Well, here's chapter two. I hope you enjoy. I had a more difficult time writing this one since I had to make everything up for it. The last chapter basically wrote itself because it was based off the first meeting of Alucard and Integral. So, I think this chapter turned out ok. After about halfway through I started writing faster and things just came to me. But, please let me know what you think.

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The night had been cold and rainy. Thunder shook the house and lightning poured light into young Integral Hellsing's room every few minutes. The girl curled into a ball on her queen sized bed and drew the thin, white covers up to her chin. The storm outside wasn't helping her dreams at all. Her mind wouldn't stop replaying the images of the previous day. The vampires that chased her and her brother, the scream her step mother let out as she died, she shouts and gunfire from the soldiers, blood splattering the walls, and finally her finding the vampire Alucard in the basement of her home. Everything in her life had changed so quickly and she hadn't registered what had happened fully yet.

A particularly loud clap of thunder made Integra wake up suddenly and sit up quickly in her bed, her eyes wide and her breathing fast and heavy. She rubbed her eyes and looked around her room. It was peaceful except for the rainstorm outside. She sighed. A dream. She glanced around her room once more and fell back onto her pillow.

That was when she remembered her dream was just a replay of what had happened the previous day as she landed on her arm and winced. The wound, now just a scratch thanks to Alucard, still stung. She shot up in bed again and looked around her room more carefully, putting on her glasses this time.

She was about to lay back down again and try to sleep when she noticed it. Something glowing red in the corer of her room. Lightning streaked across the sky at that moment and it illuminated a figure sitting calmly in a chair with his right leg crossed over his left, his eyes glowing red in the dark. The vampire was in her room.

She was startled and almost squeaked, but refrained and tried to look unaffected. The vampire knew she had gotten scared and smiled widely. Integra huffed and crossed her arms.

"You...Alucard..." She started.

"Yes, Master?" Alucard replied.

"What are you doing in my room in the middle of the night?"

"Why, I'm watching over you, of course."

Integra glared and blinked.

"Of course..." She muttered sarcastically.

"What? It's my job as a servant of this house after all." Alucard replied, faking sweetness in his voice.

Integra was not convinced.

"I don't care. I want you out of my room."

"But Master, you're having trouble sleeping. You're having nightmares of yesterdays events, aren't you."

It was not a question and Integra's eyes widened.

"How...How did you know that?" She whispered.

Alucard smirked widely.

"I just know Master." he replied. "If I stay here, I can help keep those nightmares away."

Integra thought for a moment. What if he was lying? He was a vampire. There was always that chance. Then again, he hadn't hurt her yet. Maybe she could trust him. She decided to take that chance.

"A...All right." She said quietly. "You can stay. But only until I wake up." She added quickly.

She flopped back on her pillow and turned her back to him, pulling the covers up to her chin again. She closed her eyes quickly and tried not to think about him sitting there staring at her. After a few minutes, exhaustion took over and she fell asleep and just as Alucard had said, her dreams were peaceful and not filled with memories of the day before.

Alucard stared at his new Master. She was young, though not too young. She was old enough that she had the potential to be a good leader even at this age. But she wasn't the family head. No, he sensed that the moment she woke him up in the dungeons. Her father was in charge yet, her mother was dead, and her brother was only her half brother. He was able to sense all that just from drinking her blood and looking only slightly into her thoughts. But, she was his master. Not her father, and not her brother. She was the Hellsing that woke him up with her blood and so he was bound to this girl.

Integra sighed and turned over in her sleep. Alucard stared at her expressionlessly and delved deeper into her thoughts. She wouldn't know. She was asleep and wouldn't remember in the morning.

Alucard frowned slightly. So, she would never be the family head, at least that's what she thought. The family headship was promised to her brother. That scared little sniveling baby? It was a mockery to the Hellsing family, even Alucard thought that and he had only met the boy once while he helped Integra back upstairs. What little respect he had for the Hellsings died with Arthur, his previous master and integra's great uncle apparently, though it seemed she never met him. Though, that respect could be brought back by this girl. She had potential. Indeed she did. Already at such a young age she had a fiery spirit and much determination. Alucard frowned as he read further into her mind. She had been treated badly all her life. Yelled at, abused, hated by everyone except...Walter? Alucard's smirk returned. Walter was still around. Well, being awake again wasn't going to be completely annoying. With Walter and this girl around things proved to be most enjoyable.

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The next morning Integra awoke to the sun streaming into her room and bathing her bed in a warm bright light. She sat up and stretched then looked around. The vampire Alucard was gone. She sighed with relief. He had listened to her and her dreams actually were decent, though she couldn't remember what they were about. She tossed the covers to the side and walked to the bathroom. She stared at herself in the mirror. Her eyes were baggy and she looked worn out, which was to be expected having almost been killed by a group of vampires. She combed out her platinum blonde hair and checked out her arm. Undoing the bandage Alucard had put on the wound, she poked at it. the scratch still stung a bit, but at least it wasn't bleeding anymore. She wrapped another bandage around it then walked back into her room and got dressed into her usual long blue skirt and white blouse with the blue cravat style tie.

After dressing Integral made her way to the kitchen. She was surprised to see that all the fallen Hellsing soldiers bodies were taken care of and the blood that was everywhere the previous day had been leaned. No one would have known they had been attack just the day before. Integra looked at her watch. It was noon. the staff must have been up very early to get all this cleaned up by now.

Integra walked into the kitchen where she found her brother eating breakfast with one of the servants standing at the other end of the room. She walked in and asked the servant for some breakfast. the woman nodded and left, returning moments later with tea and scones. Integra sat at the other end of the table from her brother and ate. James glanced up every now and then at his sister, but didn't say a word for a while.

"Uh..." the boy said tentatively. "Um, g...good morning sister."

Integra glanced and the boy and grunted.

"Good morning." She said quickly and continued eating, not looking at her brother.

James sighed and looked at his plate sadly. He picked at his food for a while and then looked up at the servant.

"Um, when is father coming home?" the boy asked quietly.

"He has been informed of the attack and will be arriving later today." the servant replied.

Integra inwardly cursed. She had wanted three more days without her father around. It was nice. The only good thing was that Walter would be home soon too. She would go back to spending most of her time hiding in her room or in the library reading, or spending time with Walter in the armory watching him work on the weaponry and sometimes would even try out the weapons that she could handle. Her life was mostly spent trying to stay out of her fathers sight so he couldn't come up with some stupid reason to yell at her or punish her.

Integra finished the last of the scones and downed the rest of the tea in her cup then stood.

"I'm finished. Thanks." She said to the servant and she walked out of the kitchen.

"Wait big sister!"

Integra stopped as she heard her brothers voice behind her.

"What?" She asked.

"Um..Ca...Can I hang out with you today?" he asked sheepishly, staring at his hands and fidgeting.

Integra sighed. James could be such a nuisance sometimes, but he was her brother and if she didn't take care of him, no one would.

"All right, fine. Come on."

Integra didn't see it, but the boy smiled as he hurried behind her, his little legs trying to keep up with Integra's fast pace.

The two arrived at the library on the second floor and Integra browsed the shelves she could reach until she found the book she was looking for. She picked up the old worn copy of Dracula. She had started reading the book a few weeks ago. and hadn't had much time to read. She hoped she could finish it before her father got home.

Integra sat in a cushioned high backed chair near the fireplace, where a fire was currently going. One of the maids must have started it. Opening the book, she began to read in silence.

James watched his sister and looked around for a book he could read. They were all so hard and he had a sudden new awe for his sister. She was five years older, true, but they still seemed so hard to read. He decided not to read anything and sat on a chair on the other side of the fireplace across from his sister.

"What are you reading?" James asked.

"Dracula." Integra replied.

"Oh..."

Silence fell between the two for a while and then James spoke up again.

"What's it about?"

Integra's eyes looked at the boy from over the book.

"It's about a very old vampire that likes to eat annoying little kids like you." She said.

James's eyes widened.

"Really?"

Integra nodded.

"I..Is he still alive you think?"

Integra smirked behind her book.

"Oh sure. I'll bet he even lives near here." she said, not realizing the truth of her words.

Integra almost laughed out loud at the reaction she got from her brother. He outwardly winced and squirmed in his seat, looking around the room.

"Oh, calm down will you." Integra finally said. "I was just kidding."

"Oh..." James replied, and he visibly settled down.

Integra giggled a little and went back to reading.

"That was a mean joke not only for him, but for Dracula too."

Integra looked up startled at the deep voice that came from the couch on her right and James squeaked and jumped. Integra turned her head sharply and saw Alucard sitting on the couch looking at her non chalantly.

"You again." Integra said. "Shouldn't you be sleeping or something? And how is it mean to Dracula? He's not even real."

Integra's heart still beat quickly in her chest from being scared by his sudden appearance.

Alucard shook his head.

"Tsk, tsk. Such a temper my young master. Perhaps you should do some studying up about Dracula. You might be surprised at what you find out."

With that he disappeared right before the children's eyes and where he sat was an old diary.

Integra didn't notice the book at first and glared at where Alucard had been sitting.

"That jerk Alucard."

She was about to go on when it suddenly hit her. Alucard was Dracula spelled backwards. Why hadn't she realized it before? Whoever named Alucard that had a crazy sense of humor.

"Hey, big sister. What's that book on the couch?" James asked, his voice still trembling slightly from being scared by Alucard.

Integra looked where James pointed and saw the old diary. She jumped off the chair and walked over to it, picking it up and examining it.

"The diary of one Abraham Van Helsing." Integra read the cover out loud.