Chapter 27
Dracula purred one last time before he turned back into his normal form. What could be difficult to guess and for Anna´s disliking at the same time? With his hand placed under his chin he thought about that question.
"Ready for a guess, Count?", the princess asked. Then an idea crossed his mind. He could turn into a combination of two animals. That would safe a kiss for him.
With some concentration he turned into huge black spider. But this spider had a huge tail like that from a snake and also cobra-like fangs.
Anna stared into space. She still couldn´t see a thing and the fact that Dracula didn´t touch her this time made her unable to guess anything. "I´m waiting!", she said impatiently. That was when a voice appeared in her mind. His voice.
It will be hard for you to guess this one. But I´ll give you three clues. The first is, some parts of this creature have fur some not. The second is, it would probably be the most dangerous creature on earth. Beside me of course. The vampire couldn´t help but chuckle at the last sentence.
But Anna could only roll her eyes. She hated it when he was talking in riddles. "And the third would be?", she demanded to know.
Dracula smiled to himself. The third and most important clue is: This creature would be feared by everyone because of his height, its power and it contains at least one thing people fear. Also you would fear it and should be thankful that you´re blind at the moment.
"You don´t seem to know me well. You said this creature is like you. That means I wouldn´t fear it because I don´t fear you", she spat.
He just replied calmly: If you knew. But it´s good you finally confessed that you find me far too charming to fear me.
Anna sighed in frustration. This man, no, this beast was driving her crazy! After he was done with her they could bring her in an insane asylum. If he was ever done with playing these ridiculous games.
Her hope faded with every thought of her fate and she decided to think about the riddle he had given her.
She was sure that she had heard a "would" in almost every sentence, so she concluded that this creature could exist but doesn´t in reality. But this thought wasn´t the least helpful. Some creatures existed without people knowing it.
Opening her mouth to try a guess Dracula kept her from doing so. Have I told you yet that you have only one guess? If not you know it now.
It was hopeless. And unfair! She couldn´t know what kind of creature he really was. What creature could she possibly fear? She was disgusted of some insects and spiders but not really scared of them. But he said she would fear it for the height and the truth was she would fear a huge spider!
That would at least fit with the part of the fur. But as in a previous riddle her thoughts were that only reptils have no fur. The first reptile she thought of was a snake.
Then the part with the similarity to Dracula... A snake had fangs, just as he had. And all the things combined that people fear... that would be a huge spider with parts of a snake. No! That was too ridiculous! But she had to try something.
"I think you just turned into your bat form. Then some parts have fur, some not, you´re huge, dangerous and have fangs. Anything else would be ridiculous!"
Dracula laughed out loud. "You have been so close! But unfortunately your first guess counts. Open your eyes and see!" With that the spell fell from her and in front of her stood just the spider-like creature!