You were in Europe to travel, it was your idea of a vacation to get away from the toxicity of your life at home, your friends were assholes who were more interested in themselves than you, and your relationship with your parents and siblings was... awful, to say the least, so you were more than happy when you had saved up enough and went backpacking across Europe, deciding to travel and ignore your crappy life back home, you had even left your phone behind so they couldn't bother you while you travelled.

Currently your travels had brought you to Romania, wandering the mountains and hills as the snow fell, you sighed to yourself as you walked along the snowy ground, leaving a trail of footprints in the snow as you adjusted your backpack and your parka, the fluffy, furry hood keeping you warm as you walked.

"Brr, it's so cold here..." you said as you carefully made your way along the snow covered path, smiling to yourself as you looked at the view of the surrounding country, taking out your camera and snapping a photo of the vista, perhaps it could make a good background for your phone?

However... just after you took the photo, you suddenly felt a strong feeling in your gut and your heart, telling you to venture up the Hill and see what was on the other side before you looked at the path leading up the snowy hill, something in your mind was urging you to follow this path over the hill, that something important was waiting for you over the horizon, so you curiously walked to the top of the hill and through a valley, until you stopped on a ledge overlooking a small Village.

The Village was surrounded by tall trees and bushes, you saw many houses along with a church and other buildings, the Spring Time brought out many colourful flowers and some interesting birds and animals, you could also see people were working and living their lives in the village below.

But what caught your eye, was the large Gothic Castle that stood proud and strong over the Village, you gasped at how wonderful the sight looked, you smiled and took out your camera again, taking another picture of the scenery including the Castle, but oddly enough you found the sight familiar... then your head suddenly hurt again and you saw a flash of images, of the Castle and the Village.

"Ugh... what is this? Maybe I can ask some of the people in the Village about that Castle?" you said to yourself, feeling your curiosity spike as you then started to make your way down toward the Village, planning to see why this Castle you'd never seen before seemed so familiar to you.

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"Maybe this was a bad idea..." you groaned in annoyance, you were walking along trying to ignore the looks you were getting from the Villagers, almost everyone looked at you with suspicion and distrust, apparently the people of this Village were very untrusting to visitors and outsiders.

You had also tried asking about the Castle and got looks of fear, before they would quickly send you away, you were now standing close to a statue of a Female Warrior in the center of town, annoyed that you were just getting stonewalled by everyone, until a horse and carriage unexpectedly stopped in front of you.

Then the doors of the Carriage opened and you saw a very large, fat man sort of roll to the edge of the carriage, his big belly exposed from under his shirt, he groaned as he adjusted himself to be comfortable and then looked at you..

"Ah, you must be the Outsider who is asking about the Castle?" the man said in a jolly voice, as he gave you a smile.

"Y-Yes, that's me" you replied in an unsure voice, surprised that a complete stranger had found out about you and what you were doing so fast.

"Well, as it so happens, I was going to the Castle for business talks with the owner of that Castle, I would be willing to allow you to ride along with me in my Carriage" the man said to you, as he rubbed his meaty hands together, you were a bit wary about accepting the offer from the stranger.

"Um... I don't know about that, it's usually not a good idea to get into a stranger's vehicle, that's a quick way to get kidnapped" you said sounding unsure, and getting a jolly chuckle from the overweight man.

"Apologies, allow me to introduce myself, call me the Duke, I'm but a humble Merchant who has been plying my trade for this Village over the years, I am merely offering you a ride to the Castle" the overweight man that you now knew as the Duke said to you in a friendly voice.

"And, what would you hope to gain from this? I know people don't do things out of the kindness of their heart?" you asked suspiciously, worried that he might try asking you for "services" in exchange for a lift.

"I would like to ask for your patronage, to perhaps peruse and purchase my wares if needed, weapons, ammunition, healing salves, anything you might need, I can provide" the Duke said to you, you thought about it for a little bit before you made your decision.

"Okay then, I'll accept your offer for a ride, and I'll buy stuff from you once I get the money for it" you said to him with a smile, glad to meet someone in this Village that was willing to help you.

"Excellent, please climb into the back and we'll get underway" Duke said to you, as a door opened on the side of the Carriage, allowing you to climb inside and sit on one of the seats in the back of Carriage before you felt the Carriage jolt and start moving.

"Hey Duke, could you tell me a bit about this place? Anything I need to be careful of, or why the people in the village were so unfriendly?" you asked him as the Carriage moved, you heard Duke laugh before he began to tell you about the Village.

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A little later and a good conversation later, the Carriage stopped moving.

"We have arrived, all you have to do is walk into the Castle" Duke said to you, as you stood up and went to open the door.

"Miss (L/N)? I would advise you to be careful in there, and be ready" Duke told you, sounding as care-free and jolly as ever.

"O-Okay, are you going in as well?" you asked him, looking up and seeing the back of his head through some of his cargo.

"In a little while, for now, you go on ahead and find your answers in that Castle" Duke said to you, with a knowing smile on his face that you couldn't see.

"I will, thanks for the ride, Duke" you said in a friendly voice, before you opened the door of the Carriage and stepped out into the Spring air, you then looked up and saw the Castle you saw from a distance right in front of you, in all it's glory.

"Woah..." you gasped as you craned your head to look upward, your mouth open in awe at how amazing the Castle looked, it was kind of like how you imagined Dracula's Castle would look, if he existed, when you suddenly felt your head hurt a little bit and you got an odd feeling in your heart, like... you'd come home.

(Why does it feel like I've been here before? I've never left my home before...) you thought to yourself as you walked towards the doors to the Castle, you swallowed nervously and then knocked on the doors.

"Hello? Is there anybody home?" you called out loudly, before you took a step back and waited for a response, then... the doors seemed to open all by themselves.

You cautiously walked inside of the Castle, and found yourself in the Entrance Hall of the Castle, and slowly made your way up the steps, where you saw two doorways to either side of you and also, a portrait of three beautiful girls.

"Three Daughters, Bela, Cassandra and Daniela... they look kind of cute" you said quietly as you looked at the painting, before you heard the sound of sinister giggling and saw flies starting to swarm around you unnaturally...

"Fresh prey has entered our home~" came an unfamiliar voice, making you gasp in surprise and clutch your Shotgun tightly, as you searched around the room for the source of the voice, when you heard a buzzing sound and saw three clouds of Flies buzz onto the room.

"Wh-What the hell?!" you said in shock as you saw the clouds of Flies come together and turn into three girls!

All three girls were wearing long black, long sleeved dresses with black gloves, hoods covering their heads, and black veils that trailed behind them as they moved, you could see their faces, all three girls had pale faces with red stained mouths and with black lipstick over their lips, one had Blonde hair, another had Brown hair, and the third girl had Red hair.

Suddenly the brown haired girl appeared behind you, grabbing you and holding a sickle to your throat!

"Oh, you may not be a man, but I bet your blood will taste...!" the girl said sadistically, making you tremble and tear up, before the girl's sadistic taunt was cut off mid-sentence, dropping her sickle too.

"Sister, why are you...?" asked the red haired girl, as she stepped closer only to stop and look at you wide-eyes, looking shell shocked.

"N-No way... she looks just like her...how?" asked the blonde who also looked very shocked at you for some reason, when suddenly the brown haired girl appeared in front of you.

"Is this some kind of trick?!" the girl demanded as she held you firmly by the chin, making you look at her face, which showed madness within!

"I-I don't know what your talking about!" you exclaimed fearfully, terrified of the three girls, especially since they could somehow turn into swarms of Bugs!

"What should we do with her?" asked the girl with the red hair, as she looked between her sisters and you, as you were still pinned by the brown haired girl.

"What else? We take her to Mother of course!" said the blonde haired girl, sounding like she was the more reasonable of the three girls, thought you could still see the blood thirst in her eyes and body language.

"Yes, she will want to see this for herself, come!" the brown haired girl said as she gave you a hard shove, making you fall to the ground on your back with an "oof", when the girl suddenly grabbed your ankle and started pulling you!

"Woah!" you yelped in shock as you were suddenly being dragged along the floor by your leg, quickly travelling down a hallway and then through a door and into a very plush looking room, the Main Hall of the Castle, but then your unexpected drag was stopped when the other two girls stopped in front of the brown-haired girl.

"Be careful, sister! We can't be too rough with this one!" the blonde haired one said to her sister as she motioned to the steps, you were thankful you weren't dragged down them, she then walked around and stopped as she stood next to you.

"Come, stand up, and come with us" she said to you as she offered you her gloved hand, you were hesitant to take it but decided not to test their patience, you took her hand and with surprising strength pulled you up off the floor effortlessly.

"No running away now~" the brown haired girl said as she and the red head grabbed your arms, and suddenly the three started to speed the rest of the way to where they were going, holding you up by your arms with your feet not even touching the floor!

(Oh, what did I get myself into?) you thought to yourself as you were carried through another hallway, you could hear the sound of Flies buzzing as the insects seemed to come out of the girls as they sped along, until you reached what looked like a sitting room and you were sat down on a sofa, with the three girls standing in front of you.

"I shall go and fetch mother, you, stay here, Sisters, keep our guest company" the blonde girl said, as her red haired sister sat down next to you on the sofa, and the one with brown hair walked around the sofa and stood behind you, placing a hand on your shoulder.

"O-Okay..." you said quietly, you then heard a buzzing sound and saw the blonde dissolve into a swarm of Flies and vanish, leaving you alone with her sisters.

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Bela's swarm of Flies soon reformed outside of her Mother's Chambers, she had to take an alternate route to avoid walking through the Courtyard, since she didn't want to be caught in the cold and become weak, she knew just how dangerous it was to go outside in the cold...

Bela looked down in thought, before she regained her composure and knocked on the door to her Mother's chambers.

"Enter" she heard her Mother call out, before she opened the door and walked into her Mother's Private Chambers.

This was the Matriarch of the Dimitrescu House, a woman who had lived for more than a Century, and also a Vinter who makes her special Sanguis Virginis Wine, this was Lady Alcina Dimitrescu.

"Mother, we have brought a guest, they are in the foyer, close to the downstairs bedroom" Bela said to her Mother, who was sat at her Vanity checking herself in the mirror as a glass of her favourite Wine sat close by.

"A guest? I have not invited anyone new to our home... get rid of them" the taller woman said dismissively as she finished putting her long black hair into a comfortable style, so she could still wear her favourite hat, she also wore a long white dress with a black flower on her left side, the dress was custom made to fit her very tall figure.

"Mother... you may wish to see this guest, it's important" Bela insisted, knowing that her Mother would regret it if she didn't at least come and see this girl they found, Lady Dimitrescu turned and looked at her oldest daughter with a raised brow.

She noticed how Bela was acting, curiosity shone in her Honey-gold eyes wondering what could get her oldest daughter to be so insistent on her meeting them, then her mind went to the possibility of it being one of her fellow Lords, or perhaps an agent of Mother Miranda's, the only way to know for sure was to go and see for herself.

"Very well, Bela, show me to this guest..." Lady Dimitrescu said as she stood up from her Vanity, placing her hat on her head and walking out of her Chambers, ducking through the doorway and starting to walk towards the room where her new guest was waiting to meet her.

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You were sat in silence with the other two girls, you felt awkward and scared, you'd seen these girls turn into a swarm of Flies, something you knew for a fact normal people couldn't do, your mind raced with thoughts and ideas, trying to explain what was happening with these girls, and what about their Mother?

You flinched slightly when you heard the girl with dark brown hair giggling, her hand gripping your shoulders before you heard her smell your hair and then let out a breathy sigh, you then glanced over to the red head and saw her staring at your face intently, a glint of hunger in her yellow eyes, the silence was getting far too uncomfortable for you, you decided to be brave and try asking them some questions.

"So... is it just you three and your mother that live here?" you asked nervously, as you turned to look at the red head who was sitting on the sofa beside you, staring at your face intently before your question broke her out of her thoughts.

"Not always, we usually have staff on call, though... we tend to hire new staff quite a lot" the red-ette said, with a giggle at the end that gave you a shiver down your spine.

"Yes, the staff usually keep making mistakes, so we go through them quite quickly~" said the brunette, as she gave your shoulder a squeeze, her nails digging into your skin slightly as she let out a giggle, holding her sickle in her hand and admiring the polish on the blade.

That was when the blonde haired girl returned to the room, opening the doors and walking inside before a very tall figure ducked through the doorway, being careful and graceful as she did this before she stood up to her full height.

"Now then, what's so important about this guest...?" you heard a very refined voice ask behind you, the two girls that were with you stepped away and you curiously turned your head, only for your jaw to drop at the sight before you.

(Oh wow, she's tall!) you thought as you looked this woman up and down she was very tall, and very voluptuous! The white dress she was wearing suited her well, her honey-gold eyes and ruby-red lips standing out against her pale complexion, suddenly you had another headache and some images flashed through your mind too fast for you to recall them properly.

"Stand up, let me see you properly!" came the voice of the woman who had just walked into the room, snapping you out of your thoughts, you stood up as asked and looked at the woman, seeing surprise and shock written across her features.

"This is... this isn't possible! How can this be?" the woman said as she quickly walked towards you, going around the side of the sofa as you flinched and looked down, trembling fearfully as your mind flashed back to the treatment from your own mother.

"Mother! Careful..."

"Don't hurt her, Mother!"

"Please, Mother!"

You heard the three girls say to her as you heard them hurry to their mother's sides, you were trembling and bracing yourself to get slapped, or have insults hurled at you, but then you felt fingers under your chin that slowly raised your face upward, you hesitantly opened your eyes, and saw the woman looking at you with sympathy and regret.

"I... I apologise for that, I'm afraid that I allowed my emotions to get the better of me" she said softly, as she took a handkerchief and carefully wiped your cheeks, it seems you'd shed tears without knowing, you just stayed still and let her as you tried to calm yourself down.

"Would you tell me your name, dear?" the woman asked you gently, with her daughters stood around her and looking at you carefully, like they were looking at a skittish creature like a Rabbit or a Deer.

"I-I'm (Y/N), (Y/N) (L/N), ma'am" you replied, doing your best to not set the woman off, and be respectful, you could feel that she was dangerous, even if she was beautiful.

"(Y/N)... what a lovely name, I am Lady Alcina Dimitrescu, and these are my Daughters, Bela, Cassandra and Daniela" the tall woman you now knew as Lady Alcina Dimitrescu said to you, as she also introduced you to her three daughters who giggled and waved at you, seeming very friendly now.

You gave them a tentative smile and waved back at them before you turned your attention back to Lady Dimitrescu, you saw her looking at you intently, and you felt something strange as you looked back at her, a sense of familiarity?

(Why do I feel like I recognise her from somewhere? I'm certain I would remember ever meeting a ten foot tall woman before...) you thought to yourself in confusion, you then heard Alcina laugh, making you blush slightly.

"My dear, is there something on my face or do you see something you like?" Alcina asked as she knelt down to look you in the face, allowing you to see more of her cleavage as she lowered herself down, this made you blush and quickly look up to her face.

(Oh no! No, (Y/N), no perving on the tall, beautiful lady!) you shouted to yourself in your head as you maintained eye contact with the woman, you saw her smile and giggle before she stood back up to her full height.

"I have decided that you shall stay here as a guest in my Castle, I insist that we show you the hospitality of the Dimitrescu Family" Lady Dimitrescu said to you, you looked at her surprised, you couldn't believe a woman who was of such high status, or with as much money as her would just allow a complete stranger to stay in her Castle!

"R-Really? You mean it?" you asked her tentatively, your trust issues showing through as you looked at the taller woman.

"Yes, of course I mean it dear, daughters... see to our guest, make sure she is comfortable, I... have to make a call to Mother Miranda" Lady Dimitrescu said, smiling at you in an odd way, like it was partly caring and partly predatory.

"Yes, Mother" the three girls said as they bowed to their mother and walked towards you, smiling at you as they approached.

"Come with us, (Y/N)! We'll give you the tour!" Bela said with a giggle, before she suddenly started to speed along, with Flies buzzing out of her in her wake as she held your arm.

"Woah, wait I'm not that fast!" you yelped as you tried your best to keep up with the overeager girl, before you saw Cassandra grab your other arm and lift you off the ground, with Daniela following behind you, all three girls laughing and giggling as they started to bring you to the various rooms in the Castle, planning to show you everything.

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Lady Dimitrescu watched her daughters carry you away, she smiled a little but then it dropped, replaced with confusion and sadness, her mind was in a kind of turmoil that she hadn't felt for decades, not since a few years after she came to this Village and claimed her family's Castle.

Not since before she was taken by Mother Miranda and was changed into the Creature she was now, and joined the cult in worship to the Black God...

Lady Dimitrescu sighed as she looked down at her hands, thinking about the past and memories that she held close to her heart, smiling to herself as those memories played through her mind, she then regained her noble composure and made her way back to her Private Chambers, hearing her daughters laughing and talking with you as they walked and sped up the steps to the second floor with you trying your best to keep up.

"It's been so long since they laughed for something that didn't involve tormenting the staff..." Lady Dimitrescu murmured to herself quietly, as she ducked through the doorway and walked out to the Courtyard, she crossed the cold Courtyard and went up to her Private Chambers, she then sat at her vanity, looking herself in the mirror, before she picked up her old rotary phone, and made a call.

"Mother Miranda, I need your wisdom on a... personal matter" Lady Dimirescu said over the phone, hoping to get some advice from the woman who she saw as a Prophet.