Chapter 6: Awakenings.
The Dark lord opened his red eyes as he felt a warm liquid run over his they focused, he noticed a pale wrist, feminine in form, and the blood was entering his mouth. He fed off it, regaining strength. After a few minutes, the wrist drew itself away, causing to rise to see whose blood had awoken him. He sat up, still drowsy from his rest, as he stared at a young woman with dark blonde hair dressed in strange clothing. He blinked a few times, as the memories from the dream world flooded into him, and he recognized her.
"Starfeld?" he asked, making sure it was who she looked like.
"Exactly Fangface!" she said, smiling. Death stood behind her, an air of happiness at seeing his master awaken from his sleep at last.
"How long was I dreaming? How did you get here? What has happened while I slept?"
"Okay, All I know is that I went to sleep in my room, woke up here, and following your buddy's instructions, used my own blood to make a wakeup call."
"I see your personality is still intact. Death, perhaps you can shed some light on things."
"Very well my lord." Death said, "You have been asleep for five years. During that time a rumor spread and many hunters came here looking for an easy road to fame. Most of them didn't make it past the front gate. Then we kidnapped some women from a nearby village, unaware that a Belmont would follow to rescue them. One of them was a child with extraordinary power, summoning beasts I believe, but Shaft, the one who raised you, accidentally activated her powers and temporarily lost his ability to reproduce with Succubus. They had a son named Marcus quite recently though, but anyway, after Shaft recovered, he sent some lesser demons to kidnap Belmont, so we could control him, but we had to take something important from him to break his will."
"What was it? His lover? Vampire killer?
"His manhood sir. Succubus tore of his testicles and it broke him. He is currently in the coliseum in the new basement of the castle. While people believe he has turned evil."
"Anything else I should know of Death?"
"Well, a certain time traveler from when Hector betrayed us had helped us by delivering the girl. What should we do about her my lord?"
"She is to be treated as a guest. She kept me company while I was in the dream world. I shall also escort her to a private room so that we may talk. Make sure none disturbs us."
"Understood my lord."
Liv had been listening to everything Death had told his master. She was confused on some things, but she was sure Dracula would explain things to her. As he led her to what would be her chambers, she stayed close to him, hoping not to get lost. He had noticed this and also noticed that she seemed a little light headed.
"If you are tired, my dear, I could carry you there." He told her.
"That would be great Fang face. I think you might have taken a bit too much blood. I'm feeling a little bit Dizzy."
"Very well, hold on tightly. We shall be going very quickly, I don't want you to fall off and get lost." with that, he turned into his wolf form, and Liv climbed onto his back. Holding onto the fur, she held on as he ran toward the living quarters. As they made their way there, Liv caught glimpses of skeletons, golems, a Minotaur, and various other monsters. When they made it to the room, liv got off of the Dark Lord and he changed back to his humanoid form. He then opened a door at the end of the hall as Liv followed.
The door opened up into a lavish bedroom. It was painted pale blue, with gold and silver decorating the bed. A window was on the eastern wall, which led to a balcony, through it, a beautiful full moon could be seen. There was also a vanity, a wardrobe, and a couple of chairs. The bed itself was large enough to fit three or four people comfortably. Dracula placed a hand on Liv's shoulder, causing her to look up at him.
"Is this to your liking, my dear?"
"Yeah. Bit more than I'm used to, but it's beautiful."
"Shall we sit down? I'm sure you have a few questions."
"Oh I do Fangface, starting with the Belmonts. My older brother is friends with a guy named Julius Belmont. He never mentioned anything about you and his family being enemies. All Family history he's ever mentioned was that his ancestor Richter was a complete idiot. So how is it you are enemies in the first place."
Dracula was surprised. It seems in her world, he was forgotten by the family of his mortal then closed his eyes as he began his story.
"It was shortly after I lost my first wife, I was alone, I cursed God, and my best friend Leon Belmont, was forced to remain in the crusades and fight."
"Wow, I figured you'd be older than you looked, but I didn't figure you'd be that old."
"Well, it seems you learn something new each day. Moving on, I used to go by Mathias Cronqvist, and I made a deal with a vampire named Walter Bernard. In exchange for letting me live, I would tell him about a warrior for his game. He would take what a person loved most and keep it in his castle, and challenge them to enter his castle and make their way through it to try and reclaim it. I had Bernard capture Leon's Betrothed, Sara. While I went behind his back and planned to take his power, Leon battled his way through Bernard's castle, only to find that his betrothed had been turned, he was forced to kill her, and her soul was alchemically combined with a whip, giving it enough power to destroy Bernard. I then took Bernard's power with the Crimson Stone, took his Ebony one, and with Death himself at my side, offered Leon to come work with me. He unfortunately refused, swearing that his family would make sure to destroy me."
"Wow, the Belmonts must not remember what started their feud in the first place, causing it to become a genetic hatred of you as time went on. Something must have happened to you to cause them to forget you exist in my world."
"Yes, I thought that myself. Perhaps we might find out what it was, if we ever go to your world."
"That would make sense. So how did you get Death himself to work for you?"
"He beat me in a game of chess. His strategy was very ingenious, that I was willing to be his servant."
The couple looked to see Death in the doorway, holding some medical supplies. He also seemed a little worried, causing the Dark Lord to raise an eyebrow in question.
"My lord, I came with these so that the girl would wrap her wrist so that it may heal properly." Death said, placing the supplies, which consisted of Guaze and scissors, on the table between them. As Liv wrapped her wrist, Death continued. "Also, it seems your son has just entered the castle. I asked if he had come back to stay, but he seems insistent on stopping you."
"I see, I will speak with him after I am done speaking to Miss Starfeld. In the meantime, find a way to keep him occupied. If any harm comes to him, I will destroy the one who does it."
"Understood. I shall take my leave, my lord."
Death soon left, closing the door behind him. Dracula then turned to Liv, leaning toward her.
"I never did get that kiss, my dear."
"Oh, I'll have to fix that won't I?" she said, "But I think it would be a little less awkward if we sat on the bed, don't want the chairs to fall and make some noise."
Dracula, catching on to what she meant, simply relocated to the bed. She then wrapped her arms around his neck and kissed him on the lips.
An hour later, Dracula's cape and shirt were on the floor, while Liv, still in the clothes she came to Castlevania in, was snuggling her warm body next to him, the bed sheets over their bodies. He had placed his hands behind his head and laid it on a pillow, as Liv gently traced his abdomen with her long fingers. She was resting while her blood regenerated, as the count had fed off her to awaken. He had to remember to thank Germain for bringing her to him, as long as it wasn't in front of death. He turned and placed his left arm around her body, bringing her even closer to him. It was a tender moment, but it was interrupted when he felt a familiar presence nearby. He turned as the door creaked slowly open, revealing a young man with long white hair, pale skin, grey eyes, and a soft face. He was wearing black clothes and a cape. Dracula soon recognized him as his son, Adrian, or, as he called himself when he rebelled, Alucard.
"Adrian." The count said, glad to see him. "Have you finally come home to stay?"
"Father, I am afraid not. I had heard a maiden still lived after you awoke, and you were speaking with her. I was afraid you would try and control the girl, so I came to stop you before you could."
At this moment, Liv sat up and saw Adrian, she was half awake, but she had heard the two talking, and it was disturbing her rest.
"Will you two keep it down? I'm trying to sleep."
Adrian looked at the girl, and back at his father, he then noticed the pile of clothes on the floor. His expression to his father was that of surprise, as he soon passed out from surprise as to what his father might have been doing with the mortal woman. Panicking, Dracula got up, followed by Liv, now wide awake, as he grabbed his son and placed him on the bed they were just in, trying to bring him back to consciousness.
"Adrian, ADRIAN!" Dracula shouted, trying to awaken his child. As he shook his body, he didn't move, causing to worry more. Liv however remained calm.
"Let me try Fangface." she told him.
"What are you planning my dear?"
"Something my twin brother would do to me sometimes. I know you don't want your son hurt, but this will only sting a bit."
"Do what you must. I just hope he will be alright."
At that, Liv pulled back her right hand as the dark lord got out of the way. Putting together her index and middle finger, she took a deep breath and jabbed the two fingers into his abdomen, causing him to wake up and gasp.
"What the fuck was that?" the Dhamphir asked, surprising his father.
"Adrian, you do not speak like that in front of a woman. And tie your hair back! You look like a hooligan!"
"Sorry miss. I was caught off guard by you and my father being together, in bed. But what did you do?"
"It is the Starfeld family wake up Jab. My twin brother invented it to wake up anyone out cold. " She told him, smiling.
"Father, who is this? And why is she so…unnerving?"
"Adrian, that is Olivia Starfeld. She kept me company in the Dreamworld while I slept for five years. She is also very Chaotic at times. I was also thinking of marrying her."
"Oh really Fangface?" Liv said "And what makes you think I'll agree so easily?"
Unfortunately, before he could answer, Richter Belmont came in the room holding his whip, and he looked pissed.
"DRACULA! You will not harm Alucard and that maiden while I am-hey, this is a nice room."
"Oh wow, you are an idiot." Both Dracula and Liv said at the same time.
"OH! So the Dark Lord has already influenced the maiden! Well, that's nothing the Belmont's Holy Energy can't combat!" He then grabbed Liv and as she struggled to get out he held tighter, until her felt something soft. Everything in the room became Deathly quiet as Liv blushed at what was being touched. Richter, soon realized that he had grabbed her breast, as he let her go a red aura surrounded her. Dracula, sensing danger grabbed Adrian and went to the other side of the bed, he did not want to get involved with whatever was about to happen.
"You-You –PERVERT!" Liv yelled in rage, the aura around her becoming brighter and beginning to change form.
"Now miss, it was an accident! I swear!"
"Oh it was no accident! An accident, is when you get hit in the face by a door because the person who opened it didn't knocked, an accident is tripping over a root or a fallen branch. Buddy, that sure as hell wasn't an accident! HAVE AT YOU ASSHOLE!" She said, as the red aura around her changed into floating knives, which threw themselves at Richter. He dodged most of them, but one cut his shoulder. Liv then began punching and kicking the Belmont, eventually leaving him on the ground a bloody, broken mess of a man. When she was no longer pissed, she was surprised at what she managed to do.
"Well, that never happened before." She said, as Dracula and Adrian, who was fearing for his life, looked at the Belmont after getting out of their hiding place. Dracula was surprised as well, and wondered what could have caused that to happen in the first place. Death then came into the room and saw the damage.
"So, I see you found the Belmont. I had also sensed an increase of Chaos here, I'm guessing it's a side effect of being brought here. Though I am impressed, what shall I do with him my lord?"
"Throw him out of the castle, as well as any other human you find. As for you miss Starfeld, I'd like an answer about my proposal as soon as you are adjusted to the castle. Adrian, you are going to stay in the next room. I intend for you to get to know miss Starfeld, after all, she may be here for a long time."
And that is how after a five year sleep, a strange series of events began at Castlevania…
Meanwhile, in Liv's world, Saint Germain was sitting in an office chair with his feet on the desk in front of him. He was sitting back with a cigar in his mouth, triumphant about how he had averted a dimensional crisis. He had sent a letter to Liv's family saying that she was studying abroad in Romania, so they wouldn't get suspicious. He was mentally gloating when Joachim Arrster had come into his office, yawning.
"So,any ideas who gave Mathias a drugged virgin?" the vampire asked.
"Sorry, not yet. What I do know is that it is a time traveller, and a douchebag intent on making the world forget about Dracula. We can't let that happen."
"So, what now?"
"Well, in a few weeks, you are going to a small town to intercept the two lovebirds, that device I gave you should protect you from the sun, to avoid suspicion of course."
"So, anything I should be warned about, besides how pissed Mathias will be when he sees me? I did kind of screw with him abit."
"Yeah, a Belmont will be there too. Oh, and Beware Starfeld's Brothers, they are the grandsons of a madman on their mother's side. Also, it seems miss Starfeld herself have some latent powers that could wake up soon."
"So, don't do anything stupid?"
"Exactly! See, you are learning about the modern world."
WOOHOO!
This story is done!Hope you guys want a sequel, because in the next story, Ol Fangface will meet Li's family, and believe you me, things will get a little bit crazy for the Lord of Castlevania!