hello fellow readers and writers! thank you for the reviews/favs/add for my story. in this chapter, Christine meets and befriends Anna and Velkan.

Disclaimer: I do not own Van Helsing or Phantom of the Opera. All credits of Van Helsing goes to Universal Pictures and all credits of Phantom of the Opera goes to Warner Bros. Pictures and Andrew Lloyd Webber.

Chapter 3

Transylvania 1888

Christine woke up to find herself looking up at the sky. Christine shot up and looked around her. She found herself in the woods, but the area was unfamiliar. Christine looked down at herself and saw that she was wearing a white dress and white Victorian-like boots. She also notices that her hair was no longer in a braid. Her hair was flowing down her back in curls.

Where am I? I certainly don't remember falling asleep in the middle of the woods and I was definitely not wearing a dress and boots. Christine thought to herself, getting up off the ground. I'm certainly not in Central Park, that's for sure.

As soon as Christine stood up, the same voice that she's been hearing, call out to her again.

"Christine…Christine…Come back to me, Christine…Come back to me…"

"Not again." Christine groaned, as she leaned up again a tree while holding her head, trying to block the voice out.

Suddenly, a gloved hand tapped Christine on the shoulder, causing her to turn around and come face to face with Zoey. Only, it wasn't Zoey. The woman was dressed in a red jacket, a red and white tunic blouse, a corset, a crucifix necklace, black pants and high heel boots that went up to her thighs. She was also wearing a belt with a sword strapped on the side. She was looking at Christine with wide eyes.

"Christine?" The woman asked in a shaky Romanian accent. "How can this be? You're supposed to be dead. How is it that you're alive?"

If this is not Zoey, she has to be Anna Valerious. Christine thought. And if she's Anna Valerious, then I must have gone back in time.

"My name is Christine, but I'm not Christine Delisle." Christine said to Anna.

"Then, who are you and why do you look so much like her?" Anna asked, slowly backing away from Christine.

"You wouldn't believe me if I told you." Christine answered.

"Try me." Anna said.

"My name is Christine Davis and I'm a descendant of Christine Delisle from the future." Christine replied.

"The future?" Anna questioned.

"The year is 1888?" Christine asked.

"Yes it is." Anna answered. "But, why do you ask?"

"Because, I'm from the year 2014." Christine said. "That's 126 years from now. I know it sounds crazy and you probably don't believe me, but I'm telling you the truth."

Anna was silent for a few minutes before she gave her response.

"I believe you." Anna said finally.

"You do?" Christine asked with a shock look on her face.

"Yes. I don't know why but, for some strange reason, I do believe you." Anna answered. "It must be fate that brought you here."

"That could be possible." Christine said. "Anna, if you don't mind of me asking, how long ago was it when Christine died?"

Christine saw Anna's face suddenly becomes sadden at the mentioning of her best friend's death. Christine began to worry that she has upset Anna by bringing it up.

"I'm sorry; I didn't mean to upset you, Anna." Christine said quickly. "You don't have to answer that."

"No, it's alright, you didn't upset me." Anna replied. "But to answer your question, she died about six months ago."

"Six months ago?" Christine asked. "It can't be possible…"

"What's wrong, Christine?" Anna asked.

"It's just that…I've been having these strange dreams for about six months." Christine answered.

"What kind of dreams?" Anna asked.

"Well, one minute, I'm running through the woods and then the next thing I know is, I'm being burned at the stake." Christine answered.

"And there was a man dressed in black in your dreams too, right?" Anna asked.

"Yeah, but how did you know that?" Christine asked back.

"Because, right before she passed, Christine's been having those exact same dreams as well." Anna replied.

"She did?" Christine asked. "Did she ever hear any voices?"

"No, she didn't say anything about hearing voices." Anna answered. "Usually, Christine would always go walking here in the woods after she would have those dreams. She said it would calm her."

"I guess that explains some things." Christine said. "Now I just need to figure out a way how to get back to my own time."

"Don't worry, Christine. I'll help you out anyway I can. Until then, you can stay with me and Velkan." Anna said.

"I don't want to be any trouble for you, Anna." Christine said quietly. "Plus, I don't want you to think that I'm replacing her."

"Don't worry yourself about that. It's the least I can do for my best friend's descendant." Anna said with a smile on her face. "Come on, my home is not that far away from here."

Christine smiled back and followed Anna through the woods.

"I meant to ask you something," Anna started. "How did you know who I was when you saw me?"

"Well, back in my time, my best friend Zoey is one of your descendants and she looks just like you." Christine said. "And her brother, Zelos, looks a whole like your brother, Velkan. We were looking through some old pictures."

"It's good to know that our family line still lives on." Anna said.

Anna and Christine continue to walk in the woods. Anna was telling Christine all about how the Valerious Family began to hunt down werewolves, vampires, and other supernatural creatures as they walk up to Valerious Manor.

"So you're telling me that werewolves and vampires only exist in stories in your time?" Anna asked Christine as they went inside.

"That's right. In my time, supernatural creatures are not real." Christine answered. "Some people on Halloween even dress up as a supernatural being."

"And they call All Hollow's Eve, Halloween in your time?" asked Anna.

"Yes they do." Christine answered. "A lot has changed over throughout the years."

"I would like to hear more about your time and I'm sure Velkan would like to hear about it too." Anna said. "He's probably still in the armory."

Then Anna led Christine to the armory room. When they came to the armory, Christine saw all different kinds of weapons from swords to guns to maces. Then she saw Velkan, with his back turn to them. He was wearing a white tunic shirt, a black vest, black pants and black boots.

"So, did you see or find anything, Anna?" Velkan asked, as he turned around.

No sooner when he turned around, Velkan's eyes went wide when he saw Christine standing next to Anna.

"Christine?" Velkan asked in a shaky voice. "How is this possible? It can't be; you're dead. We buried you ourselves."

"Velkan, you may want to sit down." Anna said to her brother.

Then Anna explained everything to Velkan. After Velkan had calm down, he too believed Christine's story.

"If it was fate that brought you here, it must have been to help us." Velkan said.

"To help you?" Christine asked. "With what?"

"Velkan, are you saying that Christine can help us vanquish Dracula?" Anna asked.

At the mention of Dracula's name, for some strange reason, Christine began to shiver with fear and excitement.

"How could I help?" Christine asked Velkan and Anna.

"We can train you." Velkan answered. "We can show you how to fire a gun, how to use a sword, all kinds of things."

"But, that's only if you want to, of course." Anna added.

Christine thought about it for a moment. To train with her best friend's descendants was a once in a lifetime opportunity. Plus, to see a supernatural creature was also once in a lifetime.

"Okay, sure. I would like to train with both of you." Christine said. "It will be my way of paying you back for letting stay here with you."

"Good, then its settle. We'll start training tomorrow morning." Velkan said.

Then Anna looked outside the window and saw how dark it was.

"Look how late it is." Anna said. "Come on, Christine. I'll show you where you can sleep. You can use one of Christine's old nightgowns."

Anna led Christine out of the armory and upstairs to one of the spare bedrooms. When they walked in the room, Christine saw how decorative the room was. There was a dressing screen, a wardrobe, a wooden desk, and a four poster bed with red and gold sheets, red pillows and a white transparent canopy.

"It's a beautiful room, Anna." Christine said to her.

"Thank you. Christine use to sleep in this room whenever she would stay over." Anna said, while pulling out a white nightgown and a white lace robe from the wardrobe.

The nightgown has a corset-like top and a floral print, almost transparent skirt with a long slit on the side.

"You can wear this tonight." Anna said, handing Christine the nightgown and placing the robe in a chair near the desk.

"Thank you, Anna. I'll see you in the morning." Christine said.

"Good night, Christine." Anna said, as she left the room closing the door behind her.

Christine went behind the dressing screen and changed out of the dress and into the nightgown. When she came out from behind the screen, Christine sat down on the bed and took off her boots. Before she could get underneath the covers, Christine heard the voice calling her again.

"Christine…Come back to me…Christine, come back…"

Christine looked around the room, but she saw no one there. Shaking off the strange feeling that someone was looking for her, Christine gotten under the covers of the bed and went to sleep.

Authors Note: There you have. Looks like things are off to a good start. Next chapter will be posted soon I hope! So please read, review and stay tuned...