Your father told me of the horrors he had seen, and it was from this
that we learned the identity of the vampire that had attacked Lucy and
now threatened all our lives: Prince Dracula.
Upon returning from Buda-Pesth,
we were told that Lucy had died.
But worse was to follow. Days after her death, she had risen from her
grave. She was now a vampire and was feeding on the blood of small
children. Dr. Van Helsing, Quincey Morris, Dr. Seward, and Arthur
Holmwood were faced with a terrible decision. They had no choice but
drive a wooden stake through Lucy's heart in order to free her poor
soul.
Shortly thereafter, Prince Dracula returned in the night to attack
me. After this attack, we all swore an oath to hunt down and destroy the
vampire, and rid the world of his evil. And so it was that we became the
band of heroes and chased Dracula back to his castle in Transylvania.
There, Quincey Morris died in battle although, like the hero he was, he
managed to plunge a knife into Dracula's heart. We watched as Prince
Dracula burst into flames, crumbling into dust in the light of the setting
sun.
Then, we were free, or so I thought. But about a year after you were
born, I began to suffer horrible nightmares. Dracula was haunting me in
my dreams. It was then that your father reminded me of the dark prince's
warning and how he had claimed, "I shall have my revenge. I shall
spread it over centuries. Time is on my side."
From that day onward, your father and I have had no peace. We have
spent our years looking over our shoulders. And now I fear we are no
longer strong enough to protect you from his evil and I have made a terrible
misjudgment in character.
Know this, my son, if you are to survive the evil that is now hunting
you; embrace the truth I speak in these pages. Look deep within your
young self and, as your father and I were once forced to do, find the
brave hero within. Dracula is a wise and cunning foe. You cannot run,
and there is nowhere to hide. You must stand and fight.
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