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Order Four: Prepare for Battle

She ran quickly through halls of fire. Everything around her was burning and screaming in agony. The woman called and called to him but she was never answered. Faster and faster she ran, towards her beloved's chambers. They were attacked when least expected. During their All Hollow's Eve ball. By the man that's soul purpose was to end what she and her husband was. Drenched in the drink of life, she matched her strides with her rapidly pounding heart. She had to make it in time! She had to help her love!

Her high heels clacking on the groaning wooden floor as her immortal gifts kicked in. She had to flit to her dear husband before that man got a hold of what so rightfully belonged to her! The frantic woman saw in her mind's eye, the door to their dark chambers. A small grin gracing her beautiful pale face, she felt reassured. But all hope shattered as the door cracked a large black figure was shoved out. With a bloody smack, the man hit the wall and slid to fiery floor.

"My lord!" She shouted as she grew closer. In a blur she was next to him cradling his battered head. "Why?" Ruby tears slid down her face.

She placed a hand on his chest to see if it was still there. Yes, his long dead heart was still intact. The woman sighed and wrapped her arms around his torso in order to protect him from the threat in their room. A brown cloak shrouded the man that hunted them since the first of his generation was born.

The ever so hated human walked out of their burning bedroom, a crossbow with holy arrows in his gloved hand. He aimed at her forehead. With sad brown eyes, he placed his finger on the trigger.

"May God have mercy."

"Raven, my dear, come back now." The dark haired girl gasped as she fell back into reality. Sweat mixed with bloody tears were pouring off her face.

"Where was that?" She rasped out. Alucard looked into Raven's purple eyes.

"A castle in Transylvania many centuries ago." His expression solemn.

"Why was I there?" She asked timidly.

"You were found wandering about the forests surrounding the castle and brought in to recover from some sort of attack." The dark lord replied.

"Then, that woman was me?" Raven questioned though inside her, she knew already.

"Yes, she was you. Fighting so courageously to battle beside the lord of the castle. To protect your fiancé at all costs." Alucard's face now pained.

Raven shakily stretched out her arms and put her hands on Alucard's sad face. "What was I? A guard or servant? The man I saw getting pushed out of that room was my husband?" The tall vampire took her hands in his own. "Aye, the master of that undead palace was the vampire, Count Dracula, your husband to be."

Raven shuddered as he told of this. She was excited yet terribly sad. She was engaged to be married! But that mysterious man took that away she assumed. Regretfully, Raven could see the lord's face. He was tall like Alucard and had the same deep black hair but tied into a pony tail.

"Alucard, please tell me, how did I meet him? Did you know him or me at the time? And who was the man burning my home?" Before she could muster any more questions, Alucard clamped his big hand on her mouth.

"First, calm down. I know there is still much you do not remember but now, I'm afraid, is not the time to ask. Second, there is something we must do tonight for our Master. A certain organization is getting out of hand." His red orbs gleamed from some joy Raven didn't understand.

Though she was a vampire in this life, Raven did not feel what a vampire should. A compel to drink the blood of thousands or feel the intense rush of bloodlust fly through her veins. No, she felt that conflict should be talked out or avoided. Raven had an angelic way of thinking…

"My sweet Raven, allow me to escourt you to the armory." Alucard stood, her hand still woven with his. "Of course," She smiled gleefully. Raven had much on her mind. Trying to draw her fiancés face and conjuring up a name for the cloaked figure. But another issue wiggled in between those thought trains. Wasn't Alucard 'Dracula' spelled backwards?

Alucard had been alive for such an incredible amount of time, he would need different names to fit in. Even if it was his own name flipped. Was he…?

"Oh and Raven," He started. The tiny girl looked up at the vampire. "Quit thinking so hard. You'll make yourself dizzy." He winked.

Raven's pale complexion burned red with slight annoyance and embarrassment. How she hated it when he read her mind!

Alucard gave a low chuckle as he gripped her hand and lead her up the stony stairs. Puzzled at her new found recollections, Raven tried to piece them together. One her first showed her running through a foggy forest with something trailing her then another with her finger occupied with a ring. The last was her death?

Raven's spirts went down. That's why she could not recall any wedding at all. Because there wasn't one. Whoever that man was and if he had any living relavtive left, they'd be punished for ruining her special day.

Alucard sensed her worrys and downcast mood. He gently rubbed her arm to soothe but stopped his actions when he felt a different arua. A dark and senister wave. It was coming from Raven.

The tall vampire spun the woman around and saw someone different. It looked like Raven but her features were that of a insane person. Her eyes glowed ominously.

Alucard acted quickly and snapped her out of it. Raven blinked rapidly and seemed to return to normal. With a sigh of relief, Alucard and Raven appeared of shadows into the armory to meet Walter and Seras.

Walter smiled "Ah, there you two are! Then well, since everyone has arrived, Let's Prepare for Battle!"

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