It's now two weeks later and three days before their wedding day. Anna had decided to invite the entire town because everyone was always very grateful and giving to her and her entire family. There was not one person that hadn't been invited. This particular wedding was going to be the highlight event of the century. Both she and Gabriel are very excited and can't wait to be officially joined as one. Gabriel however, has been keeping a close watch on Aleera's return for his beloved Princess. So far, she has kept her distance, but Gabriel doesn't want to take any chances. Anna is his most prized possession and it's too close to their wedding day for anything to go wrong now.

Anna: [Walking down the isle smiling at her soon to be husband]

Van: [Smiling as he watches her in aww]

Anna: [Gets to him not taking her eyes off of his and takes his outstretched hand]

Van: [Explores her now sparkling eyes with his own smiling bigger then looks to her crimson-red lips indicating he's ready to seal their binding lives]

Anna: [Smiles bigger ready to speak her vows]

Carl: [Starts the ceremony then his voice starts to become deeper as he continues]

Anna: [Recognizing the deep voice,she turns towards the friar with her smile fading and not letting Gabriel's hands go] Haahh! [Her voice caught in her throat trying to speak and looks at the person in shock and horror]

Dracula: [Smiles evilly] Wow! Still as beautiful as ever. [Stabs Gabriel straight through the heart killing him instantly]

Van: [Falls to the floor with blood pouring out from the stab wound, dead]

Anna: NO! [Falls next to him on the floor on her knees, bawling] GABRIEL! NO! [Kisses his now cold lips softly] NO! [Looks at Dracula pissed through her still flowing tears] You BASTARD! How could you!?

Anna: [Screaming and crying] NO! GABRIEL! [Tossing and turning]

Van: [Turns his head from the window to his fiance'] Anna? [Sees she's crying and still screaming, tossing, and turning]

Anna: NO! You BASTARD! How could you!? [Suddenly wakes up with tears streaming down her face and turns to face Gabriel expecting him to be laying next to her then feels only her hand drop to the soft sheets of the bed and starts to panic] GABRIEL?! [Quickly looks around the room] GABRIEL?! [When she doesn't see him, she curls up in a sitting position with her knees against her aching chest and buries her face in her knees, bawling] God, no. Please tell me it's not real. Please tell me I'm not alone in the world. Please tell me he's alive. [Just continues bawling in silence]

Van: [Looks at her worried and walks over sitting on the bed next to her] Anna? [Using more of a worried tone than intended] Darling, are you alright? [Puts his arms around her]

Anna: [Feeling the strong, warm arms around her, she looks up to see Gabriel looking at her worried] Gabriel? [Voice just barely above a whisper]

Van: What happened, Darling?

Anna: [Unfolds herself and hugs him tight] It was AWFUL!

Van: What happened? You started crying and screaming in your sleep.

Anna: [Just to be sure of herself, she looks at him] Then you're real? You're alive?

Van: Of course I am, Hunny. Relax.

Anna: [Sits on his lap and buries her face in the base of his neck] I know I say it all the time, everyday, but I mean it more each time. I love you, Gabriel Van Helsing. I love you with all my heart and I can't live without you.

Van: [Rocks her and kisses the top of her head] And I you, Anna. [Strokes her hair] I won't let anyone or anything hurt you ever again. I promise.

Anna: [Smiles slightly at his words and tightens the hug]

Van: [Rubs her back and lays down with her on top of him] Won't be long now until we're finally joined as one.

Three days have passed since that night and it's finally time for the couple to be married. Everyone from in town is there and the sounds of children squealing in excitement was music to Anna's ears. Anna has just finished getting dressed and there was still five minutes before she had to walk down the isle, so she decided to take a minute to herself.

Anna: [Picks up the wedding picture of her parents and lets a few tears fall both happy and sad tears] I wish you guys could be here for this. I miss you guys so much. I wish you could see how much I love him. I wish you could see how great and wonderful this man is that I'm marrying today. I wish you could see how much he loves me and cares for me. How much he makes me happy. Without him, I don't know where I'd be right now. He makes me laugh and smile. He brings light to my darkness. He protects me with his life. He's a godsend. I can't imagine my life without him. I just wish Daddy was here to walk me down the isle today. Then everything would be perfect. And I know Velkan always has his best intentions in mind when trying to protect me and I know he probably wouldn't approve my decision of falling in love with the most wanted man in Europe and saying yes to marrying him, but if he were here with me right now, he would see how truly wonderful he really is. And he could see why I fell in love with him in the first place. Gabriel's reputation means nothing to me as far as what other people think of him. He risked his life multiple times to save mine and will stop at nothing to keep me safe. In my book, he's an angel from heaven and a hero. I know you guys might think I'm rushing myself into the whole marriage thing, but this is what I want. I know Gabriel and I hardly know each other and we're still working on that, but somehow when I first met him, I just knew he was the man I would be with for the rest of my life. I just knew he was the one. I knew if I couldn't have him, I'd might as well be dead.

A light shows through her balcony window and the door opens.

Anna: *What's going on?* [Walks out onto her balcony and looks up to the clouds]

Boris Valerious: [Smiles down at his daughter] Anna, your mother and I want nothing more than for you to be happy.

Anna: [Tears up at the sight she's seeing] Father... [Sighs not sure exactly what to say]

Boris Valerious: Anna My Darling Daughter, we love you for who you are. Your whole life has been based on killing Dracula. Now that he's dead, it's time for you to live a happy normal life. And if marrying this Gabriel Van Helsing guy is what makes you happy, then it makes us happy. So what if the rest of Europe thinks he's a criminal. They don't give him the chance to show them his true self. What matters is that you see his true self and you see all the good in him. If he makes you feel safe and happy to no end, then that alone makes him worthy to be your king.

Anna: [Lets a few tears fall and smiles through them] He does, Father. Whenever I'm with him, I feel like nothing else matters. I feel like we're the only two people on earth. I feel so safe and secure when I'm in his arms, it's like I live in a fantasy world where no kind of evil exists. Like everything is just perfect. No anger, sadness, confusion, no fear, no sorrow, and no pain. Just joy and happiness. I love him like there's no tomorrow. And someday soon, I hope to bare an heir with his strength and courage. And I wish for no other man than Gabriel to be the father of my children. He gives me strength, hope, and faith.

Boris Valerious: Then I give him and you both my blessing. I love you, Princess. And you look absolutely BEAUTIFUL. Just like your mother. May you soon be blessed with a daughter who is as strongly-willed, beautiful, independent, courageous, and smart as you are. And may you live a happy, healthy life with your husband.

Anna: [Smiles more letting even more tears fall] Thank you, Father. I will always love you. [Whispers the last statement]

Boris Valerious: [Disappears along with the light]

Little Girl: [Walks in] Princess Anna?

Anna: [Turns around and wipes her tears] Oh, hello. What's your name, Sweety?

Little Girl: [Smiles shyly] Tera. I'm three. I just turned three yesterday.

Anna: Well that's wonderful Miss Tera. Do you have a last name?

Tera: [Shakes her head sadly] No. I live in the orphanage. I was told my nurse named me when I was born.

Anna: Oh, how sad. It's a beautiful name. I like the name Tera. So what did you come up here for?

Tera: Mr. Van Helsing told me to come tell you it was time.

Anna: [Looks at the time] Oh! Well thank you, Tera. Tell you what. How would you like to be a part of our family?

Tera: [Gasps and her eyes light up and she smiles] Really?!

Anna: [Smiles and giggles at her reaction] Yes. Do you have a middle name?

Tera: No.

Anna: Alright. Then I will give you a middle name. How about LeAnn? Your full name will be Tera LeAnn Valerious Van Helsing. How does that sound?

Tera: I LOVE IT! [Hugs her tight in excitement] Thank you, Princess Anna.

Anna: [Hugs her back and smiles] You're welcome, Hunny.

Tera: Does this mean I can call you Mommy now?

Anna: [Pulls away from the hug and smiles] Yes, but just wait until after the ceremony and I talk to Mr. Van Helsing. Ok? Can you keep this a secret for just a little bit?

Tera: [Nods] Ok. [Smiles in excitement then turns to Anna as she walks out the door and puts her finger on her lips] Shhhhhh. It's a secret.

Anna: [Smiles and nods happy to know the toddler girl understands and follows her down the stairs and gets into position]

Tera: [Goes to her seat and smiles as she watches Anna walk down the isle]

Anna: [Looking directly at Gabriel and smiling as she reaches him and takes his hands]

Carl: [Starts the ceremony and soon everything goes smoothly the rest of the way through]

[After they say their I do's]

Carl: You may kiss the bride.

Van: [Cups her face with one hand and puts his other hand on her lower back pulling her closer as he kisses her passionately and dips her]

[Everyone claps and cheers]

A little later at the after party Anna has just finished telling her new husband about wanting to adopt Tera.

Van: What about our own kids? I thought you wanted some of your own?

Anna: I do. It's just, maybe adopting this little girl first will help. Besides, she just turned three yesterday and she's lived in the orphanage her entire life. No little girl her age should be in that orphanage. She's still technically a baby. She really needs our help, Gabriel. PLEASE?!

Van: Oh, alright. But I'm doing this for you.

Anna: YAY! [Hugs him tight] Thank you.

Van: You're welcome.

Anna: [Looks over to see Tera watching them] Tera, come here.

Tera: [Walks over to them] Yeah?

Anna: Do you remember what I told you?

Tera: [Nods]

Anna: [Picks her up] Welcome to the family.

Tera: [Gasps excitedly and hugs them tight]

Van: All that's left to do now is fill out the paperwork and pay for it.

Tera: Then lets go! [Really excited]

Anna: [Giggles] Ok. [Walks up to the orphanage lady] Hi.

Nun: Oh, hello, Queen Anna. [Sees Tera in her arms] Oh, thanks for bringing her back here.

Van: Actually, we came for adoption papers.

Anna: We want to adopt her.

Nun: Oh, ok. [Hands them the papers] Here you go.

Van: Thank you. [Fills them out and signs it as the father then hands them to Anna]

Anna: [Signs it as the mother and puts her daughter's name down as Tera LeAnn Valerious Van Helsing]

Tera: [Smiles] Yay!

Van: [Chuckles] I can already tell she's going to be a little bit of a handful.

Anna: At first. But she'll learn fast. She's a Valerious Helsing gypsy princess now. And being one of us comes with great responsibility. I should know because I was born a Valerious. We'll start with family history and reading for now. Then next year we can start teaching her how to ride a horse.

Van: Ok. Sounds good. We'll start next week. Lets give her a week to get used to having parents and living here first.

Anna: My thoughts exactly. [Smiles]

Nun: [Hands them her birth certificate] And are you sure you two are up for this? Parenting is a big responsibility and you just got married.

Anna: We can handle it. It's no big deal. We've been talking about having children for the last week.

Nun: Alright then. Congratulations. You're now the official parents of a three year old girl.

Anna: [Smiles] Thank you. [Looks at Tera] What do you say we go make the announcement?

Tera: Can I say it?

Anna: Sure. Come on. [Gets up and walks up to the stand] Attention, Everybody.

[Everyone looks at her]

Anna: Gabriel and I have an announcement to make. [Picks up Tera] Ok. Go ahead. [Whispers in her ear]

Tera: [Smiles] They adopted me!

Van: Tera just turned three yesterday and she's lived in the orphanage since she was born. She's still just a baby and no child her age deserves to live in an orphanage their whole life. Babies need to be loved by parents. They can't live in an orphanage their whole life or they will feel like they don't belong in the world and will feel unloved. And thanks to my lovely wife, [Winks at Anna] Tera now has parents that love her and will always take care of her.

[Everyone claps and cheers]

Town's People: To Tera Valerious Van Helsing!

Anna: [Looks at Gabriel] That was a beautiful speech. Now I know not just in my heart, but in my mind as well, I made the right decision by marrying you. I wouldn't want any other man to be the father of my children.

Van: [Smiles] I know we can make this work.

Anna: What do we do about our honeymoon?

Van: We can take her with us. The place we're staying at has a daycare we can put her in during the day so we can have our alone time.

Anna: Ok. [Smiles and kisses him softly] I love you, Gabriel Valerious Van Helsing.

Van: I love you too, Anna Valerious Van Helsing.

Anna: [Smiles and looks at their new daughter] I love you too, Tera.

Tera: [Smiles and looks at Gabriel]

Van: [Kisses the top of her head] We both love you.

Tera: [Reaches for him]

Van: [Takes her from Anna]

Tera: [Hugs him] I love you too, Daddy.

Van: [Smiles and hugs her back]

Anna: [Smiles intertwining her fingers with Gabriel's and laying her head on his shoulder then rubs little circles on Tera's back with her free hand] Our little gypsy princess.

Van: This was a really good idea. Starting a family like this.

Anna: It was, wasn't it? [Smiles and pecks him on the cheek] Today has just been all together perfect. My father gave us his blessing, we've been blessed with a three year old adopted daughter, and she herself has been blessed to find parents like us.

Van: Yes. [Kisses her on the forehead] We leave in the morning for our honeymoon.

Anna: Good. That'll give us time to go to the orphanage tonight to get Tera's things. We'll go shopping for clothes. She's gonna need new outfits.

Van: Good idea. We'll stop at the stores first to get her clothes and then we'll go to the orphanage to get her other things she needs.

Anna: Ok. We should take a carriage so we have somewhere to put everything.

Van: That's a good idea. Carl can drive.

Anna: Yes.

Tera: [Yawns and lays her head on Gabriel's other shoulder]

Anna: [Looks at her] Are you tired, Sweetheart?

Tera: [Nods]

Anna: [Takes her from Gabriel and takes her to their room and lays her on the middle of the bed covering her up and tucking her in] It's getting late. Go ahead and get some rest. If you have to go to the bathroom, ask the guard by the door and he'll take you to the bathroom. His name is Harry. And if there's anything else you need, just ask Harry and he'll get it for you. Daddy and I are gonna go get your things from the orphanage and buy you some new clothes. We shouldn't be long. We'll be back by sunrise.

Tera: Ok. [Yawns again] I love you, Mommy.

Anna: [Kisses her on the forehead] I love you too, Princess. Good nite.

Tera: Good nite, Mommy. [Slightly smiles and falls asleep]

Anna: [Closes the balcony door and locks it then walks out the door and looks at the guard Harry] Harry, I need you to keep an eye on Tera and get her anything she needs while Gabriel and I go to get her things from the orphanage and go to the stores for some new clothes for her. We shouldn't be long, but the latest we'll get back is by sunrise.

Harry: Of course, My Queen.

Anna: And if anything goes wrong, bring her into town and Gabriel and I will take her far from Transylvania. Somewhere I know she will be safe.

Harry: [Nods in obedience] Of course.

Anna: Thank you. If anything happens to my little girl, I will hunt every vampire and warewolf down killing them all until I find her and get her safe again.

Harry: [Nods] I'll keep my eyes on her like a hawk. Don't worry.

Anna: Thank you. [Goes back downstairs] Hey.

Van: Everyone left. You ready to go?

Anna: Yes. Let's go. Harry, one of the guards is watching Tera.

Van: Ok. [Turns to the friar] Carl, lets go.

Carl: Coming. [Pulls the carriage doors open]

Van: [Picks Anna up bridal style and gets in the carriage]

[Later in town]

Anna/Van: [Get the last of Tera's things and start to head back to the manor]

Van: [Sees a broken carriage in the middle of the road with a small trail of blood] Anna, there's someone in the carriage.

Anna: [Opens the door to the carriage] Carl, stop the carriage!

Carl: [Stops] What's going on?

Anna: [Gets out with Gabriel behind her and goes around to the broken carriage and looks at the trail of blood] Oh GOD!

Van: [Looks to where the source of the blood trail is and sees the guard] Oh, my, God. Anna, it's one of the guards.

Anna: [Looks to where he's looking] Oh my God. It's Harry. [Bends down to his side] Harry?

Harry: [Gulping and gasping for air really injured] I tried...my best. [Collapses dead]

Anna: Oh, GOD! TERA! [Starts to panic] TERA! TERA, WHERE ARE YOU!?

Tera: [Crying and screaming and covered in Harry's blood along with some of her own due to the cuts and scratches she has] MOMMY! DADDY!

Aleera: [Walks in] SHUT UP! You are so DAMN ANNOYING!

Tera: I want my MOMMY!

Aleera: Oh, she'll come for you. Daddy too. And when they do, you will be almost dead. Then soon your blood shall keep me beautiful. What do you think of that? [Licks some blood off her face]

Tera: [Bawling and scared for her life] Leave me alone, you MONSTER!

Aleera: [Pins her to the wall by her neck] You ungrateful child! HISS!

Tera: [Still bawling and scared] Let me go! [Struggling to break free]

Anna/Van: [Burst through the door still dressed in their wedding clothes]

Anna: Let her go, ALEERA!

Tera: MOMMY!

Van: Bride?

Anna: Dracula's bride I killed just before you killed him. Yes. She's back again somehow and she wants revenge on me.

Van: [Puts up his bow and starts to shoot]

Aleera: [Drops Tera and changes into her demon form] HISS!

Anna: [Runs to Tera's side] TERA!

Tera: MOMMY! [Starts crying happy tears relieved and hugs her tight] Mommy, I was so scared.

Anna: [Hugs her back crying a few happy tears herself relieved she's still alive and picks her up] Shhhhhhhhhhh. It's ok. I'm here now. You're safe.

Tera: Sorry about your dress, Mommy.

Anna: Oh, Sweetheart, it's ok. I'm not worried about the dress. I'm more concerned about you. The dress isn't important. You're what's important. You're what matters. And the most important thing is you're alive.

Van: ANNA!

Anna: [Looks in his direction] GABRIEL! [Pulls out the silver stake and plunges it into Aleera's heart again just like the first time. If you're going to kill someone, DO IT! Don't stand there talking about it!

Aleera: [Looks at her in shock and screams in agony then disintegrates]

Anna: [Feels relief flood through her entire body and relaxes still holding Tera and helps Gabriel to stand up]

Gabriel: Nice shot.

Anna: [Breaks out a small laugh through her tears and hugs him with Tera clinging to her chest] I'm just glad we're all safe again and back together.

Tera: [Being squished between her parents] I'm squished.

Anna: [Lets go of Gabriel] Sorry, Baby. [Kisses her on the forehead and puts her nose to hers] I love you.

Tera: I love you too, Mommy. [Tears up again hugging her tight]

Van: What's wrong, Princess?

Tera: I was so scared. I thought I was gonna die.

Anna: Oh, Hunny. [Hugs her back] It's alright. Everything's ok now. We're all safe. We're not leaving you like that again either. Not at night at least. [Looks at her husband] Where are we going for our honeymoon?

Tera: You're leaving me again?

Anna: No, Baby Girl. We're not leaving you again. You're coming with us.

Tera: Really?

Anna: Yes. We're not letting you out of our sight. You'll be in a daycare center during the day so Daddy and I can have some time to ourselves for a few hours and then you'll be with us at night.

Van: It'll be kind of like the orphanage except you'll be in the hotel room with us at night when it's time for bed.

Tera: Ok.

Anna: That's our girl. [Looks at Gabriel again] So where are we going for our honeymoon?

Van: I figured since you always wanted to travel, we'd go to Paris.

Anna: [Gasps in excitement] For how long?

Van: A month.

Anna: Oh, GABRIEL! Thank you! Let's go. Tonight. I don't wanna wait.

Van: Alright. Lets get going right now. [Picks her up bridal style and they leave]

Half way there, Anna fell asleep and Tera fell asleep in her arms. Gabriel has been up all night keeping watch for any kind of dangers and watching his wife and daughter sleep peacefully.

Van: *I'm tempted to take a peek before we get there.*

Anna: [Tightens her grip around her sleeping daughter protectively and groans]

Van: *They're so peaceful.* [Looks down at Anna's dress again] *Ok, I can't resist. I have to get a look.* [Carefully lifts the bottom of her dress up and puts his head in underneath] *WOW! Even more beautiful underneath all her clothes.* [Gets an idea and starts to lightly run his hands up her thighs]

Anna: [Softly moans from his touch still sleeping] Ohhh, Gabriel. Ohhhhh.

Van: [Smiles to himself and continues to woo her starting to lick close to her opening]

Anna: [Eyes burst open and feels something wet between her legs reaching down to see what it is] Gabriel?

Van: *Oh, SHIT!* [Pulls his head out from underneath her dress and smiles awkwardly] Sorry. I couldn't resist. I thought I'd wake you up with something pleasant.

Anna: [Pulls him up and kisses him passionately]

Van: [Deepens it then pulls away] I love you.

Anna: And I you, Gabriel.