This one is a little bit longer than the last chapter. I plan to have most of them this long, but that means it may take some more time to write them. Please enjoy. Comments are welcome.
Disclaimer: I do not own any of the characters from VAN HELSING, only my characters in this story.
When Vlad woke up, he noticed that he was in a dark room, all alone. As he got up, torches lit up all around him. He noticed that there was a large throne in front of him, where a dark figure sat.
The dark figure before him leaned forward and said, "Welcome my son. Do you know where you are?" Vlad looked up at the figure, which had just leaned into the light. Vlad could then see that he was face to face with the devil himself.
"Why do you look so surprised? You should have expected this after what you have done." Vlad then looked down at the ground. He knew that he was doomed to spend eternity there. "I have a proposal for you. I know you want revenge on the world that has caused you all this pain. I know that you want them to suffer and that you want their suffering to last an eternity, just like yours will."
Vlad looked up at him. "What do you have in mind?" The devil just smiled at him in a way that would even make all the angels in heaven start to worry.
"You will roam the earth for eternity and have the strength of ten men and be faster than any mortal. You will only be able to walk at night. You will be feared by all humanity, and you will be known as Dracula, son of the Devil." As he said this Vlad's eyes grew big with hope and anticipation.
"What must I do in order to gain this power?" he asked.
"You must give me your soul," the Devil replied back. Vlad took a step back, and then thought of his choice. He then thought of Van Helsing and how he had caused him all this pain. His whole body started to shake with anger.
"I'll do it," was his answer.
"Good." The Devil then slit his wrist and said, "Drink and you will have all that I have promised."
Vlad looked at him and then at his wrist from which a black liquid was coming out of. He then stepped forward and took his wrist and put it to his mouth. As soon as the first drop touched his mouth, he started to feel an intense pain in his chest. It was unbearable and he dropped to his knees. He screamed in pain and grabbed at his chest, but as time went on, the pain lessened and he started to black out, but before he did, he heard Lucifer say something.
"Rest now my son. You have much to learn." Then Vlad went limp and collapsed on the floor and completely blacked out.
When Vlad woke up, he noticed that he was back in his bed at the castle. He looked outside the window to see that it was night time and that it was a new moon. He got up quickly and looked around. There was no one there.
"It was just a dream," he told himself. He grabbed at his chest to see if his heart was racing, but he felt nothing. Not even a single heart beat. He then put his fingers to his neck to see if he could find a pulse. Nothing.
"When you're dead, you don't have a heartbeat. I would have thought you would have remembered that," said a voice that came over from the corner.
Vlad wheeled around to see that Lucifer was standing there casually, as if nothing had happened. Vlad then felt an intense pain in his stomach. A longing for something, but he couldn't tell what for. He then realized that he was craving food. He ran to the table at his bed side and took the goblet of wine that was there. As he drank, it had such a horrid taste that he could not have it in his mouth for a second longer. He spit it out, figuring that it had gone bad while he was gone, which he wasn't sure how long it had been since his 'death'.
"Drinking any liquid will not quench your thirst. Neither will eating any food satisfy you hunger. There is only one thing that will settle your cravings. What is every living thing's life source?" Lucifer asked him and he extended a hand to show that he was waiting for an answer.
Vlad could not think of anything, but then he remembered the conversation that he had just had earlier.
"Blood."
"Very good, but there is a catch. You may only drink human blood. Fresh human blood will satisfy you the most, although it would be wise to always have an extra supply of it, for when times grow tough on the peasants."
Lucifer then motioned for him to come to him. He snapped his fingers and the two of them were then instantly transported to the village that was just below where Vlad's castle was. He looked around and then saw that there was no one else around.
"Now I leave you to feed my son. I will be watching you and guiding you so that you will carry out the evil deeds that I need done by you." And with that, he vanished.
Vlad was now alone, in the cold December night air. He then started to walk around looking for his pray, making sure to keep out of sight. He then got to the center of town where he saw a young girl of about 17 drawing water. He then walked behind her and as he got closer, he could hear what sounded like a heart beat. He then realized it was her heart that he heard. She turned around to see who was there.
"Hello? Anyone there?" she asked cautiously. She looked around and didn't notice Vlad who was behind a building, but could still see her. He was thankful that one of his new abilities was inhuman speed; otherwise she would have seen him running from behind her. As she turned around to continue her business, Vlad crept up behind her again.
"Hello my dear," he said to her in a soft but seductive voice. She dropped the bucket that she was holding and turned around quickly.
"Oh, you scared me. I don't think I have seen you around here before. Where do you come from?"
He casually pointed at the castle that loomed over their village.
"My lord! I had no idea that it was you. My humblest apologies..." was all she could say before he took her by the arm and pulled her towards him.
Vlad then started to hear a voice in his head say: Bite her neck. He then looked her in the eyes and as she looked into his eyes, she stopped struggling. He then tilted her back so that her long brown hair was away from her neck. As Vlad looked at her neck, he felt his teeth start to grow into fangs. He grinned and then punctured her neck.
She screamed with pain as his fangs punctured her skin. Vlad started to taste something that was most pleasing to him. He looked down at the red liquid that was coming from her wounds. It was her blood. As it entered his mouth he started to feel renewed. She eventually stopped screaming and grew limp in his arms. When he was almost finished, he looked up and saw that a crowded had started to gather. Some of them were with pitchforks and torches. He then dropped the girl and bared his fangs at them. They all gasped in horror. The small children that were there ran behind there mothers, thinking that they would protect them. Then out of the crowd came the last person that he would have expected to see in the entire village. Out stepped his father, Valerious the Elder. He then pulled a crucifix out of his pocket and aimed it in the direction of his former son. Vlad then started to feel an intense pain in his head and started to back away. His father continued to advance until Vlad could deal with the pain no more and collapsed on the ground and completely blacked out.
When he woke up, Vlad found himself in the east wing of the castle, the part where his father's study and privet library were. He then tried to stand up and found that he was chained down to a large chair made out of stone. He tried to free himself but found that he was too weak to break his chains. He then looked out the window and saw that the sun was still up, but that it was just about to set.
He yelled with such force that the entire castle shook. His father then entered the study with a look of utter disgust. Vlad smiled menacingly at him. His father only scowled at him.
"Ahh, I see you have found out some of my weaknesses Father."
"You are not my son," his father replied, "My son was raised to be a man of God, not a monster."
Vlad looked out the window again. The sun was almost set. He then looked at his father.
"You incompetent fool, in a few minuets I will regain my strength and I will break free of these chains and kill you."
"Then this is where we say goodbye," and as he said this, he pulled out the key to unlock the chains. He then motioned to a man in the shadows to come forward. As he stepped into the light, Vlad saw that it was his younger brother who was just about to turn 25. He then took the crucifix from his father and pointed it at Vlad. Valerious the elder then put the key in the lock to unlock the chains. Right as he unlocked the lock, he pushed Vlad into the giant mirror that was in his study, but instead of feeling the hard surface of the wall, Vlad felt something cold and wet. He looked around and he noticed that he was in a frozen waste land. He looked behind him to see a giant castle, bigger than the one that was his families for generations. He noticed that there were no lights coming from the inside. He then got up and turned to where he had entered into this frozen prison. He then ran at full force at the mirror, but found he could not go back through it.
He yelled with frustration. He looked to see if there was anyway that he could climb down the mountain, but it was too steep.
He then decided that he could look around the castle, his castle, his home.
Once he entered the castle, he noticed that he was in a massive hall that was lined with giant basins that were in a line along the hall. He then snapped his fingers and fire immediately leaped to life in the basins and lit the entire hall. He then walked along and saw that there were many hallways that branched off from the main hall. He then walked down on and eventually came to a room with a big coffin that was in the center of the room. The room itself was enormous, with a very high ceiling and was lined with torches around the entire room. He then noticed how tired that he actually was. He stepped into the coffin and right as he started to lay down, a layer of ice formed over the top of his coffin. He then slipped off into a deep slumber.
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