Pics are on my profile of her dresses, gloves, and mask. Also sorry if Dracula is ooc at some parts.
Italics=Flashback
Disclaimer: I only own Charisma
I was woken up by a banging on the side of my window and Van Helsing shouting my name. I sighed and got up throwing the blanket off of me. I opened the door to find Van Helsing hanging on for dear life before he could get his genitals and body smashed by the carriage wheel.
"How the hell did you end up out here?" I shouted.
"Not now! Get me up!" he shouted. I grabbed onto his sleeve and attempted to pull him up but he was a full grown man and was really heavy.
"Carl! I need your help I can't pick him up on my own!" I shouted over my shoulder. I got no reply. The wind was blowing in my ears making me deaf to the inside of the carriage.
"Carl!" Van and I shouted as my hand started slipping. Just as it did a blue discolored hand grabbed his sleeve and hoisted Van up on to the top of the carriage. Once he was to safety I turned to see Frank.
"Thanks." I whispered relieved sitting down and smiling at him but that smile quickly disappeared when I saw Valken growling through the window behind him. Frank turned and screamed.
It then climbed onto the top of the carriage forcing it to tear and fire seeped through. Frank began screaming and getting as close to the floor as possible.
"We have to jump I said opening the carriage door then jumped and rolled on the ground. Carl, Anna, and Frank followed me. I don't know what happened to Van Helsing or Darius but I heard gun shots and a loud roar.
The carriage then crashed and burned. I stood up.
"I'm going to look for Van Helsing and Darius." I told Anna then walked away in the woods.
"Me too." I heard her reply and she trudged the other way.
"Darius! Van Helsing!" I shouted.
"Here!" I heard Van Helsing yell out. I ran to where he was to see him back into a tree with Anna looking at him with tears in her eyes. Valken lay dead against a rock.
"Now you know why they call me murderer." he said. Anna turned her head and more tears escaped. I heard a twig snap behind me and turned only to get backhanded hard. I fell onto a rock and was knocked out hearing the laughter of Aleera. The last of Dracula's Brides.
When I woke up I was in something soft and warm. I had a pounding headache. Someone was stroking my cheek and sitting beside me. I fluttered my eyes open to see Dracula smirking down at me.
I gasped and stood from the bed quickly backing away from him. Too quickly because I got a dizzy spell I nearly collapsed but Dracula caught me. When I got over the dizziness I pushed away from him standing.
I reached for my gun but it was gone. I looked at a mirror beside me to see myself in a dress with all my weapons gone. He smirked and crept closer. I backed away with every step he took. Eventually I hit a wall. He walked until he was an inch from me.
He put one hand on the wall behind me while stroking my cheek with the other. I turned my head from him but he put a finger under my chin turning me to look in his eyes.
"Look at little 'risma." he whispered smirking. "Away from Gabriel once again." he said then chuckled.
"What are you talking about?" I whispered glaring at him.
"You don't remember either hmm?" he asked. I raised an eyebrow with an emotionless face.
"What about all the dreams you had when Victor was still alive? When you and I used to spend time together and you told me about them? As friends, lovers even." he asked.
"That was before I knew you were a monster, and before I met Van Helsing." I said pushing him away and going to the window/door wrapping my arms around myself while gazing outside sadly. He came up behind me wrapping his arms around my middle putting his head on my shoulder.
"Don't hate me Charisma. Please. Everyone else hates me. Not you please." he whispered putting his nose to my neck. I got a quick sudden memory of us doing this only the room was different and Dracula and I were younger.
"Oh. Vlad." I whispered looking sorrowfully at my reflection in the window wishing to his face. I closed my eyes shaking my head and ripping away from him and turning. I opened my eyes. "What are you doing to me!" I shouted at him. "Who are you? Really?" I asked with tears in my eyes.
"Oh 'risma, please don't cry." he said reaching out to me.
"No!" I shouted slapping his hand away. "Stop calling me that!" I yelled panting. I turned to the window closing my eyes and hugging myself again. "Just go away." I whispered letting the tears fall. I heard him sigh sadly before he walked to the door. It opened.
"I'll send Darius up with food." he whispered before leaving. I turned with surprised eyes after the door closed.
"Darius?" I whispered. 'What would he be doing here?' I thought. I sighed shaking my head. I opened the window/door to the balcony and walked out. I leaned against the concrete half-wall while looking up at the almost full moon.
I began remembering when Vlad was nice to me back at Frankenstein castle. When I was just an innocent girl.
=== 4 years ago ===
Victor and I had moved into castle Frankenstein for a little over a year now. He had been building something but would not tell me what. Vladislaus would continue to visit him each month.
Ever since he had spent the day indoors with me a month ago I had been having strange dreams of two men that constantly fought. Over me.
One night Vladislaus had came for his normal monthly visit. When it was over Victor called me down from my room.
I arrived in the living room. They were sitting in front of the fire with glasses of wine conversing.
"Ah. There she is." Victor said looking at me from a chair. Vladislaus turned his eyes to me and smiled.
"Vladislaus would like to converse with you before he goes, as for me I'm off to bed." victor said standing and walking to me by the door. I smiled up at him. He was a head taller then me.
"Good night Charisma." he said kissing my forehead and leaving.
"Good night Father." I said as he left. I turned to see Vladislaus staring at me.
"What did you want to say to me?" I asked him.
"Have a seat 'risma. I would just like to chat." he said gesturing to beside him on the couch. I sat beside him and gazed at the fire.
"How have you liked the castle?" he asked.
"It's cozy." I replied. I was in my thoughts thinking of the nightmare I had the other night of the two men from my dreams getting into a sword fight.
"Is something the matter? You're awfully quiet." he said pulling me from my thoughts. I turned and looked at him shaking my head.
"It's nothing you need to worry about." I replied shaking my head and looking at the fire.
"Please tell me. You have crows feet and I'm already worried." he said turning my head to face him. After looking in his eyes I gave in.
"I've been having these weird dreams. As if there memories. Of two men. But they never have faces." I began.
"What are their names?" he asked intrigued.
"Vlad," I said smirking. "And Gabriel." I finished.
"Who were they?" he asked.
"Vlad ...He was a childhood friend I supposed. Well he was 26 when I was 3. And I believe I grew up with him always near. But when I turned 17," I said trailing off and looking back at the fire.
"What happened?" he asked.
"A man named Gabriel came. He was only a couple years older. He kept flirting and asking for my hand in marriage." I chuckled. "Vlad got jealous and started flirting as well, taking me out on dates, giving me gifts, all that. Well the more he did Gabriel did the same but always one step ahead." I then frowned.
"Then in my last nights dream or nightmare. It got out of hand. They started a sword fight. Over me. Both injuring the other badly. I ran away afraid of the outcome and woke up before I could see who won." I ended. "I'm afraid to sleep tonight. Afraid to see who died while the other lived and I end up unhappy." I said looking at him but he was glaring at the fire.
"Who would you want to win?" he asked me.
"Neither. I wish they just swallowed their pride and ended it."
"Who did you want to end up with. They couldn't worship the ground you walk on forever." he said.
I chuckled. "I know." I was silent for a while with Vladislaus awaiting my answer.
"Honestly. Vlad. He was always there for me. Knowing what I liked while Gabriel just tried to impress me, Vlad was himself around me while Gabriel was too stuck-up. I loved Vlad. Not Gabriel. I guess I was just using Gabriel to get to Vlad. Then it went too far." I said getting tears in my eyes.
Vladislaus wrapped an arm around me and let me put my head to his shoulder as I started crying. He rubbed my arm soothingly. "Shh. I'll take care of you. That will never happen." he whispered as I fell asleep in his arms crying. Just as I slipped into a dreamless sleep I heard him say "again." I failed to notice that he had no heartbeat.
End Flashback ==
I was pulled out of my thoughts by Darius' voice. "I brought dinner." he said holding up a tray. I sighed and walked past him to the bed and sitting down with my arms crossed. I turned my head not looking at him.
I heard him set the tray on the table beside the bed. He sat next to me. I moved away. He sighed. "Come on Charisma. What did you expect me to say to you when you first met for me? That I was spying on you for the lord of all vampires?" he said sarcastically. I turned to him angrily.
"That would of been nice! So I could kill you instead of letting you tell me all those lies. At least you did one good thing for me!" I shouted.
"What?" he asked.
"Helped train me to kick vampire ass so I can kill Dracula as well as every last vampire." I replied glaring. He got a hurt look in his eyes.
"You would really kill me?" he whispered sadly. I just turned away.
"I may have lied about who I was Charisma. But I didn't lie when I said I loved you." he said before he got up and left the room. I sighed and turned to the tray of food. My stomach growled showing how hungry I actually was.
I took the fruit bowl and ate the melon, pineapple, and grape pieces that were in it. Next I ate the roll of bread. Last I ate the chicken breast that was cooked so it was juicy and seasoned just right. No garlic of course.
When I finished I walked around observing the room taking sips from the wine in the glass that was on the tray. I opened a door that was a walk in closet. Then next to the closet door was a vanity with perfumes, brushes, combs, hair clips, powder, and make-up. A large mirror attached surprisingly.
I looked at the four poster king sized bed that had purple sheets and blankets with black pillows and curtains to cover it. The balcony was to the right of the bed with purple curtains that billowed in the slight breeze. The floor was carpeted in a dark almost black purple while the walls had black wallpaper with purple swirls. 'He knows my favorite colors.' I thought.
I finished my wine and set it on the tray before walking to the last door in the room other than the one leading out. I found it to be a large bathroom. He must have been extremely rich because he had indoor plumbing. The tile on the floor was black. The sink was black marble and the toilet was a black. While the walls were a hunter green and the tub was green and black and could hold at least 10 people.
I felt the water that was already in it to find it already steaming. I looked around outside the door then closed and locked it. I took off my dress and undergarments before climbing into the water sighing. It was just right and the water helped relax my tense muscles.
I washed with honey smelling soap before rinsing off and relaxing. I lied my head back and closed my eyes thinking of where Van Helsing is. I opened my eyes and got out of the tub drying off with one of the green towels. I put my undergarments and dress back on then exited the bathroom.
I yawned not knowing how late it was in the night so I climbed into the bed and went to sleep.
R&R loves. This might be the only chapter out for a while. I've been on a lot of pain medication, anti-depressants, and sleep-aids which kill my health. So I ve been sick and depressed and failing school. So if I don't update this I'm either dead from overdose(jk) or stuck with schoolwork, doctor appointments, and making the guy that hit us pay.
Explanation: I had surgery and was completely pain free for 3 weeks and ready to go back to school full time, ride horses, go skating, all that good teenager stuff. But on my way to my first physical therapy appointment we(my mom and I, she was driving) were stopped behind a red light behind 2 other cars when a guy rammed into us going 50 mph. Doctors say if he was going 5 miles faster he would have snapped our spines. Instead he just hit us, totaled our car(just the back but we rammed into the car in front of us totaling the front luckily my mom and I walked out with no injuries) though a week later we find out he completely straightened our spines, and herniated 3 discs in my spine, 2 in my moms back and 1 in her neck. Now were on tons of pain meds. And I'm back to online school, not seeing my friends, and being in my room 24/7 other than doc apps. Also a month later we got robbed having everything of value(gold, wii, wii games, family heirlooms, laptops) stolen, and my brother is having anger issues again(murderous kinda) and money is becoming less and less. Then our appliances(washing machine, dishwasher, fridge) started breaking so we spent lots of money fixing them making the money problem worse. Then we had to take out a wall and rebuild it new cause it had too much mold. So yeah major depression. Sorry but thanks for all reviews and sticking with my story/stories. =) (and you think your life sucked ;) )