1522 Edinburgh, Scotland
The curse of Dracula was loose around the world waiting for a new host, around Europe, roaming around no host had been good enough to have the curse, that until after so much traveling, in a castle of one of the largest and renowned families of witches in Britain, known for being a matriarchal society, the presence is largely female. Driven by greed a 13 year old girl called Daryl Cavendish the youngest of the family, knowing that everything would be passed only to the lineage of her older sister Bernadette Cavendish 16 years old, decided to think of a way to take the whole family for herself and finding out about the curse of Dracula, saw it as an opportunity to achieve her desire to become the head of the family and try to look like a heroine, at least what she thought she would end up leaving. The greed of the human being is what will cause yet another fight to try and stop Dracula's curse.
It was a cold and rainy winter night full of fog, the heavy rain devastated the surroundings of the huge castle, making it look like a fortress protecting it from the droplets, Daryl Cavendish the youngest witch of the Cavendish family was hiding in a secluded room of the castle, She was performing an invocation ritual, holding in her hands the receptacle for Dracula's curse, in this case a butchered body of a vampire that she had bought on the sly after finding out about the curse. The girl drew a pentagram made of blood on the ground, along with some candles placed on the tip of it, trying somehow to summon something to make the curse come true.
Daryl: Come to me! Make my wish come true! Let's make a deal!
Daryl for some seconds notices the flames of the candles increasing, the blood of the pentagram started to bubble, until the ground starts to open with the outline of that pentagram, a creature appears, wearing a black cloak, carrying a scythe, its physical appearance is skeletal, it was the death that came to the call of the girl. Cavendish looks at that creature and is startled by the size and also the appearance that is not as usual as what she is used to seeing, but not for that she stopped keeping confident.
Death: Ah, what brings me here? What are your reasons for invoking me mere mortal? I don't have all the time in the world and I'm not here to play games, so tell me what you want and what your reasons are.
Daryl: You finally showed up Mistress Death, I called you in to make a basic deal, I want you to pass Dracula's curse onto my older sister's body. No more than that, for I know how treacherous your deals can be.
Death: And why would a mere mortal want to deliver a curse that grants immortality to her sister's body, a curse capable of granting enormous powers, that has already caused a lot of damage, a person with a thirst for power would ask without a second thought to be the recipient of Dracula's curse, why then you mortal are wanting to cast that curse on someone else?
Daryl: Did you come here to ask questions or to make a deal? For someone who says you doesn't have enough time you seem to have plenty of time to find out about a mere mortal's reasons.
Death: Oh you are really not afraid of what I can do? The best thing you do is to cooperate with me and talk about your intentions so that I can formalize this agreement and desire of yours.
Daryl: Since I am already sure about this so I will say it right away, I want you to curse my older sister Bernadette with the curse of Dracula so that I have some reason why I can kill her and come out as a hero, I want the right to be the leader of this family, Bernadette doesn't deserve the possessions, she will only sink the Cavendish's, especially with ideas she puts in my mother's head. I want her to be cursed because I know well how I will kill her, I will take advantage and get rid of all my family since I noticed that she doesn't have any control over her powers in the first days, when I arrive to defend myself from Bernadette, they will think that I defeated a monster, not only I will leave here with the family possessions, I will leave as a heroine, I will rule everything and everyone.
Death: You mortals are pathetic, you underestimate Dracula's curse and all potential, well that being the case I will grant you this request, as you have already shown the cost will be all on your sister, but I guarantee nothing should you fail and be killed at the hands of your cursed sister, the problems of mortals are only you mortals, I am only here to make deals.
The death appears with a contract, Daryl signs that pact with death, both with the ink with a feather, and using a drop of blood that he let drip on the sheet of paper, this way the sheet ended disappearing in flames, just like the death that was disappearing in the same way around the pentagram.
The butchered parts of the previous body that had been the receptacle of Dracula's curse levitated in the air, then flew towards the outside of that isolated part of the castle, reaching Bernadette's room, who was sleeping at the moment. Each one of the parts joined in only one catching fire and entered by the chest of the girl that had nothing to do with that subject, she would feel in the chest the lust of the younger sister, the result of simply being an innocent person being guilty by the evil of the human being.
Daryl watched the parts flying in and out of that room and flashed a wicked grin, from there she just went walking normally staying back in her quarters as if nothing had happened, not even the servants in that place had any idea what had just happened at that time.
The greed of a 13 year old girl leadership having the privilege of the first born daughter will make an impact you have no idea of the proportions. Bernadette was the behaved daughter of the two Cavendish sisters, she practically had nothing against her younger sister, but was the one who was always praised for being the most dedicated to learn spells and also in relation to behavior which was what the Cavendish always prioritized, being a humble person, respectful, not using magic for evil, not being greedy and common values that every person has, trying to prove themselves what is good or evil, the Cavendish as any human also had these values as a priority, Daryl was totally against this philosophy and way of thinking, she only let herself be taken by greed and power, when she heard about Dracula's curse, she had already heard about the curse from the mouth of other nobles, and that it was also coming to Great Britain, as an opportunity, Daryl gathered all the savings to hire a hunter and get the receptacle of the curse, this way she would pass her sister, kill her and leave as a savior and heroine, and have the chance to lead the family. Bernadette didn't even have that desire, she just wanted to live her life and fulfil her dream of being a great witch, to continue the family's studies around fertility stone magic, but due to this eventuality, things ended up taking another direction. Bernadette started having a nightmare that night, where it was just the curse reacting to the host, in a way even different, since other hosts the curse couldn't fit so well to the body since Vlad Tepes, usually the host is without control of the body, but with Bernadette things were different, she just kept having a horrible nightmare, but still the effects will happen with the vampire that ended up becoming.
The next morning Bernadette woke up from a long night of nightmares, her head was filled with things, having memories of incarnations of Dracula, seeing everything that had happened before, the poor teenager had little concept of what she ended up witnessing all this time, she had no idea of the snowball she ended up in.
[Bernadette: Ah, what is this that just happened? What a strange nightmare, I can't believe I saw so much death happening, Belmonts, Vlad Tepes, Alucard, Dracula, Castles creatures, death itself incarnate, I never thought I saw that, what was that dream? What's happening to me? Well at least I'm home].
The Cavendish got up of her bed, looking around still strange everything, the dark room with the sun rays beating on the window, until she walked a little from nothing to the front near where the sun rays beat, feeling a light burn on the hands, with that she takes of there and gets scared, trying of some form to see what was happening, walking full of confusions, the same was avoiding to walk near where the window marked the sun rays, noticing already one of the first symptoms of the vampirism. When she entered in the bathroom she looked in the mirror and noticed the lack of the reflection, it was strange, then she opened the faucet and when she was washing her hand, the girl with platinum hair felt a huge burning, she took it off quickly and she was even more scared, that whole situation was very strange, Bernadette had no idea what had happened to her.
[Bernadette: What is all this? The window hurts me, it made me feel a burning sensation, the mirror does not reflect, is it really a mirror? Why am I not showing? The water just burnt my hand, my skin is all raw from this and out of nowhere it is starting to heal itself, but what is happening to me? It's not magic. Am I sick? Or do I have the Dracula curse from that nightmare? It can't be, I'm not a vampire, I'm not Dracula, no, no, no, no!]
The host of the curse was disbelieved, leaving the bathroom, she just put a cloth, which she could notice that with gloves she didn't feel the effects of the sunlight burning her, serving as a way to inhibit that. The same one goes out the door of the room and when she looks to the side one of the castle servants carried a basket going towards the girl's room, but when she arrived close and looked at Bernadette's face, the same one got scared, releasing the basket of clothes on the floor, the skin of the Scottish girl that was already pale became even more pale, the eyes that were olive green and alive had become in a bloody red, in that moment the Cavendish is feeling something strange, observing for the servant, that then run out, everything the less could happen.
[Bernadette: I'm starving and I'm looking differently at Anna, I need to control myself, I can't, I can't, my instincts, they're weird, because I'm getting so, ahhhhh].
The witch is having the blood hunger, but then she just stays patient and tries not to attack the servant Anna, continuing to follow the path, passing by each person with fear and without the slightest idea of how strange people were reacting and seeing Bernadette with reddened eyes, that until arriving at the dining room where the breakfast banquet was taking place, the whole family gathered at the big table, around the same table and soon they are noticing some differences like the different reaction of Bernadette that is pressing her hands on the tablecloth and the way she took a whole chicken and started to eat it in a wild way.
Clarie: What are those table manners Bernadette!
Isabella: Stop being such a hard mother to your daughter, she didn't eat anything last night because you wanted to punish her for being just an inch too bust
[Bernadette: This food tastes awful, I've never found a chicken to taste so awful, ahhh, but this is going to surprize my hunger, I'm feeling something strange in my stomach]
Daryl: My sister's teeth are strange, haven't you noticed? Her eyes too, did something happen? I suspect she's done something wrong, especially you Bernadette, the upright one in the family.
Bernadette hits hard on the table and this blow was enough to break the huge table, opening a hole, making the wood fly to every side, after that she gets up stunned and staggering, until she lean on the wall, relatives of the family stay suspicious with the Cavendish sudden reaction, until she vomited all the chicken she ate on the floor, she got to vomit all at once, feeling weird, looking at the surroundings, emitting some grunts, everybody around was looking at that scene, a little bit scared, mainly the grandmother and the mother of the poor girl.
[Voices in Bernadette's head: Come on devour them, don't let the hunger rise in your body, you need blood, only blood will feed you, don't resist]
Bernadette: No!
Isabella: What's wrong Bernie? Why are you acting so strange?
Daryl: Don't go near her Maw Maw, she looks dangerous, you've seen her canine teeth how much bigger they are, her eyes are red, she's grunting like a beast.
Clarie: Bernadette Cavendish I demand that you stop that joke right now!
Daryl and Bernadette: Mother don't come near!
Bernadette kept trying every way to get away, the Cavendish was feeling headaches, she couldn't take her hands away while she was giving steps backwards, what caused a bigger concern, until Clarie decided to react, she took a glass of water and threw it at her own daughter, without knowing that she had already become a vampire and that is one of her weak points, At that time a blue flame burned the poor girl's face that was screaming while some parts that were burning were also melting, this made the girl super angry to the point that was with everything advancing towards her mother, using the nails that stuck in Clarie's chest that held very tight in the daughter's wrist that then started to drink the blood directly from that wound that was opened in her own mother's chest.
Clarie: What is it Bernadette, you're crazy... I'm... My vision's blurred, you're gonna kill me like this.
Daryl: Bernadette! No! You'll kill our mother!
Bernadette continued ignoring, she was enjoying the blood that she was sucking from her own mother, who was getting thinner and thinner, she was getting paler, she tried to force her daughter to leave but she kept sucking that blood until she left the poor mother only in bones, she fell dead on the floor all pale and gray, Isabella looked at that scene horrified, Daryl just pretended to be terrified, but in reality she was loving to see that scene. In a short time the vampire noticed what had happened, what she had done, she looks at her mother's body, all sucked gray and pale lying lifeless on the floor, started to cry in despair and keep covering her face
Bernadette: No, no, no, no! No! No! Mama! I don't...
Daryl: What have you done to my mother you monster! You freak, you wretch!
Isabella: Bernie tell us what happened? Why did you do this?
The Cavendish remained quiet, crying while holding her dead mother in her arms, Daryl looked at that pretending to cry, but inside she was all realized, just thinking about her own sister's next victim that would be her grandmother if Bernadette's bloodlust didn't stop. Isabella was getting closer to her granddaughter, she kept turning her eyes and faced her own grandmother, with the pairs of blood pupils that took care of her look, giving her a fright, that got in a more defensive position, but at the same time trying to get her granddaughter as if she was some kind of beast.
Isabella: Bernadette?
Daryl: Maw Maw! No! Stay away from that creature of the night! Don't you see that Bernadette has become a vampire, she'll devour you whole just like she did my mother, that wretched
Bernadette: Get out! Get out! Get out! It's better for you! Get out... I don't want to end up killing you...
Isabella continued at the same place, trying somehow to tame her own granddaughter, but she kept trying to scare her own grandmother away and also trying to distance them, but at this Daryl doesn't care a bit, she took a bucket of running water and went running towards her own sister trying to kill her, but at this Bernadette uses part of her vampiric powers and goes towards the youngest of the family, trying to give the second attack to a person of the family, it was evident the advance, Isabella didn't think twice, she went towards her youngest granddaughter, pushing her to the side in an attempt to save her life, this ended up making her be hit by the strong nails that looked like claws sticking on her shoulders, all that the youngest sister could see sitting on the floor in horror was the oldest starting to suck her own grandmother's blood following by the vampire instinct, without having any control, that was a scene that would stay in the memory of both Cavendish sisters since then.
[Daryl: Exactly as I expected, she killed her mother and grandmother, now all that's left is to finish the last one and leave here as a heroine, all I need to do is to use something to attack Bernadette's weak point, I have a crucifix in my chest, I'm also keeping a wooden stake and some garlic cloves, if she tries anything I will kill her].
[Bernadette: I'm a monster, no no no no no, it can't be, I'm horrible, first my mother and now I killed my grandmother... No... No... All this because of this curse that's on my body, what did I do to deserve this? I was always such a nice person, I was always a girl who respected the family, who learned the values of a Cavendish, I never stopped following everything correctly, why, why, why? Just me].
Bernadette: Daryl! Get out! Get out of here! Send someone to end this suffering! Daryl: Please! Go away! I don't want you to die too! Go away while there's still some humanity left in me
Daryl: I swear I'll come back, I'll put an end to the monster that killed my whole family! I knew you should have died! I'm still going to end you creature! I'll make you go back where you came from!
Daryl from there managed to escape from the Cavendish family castle, Bernadette ended up doing the biggest genocide inside the mansion itself, devouring the employees without having any control, what would still take a long time for that, during the decades, several hunters were sent, All of them always failed in the mission of murdering the countess who tried to have control over the curse, but whenever it came to the moment when someone tried to kill her things got too tight, she always acted instinctively to protect herself, killing any transgressor who tried to kill her, many sent by her own sister.
So it was for years, Bernadette was improving more the control of the curse, even getting in a way to act less instinctively, as the money from Daryl was running out of so much gold that she had already spent in many of the attempts she had made to hire an assassin hunter, for the lack of that time, was where the older Cavendish got more control in the curse, but that didn't last forever.
1530
Eight years had passed since the curse was put on Bernadette Cavendish, the one who had once been a young and aspiring witch to get more powers, was this time 24 years old, immortal, being hunted by her own sister who is somehow trying to find the perfect hunter, which she partially succeeds, by searching for the legendary witch hunter for her captures on the island of Ireland. Laura McLaren the great hunter of monsters and creatures of the night, she would be perfect for this mission and was the one who had been called and hired by the younger Cavendish to carry out this hunt, only it had not been expected that something would happen that could change Bernadette's entire destiny.
One night in April 1530, the huntress Laura McLaren finally arrives in Scotland. When she arrives near the castle, she is determined, with her staff in hand, to enter it during the night, making a real storm, the huntress entered as if she were pretending to be just an ordinary person, looking around that place illuminated by candles, she hardly knew that she was being watched all the time, mainly by the countess.
[Laura: A castle like that and that Cavendish girl gave me a bag of coins, well you could pay me a bit better couldn't you, typical of castles with monstrous creatures, dark and full of candles, what surprises me is that none attacked me, wait a bit I'm feeling something now].
McLaren keeps looking at the surroundings, after feeling something strange, it was the shadows, shadows of the Countess Cavendish going from one side to the other, observing the activity, until she decides to try to be a little hospitable with the same, arriving to be right in front of the hunter that showed a tremendous naturalness, that looking at all the surroundings, she did not feel intimidated by the presence of the nocturnal creature with the red eyes.
Bernadette: Please feel free, you can wait for the rain to pass, you must have come here by mistake
[Laura: That creature of the night is kind of cloak-and-dagger not for nothing, now I have to think here about how I'm going to attack, ahhhh, this is such a waste, does a creature like that really present any risk or is that sister of hers greedy?]
[Bernadette: It will be another hunter around here, soon another one where I won't have any control over my instincts, it's strange that, she looks like a McLaren, I know her well, I know they are witches from Ireland, by the looks I would say she is an ordinary one, but there is this staff she is holding, I'm sure it must be to release a spell, I better try to see what will happen].
Laura: It's a beautiful castle, you must be quite an important person in the kingdom to have something of that size, a queen or princess, since you live here in the capital, I'm sorry in case it causes a fuss if you are the queen or princess of Scotland, I have to say you are beautiful
Bernadette: I am just a countess, a cursed countess, there is no one here in this castle, you don't have to hide from me, I know the reason why you came, no one comes to my castle wanting to wait for the rain to pass, especially someone who came from Ireland, sit down, you can eat a little, I guarantee that this will be your last meal, unfortunately many of you have come before and always had the same fate. If I were you I would leave while there is still time, I might lose control and go with my instincts, you wouldn't want to be trapped in a castle full of monsters.
Laura: These monsters will be trapped in a castle where I am present
Laura simply shrugged her shoulders, until Bernadette jumped on top of the McLaren, making it fall on the ground and that way she stared at the blue eyes of the redhead, who was calm, as if nothing had happened, she even smiled and arched her eyebrow, while the vampire showed an intimidating expression, which was not working.
Laura: I'm beginning to think the £10 gold for your head isn't worth that much, a creature of the night with a pretty face like that.
Bernadette: you don't know the risk you are taking, I am a dangerous creature!
Laura: If what you have as beautiful you have as dangerous, then I'm in trouble.
Laura was just amused by the situation, to the point that the vampire herself got off the top of the McLaren, then she walked to the exit, but was barred by Cavendish who stood facing her deeply, looking trying to walk slowly, wanting the redhead to come back, but she just stood with her arms crossed showing a huge tranquility.
Bernadette: You're just going to walk out the front door like it's nothing? I'm a dangerous vampire, you won't be my first or last victim, now that you've come this far you'll have to fight to the end and only one of us will get out of here alive.
Laura: Yes, I am not going to kill you, I see no reason why I should do it; now if you allow me I will return the money to your sister, please get out of the way
At that moment Bernadette stops Laura from leaving, using her powers, Cavendish puts McLaren against a pillar, getting her arm right on top of it, as if she had a feeling there, one that goes beyond instincts, as if finally the heart that was so corrupted by evil and the killings had returned to that state it found itself in when it was only sixteen before it was cursed, a feeling it never went through before, something the slayer awakened with her flirtations being done completely unaware of the danger, a bit to disguise the fear of being killed by the creature of the night.
Laura: Come on, let me out, I don't want to kill a person like you, you're just a monster with no control of your powers, you look like you're genuinely a good person. Whereas your sister who hired me for this showed a look of someone who seemed to me with greed, I smell someone who is not in good intentions and your sister stinks, she stinks and a lot.
Bernadette: She only does this to protect her family, I need to die! You don't understand! If I don't die the whole Cavendish family will have their legacy destroyed, all because of a curse that was cast on me eight years ago, since then I have to live in this drama, please, you are the first slayer is the first person, you are the first person who comes in here without the intention of wanting to kill me, I will give you the privilege of knowing why my sister always calls assassins here, I just can't get control to a certain point.
At that moment Laura looks at the vampire's deep eyes, at the same time she looks at the bag of coins, she looks outside, she notices Bernadette's melancholic expression, as if she was not to blame for anything, she stays in this dilemma of looking at the bag of money, also at the vampire, not knowing which side to take, until she goes to the window of the castle, throws that bag full of gold, just totally ignoring Daryl's offer and for the first time breaking a promise of service, she looks at the vampire and gives her hand.
Laura: Do not lose your hopes, for I will be here to save you from this torment, it is unfair that you are murdered simply for your curse, your sister is a disgusting person, a sister who truly has love for her family would not send assassins to hunt her, a sister who shows true love would fight for the cure of your curse, you can be sure that I will stand by you on this one.
Laura simply refused to kill Countess Cavendish, with a new hope and promise, with all the knowledge that both of them would have together, they would go after finding a cure for this curse, that way they could live their lives regardless of what happened. The love of the Irish witch hunter lit a new flame for the Scottish vampire, death was no longer a way out, this time there was an open door with the coming of the beautiful redhead, this time everything could end well for the couple. And it was this love which Bernadette for the first time got a greater control of her curse, she didn't try to attack Laura in any way, on the other hand, she treated her with all the respect in the world, they were getting very close, the love only heated up, it was a relationship that had a lot of respect and the desires being controlled, since the death of the family when she lost the control of the curse, she hadn't witnessed that. Neither did the Irish girl, who had always been a solitary hunter, becoming very attached to the Scottish girl.
One year later came the first fruit of this union, on April 30th 1531, their first child, made with the magic of Laura McLaren, who had knowledge of a relic that made this type of birth possible. Called Diana, she was born already in a different way, since she wasn't human or a vampire, but a hybrid, a creature of the night with the advantages of a vampire but without the disadvantages, the girl could go out in the sun and not die, but still had fangs and red eyes, But unlike her mother, Diana had no thirst for blood and could even eat normal human food, which Bernadette never could, she always tried to be as clean as possible, drinking only the blood of animals.
But there was a side that was not at all pleased with this animation of Bernadette, the person for whom she was responsible for cursing her sister. Daryl Cavendish, soon found out about all this tomfoolery, noticing how in fact Laura had made a point of not only breaking the agreement, but also of having a relationship with her own sister. In the meantime, she started planning a way to get rid of McLaren, But due to an arranged marriage with Earl Hanbridge of Leeds in England, and the concerns about taking care of her two daughters, she waited for some time to be able to plan a revenge, to get rid of Laura McLaren once and for all and show that she has to be respected, but for that she would still need a lot. In the meantime she had three children, the eldest who had similar names, Maril and Merrill, the twins were born on 19th November 1527 and Andrew, the youngest son who was not even hers, but one of Paul's mistresses, born on 7th April 1531, due to these births Daryl's plans were interrupted by her maternal duties and having to put up with a husband who was not one of the best. For Daryl the desire for revenge and wanting to ruin his sister's life was in the priorities, only all he would need was time.
August 7th, 1536, the second daughter of Laura McLaren and Bernadette Cavendish was born, this time came from the pregnancy of the redhead, which resulted in a child who took more McLaren traits than Cavendish in relation to Diana who was already five years old, a child who was very attached to both mothers, already at that age showed the potential of her vampire powers, also how she could stay calm in the sun and with running water, but there was always the question of her mother who was the countess going outside and playing a little with her own daughter, something she couldn't do because of the conditions in which she lives, they could only have a moment closer to the night, usually the little one would go to sleep almost at that time. Hellene was another one who was also being well taken care of by her mothers, everything seemed wonderful, the family was already getting together. Hellene and Diana had a huge control over their powers, as well as Bernadette, the same thanks to the presence of the two daughters ended up calming down a lot, the instincts were already very well controlled, she was getting a side of greater humanity. On the other hand Laura was always traveling around the world, from time to time with the greatest care trying to find some book that could contain the cure of the vampirism, how to get rid of the curse of the wife, but in all these years she had no progress.
1541
Not everything would be wonderful, Bernadette and Laura lived together for almost eleven years, until then McLaren tried every way to find a cure for her wife's vampirism, but nothing could solve this problem, in fact it only ended in the same conclusion, Laura would have to kill her own wife if she wanted to get rid of the curse, or make a pact with her own death, she didn't want, she wouldn't accept something like that, she wanted the option that was saving the maximum of possible lives, without being able to kill the wife, even more knowing the powers and instincts of the wife, she would know that it could be a fight that would end with both dead, being like that the search continued, Laura doesn't want to be without the wife, the daughters of the same one also don't want to be without the mother.
Daryl is not one to stay without fulfilling what she says, she soon made the point of really putting the plan in action, she hired mercenaries and incriminated for all the church to hunt Laura McLaren, for the crimes that she committed against the church, not only for being a witch, but also for allying with a creature of the night and also homosexuality, she was considered a potential blasphemer, that should be judged and captured, even because of that a very high reward was put on her head, it was right in the moment that Laura was traveling with her youngest daughter Hellene, she left the girl to meet the family from the other side, finally meet the Irish family, for which she hadn't seen for 12 years, the same that received her with affection and they even got excited to see little Hellene.
Laura in this trip finally found the cure, but a disaster happened in the way back to the McLaren family castle, she was approached by a group of mercenaries, she tried to fight as she could, but they were too many, McLaren was no match for the group of mercenaries. Eventually she was captured,
She managed to get out alive, but defeated, she was soon thrown in a dungeon, judged by the catholic church and condemned, for blasphemy, homosexuality, satanism, joining the creatures of the night and witchcraft, she was taken to a square in front of the church, all wounded and humiliated, tied to a cross, it was made a whole event involving the execution of Laura McLaren. Bernadette was already feeling something strange, since she always receives letters from her wife, but in this case the familiar had not arrived with anything, she only has a strange feeling, she goes to where there is a room of witchcraft and with the help of her oldest daughter who was there, she observes what is happening with her wife and starts to be in shock.
Bishop Cedric: And here we are gathered! People of Dublin and all of Ireland! To show the faith of our God, we have captured an infidel here! Laura McLaren! A witch! She has allied herself with the enemy. Not only has she allied herself with a Scottish enemy, but she is a woman, the Countess Cavendish, a creature of the night. Who knows how many deaths that demon hasn't already reaped and on top of that she performs the act of sodomy with that vampire! Homosexuality! We judge her and find her guilty! That criminal deserves the stake!
Laura: Bernadette, Hellene, Diana, I love you, I just say goodbye, I love you all, do not cause any harm to humanity, however I come to...
At that moment McLaren while she was talking was wet with oil, until she was going to finish the sentence, but the bishop threw a torch catching fire in the middle of all the hay, at that time all that could be heard was the sound of fire and the screams of pain that Laura ended up giving, without even being able to breathe right, she ended up being murdered and burnt to where she couldn't give more, that scene was seen by all the city of Dublin, even Hellene in the arms of her aunt and family, was getting horrified to see her own mother being burnt. In Edinburgh, it was Diana and Bernadette watching that scene through the crystal ball, which made the eldest Cavendish angry, she can't believe that after so much love, so much control over the curse, after everything, the hatred ended up taking over her, the revolt to see that she was murdered for committing a crime that wasn't fair.
All that injustice made Bernadette extremely angry, at that moment she got out of control, she just asked her oldest daughter to leave that room, she obeyed without thinking twice, she went to her own room where she cried deeply for the loss of her mother.
It was at this moment that Bernadette started to use her powers of Dracula's curse, it manifested itself in the flames of his dead wife, her body had already melted, only bones were burning and they also turned ashes. The Countess begins to manifest herself angrily in the midst of the entire population of Dublin.
Bernadette: You had no right to do that! I was merciful to everyone! I didn't kill any more people because of a curse I was forced to have! I was out of control! You killed someone who had nothing to do with it! You killed someone who was going to bring a cure! All because of your judgement! All because it doesn't fit what you think is right! I've reached my limit with the church! I've tolerated it for decades! Now I've had enough! You've killed the love of my life!
At that moment Bernadette controls the flames and angry is going towards the church, at that moment the bishop Cedric, is trying to escape of all the forms of the flames, while they were attacking priests and other bishops in the biggest massacre, the flames were going directly to the people connected to the church.
Bernadette barely noticed that the population noticed the McLaren family watching, they all connected to the massacre that was happening at the hands of the angry countess, with that the whole family was getting together to defend themselves from the furious population, they were trying in some way to save poor Hellene, she was only 5 years old witnessing all this. They even managed to escape and take her safely to her home, without the population noticing, but the other people in the family were murdered right in front of the poor child that was hidden watching everything happening, she was getting horrified with all that scene.
Bernadette was revolted, she used what she could to attack the church where they took Bernadette, killing everything that she saw in front of her, it was so much revolt that she decided to use her powers at maximum, getting out of control, with this was the gap for the creatures of the night that before sheltered only in the Cavendish castle, to go out by the world, these creatures don't have control as the countess and they were killing everything that they saw in front of her.
And so it was the beginning of a hunt, Hellene with only five years old had to live alone in the castle of the McLaren family, having to survive on her own, she hid and stayed there just waiting, only no one ever came, she just hid, afraid of people, After seeing what they did to her own mother and family, it was something that traumatised the little girl for good. She created a hatred for humanity and would even in a certain way take her mother's side, but because of fear she never left that castle, always hiding from anyone or even killing any invader.
On the other hand Bernadette was getting more and more crazy, the loss of Laura was what kept her in control, she could not be controlled even with her own daughter, who started to be a little bit afraid of that change of temper of the mother, who was spending those days extremely angry, she could not have humanity anymore, all she thought about was to kill, kill any person that came, kill any person from the church.
And this plan was working, churches were on fire, bishops and priests were killed, because of this the Vatican was asked to send the best hunters from all over Europe after the countess, this attention even reached a family of hunters.
One of the descendants of Trevor Belmont, who lives in France, was called to the mission Chariot Belmont Du Nord, she was already an extremely talented hunter, so she went towards the castle of the Countess Cavendish in Edinburgh, along with her adventure partner. Croix Meridies, a daughter of a family of blacksmiths who has a huge talent in assembling everything that is known at the time, she knows how to forge weapons perfectly, and is also very inventive, has no powers, but has intelligence and strategy, and knows very well manipulate an Arcabuz with great precision. This duo of travelling slayers, eventually accepted the proposal, invaded the castle of the Countess Cavendish, the greatest hunter of creatures of the night of all Europe would go head to head with Bernadette. This was only a few months after Laura McLaren's death, the same slayers were only following orders, plus they were given a huge sum of money to go into action, plus the biggest request they wanted, a pardon from the Catholic church to allow their homosexual relationship.
The invasion to the castle of the Countess Cavendish was going so well, both Croix and Chariot, were taking care of the creatures of the night quietly, making their way through the castle, until they end up in separate ways, Croix goes in a direction, more to the sides of the rooms, already Chariot goes in direction where it would be a balcony, the highest place of that castle. In this the Belmont arrived where she was seated on a throne, holding a cup with blood, Bernadette Cavendish, she stayed in the same formal pose, with her legs crossed and watching Du Nord, who soon arrives pointing her finger to the vampire.
Chariot: Die monster! You don't belong in this world!
Bernadette: Itwas not by my hands that I ended up in this curse, I was cursed by the hands of humans, who wanted to do something to harm my family! Someone made me like this!
Chariot: Hm and I am to believe such a story Dracula? Woman or man, you have stolen this woman's soul and made her your slave! Dracula you are rotten you have taken over someone's body and ruined that person's family.
Bernadette: Maybe this family itself has someone greedy, maybe it was at the hands of a greedy person who wanted to see my family destroy itself. I have done nothing too much, I am wanting to put an end to the evil of humanity, who killed my wife, this evil that kills much more than I have killed.
Chariot: Your words are as empty as your soul, humanity doesn't need a saviour like you! You blasphemer!
Bernadette: What is man! A miserable little pile of secrets, greed, lies, hatred! I'm not doing so different from what your faith believes! You came right here by your own choice! But enough talk! Let's see if the so-called Belmont is that good!
Bernadette transports herself with magic, after getting up and throwing the cup with blood towards the pillar, she starts throwing fireballs towards Belmont, who uses the whip turning it so that the flames are extinguished, to fight back the flames Du nord throws holy water towards the vampire who dodges, but she doesn't wait to be hit by the Vampire Killer precisely on the vampire's back, who disappears and feels some pain.
While the fight between the two was beginning, Croix arrives at a room of the castle, where there is a child, this child is Diana, Bernadette's daughter, she is just lying on the bed holding her teddy bear, Meridies enters there and immediately makes a point to interact with the little girl that is a bit scared, all shrunk, hiding behind the teddy bear that has practically the size of her.
Croix: Hey little lass, no need to be afraid, I didn't come here to cause any harm.
Diana: You are a church hunter! I won't trust you! Get away from me! You killed my mother Laura and now you want to kill my mother Bernadette! They have done nothing and you are hunting them.
Croix: I hate the church as much as you do lassie, I don't want to hurt a child, I want to rescue you from the hands of the Countess of this castle, she is the big killer out there.
Diana: My mother didn't cause any death that she didn't deserve! She is specifically killing only the people from the church who killed my mother! If you don't like the church why did you come here? Have you come to kill my mother? How can I trust to be rescued by a hunter like you?
Croix: I won't hurt you and I don't want to kill a child, the ones who came were just my friend and me, she wants to finish your mother, the countess is killing much more than just people from the church, we see with our own eyes the creatures of the night devouring innocent people and animals, she is out of control, your mother was cast with Dracula's curse and the only way is unfortunately killing her so that the curse ends, or else she will end up losing even more control, believe me.
Diana: She told me that no one innocent was dying, my other mother wanted to find the cure for the curse, it can't be true, she won't go out of control, this is all the fault of the people in the church, they are the ones who killed my other mother, she had found the cure, she went in search of it, the cure is not my mother's death! You are lying.
Croix: Come with me, before your mother loses control for good, if my friend dies you could end up.
At that moment a demon enters Diana's room, Croix starts charging her arquebus, and Diana goes walking calmly to the demon, as if she was communicating with it, but the demon didn't answer the same way and gave a scratch on Cavendish's face that got scared and then Meridies attacks the demon with a shot that ends up taking its head off and it falls dead on the floor.
Diana: Itcan't be, before the creatures in the castle didn't attack me, how can this be happening?
Croix: Come with me, let's get out of this castle, we'll wait for my friend, if she doesn't come back then we'll go together, I'll find a place for you to stay, away from these creatures, from here the curse will only make you more out of control.
At that moment Diana uses her healing factor, regenerating herself from the scratch she suffered from the demon, she takes the sword she had in hands and stares at Croix who is giving her his hand as if it were a child, which has already left the younger Cavendish with an irritated expression, she passes straight, gives Meridies a push and goes on her way, the hunter is all confused while she reloads the arquebus.
Diana: I am not a helpless child, I don't need your protection! I know how to follow the path outside.
At this time Diana and Croix are following the reverse way towards the castle exit, they are passing through the corridors, finishing with the creatures that were on the way, this time the Meridies didn't have so many problems passing through there, thanks to the help of the youngest Cavendish, who with the sword and vampiric powers, can pass with a good facility through the demons, skeletons, jellyfish heads, bats, gargoyles and other creatures of the night that attack the two.
Back to the uppermost hall, there Chariot and Bernadette were still fighting a battle, only the countess didn't expect that this time she would face the first opponent at her height, the first opponent that this time was managing to gain an advantage over her, the Vampire Killer whip was able to nullify Cavendish's magic, in conjunction with the vials of holy water and also the way Belmont was slender, became a difficulty for the Scottish woman who was no longer at her best, she was already beginning to despair, losing the precision she was at the beginning, which was giving Du Nord even more confidence.
Chariot was hitting with ease, even dodging the fireballs, throwing the holy water with such care, which made the damage on Bernadette even bigger and with that she lost even more control.
Bernadette: Ahhhh! Now face my true power!
At this time Bernadette turns into a monster, ending up becoming a demon with bat features, horns on the head, the arms have wings that remind a lot of bats, the body is all in black and grayish tones, with some red details like on the wings and eyes, besides the sharp teeth, the body was a humanoid mix only with well defined and evident muscles, it didn't even show a feminine appearance anymore, just a monstrous form, it even had on expression, starting to throw fireballs towards Chariot, those causing a huge impact, with the tremendous strength, it wasn't the same level of attack that Belmont was facing before.
Chariot: As I knew, you are Dracula! You always come back to cause terror with people, but now you will die! I will not allow you to cause any harm to anyone else!
Chariot was confident, she didn't hesitate, she started to use her last holy waters, leaving them well distributed around that arena, that while she gave light lashes with the vampire killer on Bernadette, who kept throwing fireballs and also trying to advance as a creature, at that moment Belmont noticed that it was even easier to attack, since despite all the power, that form of Bernadette acted in a instinctive way, what was the perfect gap, she use the vampire killer on all the bottles supported on the ceiling and with that cause a "rain" which fall on the monstrous form of Bernadette and with that she start to get a little bit of fire, struggling, until she lose the monstrous human form, going back to the human form and this time little by little she was melting and stop reacting.
Bernadette: Heh, so that's the death? Laura I am coming towards you. Goodbye Hellene, goodbye Diana, bring justice to this world
Chariot: A monster like you won't catch me for having a heart, now die!
At the moment that Chariot was going to throw another vial of holy water, she ends up feeling a sting in the back of her head, then she ends up falling on the floor fainted, nobody had idea who was the person, at that moment Bernadette was wasting away, already Belmont was captured by an unknown person, being taken from that part of the castle. By the way Cavendish wasn't dying, but even so she still passed suffering for a while.
Croix and Diana stay waiting for hours outside the castle, and nothing of the return of Chariot, so little news of what happened inside, only that it was kept whole, the creatures of the night were stopping of appearing, from there after so many hours waiting, the youngest Cavendish was just accepting the destiny, she decided to follow her own way, only that Meridies didn't stop following the dhampir, wanting in a certain way to avoid the worst to happen, in this the same one was meeting people that attacked the 10 years old girl when she noticed the resemblance with the countess and the red eyes denounced a lot, besides the sharp teeth, in these the lilac haired woman didn't give up a second of the poor child and protected her from the worst, taking a good time until they could trust each other.
The Countess Cavendish didn't die, but she got into a deep state of depression, because of that she decided to fall asleep, so as not to disturb anyone, when she noticed, even Belmont wasn't there, which was very strange, she ended up by then just staying in her coffin in a protected place in the castle's underground where she wouldn't bother anyone again, if she couldn't die, at least eternal rest was the way out she found, as a vampire, it was the option she could find, since she can sleep for long periods. Because of that she was declared dead by all corners, since they didn't find Belmont, nor the countess there, nor any of the creatures of the night, just in case the church took over the castle and became one of the dioceses of Edinburgh, without knowing that in the underground sheltered a dangerous vampire asleep.
The years went by, in Ireland the dhampir Hellene survived alone in her castle, killing invaders, or else feeding on any animal she hunted, practically surviving on her own, she became a person totally averse to people and only wanted to isolate herself from everyone, only wanted the people who were responsible for the death of her mother Laura to pay for the crimes they committed.
Diana and Croix, were creating a friendship relationship, due to the absence of Bernadette they even created a bond a little maternal, the Meridies felt by the loss of Chariot, and the Cavendish by the loss of her mother, the two had something in common, they left Great Britain and went to live in France, where Chariot used to live in the French residence of the Belmont house, from there the two were training with each other, there they trained with each other, acquired knowledge, thought of a better plan, so that one day they could come back, as Diana was still a child the Italian huntress opted to wait until she was a grown adult so that they could return to the castle and rescue Hellene where she might be and also rescue Chariot, with the hope that she might still be alive.
Daryl who was simply the person who started all this, simply disappeared from the map along with his two daughters, it is not known yet what she was doing, all that was known is that she disappeared a few days before Laura was captured and executed, she possibly fled the Hanbridge residence in Leeds and went to hide somewhere else, kind of disappointed by what happened, nothing of what she planned came to pass, the greed of Daryl Cavendish cost the lives of many people, all for power and money, to get the command of the family.
The curse of Dracula remains loose only time will determine if it will come to an end.
See you, lesbian witches...