Prologue
It is late 14th century 1st Earth time in Transylvania. It is late afternoon and a woman is running scared. She looks just like Cheetara, except that her blonde hair doesn't have spots and she doesn't have the cheetah's tear lines. She learned earlier in the day that the people of Transylvania found out about her, Dracula, and their son, is also a vampire. They also believes that she is a witch having a relationship with who they considered a monster of pure evil and creating medicine that the doctors of the town couldn't figure out how it was made that aid the sick. The mob broke into her cottage, where she stayed during the day, and she no choice but to run. Behind her, the mob shouts "Kill her! Burn her alive! and Witch!" She runs out of town and tries to reach the forest which is only a few feet in front of her. There, she could hide well from the crowd and reach Castlevania. She knew she would be safe and protected there. As she reaches the forest, a large mob came out of nowhere in front of her. In front of her, was a mob. Behind her, was a mob. She was surrounded, but still hoped that she could get through. She ran to the right, but with both mobs chasing her, they eventually caught up with her.
"No! Stop! Please! I am not a witch!" The woman shouted as she was being pulled by the crowd.
"Witch! Witch! Witch!" The mob chanted.
The woman tried to fight them off, but it was hopeless. One of the townspeople knocked her to the ground and she was dragged the rest of the way back into town. Back in town, the crowd tied her weak, broken body to a tall, wooden stake. Blood, cuts and bruises were on her face and body. She opened her black and blue eyes and saw that she was tied to a stake and below her were wooden sticks and hay. She saw a man set a torch on fire and feared the worse.
"We have before us, people of Transylvania, a witch, and not just any witch: Dracula's wife. The only rightful thing to do is to burn her alive!" The leader shouted and the crowded shouted in agreement.
"I am not a witch. I create medicine to help the sick. Please, you must believe me." The woman tried to plea with the crowd, but it was hopeless.
"But you gave birth to Dracula's son. So he and his son can continue their reign of terror on us!" A person from the mob shouted.
"No! It's not like that. If you give me a chance to explain--"
"Silence, witch!" The leader spoke.
"Burn her! Burn her!" The angry group began to chant.
"No! Please don't!" the woman begged.
The leader of the mob set fire to the sticks and hay. The woman cried and tried to plea with the crowd who cheered as she coughed from the smoke and screamed at painful feeling of her body burning in the fire. The mob stayed until her body was reduced to dust, which was only a few minutes before sunset.
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The sun sets, ending a long day in Transylvania. The people were rushing inside their homes for they knew what the sun setting meant; Dracula was to rise from his sleep at any moment. The first thing he would do when he comes to Transylvania is get his breakfast, sucking the blood of poor victims, left out at night. Past the dark forest of Transylvania, lies a dark, mysterious castle. It's easily recognized as a traditional looking 14th century castle of pure evil. It stands high over the edge of the cliffs and rocky oceans below. In the highest part of the castle, was a dark room. The room is decorated in red and black colors. It's mainly empty except for a large black coffin in the middle of the room. Candles are lit to bring some light to the morbid room.
The sun slowly sets into the night and dark light covered the coffin. The coffin top is pushed opened and Dracula awakens. He is a tall, built powerful man with long, silky, silvery hair, and demonic, hypnotic, red eyes. His face has hard, rugged features with sharp, wolf-like ears, and a mustache and goatee, giving him a distinguished look. He rose from his coffin, looking for the woman who was always there to greet him when he woke up.
Dracula walked in several rooms of his vast castle looking for his wife. "Lisa." He spoke in a deep voice.
Death appeared before Dracula out of a dark mist he had created. He stood before his lord and master in his usual attire; a black cloak covering his body of bones and his traditional scythe. "Lisa is no longer with the living but with me." He spoke in a dark, rasp voice that would send chills or frightened anyone not known to him.
"What do you mean? Where is my wife?" Dracula demanded to know.
"She's dead." Death answered.
"Dead? How did she die?" Dracula asked.
"The people of Transylvania discovered about you two and Alucard. They assumed she was a witch because of her relation to you and the medicine she created to help the sick people of that despicable town. They captured her and burned her at the stake. She died not too long before sunset." Death explained.
"I order you to bring her back."
"You know I can't do that, my lord. Once they come to my world, their is no return to the world of the living."
"Yes, you are right about that. Those abhorrent humans! How dare they killed the only woman I have loved." Dracula said angrily.
"It's all your fault, father." Alucard, Dracula's son, said coming behind him. His features resembles his father's: tall and well-built. His eyes were deep espresso which went well with his long, blonde hair. Unlike his father's rugged looks, his face was smooth with features that gave him a young handsome look. He and his father never saw eye-to-eye. His father was evil. He had his father's bloodlust, but he kept it in control since he inherited his mother's kindness. He didn't want to kill like his father and sometimes it took all his will power not to suck the blood of humans.
"And a good evening to you, son." Dracula said smoothly.
"If you weren't such a bloodsucking menace to the people of Transylvania, mother would be alive right now." Alucard pointed out.
"The people of that wretched city should have honored and respected your mother. She helped most of those vile humans when they became ill, and this is how they repay her? They will all pay for this and you should join me, son, for your mother. She would've wanted that."
"That's a lie, father, and you know it. Mother never had a evil bone in her body. She was the only reason I stayed and did my best to tolerate you, but now that she's gone, I have no need to be here." He looked at his father and walked away.
"Do as you like. As for I, I will see the city pay for what they've done to my wife." Dracula said vengefully.
Dracula continue his reign of terror more violently on the people of Transylvania. Various families of vampire-hunters tried to take on the Lord of the Vanpires, but each suffered defeat and death. Dracula thought of himself as undefeatable until a new vampire-hunting family came to Transylvania. Richter Belmont, who came from a long line of vampire-hunters and aided by Alucard, was able to defeat Dracula. Being the only vampire, he destroyed his father's castle and used his powers to enter an eternal slumber.
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