[Dracula POV]

Transylvania, a land that I protected, and ruled over. Once, I was known as Vlad the Impaler. A certain credibility comes with your name, mine was impaling my enemies, once they were defeated. It sent a message to outsiders, who would dare to invade my kingdom. Every war, every battle, I fought to protect my homeland, and after every battle that was won, I would impale the remaining survivors.

For a long time, I sat on the throne as a Warlord. Drowing myself in the blood of my enemies, all to build a foundation of a new Transylvania, but as it turns out, I only knew so much about this land, and the creatures it holds. I have experienced this phenomena, when I was suffering from my own mortality. I was afraid to die, when I should have just accepted my fate, and passed on into the next life. I wandered into the forest, among getting there, I was drawn to this strong, but demonic force of nature. I have never felt power like this in all of my years.

I stumbled upon a cave, full of desaturated darkness and dread, I then hear a voice in the distance call out to me, it seethed with a sinister and insidious arua. As I got deeper and deeper into the cave, I could feel the temperature shift from hot to cold. My body already started to tremble, not at the cold air, but the dark aura that surrounds this cave.

I walk towards a demonic like figure, who has the face of a decaying creature. He looks at me, as if he was trying to peirce into my soul.

"Are you the one called Vlad The Impaler?" The Creature asks me, finally breaking the silence.

"Yes... Who are you?" I ask, my body trembling still.

"I am, Icarus." The Creature then extends his hand out to me.

"Kneel." I do so not out of fear, but out of astonishment. His power, was something I could not fathom.

"Why have you come here?" The Creature asks me.

"I do not know, what it was that drawed me to this place." I replied.

"Your corruption lead you to this cave, where the thousands of souls you killed, haunt these very grounds." Says The Creature.

"Souls? What do you mean?" I ask.

"This land, it is filled with magic, magic that has been around for centuries." I look to my left, and I see a chalice of some kind.

"That chalice, is filled with the blood of the demon, the blood of the devil." Says The Creature.

"You said I was corrupted, but I killed in the name of protecting this land." I say.

"Yes, you have... but in that process, you tainted your soul, and now you are on the verge of dying." The Creature says to me.

"I will do whatever it takes, to protect my people." I say, still trembling, this time from my aging body.

"Well then, you seem fit to hold this power. A man who is willing to become a monster, to save his people, speaks volumes about the desperation of ones self." Says The Creature.

"The feeling I have, is not desperation..." I say bluntly.

The Creature then asks me, "If not desperation, then what is it?"

I then weakly reply, "It is a realization... That I need the power of a monster, to protect my people."

"Well in that case..." The Creature, known as Icarus, offers me the chalice full of demonic blood. I feel it's dark energy reverberating from the cold decaying metal.

"...Drink, and become the monster you want to be, a monster that will instill just as much fear, as you impaling your enemies." Icarus says. I take the chalice, and I drink the blood. I suddenly begin to feel a cold rush of air, go through my body.

"What is this sensation?" I painfully ask Icarus.

"The thing your enemies felt... death." Icarus replies, in a calm manner. "

What have you done to me?!" I ask, while writhing in pain.

"Nothing, you have done this to yourself." Says Icarus. I collapse to the floor, feeling my heartbeat stop. I then let out an agonizing scream, as I fall dead to the floor.

One hour later, I wake up and I see myself reverted to my youth. I then feel my senses heightened and my strength amplify. I then emerge from the cave, and I see a Transylvanian woman, running in fear from something.

"Help me! Please help me!" Says The Woman.

"What is it? What troubles you?" I ask her.

"There's a man... He's after me!" Says the woman. Moments later, a man appears before us.

"There you are, we didn't get to finish our little talk." He says.

"Leave this woman be, that is your only warning!" I say to him.

The man punches me, but I do not feel the effects. I then block his next attempt at a punch, and I begin to instinctively bite his neck. As he screams in pain, I feel his blood transfer into me, strengthening me. He then falls dead to the ground, while I stand there horrified of what I have just done.

I run off, before the woman has a chance to say something. While I am running deeper into the forest, Icarus stops me.

"How did it feel, to drink the blood of that man?" Icarus asks me, while fondling a crow.

"What has happened to me? Why did I just kill that man without consciously knowing it?" I ask hysterically.

"When you drank the Demon's blood, you became a remnant of Satan himself, a demon that only exists in legend, a Vampire." Says Icarus.

"But, I thought that legend was just that, a myth!" I say.

"You now have the power to save your people, but you may just be the downfall of this land. Remember, as a Vampire, you will be compelled to drink the blood of your enemies, it will give you unimaginable strength and power." Says Icarus.

"What must I do now?" I ask.

"Return to your people, protect your land."  Icarus bids me farewell.

One year later, I led my new army into many battles, we decimated armies that dared to stand against us. After we defeated them, we would impale and drink their fresh blood, increasing our power. No one dared to challenge us, we had instilled fear in the hearts of our enimies... and our own people as well. I try to refrain from feeding on my own people, but I always give in to my urges.

I resorted to drinking strictly animal blood, to stave off my craving for human blood, but that was a temporary solution. I heard from Icarus, that the blood of a Witch, will staunch my hunger for human blood altogether, rendering my thirst for blood dissipated. My Lieutenants search far and wide, across Transylvania for this Witch. They then found her, and she was brought to me. She was beautiful as the sun, and as silent as the atmospheric night. Her name was Tara.

Over time, we grew to love each other, and in time, we were married. Icarus also told me, that a Vampire taking the path of love is a risk, because it always ends in tragedy. I was cautious around my wife, for the simple fact that I did not want to hurt her. One night, she was talking to me in our bed.

"Why so distant from me, my love?" Asks Tara.

"My advisor, Icarus told me, that love for a Vampire, always ends in tragedy. That is why I try to distance myself from you, because I do not want to hurt you." I reply, shaking slightly with fear.

"Come here Vlad, come..." Tara softly Says to me.

I then embrace her and she says to me, "I don't care if you are a Vampire or not, you are my husband, and if this ends in tragic manner, then I want to give you a memory that you can hold on to, even in your darkest of nights." She holds my hand, gently.

"I became this, monster, to protect my people, not to harm them, for years I tried to find a way to stop my thirst, and when I found you, I couldn't bring myself to drink your blood." I say.

"I know how you feel, you do not want to possibly kill me, or worse turn me. But Vlad, I love you." She says.

"As I love you." I say.

She then passionately kisses me, and we begin to share a moment of happiness together. I never felt such passion with another woman, her love for me is like a fire, burning under the moon. As we made love to one another, Tara uses her fingernail, to gently slice her throat.

"I want to save you, just as much as I want to love you. Take my blood." I slowly bite her with my fangs, but I do it gently, so she will not feel extreme pain. She holds me as I drink and I feel a rush of energy flow through my body. The next morning, I wake up, not feeling the thirst for blood and I don't feel harmed by the sun.

"If you are a Vampire, shouldn't you be vulnerable to sunlight?" Tara asks, laying next to me, with a smile.

"I used to be... how is that possible?" I ask her.

"When you drank my blood, not only did you stop your thirst, but you are also immune to sunlight." Says Tara. I can also feel my heartbeat again.

"This is amazing, I can now make this land safe again!" I say with joy.

I worked, to repair the damage I have caused, to the many families, of villagers that I have killed. I chose to rename myself Count Dracula, after I had abandoned my life as Vlad the Impaler. Tara was also with child, my heir. But the day that my son was born, was when my knights decided to rise against me. They were tired of sharing this land with mortals, and drinking animal blood to survive.

"Hello my lord." Says my commanding officer, Maric.

"What are you doing Maric, this is madness!" I say to him.

"Have you forgotten who we are? We are the creatures of the night, we should not have to share this world with our cattle!" Maric Says.

"No, I have not forgotten the armies we defeated, the kingdoms we've conquered, I remember it all! But you must understand why I did what I did." I say.

"Oh I understand, you wanted to save your precious people, forcing us to treat them as equals... no." Says Maric.

"Don't do this Maric, if you do, I will put you down!" I say.

"You made us into monsters, now it is time I repay you for that." Says Maric. Meanwhile, Tara is giving birth to my son, a boy child, a hybrid between human and Vampire.

"Congratulations my countess, your son is born." Says Icarus, who helps deliver the baby.

"Where's Dracula?" Tara asks him.

"In the throne room." Icarus says. I engage in an intense swordfight against Maric, Maric is a good Swordsman, but not as good as me. I easily parry his attempts to slash at me, Maric lacks discipline. I quickly disarm him of his weapon, and I began to punch him over and over until he Yields.

"Maric, stop this! I do not want to fight you!" I say. Maric smirks, and he signals for one of is officers to stab me in the back. The sword goes through my chest, but it misses my heart.

"How the mighty have fallen, a former king, who has lost his former glory." The fooI. chuckle at him, while blood spews from my mouth.

"I have not lost all of my glory..." I say, leaving Maric confused.

"What are you talking about?" He asks.

"I had a child Maric, a boy child, a hybrid between human and Vampire, and he will be the bridge, between the two species." I say proudly.

"Find the boy, and bring it to me!" Maric says.

"Your son will learn the truth about himself." Says Maric.

"Yes, but not from you... I already instructed Icarus to take him far away from here, you will never find him." I say to him, laughing in his face. Maric gets enraged, and he uppercuts me into my throne chair.

"Die with your country!" He says, before leaving. The Knights set the castle ablaze, with me inside it. I then wake up, and I feel myself running out of Oxygen, odd that I forgot what it was like to die, even with my strength. I break open a window, and I jump out to the forest area.

[Maric POV]

I walk over to the door, and I see Tara standing in my way.

"Where did you send your son?" I ask her.

"You will not go near him!" She says, charging at me with a sword. I block her every attack, and I stab her in the gut.

"Your son, I will find him, and I will kill him!" I say to her, as she dies. I watch, as Transylvania burns to the ground, as my fellow knights feed on the innocent, I realized that I am now the monster, that Vlad once was. This world, it is mine for the taking, and there will be no one to stop me. A new age has begun...

[Dracula POV]

As I run through the forest, I finally meet up with Icarus, at the Rendezvous point, in the cave.

"Where is Tara?" I ask Icarus.

"She sacrificed herself to make sure the child escapes." Says Icarus.

"I will see her again, we Transylvanian's believe that there is brighter side of death."  A small tear flows down my face as I say those words.

"What do we do with your son?" Icarus asks me.

"We put him to sleep, and we seal him away." I suggest.

"I know of three people who can do that." Says Icarus.

"Good, I must go into sleep, I am weakened greatly." I say to him.

"Very well." Says Icarus.

"Your son... what is his name?" Icarus asks me, as he walks away.

"Alucard..." I say. Icarus walks away, and I go down into a blood pool, to put myself in stasis, waiting for the day my son awakens.

[Icarus POV]

I take the boy to three powerful witches in a graveyard, their names were Arka, Majara, and Siedaa. They are part of a group known as the hidden, powerful witches that are masters of the dark arts. They agreed to seal the boy in a stone coffin, he will be kept safe from others, until he is awakened. As I walk out from the tomb, I was approached by one of Maric's men.

"Do not worry, I am on your side." Says Drauhl.

"Who sent you?" I ask.

"The Countess, just moments before she died." Drauhl Says.

"We must make haste, go into hiding!" Says Drauhl.

"Agreed." We escaped deep into the woods, away from Maric's forces. And for over two thousand years, Vampires remained in secret from mankind, until the not too distant future, where the earth has evolved, and mankind flourished, not knowing of the danger, that they now face.

My son... this world needs you now.

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