Reversed

Disclaimer: Castlevania belongs to Konami not me. I am making £0.00 out of this fic, it is written purely because I have a burning need to create. Although I would like to own Alucard . . . then he’d be mine.

Rating: PG-13

Authoress note: I am still unsure why I wrote this, but it started as a small idea and then took on a life of its own. I apologize for any OOC, this was wrote to show the slightly more humane side of Dracula, it is also meant to be quiet light hearted although there are meaningful points raised.

NOT part of the Renaissance series

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Chapter Five

“If anything happens to them, I’m holding you responsible . . . Vladimir”

“I will protect them Richter” the lord of Darkness nodded and stepped out the door behind his child.

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Opening the door the revealed the throne room, typical scene for Dracula’s last stand. But sitting in his place now was a six year old girl.

Her legs hung lazily from the chair not touching the floor, her dress looked expensive, covered in lace, made from satin. Her long and curly blonde hair was done up in great curling pig tails, she appeared adorable.

“What on earth?” Maria breathed walking over to the child “honey, what are you doing here?” the child looked up with tear filled eyes

“Your not going to hurt me, will you?” the child asked crystal tears rolling down its cheeks

“It’s just a child” Alucard whispered

“Stupid boy” Vladimir muttered “I told you, they take the form they believe will not be harmed”

“I couldn’t hurt a child” Alucard whispered eyes never leaving the child

“Of course not Adrian, that’s why a child is what you see before you, it knows you can’t hurt it” Vladimir hissed “hold Maria back . . . and yourself” the lord of the dead took the steps forward to the cowering child in his chair

“Please sir” the girl’s eyes had gone red and puffy now

“Leave” Vladimir hissed, the child just cried harder,

“What are you doing?” Maria screeched and tried to go forward, she was held back by a cold white hand on her arm, “stop it your frightening her!!”

A viciously clawed hand struck out at the golden girl on the throne and all watched as she fell half way across the room screaming.

“STOP IT!!” Maria screamed struggling harder “Alucard let me go! He’s going to kill her”

“It’s not real Maria” Alucard hissed wrapping arms around the crying woman “it’s not real”

“But she’s only a child” Maria, gripped Alucard tightly sobbing into the ebony coat.

“Take your true form fragmented god, show them” Vladimir shouted, kicking the creature sobbing on the floor, “you are revealed we know what you truly are, stand and fight me!!”

“Please make him stop” Maria whispered when she was suddenly forced to the floor by Alucard as Vladimir went sailing over there heads and into a near by pillar. “What the?” she began standing slowly watching.

The child seemed to shimmer delicately in the air for a moment before exploding. A mass of twisted limbs, eyes and mouths stood or squatted where the child had once stood.

“Oh my god” Maria hissed

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“You fought that” the boy asked amazed

“It was surprisingly easy, Vladimir and Alucard did most of it” Maria shrugged

“Wow” the boy breathed

“Dracula was right, the creature really was weak and frightened, within a few minuets all that was left of it was a stain on the carpet that would not be there when the castle rose again” Maria concluded.

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The castle shook hard, stones crumbled. Alucard lifted Maria and bolted, moving faster than any human ever could. They collided with Richter outside the library; he was limping badly still but was surprisingly able to manage a hobbling run as the three fled the crumbling castle.

Once outside they turned and looked back.

“They stayed” Alucard whispered putting Maria down, she instantly wrapped her arms around him

“I’m sorry” she muttered against him, a pale hand ran paler fingers through her hair lovingly

“It is not your fault my Lady” he whispered

“It is strange but there is a small amount of regret in that” Richter gestured to the now completely fallen castle, he paused a moment “when it next rises things will be as they have always been”

Alucard nodded and turned away, letting Maria go, he started towards the woods.

“You aren’t going to leave us are you Adrian” Maria called after him.

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“And then . . .” Maria continued but was interrupted.

The door suddenly closed with a bang, the children looked at each other before a cry of “Adrian’s home” went up and the small mob pounced on the figure entering through the doorway, the muffled cry of the victim went unheard as he was dogpiled by several tiny bodies, eventually though they let him rise.

“Every time, completely outnumbered” Adrian Feinhight Tepes muttered to himself, shooing a child away from his legs.

Maria paused a moment just to look at him, still looking as young as the day she had met him, while she herself had withered and aged.

“What are you thinking” he asked, kneeling on the floor beside her, a mirror image of what the children had been doing a moment ago

“Just about how beautiful you are, and will always be” Maria smiled but sadness rested in her eyes

“You will always be beautiful to me, for eternity” Adrian smiled at her, a proper smile. Maria smiled at the blonde dunpeal and leaned down to kiss him hello.

The end.

Authoress note: Well that’s it, it’s all over. Hope it wasn’t to strange for you, it started off as a one off believe it or not, but it just continued to grow.

For anyone interested in my other Castlevania fics they are on my website (www.oocities.org/light_in_dark_7/castlevania_base.htm) please be warned they are not on this site because of the rating restriction, they are angst and dark and contain Yaoi.

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