The oversized clock Integra had purchased showed that the time was 23:00, but the courtyard teeming with over-excited humans made it seem like the New Year had already begun.

Not feeling quite in the mood for such festivities, especially when his master had forbade him from "tasting" the guests, Alucard was pacing leisurely about the halls. Not completely in search of anything but feeling a whim to track down the police girl and pass the New Year with someone that didn't have a beating heart.

The skies were crowded with a blanket of clouds that were sure to expel their waters on the mansion the next day, but the moon shown through the denseness, illuminating the otherwise pitch-black darkness of the corridors. The lunar paleness was simply intoxicating, almost like the aromatic bouquet of A- blood. The shadows, that were plentiful, further allowed Alucard a rather comfortable multitude of places to pass the time.

Gliding through the halls the ancient vampire looked like a ghost draped in a thick cloak and scarlet hat. The sight was normal to anyone that worked or lived in the Hellsing manor but to the large population of guests currently roaming the grounds that had rarely spent an extended amount of time in the mansion depths, the sight was rather terrifying and sent any poor wandering soul into a frantic flight mode upon seeing the large vampire.

Watching the tiny humans flee at the mere sight of him sent a surge of excitement and pride through the night walker. It was right of them to run, however if he had wanted to have them, there would be nothing they could do to stop him. Well, if the foolish humans thought that running would increase their chances of survival against him, then who was he to crush their beliefs.

Alucard was nearly to the younger vampire's door when he ran into a rather agitated looking butler.

"Well, good evening Walter," Alucard grinned at the former vampire hunter.

"Alucard, good, I was just coming to find you. It appears that Seras has left her chambers. I fear she has gone to attend the party." Walter said with a nervous and slightly amused look in his eyes. "You wouldn't by any chance have anything to do with this?"

The Nosferatu let out a large and chilling laugh which relaxed the butler slightly. "Walter, believe me, if I had wanted to reek hell on Integra's party I would have done it myself. However, if the police girl did run off to mingle with humans it would be best to sway her from her path."

Walter gave a nod of agreement and the two quickly headed in the direction of the party, which had moved from the main ballroom to the courtyard.

...

Seras had never seen so many humans in such close proximity since her transformation into a draculina. The smell of blood was almost too much, and she could feel her inner blood-lust swallowing her sense of humanity. She may have ripped out the throat of the man who had been standing next to her if it weren't for the sudden appearance of Sir Integra.

"Seras, what are you doing here?"Integra said with anger and agitation clearly outlined in her voice.

"I-I thought that I could just stop by for a little while and watch the New Year start with everyone." Seras murmured, ashamed by her ignorance on the realities of her vampiric condition.

Integra sighed, becoming only mildly agitated with the young vampire. "Surely Alucard warned you about being surrounded by large numbers of humans?"

Seras looked down at her Hellsing uniform in embarrassment. The vampire now remembered her master's words of warning that he had told her only a week before. "Yes Sir, he did, I thought I could handle it though. I mean, I do just fine when I'm with the Wild Geese and Captain Bernadotte." Seras said weakly, now completely aware of what a stupid decision coming had been.

"Seras, that group of men is only a quarter of the size of this crowd. I didn't take you for a child that needed to be sent to her room when the adults are having a get together, but if you wander into a group of living people I will have no choice but to treat you as a kid." Just then Captain Bernadotte appeared and motioned for Sir Integra to join him. He looked completely drunk and a circle of other gentlemen were crowding around him. That's when Integra saw the keg sitting in the grass just behind the captain. The leader of the Hellsing Organization knew she needed to move quickly in order to ensure that the mercenaries didn't turn her mansion into a frat house. Integra turned towards Seras briefly and with a stern voice said, "Now, return to your chambers at once before someone gets hurt." With that the blonde haired woman stormed over to the drunken gentlemen to stop their stupidity before it could get too out of hand.

Seras groaned, all she wanted was to have some fun maybe even kiss a boy when the New Year began, but all she had gotten was a lecture from Sir Integra and an insatiable lust coursing through her blood.

She began to move through the crowd, no small feat considering the courtyard was filled with over 1,000 human bodies. Seras wished she could simply transform into a bat like vampires had done in so many of the horror films she had watched as a human. She looked up at the clock, it read "23:45," the blonde vampire cheered up just the slightest bit.

Well, there are only 15 minutes left to go. I might as well hang around a little longer. The party will start to clear out once the New Year begins after all, Seras thought to herself.

The blonde vampire moved so that she was on the very edge of the crowd, engulfed in the shadows cast by the towering rose bushes. Seras picked a flower and stroked its ruby colored petals, it felt like velvet under her fingertips. That was how Alucard found his little vampire, standing away from everyone with a melancholy expression on her face as she stroked a rose.

"Police Girl!" Alucard boomed in his deep baritone voice only a few yards from where she stood.

"Master!...What are you doing here?" Seras asked surprised. She knew that even though her master had an easier time controlling his blood lust he didn't like to exercise it, so his being there was just as bad as her being there.

"I should be asking you that question Draculina. Why did you come here?"

"I-I well, I wanted to spend some time with the men from the Wild Geese and maybe get a New Years kiss from Captain Bernadotte." She said modestly, letting her eyes wander over to where the Captain was tripping over his own feet as he walked back to the mansion, she certainly wouldn't be asking for that kiss now.

"Oh, and did you actually get to do that?" Alucard asked with a mocking grin playing on his features.

Seras looked back at her master, she could feel the overwhelming loss of humanity sinking in. She had been suppressing her need to feed in order to keep her feeling of being human, but it all just seemed like it was for nothing, she was losing it regardless.

"No, master."

"Well, there is no point in dragging you out of here with only a few minutes left till people leave." Alucard resigned, coming to stand next to the police girl in the shadows.

Seras' eyes brightened and she looked up at her master. "Really, master? You don't mind letting me stay here?"

"As long as I'm near, I won't let you attack any humans, even though I wouldn't mind having a snack myself." Alucard purred at Seras and looked at the moon from under the brim of his hat. "Besides, I didn't feel like passing another year alone in my coffin."He smiled down at the younger vampire. She certainly did look rather pretty in the moonlight.

Seras felt a blush spread across her cheeks and looked down at the ground self consciously. She had been wanting to ask Alucard something for some time now but hadn't known how to pose the question without giving him the wrong idea.

"Uh, master, can I ask you something?"Seras said nervously.

"Yes," Alucard answered, looking up at the clock and watching as the second hand counted down the last 15 seconds. 15-14-13-12…

"I, well, I wanted to know if you…" Seras was interrupted by Alucard's sudden movement towards her.

In one deathly quick motion he gripped Seras' waist with his hands and pressed his lips to hers with a gentle, yet hungry passion. It took Seras a moment to realize what her master was doing but then she heard the throng of people surrounding her scream "Happy New Year" and watched them lock lips with their partners.

When their lips locked the cheering that had exploded around them seemed to go silent. The lust Seras had been keeping contained since she arrived at the party poured out through her lips as she opened her mouth and massaged his tongue with her own. There was an instant rush of heat down her body setting her intimate regions ablaze with the need for her master's touch.

After what seemed like hours since the kiss began, even though it had only been a few seconds, they parted from each other.

Alucard looked down at his blood child and felt a chill as his newly hardened member rubbed against his pants. How could such a young and inexperienced vampire arouse such a lust inside an ancient like himself?