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Chapter 2: Quest of Forbidden Lore Part 1 (Soma's POV)

I couldn't explain what came over me when Joachim arrived with the tea. It was as if a cold icy hand reached out and held my heart within its grip. I was able to see my breath frosting and fogged before my very eyes and I felt my unborn children moving and trying to rouse me. I felt powerless.

I couldn't remember what happened after I said the prophecy to Joachim. I hugged my knees and placed my head down.

Hey why so glum?

Julius, I'm so glad to hear your voice. Who's this Lord of Shadows and what's his final endeavor?

Oh, that….damn I didn't think that would come up. How much do you know of the Belmont linage?

Aside from what you mentioned, not much left. I mean is there someone else?

There is one, I found out about him when I was young. My father found out and forbid me from ever mentioning him again. But, he's not here to kick my ass. There is one Belmont left but he would be unable to handle the Vampire Killer, now.

If you knew there was another, why did you pick me as your successor?

Soma, you're like a son to me, which was why I chose you. This Belmont can NEVER wield the Vampire Killer again because he IS a vampire.

Are you shitting me? Does Adrian know?

I wouldn't be surprised if he didn't. Gabriel was before Mathias became immortal.

I never knew….how come I don't have HIS memories?

Because one, he's a Belmont, and two, he's still alive, in a manner of speaking. As for this final endeavor, it's probably a final battle between him and someone else. Don't ask me who because I don't even know….

"Soma, angel, are you all right?" Arikado asked as he entered their bedroom. I looked up at him and smiled.

"Adrian, I'm better. We were just talking."

"Julius, what did he have to say?" Arikado asked as he sat down next to me. I snuggled up to my husband and over tea and buns, I explained all that Julius told me.

"A Belmont as a vampire…?" Arikado asked, almost choking on his tea. "How is that?"

"I don't know, Julius didn't tell me the story."

"Maybe my father would know." Arikado said as he rubbed my stomach, easing the little demons within. "I'll go ask him and you rest." I glared at him and sat up.

"Uh uh, I am not staying up here."

"Soma, dear, you need your rest…."

"I'll rest when I'm dead."

"Um…."

"Oh that's right, I can't die…oh well, guess I'm not resting for awhile." With that, I opened the door and went downstairs with my husband close at my heels. Mathias looked up as we approached him.

"I thought you were resting…"

"I was but Julius spoke to me and he told me something important."

"Well, what did he say?"

"Father, what do you know of Gabriel Belmont?" I watched as Mathias sat back in his favorite armchair and chew his bottom lip in thought. I had to hold back my laugh, for Adrian did the same thing! Like father like son.

"There were so many Belmonts throughout the ages." He admitted. "What makes this one stand out?"

"Father, he's a vampire…."

"That's impossible." Mathias said. "Not without a stone at least or being bitten…."

"Julius said it was forbidden for him to even mention Gabriel." I said. "What did he do?"

"There has to be a way to find out." Mathias said. "Did the late Belmont have a library?"

"Possibly in his ancestral home but I think those who are chosen or linage can enter…." I said and when I felt eyes on me, I knew. "Oh come on,"

"Soma, you're the only one who can…."

"Oh fine," I said with a sigh. "Adrian, you're driving."

"Don't I always?" Arikado asked with a smile. Mathias chuckled. We told the girls, Hammer, and Joachim to follow Adrian's Lexus while we took Mathias with us. At first, being inside of the Lexus felt foreign to the elder but as he settled into the leather, he calmed.

"Very strange….." Mathias said as we drove. "Yet fascinating…."

"Father's never been in a car." Adrian explained as we looked at his father who was looking out at everything and anything. I tried my best not to laugh but it just bubbled out.

"What?" Mathias asked when he heard me laugh. "Oh, leave me alone." I looked at my husband and we laughed at Mathias' childish behavior. Who would have thought Mathias had a childish side? He was always uptight.

Julius, you're back.

Luckily you brought me along on your honeymoon cruise and you didn't unpack yet. I hope you didn't pack anything that could stink up the place.

No, we didn't pack any perishables. We knew better. But, we're going to your ancestral home.

Ok, just remember only you, Arikado and Yoko can enter.

What about Mina and the others?

No, they aren't blood and they're not chosen. Besides, I have a bad feeling and tell Mathias to keep his eyes open. Someone will be coming and he's going to have some information. Listen but don't allow him to sway you to his terms.

"Mathias, you have to stay on guard. Someone's on his way to us and he's going to have information. He has a way with words so it's best to keep to our tasks at hand."

"Possibly a necromancer," Mathias said. "I can handle that child; you just worry about getting the details on our forbidden Belmont." I looked at my father-in-law and nodded and as soon as my husband stopped the Lexus, I was out of the car, fastening the Vampire Killer onto my side and made my way into the Belmont home. I was fascinated by the tapestries, the wealth, all of it. It was simple yet elegant.

Each Belmont after Leon contributed little by little into this home. This was Leon's home.

Wow, this place is amazing. So where's….?

The library, it's up the stairs, to the far right.

It didn't take me long to find the library and I was amazed at the wealth of knowledge that was here. Many tall shelves reaching the ceiling were full of books. There was a desk, a fireplace and at least six windows with a balcony and terrace.

"Wow," Yoko said as she entered. "I never get over how this place is…"

"It's huge." I said. "And each Belmont contributed to this place."

"So, where should we start?"

"Is there a family tree anywhere?" I asked. "I mean come on, all the big families have them."

It's rumored that Gabriel wasn't even a Belmont at all. They say he was a Cronqvist and that he was left at the church when he was an infant. He took the name Belmont due to the love of the mountains. Bel for beautiful and Mont for the mountain ranges; hence Belmont…

That makes sense. But wouldn't that make Gabriel the first Belmont rather than Leon?

Now that you said that, I'm thinking about it. You could be onto something. But here's one for you, if Gabriel was the first, how did Leon come to be? Gabriel's wife was murdered by his own hand….

It's probably one of those questions: which came first, the chicken or the egg?

True, we'd be here forever.

I was about to say something else when something clattered to the floor. I looked and gasped. It was a cross, or it looked like a cross….

The Combat Cross!

What is it? I asked as I picked it up. To anyone else, it would seem like a big crucifix but with all I endured, I knew better.

This was Gabriel's weapon when he was in the Order. It was crafted by Rinaldo Gandolfi, the same man who crafted the Whip of Alchemy which Leon used.

This is freaky….I said. But what is it doing here? This should go back to the church shouldn't it?

The Brotherhood of Light is probably long gone. The founders are long gone, two long dead and the third, his whereabouts are unknown.

We should show this to the others…

"Yoko," I said, turning to face her with the Combat Cross in hand. "Recognize this?"

"Wow, that's a genuine Combat Cross; this was a weapon of the Order, which was held in the church!"

"It belonged to Gabriel Belmont." I said. Her cheerful face went pale at the mention at his name.

"But what is it doing here?"

"I asked Julius the same thing. Neither one of us has an answer."

"I think, we should join the others…." She said. I nodded and still with the Combat Cross in hand, we left the library and headed for the entrance. Mina and the others smiled at us but my father-in-law bared his fangs and took a stance facing the woods.

"Father,"

"Be silent," Mathias ordered, eyes red, fangs bared and sword drawn. "We have company." I looked to where my father-in-law's gaze was and saw a man in a hood. He walked to us and at a safe distance; he stopped and lowered his hood. He seemed like a sophisticated older gentleman. But something behind the man's eyes belied his nature.

"I see that we have a new successor to the Belmont clan." He said as he looked at me. "My name is Zobek and I've been expecting you."

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