Well, here it is. Thanx fo the reveiws...you three. I am sorta having writers block...but i know where its going to go, so this story isnt going to die! Read more and review. bye

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Chapter 1: Recover

If he had left on foot I would have followed, rushing after him at my fastest speeds, but instead he sank into the earth, a black portal at his feet, and when nosforatu disappear by those means there is no telling where they go.

But he was gone, and I was portal aware.

I looked about myself, seeing that I was covered in rags, dust, mold, an insect or two, and tangled hair. In my hands were the moon pendant and the "True Power" dagger. I saw the streetlights, the stone path, the buildings, the modernism. I saw the world.

"What has become of me," I said to myself as I realized the starvation in my veins. I needed to drink blood; the last drink I had taken in was more than many moons before. The starvation stabbed at my entire body, pain coursing through each of my veins. There wasn't the time to seek out a victim, I would have to call out to one of the military looking men and trick him into coming to me.

One of the military men quickly came into my view. It was apparent that this man was without a complex thought, as he was simply standing there, pretending he was busy with a task whenever he saw someone come by.

Well, he wouldn't be missed too much.

Using my vampiric powers I made his mind show him a world of bright colors and absolute tranquility, flowers of all colors at his feet and surrounding him in all directions.

"Hello," a voice of a woman called to him. He looked up and there stood a beautiful woman, one whose image I saw in his mind. Shyly he waved to her, his face reddening. The woman ran to him and collapsed in his arms, her head resting on his shoulder.

"I've been waiting for you," the man told her. "I've been waiting…"

"Yes," the woman replied, "and I have been waiting for you, and now we are together. We are here, and we can be at peace forever now." She kissed his cheek and buried her head into his neck.

"At peace," the man mumbled. "At peace forever."

"Yes, forever," I spoke to myself as I took him into a dark alley, his body weightless in my arms. "You and I will be one forever," I said, his ears hearing the voice of the woman. He seemed to relax in my grasp as I drew his neck to my lips. "Forever," I whispered one last time. He was in absolute peace when I sunk my teeth into him, and only in his last moment did he realize he was dying. But it was too late for him to fight, he was already dead.

The hot liquid still stood on the tip of my tongue, my taste buds filled with such an ecstasy that my entire body drowned in the pleasure. It seemed forever that I stood there entranced by the blood, my mind devoid of all thought, save for experiencing the blood in it's veins.

When I opened my eyes I felt my body had grown, and it then came to my knowledge that I had been nothing more than skin and bones not even a moment ago. My animated corpse had expanded, my muscles formed, my limbs and organs returned to the way they once were.

I looked down at the drained corpse that lay on the stone earth. I bent down and kissed the mans cheek, and though I knew he was gone, I whispered to him, "Yes, you are at peace now. Now and forever."

I looked up at the sky and saw the black aura changing, the first hints of morning light showing. I was so weary, I needed to rest, whether the sun would burn me or not. I took the man's clothes and dressed myself in them, leaving with him his weapons and his army jacket, the white shirt he wore underneath the jacket now on me. I also took his money and what little valuables from him, thinking of getting a room in a local inn.

Standing over the man for one last moment I left the alley to find a place to rest, my body, though freshly rejuvenated, worn out from countless nights of wandering.

"Alucard," I spoke to myself as I walked through the busy streets of the city. "Alucard," I repeated. I continued whispering his name over and over, each repetition of his name bringing more and more memory into my mind.

"Alucard…"

I know not how long it took me to find the refuge of a hotel, only that I had appeared in a room filled with modern furniture and modern decorations, the room large enough for at least a dozen individuals, though it was only for my private use.

I stood at a large window that lead to an outdoor room, the view of the glorious city basking in the early morning sunlight blinding my eyes. I could feel the sun's rays burning my vampiric skin, but when I looked at my flesh I saw that not a single spec of myself was even remotely singed. All I felt was the sun burning me, but I did not care that about the pain of it. All that mattered was Alucard, and I could not fathom the reason as to why he was so important.

It was countless the number of times I called his name, and I don't even know how many days and nights had passed by while I stood at that window, looking down at the city. All I know is that on one night he was sitting in one of the chairs within the outdoor room, the same mocking grin I saw on him before upon his face, one of his vampiric eyes visible from behind his orange sunglasses, a wine glass filled with cold human blood in his hand.

At that moment, my blood began to boil.