After consuming a good amount of blood from the nearest Font, Gabriel journeyed deeper into the halls of what should be his own home, and yet he still couldn't shake off how the feeling of how it really felt like the castle itself had turned against him. After defeating the Cerberus, he traveled with anticipation for what else could be after him, he knew that monster was just the beginning.

He was snapped out of his thoughts when he stopped seeing a bright light flashing three times in front of him before stopping coming from a nearby room. The vampires rolled his eyes knowing very well it's a trap, but with no other path to take he decided to take a more "quiet" approach, shapeshifting into a rat and staying hidden in the shadows.

When he arrived, the Last Belmont saw only just a large mirror and nothing else, after taking a quick sweep of the room, and seeing that he was alone, Gabriel changed back into his "human" form and decided to inspect the mirror with his curiosity getting the better of him. "Where did this come from? Must be Walter's doing." He thought to himself. This wasn't the Mirror of Fate, but rather something completely foreign from his past. The mirror in question was incredibly wide, almost touching both sides of the room. It had a shining gold frame with an embossing on the top showing a face with one half being black with a blue eye and the other white with a red eye. He took another look around and while he did figure the flashes of light was caused by some light reflecting from the glass, there wasn't really anything aside from a few candles that had flames too small to bounce off the mirror.

Even though Gabriel both physically and prepared himself for what may come but couldn't stop himself when he saw his reflection. The belief that vampires had no reflections was a bit of an exaggeration that Gabriel never quite understood, he could see himself just fine. However, it wasn't himself that he saw but the man he used to be before becoming the dragon.

Standing before on the other side of the glass, the Gabriel Belmont he was looking at was wearing the uniform he wore when he was serving the Brotherhood of Light, along with the Vampire Killer combat cross strapped to his hip. He made a mental note that he should also find that so he could be better equipped to face off against Walter and whatever "surprises" may still be in bound. Turning his attention back to the rest of him, Gabriel looked at how his face perfectly reflected how much he had changed since his days as a monster hunter, seeing his now crimson colored eyes once a soft blue, raven black hair once a simple dark brown, and skin not at all pale and full of color.

Even if the reflection did resemble him as Dracula, there was a growing sense of uneasiness, almost like the reflection itself was going to stop mimicking his movements and attack him. Sadly his instincts would only prove him right…

Suddenly, the reflection suddenly jumped off from the glass and grabbed the "Combat Cross" trying to land a quick strike while his guard was down. However the real Gabriel saw this coming and summoned his Chaos Claws grabbing the spiked chain of the whip with an unamused look on his face and shot at a fireball at the duplicate's chest knocking it back nearly losing its grip on the fake Vampire Killer with the Gabriel letting go of the chain causing it to retract back into the cross.

The vampire simply groaned as he faced his opponent: "I hate mirrors." As if on cue, the duplicate's whole body and weapons turned completely grey with both eyes turning into two empty voids with some noticeable cracks going along with the body and armor. The double, or "Doppelgänger" as Gabriel named it, began to unleash a couple of strikes with its whip, while Gabriel was lucky to avoid a few hits, there were moments where Doppelgänger knew where he was going to try and dodge and fired a couple of "silver daggers" right on target. Getting frustrated, Gabriel quickly turned into a swarm of bats and remetarilized right in front of the living reflection landing a powerful uppercut with the Chaos Claws knocking it into the air, before it could even hit the ground, the Last Belmont grabbed by the collar with one of the burning gauntlets and slammed Doppelgänger onto the ground with a small explosion. The Doppelgänger then pulled itself off the ground but was immediately hit with a flaming right hook knocking it back once more. Now back on its feet with no interruptions, the reflection then summoned its version of both the Dark Gauntlets and Cyclone Boots putting up its fists with Gabriel returning the gesture.

Without a moment of hesitation, the two Gabriel's were locked in a series of punches with the two being able to counter almost every strike. The vampire needed to find a way to end the stalemate and fast, he was stopped when the duplicate landed a powerful blast with a sprint of the boots, knocking the Prince of Darkness on his back.

Gabriel then realized that this imposter was only using the weapons that he had back when he was human, and only those, meaning the real Belmont still had an ace up his sleeve.

Gabriel instead of attacking right away, the vampire stood his ground with his fist once again raised, Doppelgänger then charged once more towards him ready with another punch with Gabriel not only dodging the attack but swapping out the Chaos Claws for the Void Sword stabbing the reflection through the chest. "Surprise." Gabriel said with a smirk focusing some energy into the blade blowing a hole in the duplicate's chest following it up by beheading it. When Doppelgänger's head hit the floor, it shattered into countless glass pieces along with the rest of the body doing the same, within seconds the pieces then vanished into thin air solidifying Gabriel's victory.

Suddenly a much larger flash came from the mirror making Gabriel turn around with his sword still in hand. However, when he turned around, he saw that the glass of the mirror was changed into a portrait of himself from when he was still human striking a heroic pose with the Vampire Killer surrounded by dead ghouls, showing it to be a scene taking place after an epic battle. If anything, this was what the Doppelgänger was made to be a poor imitation of. He also looked up and saw the face had also changed to where it was now completely white with both eyes being blue, he wasn't quite sure what it meant but decided not to dwell on it.

In a strange way, Gabriel was actually somewhat thankfully for this battle. Not only does it only reflect on how far he has come since being human, but it also brought to life two important factors: One being that he needs to make sure that no one or nothing has already gotten a hold of the Vampire Killer, since it could be of use on this journey, and that even though he has already accepted being the Prince of Darkness along time ago, in the end, he was still a Belmont. Something that he will always carry with great pride.

So yeah… I'm not dead. I don't really have anything else to say besides that I hope y'all enjoyed it. Until Next Time…