The return of Anna, Chapter 5
The night was cold and damp. The grass, covered in dew. Anna peered out her window, looking into the forest beyond the manors grounds. Quickly she dressed into some warm clothes and slipped out the window into the night. Silently she strode towards the woods, keeping to the shadows. It was not long before she reached the forest, the trees were tall,dark and rustled in the wind that blew restlessly. She kept her eyes open for any signs of demons,or any sign her brother was near by.
"Velkan?" She called softly, praying her brother was close by. "Velkan please, it's Anna."
"Anna?" a voice whispered.
She whipped around only to see Velkan standing behind her. "Oh Anna! I was afraid you would not come!" He held his arms open, embracing his sister tightly.
"Of course I came! I will always trust my family over strangers." She smiled.
Velkan smiled slightly "We must get going, if Van Helsing finds you gone, He will look for you."
"Where will we go?" Anna asked.
"I've got just the place."
"Really? Where?"
"Come, we must get going, Anna." Velkan lead the way to a small clearing where two, large muscular, black horses stood, waiting.
Velkan helped his sister onto one before mounting the other. "If we leave now, We will arrive by morning."
Anna didn't know where Velkan was taking her, but this was her brother right? Velkan would never harm her. So she nodded and followed his lead deeper into the forest. The horses galloped down the path, the steady beat of hooves pounding the ground broke the eerie silence at a steady pulse. These horses were fast, Anna took note. Almost unnaturally fast. Anna gripped the reins tighter as they sped farther away from the Velarious manor and all that was familiar,
It seemed like only a short time before the sky began to lighten and the night became brighter, Velkan slowed his horse down, signalling that Anna do the same, In front of then was a large castle, made up of black stone, with towering towers and walls to protect it.
"Come Anna, we have arrived." Velkan lead the way into the castles main grounds, nodding a hello to the guard posted outside.
A stable boy ran up and waited until both siblings had dismounted the horses before he led them away into the stables.
"Velkan this is place is amazing." Anna said softly.
"It was our familys...many years ago. Dracula's father owned it and he raised his son here, but after he was murdered and turned into a vampire, our ancestor could not bear to come back to the one place he and his son and once been so happy. So with time, our family forgot this place exsisted."
"How did you find it?" Anna asked.
"I was reading some of our family journals and I found references to it, and then just followed the leads. Come inside theres much to see."
Both siblings entered the fortress, the inside was made of black marble, the furniture a dark burgandy, a large fire roared in the living room to Anna's left.
"Oh Velkan...this place is beautiful..." Anna murmured.
"I know. Come, I'll show you your quarters."
They went up a set of stairs onto the second level of the castle and headed into the east wing.
"The East Wing is yours, and yours alone. There are maids and servents, if you should need anything, Anna."
"You have had this thought out for awhile Velkan, why did you not show me this place before?"
"I was hoping to surprise you..take you here for this comming Winter Solstice but when Van Helsing got to you, I knew I had to get you away from him." Velkan smiled "You must be exhausted."
Anna nodded "I am."
"Rest then, I will see you later today." He kissed Annas forhead "Good night, Anna."
"Velkan?"
"Yes?"
"When I left the Manor I didnt-"
"Bring a change of clothes?" Velkan grinned, "I noticed.Here, use my shirt for tonight, I'll have the seamstress make you a new wardrobe."
Anna smiled. as her brother literallytookthe shirt off his back and gave it to her. "Good night, my brother."
"Good night my princess."
Extremly early the following morning.
Gabriel had been awake all night, Anna's return had shocked him and he hadnt been able to sleep all night. Deciding to check on her, he crept up the stairs and towards Anna's room. He slowly opened her door, expecting to see her in her bed, fast asleep. Instead he seen an empty room, and a window wide open. A piece of paper lay on the bed. A note he guessed, hopefully from Anna. With a worried look he picked up the paper and read its contents,
"I have her now. You lose, Mr. van Helsing."
With a yell of frustration he strode out of Annas room and out the door in a fit of rage.
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