[IC] The Awaking of Lord Dracula

[Lucifer Lover]

Castle Dracula -

The castle he had created, never vanished from history of time. The castle of Dracula stood looming over the towns below it, the owners son Alucard has agreed to give tours and show many around the castle that so wished for it. He watched the earth silently move forward, kids laugh and talk of Dracula, the myths and books. The male could only laugh at their sensless fun of mocking him. He walked through the shadows of the castle as he was pacing in his thoughts, he came down to the stables as he looked through it. He walked to the car slowly and whistled slightly as his large black dog jumped into the back seat. Alucard walked back into the castle slightly giving his Nurse some orders

"keep watch of the castle all of you, I'm off to get an adopted child. Now please clean up" said slowly looking at the car once more as his dog barks gently from the back of the jeep. the dog was the size of a bear and grumbled slightly as Alucard drove down the hightway and to an adoption center. He came to the building and gets out slowly petting the dog and went to the desk and smiles "I'm looking to adopt a girl around 15 years old, has to be a bit shy and all" he said slowly, his midnight black hair shines in the light as his sunglasses hide his red eyes.

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Jared was walking around outside the castle grounds, his hands stuffed in the pockets of his jeans. He spotted Alucard walking down to the car, where Sermi sat waiting. He pursed his lips and ducked into the castle. He wandered until he managed to stumble upon Jacklan. He looked at her silently for a moment, before clearing his throat, "Adopting?" He asked simply, preferring to get his point across in as few words as possible.

Skye sat on the window sill of the orphanage, tossing a ball back and forth between the wall and herself. The woman, Annette, at the desk not to far away from her, looked at her, "Mary, would you stop that racket?"

"It's Skye," She spat back. She had never liked the name Mary, nor had she ever really cared for anyone who worked at the orphanage. So, she named herself, she decided that it wasn't much of a bother to anyone. She looked at the woman and tossed the ball at the window sill again. She continued until she spotted a man climbing out of a car with a very large dog. She caught the ball and watched them as they walked up the steps and approached the desk. Annette looked at him before she started shifting through papers, "Well.... That is awfully... specific... We don't have many children here over the age of ten.... other than Mar-"

"Skye!" She interrupted. She looked at the man before standing and walking over to him. Annette looked at her, "She isn't exactly shy but sh-"

"Has been disappointed enough to know I'm better off alone," She held his gaze for a moment before she placed the ball on the desk. She turned and walked back to her spot on the window sill and looked out at the street.

[Lucifer Lover]

The count looked over at the girl slowly, his red eyes flashing slightly "now why would you say that Skye?" he asked slowly walking over his cloak shines around him, his eyebrow raised at the girl blinking his eyes slowly at her. He crouched down to her size because he was taller then most people. his black hair falling into his face and blinked gently. A smile on his lips and his red eyes dazzling around happily, his puplis where small and scary looking.

Mary sighed looking over at Jared "yes he's going to go and adopt a kid, I was about to say for you to go with him but looks like you missed that one" she snickered at the werewolf looking at him and fills out some paper work for a sick maid that couldn't come to work. She wasn't the one that anyone wanted to anger, even wolves didn't upset her/

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Skye continued to look out the window before sighing, "In the last five years alone... I've been with over 20 foster families," she crossed her arms, "Sooner or later they all figure out they want a kid they can mold."

She watched as a car drove by, no one in the car looking up at the orphanage, "It gets hard to be around people when you realize, no one wants you..."

She finally turned a looked at him, and leaned forward and whispered to him, "You think you want me now but give it a week and I'd be right back here.... I'm just saving us the trouble."
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Jared scrunched his lips together when she said she was about to tell him to go with him. Every once in a while Jared went along with Alucard but the man was capable of handling himself, especially with some child. Besides, he always had a way of scaring kids without doing anything when they came on tour... It was like they sensed his more... animalistic side. He nodded, "Seems so."

He walked into the room and sat down, he pulled up his sleeve, revealing some stitches on his arm from an attack not to long ago. He wasn't the best at tending to them or being wary of them, so he made it a point of have Jacklan check them out when he could.

[Lucifer Lover]

Alucard grinned at the girl, she had spunk he loved it. he smiles and stands up "your the right one for me, I can bet you 400 dollars that in 4 weeks you will be still at the house. The head maid will make sure of it" he muses gently looking at her and then steps back and went to the girls behind the counter "i would like to adopt Skye" she said smiling gently, he didn't want to shape the kid he wanted to expand her talents, or skills she might have. He loved challenges and foes that could make him think and see what he could do with them to help them. he didn't care if he had to drag the girl kicking and screaming back home.

Mary glared at Jared "get off your lazy ass dog and start cleaning up the castle before I make you" she snorted and shooed him off to his room and the other rooms to clean them up as well. She and maids had to wash floors and do laundry and they had enough to deal with so the wolf was given job as well.

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Skye looked at him, a little surprised that he wanted to put money of it and so much of it as well. When he walked over to Annette and told her, the woman started on the paperwork, while Skye jumped to her feet, "Hey.... I don't have that kind of money. Not that I'm saying you're gonna keep me but I don't need to be out four hundred bucks if you decide to get rid of me in twenty nine days."

Annette shook her head and handed the man the papers, "Sign at the bottom, as well as fill in your address and name and phone number. We'll have someone checking up on Skye during the first few months she is under your care. Once that is done, the adoption will be finalized in court, may I see a piece of ID with your birthdate?"
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Jared looked at Jacklan when she told him to get off his ass, "Fine..." He said as he stood and started to walk out of the room, "Not my fault if I tear stitches."

He wandered the place, going about his normal guard duties as well as the odd chore that was asked of him. It was simple enough, although, he was curious as to how Alucard was doing...

[Lucifer Lover]

"i'm not getting rid of you, your going to see my family is no ordinary family" he said as he looked at the paperwork and filled it out smiling and then asked for ID he pulled out a Card he had for liecance with his name and bithdate. He didn;t listen to skye complain and looked at her finally "your going to like living in a castle" he muses gently as the dog in the back of the jeep barks and yowls wanting to get off but Alucard looked at it and it whined and lowered its head.

Jacklan glares "quite complaining before I hit you with a pillow" she called out after him and started finishing her work smiling and then flopped on the couch tiredly.

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Skye looked at him a bit surprised when he said they would be living in a castle, "Well... that will be different..."

Annette looked at her, "Go grab your things."

She sighed and walked down the long hall to her small bedroom. She was the only one in the entire place with a room to herself. She had grown up in that room, it was strange thinking she would be leaving it. She couldn't help but feel the dreaded feeling of hope that maybe this was the time she really said good bye to this room.

She packed up her few clothes and pulled her duffel bag over her shoulder. She quietly closed the door behind her before she walked back to the front.
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Jared looked over at Jacklan as she sat down. He threw a pillow at her and grinned, "Get off your lazy ass."

Chuckling, he sprinted out the door, not wanting to find out how she might get back at him. He slowed down as he reached the gates to the castle. He decided to do another perimeter check and started to walk around the castle yet again.

[Lucifer Lover]

Alucard smiles gently and looked over "alright come on your going to like this place" he said slowly and walked down the hall and to the Car. the dog barked madly at the girl unsure if she was friend or foe. he barked before Alucard grunted "quite!" and the dog whined and laid down and wagged its tail slightly. Alucard sighed and gave hima chunk of meat to eat on the way back as he allowed her into the truck. When she was in he got out of the parking lot slowly and turned and started to go down the road "so tell me a bit about yorself, don't lie or do fake something I have a strange way of finding out things" he said as his eyes flickered a deep red color slightly. He drove down the road and toward a forest path that would soon lead to a massive castle, torch lights glowing in the windows.

Jacklan snarled and grabbed a pillow and ran after the werewolf and smacked him across the face "there happy?" she grunted smirking and hears a car honk and whirled around Seeing Alucard and jumped out of her skin. She ran over and unlocked the gates "welcome back sir....and you too Missy, um Alucard I don't know if Jared can come to dinner he's been an asshole" she said. Alucard smirks over slowly "Tell Jared to stop laying on the ground and get the guards ready for a family meeting to introduce the family to the new Daughter" he smiles. Jacklan smiles and nodded "as you wish" she said and let the car drive up futher up and smiles going to Jared,"gather the guards and others, I'll gather maids" she said and shot off like a bullet.

Alucard let Skye out of the car and to the enternce of the massive castle smiling, "come along" he said slowly and walked inside and went to the large hallways and leads her down to a massive red and vilote colored room "this shall be your room feel free to unpack and all" he said smiling gent;y

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Skye adjusted her bag on her shoulder and waved to Annette as she left the orphanage once more. She looked at the dog when they arrived at the car. He was barking and didn't look to happy about the fact Skye was there. She climbed in when Alucard opened the door. She looked out the window as they drove along to her new home. When he asked her to tell him about herself she sighed, "There isn't much to know... I'm a sixteen year old girl whose lived with... probably around fifty different families...." She pulled her legs up onto her seat and glanced at him, "Aren't you a little young to be adopting a kid?"

She looked out the front window to see a castle coming to view ahead of them. Her eyes widened, "You live here?"

As if to answer her question, a woman ran over to the gate and addressed Alucard as sir. She sat there a little dumbfounded as he drove the car forward before they climbed out. She followed him into the castle and down a hallway. He opened a door and told her the room within would become her own. She poked her head in before she entered. The room was giant! Especially in comparison to the room she had been living in. Her old room could barely hold her bed... This one had a bed, a couch, a bookcase and she still felt like there was room to whatever it was that she wanted. She threw her bag onto the couch and flopped onto the bed, "Are you sure this is my room?"
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Jared laughed when Jacklan came and hit him in the face with a pillow. It hardly did anything but he made a show of it, falling to the ground. When he saw Alucard come in through the gate, he waved and stood. He looked at Jacklan when she came over to him and told him to gather his guards. He nodded and threw his head back, howling. He walked to the front door and moments after, the guards arrived there. None of them were werewolves like himself but they knew to come when he called. He walked into the foyer with them and crossed his arms, waiting.

[Lucifer Lover]

Alucard laughed gently and nodded his head "yes this is your room is comes with a bathroom " he also said, the bath was huge as well as the shower. Alucard smiled at her gently " But right now get something a bit nice on if you need help you can call for Jacklan she iss the head Maid and is happy to help with just about anything" He grinned gently and looked around slowly "oh when you are finished, please go to the left till the hallway ends and take thena right and you'll see the lunge of the castle, thats where the family will be" he smiles gently and with that he walked out the door slowly. He came to the foyer and smilesas the eight maids gathered inside as well as the nine guards of the castle. Alucard dog laid beside the fire place that was roaring with the raven and the kitten of Jacklan. Alucard sat down near Jacklan and Jared,

"so please be nice to this girl she's been through alot and she doesn't need another hard time, Jacklan I'm talking to you mostly" Jacklan looked offended "why you ...I raised you and jared after you came back to life Sir and you think I'm the problem you should look at Jared" she grunted tease. Alucard facepalmed "jacklan your not my mother" he mutter gently as the guards muttered and maids giggled gently about everything, they where excited to meet the first human child in the family. On the large fireplace was a picture of Dracula, looked alot like Alucard.

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Skye watched him go, "Um... Okay..." She stood and walked over to the door, shutting it behind him. Something nicer? She had never really needed nice clothes, she walked over to her bag, she wasn't fully sure she had any. She grabbed a pair of jeans that had less holes in them and a oversize pastel pink knitted sweater. She pulled them on before putting her light brown combat boots back on. She sat in the room there for a second. She spotted a small vanity and looked at herself in it. Finally deciding to go see the family, she turned and left the room.

Jared looked at Jacklan, "Unless you have a hairy little secret... You aren't my mother easier."

He wrapped an arm around her and smirked, "Don't worry, you won't lose me to the younging."

He quickly moved to the other side of Alucard to avoid getting hit. He leaned forward and smiled at her before he looked to see the girl walk into the room. Skye pulled the wrists of her sleeves nervously. Sure, she had done this a hundred times before, and sure, she expected to be gone by the end of the week but that didn't stop her from worrying a little about meeting this new family. She tucked a strand of hair behind her ear and gave a small wave, "Hi...."

[Lucifer Lover]

Alucard looked at the two "of grow up you two" he mutters gently a tease and looked over slowly . he smiled and sat up slowly "Alright Welcome to the Family, Everyone I would like you to go around and say your name," he said slowly smiling. Jacklan blinked as all eyes turned to her and she stood up and smiles walking over to the girl smiling "I am Jacklan, I am the head of the house, I keep the group of maids working" she smiles gently bowing her head to the girl. She then stepped back as the maids went first and introduced themselves, they where so.....Nice. Now it was the guards time to, the guards turned their heads to Jared to Start, "Booo" Jacklan called out at him grinning softly, she loved teasing him it was her pass time. She grinned gently as about ten minutes later they turned their heads toward Alucard. Alucard smiles and gets up and smiled over slowly " I am Alucard head of the entire Castle, I am a mentor, a guide and a expert on the world of the Supernrtual. I am also a father and afriend to everyone here." he said smiling gently to her his eyes flashed a color, a red color.

"Now I do think Jared and his guards have one more patrol till nine at night, but for now. Lets all make sure we make Skye fell welcome" he said smiling to her, his voice very soft and loving. He then sighed as Jacklan and Jared started arguing about something "you see those two Skye, they have a crush on each other and won't admitt it, its rather funny to see what they do sometimes. Now tell me about an interest and things you like to do " he smiled gently looking at her.

Jacklan growled "give me back my kitten before I tare you to limbs Jared" she snapped as he kitten mews in fear in jared hold of its scruff. Jacklan growled and lunged and tackled the werewolf over and sat on him "Let my cat go or I'll give you a wet willy" she grinned, she was no maid many thought that was proper, she was one of the guys really she liked to have fun and explore and get dirty.

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Skye was a little surprised from the amount of people there were in the room. Slowly, they all started to approach her, starting with a woman named Jacklan. So, there were maids... She guessed, a place this big was awfully hard to keep clean on your own. Other maids followed her in their introductions, till a man stood. Jacklan booed him as he walked over to her. He looked at her for a moment, "Jared. Head of the guards."

He nodded and she gave a nod back before he walked back and sat down. The guards, she assumed, followed after him and introduced themselves. Finally, it was Alucard's turn. Her eyes widened when he said that he was the father, she guessed adoptive, of everyone in the room. However, that hardly made any sense. Some of the people in the room looked well older than him. For them to be in foster care when he adopted them... he had to be at least in his late twenties. He didn't look anywhere near his thirties though. Jared picked up Jacklan's cat. The two of them never really did get along. As cats and dogs rarely did. It got a rise out of Jacklan as he did though.

Skye looked at Alucard as he explained their situation. She was taken back by him asking about her interests, "Oh... um... I draw... and paint when I can get my hands on some...."

Jared chuckled as Jacklan yelled at him, "How scared am I."

He continued to laugh as she tackled him. He pulled the cat close to him as he hit the ground, ensuring it didn't get injured before he held it out from himself, refusing to put it down. When Jacklan threatened a wet willy, Jared grabbed her opposite shoulder with his free hand and flipped them over so that, he sat on her. He grinned, "When are you going to learn, Jackie?"

He easily held Jacklan down. She may have been one of the boys but he was a great deal stronger than her, especially with the full moon coming up. Many of his guards could barely hold a fight against him most days. He looked at the cat and squinted his eyes, "Why do you keep this fur ball anyways?"

[Lucifer Lover]

Jackie grinned darkly "i do think you foget something Jared" she slammed her foot and knee right inbetween his legs harshly smirking as she rolled him off and got her cat back. She then stood up and smirks "next time think about it all" she grinned and walked back to her raven that caws deeply flapping its wings. She smirks and went off to her room to settle down everything. She made sure to lock nthe room from Jared and smirks walking to the dinning room and smiled gently and started fixing up a dinner for everyone , groaning as guards tried to get extra from her she ended up smacking one "thats enough you guys" said smirking as she cooks dinner.

Alucard smiled slowly and looked at her hearing her interest and nodded "come with me" he said and leads her down to the arts room and smiled allowing her inside smiling "this is the art room, its rarely used So I'm sure you will put it to good use" he smiled gently, he just wanted her happy not worried about anything. he smiled gently as every kind of paint and cryaeons and all others pairing things she would need. Scrap metal and other art like things everywhere. "he also have amassive libary on things" he said slowly.

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Jared groaned and fell off her when she kicked him between the legs. He looked at her and spoke in a strained voice, "You are a demon."

He remained on the ground for quite sometime, trying to recover from the blow below the belt. After a while, he slowly got to his feet. He walked awkwardly to the kitchen to find a few of his boys, bothering Jacklan, "Oy," he yelled, they all turned and looked at him in fear, "Get out of here!"

They all nodded before they practically ran out of the kitchen. He looked at Jacklan and smirk, "Demon," he then turned to go and work out with the guards not currently on duty.
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Skye followed him to yet another room. Walking into it, she looked around her eyes wide. The room was packed with top notch art supplies. She looked at Alucard, "I can use all of this."

She grinned and quickly grabbed a canvas. She placed it on an easel and squirted some paint onto a palette. She had every intention on using everything in this room as many times as she could before she had to go back to the orphanage. She grabbed a stool and some paint brushes. Sitting down, she started to make small strokes near the center of the canvas. She spoke quietly, "So... You adoptive everyone here...." She looked back at him, "How old are you?"

[Lucifer Lover]

"wolf" jacklan called back at him snickering gently as she kept cooking her food smiling as maids helped and they worked as a force to be recond with. She smikes as they nearly finished cooking.

"DINNER" she called out ringing the loud bell, alsomost instantly the guards where sitting and ready to eat. She facepalmed at their stupidty, she grinned gently "No one eats or touches there food till Master of the house comkes, if you do you get no dinner or desert" she smirks gebtly at them. The guards groaned complains gently, but her stare made them shut up faster then a road runner.

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Alucard looked over at her and she asked that question "I'm 19 years old, i found everyone when i was eighteen years old and they became my family, weird family yes but family nother the less" he said smiling gently and hears Jacklan call for dinner. He smiles gently "come on dinner" he shooes her out of the room to go get dinner "after dinner you can draw all night if you like" he smiles, he didn;t really have rules in the house, other then do not get in jacklan's way in the midle of the day she was sharp and wittty and wasn't afraid to put anyone to work, even Alucard. He came to the large kitchen smiles and Jacklan smiles "well look who deiced to show up" she smirks, Alucard glares at her and then smirks and sat down "alright alright go and eat" he said slowly. the guards dug in hungrily, since they never got any snack from Jacklan thanks to their head ,Jared who made her mad and th e guards suffered for it most of the time.

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Jared strolled into the kitchen sometime after his guards. Unlike them, he actually wanted to exercise rather than being told to. He also had learnt to ask for food from a different maid when he got peckish, that or go for a bit of a hunt. His guards preferred their meat cooked for some odd reason. He walked in, his hair wet from a quick shower, to avoid making anyone sit near in stench. He took a seat as Alucard and Skye walked in.
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Skye placed down the paints when Alucard told her to. She was confused though, how was he only nineteen... If he had adopted all the people there in the last year, most of them wouldn't have even been in foster care anymore. She assumed that they weren't legally family... Just people who spent enough time with each other to feel like it. When they entered the kitchen, Jacklan spoke to Alucard, causing her to blush slightly, she hadn't meant to hold up dinner. She walked over to the table and picked up her fork, she looked down at the food and quietly began to eat.

[Lucifer Lover]

Jacklan looked at Jared and rolled her eyes at him before talking with maids slowly in a low tone. The maids started laughing and hooting before running off. Jacklan grunted "I sware" she mutters and sand down in the kitchen humming slightly.

Alucard smiles gently and eats , but he rarely ate human food, he often went off to hunt himself down a meat along with Jared. He smirks and then kicked the chair from under Jared and the werewolf fell backwards. Alucard smiles and drank the red liquid he had in his glass, yes it was blood but it looked more like V8 more then anything. He watches as everyone soon was finished and smiles "well Jacklan me and Jared are off for a bit please allow Skye into the art room" he said and with that walked off outside with jared smiling at the cold air. He grinned and then punched the werewolf shoulder,

"So totally like Jacklan" he grinned slightly as he looked out at the night.

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Jared looked up at Jacklan when she stood suddenly and the maids ran off. What on earth was that about. He looked toward the kitchen door when he felt his chair start to move. Skye jumped a little when Jared fell to the ground. He sighed, allowing himself to fall. He wasn't sure if Alucard had told Skye about them and from the calm air that seemed to follow the girl, he assumed he hadn't. Thus, Jared couldn't exactly do anything but let himself hit the ground. He rolled off the chair and sighed, giving a glare to Alucard as he picked his chair back up and sat back down. He drummed his fingers on the table and nibbled on a piece of broccoli. Jacklan's cooking wasn't that bad but Jared didn't have much for a taste for human food and vegetables.

He stood up when Alucard said the two of them were off. Finally, they'd get some real food. He walked out of the house with Alucard and looked at him when he punched his shoulder declaring that he liked Jacklan. He cocked an eyebrow, "Are you twelve?"
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Skye finished off her food when Alucard said he and Jared were leaving. The two of them stood and quickly left. Skye walked back to the art room with Jacklan. She walked over to her canvas and smiled. She picked up her palette and dipped her paint brush in the oil paints and slowly started to continue painting, "Alucard didn't adopt all of you right?"