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02/05/10 08:19 PM

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Hayley pulled poor Vlad through the portal and into what she thought was going to be a nice, tranquil garden. Instead, the ground was covered in snow, and Hayley started to shiver as she saw the icicles hanging from the trees. She saw a patch of ice at her feet and gasped as she saw her reflection. "Is this really me, or is this another trick of my fathers? Or did I screw up that spell royally? I am so sorry, Vlad," she said as she turned to her new friend and gasped again as she realized he, too, was not the same. "Are you an angel?" she asked softly as she felt her hand start to move to his cheek. "You look like one to me."

As she stood there, Hayley started to feel flush as she realized her heart was racing and her mind was as well. She was trying to piece everything together but soon found herself a bit light headed. As she spun around, Hayley finally realized where they were. "Please, open the book," she said as she handed it to Vlad. "And look up there," she said as she pointed to a mountain n the distance. "I think my heart went where it wanted to go. Home. I thought of my personal residence that so very far away from Tara Mount, but my heart brought me here. Is that...is that the castle? The one you mentioned?"

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02/05/10 09:42 PM
Vlad didnt need to open the book, he already knew. As the snow calmly fell around them, he hadnt felt this sort of tranquility for ages. It was not long ago that this all was just a memory to him, images of how things once were, but now this fairytale seemed to turn into a reality once again.

He softly took Hayley's hand. "Indeed it is, and this what you see, is how we once were, how we once lived, how we saw eachother." He softly ran his fingers along her cheek. "Upon a time, this was all ours, upon these grounds we dedicated our lives to one another, before all the lies and deceits forced you to take your own life, and left me empty and desolate to live alone for centuries."

Vlad peered deeply into Hayley's eyes. "Since that day, some would say i've become a monster, i've done countless bad things in the centuries that followed, things that would become the inspirations in legends." "I blamed the world for taking you from me, I found temporarily enjoyment in the pain and death of each individual to come before me, feeling as though with each life, was a sense of devotion to our lost love."

Vlad's mind wandered a moment, about the mention of her father's guards before they had stepped through the portal. It was then he knew he had to tell her, this poor woman had been through so much in her life, she lived behind a kingdom of treachery and lies, the kingdom her father built. "My dear Hayley, I feel so much has become yours to bare, so I say with much regret I must tell you this." "Your father, he had always wished for us not to marry, he was filled with disgust over our union, and it was him, that sent false word that I had fallen in the war, it was his lies and deceit that caused you to take your life." Vlad turned to look up into the sky as snow fell upon his face. "He had intended you would grieve but move on and find a new husband, one he saw worthy, but once you took your life, he was angered and ressurrected you with the face and body you had thought of as yours for so long." "He wiped your memory of me, but in the end, you still had me somewhere in your heart."








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02/06/10 02:05 AM

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"My name then...what did you call me?" Hayley asked as she tried to process all Vlad had told her. It did not surprise her that her father would have caused such pain and misery for everyone. The man was cruel and heartless. He cared for no one but himself and loved only power. "That could not have been my name. Was it?"

At that moment, Hayley felt like a huge puzzle had been dropped in her lap. She might have had all the pieces needed to make it into something special, but right now it was a righteous mess.

"How can you look at me this way, Vlad? After all this..." she said as she turned toward the castle once more and saw the river where she had died. "I hurt you. I let my father dupe me and...and..."

Hayley started to shake as she started to cry. "I broke our vows. I mean, at that point I did not know I made them, but I broke them all the same. Not just the damnable leap into the river. Other men..." Her actions haunted her as she stood there looking up into Vlad's eyes. "You must hate me and what I have become."

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02/10/10 07:14 PM
Vlad gently brushed his fingers along her cheek. " I called you Camelia which was your middle name, it means flower in Romanian, for that is what you always are to me, a beautiful blooming flower." Vlad softly kissed Hayley on the forehead. A sign of love and respect.

Vlad then moved a few strands of snow covered hair out of Hayley's face. "You judge yourself too quickly, although the act you took by some could be seen as breaking vows, to me it was a sign that you rather be amongst the spirits with me then alive to be thrust into the arms of another." He knew this was alot for her to digest so quickly, but there was still more to be told, more that may even be more difficult to swallow than the information already given.

" I feel you've been overwhelmed with the words spoken today, but I must still speak more that will likely send you into a plethora of emotions, not one of which will initially be calming to your heart." Vlad took Hayley's hand, hoping his touch may calm her through this revealation. "There is something else your father has stricken from your mind and heart, something so precious and meaningful." "Hayley, we have a child, a son that carries both our names and heritage into this world."

"He has been kept hidden for centuries as your father to this day has hunters trying to track him down and kill the b*stard child as he calls our son." Vlad squeezed Hayley's hand, hoping through the negative emotions likely swarming about her father, she could find courage and strength that the life she once had, was not all forgotten.










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02/10/10 07:39 PM

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"Camelia. That was why...why he pulled all those flowers from the ground and forbid anyone to plant them again," Hayley started to say as she leaned more heavily on Vlad. "He had a gardener at Tara Mount beheaded when he planted them. Please. I do not want to be called Hayley any longer. That is not who I am. I am Camelia. Your Camelia."

Camelia started to cry as she melted into Vlad's arms. She was piecing it all together. Her life flashed before her in a wash of detail she had not seen in ages. Her courtship with Vlad. A tour through the European capitals together. Days walking the woods around the castle. Their wedding day. Their wedding night. The day she told Vlad she was pregnant with their child. The day their son was born. Her family's reaction to all of it. The screaming. The death threats. The Crusades. The note she received about Vlad dying. Her leap from the window.

"If we had a son, why did I leap?" Camelia said as her hands shook. "No parent would leave their child like that! Wait...they told me he had been killed as well. When the messenger brought the note, they brought his toy. It was covered in blood. They said wolves ate him! How did you...how did you find him? Find me?"

As she tried to regain her composure, Camelia felt her body start to throb with energy. Her pain was manifesting itself as dark faeries flying around the couple. She sobbed in Vlad's arms as she tried to get ahold of herself again. "Did you know I had powers when you married me? I'm so confused. I only know that what I feel radiating from you is truth and love. I want to be with you. Always. And I want us to find our son. How did you find me? Vlad, I..." Camelia looked up at Vlad and felt the love in his heart as he gazed into her eyes. She reached up and gently brushed his lips with her fingertips. "When this is...when I am...we are..." she started to stammer as she grabbed the hand where his wedding ring would be, "I want to recite our vows again when the time is right. To start anew. In your arms. Forever. If I am allowed forever. My family has immortals in it, but my father may have cheated me of that as well at the time he resurrected me."

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Vlad softly ran his fingers along Camelia's cheek, wiping away her tears as if they had never fallen from her eyes. "The day I left for war, I took our son so he could learn the ways of being a warrior and a prince." " He was carried in a cart, surrounded by my elite guardsmen, to never come to harm." Vlad entangled his fingers with Camelia's. "By the time I realized it, it was too late." "Admist the battle, i caught a glimpse of these men dressed in red, they seemed to appear out of the mist as if they were ghosts."

Vlad held Camelia close as he continued the story. "They tore through my elite guard as if they were standing still, I feared our son was in danger, that my haste in bringing him would result in his premature death." "But our son, even for so young showed tremendous power, he alone fended off these robed figures in red, then vanished into the mist amongst screams of the dying."

Vlad began to slowly lead Camelia to the castle as he continued. "By the time I made it to the area, the remaining robed figures had taken Viktor's favorite toy which was covered in blood." "And then one attacked me from behind, taking my war helm and leaving me to die amongst the fallen." "He used both those items to convince you we both had fallen in the war."

Vlad's thoughts began to trail off into the so many centuries he waited alone in his castle, hoping someday his dear Camelia would return to him. The constant blood of innocents that poured to try and fill a void that could never be quenched. Vlad then snapped back to the present. "The toy, Viktor's toy, do you still possess it my love?" He was hopeful she did, for what most didnt know and certaintly Ronan had not, was that is was not a mere toy. The sphere held so many secrets and when unlocked, held a dark familiar and the power to unleash its wrath.








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02/15/10 12:11 AM

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Camelia stood quietly as Vlad mentioned the toy. She could see it as plainly as could see the castle before her. She knew its approximate size, its color, its weight in her hand. But for the life of her she could not remember where it was at the time she jumped into the raging river. She could see it on the table next to her husband's helm.

Her husband. The words still seemed so foreign yet so very right. As she stood there with Vlad, Camelia could not help but want to smash her father's face in for all he had done to them. All the time lost. All the pain.

"I'll need your help in piecing this all together, iubito," Camelia said and then stopped. "Beloved. Iubito. Maybe I am remembering this after all," she added with a small smile. "If I can remember that one very important Romanian word, Vlad, we can piece this all together. The men in red were my father's personal guards. One of his lieutenants brought me your helm and Viktor's toy. Drummond. Not the one now. The father. Horrible man. Horrible son."

Camelia and Vlad walked closer to the castle, and she could see the window where she jumped to her death before her father got ahold of her corpse and worked some hideous magicks to bring her back. "There. I leaped from that window. But in the days before I jumped, I would wander the grounds. I remember lugging a box to the cosp of trees where we...where we conceived Viktor," she said as her cheeks turned bright red. "You indulged me that night by going outside to find our joy. Beltane night. The night we made love amongst those trees. I remembered feeling something wash over us. I remembered it the night I buried a box with your helm and Viktor's toy, so I buried them where we conceived our son. I cast a spell on the ground and the box and their contents. They must still be there!"

As she started to put the pieces into place, Camelia broke into a run for the small thicket of trees. A red rose bush stood in a patch of earth near a trio of trees. "The parents and the child. We called them that. And the rose was the symbol of our love," she added as she fell to her knees and started to dig in the dirt with her hands. "Please, let the box still be here!" As Camelia dug, she remembered more and more about the love she and Vlad shared. Her father had always said Vlad was using her. He had said the same about Kari's husband Ryu Harada. She did not want to think about the pain she had brought to the House of Harada in her father's name.

Tears fell down her face as Camelia continued to dig, and soon her hands met the cold metal of the container. "Ouch," she said as she pulled back her hand and saw blood running from a gash in the palm. "Oh well, I needed blood to bind the spell. I need it to break it as well," she said as she started to whisper in Gaelic and Romanian as her spell was lifted. She opened the latch and saw another box inside the first box. When she opened that, the helm was there, and inside the helm nestled in Viktor's baby blanket was his toy. She handed the items to Vlad. "I was careful. This was where I was supposed to be buried. I wanted the only things I had from both of you near me. No one would have understood that but you. Will these help us get to Viktor? Have you seen him? Will he hate me for what I did? If I can see him, I can live with the pain. I just want to know that he is well and safe."

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As Camelia and Vlad stood close to the castle in the thicket of trees, recovering young Viktor's toy, a ball of energy darted around frantically and then stopped next to Vlad. As the energy began to materialize, Vaclav formed. "My Lord, sorry to intrude your personal business and sorry to startle you Dear Hayley, but I felt this info was of most important attention." Vlad nodded his head. " I trust your judgement Vaclav, do tell of this info."

Vaclav bowed his head slightly. " Young Viktor is safe inside the castle, but a huge force is forming on our northern border, Ronan's military might, as well as the Red Guard and scattered forces he most likely forced into his army by threats." Vlad nodded his head, unfortunately he knew it was only a matter of time, but he wished it could be avoided. Vlad turned to Vaclav. " Quickly send word to Asran, have her unite our forces and mobilize them at once." Vaclav nodded. " Yes, My Lord." Vaclav manifested back into an energy ball and was off.

Vlad turned to Camelia. " I'm sorry that this war must come to fruitation, but the minute we left that cafe, I knew this would be the result." Vlad took Camelia's hand. "If you do not wish to participate in the war against your father, i would not blame you." Vlad took a deep breath. " But I must take up arms, to protect our son, to protect our love." "He took you from me once, I cannot sit idle to watch it happen again."

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02/25/10 07:01 PM

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Camelia was startled by Vaclav, but only because she did not fully remember him yet. Not remembering things clearly was driving her crazy, but she held it back because of Vlad and Viktor. "No, not again," she said softly as Vaclav relayed the information regarding her father's army. As Vaclav took his leave, Camelia could feel a knot in her stomach. It was not caused by the thought of fighting her father, however.

"Vlad," Camelia said as she took his hand, "it has always been like this, hasn't it? Always the pain and the sorrow brought to our door by my father. To us and the House of Harada alike. I was brainwashed into taking out the only other force to ever stand up to my father. I killed my own sister in his name. I left her children orphans because my father sent forces to take out their father at the same time."

Camelia could not help but think about the forces he was likely sending. His Red Guard was already a given. Members of his assassin squad led by that freakish woman Driver. Then it dawned on her. Her father might send her own team after her. She might have to kill those she had trusted with her life for so long now.

"It is not my father I am worried about killing," Camelia added as she thought of her team. "He may send my own squad after us, and wjhile many might side with me, likely not all would. I will do what I have to to keep you and our son safe. I am not letting you go into this without me at your side. I've changed, Vlad. I just hope it is not so much that you grow to hate me. For every death you spoke of before that happened to sate your pain, I likely have as many to add to my own ledger. What do you want me to do?"

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Vince teleported to the area, trying to find Princess Hayley. Once he came through, he was rather surprised to where he was. He noticed a woman next to the man everyone was calling Vlad. "Hayley is that you?" Her appearance was way different, but Vince still could see it was Hayley.

"I heard word that Ronan is hunting you down along with your friend there, I tried to gather your team but I couldnt find most of them, except....." Vince trailed off as he remembered what he saw. " I got to the trailer park where the Tremor Brothers live, bu tonce I got inside, there was alot of blood, body parts and organs strewn all over the place." Vince shook his head. "It seems Ronan got to them before I did, I hope the others havent found the same fate."



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Camelia looked at Vince and then to Vlad. Something seemed wrong. Vince's sudden appearance was a bit too well timed for her liking, but Camelia decided to play the hand carefully and not lose her cool. "Count Vlad Tepes, this is Vince, one of the member of my team. Vince, Vlad is my husband. My father played fast and loose with many things, including my life," she said as she moved closer to Vlad. She prayed that he would pick up on her non-verbal cues after all these years. They had to be careful. She knew Vince could have been swayed by her father in any number of ways or brainwashed into doing something he would not normally do. He was the best assassin in WHAM after all. She did not want to out and out accuse the man, but she also was not stupid enough to believe her father was not playing his chess game on many different levels.

"I'm sorry to hear about the Tremors. My father never appreciated them or any members of our team, Vince. Dominic was away on personal business the last I heard, and I know William and Theresa had gone on a mission to find that copy of him in that other world we went to," she said as she looked up at Vlad and smiled. "I will explain all of it later, darling. I promise. And all of my father's insanity to you, Vince. In the mean time, what else have you been able to find out, Vince? We are getting news of troop movements, and we saw the Red Guard before we left the Tara Mount."

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As everyone spoke, a huge army started to arrive as Asran was leading them. The battalions were rather broken and mixed with many different folks. Mostly vampyrs of different levels littered most the ranks, but others such lycans and humans also appeared from time to time. They werent much, but sometimes numbers werent everything.

Asran made her way to Vlad and Camelia. "The forces are ready Lord, morale is decent and loyal." Asran then looked a bit worried. "Not sure if that will hold once they see what is coming." "I sent a messanger to scout out what is leaving from Ireland to make its way here, thousands of troops, spanding all Ronan's ruling kingdoms, even Oni demons from Japan."

Vlad nodded. "I expected such, there will be no glorious outcome for this war, but nontheless, it must be fought." Vlad turned to Vaclav. "It is time for young Viktor to be reunited with his mother, bring him his favorite toy and have Noelle bring him down here." Vaclav nodded as again he was gone in a flash.

Asran nodded to Vlad. "Shall i start marching our forces to meet with Ronan's, with an army that size, neutral ground may play in our favor." Vlad nodded. "See to it that provisions are plentiful, I feel this war may take a great deal of time." Asran nodded as she walked back in front of the army as they began to move.


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03/04/10 06:56 PM

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There were still too many holes in her memory for Camelia's liking. Noelle? The name had no meaning yet, and that bothered Camelia to no end, especially since the woman was with Viktor. She turned to see Asran's army and suddenly realized most of these people would likely die because of her family's stupid insanity.

"At moments like this I wish I had never been born," she said softly as she tried to memorize each face so none would die in vain. "This is all my fault."

As she stood with her back to the others, Camelia started to rub her temples. It was all catching up to her. Was she the woman she was before she met Vlad, the one he loved or the one she had become after her resurrection? Her memories were all turning to mist and shadow as she tried to hold on to something as an anchor. She was starting to feel like a walking nightmare as she looked at her hands and screamed. "Vince! It's that...Roger! It's Roger!" She started to claw at her skin as the black things under her skin moved around her extremities. "Vlad! Help me!" she shouted as she fell to her knees screaming. "My father is trying to kill me again!"

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Noelle could not believe that Vlad had found his beloved after all this time. It had been ages since the terrible day Camelia leaped from the castle to the river below. When her father came to take her body away, Noelle fought with all she had to keep her friend's body where she wanted it to be buried. But Ronan was as evil as her own father was cruel. She fully realized that once Vlad and Viktor returned. After that, Noelle watched as Vlad let his pain carry him away. She had tried to help with Viktor, but she knew that would never fill the holes in their hearts. It was only by some odd cirucmstances--ones Noelle still did not fully understand--that Vlad knew his beloved was to one day be reborn.

"Viktor, your mother may not remember everything from the past yet," Noelle said softly as she, Viktor and Vaclav walked down from the castle. "We will help her as much as we can. Your grandfather is a truly evil man for hurting you and your parents this way," she said as she looked toward Vaclav. As the trio made their way to Vlad and Camelia, they could hear Camelia screaming in the distance. "She," Noelle started to say as she felt the pain wash over her in waves "I think she's badly injured," she said as she gave Vaclav a look that meant she was underplaying things for young Viktor's sake. "Vaclav, go. Viktor and I will follow."

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Vaclav quickly made his way to Vlad and Camelia's side. He could see Vlad holding onto Camelia tight, rocking back and forth as she continued to go into screaming fits about something underneath her skin. As Vaclav watched, he slowly began to sort of what could be happening.

"My Lord, you must trust me, give camelia to me, I may be able to rid her of her illness." Although hesitant at first, Vlad slowly loosened his grip on Camelia. " He is trusted my love, let him heal you of your afflictions." Vlad nodded to Vaclav as Vaclav began to examine Camelia.

Vaclav turned over Camelia's arm as he could see the black blotches moving underneath her skin. It was then he started to get a clearer picture of what was going on. "Parasites my Lord, but not just normal parasites, they are mystic in nature, and the queen lies close to her heart and replicates if the others are extracted or removed." Vaclav removed a book from under his robes and began to flip through the pages. " No doubt they were placed in you during your ressurrection by your father Ronan, they only activate when you start remembering your past life."

Vaclav continued to flip through the book until he got to what he was looking for. " Child this may feel a bit uncomfortable, but once done, you will be free of that which binds you to him." Vaclav took out an ointment and dabbed it onto Camelia's forehead. Then he began to chant. " Gezuin tios russiko gezuin ghaul caline, free this child of her ailments, deliver her from the hands of evil magic." A glow of light began to wash over Camelia as for a time, it felt like her insides were boiling. But after a few minutes, the black things under her skin began to dissolve, until eventually even the queen near her heart screamed as it dissolved into nothingness.

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"Thank you, Vaclav," Camelia said as she stayed on her knees for a moment. "Vince has seen me under the control of that thing before. One was removed from me during a mission. Vince was piloting during that nightmare, and I surely would not be here if not for his steady hand. When it was removed, my operative William Frost kept it in a glass jar and named it Roger. Hence the odd things I was screaming, beloved," she added as she turned back to Vlad.

As Vlad helped her to her feet, Camelia thought about all her father had done, and it made her angrier than ever, but she tamped it down for Viktor's sake. She smiled as she saw her son and the woman she believed must be Noelle coming toward them. "Vlad, I will kill my father for what he has done to all of us. Viktor is almost a man. I missed so much."

Camelia clasped Vlad's hand tightly as she thought about all that she had lost over the years and all that she had regained in a few short hours. "I will be at your side throughout this battle, Vlad. The reign of Ronan the Everlasting must come to a swift end."

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As Noelle and Viktor finally made it to the position Vlad and Camelia were, Viktor smiled, for the first time he had in quite some time. He held in his hand the puzzle ball Camelia had buried to remmeber him by when she had thought he was lost. It glowed in Viktor's hand.

Viktor stopped in front of Camelia. "Mother... I have often dreamed of you....dreamed of you returning to us.... I knew in my heart you would one day return..." Viktor sniffled a little as he shoved the ball into his jacket. He then leapt forward and embraced Camelia, wrapping his arms as much as he could around her. " Thank you for coming back." Viktor looked up at his mom. "Father has educated me on what happened back then, sparing unnecessary details of course." "I hold no blame towards you nor will i ever."

Viktor slowly broke the embrace as he wiped a few tears that found their way down his cheek. He smiled as he looked at his mom. " Noelle has taken great care of me, she has told me so many great things about you." Viktor's toy began to glow even brighter, th elight shining through his pocket. He took it back out as he examiend it and then looked to his father. " Father, why does the toy glow like so?"

Vlad had noticed the toy glow before. It had when the took young Viktor to watch the war just before Ronan's red guard had popped up and attacked. It was then, things started to make sense. "Son, the toy is more than what meets the eye, your mother has great power inside her, she has passed on some of them to you, that toy is the key to activating your powers." Vlad looked over the horizon as his army was marching over the hills. "It glows when it senses a threat near you Viktor."

Vlad knew the war came closer, it was only a matter of a day or so, before hell would likely rain down upon the lands.



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"Oh, Viktor," Camelia said as she embraced her son. She looked at Vlad with tears in her eyes as she held onto Viktor. "I'm sorry. I'm sorry for everything," she sobbed as she held him tightly. "I missed you so much. I will need you and everyone else to fill me in on all I have missed. My life without you has been sad, but now it feels like it is full and rich and will be forever. I am so proud of you and the young man you have become."

As she released her grasp on Viktor, Camelia could see the light from his toy. Vlad explanation made perfect sense. "Vlad, it is a combination of our powers that makes this work as it does. I'm sure of it. Viktor is our light. We always called him that when he was born. Remember?" A smile broke out on Camelia's face as she remembered that glittering piece of information. "Maybe I am talking nonsense, but I think the best of both of us was born anew in our son. That includes our powers. This orb likely jumpstarts them. It was not uncommon in my family to have talismans to focus powers."

Camelia turned to look into the distance and could sense the danger that soon would come to their lands. "I wish I could bring more into this fight than I have so far. A full fledged army. My father apparently is going after my team, so I may have no one but myself and Vince to add to this fight."

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03/09/10 07:58 PM
Soon another army moved forward, a force of warriors that could shape change into various lycan forms. General Jarkeld advanced the forces as he made his way to Vlad and the others. " Aye Vlad, it is good to see you again, this time we shall see end to this nightmare that plagues our lands." Jarkeld roared as he went into a fit of laughter.
"It's a great day for battle my old friend, we take up arms for a great cause, by weeks end we shall see the horizon rise with the blood of the fallen." Jarkeld patted Vlad on the shoulder. He looked over his army, they were hungry to spill the blood of those they had been abused and neglected by. They also knew that they would fighting some of their brothers that had still stayed under Ronan's rule.

"I shall see you on the battlefield, let our blades find victory side by side." Jarkeld began moving his troops again as he marched in front like a proud warrior. he called out to the other lycans as they marched. " Cry "Havoc!" and let slip the dogs of war, That this foul deed shall smell above the earth, With carrion men, groaning for burial."

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03/09/10 08:27 PM
The call had gone out in the demon realms that Emperor Ronan was declaring war on the Count of Wallachia and his allies. Many demons stood at Ronan's side out of fear, but the tengu had never bowed to the bastard. For many years they had thought Ronan's daughter Camelia had killed the Lady Harada in cold blood, but through time, espionage and talks with the dead, they were piecing together what actually was happening in the halls of the Tara Mount.

The time for fact finding was over. The time for action had come.

As the lycan and vampyr armies moved under then, a great cloud of ravens and furies flew into the lands of Vladimir Tepes. A battle cry to match that of the lycans roared overhead as the ravens dotted the trees and the furies circled the troops. A lone raven landed on the ground in front of Vlad Tepes and his wife. It slowly transformed into a red haired Japanese woman. She knelt as she presented her katana to the count.

"Lord Ryu and Lady Kari Harada send their regards from the land that knows no pain. I am Nariko Harada, sister of Ryu Harada. My forces and I pledge our help to the land of Wallachia. The Everlasting Queen Kennis, from her place of exile in our realm, will send her troops into this fight as well."

"Wait. Exile?" Camelia asked as Nariko nodded to the countess.

"Your father was going to kill her, but Amergin was able to spirit her away. The household guard of her ancestral lands will join this fight as well. And she has sent a gift as well," she said as she handed a small box to the count. "When you reach the Tara Mount, the key inside will unlock a chest in the royal chambers. Queen Kennis said the count had to open it, not the countess. She said it is a belated wedding present, as is this from the Lord and Lady Harada."

Nariko motioned for one of her lieutenants to open a chest. It appeared to be empty, but a light lifted from it and moved from the count to the countess and to their son. It then landed in the hands of the countess as Nariko breathed a sigh of relief. "Lady Kari was certain your wedding present was no longer in your possession."

"The Heart of Wallachia?" Noelle asked. "Viktor has been training with your sword, Camelia. he has mastered it well. He has even beaten my brother, Leon."

"Then it will stay in his capable hands," Camelia said as she held the glowing ball of light. "Kari once said she was going to make me another sword. She called it the Soul of Wallachia," the countess said as she knelt and scooped up some dirt in her hands along with the light. She called to the waters in the river, and a small stream ran to her location. Wind, seemingly from nowhere, circled her, and a small fire formed at her side. "Air. Water. Earth. Fire. Heart and soul. So are the people of Wallachia. So shall this blade be."

Nariko watched as Camelia fashioned a sword from the elements. She had seen the Lady Kari do it when she fashioned her own katana, the Tengu's Heart. The blade had been lost when the Lady Kari was killed. "Where do you want our forces, count? We will not rest until Ronan is dead."

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03/21/10 07:16 PM
So much had happened in a short time. But alas Vlad was happy to see Viktor and Camelia reunited. He let them enjoy that union as he turned his attention to Nariko that had arrived. " Thank you much for your support, as you can see, our forces are limited against flight and ranged units, so if you and your followers can direct to that, it would prove to be valuable aide in the battle." It was grand to find all this aid coming to Vlad's cause, but it also meant Ronan likely was pulling from every resource he had as well. I double edged blade so to speak.

Vlad slid on a helm over his head. " Jarkeld had made it to the battlefield, they await Ronan's fodder troops." "We shall begin our march to join them." Vlad easily had the means to get to the battlefield in mere seconds. But he wanted to take the time for Vitor and Camelia and all of them to have thoughts of how things once were. It was something that was important to him.

"Let us hope to find an end to these means quickly, for time would be better spent uniting friends and families, then reveling in the spoils of war."

TBC

As Vlad placed his helm on his head, Camelia could feel a sense of dread running up and down her spine. "It's happening again. Just like the last time," she said as she looked toward her husband and then to their son. "I will not let anyone die this time. If I give my father what he wants, he will pull his troops back. You can all be spared the pain and insanity."

Camelia stopped speaking long enough to see Nariko bow to Vlad before sending the tengu army off into the fight. She then walked to Camelia, grabbed the woman by the shoulders and shook her violently. "Are you insane!" a voice that was not Nariko's rang out as Camelia fell back in fear. Her eyes were filled with pure terror as she listened to the words coming from Nariko's mouth. "Do not let father win! Please, Camelia. For Vlad's sake. For Viktor's sake. Fight the bastard!"

"Kari?" Camelia asked as she could see the apparition of her sister flowing all around Nariko. "How are you able to do this? I'm so sorry that I killed you. I'm so sorry...."

"That wasn't you, Camelia. You were possessed. I know that now," Kari's voice said as Nariko held her hand out to help Camelia back to her feet. "Now, go take down the emperor. None of us want our children to live under his boot another day," she said as the apparition slowly faded.

"She's right. Vlad, he will have his army coming in three waves," Camelia said as she picked up her sword. "I wish I could remember all the troop movements, but with my old memories coming in, the newer ones flee! Vince, he would have the slave laborers first, right? Then the expendable foot soldiers and lower class flyers. Then he'll...oh no. That thing Pliskin was making for him? His super soldier. He'll be with the last wave. We have to keep enough fire power to take down that thing. Vlad, how much heavy artillery do you have? Aerial assault? We could block them in the moutains if he doesn't have his teleporters..."

"Camelia? What did he do to you?" Noelle asked as Camelia held her sword firmly in her hand and wover a mystic holographic map with the other.

"He made me into a soldier, and he gave us the means to win this. He just doesn't know it yet."

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Vlad softly touched Camelia's face. " I have faith in you that not even the world could conquer, my faith in you was something that not even time could dissolve." Vlad was able to reach deep inside to bring a smile to his face. " Do not worry yourself with his tactics, he knows as well as we, this is the end game, he is likely to do things he's never done before to gain the upperhand." Vlad watched the flaming arrow caress the morning sky, a signal that the war had begun.

Vlad waved for Asran to move her army to engage on all fronts. He then nodded to Vaclav who soon dissipated into the air. Vlad turned back to Camelia. "It is likely you will see things that me and Viktor will do or become during this battle, things that may at first, seem frightening to you." Vlad moved a few strands of hair out of Camelia's face. "But do not fear, in the end I will still be the man you love, as will i always when the sun sets."

Vlad took Camelia's hand. " It is time my love, let us find the redemption we seek for the misfortunes upon our family and the treachery this monster has caused us both." Everyone began to move to the battlefield, an army of not just numbers, but an army that had a bond more powerful than any warrior or killing device.

TBC- Everyone to the battlefield