A/N- I'm glad everyone liked that prologue. I was so worried I was going to get one of those reviews that said that Harry Potter and Castlevania should never be mixed. But I didn't! Yay me! Yay reviewers! Here's the next chapter!

Disclaimer- Oh, yeah, sorry I forgot, but Harry Potter obviously belongs to JK Rowling, not me. This disclaimer also applies to all chapters, including the prologue.


Chapter 1- Don't Ask, Don't Tell

This is so stupid! Why am I here? A dark lord is after me and everything I hold dear, and where do they put me? In the hands of another dark lord! I cannot believe this! Have I mentioned how stupid this is, putting me in the hands of Dracula? I mean…oh, yeah. By the way, Dear Journal, the date is June 25, and my name is Harry Potter. This journal was given to me by said dark lord. It's supposed to give me something to do. Yeah, let's see how long that lasts. Anyway, I'll stop my ranting here. I'm hungry and I don't know where to go to eat. Better get started early. I'm going to have to find my way around. Does Dracula even have food? Did Dumbledore even think of that? Probably not.

Harry closed the journal and sat back in the desk's chair. He threw the journal over his shoulder and heard it land on the bed with the same dull thump as before. Sighing, he began to look through the drawers in the desk. The very first drawer he opened--the top right one--had something in it. A rolled up, very old, piece of parchment with a note attached to it.

"You might need this," the note read.

Harry unfurled the parchment to find that it was a map of the castle. It didn't have any of the sections of the castle labeled, but it was a start. The Boy-Who-Lived stood, opened the door of his room, and ventured out into the hall.

It was very dark. The torches that lined the hall he had entered and every hall after that provided little light. Harry very nearly pulled out his wand to cast , but then he remembered that most things in this place probably hated light. Instead, he decided to satisfy himself with bumping off walls.

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By his count, it had been three whole hours since he had left his room in search of food. He had passed by several strange sights indeed. Flying bird women, floating swords, flying heads with snakes for hair, a strange two-headed monster, and many more. Finally, he found himself in something that the plaque on the wall by the entrance had called "The Catacombs."

He had headed for the lowest part of the castle, thinking that that's where the kitchens would be. Of course, he was judging this all on the layout of Hogwarts, a completely different place. But he had indeed found the lowest part of the castle.

He was about to declare to himself that he was lost, when he found a peculiar doorway. He entered, thinking nothing of any danger that may lie within, and found the room beyond to be stranger still.

There was no floor. Not to say that he was floating, it was just that one could not see the floor. It was covered with bones. Skulls, ribs, you name it, the bone was there. Farther into the room, there was a giant golden statue of a grotesque monster that reached from the skeleton covered floor to the ornamented ceiling. Harry ventured even further into the room and jumped as the door to the room slammed shut behind him. He ran back to it only to find that it was locked tight. Suddenly, there was growl. Slowly, Harry turned.

The statue had moved, which made sense since it wasn't a statue at all! The creature was dressed in all golden armor and vaguely resembled an Egyptian god. It was also carrying a large scepter.

Harry's back was to the door.

I'm dead, I'm dead, I'm dead…forget Voldemort, forget Dracula, something I don't even know is going to kill me. No way will a stunning spell hurt this thing! Harry thought.

Abruptly, he was pushed forward by what felt like the door. A hand, which Harry caught sight of only slightly, pulled him around the partly open door and into the hall. The door shut again, and Harry collapsed to his knees in relief that he was safe. That was, until, the image he had caught of the hand that had saved him caught up with him. It had been a skeleton's hand!

He stood and turned to come face-to-face with a hooded, floating skeleton carrying a scythe.

Oh, my God! I've gone from really bad to worse! Harry thought in a panic. Then, calming himself, he remembered something Dracula had said outside.

The Boy-Who-Lived looked up into the face of the skeleton and said, surprisingly calm, "Death, I presume?"

"Yes. Now, what are you doing down here?" Death replied.

"I was looking for something to eat," Harry said.

Death laughed. "Well, didn't find it, did we? Come along."

Harry fell into stride beside him. Death was leading him out of the Catacombs and back into the upper castle.

Should've known the kitchens would be up here, Harry thought absentmindedly.

"So, what was that thing?" he asked.

Death glanced down at him, then replied, "His name is Galamoth. He used to be in the Reverse Castle, but Dracula wanted him moved here."

"Why would he want that?"

"Don't ask, you really don't want to know"

"Okay…so, then, what's the Reverse Castle?"

"Don't ask."

Harry shook his head, figuring out that he wouldn't get really information out of this one, and went silent. After quite a long walk and a few transporter trips, they arrived in a place Death called "The Castle Keep."

"Dracula likes to sit with his guest while they eat," Death explained. "You'll be dining tonight, and most likely every night, in the Throne Room."

"Why?"

"Don't ask."

Harry sighed exasperatedly. Death took him directly into the Throne Room where Dracula sat upon his throne.

"Yes?" the King of Vampires asked.

"The kid says he's hungry," Death said.

Dracula nodded, and Death disappeared. Harry turned to Dracula.

"Food?" the vampire asked.


End Notes: Did you like this chapter? I hope so. Please review! Thanks! Oh, and, if you a fan of Harry Potter, Vampire Hunter D, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, AND Castlevania, please read mine and my friend's fanfic The Concept of Good. Our penname is QuillsandValium. See my bio for a link! Thanks again!