Chapter 5

Skipper opened his eyes; he wasn't in the castle anymore. He looked around to see where he was. He then recognized where he was. This was the time and place of Skipper Alucard's worse day ever. The day he saw his own mother, Lisa, be executed. She was to be executed due to the fact she was married to Count Blowhole. Though she was only a mortal penguin, villagers believed she was a witch because she loved such an evil soul. Skipper ran forward has he heard a crowd of angry villagers with torches and pitchforks yelling 'Burn the Witch!' Behind the crowd, Skipper looked up to see his mother tired up and suspended ten feet from the air, about to be burned.

"Mother!" cried out Skipper.

"That voice!" said Lisa. "Skipper, its you."

"I'm coming mother! I'll save you!"

Skipper rushed though the crowd, but was then stopped by the sound of his mother's voice. "No Skipper! Don't come here!"

"But mother!"

"Its alright! If my death can save others, I gladly surrender my life."

"Mother! No! Please! NO!"

"Yes Skipper. Watch me die, and remember always my last words to you…"

"Yes mother…"

"You must despise humans. They are to be your prey."

"What?"

"Better for them to die then to let them compound their sins. Being by slaying that one over there."

"No…it wasn't like this…"

"What's wrong? Skipper?"

"My mother never said such a thing…"

"What do you mean? Kill them and bring them happiness!"

"No! You're not my mother! What kind of demon are you?"

Just then, a flash of light came out and the demon reviled its true form. It was a Succubus, a she-demon who haunted and killed men in their dreams, and taking their soul. She let out an evil laugh.

"You broke free of my spell, I like that!" said the Succubus.

"Demon, death is too good for you!" said Skipper, in hate.

"Come here little boy, and show me what you got."

Skipper took out his sword; all he was focused on now was killing this demon that manipulated his mind for her own pleasure. The Succubus flew up and fired spears from the palm of her hand at Skipper. The vampire penguin took out his shield and blocked the spears raining down on him. Skipper jumped up and hacked his sword across the face of the Succubus. But then, she grabbed Skipper from his neck, digging her razor sharp nails into his neck. Before she could do anymore damage, Skipper took his sword and stabbed the demon in the stomach, which caused her to let go of him.

Skipper fell down to the ground, landing on his little stubby knees. (A/N: If penguins don't have knees, sorry, my mistake. But I did try to look it up. Not really good answers to be honest.) He looked up the see the Succubus holding her stomach in pain. But it wasn't enough. Skipper jumped once again to attack the demon, but when he faced her to slash his sword, she disappeared. And before Skipper could do anything, she reappeared behind him and kicked him from behind, making him fall all the way down to the ground. Skipper was slow to get up, but with the sprit of his mother in him he refuses to give up. He got back up and looked around for the Succubus.

Skipper turned around and saw the demon. He slashed his sword but she vanished. He quickly realized that copies of the Succubus surrounded him. Only one of these copies was the real thing. He slashed and stabbed though different copies, but none of them was the real Succubus. She made even more copies and all of them started firing spears at him. Skipper jumped over the surrounding copies to doge them all. He used his shield to defend himself. As they were firing spears at him, Skipper held his sword up to his face and closed his eyes. He prayed to his mother, asking her to give him strength to end this battle once and for all.

He cleared his mind, concentrating on figuring out who is the real one. He then realized which one was the real one. He jumped up, holding his shield in front of him still blocking the spears that were being fired at him. He looked and found the one who had the scarred face and the stomach flesh wound. He found the Succubus with the only one who had those wounds. He threw his sword and it went right though the heart of the real Succubus. All of the fake copies vanished and the real Succubus dropped to her knees in defeat. Skipper landed from the ground and walked up to the she-demon. Taking his sword out of her chest.

"Darkling!" said the Succubus. "I smell your blood. You're a vampire! Could it be…? …That strength, that beauty…you're the son of Lord Blowhole."

"Death in the dream world will set your soul wandering for eternity, demon. May Hell have no mercy on your soul…"

All of a sudden, killer flesh eating bats surrounded the area, and all were looking very hungry. They were looking at the weak and defenseless Succubus and flew to her to eat her flesh. Skipper turned around and walked not caring about her fate.

"Wait! I beg of you!"

But the bats surrounded her and started to eat her flesh. Ripping off her skin off, and devouring her body. Skipper went back to reality and was back in the castle, back in the battlefield of the Coliseum. There he saw writing on the ground saying 'Clock Tower.' That was the room where he met Marlene. He ran back to the Marble Gallery where the Clock Tower was located to see why he was left that message.