Dracula's Daughter

Author’s Notes: French translations at the bottom.

Chapter 19: Thoughts on Love and the Fates

Venka’s’ Living-room
July 11, 8am Local
Sunnydale, CA
Venka’s POV

I stomp into the living-room not really caring if I wake D up, the lug needs to get up soon anyway. I look at him sprawled on my dark red sofa in the middle of the living-room were he fell asleep last night, with that stupid hate of his pulled low over his face, I still haven’t figured out were he found the thing tough it does look familiar. If you can’t tell I’m not really a morning person, never have been and that dream from last night hasn’t really helped. What those two voices said last night sounded a lot like a prophesy I heard once, but I need to find out what it means, might be important. Hmm, may as well wake D up and make him help and maybe pay him back while I’m at it.

So I walk through the dinning room in to the kitchen, grab a large pot and fill it with ice-cold water, then walk back in to the living-room and over to the sofa. “Wakey, wakey frère mine.” With that I pour the water over his head and step back at the same time, which was a smart idea since he came up swing with a yelp of surprise. “Matin frère, sleep well?” I’m mean, but really D has done the same thing to me so many times I’ve lost count, at least I didn’t put snails in it like he did the last time. Guess he realized that because he isn’t complaining, just glaring at me, ohh scary, and that weird parasite on his one hand is laughing.

“Venka, why did you do that?” is the first thing out of his mouth followed by, “Gods it‘s only 8, why the enfer are you even awake?!”, after getting a look at the clock. I just snicker and head towards my study to start looking up that prophesy.

D heads up stars muttering about changing cloths, drying his hate off and killing me while telling the parasite to shut up. Neither of us have figured out were the thing came from, but I’d like to find away to get rid of it, it’s damn annoying and rude. I toss my over my should when D is half way up the stairs, “When your done come to the study I need your help looking up something from a dream I had last night. It’s a prophesy the concerns Dagon and the Key to the Divide.” All I get is a mumbled alright as I enter the study.

Upstairs Bathroom
D’s POV
I can’t believe she did that!! I’m soaked! And why the enfer is she awake at this hour? Venka never rises before noon… well unless she had one of her prophetic dreams. God I hope she hasn’t, they always mean trouble. With the last one we ended up in some hidden temple in Tibet trying to find some scroll that holds the secret of the Game, while I’ll admit we found it and have a friend translating it, we nearly got fried by one of the traps in that place! I really don’t want to go through that AGAIN! One of these days helping my sister is going to get me killed.

Not wanting to make Venka wait I grab a change of cloths from my bag and decide to grab a quick shower before I head down to help. While I’m not happy about another prophesy I do know that if it has anything to do with Dagon or the Key to the Divide it’s bad and needs to be either stopped or worked to the good ending. Yeah “good ending” prophesies about the Key and Dagon tend to have two outcomes one bad one good, lets hope we can get the good outcome because the bad tend to be VERY bad.

I put my hat on the sink and strip down telling that damn parasite on my hand to shut up I don’t really care if he doesn’t like water, I happen to like being clean. I snort thinking about the looks Venka has been tossing my hat, wonder how long it’ll take till she figures out whose hat it was. She more then likely will be a bit miffed that I didn’t tell her about meeting Jack, but too bad she never even told me she knows the guy. That is one odd pirate and ever since I stole his hat that man has had a thing about losing his hat, I hear even put his favorite hat back on after some sea monster had eaten it and spit it back out, to quote Venka “May I just say, yuck!”.

Oh well, better make this fast and get down there before she comes up and drags me down. My sister has a very short temper, especially after a bad nights sleep.

Study
Venka’s POV

I grab a few books that look like they may help and drop them on my large medieval desk before dropping into a boneless heap in the over sized chair be hide the desk. I try to concentrate on one of the books but my mind I to unsettled by part of my dream to let me, maudit! My dream seems to show that Buffy is Isabella reincarnation and that thought is enough to really unsettle me, it’s true then it just proves the Fates have a fucked up sense of humor where I’m concerned. My feelings toward the girl falls under familiar not lover, I feel towards her much like I feel towards D but it lacks the erg to kill her like I some time get for D. I feel like I MUST protect her but that really is the closets it gets to how I felt for Bella, maybe because Buffy is far more child like then Bella was, Buffy is more child then woman unlike ma petit.

It’s strange I always thought that when I’d meet a incarnation of my love I’d love her like I did Bella, maybe I was wrong and we are not soul mates? Who knows, maybe one day I’ll find out but till then I’m more worried about stopping my father then finding a new lover. I grab a piece of paper and write done the prophesy and then grab a Latin dictionary and start to translate it hoping it will help me find out what the maudit thing means.

Local Cafe
July 11, 12pm Local
Sunnydale, CA
Buffy’s POV

Me, Tara and Willow garb a booth near the back and order our food while I decide how I want to break the news of finding Reilly cheating on me and with a guy of all things. It’s strange really I don’t feel that mad, just confused, if he was gay why the hell was he dating me? I also need to talk to the two abut the weird dream I had last night concerning Venka and Faith, that dream was way too weird for words.

Our food comes and I decide to just spit it out after Tara asks me what’s wrong. “I caught Reilly cheating on me last night and that wasn’t the worst part, he was with a guy! I don’t get it? If he was gay why the hell was he dating me? Was he just using me as his “beard”?” I think I shocked them with the outburst. Though looking at the two Tara looks concerned and Willow looks pissed and her answer to what I said just confirms it, “Know were a shovel is?” I laugh at Tara’s confused look before I explain, “Willow threatened Reilly that if he ever hurt me she’d beat him to death with a shovel.” I get a oh from Tara.

I turn to Willow saying, “And no Willow I don’t really need you beating Reilly with a shovel, while it sounds like a good idea you’d just get in trouble. Anyway I’m not that hurt, just really confused by the turn of events. And the Reilly thing wasn’t way I asked you two to join me for lunch. I had this way weird dream last night about Faith and Venka.” Tara asks me to describe the dream so I give them tell the whole thing in full detail just in case something would pop out for the two.

Both looks a bit worried after I say the word Dagon when I try to explain what the two voices said. Tara and Willow trade a look before Willow starts to talk, “Well both me and Tara have come across the name Dagon a few times while helping Giles research, what we found either says he was a sea God or a Demon, I don’t know which is right but he was known to be mean to those who crossed him yet protective of those who he found worthy. We also came across a Order of Dagon that protects a Key to the Divide, don’t know what that is but from what little we found it sounds like something you really don’t want to let some evil villain get their hands on, something about it being able to rip the fabric of Space and Time apart. But the parts about Venka and Faith are harder to explain, the dream about Faith could just be part of your connection to her through the Slayer line, but the dream of Venka… well I have no clue. But you said you saw all three or you standing around the ball of energy?” I nod and she continues, “That could mean you three need to protect what ever the energy is so maybe the powers wanted you to understand the other two better, we’d know more if we knew the other two shared the same dream. Maybe we could call Faith and see if she did and ask Venka when we see her the next time?”

“Yeah that sounds like a plane Willow.” I tell her and we finish our lunches. I decide to still tell Giles about my dream, maybe he’ll know what the two voices said.

Venka’s Study
July 11, 12pm Local
Sunnydale, CA
Venka’s POV

Grr, it’s been four hours and all we have found is what I already knew about Dagon, he was a Sea God known for being a picky ass, not a lot of help there. I’ve translated the Latin and I know I’ve seen the prophesy some were, but I can’t remember were, I grab the paper it’s on to re read it hoping it’ll jump start my brain,
“Daughter of the Hidden City
Energy to Save the Realms She Became
Key to the Divide She Is

Dagon Protects
Glory Seeks,
To Divide the Realms

To Stop the Beast
Guardians Three You Need Seek
Daughters of Artemis
Child of Bendis

Chosen Three
Fallen Angel
Warrior’s Followers
All are Needed to Stave the Flood

Night of All Souls
Hell’s Gates Open
Doors Close

Past and Present
Life and Death
End the Life to Save the Whole

Uniila Chose
God Banished
Two Need Join

Blood Need Flow
To Close Hell’s Door
Blood of Life
Blood of Death

Fallen and the Damned Must Choose
Life or Death
Heaven or Hell


For On Their Choice
Fate Rests”

Parts are easy to understand and parts I have no clue what they’re about. First three lines the only part I get is the “Hidden City“, it’s a name for Atlantis, I’ve heard of the “Key to the Divide” just don’t know what it is. Lines four to six make no sense to me, and only lines nine and ten make any sense to me “Daughters of Artemis” are the two Slayer since Artemis is the Goddess who created the Slayer line and “Child of Bendis” is me, the Uniila that my father melded with was a tool of Bendis meant to make sure I was born, I found this out a few year after Bella’s death. Line eleven I think is about the Charmed Ones, I’ve heard them called the “Chosen Three” before. “Fallen Angel” is easy; it’s Van Helsing, “Warrior’s Followers” probable means the Slayer’s friends and Carl. I can guess what the flood is from the other lines, more then likely it means the release of Hell’s hoards. “Night of All Souls” is Halloween, “Hell’s Gates” is the Hellmouth, what the Doors is about I don’t know. I don’t under stand the next three lines, but “Uniila Chose” is me again and “God Banished” I Van Helsing and again, why we need to join I don’t know or how for that matter. And the rest explains itself to a point, what it all means I have no clue. Maybe the Watcher can help.

I should leave this alone and concentrate on father right now, but I’ll take my notes with me to show the Watcher. I need to get ready for tonight, I promised Buffy to do a quick patrol with her before we meet her friends at the magic Box.

The End.
Hope you all like. Wonder who can figure out who Jack is?
Translations:
Ma Petit Tueur- My Little Killer/Slayer
frère - brother
enfer - hell
Ma petit - my small one
Matin frère - Morning brother
Maudit - Damn
Author Notes: I don’t own the rights to the small guest spot in this story.