Hello everyone!
Yes, this is a repost of what I had written - due to a problem called to attention of Namariel. As it states in the guidelines, Anne Rice does not want her character of Lestat to be used.
Thank you Namariel. (I am in your debt for this)So - from now on, Selene's Master shall be known as Layfette (Marquis de).
I know, it's horrible to use him. But I have no choice not to. If any of you readers do not like this change, you can let me know. I'm open to suggestions!
Thank you all for reading, and hanging in there with me!
Sarri Otaku-san
ps: I'm sorry for using Layfette, and I'm sorry for not paying attention to what I was writing! However, I believe having Layfette in there could prove to be interesting, the notion of having a vampire in some of the major historical events is really quite cool - if I do say so myself.
Selene entered her suites in a huff, letting the door slam behind her as she yanked on the gas knob- making the old gas lights flare to life.
"Mmm…" an incoherent mumble drifted its way from the bed, where her husband, Jonathan Lebrun, was still sleeping. Ignoring the groans of protest from under the covers, Selene marched over to her vanity, sat down, and picked up her hairbrush, pulling it almost violently through her white tresses.
"Stupid Raphael, thinking I can't do anything – " Selene muttered to herself, sighing in frustration as the hairbrush fell from her grip.
"What is my cousin saying about my beautiful wife?" Jonathan's voice came from beside the little albino, making her jump in surprise. Selene watched from over her shoulder as his tall frame bent down and picked up the hairbrush, only to once again begin brushing her excessively long hair.
"Raphael is forbidding me to go visit the Harkers – "
"What?" Jonathan immediately dropped the brush, and almost violently turned his wife around to face him. Selene looked up into the face of her soul mate, his shaggy brown hair falling to his bare shoulders; blue-gold eyes alight with worry. "You can't go! You don't know what they could do to you!"
"Jonathan, please." Selene placed her tiny hands on top of his broad ones, easing their grip on her shoulders. "The Harker family owes a debt to mine, and it is about time for it to be repaid."
"A debt? You never told me of this." Jonathan let go of his wife's shoulders, only to bend down and pick up the hairbrush for the second time. Handing it to Selene, Jonathan walked over to the king sized bed, and sat down. "You better begin explaining, Selene."
The albino sighed, and replaced the hairbrush onto the vanity. Turning on her stool so that she could see her love, Selene folded her hands in her black-clad lap. "When I was human, I had a brother, yes?"
Jonathan nodded. "Benjamin."
"Correct. Even though I was a weak child, Benjamin would take me out into the fields and play with me. My parents believed the sunlight would darken my skin, and help my health. Neither did anything to improve my 'condition', as the doctors had put it, and I was deemed sickly for the rest of my life. Benjamin, being the good older brother that he was, refused to believe the doctors and continued to take me out everyday.
Soon after my tenth birthday, Benjamin and I were in the fields making daisy wreaths when we heard a shout from northeast corner of the fields. Benjamin went to see who it was, and it turned out to be Peter Harker, grandson to Jonathan and Mina Harker. He had been badly wounded, and was losing blood fast. Benjamin had me tend to him as best I could as he ran to get our parents, and we saved his life. After he had recovered, he vowed to repay his debt to the Vigeé Family, even if it had to be repaid by his great grandchildren. The Harker family has still not repaid it."
"I see. But who attacked Peter?"
Selene cringed. "It was Layfette – he wiped out all of the family with the exception of Peter. He managed to escape somehow."
One brown eyebrow arched upward. "Layfette? Your Master?"
The albino draculina lowered her head. "Yes, he told me after he turned me. It was in revenge of what they had done to Vladimir."
"Vladimir? You mean Alucard?"
"Yes. I knew Vladimir long before any of you, when I was still a fledgling to Layfette. It was just after my brother had died, when Layfette introduced me to Vladimir."
"Just what did the Harkers do to Alucard to cause Layfette to go on a blood lust like that?"
"I'm not exactly sure, but from what my Master told me the son of Jonathan and Mina tried to kill Alucard again."
"Was this after Abraham Hellsing's son trapped Alucard in servitude?"
"Yes."
Jonathan raked a hand through his brown hair, letting out a sigh. "I don't know why I fell in love with you – you're such a problem to me. Always keeping me on my toes, never letting me know everything about you –"
"But that's exactly why you fell in love with me, right?" Selene smiled at her husband.
"God knows it." A smirk formed on his handsome face, giving him a boyish air. Jonathan rose from the bed, and strode over to where Selene sat. Pulling her up by her arms, he enveloped the petite albino into a hug, one hand running through her white locks.
"I'm not happy about you wanting to go see the Harkers."
Selene sighed, and leaned into her husband. She rested her head on his bare chest, her tiny stature only letting the top of her head come to the middle of his breastbone. "I know you don't like it." She murmured.
"Damn straight I don't. Just what exactly do they have that could be of some use?"
Selene tilted her head to look up at Jonathan. "They could have a book – "
Jonathan threw back his head and laughed. A set of double fangs gleamed in the gas lights, giving the handsome man a deadly air. "A book? Darling, we've had no luck with the books!"
"But still –"
"No buts. If you can't find a better reason to go besides the excuse of finding a book, you're not going at all."
"Jonathan!"
"No arguing. I've said my piece, and that's final. Now go get dressed, I'll meet you in the in kitchen for breakfast." Jonathan released Selene from his hug, and padded over to the bed, where he grabbed a white poets shirt that was hanging from the bedpost. Pulling it over his head, the vampire turned to his wife. The little albino blinked at him, her pale pink eyes staring at a spot on the wall behind him.
"Hey." Jonathan said softly.
Selene turned her attention to him.
"Let it go. Alucard will find something, and Seras will be all right. What I don't need is for you to go putting yourself in danger to find nothing."
"We'll never know unless we try." Selene spoke softly.
Jonathan sighed, and opened the doors. "That is something we'll just have to do without. I'll have Walter warm up your favorite type." With that, Jonathan closed the doors behind him, leaving Selene alone in the bedroom. The little albino scowled at the closed doors.
"I'm going whether you like it or not, Jonathan."
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