Van Helsing's Sister, Dracula's Bride

I hold tightly onto the reins and hesitantly stand on shaking legs. Aleera swoops down, grabs the back of my cloak, and drops me; I land on the horse next to Van Helsing's. The horses jump a huge gap in a bridge, but the coach hits the edge of the bridge, disconnects from the horses, and falls off—the two brides dive after it. This is why we decided on two coaches, one is the decoy and we hoped they'd go for it, obviously they did.

I look behind me and see Aleera shooting into the air and flying away, stakes flying up not long after; Verona was dead. I look to my left past Van Helsing and see Anna driving the other coach. We pull up beside her and hop on; Carl opens the coach door so I can climb in and sit beside him... I lay my head on his shoulder, taking deep breaths.

"You okay," he asks me worriedly.

"Oh yeah," I answer," All part of the job description, right?" He smiles, pulling me closer to him. Out of nowhere the top of the coach catches on fire and something begins to bang on both the coach doors, followed by Anna and Van Helsing's panicked shouts of "Carl" and "Mari".

Carl and I look at each other before opening the doors. I see Anna hanging onto the side of the coach for dear life. "What are you doing out here?"

"Mari," She yells in annoyance and fear. I grab her and help get back onto the bench in the front of the coach.

"I can help you if you unchain me," Frankie shouts to Carl.

"You won't kill me," Carl asks, looking unsure. I grab the key from him and unchain the monster. Frankie leans out of the coach and tosses Van Helsing up beside the Princess. Once the coach door is shut again Carl and I give a nod of thanks to Frankie.

When this is over, if I survive, I'm going on vacation! I hear a growling sound and look out the window behind Frankie, spotting the Werewolf instantly. It jumps on top of the coach, ripping the cloth and allowing the fire to spread into the compartment; Carl, Frankie, and I all begin to panic, shrinking away from the flames as best we can.

"Jump," Van Helsing yells. Carl opens the door and the three of us do as we are told, the freezing snow not softening the landing in the least. As my brother jumps from the coach the Werewolf leaps at him; Van Helsing shoots it and they land on the ground mere second before the coach blew up! I swear I blacked out for a minute because when I open my eyes I see Van Helsing following a distraught looking Anna into the woods.

Standing, I slowly make my way after them, stumbling every now and then due to various dizzy spells. I can hear the Princess screaming about something around her sobs. When I finally reach them she storms off and I see the dead body of her older brother, Velkan. That explainsa lot!

"Should I..." I trail off; motioning in the direction Anna took off in. Van Helsing nods his head and I limp over to her in time to see Aleera back hand her. "Van-" Aleera punches me in the face, almost knocking me unconscious. I can faintly hear Carl shouting my name before darkness consumes me.