Chapter 4
"DRACULA!"
Giovanni stormed into the school with his two goons. All the students got scared and hid in their rooms. But Drake stepped out of his office.
"What are you doing here?!" Yelled Drake. "You know that werewolves around allowed-"
Giovanni grabbed Drake by his collar and held his face close. "Oh and vampires are allowed on our property?"
Drake pushed him away.
"What are you talking about, Giovanni?"
"I'm talking about this!" Giovanni showed him the picture of Ash and Misty.
"Ash?" Muttered Drake.
"He kissed her! That monster touched my daughter!" Yelled Giovanni in anger.
"Dad?" Ash walked into the hallway. "What's going on?"
"YOU!"
Giovanni was in a flash by him. He grabbed him by his collar and held him up against the wall.
"You kissed my daughter!"
Ash grasped the man's wrist, trying to break free. But the werewolf was stronger than him. Ash nearly choked.
"HEY!" Drake pulled Giovanni away from his son. Giovanni slammed against a wall and Ash fell down onto the floor. He stood up coughing.
"Calm down!"
"Don't tell me to calm down! This is war!" Said Giovanni. He pointed his finger at Drake. "Next week on wednesday we will attack in the forest in front of this school! Get your strongest vampires out there, because we will get our strongest werewolf out here!"
"Misty?" Whispered Ash. He shook his head and yelled at Giovanni; "Are you using Misty for a damn battle?!"
Giovanni looked down at Ash. He wore a dark expression on his face. His eyes were gleaming with anger.
"I'm not using her, you disgusting vampire. That girl wants to kill vampires. It's in her blood."
Ash gritted his teeth. He wanted to say something...but he shouldn't...not now.
Giovanni felt that the vampire would say something when he would talk about Misty, but the vampire was holding back. He smirked a little at this.
"Which time?"
Giovanni turned around to face Drake, who asked the question.
"12 o'clock." Said Giovanni. "Not a second later."
He turned around and calmly walked out with his goons.
The students slowly came out of their rooms.
"A war?!" Said Dawn as she looked at Ash.
"Oh no, do we need to fight?!" Yelled another student.
Everyone started to panic and talk loudly.
Drake hit his fist against the wall. "EVERYONE QUIET!" He yelled.
Every student immediately shut their mouths.
"No one is going to fight!" Said Drake. "Get back to your studies. Ash, follow me into my office at once."
Ash followed Drake into his office. Drake slammed with his hand onto his desk.
"Dammit Ash! Why did you need to kiss that werewolf?! You know that they are our enemies!"
Ash blushed and looked away. Why did he kiss her? She somehow captivated him when they kissed.
"Why are you blushing?!" Yelled Drake at his son.
Ash was caught out of his thoughts.
He shook his head. "I wasn't-"
Drake slammed again with his fist onto the desk. "DON"T LIE!"
Ash stared in shock at his father. Drake saw his shocked look and sighed.
"Look Ash..." His voice became more calmly. "There is no hope for you two. There was never a love between a werewolf and a vampire. I can tell you that...
at least not one with a happy ending..." He looked away with a look of sorrow.
"Dad?"
"I'm going to find a few of the strongest vampires. The students are too weak to fight..." He grabbed his phone and started to dial a few numbers.
Misty was all day in her room, laying on her bed. She didn't want to see anyone at this moment.
I will take down every vampire!
Giovanni's voice echoed through her head.
Misty sat up and buried her head in her hands. Everything was such a big mess...
Monster dog!
She wrapped her arms around her self. This voice didn't belong to her father. It was the voice of one of the kids when she was 10 years old...She never had any friends back then, since kids would get scared of her. Especially when they saw her werewolf form...she only got to play with her sisters...
Suddenly she heard a knock on her door. Misty looked up in confusion. Who could that be?
The door opened up to reveal Daisy.
"Daisy?" Said Misty. "I told you that I wished to be alone."
"I know, but ,like, I have a guest for you."
May appeared into the doorway.
"May!" Misty immediately jumped up and ran towards her friend to pull her into a hug.
Daisy smiled. She found May sneaking around the castle, so she asked who is was. Apparently the girl was a friend of Misty.
"Hey, Misty." Said May with a smile as she petted the girl's head.
Misty parted away from her. She was really happy to see her new friend. "May, what are you doing here?"
"I heard how depressed you were and thought how you probably wanted to see me!"
Daisy nodded towards them. "How about I leave the two of you alone? So that you can catch up?"
Daisy walked away and closed the door behind her. May and Misty saw down on Misty's bed.
May her face became serious. She looked at Misty's collar.
"Misty, are they keeping you here against your will?"
Misty nodded. "Yeah...I can't escape..."
May grabbed her hands. "Well, anyway, I actually came here to give you some terrifying news!"
"Huh?"
"There is going to be war between the werewolves and vampires in a week."
Misty looked down.
"I thought that you wanted to know." Whispered May.
Misty looked up and grabbed May by her shoulders. "Which day?!"
"Uhm...I heard Wednesday at twelve o'clock. But I'm not completely sure..."
Misty jumped up. "We need to stop this! Come on!"
She dashed out of her room with May close behind her.
"Misty, wait up!" Yelled May.
Misty did not pay attention to her and ran through the hallways. She ran until she saw her father's office. Without hesitation she stormed into his office.
Giovanni was just busy giving some of his goons a few orders. They all looked at her in confusion.
"Mistyc? We are busy here." Said Giovanni.
"A WAR?! ARE YOU KIDDING ME?!" Yelled Misty.
Giovanni did not respond. He just kept standing there and raised his eyebrows.
One of his goons shook his head. "Geez, don't ya see that we're busy-"
Misty shot them such an angry look that it shook the goons, even May who appeared next to her.
"Get out."
The goons looked worried at Giovanni. Giovanni ordered them quietly to leave the room.
May swallowed an backed away. "I...uh...I'll wait outside." She quickly ran out of the room and shut the door behind her.
Misty focused back on her father. "YOU! HOW COULD YOU JUST ORDER A WAR?! PEOPLE WILL GET HURT!" She yelled.
"People?" Giovanni chuckled. "Those vampires are not people. They are disgusting beasts!"
"So are we! Dammit dad, it was just a kiss! It was nothing!"
"Nothing?!" Said Giovanni. He grabbed her wrist. His eyes were full of anger. "Young lady, you know that that kiss meant a lot to you! You are in love with that disgusting thing!"
"Don't call Ash that!" Yelled Misty.
"Defending him, are we?!" Giovanni pulled her wrist a little more up. "He is not even one of our own! How are you going to get offspring?!"
Misty's wrist started to hurt, but she ignored it.
"Maybe I don't want to get offspring!" She yelled against her father. "I don't want to get married either!"
"What?! You will get married to that boy!" Giovanni pulled her arm even higher up. "Rudy is better for you!"
"Dad! Stop!" Now her wrist really started to hurt.
Giovanni quickly released her wrist. Misty stumbled back onto the floor. She stood up and rubbed her painfully hurt wrist.
"You're going to take part in battle." Said Giovanni coldly. "Even if we have to force you."
"But...dad...I don't-"
"YOU'RE GOING TO TAKE PART!"
Misty looked on as Giovanni calmly walked towards his desk. He grabbed a black box out of his drawer.
"What's in there?" Whispered Misty.
Giovanni opened the dark box to reveal a needle with a strange green liquid in it.
"This will make you stronger, my daughter." He said.
"Stronger-"
Misty was suddenly grabbed from behind by someone and forced onto her knees.
"Aah!"
"Keep her still, Butch." Said Giovanni.
Butch nodded and smirked. Cassidy was standing behind him.
"Are you sure that it is gonna work, boss?" Asked Cassidy casually.
"The doctors said it would. Plus this was already tested on some low-life." Giovanni kneeled down in front of Misty.
"Dad! Let me go!" Yelled Misty in panic. Her breathing accelerated. Tears formed into her eyes.
This can't be happening! Thought Misty.
Giovanni looked coldly at his daughter. He saw how much she was panicking. But this would be for her own good. They needed someone who was strong enough to take down all those filthy vampires. He gently put his hand under her chin to make her look up at him.
"Your mother and I agreed about this, Mistyc."
"Please...don't do this..." Whispered Misty.
"This potion will...let's say...force the werewolf out of you. Within a week or so...it will become a tough week, since this has some effects."
"No..."
Giovanni released her chin and put the needle against her arm.
Misty hyperventilated. The needle went into her arm and into her vein.
"AAH!" Yelled Misty in pain.
The potion flooded through her blood stream. It started to spread like a disease.
"Release her, Butch." Said Giovanni. "She won't do much anymore."
Butch released the girl.
Misty felt her vision blurry. Everything slowly turned to black and she fell down to the floor.
"Do we really have to fight?"
Dawn was sitting on a bench with Ash. Pikachu was playing with Dawn's piplup. Ash was so caught in his own thoughts that Dawn gave him a slam on his head.
"OW!" Yelled Ash. He looked at Dawn with annoyance. "What the hell, Dawn?!"
"Sorry, but you've seemed so out of it. I was asking you if we really needed to fight?"
Ash sighed. He looked over at one of the students who walked off the property.
"I don't think so. At least the weakest students are going home."
"Yeah, the freshmen..." Dawn threw her hair back. "Lucky bastards. Everyone else has to stay...geez..."
"Yeah, but you stay inside of the school." Said Ash.
"And what about you?" Asked Dawn.
"Me?"
"Yes, are you going to fight too?"
Ash kept quiet. He lowered his eyes.
"Ash?" Dawn got a little worried as she saw how tense he got.
"I'm going, yes." He whispered.
He heard Dawn gasp loudly.
"Ash! You're crazy!"
"I know, but I need to fight for her, Dawn. Misty is probably scared or hurt...and because of me kissing her...I have to take full responsibility."
"But-" Dawn bit on her lip. She sighed and then put her hand onto his shoulder. "You know, if you're going, then I'm too."
"Huh?"
"As a good friend, I'll fight by your side. Also, I'm a pretty strong vampire."
Ash shook his head. "Dawn...I cannot accept your help...it's too much."
"Well, you'll have too." Said Dawn. "Or else you're in trouble, got it Ketchum?!"
Ash saw that her eyes flashed red for a second. He sighed. He couldn't argue with someone so determined.
"Good...but you might want to tell my father..."
Drake was done with calling every strong vampire.
He buried his face into his hands. Since when did everything became such a mess? Ash fell in love with the enemy...
Just like he did...
20 years ago
"Gio, you weirdo!"
Young Dracula Ketchum was running through the forest after Giovanni Williams. The werewolf and the vampire were best friends, inseparable.
"Come on, Drake! If we run fast enough then the guards won't catch us!"
Giovanni has just steeled some apples from the market. And people started to chase him. So he ran off with Drake behind him.
"I think we've lost them, slow down!" Yelled Drake.
Giovanni stopped running. Dracula almost bumped into him.
"Geez, calm down, Drake! Let's look at our bait!"
The two opened up the sack and looked at the apples.
"Whoa..." Drake drooled. "I swear, I would swap my bloodlust for some apples!"
"Oh, shut it." Gio closed the bag. "Let's eat them back at home."
"Eat what back at home?"
They turned around to see a woman with silver, hair down to her shoulders and blue eyes. She was wearing a yellow short dress and brown pants.
"Athena!" Yelled the boys.
It was a human girl, the only human who was their best friend. But she did not condone their behavior at a lot of times.
"Did you slugs steal again?!" Said Athena. She crossed her arms.
"We didn't!" Said Drake with a red face.
Athena huffed and threw her hair back.
"She knows when you're lying, Drake." Said Gio.
"Look, we were just hungry!" Said Drake.
Athena giggled. "How typical for a vampire to say that. But guys, seriously, the people at the castle are getting worried about you two!"
Giovanni walked towards her and put his hand onto her shoulder.
"Worried?" Said Giovanni. "We two are just goofing around, dear."
"Yeah...that's the point." Athena shook his hand off and shot him a glare. "People are so worried about you not taking full responsibility of your packs. You know what vampires and werewolves are natural enemies."
"So are humans and super natural beings." Retorted Drake.
"Yeah, but they are separated!" Athena poked him into his chest. "Let's hope that they will be easy on you guys!"
The three of them walked back to the castle. Giovanni was the leader of the werewolves and Drake was the leader of the vampires. The two of them became friends pretty quick and now a part of both their packs lived together in the castle.
But lately the vampires and werewolves got more into fights than usual.
So when they arrived at the castle, Giovanni was greeted by his Butch, Cassidy, James and Jessie. Four vampires, who were his goons.
"Boss! We were so worried!" Said Jessie. "You really stayed away for too long!"
"I was just playing with Dracula here."
"Are you okay too?" Asked James to Drake.
Drake smiled and nodded.
"Who cares if the vampire is okay?" Said Cassidy. "We serve the boss, not him."
"How about you two go and take a shower?" Said Athena. "You are dirty as hell."
Giovanni and Dracula went upstairs to the showers. They grabbed their towels and took a shower together.
"Dammit, we really need some private showers!" Said Dracula.
Giovanni laughed. "Why? This way I can see how many scars you have, Drake!"
Drake grumbled and continued to wash his body.
"1,2,3..."
Drake turned around and hit Gio on his arm.
"Damn you! Stop telling my scars!"
Giovanni smirked and poked him in the chest. "Come on, Drake, scars are sexy."
"They are not!"
"Well, Delia thinks so!"
"Delia..." Drake shook his head. Delia was a vampire girl and a friend. But the girl was in love with him...everyone knew that. Including himself. Yet, the worst thing was that he did not harbor any feelings for her. He was actually in love with Athena.
"Thinking about Athena?"
Drake looked shocked at Giovanni. His friend knew?
"Don't act so surprised." Said Giovanni. "I've seen how you look at her."
Drake blushed and turned his back on him. "Come on, Giovanni..."
Giovanni grinned and patted him on his back. "So, when are you going to confess?"
"C-confess?!"
"Yeah, then after that you turn her into a vampire."
Giovanni saw how red Drake was. It was really cute to see his strong vampire friend so flustered over such a little thing.
"W-what if...she doesn't want to...you know...but...she chooses to be a werewolf?"
"Then that sucks." Giovanni hit him on his shoulder.
Drake grumbled and hit him back.
And soon they were in a fight.
...
"Screw you!"
A few months had passed by. Now Gio and Drake weren't such good buddies anymore.
It turned out Giovanni has turned Athena into a werewolf.
And Drake didn't take it well.
The two were fighting just out side of the castle.
"You knew that I liked her!"
"She asked me to!" Yelled Giovanni back.
"Liar!"
Drake his eyes flashed red and his fangs became longer. Giovanni growled. Drake hit him and Giovanni fell against a tree.
"Athena would never do that!" Yelled Drake in anger.
Giovanni stood up. He didn't want to fight his best friend...damn, a few days ago they were just joking about how their kids would marry each other...
And now Giovanni was thrown into a tree by Drake...
"Why would you even do that if she asked you?! You know that I've liked her for a long time!"
"So did I!" Yelled Giovanni back.
Drake became silent. Wait...what?
"So did I..." Said Giovanni. He slammed with his fist against a tree. "And I've always had to put up with that! I always stood up for you, never told you what I felt, I always took the blame!"
"Took the blame?!" Yelled Drake. "You always got me into trouble! You would never take full responsibility!"
Giovanni growled. His teeth became longer, his nails started to change and more fur appeared on his body. He howled when he changed into his werewolf form.
He charged towards Dracula. Drake jumped out of the way. He bended his knee to launch a kick at Giovanni. But Giovanni grabbed Drake's foot with his teeth and swung him to the ground. Giovanni jumped onto Drake and tried to bite him.
Drake tried to push him off, but Giovanni was too heavy.
"Stop, stop!"
Giovanni was pulled away from Drake. Drake panted, but immediately jumped up to his feet. His mouth hang open when he saw the person who pulled the werewolf away from him.
It was Athena.
She walked over to him.
He expected her to hug him or be worried, but instead she slapped him into his face.
"What the fuck were you two doing?!" She yelled into his face.
"I...he...I..." Drake couldn't make up a good sentence.
"He loves you and hates it that I turned you into a werewolf." Giovanni already turned back into a human. He was naked, but no one cared.
Athena her eyes softened. "He does...huh?" She turned towards Giovanni. "Gio, can you go back to the castle? I need a private talk with Drake."
"But..." Giovanni sighed. "Alright. But make it quick."
He walked away and Athena turned back to Drake.
"Athena, why him?" Asked Drake. "Why did you suddenly decided to become a werewolf?!"
"Because it will set certain events in motion."
"Huh?"
Athena sighed. She walked over to him and put her hand onto his shoulder.
"I love you...actually, I love both of you. But there is a reason why I needed to choose for Giovanni."
"Tell." Whispered Drake.
"Well...I had a dream...I know it sounds stupid..." Athena took a few steps away from him. She looked down for a second, but then looked up again. "The dream told me about how I would give birth to four daughters. Four werewolf daughters. I would have triplets and a few years a later a fourth daughter. The fourth daughter will be called Mistyc. She will be one of the strongest werewolves ever."
Drake kept quiet.
"But..." Said Athena. "She will fall for your son."
"My son? What?" Asked Drake in confusion.
"Yes, you will have a son with Delia. Remember? The girl who likes you?"
"Delia?!" Drake shook his head. "I don't-"
"Well, you will have a child together!" Athena grabbed him by the collar. "That's why I choose to be a werewolf!"
"But this way you will split up the werewolves and vampires! You will ruin our friendship! Dammit!"
Drake pushed her away.
"Don't you care about me?!" He yelled.
Athena bit her lip. "I do...but I need to do this. I'm sorry, Dracula."
She walked off. Dracula clenched his fists. He screamed and punched with his fist against a nearby tree.
Misty woke up on the cold ground.
She was in some kind of cell.
Misty stood up. Her throat was burning and her body hurt like hell. She walked over to the cell bars to see a silhouette leaning against a wall.
"Goodmorning, sunshine."
She recognized the voice immediately. It was her father, Giovanni.
He stepped into the light shining through a window.
"Aah!" Misty grabbed the cell bars and tried to break them, but it didn't work.
"Those cell bars were especially designed for you." Said Giovanni. "There is no way you can break free, sweetie."
"What the hell?! Why are you doing this to me?!"
"I already told you." Said Giovanni. His face was just inches away from hers.
"No why?! WHY?! I am your daughter!"
"You are also the most strongest werewolf. Believe me, it pains me to do this to you. But it is the only way that you will truly become the ultimate werewolf."
Misty chuckled.
"You truly think that there is something like the ultimate werewolf?!" She shook her head. "There is no ultimate werewolf."
"Oh, really?" Giovanni grinned. "Let's see about that."
He clapped within his hands. Cassidy and Butch came in with a big plate of flesh.
Human flesh.
They opened up the cage and put it down. The two left and locked the cell door again.
Misty glared at her father. "What is your plan?"
"To see how long it takes before you consume that."
"I will never eat human flesh!" Said Misty under her breath.
"Oh, we will see, my dear Mistyc."
He walked calmly away.
Misty groaned. Her throat was still burning, but she ignored it. She sat down and put her arms around her knees.
That evening Ash was sitting on the roof of the school. He looked up at the stars. Pikachu was on his lap.
He couldn't stop thinking about her.
Somehow he felt like something bad happened to her.
"Pikachupi..." Said Pikachu.
"Yeah..." Said Ash. "I miss her too."
Misty was down on the floor. She glanced for a second at the human meat.
Disgusting.
Her throat burned like hell and her legs felt weak. She didn't eat all day. The human flesh almost started to look good at this point...
"Mistyc..."
Misty stood up onto her wobbling legs. She saw her mother standing by the cell bars.
"Mommy!" Said Misty. "Mama, help me!"
Athena smiled sadly at her. "I can't...you can only help yourself."
"Huh?"
Her mother left, leaving Misty bewildered.
Did her mother just left when she called out for help? That damn-
Misty gasped and fell down to her knees.
She could feel her werewolf teeth coming out. While she was still in human form.
Misty screamed in pain. Her body shook. She clenched her fists and her eyes. Everything in her body hurt. Her teeth, her legs, her stomach, her arms, her head...everything felt like pain.
"Aah...aah..."
She spit out a bit of blood onto the cold hard ground.
"A...a..." She fell down to the ground. Her vision started to blur. Before her world disappeared she opened up her mouth to say the last word that came to her mind...
"Ash..."
TO BE CONTINUED
