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Double Chapter Day...WOOHOO!

I have taken some liberties regarding Lydumil and Alcuard's past and how they met. For those of you familiar with Nocturne of Shadow you will notice the difference. There will be a brief summary of the original at the end of the chapter.

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Alucard fell to his knees in shock from losing his best friend for the second time, every person in the church was stunned by the act they had witnessed, all except Batman who without a word turned to leave.

"Batman, where are you going?" Superman asked.

"The last girl has been saved, those responsible have been found and dealt with, the case is over and there's no reason for me to linger here any longer," Batman stated.

"Alucard's friend just died, have you no heart?" Wonder Woman asked.

"Not since I was eight," Batman answered "Besides he was a killer and a literal monster. He got what he deserved. I'll be at the Watchtower,"

Once he was gone Julius walked over to Alucard and laid his hand on his shoulder

"Alucard...are you okay?" Julius asked gently.

"No...but I will be," Alucard responded as he rose to his feet.

"Well this has been an entertaining day, I laughed I cried I threw up in my mouth a little," Constantine said. He lit a cigarette and placed it in his mouth and took a deep drag "So who wants to hit a pup? I know this great place in LA that is run by the Devil himself, first round's on me,"

Everyone in the church gave him a very dirty look.

"What too soon?" Constantine asked.

"I'm really starting not to like him," Julius said.

"I completely agree," Alucard said "But we would not have found Lyudmil without his help,"

"Were you two close?" Superman asked "I mean before that war you mentioned,"

"Very...Lyudmil was my servant," Alucard answered "and for a long time my only friend,"

"You had a human servant, really?" John asked.

Alucard nodded.

"Servants were common back then. I met Lyudmil when I was five...he was 7 summers old at the time. His village had offered him up to my father as a sacrifice," he continued.

"What why?" Wonder woman demanded.

"It was for protection, take this sacrifice and leave our village alone," Alucard explained "it happened a lot in those days,"

"But if he was offered up as a sacrifice, what happened to his family," J'onn asked.

"They were killed; I don't know the reason… I have my suspicions. But I never asked as it always made him upset," Alucard claimed "Regardless Lyudmils village killed whatever family he had and sent him to my father,"

"I was at the castle at the time and found him. When my mother found out she took him home with us," Alucard said.

"I bet daddy Drac wasn't happy with that," Constantine claimed.

"No he was not... but he stayed with us none the less. When I was older and my vampire powers emerged I went to live with my father in Castlevania. My Vampire Powers were out of control so for my own safety and that of my mother's I left with my father," Alucard claimed "Lyudmil followed a month later,"

"But wasn't your castle filled with monsters back then?" Julius asked.

"It was, my father, said he could stay if he made himself useful...so he became my servant," Alucard claimed "I told him I didn't want a servant and even offered to help him set up a new life for himself and find a trade ...but he wanted to stay,"

"I see...I'm sorry he died," Hawkgirl said.

Alucard nodded in thanks but didn't say anything.

"Listen...don't take anything Batman said to heart. He gets testy when people die and..."

"It's fine...both Lyudmil and I are monsters in his eyes," Alucard said.

"That's not the case," Superman tired, although he was trying to reassure himself other than Alucard.

"I believe it has more to do with the fact that he was wrong about you," J'onn said "he was so sure you were the one killing those girls,"

"Hmmm…."

"That other demon…the on

"Magnus…he was an incubus," Alucard supplied.

"Right him, he said that you were Draculas heir," Superman "does this mean that you're not Draculas biological child?"

"That is correct," Alucard confirmed "Dracula is…was my father,"

"Why didn't you tell us?" Green Lantern asked.

"You had such a bleak outlook on vampires already," Alucard pointed out "I did not know how you would react to such knowledge…nor was I sure if you would believe me as I was told that vampires are nothing more than fables now,"

"That's a fair point," Superman agreed.

"So this war you fought in," Green Lantern asked "How did it start exactly?"

"My mother was burned at the stake and out of madness and grief my father turned all his power and that of the night against Humanity," Alucard explained "I tried to reason with him but in the end, he did not listen and attacked me,"

"So Dracula started a war and you fought against it, why?" Constantine asked "why fight your own father?"

"My mother…she did not want the war and did not want humanity to pay for not understanding," Alucard stated "her last words were that of love for both my father and I…she begged him to spare them,"

"My father did not hear her last wish…when he did not see reason, I was left with little choice but to take up arms against him," Alucard explained.

"And in the end, you killed him," J'onn finished.

"Yes…though I took no pleasure in doing so and tried to reach him before the final blow was dealt," Alucard claimed "I believed I got through to him in the end…but he still had to die,"

"Still you never did answer Batmans question," Hawkgirl said.

"What question was that?" Wonder Woman asked.

"Has Alucard ever drunk human blood before," Hawk girl responded "he never did answer,"

"I don't think that matters now...I mean he's not the one who killed the girls," Superman pointed out.

"I did not answer because… I did not wish to admit that I have drunk human blood before," Alucard explained.

The league, Constantine, and Julius stared at him in shock.

"What do you mean?" Julius asked.

"When I was born...I was very sick, I wasn't drinking milk and barely breathing," Alucard explained "My mother and father tried everything they knew to save me...but nothing was working," (1)

"One day, my mother accidentally cut her finger and a bit of her blood fell into my milk...and I drank it," Alucard claimed "it was the first time I had eaten…after that, I started to get better until I was completely healthy,"

"So you drank blood as a baby?" Superman asked.

"Yes, my body didn't know what it needed...it was only a few drops but it was enough," Alucard claimed "that is the only time I have ever drunk human blood. It was not taken by force but unintentionality fed to me,"

"Well...we can't help that now," Superman said.

The rest of the League nodded in agreement.

"If there is nothing else then I shall take my leave," Alucard said and he turned and began to walk away.

"Where are you going?" Julies asked and he ran after him.

"Back to my castle," Alucard answered "It has been trying few days…I find myself wanting to be alone,"

"Oh...um...well you'll visit right...I know grandpa would love to meet you,"

"I do not think that is a good idea,"

Julies looked down in sadness; he really wanted to get to know his family's greatest and most mysterious ally. Alucard noticed this and let out a sigh.

"However I suppose I could stop by...to give you some pointers on how to fight creatures of the night," Alucard said "and you clearly need more practice when using the Vampire Killer,"

"Really...that's great," Julies cried happily and gave the vampire a hug.

Alucard froze and looked down at him and smiled.

"I really must go...I am sure the league will see you home safe," Alucard said.

Julies nodded and let the vampire go, Alucard uttered the return spell and he disappeared in a pillar of black fire. Constantine walked out to Julies.

"So Twerp, want a ride home?" Constantine asked. He snapped his fingers and the house of Mystery's appeared "I have one or two questions for your Grandpa,"

Watch Tower

After Batman had left the church he returned to the Batcave quickly enough to return the Batwing, write up a brief statement to send to Commissioner Gordon stating that the murderer had been caught. Batman had a hard time trying to figure out what to write and he was very tempted to state that a vampire was the culprit just to mess with

In the end, he wrote that he got the killer killed his victims using two different types of deadly poison and injected it through the neck, once the victim was dead he drained the blood making it looked like a vampire attack. He also stated that the killer had also killed girls from various other cities and he and gotten the Justice League involved. Thanks to them working together they had taken down the killer who had committed suicide before he could be handed over to the proper authorities.

Batman leaned back in his chair and re-read his report, it wasn't the whole truth but there and it was vague and convincing enough that there would be little questions asked.

After he sent it off and received Alfred's two bits about the case he headed up to the Watch Tower he sat down at the control panel and looked over the systems to make sure everything was up to date.

Eventually, the rest of the League returned though most of them stayed clear of the Dark Knight except for Superman who walked over to his friend but remained silent.

"Is Lucy alright?" Batman asked.

"She's fine, Green Lantern and Hawk Girl dropped her off at a nearby hospital. J'onn and Wonder Woman took the Javelin to get her parents and they stayed with her until Lucy's parents arrived, they all came back together," Superman explained.

though I think he was more scared of his grandfather than that vampire and demon" Superman joked but unsurprisingly Batman did not laugh back

"And the Belmont boy, did you take him home to his grandfather?"

"Yes, I went with Constantine to take him home," Superman claimed "Did you know his house could move or was part of the dream world?"

"Yes, makes him difficult to track down,"

"I have to say I was surprised, but then again Alucard said his castle could move as well. I wonder if the two are connected somehow," Superman said thoughtfully.

"The thought had crossed my mind," Batman admitted "If you're curious just ask Alucard next time you see him,"

"I will, speaking of Alucard. You should apologise to him," Superman advised.

Batman stopped what he was doing and turned to look at Superman.

"Why would I do that?" He asked.

"Because you were wrong and started a manhunt for him," Superman pointed out.

"So were you, and you were part of that manhunt,"

"And I plan to apologise next time I see him," Superman defensively "as well as ask about Constines magic house,"

Batman returned to what he was doing before and gave no response. Superman let out a sigh.

"Look I know you don't like him, but Alucard is a good guy," Superman tried.

"I honestly have no opinion towards him one way or the other,"

"Then why are you so hard on him?"

"I'm not harder on him than I would be on the rest of you if I suspected any of you for the same crime,"

"Uh-Huh try again," Superman responded. He clearly did not believe Batman.

Batman stopped what he was doing again and let out a sigh.

"Alright look the truth is I don't know who he is or how powerful he can get. We saw him stall Hades the god of the underworld and hurt him when Alucard was weak from sleeping over 500yrs," Batman claimed "We later discover he was wasn't even at ¼ of his full strength at the time and he still stalled a god at full power,"

"So how powerful is he truly, what would he be like at full strength?" Batman asked "I for one do not want to find out but if there ever comes a time that he threatens the world I will not hesitate to take him down,"

"But you know how powerful I am and how powerful the rest of the League are and I don't see you coming up with ways to take us down," Superman pointed out.

The Dark Knight remained silent.

"You don't have plans to take us down...do you?" Superman asked with a hint of worry.

"I carry Kryptonite in my utility belt," Batman stated "What does that tell you?"

"I see. You know one of these days you're going to have to trust someone someday,"

"Trust has nothing to do with it,"

"Yeah, sure it doesn't," Superman said before walking away.

Watch Tower Infirmary

Once the rest of the League had returned to the Watchtower Green Lantern and Hawkgirl headed to the infirmary to check on Flash and inform him of everything that had happened. They told him about Lyudmil and Magnus and how Alucard had been innocent all along, they also told what they had learned about Alucard's past; Flash immediately focused on the most crucial bit of information.

"So what you're telling me is I was right and Bats was wrong?" Flash asked excitedly.

"Typical," Hawk Girl moaned.

"Is that all you got from that conversation?" Green Lantern asked annoyed.

"Of course what could be bigger news than Me being right and Batman being wrong?" Flash asked.

"How about the fact Alucard was innocent this whole time," Hawk Girl stated.

"But I already knew that," Flash claimed.

"And you're not surprised there was another vampire?" Green Lantern added.

"Not really, it was pretty obvious a vampire was involved just not our vampire," Flash shrugged.

"Or the fact the other vampire was an old friend of Alucard's," Hawkgirl continued.

"I have old friends from my past, I'm pretty sure everyone does. Is it really surprising that Al had Vampiric friends as well as human ones?" Flash asked.

"And you're not shocked that Dracula was his dad?" Green Lantern finished "Or that Dracula actually ever existed?"

"Okay yes that is a bit of a surprise and a tad weird," Flash agreed "But it makes sense,"

"How?"

"Remember when said that Al told him his father was influential enough that he wasn't hunted by other monsters for being half-human?" Flash asked.

"Yeah,"

"Well his dad would have to be pretty powerful to pull that off and who better to keep the other monsters at bay but the Vampire King himself," Flash said "Now that I think about it…this also explains why he got testy when I called him Dracula,"

"What about the war that he fought in?" Green Lantern asked

"Grammy Flash used to say History is written by the Victors. Dracula lost and Al won. Plus he fought with a Vampire hunter so I suppose it's only natural that they'd want it forgotten…you know stop panic and all,"

"I guess that makes sense," Hawk Girl agreed.

"Besides if I had to choose which scenario was less likely, me being right and Batman being wrong is way more impossible than Dracula being real," Flash finished.

"I think I need a very strong drink," Green Lantern said before leaving the room.

"Wait for me," Hawk Girl said, she then turned back to the Flash "Get some rest okay," and she followed Green Lantern out of the room.

"Don't drink and fly," Flash called after them.

Once they were both gone Flash laid back and started to drift off to sleep, but before he could a pillar of black fire appeared and Alucard emerged from the flames. Flash sat up again.

"Hey Al," He greeted with a smile "I've been meaning to ask, why don't the flames set off the fire sprinklers?"

Alucard couldn't help but smile at that.

"Magic. How are you feeling?" Alucard asked and walked over to the bedside.

"Pretty good, even better now that I know I got one up on the world's greatest detective," Flash answered proudly.

"Perhaps drawing on Batman's face wasn't the wisest of moves," Alucard stated.

"True but it was a once in a lifetime opportunity, I wasn't going to pass it up,"

"He knocked you unconscious and broke your nose,"

"Totally worth it," Flash grinned, Alucard just shook his head.

"So the others told me what happened. I'm sorry about your friend," Flash said sincerely.

"Me too," Alucard agreed.

"So are you alright to be up here? I mean Bats didn't ban you from the Watch Tower did he?"

"If he has I have not been informed. Besides even if he did I still would have come…I wanted to thank you personally,"

"What for?" Flash asked confused.

"You defended me, not once did you ever doubt my innocence…no matter what the evidence said," Alucard said "and you even helped me evade the Justice League long enough to find the true culprit,"

"Well yeah, that's what friends do, no big deal,"

"Friends….hmmm…."

"We are friends…Right?" Flash asked.

"Yes…we are," Alucard agreed.

"Great, now that we got that sorted, do you want some Green Jelly? Flash asked "I don't know where we get it from but the infirmary has the best Green Jelly in the world,"

"Perhaps another time," Alucard declined "I must return to my Castle,"

"Alright but I'm going to hold you to it," Flash promised "One day we will have that Green Jelly,"

"I'm sure you will," Alucard said before taking a few steps back and disappearing in a pillar of black fire.

Castlevania

Alucard had returned and once the black fire had disappeared he walked out of the transport room and headed for a room he had not entered in centuries. It was a Childs room, the bed was made up for a young man, and there was a writing desk, a bookcase, and other homemade toys and necessities. The wardrobe was open and clothes hanger was hanging off a hook on the door.

Alucard looked around; this had been his room before he had stopped sleeping in beds. Once he was 14 he discovered that beds no longer felt right and he was unable to find any comfort or rest in them...his father had given him a coffin and he had moved to a newer larger room.

One befitting his status and title of vampire prince.

Alucard walked over to the bookshelf and picked up the picture frame that was on the shelf, he looked at it and the picture showed to small children playing in a small patch of flowers under a tree and both had smiles on their faces. Alucard smiled, he remembered when his mother drew this, it was about a year after she had brought Lyudmil to live with them in their small cottage.

Alucard walked over to the bed and sat down; he stared at the picture and squeezed his eyes shut as tears began to form.

"Lyudmil...I'm sorry I couldn't save you," Alucard said softly, as tears fell onto the picture frame glass.

Watch Tower Conference room 3 days later

The Justice League was sitting around the meeting room table, they were discussing the events and that had happened in the last two days; as well as how do deal with what they had learned about Alucard.

"So Alucard wasn't Dracula, but his son," Superman stated "that is a revelation I never thought I'd see,"

"We always suspected that The Dracula films had a connection to Alucard," Hawk Girl stated.

"Yeah, it makes sense when you think about it," Flash said "Kind of embarrassing we didn't guess sooner,"

"So what do we do about it?" Superman asked.

"Not much we can, we can't choose our fathers," Green Lantern shrugged.

"No I mean Alucard, we accused him of crimes he didn't commit," Superman said.

"In our defense, the evidence was stacked against him and it was his own words regarding vampires only condemned him more," Hawk Girl stated.

"Still we should have listened to him…we should have believed him," Superman said.

"We should start by apologising," J'onn stated "I admit I should have told him sooner that I took the name Dracula from his mind,"

"We should all apologise," Wonder Woman added.

"Not me, I have nothing to apologise for," Flash spoke up "I was the only one who believed him and didn't try to capture him,"

"If anyone needs to apologise its Batman. Also, don't forget to state that you were wrong and I was right," Flash grinned looking at the dark knight "Grammy Flash always said it's important to admit when you are wrong,"

Batman glared at him.

"Do not let it go to your head," Batman warned "Besides I have no need to apologise, Alucard found me last night while I was on patrol and we already talked everything out,"

"Really…you two just talked everything over?" Superman asked in surprise.

"Yes, he is rather forgiving…for a blood suckering spawn of evil,"

"Don't start that again," Flash groaned.

"Just because it was not Alucard this time does not mean it won't be him next time," Batman warned "I for one intend to keep his fangs as far away from me as possible,"

"I'm more surprised Batman didn't throw a fuss about Alucard entering Gotham," Hawk Girl commented "any time we try to go there he throws us out,"

"Given the last week I made an exception, though I did warn him to stay out of Gotham as well," Batman claimed "I have enough monsters to deal with already,"

"Guys I think you are all missing a very important point. You all realise that Al being Draculas only child that he lives in Draculas castle right?" Flash pointed out "His real castle not some tourist trap or amusement park. He literally inherited it from the real Dracula,"

"I believe we have already come to that conclusion," J'onn said "I fail to see why his father's castle is so important,"

"Because it means we have the most kickass venue for the Justice Leagues Halloween party," Flash said eagerly.

"No," Batman said flatly.

"We don't have Halloween parties," Green Lantern stated.

"Not true, we just haven't had one yet," Flash claimed "we should have one,"

"We are not using a cursed vampire's castle for a Halloween party," Batman said firmly.

"So does that mean we can have up here on the watchtower?" Superman asked hopefully.

"No," Batman repeated in a more serious tone. Flash crossed his arms and pouted.

(1) I would assume there would be complications with Alucard's birth, being half-human and half-Vampire, his body would likely not know what it is or needs. I could not find anything in the Cannon Matrital to support this but since Vampires and humans don't normally breed together I figured there would be a high chance of something going wrong either with the Pregnancy, the Birth or not long after it...or all three.

In Nocturne of Recollection, Lisa had helped and provided medical treatment to Lyudmils family. When the church burned her they protested and even tried to protect her, however, the church still burnt Lisa and then killed Lyudmils family; branding them as a traitor for trying to aid her.

Lyudmil escaped and sought out Alucard, due to the church's actions he became very bitter toward humans in general as they had betrayed Lisa's kindness. When he found him, Lyudmil told Alucard of his past and how he felt about it. Alucard told him that his mother would not wish for him to hate the humans, as she had told him. With nowhere else to go, Lydumil insisted upon staying by Alucard's side. He became Alucard's servant and lived with him at Dracula's Castle.

Also 10 points for those of you who spotted the Lucifer Reference.