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Time flew by so quickly that before everyone knew it, it was October. But during such quick time, several more "coincidences" occurred in which Alucard was alone with Amelia and they were suddenly forced apart by some unforeseen reason. Such as, a thick fog that rolled in and the two couldn't see their hands in front of their faces while they were in the town square, a cloudless day which suddenly turned into a storm when they were outside, a swarm of spiders that chased away the poor frightened sorceress, and on a cloudy day, the sky suddenly opened up to let in the sun's light that would then hit the unsuspecting vampire, causing him to wince in pain. For some odd reason, neither of the two ever spotted a familiar ghostly canine figure that was always close by and then a tall dark figure would appear before such events happened. All in all, Alucard had yet to be able to make a move on Amelia while she still had yet to give her first kiss away. But it wasn't entirely Jack's doing that separated the vampire from the sorceress. At times when he'd lean in too close, the teenaged ruler would back away by making up some excuse like being exhausted from that day's work and wanting to go home. Even though they have been officially together for over a month, she was still shy of any close contact with him. Thankfully, he seemed to understand even though she never outright told him why.

But that didn't mean he wouldn't keep trying.

Amelia leaned against the railing of her balcony as she stared blankly up at the crescent moon, still dressed in her sorceress garb. Her thoughts were clouded with her relationship with Alucard over the time that had so quickly come and gone. To her, it felt as each day passed, her feelings for him would dwindle a little more. She heaved a deep sigh.

'What's wrong with me?' she mentally asked herself, 'Am I really that bad of a girlfriend?' she fixed her gaze toward the ground. 'I don't feel as attracted to him as when we first met. I just…I don't know.'

She folded her arms on the railing and rested her head on them like a pillow.

'I have a feeling that Alucard…isn't that special someone.' She thought to herself, a little ashamed of the fact.

Then, her sensitive ears to music picked up something in the distance. A masculine voice was singing and sounded like he had started to come closer. She stood up straight and tried to locate the source of the musical voice.

Let your mind start a journey through a strange, new world.
Leave all thoughts of the world you knew before.
Let your soul take you where you long to be!

Only then can you belong to me...

A soft mist slowly rolled in along with the voice and remained among the trees just a few yards away from her balcony.

Floating, falling, sweet intoxication.
Touch me, trust me, savor each sensation.
Let the dream begin, let your darkest side give in,
To the power of the music that I write.
The power of the music of the night, of the night!

Alucard had materialized as the mist began to fade back into the darkness. He then outstretched his hand toward her.

You alone can make my song take flight.
Help me make the music of the night…

She giggled softly. Whenever he met her at night, he would always sing to her. But he always saved Music of the Night for special occasions. The vampire quietly and swiftly flew up to her balcony and his feet landed with a soft tap on the railing.

"Come," he offered his hand to her, "my Angel of Music."

He gazed deeply into her eyes and Amelia found herself unable to refuse. Gingerly, she placed her hand in his grasp and he pulled her up into the air with him. Even though she had used levitation on her own self before, flying through the night with him was absolutely amazing. They glided above the trees, side by side as they held hands, as the young sorceress closed her eyes to fully take in the feeling of the wind as it gently blew past her. Alucard softly smiled at her but then turned his attention to where they were headed.

"Open your eyes," he whispered in her ear after a moment.

She did and saw the most breath-taking view ahead. The tall forest trees were beneath them as the graveyard and Spiral Hill came into view. Wisps of fog hovered among the tombstones as though the spirits of the ones departed were sleeping peacefully above their graves. The large crescent moon that glowed radiantly in the sky was overlapped by the curl of Spiral Hill, which looked like a long shadow that watched over the slumbering ghosts and their final resting places.

"It's wonderful!" the Princess of Halloween said in awe.

Slowly, they descended onto the top of the hill, still hand in hand after they had landed softly. For only a moment, which seemed to them like a peaceful eternity, they gazed up at the moon and simply enjoyed each other's presence.

"Amelia…" the vampire turned to her, "There's something that I've been wanting to tell you."

Her eyes widened a little in surprise and in interest. His free hand gently took hers and held it in his grasp while he stared deep into her eyes with compassion.

"I know that for these past few weeks, we've been interrupted on many occasions." He smiled as she laughed softly at his light joke. "But still, all of the centuries that I've lived are nothing compared to the time I've spent with you."

Her cheeks tinted a light pink at his compliment and he then took a deep breath before he continued.

"You're like no other woman I've ever met. Just the sight of your eyes and your breath-taking smile makes my soul take flight." He pulled her a little closer, "My thoughts are always clouded with images of you when you're not around. And when you are, standing next to me, nothing else in the world seems to matter so long as you're there."

She was greatly shocked at what he had just said. She could hardly believe the words she heard, and she had a pretty good guess about what he was going to say next.

"Amelia…what I'm trying to tell you is…" he released one of her hands and cupped her chin, "that I love you."

At that moment, time seemed to suddenly come to a halt for the young, and very surprised, sorceress.

'He loves me!' she shouted the sentence in her head over and over several times. 'And here I figured out that my feelings for him aren't as strong anymore!' she wanted to break down and cry for she absolutely felt horrible.

'Am I really such an awful person?' she mentally asked.

True, her heart beat sped up dramatically when he made his confession, which was a sign that there was still some affection for the attractive vampire. But her mind was at a crossroads. Should she tell him the truth and risk hurting him, possibly getting hurt herself? Should she lie to put it off until later? What she wanted to do was just disappear into thin air and go someplace secluded where she could have time to think and digest what had just happened. However, she had no such luck for time then seemed to resume itself.

Alucard leaned in closer to her as he tilted her chin up while his other hand snaked around her waist. Amelia's mind was in a panic, there was no way she would be able to slip her way out of this one like she had so many times before.

Suddenly, high pitched screeches were heard from behind the couple as a swarm of bats swooped down on them that forced the two apart. The sorceress covered her face with her arms to protect herself and clenched her eyes shut while the vampire shielded them both using his cape and ducked his head. The bats then flew off into the distance, gone almost as fast as they came. He lowered his cape and glared in the direction the unwanted disturbance had come from, which was the outer tree line from the forest nearby. He narrowed his eyes in suspicion but then turned to his attention to the young girl next to him.

"Are you alright?" He asked concerned.

"Yeah…I'm fine." She lightly hugged herself, "Why don't we go ahead and head back to town? I'm tired from the day's preparations anyway. It's even more hectic than usual now that it's October." She laughed softly.

"But let's take the long way." She beamed up at him and took his hand in hers.

"Alright." He gave a curt nod and smiled back.

They descended Spiral Hill and it uncurled beneath their feet as they walked down to the cemetery below.

"Amelia," the vampire addressed her as they made their way through the tombstones, "you know how I feel toward you but…you haven't told me how you feel." His eyes were once again full of compassion and care. He wanted to show her that she could tell him anything.

"Oh, well…" she hesitated as she thought about what to say. She avoided his gaze in slight fear for her nerves had started to get the better of her. "You see…this is the only relationship I've ever been in and, we've been together for several weeks now but…I honestly think I need more time before I can give you a straight answer." Warily, she looked up at him to see his reaction.

To her surprise, he had a look of acceptance.

"I understand, I did sort of spring it up on you." He sheepishly scratched his head. "But no matter what your answer is," he then leaned in closer to her and whispered in her ear, "my feelings for you won't change."

She blushed a little at his devotion and smiled. "Thank you."

He turned his head in the direction where the bats had come from once again and glared. He was certain that something was up, but decided the girl who walked beside him was much more important than a meaningless mystery. They soon reached the gate and Alucard politely opened it for her. Then together, they started down the path back to the home where the monsters, creeps, and crawls reside.

Once they were gone from sight, a tall, slender silhouette jumped down from one of the forest trees and stared off in the direction that the couple had gone.

"That was close." The figure muttered as it stepped out from the shadows and into the pale moonlight.

It was Jack who had hidden himself in the trees and released the bats upon the unsuspecting two. A ghostly canine also flew down from the trees and hovered next to its master.

"I need to be more careful." He put his hands on his hips, "That Alucard is a lot sharper than I give him credit for." He sighed and scratched the back of his head, "I guess I really ought to stop this game and just confront Amelia about my thoughts on that vampire." His eyes narrowed as he glared toward the direction they had left.

"Uh oh." His eyes widened when realization finally hit him, "We had better get going and quick!" he said to his ghostly companion. He then stood straight and whispered, "Umbra deobscurum addo mihi domus."

Jack's shadow which was cast on the ground from the moon's bright glow suddenly began to move and it wrapped itself around the skeleton and his loyal friend. The shadow then formed into a ball and continually grew smaller until it vanished without a trace.

Alucard walked Amelia up the steep steps to the front door of her temporary home and stopped when they reached the top of the stone staircase.

"Goodnight my princess. 'Till tomorrow when we meet again." he brought her hand close to him and right as he was about to bring it up to his lips, the door suddenly opened.

"Ah! There you are Amelia." Jack beamed down at her.

Alucard had instantly let go of her hand, much to the skeleton's unseen relief.

"I was about to go looking for you two." He crossed his arms and winked.

The teenaged sorceress laughed at his small joke. She then turned to the man who had confessed his true feelings for her.

"Goodnight Alucard." She said with a smile, gave a small bow, and walked inside when Jack had stepped out of the way. The Pumpkin King then closed the door behind them and the vampire took that as his obvious cue to leave.

Jack and Amelia went to their respective rooms without so much as a word to each other for a lot was on their minds.

The skeleton in the pinstripe suit paced around his room in the tower as he contemplated how to approach the subject of what he really thinks about Alucard to Amelia, and his thoughts about her relationship with said vampire. He held his hands behind his back and stared at the ground as he mumbled incoherently to himself. Zero watched from his basket, concerned for his master. However, his ears perked up when he heard the sound of faint footsteps from the spiral stairwell that seemed to grow louder. Jack then heard the noise as well and stood up straight as he faced the opening to the staircase.

"Jack?" the very sorceress he was trying to build up the nerve to talk to about a very touchy matter poked her head in.

She was obviously nervous when she made her way up the remaining steps and fully entered the room.

"Can I talk to you about something?"

What's This? What's This! Amelia has something to say? What's This? What's This! The author won't give it away!

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