Legacy of Hearts
Author's Note: Hey guys, thanks for keeping up with the story! For those of you who didn't recognize the world, it was from the manga/anime Hellsing. Just remember—a lot of vampires and evil Catholic priests, 'kay? Oh, and Alucard is basically sort of Dracula…yeah…it's a cool series, find a copy or something because I know I need to borrow it…hint….hint…..
Disclaimer: All of the series mentioned here don't belong to me, so don't even think about trying to sue me. All right? All right.
"The boy's story might be true."
Integra's glasses glinted in the light as she looked at Alucard. "And what makes you say that?" she said in a businesslike manner.
"The reports we've been hearing, that man called Ansem. I think it's highly possible that this world is heading for destruction as these children say."
Integra lit a cigar and let it hang from her mouth before turning her attention back to him. "So we're expected to be saved by a pair of boys, neither of them who could possibly be over seventeen, and their talking pets?"
Alucard laughed. "What could they do that I couldn't?" he said. "But they seem intent on helping, and I'm sure we could find some use of them if they tagged along. New reports are coming in that this man has been seen in Iscariot's territory."
Integra raised her brows. "Then perhaps we should let Anderson take care of it," she said with a smug smile.
"I'd sooner go to hell," said Alucard with a snarl.
"Why do you think they brought us along?" said Sora to Harry.
"Probably just to stave off the little guys while we work on the big ones," said Seras Victoria (the aforementioned Police Girl). She was far across the other room, and when everybody turned to look at her she blushed. "Sorry…can't help this hearing…" she said.
"She's so different from Alucard," Harry muttered. "Just proves you can't judge a book by its cover."
"Where is Alucard anyway?" Sora interrupted, saying this loud enough so that Seras Victoria knew the question was directed towards her.
"He said he was going off to do a little investigating," she said with a shrug. "This just means he doesn't want us to know what he's doing."
"Very different," said Harry, shaking his head. "Not surprising…I mean, I know from experience that not all werewolves are bad, so it should be that surprising…"
"A werewolf?" said Sora. "Like…full moon werewolf?"
Harry nodded, and Sora let out a low whistle. "I've heard about werewolves in stories before, but obviously would never have thought that they existed."
"You mean some guy whose part wolf and part man?" said Donald in disbelief. "That's ridiculous!"
"Look who's talking," said Harry, still not completely accustomed to the fact that he was traveling through space to various worlds with a talking duck, a talking dog who walked on his hind legs, and a boy whose weapon of choice was a giant key.
Not to mention the fact that now his wand periodically also turned into a key.
"What's that supposed to mean?" said Donald, sputtering and obviously about to attack Harry if it wasn't for the fact that Goofy had grabbed his tail and was holding it back.
"Oh, stop your bellyaching," said Sora, leaning back and crossing his ankles. "You guys don't know how to take it easy, do you? Look at me, I'm not all worked up about…"
"Hey guys, here they come!" shouted Seras. Everybody turned to look at her—all four of them jumped backwards when they saw the huge cannon of a gun that she was wielding. "What, what is it?" she said.
"That thing!" said Sora in reference to her weapon.
"Yeah, a bit big isn't it? I guess I'm mostly used to it now, though," she said. "But no time to chat, I see ghouls coming over that hill and we have to take them out."
The four of them went to the door and looked out. "I can't see anything," said Harry.
"Well, that would be because you're human. They're actually pretty far off," said Seras Victoria. "You better prepare yourselves, anyway…"
She was right—in part.
"I thought you said something about ghouls!" shouted Sora as a legion of black things with shining eyes came over a hill. "Those things are heartless!"
"I don't know, I've never seen anything like this before!" she said. "Hey, get down!" Sora, Harry and the others all dropped to the ground as her gun emitted a blast as loud as that of a cannon.
"Jeez…" said Sora.
"No good, they're still coming!" said Harry. Knowing he'd have to fight, his wand began transforming once again into the shape of a giant key.
"All right, ready?" said Sora.
Harry nodded, and they all ran out to face to horde.
"What're ye doin' here?" said Anderson as he stared at his archenemy.
Alucard laughed. "A friend of mine said you'd be here," he said, tipping his hat with one of his guns, glasses glinting in the fading dusk. "Well, not a friend, really…I guess you could call him an ally."
"I'm g'win to kill ye, ye undead bastard!" said Anderson.
"No…we aren't going to fight," said Alucard. "I can't have you dead. I need you."
Anderson blinked, not realizing what was happening until it was a moment too late. A second man had appeared, a man with a snake-like face and glowing red eyes. Anderson found himself rigid, unable to move. "The spell won't last long. Trust me to get the both of them to the field of battle, and you can begin the process."
"Trust you?" said Alucard with a vicious laugh.
"I did release her power over you, didn't I?" said Voldemort, indicating Alucard's gloves.
The black seal which had been emblazoned on them centuries before was gone.
Sora grimaced as he was clawed on the back. "Here!" said Donald, tossing him a potion. Sora took it and almost immediately felt better, but unfortunately a moment later Donald was knocked out cold.
"Damn, I don't have any magic power left," said Sora. "Think you can revive him Harry?"
"Yeah, sure," Harry responded, using Innervate to bring the duck back to his senses.
Though the numbers of heartless on the field had been greatly reduced, a good portion of them were still swarming around. Seras Victoria was doing a great deal of the work, but Harry and Sora were both pulling a close second.
After at least fifteen more minutes of hard labor, they finally destroyed the last of the heartless.
"Annoying little bastards, aren't they?" said Seras Victoria, kicking one who had been knocked out with her boot. It disappeared in a puff of smoke. "There were so many of them."
"More than I've seen in a long time," said Sora.
"More than I've ever seen," Harry said.
Goofy and Donald were currently in the process of being completely revived, through means of severals bottles of elixirs, ethers, and potions.
"Looks like you had fun," said a voice from the darkness.
"Damn!" said Sora, jumping back.
Out of the shadows stepped Alucard. "Too bad I couldn't be here for the party," he said with a laugh. "Oh well. I'll be here for the second round at least."
"The second round?" said Seras Victoria. "You mean there are going to be more of them?"
"Oh no, nothing like that," said Alucard. All of a sudden he grinned, showing off his fangs.
The group of four immediately backed away. "Something's up," whispered Sora to Harry, who nodded back.
"You know, it would have been nice to have used one of you," said Alucard. "But apparently, there isn't enough to darkness to corrupt in the hearts of you four. Your hearts couldn't be taken. And as for you Seras, though you still have part of your human heart it's too weak to sustain the sort of power I need. I found my source though…from a most unlikely candidate I might add."
"What are you talking about?" said Seras Victoria, taking a step backwards.
"Why don't you have a look?"
At that moment something else came from the shadows. A rather large man fell at Alucard's feet. "I couldn't access the power of the Heartless, because…well, because I have a heart. The heartless have made puppets of men before, and now was my chance. And I'm here to destroy the Keyblade masters."
His eyes suddenly began to glow a violent red. Alucard then rose into the air.
"Come on!" shouted Sora. Hesitating for only a second, he ran at Alucard and swung his Keyblade. It seemed to do only slight damage, however.
"You keep at it, I need to think," Harry shouted at Sora. Donald and Goofy were currently battling heartless that had appeared, apparently at Alucard's command. There had to be a way, Harry thought. Alucard couldn't be undefeatable…
And then he remembered something he had learned in Defense Against the Dark Arts.
"Solaris!" he shouted. Though his wand was still in Keyblade form, a bright beam of light was emitted from it. It struck Alucard directly in the chest, stunning him for a moment and doing some obvious damage.
"Hey, I think that did something!" said Sora, though he was already in defense mode as Alucard began to move.
"I'm not that easily beaten," said Alucard, raising his gun and pointing it directly at Harry.
"Accio gun!" said Harry, making the weapon fly towards him. When it landed in his hands, he used another spell which snapped the thing in half, rendering it useless.
"You're going to regret that," said Alucard, almost gleefully. "At least with the gun you would have died quickly. But no worries…it has been a while since I tasted blood, after all…"
He flew at Harry, fingernails morphing into claws. Harry, however, had something else in mind. Raising his wand, he concentrated. It was impossible…of course it was, the worlds were completely separated…but still….
"Accio broomstick!"
Then, to the surprise of everybody, a black hole appeared out of nowhere and flying out of it, and into Harry's hand, was his Firebolt.
He barely had time to be surprised before he jumped on and kicked off.
He and Alucard circled one another, while Sora used various spells on the vampire. Seras Victoria occasionally pitched in with her own weapon, but it did more to stun him than anything else, at which time Harry would pause in midair to use another solar spell, which obviously did more damage to Alucard than any spell Sora could use.
It took a long while, but finally Harry turned to use one final Solaris on Alucard. The vampire was stricken and fell to the ground, writhing in pain. "No…I can't be beaten…" he screamed. "I'm…immortal!"
Harry got off of the broom and walked over to him. "That's right," he said quietly. "This is why you're going to be enslaved to the Hellsing family for the next few hundred centuries. You don't know this but you destroyed this world once before…it was only the memory of this world in its heart that kept it from dying completely—it sent for our help."
And with that said, he extended his wand. The black seal of before reappeared on Alucard's gloves.
"Thank you for returning Alucard to me," said Integra.
"Yeah…thanks," muttered Alucard with a vicious smile.
"It would have been difficult finding another partner to help us defeat the monsters overwhelming this world," she said simply. "And Alucard is obviously the best there is."
"Don't flatter me, I'll want to stay here forever," jested Alucard.
Integra laughed, the sound a bitter echo throughout her mansion. Harry and Sora were both standing there, a good distance away from Alucard. "You're welcome back anytime you like," she said, "and I promise that Alucard will be a good boy."
Harry nodded. "Thank you," he said simply.
"Yes, thanks," Sora added. "But now we have to return to Station City."
Integra nodded. "Of course. Seras Victoria, won't you escort them to their stop?"
The police girl nodded, and walked with them as they went the distance towards their train.
When they got there, they turned to her to say their goodbyes. "Thanks to all of you," she said. "I mean, I may not be happy with my place in this world…but I do find some small pleasure being in it," she added with a smile.
"You're welcome," said the four friends in unison.
"And…if you don't mind, I'd like to give you these." She handed them both key chains with the image of a shadowy London on them. "Think of me when you use them," she winked, before turning away.
After watching her for a second, they got on board the train. "All right, to Station City," said Sora, putting the original crystal back into place. The friends all watched as the world of Alucard and the vampires disappeared into the distance.
Somehow, they all knew they wouldn't miss it.