Disclaimer: I do not own the waffles! Erm… Hellsing…
A/N Warning: If you do not like charactors who are OOC, or information that doesn't make sense, then don't read this and don't bug me about it. This is the way I write, and it's not about to change.
Chapter Seven!
Slowly, Seras Victoria opened her eyes, only vaguely surprised to find her Master laying next to her. Of course, over the past few days (for they had been there six days now), Seras had often awoken to find that her Master was sleeping (or pretending to) next to her.
Laying there, next to Alucard, Seras was sure that her heart was fluttering inside her chest. He was just so close… Hesitantly, Seras stroked his pale cheek while biting her lip. A second later, she pulled her hand back. What was she doing? This was her MASTER… She shouldn't think of him like that. Still…
Groggily, the Police Girl slid herself carefully out of the bed, doing her best not to make noise or move the mattress too much. If he was asleep, she didn't want to be the one responsible for waking him up. Sure, she didn't mind being so close to her Master, but she wanted to put some clothes on, and maybe brush her teeth. Nothing worse than bad morning breath.
Stifling a yawn, Seras grabbed the outfit she had set out before going to bed. Still tip-toeing, Seras entered her bathroom (yes, she had her own bathroom, connected to her room no less) and quickly dressed, brushed her teeth, and washed up a bit.
As she continued with what was quickly becoming a routine, the monotony of it gave her a few moments to think about something.
For the past few days, her Master seemed… well, annoyed, or as though he was angrily waiting for something. She had even asked him about training, for she really did want to learn something new. And while he had began working on teaching her to pass through objects, he still seemed to be holding back, waiting for something important to happen before doing that. Despite this, for some strange reason, the fact that he was angry bothered Seras. What if he was annoyed with her? Had she done something stupid, or something that bothered him?
" Damn it…" Muttering under her breath, Seras shivered in the bathroom. There was definitely a reason there were so many heavy quilts on her bed… The entire house was usually freezing, and the beautiful cherry wood floors didn't help the cold factor.
Finally finished, the tiny vampire surveyed her reflection (extremely thankful that she could see herself in the mirror) and was fairly happy with her selection. She had already learned not to wear shorts or skirts; she had nearly frozen to death just standing around the first time she had mistakenly worn a skirt.
For this particular day, Seras was wearing bright pink, knee-high socks (one of her thickest pair as a matter of fact), dark blue jeans, a light pink shirt, a black sweater and the same jean jacket she wore the first day she had come there. Despite these things, the chill still managed to get to her. She shivered again.
" I can't believe how bloody cold it is! I should have packed warmer things…" Oh well, nothing she could really do about it now… After finally having finished her bathroom 'stuff', Seras exited the bathroom to find that her Master was quite awake, lazily reclining against the headboard.
" Well, well, Police Girl, I didn't realize that you spoke to yourself in the bathroom." She flushed.
" Erm… Well… Uh…" He chuckled at her befuddlement before rising and walking over to the window in one fluid movement.
" Have you looked out the window yet Police Girl?"
" Not yet Master… The curtain is still over it so…" A wide grin spread across his face as he beckoned her over.
"Master?"
"Look." Alucard reached over and pulled the thick cord, pushing the draperies out of the way. The full moon was out, shedding light on the front yard. Slowly Seras' eyes widened.
"Is… Is it really?" She was answered with an Alucard brand grin. With a rather loud shriek, Seras tore out of the room and headed for the stairs. Just as she came close to the stairs, she tripped over a strange black thing that she hadn't noticed before.
" Wow… I should try to watch where I'm going… Damned socks." Seras hopped up again, paying no more attention to the short fall than to the small black shadow that seemed to cling to her leg.
After tripping a few more times, getting lost, and running into several walls, Seras finally made it to the front door. For a moment, she just stood there, panting and clinging to the door. Amazingly enough, she wasn't quite as cold as she was before…
Sitting quickly, Seras dragged over her boots and quickly pulled them on, fumbling for a few moments with the laces (STUPID THINGS!).
"Okay… okay… this is it… It's finally here!" Throwing open the door, Seras took a step out and froze, hardly noticing her own deep intake of breath.
The entire front yard was covered in a light, glittery powder, nearly glowing in the occasionaly glow of moonlight. Everything seemed to sparkle, and while she had seen snow just sitting there when they had first arrived, this was different. Taking several more steps outside, Seras gasped, much louder than last time. Better than the fresh, already fairly deep snow, there were little, tiny flakes of snow, drifting lazily down from the cloudy sky. Every so often the moon peeked through the clouds, seemingly smiling down at her enjoyment. Her eyes were wide and her breath came out in white clouds.
"Beautiful, isn't it Seras?" Seras jumped a bit to find that her Master stood just behind her, whispering in her ear. This tickled and strange thoughts popped into her head. However, she pushed them aside to deal with the wonderful phenomenon.
" Yes! Oh yes! Oh-Oh, I'm going to build a snowman and make a snow angel!" With that, Seras took off, excited much like a tiny child. Alucard simply stood back and chuckled, watching with amusement as Seras flew out into the flurry of snow, dancing around in circles and laughing aloud.
For a moment, Alucard himself closed his eyes, breathing in the cold air. The cold air was made even colder when a ball of snow (also known as a 'snowball') smacked him square in the face.
" I got you Master! Ah ha ha ha!"
" Oh? You think it's that easy?" Gasping, Seras took a step back as her Master flew out from under the porch and came at her, a snowball already in his hand.
" No!" Seras turned tail and fled, zigzagging back and forth, but nonetheless still unable to dodge the snowball that Alucard threw, which hit the back of her head. She gasped as the cold ice dribbled down her jacket, melting as it slid down her back.
" Gah! It's cold!"
" It's snow Seras, what do you expect?" At this she paused, stifling a giggle at her own stupid statement. It was snow, so why would she think that it was anything other than cold?
" You know what, I-" Her sentence was cut short as Alucard, whom Seras hadn't seen for some reason, plowed into her, pushing her to the snowy ground. And, of course, they were on the top of a small hill, and as he connected with her tiny frame, he pushed her backwards, causing them both to roll down the hill, end over end.
When they finally came a rest, it took a moment for Seras to regain her bearings. Obviously they were at the bottom of the hill… and her Master was poised over her and for once in the time that she known him, he seemed breathless, and happy. He had an arm on each side of her with his legs straddling her, one on each side of legs, and as they remained where they were, time seemed to freeze.
Their breath (while not necessarily needed mind you) came together in plumes of white, mingling together as the two allowed their eyes to meet and lock. More silence. And, of course, the silence would have continued (although Seras was beginning to wonder what that strange feeling in her stomach was) had she not felt the back of her pants and parts of her shirt beginning to get damp.
" M-Master! M-M-My pants are w-w-wet and c-c-c-c-cold!" Now shivering, Seras contemplated what to do. As her Master's mouth opened, probably to give some type of advice or even to make light of the fact that her pants were uncomfortably wet, Seras felt a strange sensation in her lower back, near the back of her wet pants.
It was as though something had just wriggled into her skin. At first the pain was excruciating, causing her to hiss. However, the pain lasted no more than a split second, leaving her back feeling incredibly numb. As her brain registered both the pain and numbness, she gasped, pushing herself up with her hands just in time to cut off Alucard's sentence with her lips.
What an excellent stopper they made!
The snow continued to fall around them, blanketing their surroundings in silence. Eventually, Alucard pulled away, eyebrow raised. His long hair had tumbled over his shoulders, tickling Seras' cheek, his red coat blocking out some of the cold.
"Well, Police Girl, that was new." As he met her eyes, his own narrowed. Instead of her beautiful ruby eyes staring back at her, he met with an oddly familiar pair of piercing green eyes. He growled low in his throat.
" Been a long time, right Alucard?" That did it. That wasn't Seras' voice, partially it was, but with a male's voice mixed in. In a split second, Alucard had pushed himself off the ground and was standing several feet away, glaring down at Seras. Seras chuckled and pulled herself up, brushing off the snow from her pant legs, and eventually looking back up to meet Alucard's gaze with a much lazier, almost bored look.
"And just who the hell are you." Seras pulled the 'doggy-eyes' at him.
" Why 'Master', you don't even remember me? And after we lived together for so long. After all, we've known each other for…" She took a deep breath. " For so very long." Alucard sneered, he remembered no such thing. He had been alone for such a long time, Seras was the most recent person he had sired, so what was this… thing, talking about?
His eyes narrowed once more, angrily, in realization at who this was.
" Jacob." Seras applauded him slowly, smiling and mocking him with her wrongly colored eyes.
" Bravo Alucard. And if you can remember that, then you remember leaving me here, in this God forsaken house alone for so very long, after siring and… well, you know what else. And now, because I have control of this… body, you will finally know my pain, first hand."
" Know this Jacob. If you harm Seras, you will feel more pain than you could possibly begin contemplate." For a moment, Seras/Jacob seemed to contemplate this. As she stood there, the snow gathering on her clothes, soaking her through, her eyes lit up.
After several minutes of silence, Seras/Jacob looked up, meeting Alucard's eyes. Alucard thought vaguely of how strange it was that Seras was looking staring him in the eyes.
" Well then, 'Master', we shall have to test that theory. You destroyed me before, and now, now I will take something 'precious' of yours. I'll be seeing you around… 'Master'." The snow around Seras suddenly picked itself up, twirling around her at a high speed.
" Good bye… for now…" And then, she was simply gone. Wet clothes and all. That, of course, left Alucard standing there, the snow gathering up to halfway up his calves.
As his pants began to soak through, and his socks became uncomfortably damp, Alucard looked up to the sky, and smiled.
" This will be interesting…"
Back at Hellsing
Walter was fine. He was calm, and cool, and far above collected. Whatever those two were doing, it was none of his business. Nope. He would just do the right thing and leave them be. If they were getting married then sure, he would probably suffer a fatal heart attack, but it wasn't as though there was anything that he could do to stop it. Nope, nothing at all.
" 'Alo Walter!"
Unless, of course, he murdered Pip.
Walter stifled a crude remark as he replied politely to Pip. Still, it was so difficult to do this. Why Pip? Why? Of all the people in the bloody world…
Sighing, Walter wound his way around the manor, eventually coming to the backyard. He spied the winding trail that led to well, nowhere. But it wasn't as though he had anything pressing to do.
Smiling wanly, Walter closed his eyes and followed the already familiar trail.
Yes. That's it. A walk… That was all he needed. He wasn't aware of his fists clenching, nor of that damn twitch that seemed to have returned.
Nothing to worry about…. Yet.
A/N: Alright, for the record, I don't care if the information is wrong. I thoroughly apologize if it bothers you, but so what? Who cares if Walter doesn't usually act like this? Once again, who cares? It's just a fic, it's not real, and we all know that if it was 'real', Walter would be a helluva lot calmer, and I'm pretty sure that Alucard would never have lived in Pennsylvania. Anyway, I'm not very good with the whole 'romance writing' thing, so forgive me if it really sucks. Yes, I have a plan for it, and yes, I'm desperately trying to fit it all together. Please R&R in any case, sorry for taking so long! The reviews make me want to write so, sorry for being spoiled… Always, and forever, the humble author. o.o
