Good Evening,

So, from now on I'm going to try to release more chapters as often as I can. I have this short story finished, but I'm going to release a chapter every two days (maybe once a week, haven't really decided yet). Once this story is finished I'll release another short story (I have A LOT of short stories lined up). These short fics should tide you guys over while I'm writing for "Cross Our Hearts" and "Mine". I also have a chapter coming out every Tuesday for "A Little Mistake, A Big Change". I hope you guys enjoy this chapter.

Oxford Not Brogues

Chapter One

Alucard released a loud, long sigh of relief as he fell onto his throne after thirty long years. Strangely, there was a faint scent of Seras there. Had his Childe been sitting or sleeping on his throne while he was away? He snickered at that thought. It was good to be home. He had just satisfied his hunger and he was now looking forward to much needed, very long nap. Integra had given him a week to recuperate before sending him off on missions like the good old days, and for once, he didn't argue. After fighting nonstop for thirty long years, a little rest was what he needed. He closed his eyes to rest them, but he was unable to fall asleep since an uninvited guest started talking.

"You really are indestructible, aren't you, Alucard?" Sebastian snickered to himself as he stood somewhere in front of the elder vampire. Alucard didn't bother opening his eyes to acknowledge him. He kept them shut and tried relaxing the best he could. "Nothing can kill you; you're just too damn stubborn."

"You're wrong," Alucard whispered before slowly opening his eyes to look at his oldest companion. The demon held a smirk on his lips. "I could have given up and just let go. For all I know, what I went through really was destined to be my hell."

"But you didn't give up," Sebastian reminded him. "You kept fighting. You fought even after years of you complaining that you wanted someone strong enough to take you down and kill you for good. Why the change of heart? What made you want to live, even knowing that this life of yours is pure hell as well?" The elder vampire's eyes flickered towards his lap.

"Because in this hell, I'm not alone." Alucard whispered. The demon's smirk fell from that answer. Was Alucard growing soft on him? When did he ever care about being alone or not? Such disgust filled Sebastian's eyes as he stared at the elder vampire who seemed to be lost in his own thoughts. "I sensed her…over fifty years ago. I could feel she was out there, I just didn't know where. And, after the war, after I disappeared, I could no longer feel her. I just wanted to feel her again." A soft look glistened in his eyes. "Right now I can feel her, and I've missed her so much."

"Her?" Sebastian repeated with furrowed brows. He partially understood. He had started sensing a strange presence nearly fifty years ago and to this day he still sensed it, sensed her.

"My mate," Alucard answered and he lifted his head to look back at Michaelis. "I wasn't ready before. I wasn't ready to drag her into my life and risk her being enslaved. But, with Integra close to death and there not being any heirs, I think I'm ready to search for her. I want to find my queen." A wide grin then cracked his face. "And what of you, Michaelis?" Sebastian looked back at him curiously.

"What about me?" He asked causing the elder vampire's grin to widen further and showed off his sharp incisors.

"You've been acting differently these last few decades. You can sense someone as well, can't you?" Alucard cackled. "Do you plan on searching for your mate or are you going to wait another several decades?" A gentle smile pulled at the demon's lips.

"I have grown bored," He muttered. "Maybe it's about time I look for my princess. Who knows, maybe she's a little spitfire that loves to cause chaos." He fantasized with a pleased look on his face.

"She could be human still." Alucard stated with a snicker, wiping that smile off the demon's face. Sebastian's displeased eyes flickered back to him.

"If you're truly concerned about that, Alucard, then why wait fifty years to go look for her? She may no longer be a virgin. Besides, I don't have to worry about things like that. If she grants her soul to me, which she will because she's my mate, then I can turn her into a vampire or maybe just immortal." Alucard merely shook his head as he continued grinning in amusement.

"I don't have to worry about that either. If my little bride has been tainted, then I'll just have you transform her for me." The elder vampire responded with a wave of his hand. Sebastian raised a brow to this.

"And what makes you so sure that I will do that for you?" He asked and he just couldn't help the sly smirk that slipped onto his lips.

"I have given you more than enough human souls over the last five centuries. It should be enough to give me this one little thing." Alucard answered while the grin faltered and a deadly look appeared in his eyes.

"Hmn," Sebastian hummed and he scrutinized his oldest friend. "I suppose you have paid your due. You've been planning this for a long time, haven't you?"

"For this particular thing? No, I just had the feeling that I would need something from you eventually." Alucard snickered.

"I should have known." The demon sighed. "Very well, if your mate is still human but no longer a virgin, I will transfigure her into a vampire if that is what you so wish." The No Life King pushed out of his chair to come to his full intimidating height.

"It is," He purred. "Now, let's go hunt them down, shall we?"

"Now?" Sebastian questioned as the elder vampire walked past him. "You don't want to rest first?"

"No," Alucard said in a stern voice. "I've been waiting for fifty years to meet my mate and I spent thirty of them loathing myself for being too stubborn to even go see her. I want to find her now. I want to know that she's safe and I want to possess her." Sebastian couldn't help but laugh at that as he followed after the elder vampire to god knows where.

"Hopefully she isn't a feminist otherwise I don't think she'll take too kindly to you wanting to possess her." The demon chuckled.

End of Chapter One

Sorry for the short chapter. But I thought it was a nice little beginning for the story. I hope you guys liked it. The next chapter will either be out in two days or next Thursday (still debating that).

Oxford Not Brogues