It Is He Who Will Be King

By Paul Buckmaster

-"ALONG HERE...."
-"WE MUST HURRY!
-"THIS WAY, GREAT MASTER, QUICKLY!
OH NO, I SHOULDN'T HAVE COME FOR YOU, I SHOULD HAVE COME STRAIGHT TO HELP
HIM."
-"DON'T REPROACH YOURSELF."
-"I MIGHT HAVE SAVED HIM!"
-"WHOEVER KILLED COUNT DRACULA WOULD SURELY HAD KILLED YOU."
-"THE KING OF THE NETHERWORLD IS LOST TO US FOREVER, OH, THE COUNTESS...."
-"WHERE DID SHE REST?"
-"OH NO, THEY COULDN'T HAVE...OOH....OOH...."
-"IT SEEMS THE HOUSE OF DRACULA IS NOT AT AN END."
-"I KNEW THE COMING CHILD, GREAT MASTER, BUT I WAS SWORN TO A SECRECY."
-"YOU DID WELL. AND NOW THE NETHERWORLD CAN REJOICE THAT A VAMPIRE CHILD
WILL BE BORN IN THE MANNER OF THE HUMAN WORLD. THE COUNTESS, SHE SHALL
HAVE A BOY AND HE SHALL INHERIT HIS FATHER'S THRONE AND ONE DAY SHALL BE
CROWNED THE KING OF THE NETHERWORLD."
-"WHEN WILL THIS BE, GREAT MASTER?"
-"NOT IN YOUR LIFETIME, BRIAN, BUT YOU MUST PREPARE HIM."
-"I SHALL UNDERTAKE THAT TASK WITH GREAT PRIDE."
-"I HAVE BEEN AWARE FOR SOME TIME NOW THAT IN A HUNDRED YEARS AN OCCASION
OF GREAT IMPORT WILL AFFECT THE HOUSE OF DRACULA."

-"AAAAAHHH! NO!!"
-"AAAAAHHH!"

-"THIS CORONATION WILL ESTABLISH OUR PEOPLE ONCE MORE UNITED UNDER
ONE LEADER."
-"YES, INDEED."