Here it is folks chapter 15 of The Halfa I hope you all like this starting chapter because the next few chapters will be nothing but the shadow ghouls and D dealing with them. So I hope a certain someone is happy . . You know who you are. I kid but I get why you pushed for it the shadow ghouls were a interesting subject. Anyway onto reviews: To ZILLAFAN I never did explain how it all ended because D never bothered to ask, you will find out later I promise... Heck even D questions it but it will come up I promise. To ThatSpaceMan Nefera will appear later on I promise and her and D... Well it will a very rocky road for them to ever come to friendly terms but you will have to wait and see. To Matthew Gemm the shadow ghoul arc will not be a very large one because chapter 20 will be the next big event which I want everyone to guess what I am going to do. And in this chapter you will see two new shadow ghouls, but the rest won't appear till next chapter I need to build up some suspense trust me you will love what I have planned. To Zx thanks for the love of the chapter and yes a magical mirror appears again. To Black Core Devil You would be correct sir about the vampire side of D. Now I want to thank those who followed and faved this story you guys are important to. Anyway I hope you all like this chapter and now I need to start up on The Maverick again oh...And I may make another new story if anyone is a fan of the anime Familiar of Zero speak up because imagine for a moment what would happen if Louise summoned a certain bronze haired idiot. ANyway I will see you all in the next chapter! I couldn't do this without you.
The Mirror of Separation… Sounds kind of scary to be completely honest, and not the good kind of scary that all the monsters talk about. I mean the bad kind. My friend Magnus had a bad run in with a magical mirror once so I was little cautious but Bloodgood explained to me that the Mirror of Separation was nothing like the Mirror of Duality. While the Mirror of Duality could bring about a person's true self to the service, the Mirror of Separation would spilt a person in two halves, one being themselves the other being their darker side…But never mind that. Bloodgood explained to me that I could use the Mirror to cause me and my other half to separate so we could have a little heart to heart and maybe work on a way for the both of us to live in harmony.
It was decided we would do this right away but since the mirror wasn't allowed off school grounds it had to be done at Monster High. Frankly I didn't care either way I just wanted it to get done with. My friends, my father and my aunt all decided to come with me for support reasons. I was glad for their support because without them all I couldn't do this or I wouldn't do this.
"D it's time." Bloodgood's voice interrupted my thoughts. Looking around I was standing in the attic of Monster High, the same attic where Gigi's lantern was found by Howleen, Bloodgood directed my attention to a very large black mirror and nodded. "Look into the mirror and it should separate you from your vampire half."
"Should?" I asked looking at her with a raised eyebrow.
Frowning Bloodgood sighed. "We never tried it on a dhampir before so… There could be some problems, you see back in days past the Mirror was used to help remove the true darkness from a monster. However, since you are of both worlds I have no idea what will happen to you."
"Got it… Hey where are the others?" I asked looking around the dusty attic with a raised eyebrow.
"I guess you weren't listening to me earlier." Bloodgood smirked at me and shook her head. "I had them all stay behind; the Mirror could affect all of us if we are close enough."
Nodding I slowly walked over to the Mirror and stared at it, turning around I was about to ask something but my question died in my throat as Bloodgood had disappeared from view. I guess she was going to wait with the others as well. Sighing I turned around to face the Mirror once more and stared into it, yet nothing happened. "Okay…What am I supposed to do? Stare into it until I fall in or something? Wait what- "Looking closer at the mirror I saw a small crack inside of it…" Huh that's weird…" Reaching out I touched the crack and flinched, pulling my hand away shaking my hand in pain I felt dizzy all of a sudden. "What in the hell- "
"Well, well, well look at what the cat dragged in."
Okay…. That is weird that almost sounding like me…. Turning toward the sound of the voice I gasped in shock, standing before me was…. Well me expect he was dressed differently, while I wore my normal outfit this version of myself wore the Alucard cosplay outfit… Kind of fitting to be honest. Expect he didn't wear the long-brimmed hat or glasses so I had a good view of his orange/red eyes which stared at me with a mix of amusement on my or his face… This is going to be confusing. Shaking my head, I crossed my arms across my chest and stared down at my double.
"So, I guess we finally meet… Um…I don't even know what to call you."
Grinning slightly my double nodded at me. "Just call me by our real name, not that letter you go by."
Frowning I shook my head. "No way I won't use that name, for you or myself no matter how fitting it really is."
"Have it your way then." He shrugged. "Just call me V or something since you know I'm the vampire half of you."
Snorting I simply nodded. "Fine then V, we need to talk."
"I know that hence why we are here, I am always wide awake D. Always have been always will be, but do you really think just having a heart to heart with me will make things alright between us?" Looking down I shook my head. "Yeah, I know that, but we need to need to do this."
"You mean you need to do this." V crossed his arms and frowned. "You said you were ready to accept me, for what I am but can you truly mean that? For all I know you could just be saying that because you feel bad for rejecting me for rejecting us." V sneered. "If you were truly ready you would embrace me with open arms, and yet here you are like a dog with his tail between his legs."
Frowning I looked up at V my eyes blazing with rage. "That's not true!"
Smirking V uncrossed his arms and spread them out in front of him. "Then prove me wrong, and fight me! Show me you aren't full of shit!"
"You're on-" I started to say but something inside of me was keeping me from attacking my vampire half….This isn't what he…No me I need to stop thinking of him as a him since we are the same person, I didn't want to fight my vampire half that would just feed into the never ending cycle of hatred no…I needed to accept my vampire half as a part of me because no matter what because it doesn't matter what I do in life, no matter what happens or where I go, I will always be half-vampire and half-human. Being part vampire will always be a part of who and what I am it makes me who I am and I shouldn't fight it any longer.
"I see your finally getting it."
Looking back at V I blinked in confusion my vampire half was now dressed exactly like me…. The only difference between us both were the eyes. "I'm not some evil creature D, yeah I am wild and uncontrollable at times, but I'm not evil." He smiled slightly. "I'm not the darkness and I think you know that."
"I…You're right." I sighed. "You…We aren't a monster, at least… Not in the way I thought." I smiled back at my other self who nodded at me. "Wait how did you change your clothes? And why were you wearing my Alucard cosplay outfit."
V smiled and nodded his head in approval. "Now we can get to the real discussion. The reason I wore that outfit is for a very simple reason, that is how you viewed me. As a monster and your very definition of a monster is Alucard."
"Wait real discussion? I thought we were having it?" I raised an eyebrow looking over at the other me. Shrugging my vampire half started to slowly walk around the attic room rubbing the back of his head. "Well you see D, the Mirror… I don't think it worked, at least not in the way it was supposed to."
"Huh…What does that mean?" I asked looking at him confused.
"The Mirror of Separation if you remember correctly it was supposed to bring out your darkness."
"Yeah and? Didn't it do just that?" I asked but stopped. "No… You're not my darkness though…Or at least I don't think- "
Frowning my vampire half shook his head. "No, I am not the darkness in our heart."
"Then what is really going on?"
"Do you remember when you touched the mirror you felt a stab of pain and then dizzy?"
Nodding I rubbed my chin in thought for a moment. "Yeah I do seem to remember that but- "
"Think man, think!"
Frowning I sighed and shook my head. "I don't get what-Wait this isn't real is it? This place is inside my mind?" Smirking V nodded and the entire attic shifted into a black void with only a single headlight over the both of us.
"Now you're getting it, the moment you touched the mirror it knocked your ass out. Because let's be honest here D if it didn't you would have to deal with a shadowy version of yourself, instead of me. I think the tradeoff is much better."
"Wait what!? There is a shadow version of me out there?" I shouted wide eyed. An evil version of me running around… Okay that can't be good…
"Well yeah, what did you expect to happen when you touched the Mirror of Separation? Seriously what was Bloodgood thinking? I'm not evil." My vampire half mumbled to himself while shaking his head. "Seriously how can some people be that dumb."
"Uh… Question… How do I get back to my body? Not that this conversation isn't interesting or anything… But I think dad, and Aunty Helen and everyone else could use our help." Turning to stare at me my other half nodded his strange eyes twinkling. "You got it." He said with a snap of his fingers and soon everything went black.
Now this was confusing…My entire perspective changed, first I was standing upright and now I was somehow on my back looking up at a very old and dusty wooden celling. Slowly sitting up I looked around trying to regain my bearings. The entire attic was trashed to the point I almost didn't recognize it, all the boxes that were neatly stacked in nice rows were now strewn around, their contents tossed all over the place, all the items were either stamped on or trashed. As I looked around I found scorch marks on the walls, claw marks on the floor, golden cloth wrapped around things, I even found a few patches of ice….
"What happened up here?"
Slowly standing to my feet I started to look around some more and found more and more traces of what seemed like a huge struggle. Bending down I picked up one of the golden cloth strands and raised an eyebrow, the cloth seemed to sparkle and glisten in the dim light of the attic. "This looks like…Cleo's but what is really going on? Did…" My mind flashed back to something my vampire half told me about. "My darker half… It's lose and it must have fought…. No!" Standing to my feet I rushed out of the attic and out into the hallways of Monster High.
"No…What happened here?" The hallways were all completely trashed, some of the lockers looked like they were either ripped off the hinges or slashed apart, trash cans were strewn about while books and papers littered the ground. Even the lights weren't spared, many were either destroyed or flickering. "Did… My darker half do all of this?" Sighing I shook my head and kept on walking looking for anyone that could tell me what exactly happened. I mean it was obvious a fight had broken out but it couldn't have been just me…er darker me, right? Then again when my vampire half took over in New York I did take out a lot cops… and a S.W.A.T team at that….Wait how did they even stop me? I will need to ask my dad when I find him…If I…No I won't think like that even if my darker half is out he would never harm my dad or my aunt, then again… No I need to hold onto hope that they are alive and safe… Just like all my friends.
"Look there's someone!"
Huh? Turning around to face the voice I raised an eyebrow at what I was staring at. In front of was Jinafire Long a dragon girl, I knew who she was but never really interacted with her, but I knew her face. However, as I looked at her I could tell something was very, very wrong. Jina looked paler and everything about her was… Well dark. Uh oh…. Standing next to Jina was Skelita Calaveras also looking extremely dark, heck her normal white bones were a dark gray color….Crap I think I just figured out what happened here. Turning around I ran as fast as my legs would let me.
"Get him!" The dark Skelita shouted as both her and Jina chased after me. Now I know I could probably take them in a fight… But to be honest I don't want to cause any harm even if they darker versions of people I know, so I chose to run instead of fighting.
"You can't escape us chico, so give it up!"
"It would be wise for you to surrender yourself." The dark Jina called out after me.
Yeah right, like I would ever do that. I had no idea what these ghouls wanted with me but I am thinking it was not for anything good, if the destroyed parts of the school were any indication I had an extremely bad feeling about this whole thing.
"Hurry Jina he is getting away!"
Frowning the dragon girl took in a huge breath. Oh crap. And blew out a large cone of fire straight toward me. The moment I felt the heat I jumped as high as I could to avoid becoming an extra crispy dhampir. Touching the celling I grinned when I saw an air vent. "I hope this works." Closing my eyes, I focused my mind, slowly my body shifted into a gray mist. Now becoming mist was extremely weird because even though I had no physical organs or body parts I could 'see' everything around me and somehow subtly move myself around…I am not really sure how it works and to be honest I'm not going to question it. Slowly moving my misty form into the air vent, I could tell that the shadow ghouls were extremely pissed that I had escaped their grasp. I would smirk if I was capable of it in this form. Getting into the air ducts I shifted into my mouse form and began to hop my away through the ducts.
After an hour of wandering around the air ducts I found myself in a large open area surrounded by a bunch of animals, all of them looked pissed at me, there was a snake that looked like a princess, a bat dressed like a little girl, a…dog that looked like it was a mismatch of many different creatures, a very small white mammoth, a mouse with an orange mohawk and a cat, well they all looked ready to attack me but were stopped by a very familiar and friendly looking face.
"No, come on you all he's alright." Jane Boolittle came into sight and stepped in between me and the animals. All the animals look at each other than nodded and slowly they all went back to doing something else but they all kept their eyes on me. Bending down Jane cupped her hands and scooped me up. "I'm so sorry about that D but they have been on edge ever since… The shadows appeared."
"It's fine… But who are they? And I needed to ask you about that... What happened?" I squeaked still in the body of a mouse.
Jane nodded. "These are the pets of all our friends, but I can introduce you to them later. As to what happened…. You did or rather…A darker version of you. I am not really sure how it all worked… But anyway, that other you had this very large mirror with him and he kept forcing others to look at it and then a shadowy version of them would crawl out of the mirror and then fighting would break out…"
"That's horrible how did you-" I started to say but shook my head. "Never mind you were in the ducts, weren't you?"
"Mhm." Jane smiled slightly. "I was able to escape our friend's fate if only just…But it gets worse when this darker you was doing these things he wasn't alone… He had an evil group following him and they fought anyone who wouldn't look at the mirror…"
Frowning I nodded my head, that would explain a lot actually if the darker versions of our friends were following an evil me they would work toward his goal, whatever that was. "And what was he doing with the originals? Or those who don't look at the mirror? And what is he doing right now? And why are the shadow ghouls roaming the halls?"
"He had a dark version of Deuce turn the originals into stone, same with those who refuse to look at the mirror." Jane sighed and placed me back onto the ground. "He has them all stored somewhere safely….For right now he is in the Headmistress's office, he had her body locked up somewhere and is carrying around her head like a trophy, as for the shadow ghouls they are looking for anyone that may have gotten away."
Shifting back into my human form I placed a hand on Jane's shoulder. "Don't worry Jane we will get our friends back I promise, but we may need some backup."
"Backup? But how? He had shadow Ghoulia shut down the cell service, the portal to leave the school is shut down, I think Bloodgood shut it down to keep him from escaping…But seriously D who could help us in this situation?" Jane asked staring at me very confused.
Smiling slightly, I swear I could feel my vampire half coming to the surface. "Easy I think we have a certain bronze haired idiot to call."