Chapter 2: Old Homes

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"I'm a nice person. I am." Trevor said as he, Sypha and Meilė walked back to the building Sypha's family had used for a house while they had been staying in Gresit. "I know how to be nice." Trevor said, determined to tell Sypha how nice he was. Sypha scoffed.

"No, you don't." Sypha said. Trevor glanced at her.

"I do. I'm nice to everybody." Trevor said. Meilė scoffed.

"Then, Trevor, why are most of the stories you tell people about you arriving somewhere and then getting punched in the face?" She asked. Trevor looked at her.

"That's because everyone else is a horrible piece of shit." Trevor said, pouting. Meilė laughed. Sypha raised her eyebrow at Trevor.

"See?" She asked. Trevor glanced at her.

"What?" He asked. As the three approached the abandoned building, Ramybė waved her hand to the side. The sand moved to her will and covered the pictures that the two had created. Sypha stood before them. Ramybė and Alucard turned and faced the three as they stood in the entrance of the building.

"So, how do we proceed?" Sypha asked. Ramybė looked at the three.

"Have the Speakers left?" She asked. Meilė nodded, looking at her sister.

"Yeah." She said. Alucard looked at Sypha.

"I'm sorry." He said, causing everyone to look at him. Ramybė smiled at Sypha, trying to bring her comfort.

"If we are successful, you will see them again soon, in far happier circumstances." Ramybė said. Sypha looked at Trevor.

"See? They also know how to be nice." She said. Trevor frowned and turned away from her. He walked around the space, looking for anything that could probably suffice as alcohol. Meilė looked at the son of Dracula.

"Is it true, then?" She asked. Alucard looked at the younger Gelbėtojai, silently questioning what she was asking.

"The castle can travel somehow?" Ramybė asked, looking at Alucard. "We know the stories." She said. Sypha nodded.

"So do we Speakers, but sometimes it's hard to separate myth from truth." She said. The twins nodded along, agreeing with what the Speaker Magician said. While the others were talking, Trevor was still looking around for any bottles full of something he could drink.

"Tell her about Dracula's castle, Alucard. Her day can't get any more ruined." Trevor said, his voice laced with sarcasm. Meilė narrowed her eyes at him. Alucard looked at the three ladies.

"Dracula's castle moves. How to describe it? It travels without moving. It appears at locations as if," Alucard paused, trying to find the right words for it. Ramybė looked at Alucard.

"As if by magic." She said. Alucard looked at her and smiled, nodding.

"Yes. As if by magic." He said. Meilė put her hand to her chin in thought.

"There has to be some way to trap it." She said, more to herself than anyone else. She looked around her at her sister and her friends. "How do we start?" She asked. Trevor opened a chest and dug around before closing it.

"I want to go home." Trevor said suddenly. Sypha glared at him and crossed her arms.

"Have you been drinking again?" She accused. Trevor glared back at her. Ramybė chuckled slightly.

"Some chance he has been, but he's right. I want to go home as well." She said. She looked at her sister. Meilė looked at her twin and then snapped her fingers.

"Home, of course. The old Belmont and Gelbėtojai estates. They were built right next to each other. The Belmonts and the Gelbėtojais thought that by combining their powers of the elements and of the weapons used to fight the demons and other such creatures, that they could be stronger together." Meilė said. Trevor smiled at the twins and nodded. Alucard looked at the three ex-monster hunters.

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