Chapter 2: I met a bat woman out of hell!
"Oh, hell," Ana moaned as she slowly got up landing flat on her back on a soft but hard ground. "When I get back to that tour group I am so going to not-" she had started to mumble to herself until she noticed the change of the area around her. 'What the devil is going on here?' Ana thought as she slowly looked around where she was.
Then the area around her started to darken as the clouds blacked out the sunlight. And suddenly there was the sound of screeching before an evil laughter achoed. "Ok, now I know I didn't just fall down a stinking rabbit hole nor get sucked up in a tornado," she said aloud as she checked off her being in Alice in Wonder land or Dorthy in the land of OZ. Suddenly she saw a read headed white bat looking creature holding what appeared to be a woman. "That is definately no flying monkey," Ana said softly before the woman slipped a pocket knife out of her boot and cutted at the foot that was holding her, but the woman was caught by another one that had dark hair.
Ana started to run after it, wanting to help the woman, but as she started to running a small silver arrow shot into the demon bat's ankle making 'her' drop the woman onto the roof of a building the creature flew over. "Nice shot," Ana thought as she saw the woman land and slide off the roof dangleing on the edge. "Should help her," ana softly whispered thinking that this woman could tell her where she is.
Anna grasped on the edge of the room she was on, dangling on for her life. "There's a tree behind you! Jump across to it!" shouted a female voice that came from below her. Anna glanced over her shoulder and saw that there was a tree as the female voice said. "All right," Anna softly whispered to herself before she kumped across using her feet to push hard against the wall under the edge of the roof. she landed hard against it, making her loose her hold and slip down. She quickly got a hold of a branch with one hand for a split second before it let go and started to land on a branch which made her back flip once before she landed on the ground saftely. 'God that hurt,' she thought as she looked up to see if any of the brides were in the sky.
"God that had to hurt," Ana thought as she saw the woman from the tree to the ground. The woman then saw something in the sky and had started to run inside a door way. 'What? No thank you?'Ana thought getting a bit mad at the woman's grattitude. Then she heard the screeching and flapping before she started to run like hell.
"If this is another dream, then I so am foing to be pissed when I wake up!" she said as she ran into an alley way but she tripped over her own feet. "Seems that your little trick failed Anna," said a female Romanian voice that sounded like it was infront of Ana. Ana looked up and saw a pretty woman wearing what it looked like to Ana, an Arabian styled harem dress. 'She is one of the women I saw from my dream!' Ana thought as she slowly got up and looked at the woman confused. "Nice dress," Ana said hoping that this woman wasn't going to attack. The woman smirked as she watched Ana. "Thank you, but flattery isn't going to spare you princess Anna," the woman said looking up and down at Ana's clothes. "I have to admit that you almost fooled me with those odd clothes you have on," she said raising a brow at Ana.
Ana, forgetting that this woman was a vampire, glared at her. "What is wrong with my clothes?" she said in an angry tone, a bit offended. "At least I am not dressing up in a belly dancer girl," she added as she rested her hands on her hips.
The woman's eyes started to glow a greenish color along with a soft growling like hiss. "Careful Anna dear," the woman said with a warning look. "I might not make your death so quick then what my sisters Aleera and Marishka would have done," she added as she slowly started to stalk to her. Ana looked surprised. "Anna? Who the hell is that?" Ana asked slowly backing away from the woman. The woman smirked at her.
"Don't be foolish dear," the woman replied with laughter.
"That is YOUR name princess," she said as she got closer to Ana. Ana shook her head as she backed away a bit faster to keep a distance. "Look, I don't know who you are or who you think I am, but my name is not Anna," Ana said as she backed away. "My name is Anastasia!" she said as she pointed at herself. The woman stopped as she stared at Ana with wide eyes... Like she was seeing a ghost.
"Anastasia...?" the woman said softly as if shocked by her name. Ana nodded her head 'yes' before she noticed the blonde one that dressed in a similar style, noticing a man by a well. "Shouldn't you be looking out for your sister? It looks like she is about to be killed I think," Ana said pointing at Carl who was searching for Holy water in the sack. The woman turned sharply, seeing Carl searching the sack. She then changed to a demonic bat and flew off as Ana then started to run off out of the alley way. "God please let that stall her long enough to find me a weapon to go against one of them," she softly whispered before she then saw the same woman from before crash out of the window and running like hell as she was. 'Guess she's got the red headed one," Ana thought as the woman took a back alley way.
Ana took the other way in the building that was close to her as she soon heard a hiss from behind her. "Not today sister!" Ana shouted as she threw a ring of garlic at the bat woman before Ana ran from what appeared to be where the wines are stored in this place judging from the giant barrels, into a bar area. Ana hid in the corner from the door planning to surprise the demon woman if she followed her in here...
-Meanwhile-
"This should do the trick," Carl said softly to himself as he pulled out a bottle of Holy water. Van Helsing was in need of another weapon to fight against Marishka, who had bashed into him with surprise, making him drop his cross bow. She had changed into her human form and was softly giving Van Helsing a teasingly low hiss. Carl looked at Van Helsing holding up the bottle for Van Helsing to see. "Holy water!" Carl shouted before throwing the bottle to him.
The black haired bride flew in and caught the battle as it was in mid air. Carl's jaw dropped as that happend. Van Helsing glared at her getting the spark of recongnition again as he had seen Anna's face, Dracula's face and now with the blonde vampire and her friend here too. The black haired one tossed the bottle into the well and looked at Marishka. "Stop your teasing, Marishka, and finish him!" she said before flying off chasing Ana. Van Helsing then looked at Marishka, her name ringing a bell to his ears, but he couldn't remember when. "Too bad, so sad," Marishka said in a sad and disappointed tone. "I kinda liked you," she added giving him a flirtatious smirk.
"Feelings not mutual," Van Helsing said with a half smile. "The church!" Carl shouted at Van Helsing pointing to a small fountain that was directly outside and filled with holy water that came directly from the church. Van Helsing then looked back at Marishka that knew he was going to try and use it against her...
Back in the bar Ana saw the red headed vampire come in and drain blood from a man that was hiding like she was, but got caught. 'Great, now another one," Ana moaned in her mind knowing her luck was now starting to stink. Suddenly the woman from before came running in and gasped as she saw the red head with a glass of the man's blood. "Thirty years old," the red head said as if she found a rare diamond. "Perfectly aged," she added as the woman turned to the door way Ana had just came in, but gasped as she saw the black haired vampire in the door way. 'On second thought, HER luck is starting to stink,' Ana thought as the woman looked shocked. "Verona," the woman spoke in a scared whisper. "Hello, Anna, my dear," Verona said with a scary sweet smile.
'So this is princess Anna?' Ana thought as she looked at Anna as the two vampires started to corner her. 'No wonder Verona thought me as her,' she added with surprise. 'She could be my bloody twin,' she thought with amazment at the exact likeness of Ana's own face.
"The last of the Valerious," Verona said as they cornered Anna with no place to run...
Marishka roars at Van Helsing warningly before he makes a run for his crossbow. She screeches before jumping off the rail she was standing on, changing to her bat demon form and powerfully shoving him into a market table, again into the side of a hay cart, and again into a wall before shoving at him to land hard on the ground. Marishka laughs evilly at him as she flies over him, turning around in mid air to enjoy the view of Van Helsing in pain.
Van Helsing softly moaned as he got up and smiled half way as he saw he landed right in front of his cross bow. Marishka seeing this gasps softly before screeching, flying forward hoping that she will get to him before he gets to the holy water...
Anna throws a punch at them, trying to fight back but Verona catches her wrist holding it in a death like grip. "I can feel fresh blood rushing through her veins," Verona said as Aleera brushed Anna's hair to the side. Aleera looking at Anna's bare neck throws her glass to the side. "I want first bite," she said sounding like a starving woman, but Verona hisses at her baring her fangs before looking at Anna's neck. Ana knew she had to do something quick and so she snuck to where she saw a pile of wood.
She gently picks up a log of wood and sneaks up behind them. 'Good thing I played baseball,' she thought as she got closer, planning on hitting the red headed one first...
"Here she comes!" Carl shouts as Van Helsing picked up his cross bow. Van Helsing seeing Marishka coming in at full speed, started to run to the fountain as fast as he could. Marishka flew at him, coming closer and almost enough to grab at him. 'I have him' she thought as she flew. But as soon as she got close enough to him, Van Helsing dipped the front of his cross bow into the holy water swiftly turning around and pointed it at a now hissing Marishka who had the look of fear on her face.
Ana swung her log at Aleera's head, hitting the red head with blunt force. "Ahh!" Aleera cried as she held her head. Verona turned her head to see who hit her sister and her demonic face turned back to a shocked human face. Aleera hissed at Ana, who held up her log liked a baseball bat ready to swing at them. "Two of them?" Aleera hissed as she and Verona looked back and forth between Anna and Ana. "How is this possible?" Aleera hissed at her sister. "Instead of worrying about us shouldn't you two be more concerned about your blonde headed sister?" Ana asked trying to keep these two focused on her. Both of them looked at her like she was mad.
'Gotcha!' Van Helsing thought as he saw Marishka's face. He then pulled the trigger, making her fly awol over his head and into a part of the roof of the church. Pircing her body with his now holy arrows.
Verona and Aleera shrieked in pain as they felt Marishka dying. Verona let Anna go before both her and Aleera transform into their bat demon forms, flying out of the bar breaking two holes on the roof. Crying out Marishka's name in sorrow as they flew away.
Ana lowered the log and walked to Anna helping her up. "You all right?" Ana asked as Anna brushed some dust off of herself. Anna looked at ana and she was surprised. "You look...like me," she said softly. Ana nodded her head. "Yeah, I'm surprised too," Ana said as Anna then looked at her clothes.
"And, yes, I know my clothes are different then yours," Ana said with a sigh, knowing she must be abnormally dressed. "Can you tell me where I am?" Ana asked looking around the bar. "You're in Transylvania," Anna replied knowing this girl must be from another place.
"And what year is it?" Ana asked softly with a shakey voice. Anna looked worried. "It is the year 1888, why?" Anna replied. Ana looked at Anna with a snow white pale face. "Because I come from the year 2012..." Ana said softly. Anna's eyes widen in disbelief. "So if you are from the future, can you tell me who that man that has arrived into this village?" Anna asked. Ana nods her head. "YEs, but lets save him from the angry people outside?" Ana asked as she heard the villagers outside shouting.
Anna noticed the shouts and nodded her head. "Good idea," Anna said before she and Ana walked outside, Ana still carrying her log...
"He killed a bride! He killed Marishka!" one of the villagers shouted as they surrounded Van Helsing, who was sitting on the church steps to take a breather for all that has happend. "He killed a vampire!" another one shouted. "But isn't that a good thing?" Carl asked as he looked at them confused. "Vampires only kill what they need to survive," the creepy top hatted man said to Cal, answering his question.
"Only one or two people a month but now they will kill for revenge," he added as the villagers shouted in agreement. "Are you always this popular?" Carl asked Van Helsing, realizing this is what must be always happen every time he killed someone. "Pretty much," Van Helsing replies as he slips his hat back on that Carl handed to him before the villagers came out. The creepy top hatted man then crossed his arms, looking at Van Helsing with a half smile. "So what name, my good sir, do I carve on your grave stone?" he asked knowing Van Helsing will be dead when Dracula's brides get their hands on him. "His name is Van Helsing," a female voice answered from the crowd. The villagers mumble but then gasp as they see Anna and Ana walking through the crowd side by side. "Your reputation precedes you," Ana said as she rested the log she was holding on her shoulder, smirking at him.
'Definately not an old man like in the movies or Stoker's novel," Ana thought as she got a glimpse of his face. 'Cute too,' she added even though her type was more vampiric type. And for some reason as she saw his face she felt really nervous and scared for some odd reason.
Van Helsing stood up resting his cross bow on his shoulder. "You know my name," he said as he got up. "But I do not know yours," he added as he looked at her in wonder as she could be Anna's twin. "Ircus, Anastasia Ircus," Ana replied smirking at him. "Some people call me 'Ana' for short," she added as he then walked slowly towards her. "And how, Ana, did you come by here?" Van Helsing asked as he looked at her as he got closer to her. Anna glanced at Ana, wanting to know the same thing. Ana shrugged her shoulders.
"Not exactly sure," she answered honestly. "My best guess from what I remember, you might say I was either brought here by magic or God himself transported me here," she said looking at him with an honest expression on her face. Van Helsing and Anna raised a brow at Ana's answer. "How is that possible?" Carl asked as he walked to her curiously. "Look, I was with a group of people touring an old castle, and as the group entered the place I stayed behind to admire the scenery there," she started to say knowing that they all thought her crazy already.
"As soon as I was by myself, I heard someone calling my name, so I followed it to a damaged tower that was there," she went on, looking at Van Helsing. "Suddenly a gust of wind blew all around me that I couldn't see a thing, so I grab a rail that was put in for safety so I couldn't fall over and accidently kill myself, and the next thing I know somebody pushes me over the rail and I am falling into a bright light and land flat on my hide, finding myself here," she said finishing her story.
"So you came from the future?" Anna asked understanding instantly of what Ana was saying. "Yes, the year 2012," Ana replied nodding her head. 'She must be what the Cardinal said was coming,' Van Helsing thought as he looked at Ana. 'It's possible she might know something about my past and can also help me with Dracula since she looks like Anna," he added before smirking. "I believe you," he said looking at Ana with a sweet smile. ana looked up at him with surprise. "You do?" she asked looking at him with hope. Van Helsing nodded his head.
"Yes, and I believe you can help, considering your being brought here," he said explaining his reason for believing her. Anna rested a hand on Ana's shoulder. "You can stay with me till we get you back to your own time," she said with a hoest smile. "You risked your own life to same mine against two vampires, that makes you an allie and friend," she said with a smile of respect. Van Helsing looked at her with a scowl."Next time, stay close, you're not good to me dead," he said as he sighed. Ana smirked and tried to not snicker. Anna half laughed at Van Helsing's words.
"Well, I'll say this for you, you've got courage," Anna said with a smirk. "He's the first one to kill a vampire in over a hundred years," Anna shouted to the villagers. "I'd say that's earned him a driink," she said with a hint of respect to this man.
-Meanwhile in Castle Dracula-
"My lord Dracula," Aleera said as she sniffled as she cried for now her departed sister. "A stranger has come," she said as she wiped her tears. "And a woman who looks exactly like princess Anna," Verona said as they both hung upside down looking at Dracula who was in a frozen sleep state as was usual as the sun was starting to set where they were. "And the stranger has killed Marishka!" she added before she and Aleera then broke into tears. Suddenly the ice around Dracula sucked in and broke apart as he slowly levitated up and out of his stone coffin he was resting in.
"Marishka!" he cried in pain as he then floated down as the bats around him started to fly up and around him, looking sad in loosing one of his brides. "Why can't they just leave us alone?" he asked as he walked to a collum that was near by. "We never kill more then our fill and less then our share, can they say the same?" he asked as he slowly walked up the collum to the ceiling.
"Did I not stress how important to be finished with Anna Valerious before she destorys what we are trying to create?" he asked as he got to the ceiling, hanging upside down like Aleera and Verona were. The moved partly away whimpering. "We lost Marishka," Verona softly cried. "Those verimin," Aleera said with venom in her sad tone of voice. "There, there, my darlings," Dracula said as he slowly walked to them. "Do not worry, I shall find another bride," he said with a comforting smile. Aleera and Verona looked at him appauled and shocked. "What?" Aleera asked with shock in her voice.
"Do we mean so little to you?" she added looking at Dracula with a crying face. "Have you no heart?" Verona asked with the same tone. Dracula shook his head at them.
"No, I have no heart!" he replied. "I feel no love," he said as he then jumped down from the ceiling. "Nor fear, nor joy, nor sorrow," he said as he slowly walked forward. "I am hollow," he said in a soft whisper. "And I will live forever," he said with a sad and lonely expression on his handsome and angelic face.
"Oh, my lord," Aleera said with the gentlest and swooned tone of voie. "It is not so bad," Verona said as she and Aleera held hands looking at their master in awe. Dracula smiled before he started to laugh.
"I am at war with the world and every living soul in it!" he said as he looked up at his servants, the dwergi, small little trolls that are his faithful and loyal servants ever since he first became a vampire. "But soon the final battle will begin," he said as he slowly lifted his hand part way as his plan slowly formed out in his mind. He then looked at Verona curious about something. "You mentioned of a woman that looks like Anna Valerious?" he asked her. Verona nodded her head. "Yes, she looks exactly like her but she wore strange garments I have never seen anyone wear before," she added remembering Ana. "She wacked me at the back of my head with a log!" Allera hissed. Dracula smirked at Aleera's reaction, impressed with Ana's attack on Aleera.
"Does this woman, happen to have mentioned her name?" he asked with an interest look on his face. "She said to me that her name was Anastasia," Verona answered. Dracula's eyes widen in surprise as he dropped his arm and flashes of his past as a human man ran through his mind.
"Anastasia...?" he whispered softly before he then laughed again. "I must go and find out who are new visitor is and this Anastasia," he said with an interested smile. Suddenly there was the sound of roaring echoed the room and the shadow of a beast reflected on a white see-through, wrinkly curtain. Dracula looked at the shadow, knowing his new pet had finally awaken. "You will have to make a little aperitif out of him," he said as his 'pet' tried to fight out of his chained collar.
"We are much too close to success to be interupted now," he said looking away from the beast. "No!" Aleera shouted. Dracula turned to look up at his brides. "The last experiment was a failer!" Verona said as she and Aleera jumped down from the ceiling. "Please," Aleera said as she and Verona slowly walked to him. "Say you will not try again," she added. "My heart could not bear the sorrow if we fail again," Verona said with a heartbreaking expression on her face. Dracula roared at them angrily, not wanting to stop his unlife long desire.
Alerra and Verona flinch away and whimper softly. Dracula hen realizes he's frightend them and looked at them sadly. "Come," he says to them with a gentle tone. "Do not fear me," he tells them as they slowly started to come to him. "Everybody else fears me," he added in a soft lonely whisper, as they took his hands and snuggled up to him.
"Not my brides," he said with a smile. Suddenly the beast started to raor in a slight pain. "Igor!" he called for the hunchback slave.
"Yes, master?" Igor answered coming from the otherside of the curtain. "Why do you torment that creature so?" Dracula asked as his brides gently gave him gentle pecks on his face. "It's what I do," Igor replied. "I have told you to not harm my pets Igor," Dracula said with a raised brow. "But he is a Valerious master," Igor said in a confused look on his face.
"I know Igor, but he is a werewolf now and you know how special they mean to me," Dracula explained. Igor nodded his head. "I understand master," Igor said in understanding.
"And Igor, are you planning to tourment HIM today in the woods?" Dracula asked. Igor smiled at his master's question. "Yes, master," he replied. "He has been becoming more stubborn lately, it is lucky for us that he hasn't made contact with Anna Valerious yet," he added. Dracula smiled in pleasure of this bit of news.
"Good, and make sure he doesn't contact this new visitor and this 'Anastasia'," Dracula ordered, knowing that ghost has always been trying to assist the Valerious family for the past four hundred and fifty years. And he didn't want that think to cause any more trouble then he was already. "And send our wolf out to them, I want to know who they are and why they are here," he added.
"Yes, Master," Igor said nodding his head in understanding. "And remember, Igor," Dracula said. "Do unto other," he added. "Before they do unto me, master," Igor said, bowing to Dracula. "Now go," Dracula commanded. "All of you to castle Frankenstein!" he said looking to his servants who heard his order before he and his brides glided across to a wall coffin. "Yes, yes, we will try again," Aleera said before they froze into the wall.
Here is my chapter 2 of my fan fiction inspired by the Van Helsing movie and also a little written piece by Seduction of time!
I have gotten done writing it out about 8:35 this morning (when I post it today. So I just got up from my six hours of sleep and going to post this chapter that has such put me in a happy mood. ^_^ )
So our little Ana is now into the past and soon finds herself being chased a vampire!
And she meets Anna, Carl, Van Helsing and the two brides Aleera and Verona!
I had a bit of a challenge on how Ana and Anna meet, and how would Van Helsing and Carl wouldn't believe that Ana was another evil ploy for Dracula.
And I had a bit of fun writing Dracula's scene with his birdes as he hears of Marishka's death which is one of my favortie small scene of him. (Then again all of his scenes are my favorite. ^^)
And if you are wondering on the HIM bit that Dracula and Igor are mentioning, this bit was coming from the Van Helsing movie video game that is something that is going to happen in the next chapter of this story.
I hope you all like the way I wrote out this bit, cause I had some fun with it!
Here is the sound track for this chapter to help you with some of the bits in here:
7.) Attacking brides from Van Helsing movie sound track (continued from chapter one to here which starts when Van Helsing he pulls out his cross bow and puases when Anna arrives and starts up again when Ana hears Aleera laughing and screeching.) [link]
8.) Genie Wishes from ABC's Once upon a time tv soundtrack (Starts at after Aleera and Verona fly off and leave Anna and Ana in the bar, ending when Anna says 'earned him a drink'.) [link]
Anastasia Ircus belongs to
Van Helsing belongs to Stephen Sommers and universal pictures/Studios
And all of the songs I place here for the sound track all belong to their movies, bands and composers that composed them.
Hope you all enjoy this chapter!