Chapter 4- The castle in England

Alucard misted the three of them to Elizabeth's castle. It's location was on the southern borders of Cornwall. The castle wasn't ridiculously massive like Castlevania, so it would be a little bit easier to navigate through. The Dhampir misted the three of them into Elizabeth's throne room and Simon sensed her immediately. She laughed as she walked into the candle light of the room. Her attention was suddenly put onto John, she knew that it wasn't the Morris that was in control of his body. Where ever Alucard was Simon wasn't too far away.

"Cousin, what are you doing here? My uncle isn't pleased with your chose of mate." she said.

"Simon has nothing to do with this."

"Then why is he controlling the Morris? He's such a pain, but no matter. My plan is still going to work."

"I hope you're not trying to bring back Dracula?" Simon asked.

"Of course Belmont. I do enjoy my uncle's company. I just love what he does. But he will return once more. To kill every Vampire hunting family there is. Well, the ones that possess the Belmont blood."

"I can't let you do that Elizabeth. The ancestral spirits of the Belmont clan would haunt me forever if he came back on my watch." Alucard said.

"But don't they already haunt you. You mated with two of them and they both died."

"They're still by my side. Simon is with me now and Richter."

"Is right here." she opened her hands to reveal a glowing orb, that rested in her palms, "He's been very helpful. But he was hard to catch. He's spirit is pure enough that I can revive my uncle and he would be at full strength."

"RICHTER!" Eric shouted.

"Oh and I have a little surprise for you Lecarde." she moved to one side to reveal Gwendolyn standing next to her.

"Gwendolyn? Why did you bring her here?"

Elizabeth whispered something into Gwendolyn's ear and her eyes opened. They were a crimson red and Eric went into shock. Elizabeth laughed as she stroked Richter's soul.

"Gwendolyn, honey please. You're not a monster." Eric stumbled back as she came towards him.

"She is Lecarde. I turned her. Now kill him!" she said vanishing off into the night with the Belmont spirit.

Gwendolyn came closer to Eric and slashed the side of his face with her long nails. She drew blood and as the red liquid ran down Eric's cheek, Alucard threw the Vampire into the wall on the opposite side of the room. Simon ran straight over to the Vampire, with his whip in hand. The Vampire hunter lashed Gwendolyn's Vampiric body. She hissed at the burn of the whip as it cracked on her skin.

Eric was beginning to eat himself up. He couldn't bare to see his lover in this kind of pain. He tried to cut himself off from the sound, but he only just barely did.

Given that she was a new Vampire, Simon defeated her quickly. Eric ran straight over to her unconscious body and cradled it in his arms.

"Is there any way to save her?" Eric said with tears forming in his eyes.

"I'm not sure, but it can be done. Maybe if Elizabeth is killed, she might return back to normal. It's happened before."

Eric agreed with Simon, "Reinhardt and his lover Rosa. She was a Vampire, until him and Carrie kill Dracula." he wiped his eyes and put his lover's body down as Elizabeth returned.

"Shame." she said still stroking Richter's soul, "I expected death. No matter. We're still on track." she said vanishing again.

"Where did she go?" Eric said.

"Up the stairs, lazy thing." Simon said.

"Ok, wait what about Gwendolyn?"

"I'll stay with her." Alucard said, "Simon, would you mind staying too?"

The Belmont looked at his lover and he allowed John to go free. The spirit landed on Alucard's shoulder as John gasped and his body allowed John to come back into control.

"John, are you alright?" Eric asked.

"Yeah, Simon possessed me, didn't he?"

Eric nodded, "We have bigger problems. Gwendolyn is a Vampire and Elizabeth is going to use Richter's soul to bring back Dracula."

"Crap. Let's get going." John replied.

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Elizabeth didn't really need Richter's spirit to revive Dracula, because she already had made the sacrifice to bring him back to life. This time it was a the live of a Schneider that she sacrificed. The Grandson of Reinhardt Schneider. However, she still needed Richter. The blood of a Schneider wasn't enough to bring her uncle back to his full strength and that was where Richter came into the equation.

As Dracula arose from his old dusty coffin, Elizabeth began to beam with excitement, like a child on their birthday. He took in his surroundings and realised that his niece was there.

"Elizabeth? Oh my, it's so lovely to see you again. What have you got there?"

"The spirit of Richter Belmont." she said handing him the white orb, "He's asleep due to a little spell I cast on him."

"Very well done Elizabeth."

"All you have to do now is absorb his soul and gain his power."

"I don't think I'll be using it though."

"Why not?" she said like a spoilt child.

"His power is strong yes, I don't deni that. However it's very Holy. The only power that he has that isn't is his Perception ability and his Water powers."

"Do you want me to get a less Holy Belmont?"

"No Elizabeth, it's fine." he said as he placed the spirit into his chest, "There, now all we need to do is wait a little while."

Suddenly, Eric and John walked up the stairs. Eric summoned the Alucard Spear when he spotted that Dracula was standing there before him. The Vampire Killer had lost the majority of its power, from when Simon's soul was inside of John. The Vampire Lord began to let out a laugh at the two men that stood before him.

"I wonder what has happened to the Belmonts." he said in a sarcastic tone.

The two men looked at each other, "Where's Richter?" Eric asked.

"Gone." Elizabeth said, "He'll be absorbed in a few minutes."

Eric was the first to strike the two creatures of the night. The two of them dodged his attack and Elizabeth laughed at his failed attempt.

John attempted to whip the Vampire Lord, "Oh that didn't hurt."

Alucard misted in front of his father. He pulled his arm down the body of the Vampire Lord as he appeared from the mist, separating Dracula from Richter's soul. Alucard's Soul Split worked just like he'd planned. The Dhampir grabbed the soul as Dracula let out a violent hiss at his son. The blond Dhampir ignored his father's hissing and quickly put Richter's soul inside of Eric.

"He won't possess, don't worry. But you can use his Item Crash though." Alucard said.