Chapter 24/ Epilogue
My farewell to my friends of the past...
-Present day 2013-
Anastasia couldn't see anything as the bright light blinded her. A split second later she found herself hearing the choir of crickets and other night animals. 'I must be in the woods somewhere,' she thought as she saw the dark outlines of trees and the bright lights of the stars above her. She tried to move but she only felt more pain from her wounds. She then tried to move her fingers to see what she was laying on and soon felt the hard roughness of concrete. 'I'm laying on a road,' she thought before she half laughed. 'I probably look like road kill,' she thought before she heard the howling of a wolf. Or at least something that sounded like one, and it was getting closer.
Suddenly there was a bright light that came from the right side of her face. 'What now? Am I dying?' she thought as she slowly turned her head to the right to see two bright lights and hearing the roaring suddenly turn into a high screeching sound. And then back to a soft roaring. Ana tried to keep her eyes open as she heard the soft sound of a door opening and then footsteps that were running towards her. She made out the shape of a person and could make by the sound of the voice that it was a man. She couldn't hear what he was saying for it was a mumble to her hearing. Ana didn't have the chance to answer the man for she then blacked out.
Flashes ran through Ana's mind as she blacked out. Visions of the past, the days of her childhood, the few months of her college days. And the day she went to Transylvania on the tour and found herself going back into the past. Meeting Anna, Carl, Van Helsing, Frankenstein, the brides and of course Dracula. Her beloved vampire king, her true love that she crossed oceans of time to find him unknowingly.
Flashes of what happened up till now then appeared, like she was watching all of her memories as a movie. It started to slow down bit by bit as it gotten to when she danced with Dracula at the Masquerade ball, drugging the others so she could run ahead to see Dracula. Flashes of him making love to her, drinking from her.
Until the vision changed to her pointing her Mini crossbow at the limping Van Helsing before he then changed into a werewolf. Fighting against Dracula in his demon bat form. Her seeing him wounded from Van Helsing breaking his wing and Van Helsing glaring at him deadly as he sharpened his caws. Her scream echoed in her ears as she ran in slow motion to Van Helsing to try and stop him. Then sounds of a gunshot echoed then as she got hit by his sharp clawed hand and again as she hit the column. Then the screeching sound of her beloved vampire as Van Helsing bit him. The howling of Van Helsing as he held the dead body of Anna in his arms as he changed back to his human form. "ANASTASIA!" she heard Van Helsing shout before all of the visions had gone all white and the sound of something beeping echoed in her ears.
Ana slowly opened her eyes to find herself in a room. 'This-this is the same room in Castle Valerious!' she thought as she saw the familiar objects in the room. Ana tried to sit up but soon a large male hand gently touched her shoulder.
"Don't try to sit up, Miss," said a male voice that reminded Ana of Claude Reins with the silk like tone of his voice. She looked up to see a handsome man with dark brown hair and Hazel eyes. From his appearance and clothing Ana could tell the man was a doctor or a scientist. "Who are you?" she asked with a dry and husky voice. Her throat felt dry and crying out for water.
He smiled at her with a chuckle. "I'm Doctor Jack Griffin," he answered. 'Oh, great,' Ana thought as she heard his name. 'I was saved by the invisible man before he became invisible,' she thought before he pulled up a Walkie talkie. "She's awake, I repeat, She's awake," he said into the Walkie talkie.
"The Dragon is on his way, over," a male voice said confirming the doctor's message got through. "Roger, over," Dr. Griffin replied before he sat the electronic back on the night stand. "What is the date?" Ana asked the doctor.
"It is the fifth of November, Guy Falks day as my country men would call it back in England," he replied as he picked up a clip board that no doubt was his recording of her, and his checking on her condition. Ana felt her heart break as she had been unconscious for nearly three to four days since the last time she saw Van Helsing and the others. An image of Vlad flashed through her mind and tears started to form knowing that Van Helsing killed him. "You're very lucky Miss Ana," Dr. Griffin said as he was looking at her heart rate. "If my Lord didn't find you in the middle of the road five hundred and six miles from here," he added before he then got his little doctor flashlight and gently moved her head before he checked her eyes. "You would be dead and possibly become a murdered legend around here in Transylvania," he said before he checked her mouth and putting his flashlight away. "Can you tell me what caused your wounds? And also tell me what happened to you over the last few months since you disappeared?" he asked her as he wrote his observation on the report.
"Can I have something to drink?" Ana asked trying to avoid the questions at the moment. "Sure, your throat must be as dry as dirt after all that sleeping," Jack said before he put the clipboard down and went to get her a glass of water. As he was giving her the glass she saw that the ring that Vlad had given her was gone. "Where is my ring?" she asked him after she had a good sip of water. Dr. Griffin looked puzzled as he looked at her hands.
"You didn't have any rings on your hands when I bandaged up your wounds," he replied before he settled the glass down on the night stand. "Maybe the master will know where the ring went, you'll be meeting him later in the evening after dinner," he added before he finished up his report. "Who is he?" Ana asked half curious but the rest of her was still in grieve.
"You'll know him soon enough miss Ana," the good doctor said before he headed to the bedroom door. "Ardeth Bay, the butler, will bring you up your dinner miss Ana," he said to her as he opened the door and then glanced back at her. "Please be gentle and slow, else you'll be accidentally reopening your injuries," he added giving her a friendly smirk. "Yes, doctor," Ana said trying to give him her best smile. "Til tomorrow Miss Ana," he said before he left her alone in the bedroom that once belonged to her beloved. "Vlad," she whispered softly before she broke into tears. A few minutes later she had eaten her dinner and found Ardeth Bay to be a quiet and gentle and sweet for a man that was named after Boris Karloff's character name in the mummy. She then found herself alone again, unaware three hours had passed by before she heard someone knocking on her door. "Come in," she said softly before her door opened and shut.
She slowly turned her head to see the figure of a man in a grim reaper sort of cloak with a hood. Ana could hear the soft sound of a man's panting coming from the hood before she saw his pale white hands and saw her ring on his right hand as he moved his hood back. As Ana saw her beloved's handsome face, she covered her mouth as she started to break down into tears again. He slipped off his hooded robe coat before he came to her side. "No!" she softly sobbed as she felt him touch her.
"My love, why do you cry?" she heard his voice speak. She quickly moved her hands away from her face and saw herself looking into the eyes of her beloved. "Vlad?" she softly whispered as she reached her trembling hands to touch his face. Dracula smiled as he touched her hands that were touching his face. "Yes, my love, it's me," he said to her with a loving smile. Ana softly cried of joy as she hugged her beloved tightly in her arms. "I thought you were dead, I heard Van Helsing kill you," she softly sobbed. "I was dead a few years after that night but soon I came back from the dead again," he replied as he held her in his arms.
She pulled away to look at him confused. "I don't understand," she said softly. Dracula softly chuckled before he cupped her cheek. "The me you saw die that night was my shadow," he explained. "But then how come your offspring died that night then?" Ana asked.
"I had made a deal with God the night of the ball," he replied. "If I allow his left to best me in the final battle and allow my offspring to die, I ask him to allow me to be together with you," he added with a smirk. "The Valerious family would be freed from you as well?" she asked him.
He nodded to her question. "Yes, as for their effort on trying to kill me, as my family had no real reason to suffer for my rage," he said before he kissed her hand. "Also my blood in your necklace AND in my ring helped me have them cross over and keep me in limbo before I came back," he said to her before he then slipped the ring on her left finger. "After I came back, I used every ounce of my power to search for you," Dracula said as he slipped the ring on. "You having my blood now made it more easier," he added before he kissed her hand. He then looked up at her with a smile. "Ana, after you are fully recovered and strong again, will you be my wife?" he asked her with a hopeful expression. She smiled happily before she hugged him again, whispering 'yes' in his ear.
Ana found herself staring at the full moon and suddenly saw herself flying across the ocean like before only it was in color and surrounded by a golden brown. She spotted Frank on a hand made boat out of logs as she flew past him from above. She stopped before a huge cliff and saw a bonfire close to the edge. Ana instantly spotted Carl and Van Helsing and knew that this must be Anna's funeral. 'Guess this must be right after I left and Dracula died,' she thought before she saw Anna's ghost come from the flames and gently touched Van Helsing's chin and gently lifted it up.
Anna's spirit then floated up and right past Ana who followed her with her gaze to see Anna reunited with her family and ancestors. "Good-bye," Ana softly whispered before she saw Anna smile and shed a tear. Ana then slowly looked back to see Van Helsing was looking up at Anna like she was.
But what surprised her was that at the same time Ana looked at him, he then saw her. "Anastasia," he softly whispered to himself. Ana smiled at him, knowing that this was the last time she was to see them ever again. "I'm fine," she whispered to him. "I'm back home in my own time," she added before she felt herself slipping out of her trance. "Good-bye, my friend, and maybe we will meet again someday," she said as she floated backwards away from him. "And I forgive you," she mouthed to him before she found herself back in her beloved's arms.
Van Helsing could only smile before he slipped on his had and soon rode off into the sunset, knowing that someday he will possibly meet his student and friend in another life.
The End
Based off of Van Helsing written and directed by Stephen Sommers the written piece by :iconAnaxErik4ever:
Written by Vamphunterdlover
SEDUCTION OF TIME: AN ANASTASIA IRCUS TALE
Huge Jackman as Van Helsing
Richard Roxburgh as Count Dracula
Kate Beckinsale as Anna Valerious
Kate Beckinsale as Anastasia Ircus
David Wenham as Carl
Shuler Hensley as Frankenstein monster
Will Kemp as Velkan Valerious
Kevin J. O'connor as Igor
Alun Armstrong as The Cardinal
Samuel West as Dr. Victor Frankenstein
Tom Fisher as the Undertaker (not the wrestler or Black Butler character)
Josie Maran as Marishka
Silvia Colloca as Verona
Elena Anaya as Aleera the blood lust Queen.
Claude Reins as Dr. Jack Griffin
And Boris Karloff as Ardeth Bay
Author's note:
Here is my twenty-fourth epilogue chapter and final part of my fan fiction inspired by the Van Helsing movie and also a little written piece by a friend on deviant art, Seduction of time!
In this one, our Ana returns home and she is rescued by a mysterious stranger...who is none other then our favorite vampire king Dracula!
It was my friend's wish that Ana returns home with Dracula and Anna's death being the way for her to return home, so I hope she liked how this turned out.
And also two more classic universal monster which our Invisable man before he becomes invisable and Ardeth Bay who was the aka Mummy in the classic monster movie that Stephen Sommers had remade before he did Van Helsing!
And the funeral scene of Ana seeing Anna go to heaven was something I had in mind from the very beginning, too bad I couldn't put the ending credits into the chapter like in the film else I would be playing the songs I would have had for MY ending credits like in the movie. (which if you play this vid along with it, it fits perfectly!) But I am only going to do the Cast ending credits.
Here is the sound track for this chapter to help you with some of the bits in here:
55.) My black rose by Adrian Von Siegler (starts with Ana looking up at the stars and ends as the story does.) [link]
And the ending credits song is:
56.) Temptation by Arash (the youtube musicvideo that inspired my friend's written piece and made a perfect ending song I think... ^_^) [link]
Soundtrack 2 of the fan fic (like most movies do that have classical on one and the other just being songs.)
57.) Animal I have become by 3 days of grace *dracula's song* ( [link] )
58.) The dark Night of the soul by Loreena McKennitt *Ana and Dracula's song* ( [link] )
59.) Evil Angel by breaking benjamin *Van Helsing's song* ( [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 and had an hell of an adventure as you read the whole story as I did writing it! ^_^