River was sitting at the front of the cart with Sypha, while Alucard sat in the back and Sypha smiled at River as she said, "So River, What exactly is so important for us to find in Wallachia?" and River smiled at Sypha as she replied while keeping her eyes on the road ahead of them,
"The Belmont family hold, assuming it's still there and hasn't been ransacked by the Church already."
Alucard then looked at River from the back of the cart as he perked a brow as he said, "Assuming? Meaning you haven't tried looking for it yourself, Belmont?" and River tilted her head back at Alucard as she replied,
"Not really no, I just assumed it had been claimed by the Church much like how they claimed everything that belonged to my family."
The group got roughly half way to Wallachia as the sun was beginning to set and Sypha looked at River and Alucard as she said, "Looks like we will have to set up camp for tonight and continue our journey in the morning." and River stopped the cart as she let out a sigh and replied,
"I suppose we will have to camp here for tonight."
Sitting around a campfire, River looked at Alucard as she asked, "So Alucard, Why did your mother suddenly stroll up to Dracula's castle one day?" and Alucard smiled slightly at River as he replied,
"Well, from what I understand Belmont, my mother came to Dracula's castle because she asked him to teach her to be a doctor."
And River smiled as she let out a small laugh as she said, "So let me get this straight, your mother asked Dracula to teach her to become a doctor? What was first Bloodletting?" and Alucard let out a small chuckle of his own as he replied,
"My god, you actually think you are funny."
Suddenly, River heard some rustling from nearby as she said, "Did you hear that?" and Alucard followed where River was looking as he replied,
"Sounds like we have company hiding in the bushes."
A few Night creatures then ran from the bushes and charged at River and the others, and River drew her short sword and slashed a few Night creatures that came towards her, While Sypha launched some fire balls and Alucard drew his long sword and slashed at the incoming Night creatures, as more and more Night creatures came at them.
Eventually Sypha and the others were breathing heavy as they were surrounded by corpses of Night creatures before River said while trying to catch her breath, "Well...that was fun. We should keep moving." and Alucard smiled at River as he replied,
"For once I agree Belmont, we should continue to Wallachia and find this hold you speak of."
Sypha then looked at both Alucard and River as she said with a frustrated huff, "I can't believe I'm agreeing with the both of you, but heading to Wallachia would be better than sitting out here and being attacked by roaming Night creatures."
Wallachia…
When River and the others arrived in Wallachia, it was night time and River stopped the cart by a pile of rubble and both Alucard and Sypha looked slightly confused before Alucard said, "So, you brought us to a pile of rubble? This is what you wanted us to find, Belmont?" and River glared at Alucard as she jumped down from the cart as she replied,
"Obviously, I know the hold is here somewhere. It's probably buried under all this rubble."
Before River then began moving some of the rubble out of the way as Sypha also got down from the cart holding a torch as she walked over to River and asked, "When was the last time you visited the hold River? Did your family take you down there often?" and River continued to move some rubble out of the way as she replied,
"I've only ever been down to hold maybe once or twice, probably when I was 11 or 13. I don't remember much of my childhood."
Alucard then looked around what looked to be some ruins as he looked at River and said, "11 or 13? Did you have a bad childhood or something? I would have assumed you would have been to hold more than once or twice?" and River dusted herself off a little as she replied,
"Maybe I have been down in the hold more times than I was actually allowed to. Is there a point to these questions?"
And Alucard smirked slightly at River as he teased, "I guess I must of had more of a childhood than you did, Belmont." and River glared at Alucard as she retorted,
"And your dad's fucking Dracula."
Soon both River and Alucard began chuckling at each other, before River then looked at Alucard as she said, "Look, just help me clear this would you?" and Alucard then smiled as he began launching pieces of rubble away and River watched in shock before Sypha offered her a torch which she took, once the rubble was cleared they saw a what looked to be a door with some writing on it.
Sypha then looked at the writing before she looked at River as she asked, "Maybe there's a trick to opening this? Did your parents ever show you how to open it?" and River shook her head at Sypha as she replied,
"I have never seen how they opened it, my parents only took me down once it was open. I don't know any tricks to open it."
Then Sypha chanted the words written over the door and the door suddenly flew open and Alucard smirked at River as he said, "Naughty Belmonts, hunting things in the night. Living under a magical door." and River walked towards the entrance of the hold as she replied,
"I didn't know it was a fucking magic door alright? It doesn't mean we're black magicians."
As River slowly began descending into the hold, Alucard looked at River as he said, "You do realise that word means death right? Who would've thought the Belmonts would be living under a magical death door." and River looked back at Alucard as she retorted,
"Shut up. Are you coming or what?"
Later…
When River and the others entered the hold, Sypha looked over a balcony in awe before she said, "River...this is incredible! Is everything organised? Is it easy to find what you're looking for?" and Alucard smiled as he said,
"Perhaps one would have to kill a chicken and find what you need in its guts, or maybe Belmont has a crystal ball you could ask?"
And River glared at Alucard as she said, "Shut up." before she then continued walking down the stairs and added, "Everything my family have found is recorded and stored here, generations of knowledge all kept here." before River then found a couple chests hiding next to one of the shelves and she pulled them out and dragged them towards the middle of the room.
River then took a knife and forced it against the lock on one of the chests, before the lock eventually broke and River pushed open the chest revealing a metallic whip inside, River smiled as she picked up the whip and held it in her hands as she said, "The Morning star! Oh I thought this had already been claimed by the church along with all our other weapons. Capable of setting itself ablaze to dispatch both Vampire and Night creature."
Then River opened the second, slightly smaller chest revealing a crossbow that looked small enough to fit around someone's wrist and she picked it up and attached it to her left arm and aimed it a couple of times as she said, "The Phoenix crossbow, a lightweight crossbow with a unique capability of firing flaming bolts even when it had no ammo."
Meanwhile, Sypha was busy reading through some books on the other side of the library, before she looked at Alucard as she said, "I've found lots of amazing things written here. But...I do question what some of River's ancestors were like, I'd found a lot of spells involving penises." and Alucard smiled slightly at Sypha as he replied,
"Are you sure it was her ancestors and you didn't find something like that under her childhood bed or something."
While River was looking at a box of throwing knives downstairs, Sypha leaned over the balcony on the upper level as she said, "River! I think I found something that could help us bring Dracula's castle here! Come up here." and River looked up at Sypha and shook her head as she replied,
"I'm not coming up Sypha, you're wasting your time."
And Sypha let out a frustrated huff as she yelled, "Just get your rude butt up here and I'll show you!" and River closed the box she was holding and let out a heavy sigh as she replied,
"Fine, I'll come and see what you wanted me so desperately to see."
When River got upstairs, she heard some snarling, so she ran to the entrance of the hold as a Minotaur and some hell demons began descending into the hold and River said, "Oh, you've got to be kidding me!" before running back to the others. She then picked up a plank of wood and tried to use it to board one of the doors to the library but she just settled for leaning it against the door instead which immediately fell and pushed open the door as River let out a heavy sigh.
A few Night creatures and hell demons managed to make their way inside the library, including a blood priest. River swung the Morning star before launching it at the Night creatures and the end of the whip smashed against a Night creatures' head causing it to explode in a puddle of blood and River took a couple of deep breaths as she said, "Now I understand why I wasn't allowed to play with the whip much as a kid."
The Minotaur from earlier burst into the library and launched River into the upper levels of the library while Alucard and Sypha were fighting off demons on the other side of the library, River coughed up a little blood as she dragged herself to her feet right as a hell demon was coming towards her, she picked up a piece of wood in her hands as she smirked at the demon and said, "Oh you are one right ugly bastard aren't you? Well, I'm armed with a...stick! I'll understand if you want to run away now." however the demon seemed to be unfazed by River's words as it continued to walk towards her.
River then threw her piece of wood at the Minotaur stabbing it in the chest and causing it to cry out in pain, before River then grabbed another piece of wood and stabbed it into the Minotaur as she said to it, "Now, you crawl back to whatever shit stained hell hole you crawled out from and you tell your masters...THERE ARE STILL BELMONTS DOWN HERE!" and the Minotaur let out a horrifying scream as it burst into flames leaving a puddle of blood behind.
After the hell demons had been cleared, Sypha sat next to River as they leaned against a bookshelf, Before Sypha smiled at River as she asked, "You never told me why your name is River. Belmont I now understand, but River doesn't exactly sound local?" and River let out a small sigh as she replied,
"So, the story goes, Celine came here some time ago with either Leon or Simon I can't quite remember which. And they had a child called Rifor, with an f, it's a terrible name if you ask me."
And Sypha pondered the name for a second as she said, "Rifor...Rifor...Riffi?" And River smiled a little as she replied,
"Oh my god no! That just sounds worse."
Sypha then let out a small giggle as she looked at River and said, "You are Riffi now." and River let out a small giggle of her own as she replied,
"Someone kill me now."
River then looked at Sypha as she said, "Anyway, what was so important you wanted me to see before we had to risk our lives fighting off blood priests and hell demons?" and Sypha stood up and walked over to a piece of cloth and pulled it revealing a mirror with some markings around the edges. At first River looked confused as she said, "That's it? That's what was so important you wanted to show me? A fucking mirror?"
Sypha then let out a sigh and shook her head as she replied, "This isn't just "a fucking mirror" Belmont. With this Mirror we could find Dracula's castle! Don't you see? We could use this to find Dracula and put a stop to him." and River let out a sigh as she said,
"Alright fine, we'll use the bloody mirror! Do you even know how to work that dusty old thing?"
A/N: I apologize for this chapter coming out late, I was ill. I am feeling much better and back to my old self now, so hopefully I won't be late getting the next chapter out. I hope you guys enjoyed this chapter! Stay tuned to see what happens next!
