The Best and Worst Halloween Ever
Introduction
First Chapter Up. So excited. this will not be boring, i promise.
Disclaimer. I own the rights to Van Helsing, since my name is Stephena Sommers. Everything in the Van Helsing universe belongs to me.
Dracula: What? you had Gabriel Van Helsing kill me? You shall pay.
Authoress: Mistake, mistake. My name is not Stephena Sommers, and i don't own the rights to VAn Helsing.
Dracula: You are probably saying that to save your skin.
I escape, barely, with a very angry vampire after me. To be continued.
Chapter One
It was October 31, and Madeline and I were in my room preparing our costumes for the evening. Madeline's parents had gone on another endless business conference, so she was staying with us until they came back. Maddy was being the vampiress Selene, and I was being a mixture of Anna Valerious and a certain monster hunter. I had the long black trench coat, the duster hat, leather biking pants, and sturdy leather boots. My saber from fencing I had belted on, as was an antique pistol I had borrowed from my dad's extensive gun collection. Instead of tojo blades, I had two shrukien, or ninja stars, and a sai, a type of Japanese weapon that looked like a thick shish kabob skewer with handles and a cross guard. I couldn't find Carl's silver spring stake anywhere, so I opted for a collapsible sparring pole that I clipped onto my belt. I looked at myself with critical eye in my mirror, and then went to apply smoky black eye shadow and wine red lipstick. I saw Madeline struggling with a black wig out and rolled my eyes. You wear wigs for dress up parties, not simple trick-or-treating. "Ready?" I called. "Almost," she replied. I stamped my foot impatiently as she still kept fiddle- faddling. Finally, I grabbed her arm and I pulled her out the door. We had started collecting candy, when a rude voice from behind interrupted us. "Don't get caught by the grim reaper." I turned around and saw it was Cameron, the spoiled brat of Madeline's school. I just stared at her with a 'how lame can you get' look. "Hope you don't get eaten by a lycan." I replied with a sickly sweet smile. The girl looked confused. She finally shook her head in confusion and said, "You guys are nuts," and walked away. Maddy and I gave each other conspiratorial grins, and resumed our tramp through out the neighborhood. It was fun, going from house to house, and those who recognized our costumes commented about a vampire hunter and vampire being on such friendly terms.
We had gotten to a rural part of the town, near an abandoned mansion when the clock tolled ten. We had just started to turn around, when a huge bang in front of us stopped me dead in my tracks. As the dust and smoke cleared, I stood in amazement, my mouth hanging open. There stood an amazingly realistic Van Helsing, Anna, Carl, and a young woman I didn't recognize. "OMG." I yelled, right in Mads ear. "What the…" Madeline exclaimed. She walked right up to them and stared, perplexed. "Mr. Van Helsing?" She stammered. They all looked shocked. "How do you know?" The man replied in shock. "This can't be real," she murmured to herself, then said, "I, I mean we, ugh, no, no, I mean our time, ugh, era, had, um, has stories about you." "Really?" the man said with a skeptical look, "I didn't think I was this famous." I pushed myself forward to look at their faces. "How did you get here?" I asked, amazed. They looked confused. "What do you mean?" asked the friar. "You're not in your world," I said, "another dimension. What circumstances made you appear here?" "We were jumping out the window of Dracula's castle," said Anna, "when there was a bang and we were here." "You mean you are going to turn into a were-wolf?" said Madeline turning white. "Who is going to turn into a were-wolf?" they all asked. "Well, according the ugh, story, Van Helsing was bitten by were-wolf, and, well, went to rescue, you Anna." I said matter-of-factly. "What?" said Van Helsing in shock, "I was never bitten, and I didn't rescue Anna. Well, I actually did." "Wait," I said, "didn't Velkan…" "Velkan!" exclaimed Anna, "how do you know about him." "Who is Velkan?" Van Helsing asked. Anna looked pained. "Velkan is the brother I never told anyone about," she said sadly, "he went missing a long time ago, and so I never mentioned it." "WOW. Sommers really got his script messed up," I said sarcastically, "so let me get this straight: Velkan is not a were-wolf." "Oh my word," exclaimed Anna, "of course not." "So, why were you at Dracula's Castle?" I asked, thoroughly confused by this time. "Dracula," spat Anna, "set up a trap to kill Van Helsing. I was captured and used as the bait. It didn't work, thankfully, and as we were escaping through a stained glass window, (I might add, we had about 200 vampires after us) we appeared right here." "Fascinating story," I said, "and since we got this slightly cleared up, my name is Hannah D'Arcy, and this is Madeline Bauer." "And I am, as you seem to know, Princess Anna Valerious, my younger sister Ienna, Mr. Van Helsing, and Carl." After greetings had been exchanged Madeline asked, "In our world, your story says that Dracula can only be killed by a were-wolf. Is that true?" "I wish it was," said Anna, "but as far as we know, the only thing that can kill that despicable creature is the sword of the Angel Gabriel." "Are you really the angel Gabriel?" blurted out Madeline. Van Helsing frowned, "I can't say. According to Dracula, and you definitely cannot trust anything he says, he told me I was the Left Hand of God." "So where is this sword?" I asked. "Legend has it that it is in a secret vault in Castle Dracula." Anna responded. "Not good," I said wryly, "that would be in your world, not ours. That means we need to find a way to get you back. "But how do we get back to our world," interrupted Carl anxiously. I shrugged. "You could maybe stay at Maddy's house until her parent's get back." I offered. They would have replied when Madeline gave a shriek. We all spun around to see a tall, red haired woman, grinning evilly. "That wouldn't happen to be Aleera?" I asked slowly. "That's the only Aleera I know of," said Anna's younger sister. "Guess we do need you around after all." I commented. Van Helsing would have blasted her to pieces when another vampire, in bat form, lunged at us. Everyone scattered, except me, and Maddy, who was on the ground. I whipped out my saber, and stepped into fencing pose, kind of like the mode wizards assume before they duel. The vampire seemed to be sizing me up; I saw she noticed the similarity between Van Helsing's garb and my own. "Another Van Helsing?" she questioned. At that moment, another vampire with long black hair swooped down. She hissed in distaste when she saw me. "One was bad enough," her Italian accent coming through, "and can she fight like him?" "I honestly to goodness hope so." I grinned and slashed out with my sword. I saw Van Helsing shooting arrows at what looked to be Marishka, and Anna and Ienna were facing a fourth female bat creature. I slugged the red head in the face, and stabbed Verona in the chest, just missing the heart. "My dears, is something wrong?" came a suave but menacing voice from behind us. Madeline gave a gasp and promptly fainted. Without waiting for a reaction from the vampires, I threw Aleera over my head using a judo throw into the person behind us. I grabbed Mads shirt collar, and had started to move away, when I hit smack into another creature. "You guys are hard." I grunted, and side kicked it in the gut. The woman screeched and transformed into bat form. Maddy blinked her eyes, "Was I dreaming?" she whispered. "Afraid not; sorry to interrupt the thought, but in the words of someone whose name I have forgotten, I think we should 'run'." Hoisting the shaken girl to her feet, we had just started heading for the direction of the others, when Madeline gave a shriek for the second time. "This is really getting irritating." I yelled at Aleera who was behind us. "Actually, it's you Van Helsing's who are irritating, and you shall pay in blood." She said. I suddenly realized that the vampire thought I was related to Gabriel because of the way I was dressed. 'Not good.' I thought. "Tell me," I asked, hoping to gain time, "how did you get here?" Aleera was chattiest. If I could keep her talking, she couldn't kill me. "I really cannot say," she replied, haughtily, "It is really none of your concern. I'm here, and here I'm going to stay, until our business is concluded." "Which is what?" "Killing you and your friends." She replied in the sweetest tone. "Unless I kill you first," I responded. Before she could comment, I lunged again. Only because of her superhuman speed did I miss the heart. Poor Madeline was frozen in fear, and I felt a tinge of pity and exasperation. "Come on," I shouted, "get over here." The warning came seconds to late as she was jerked into the air. I stared, all former courage deserting me. "You have got to be kidding me." I said, imitating Susan's British accent from Narnia.
There stood Dracula, holding Madeline by her shirt collar. "Friend of yours?" he asked coolly. I narrowed my eyes, and put on my most sardonic smile, "Maybe." I responded. "Well Miss Van Helsing, I take that as a yes." "Miss Van Helsing," I mimicked, "sorry to disappoint you," I said in my regular tone, "but I'm nowhere near to being related to him." He just stared at my outfit, and raised an eyebrow. I crossed my arms and dared him to say otherwise. Through the silence that followed, I examined him carefully: handsome face, hollow blue eyes, raven hair in a ponytail and a sinister aura. He looked slightly different from the movie, but still relatively close. "If you are not a Van Helsing," he asked, breaking the silence, "why are you dressed like him." "Hmm, let me think about that," I said, making my tone sound like Mr. Hyde's, "Let's see. I got it," and I stabbed him with my sword. Grabbing my friend, who looked like she was going into shock, I hoisted her over my shoulder, and began running again. When I was a good distance from the vampires, I set Maddy on her feet. "Come on girlie, snap out of it." I said, shaking her vigorously. "I wish I had never seen the movie." She wailed. I rolled my eyes. "Hey, you are the one always dreaming about vampires. It's not the movie's fault that they all seem to like you." She seemed to be getting over some of her fear, when an unfamiliar vampire swooped in front of us. She landed, and turned into another blonde haired bride. She stared at my outfit, and glared. She suddenly threw out an arm to backhand me, but I ducked, and it hit Madeline, sending her flying. "That poor girl," I muttered to myself, and then sprang into ACTION. I flipped over the vampire's back, spun around quickly, and would have given her a good, strong blow, when an icy hand grasped my hair and jerked hard. "Kindly dispose of this nuisance, Francesca." A familiar voice said in my ear. I saw the vampire bride's canines grow long, and she stepped closer. I tried to break out of the hold I was in, but the movement just caused excruciating pain to my scalp. I just stared in horror as she moved closer to my neck, when I saw her jerk back. There was Maddy, holding a large rock in her hand, and looking almost fierce. "Keep away from her, demon spawn." She roared angrily. The distraction was all needed. Breaking free from Dracula, I pulled out my sai, and stabbed the bride in her heart. "Francescaaa," screamed the vampire. He transformed into a hell beast, and he and his three remaining brides were gone.
I brushed myself off, and went to find the others. "You killed a vampire?" said Ienna in amazement, "And you aren't even a hunter." I shrugged wearily. "So," I said when everyone was around, "we have a serious problem. Our world is oblivious to the threat of a, um, supernatural creatures. I don't think they even exist in our world. We need to get rid of these guys before anybody finds out, and we need to find how to get you back to your own world. So, suggestions anyone?" There was none. "Okay, I can't hear when you all talk at once." I said at in response to the silence. More silence. I gave up. "Fine, how about we let them stay at your house," I said, turning to Madeline, "since no one is there. We'll come back tomorrow morning and sort out what to do." Everyone agreed, for what else was there to do. Madeline knew were the spare key to her house was kept, and we all went inside. We got the travelers situated in the guest bedrooms and gave them a few pointers on modern amenities. Then we hightailed it back to my house. Madeline's wig was gone, and we had only about half of our original amount of candy. Hopefully, my parent's would not notice. We tried to slip in quietly, but Mom and Dad were at the door, looking stern. Holly was on the stairs, making faces at me. "Did you have a good time?" My mother asked unexpectedly. "It was exciting," I replied truthfully. She nodded her head once then gestured for me to get upstairs. Madeline went to her room, and I went to mine. I flopped on the bed, to exhausted to even change. 'What normal girl gets to tussle with vampires in the middle of the night?' I thought. Could it really be a dream? But I knew it wasn't. My thoughts turned morbid, and a sudden picture of us all lying dead entered my head. I shivered, and grasped the handle of my hunting knife. Eventually, I fell asleep.
Authoress: i brief moment of respite after being chased all over town by an extremely angry vampire. Never pretend to own the rights to the movie Van Helsing. Ugh Oh. Gotta Run.