Castlevania : What is to come


    Prologue :


    When the heavens did not exist the earth was a massive ball of darkness. 
In  the darkness roamed Demons. When god made the  light the demons scattered 
into the darkness of the netherworld. Where they have remained  , until now.


    In 1476 prince Vlad Dracula died on the battlefield. In 1492 he rose from 
the grave as a demon.Some say that when he was in hell he made a deal with 
the devil .To let him return to earth with vast powers . For this gift he was 
to return earth to it's state of darkness so that the demons can once again 
arise to rule this planet. So far every hundred years that Dracula has arisen 
the Belmont family have stopped his evil agenda.

 
    The nights have become darker and longer since I was a child. Eversince 
the millennium the world has become a darker and more fearful place. 
Technology has become useless and are world has been thrown back into a 
literal Dark Age. 
     It was before the millennium that the demons started to slowly rise. 
They instated themselves in the highest places of the government trying to 
cause war. Which they eventually did. It was during the wintertime in the 
year 2005. Billions of people died, making it easier for the Count to come 
out of hiding and proclaim himself ruler of all the lands. We had no way to 
fight him and his minions of evil so we had to succumb to him. Many people 
became farmers while others slaves for the vampires. The farmers jobs are to 
supply food to the slaves so that the vampires may feed off them for as long 
as possible. 

    I was sitting with my companion Gabe in the local inn. Gabe and me had 
been childhood friends and lived through the wars and from being captured as 
slaves. We have been traveling from province to province. Which are ruled by 
vassals like in the feudal system. We are now in the province that is ruled 
by a cruel and evil demon named Anthony. 

    As we were eating our dinner the door of the inn was thrown open. A man 
stumbled in and through his gasping voice uttered the name "Dracula".
    He then fell to the floor bleeding from wounds that were all too obvious 
now. Many of the towns people hurried to him and laid him on a bench trying 
to hear what he was saying. I hurried next to the man as he grabbed me and 
said " Dracula … he's trying to make the world…"

    " What, what is Dracula trying to do " I said.
    " He's going to make the world … into darkness" replied the dying man.
    " How is he going to do this?" said a villager.
    " By killing the last…Belmont." and with those last words he died. What a 
brave man whom risked his life to spread the word of Draculas plans. 


    Chapter 1

    " I've made up my mind Gabe, I have to stop Dracula before it's too late 
" I said as I wondered around the room, packing and sorting things for my 
trip. I grabbed a sword off the wall, examined it, and slid it in its sheath. 
Guns had become very rare in this time. The vampires had taken away most of 
our weapons in hopes of stopping any kind of rebellion. 
    Gabe just sat in a chair staring outside the window. Looking into the 
darkness. 
He suddenly stood up and said " then I will go with you. I can't let you go 
off all by yourself. Hey it'll be just like the adventures we talked about 
when we were kids."
    I remembered our childhood together. It was a simple and easygoing life. 
We had nothing to fear. Than the wars started and most of my family died. My 
father had gone off to the war. In one of his letters he said" I think that I 
hear a whispering of my name. No one is their, maybe it's death telling me my 
time is near."Sadly to say he died three days later. 
    After my dad died, I was mainly raised by my mom. She worked a lot so I 
didn't see her much. One night after work she had been attacked and killed by 
vampires. If I sound cold hearted, please understand that I had to deal with 
death a lot during my childhood and had somehow gotten used to it.
    After everyone in my family had died and no one could take care of me, my 
friend Gabes parents took me in. Gabe was like my older brother, always 
watching out for me. He protected me all through are lives. 
    Now that I look at him, I know that he has not changed much. He still 
protects me and watches out for me. That's probably the only reason he wants 
to accompany me. He is tall and kinda fat. He hates to fight and is very 
religious and peaceful.

    "Well if you're going to come you better grab some food and a weapon." I 
said as I threw him a pack.

    "Thanks but my staff will serve me a lot better than that sword will " 
.He began packing up food into his pack. A couple of minutes later we set off 
into the darkness as the morning sun slowly rose above the evil. Making it 
feel more peaceful and clean.

     
    We walked well into the night, heading towards the closest town for 
protection and information. We were about a mile away when it started to rain 
and I heard a slight howl.

    "You hear that Gabe? Come on we have to get to Fairfield as fast as 
possible."

    We increased our pace from a jog to a run. The rain tapped against our 
faces and body. The howls were getting closer and closer they came from all 
directions towards us. All of a sudden, I saw a wolf about a five yards in 
front of me. I stopped and Gabe stopped behind me. I looked about and saw one 
wolf to my left and another to my right. I looked towards Gabe quickly and 
than looked back to the wolves. In their places stood the vampires. They were 
looking at us with dead, soulless eyes. The one in front of me licking his 
lips, making it known to me that we were going to be food to these demon.
    I swiftly reached for my sword and sliced at the one to my left. I had 
slashed his chest and he fell back grabbing his wound as black blood came 
seeping from his wound. 
    The other two flew at Gabe and me. Gabe kept one back with his staff. 
While I slashed at the other. They jumped back from our attacks and we 
fending them off. Gabe struck at one to his face and stabbed the sharp end of 
his staff into its heart. It writhed in agony as it felt pain for the first 
time in its undead life. 
    Gabe and me attacked the other one, but as we drew near it. His friend 
that I thought I had killed jumped on my back. He ripped and tore my clothes 
as he tried to bite my neck. I thrust my sword upward and stabbed him in the 
chest. I than through him to the ground as he died. I kneeled their panting 
for breath as Gabe came beside me after killing off the leader of the pack.

    " Come on Cedrick. We have to get our of hear before anymore come" 

    I nodded and we again started running towards the town.