The castles twisted spires pierced the skies like jagged teeth, casting long shadows along the mountain's haunted trees. The air was heavy with the stench of blood and decay, and the silence was oppressive, punctuated only by the occasional distant scream.
Gargoyles perched atop the battlements, their stone eyes glowing with an otherwordly energy. Ravens flitted about, their black silhouettes stark against the fading light. The wind whispered secrets in the darkness and the trees creaked and groaned like living things.
Within the castle's dark halls, a figure emerged from the shadows. He was a man with piercing crimson eyes and razor sharp fangs, his long dark hair billowing behind him like a dark cloud. His red and black coat which was similar to a trench coat seemed to absorb the faint torchlight making him almost invisible in the shadows.
By his side was an elf maiden, her bright golden eyes shining like miniature suns. She wore a crisp, navy-blue buisness suit. Her short blonde hair was neatly styled, and a pair of glasses perched on the end of her nose. A slim, black briefcase hung from her shoulders, and a small, silver name tag which read "tanya assistant of count dracula" .
As they walked the vampire's eyes seemed to gleam with an inner fire, and his fangs appeared to be sharpening in anticipation. Tanya, on the other hand, seemed calm and collected, her eyes fixed intently on some point ahead.
"Count dracula i would advise that you should calm down and wait for the lord to arrive" said tanya, her voice laced with a hint of concern.
Tanya's words however had no effect on the count, "Tanya please i didn't ask for your petty advise, so shut up" he snapped, his patience wearing thin. "I can't wait for the lord to arrive when I might miss something crucial. What if belita makes a mistake and destroys the entire operation?" He paused his crimson eyes narrowing "you know she's clumsy."
Tanya's expression remained serene, but a hint of amusement danced in her golden eyes "Count belita may be a cluts but in the area of her work no one can match her expertise " Tanya reiterated as they approached a massive, red and dusty door .
"Belita I'm coming in "dracula announced as he pushed open the creaky door. The air was thick with dust, and cobwebs clung to the doorframe.
"Oh brother dracula!" Belita, a short girl with glasses featuring huge circular lenses and a purple short button blouse like a tunic with long gloves almost reaching beyond her elbow, she also had a pair of long, purple boots to cover up for the short blouse but only got to her laps, so she wore a leggings beneath it, her scales glinted in the dim light, peeking from beneath her clothing, stammered, her eyes widening in suprise.
"How's the summoning ritual proceeding?" Dracula inquired, his gaze sweeping the room. "Good evening milord " Tanya said in unison with belita's reply, "It's going... well" Belita stammered, her eyes darting towards the massive, multicoloured orb in the rooms center, suddenly the orb errupted into a frenzy of black sparks.
"Madam, please! We need your immediate assistance!" One of the three mages surrounding the orb yelled, their hand outstretched towards the swirling energies. "The crack we created in that dimension we selected will soon backlash and unleash an explosion that will annihilate us!" another mage warned, his voice laced with desperation.
Immediately belita sprang into action, her hands shooting out towards the orb as she began to recite ancient incantations "Icum rodo acna magna senmi!" Just as she finished speaking, a thunder cloud materialised in the sky, it's dark tendrils twisting towards the castle "dark segna!!" Belita declared, her voice ringing out across the room.
A bolt of thunder struck the castle immediately, blasting the orb and unleashing a catastrophic explosion. The three mages were sent flying across the room, their bodies crashing into the stone walls. The explosion's force should have been lethal yet dracula, tanya and belita remained standing, unfazed. However their respite was short lived.
Suddenly numerous tendrils of red, slimy liquid shot out from within the dust, targeting dracula alone, with a swift, deadly motion, sliced through the liquid tendrils with his hand alone. " Weak " he muttered, his eyes scanning the dusty surrounding, as the dust settled a figure emerged from the haze. Belita's eyes widened in suprise, while Tanya's expression remained neutral. Dracula's gaze narrowed, his interest piqued.
A wide, eerie smile spread across dracula's face, making him appear like a malevolent demon. In a swift burst of speed, too swift for the human eye, he launched himself at the figure, delivering a powerful back kick, aimed at the boy's neck. The boy however proved surprisingly resilient, He blocked the kick with his hand, but the force of the impact sent him stumbling backward, out of the dusty haze.
As the dust settled the boy's figure became clear, He appeared to be a boy arround his 20's, with an appearance unlike their own. Red eyes gleamed from beneath his black and red headphones, which seemed to be pulsing with a faint ominous glow, His black, long hair which was tied with a handband framed his pale face, accentuating the dark circles beneath his eyes. He wore a black and red hoodie, black skinny jeans, and black boots adorned with a red sow emblem. The overall effect was one of dark, foreboding style, as if he'd step out of a nightmare.
Dracula's smile grew wider, his eyes gleaming with curiosity, " Ah, a young one " He purred his voice dripping with malevolent intent, " How....intriguing ". The air was heavy with tension, but as Dracula spoke, the intense air dissipated, replaced by an eerie sense of calm." You must be the one we summoned " Dracula said, with a hint of disinterent, "Belita take care of him, also after now take him to the demon infirmary, he'll need it " .
Belita nodded her expression serene, " As you wish ", as they departed Dracula's gaze lingered on the boy, his eyes narrowed and for an instant, a flicker of killing intent danced in their depths, but moments passed and dracula's expression returned to it's usual, enigmatic calm. "I'll be going now" Dracula said as he exited the room, "please, excuse us " Tanya added, bowing before following after dracula, "Uh sorry but I'm not following you, that guy almost killed me, also what do i need the infirmary for?" The boy said, as his hand sunddenly tore off, "What the fu-" he said in suprise as he fainted.
Sometime later, the boy woke up to find a dead man's head, with blood coming out from both his eyes, nose and ears, hovering before him." Woah, is that you brother?" He asked with a calm face as he sat up from the bed he was lying on, "Manta stop messing with him "Belita yelled, kicking the person who was holding it, at his balls, the impact was so strong it made him fall to the ground, the dead man's facemelted off revealing a different face, he clenched it as he rolled around on the floor, "C'mon.....big....sis, i....was j-just playing... with him" the man stammered, he had coiled, white hair and wore a black and red short-sleeved shirt, with long gloves and wore black trousers and sneakers. "There was no need to go that far, besides, i'm just having some fun with our neemw guinea pig" He said, as he struggled to stand up, "Don't make me kick you again, i would target a different place but I'm too short" Belita said, adjusting her glasses, "F-Fine but can't we just eat him " manta said, his voice laced with hunger.
Immediately, the boy jumped down from the bed, " what you wanna go?, okay i feel ya, let's do this man to man! "Manta exclaimed as he suddenly got slapped to the ground " I didn't teach my brother that kind of behaviour, "since you looked like my brother who had died, it seems, maybe he had reincarnated into this world, i will insti and forge you into the brother i wished force, if i have to use force " the boy said, standing over manta, as he rose his hand for another strike, "P-Please wait " Manta stammered he recieved a barrage of slaps.
Minutes later, manta was found on the ground, his face already swollen. Note: Belita and the boy had already left the room.
"Oh, by the way what's your name?" Belita asked, looking at the boy with curiosity. As the sun rose, casting a warm glow over the landscape "Yuichi..Makoto yuichi.. that's my name", Belita's gaze intensified, her eyes locking unto yuichi's face with an unnerving scrutiny. The morning light danced across her features, illuminating the subtle scales on her skin and the sharp lines of her facial structure.
The gentle breeze rustled Yuichi's hair, sweeping it back to reveal his chiseled features, his beauty was striking, with piercing eyes, and full lips that seemed to curve into a perpetual and enigmatic smile, Belita's eyes narrowed, her pupils consticting as she drank in the sight of Yuichi's face. Her expression was inscrutable, which left Yuichi feeling uneasy.