Chapter 9: Apologize

Verona sat with her hand on her head looking at Aleera. She had just finished telling Verona everything that they knew. They were down in the dungeons, Nshina wasn't sitting with them, she was sat on a balcony high above them. She needed to sort things out in her head and she couldn't so that while other people were talking,

"So what you are saying is: William is not our friend, he is working with someone against us to bring us down and he decided to start with Nshina because she was the youngest,"

Igor and Aleera both nodded,

"Yes, that's about it,"

Verona shook her head and sighed,

"But he has been so nice to us all,"

Aleera looked at her with pink eyes and lowered her voice,

"To us yes, but not to Nshina. He has turned Master and Marishka against her and if you think about it, it is his fault that she lost her emotions. It was because of what happened that our high Master took them away, and it was him that made her how she was,"

Verona looked up at Nshina and sighed. She realised that they had been so harsh on her; she had been going through this on her own,

"Nshina my dear, can I speak to you please?"

Nshina looked down and smiled, she jumped down of the railings of the balcony and landed gracefully next to Igor,

"What Aleera and Igor have told me, I have thought about it,"

Nshina folded her arms and looked at her older sister with emotionless eyes,

"I believe them, I believe you. I am sorry for not believing you earlier but it had not been explained to me like this before. I am sorry that we made you go through all this on your own,"

Nshina laughed,

"I wouldn't worry about it, literally. I didn't expect you to believe me at first, it is something pretty big and you all trust him,"

Verona put her hand on Nshina's arm,

"I am still very sorry,"

"Thank you,"

Verona pulled Nshina into a hug. Aleera looked up and saw that William was walking down the stairs; she knew that he hadn't heard anything important so she decided to leave it until Nshina saw him. It was always best to leave it to Nshina because she didn't care what she did or said, and she didn't care what her Master did afterwards, even though Aleera felt that she should,

"Well I can just feel the family love from within this room. Oops I forgot, Nshina can't feel it can she,"

Nshina sighed and pulled away from Verona, she put her hand on her hip and looked at William with a look or boredom on her face,

"And if you don't leave here now then you won't be able to feel anything for a very long while,"

William growled at her then walked up to Verona, he seemed to still trust her and she felt that she could use this to her advantage,

"Verona my dear our Master wishes to speak to you all,"

She nodded

"Alright we will be there shortly,"

But William shook his head,

"No, he wishes for you to come now,"

Verona sighed and took Aleera's and Nshina's hands. They materialized in front of Dracula who was sitting in the study. Marishka was sat next to him, her head was resting on the table but as soon as she sensed her sisters she flicked her head up and watched them cautiously. Dracula glanced over at them and smiled,

"Ah ladies, I wish to speak to you,"

They all walked in and Nshina was the last to sit down, furthest away from Dracula,

"Yes, your little pet said,"

Marishka growled loudly at her but Dracula pretended that he hadn't heard it. Nshina wondered why he was suddenly in a good mood,

"I have some more information about our predicament that is of a great use to us,"

Verona clapped her hands and Aleera grinned, but, as always Nshina did nothing. Verona looked over to her with a sad expression on her face. She could tell that Nshina so badly wanted to feel what they did but she couldn't. It was to dangerous for her to have emotion,

"Oh Master, that is fantastic! What is it?"

Dracula leaned forward and rested his hands on the table,

"There is a couple of abandoned houses outside of the village, I sent some of the Dwerger to see them and they found a laboratory inside the last one, it was hidden under an illusion so that no one could see it,"

Aleera frowned,

"So how did they?"

But Dracula laughed,

"The Dwerger got into a fight and one got pushed into a wall, it turns out that the wall was the illusion,"

Marishka grinned,

"This is great news! We should go and se it now, there a still a few hours left before the sun rises! I will go and get William,"

Nshina watched her stand up and she sat straighter up in her chair,

"I'm not going if he is,"

Marishka stopped in her tracks, she looked around at Nshina who had folded her arms and was staring forward. Aleera and Verona were also looking at her but they had softer expressions on their faces. Dracula stood up and walked around to her, he put his icy hand on her shoulders,

"You will do as I tell you too Nshina dear, never forget that,"

Nshina looked up at him,

"I haven't forgotten it Master, but I am not going if he is. You know how I feel about him,"

Dracula snorted with laughter,

"Nshina you do not feel anything about him because you cannot feel,"

At that Nshina lost her temper. She stood up and pushed her chair back with so much force that Dracula flew back with it, it became apparent that she still had one simulated emotion, Anger,

"I do not like him, I REFUSE to go anywhere with him! You cannot make me!"

Dracula stood up and snarled at her, he changed into his true form and snarled even louder. But Nshina did something no one thought possible, she roared at him and as she roared her body changed into exactly what her Masters was. It was incredibly muscley and was a grey/pink colour. She looked down at herself and began to shake, changing back into her human form. Dracula slowly changed back, they were all just staring at her,

"But…how…"

Aleera started to say but she couldn't finish it. Verona could see that Nshina was shaking wildly but she couldn't bring herself to move towards her,

What in the devils name just happened there!

Dracula thought. He had never seen anything like that happen before; he thought that it was only him that could change into such a beast. He took a step towards Nshina but she backed off quickly,

"Stay away from me! I don't want anyone getting hurt,"

But Dracula didn't listen. He felt like he needed to see her, comfort her. As he continued to walk towards her Nshina hissed at him and he stopped, she changed into her new flying form and flew at an in-vampire speed out of a window. She needed to get away from them; she was so scared that she was going to hurt them. Nshina knew who she needed to see. She landed in once of the fields and screamed at the top of her lungs, she felt a presence behind her and she turned around. Lucifer was standing behind her; he had a worried look on his face,

"Nshina… what just happened,"

But she didn't listen, Nshina ran over to him and looked up at him, their cold eyes met and she screamed at him,

"What have you done to me?!"

Lucifer looked around,

"I wish I knew Nshina, I really wish I knew,"

Her legs gave way and she dropped to the snow covered ground, Lucifer bent down beside her and sighed,

"I am so sorry Nshina Dragula, I really am. If there is anything that I can do…"

Nshina looked up at him, blood tears dripping down her face,

"Make everything right,"

He put a hand on her head and looked into her eyes,

"I feel I cannot apologise enough. But there is someone I can bring back to help you,"

Nshina's eyes grew wide as she looked at him,

"Please tell me! Anyone!"

But Lucifer started to look at her gravely,

"Van Helsing,"