anyway, all will be kind of revealed . . . I think . . . Review!