Child of the Night

Fanwork
Title:	Child of the Night
Creator:	Scribe Mozell
Date(s):	2002?-2009?
Medium:	fanfic
Fandom:	Dracula, Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992 movie), Historical RPF
External Links:	on squidgeworld.org, on author's website
Click here for related articles on Fanlore.

Child of the Night is an unfinished Dracula/Jonathan fic by Scribe Mozell. It takes the premise of the 1992 Coppola's movie of one of the hunters being reincarnation of the lover Dracula used to have when he was human, but makes the lover Jonathan instead of Mina. It's one of the first Dracula/Jonathan fics, and probably longest in existence.

While partially based on the movie (reincarnation plot, Dracula is Vlad the Impaler and turns into a vampire in a similar manner to the movie, Renfield is the first Dracula's solicitor), the author also uses some things from the book and other adaptations of it, and also "casts" in the roles of the characters different actors than the movie for the most part.

The first part of the fic was published as a book.

The author also wrote several short fics set in this universe.

• Not the One - An alternate storyline to Child of the Night. What if Jamey Roswell, the boy who kissed Jonathan on his birthday, hadn't made a tour of the continent, but had instead returned to school, and turned his attention to Jonathan?
• Dreams of a Dom I: Child of the Night - Clive, the Leather Hairdresser, after being introduced to fanfiction, finds himself taking an interesting trip in his dreams

Summary

In fifteenth century Transylvania (Wallachia), Prince Vlad Tepes Draculea rules with a bloody, iron fist. His method of dealing with enemies, both personal and political, has earned him the name of The Impaler. Though he has bedded many, Draculea's heart has never been touched, until he seeks a bride. He chooses a young noblewoman, but it is not she who captures his heart. Instead, he falls in love with her bastard half-brother, Nicolae. After winning the boy over, he is happy, for a time. Then tragedy strikes. Draculea willingly takes on the curse of vampirism to await the rebirth of his lover.

Centuries later, Draculea meets Jonathan Harker, a naive young Englishman who bears a striking resemblance to his lost love. Convinced that he is his beloved Nicu's reincarnation, Draculea sets out to take him, no matter what... or who stands in his way...

Fan Response

Summary: A slash rendering of the classic gothic love story, Dracula. What makes you recommend the story?: It's very well written, well researched and in my opinion very sexy. What about the story annoys you?: Other than being impatient for new chapters, nothing much I don't think. Any other comments: A very long read, but the author is terrific.

Rating: NC-17

Warnings: Where to begin. Not for the faint of heart. Very graphic. Some non-con and incest, a lot of Dom/sub stuff. A lot of violence in general. Some graphic yuri. Um, I don't know if that's everything, but I think she puts warnings at the top of particularly bad chapters.

Pairing: Vlad/Nicolae, Vlad/Elizabeta, Elizabeta/Lena, Vlad/Simion I know there are alot of pairings. The V/S is before he ever gets with Nicolae, V/E is performing husbandly duties only and only as much as he has to at that. Mainly, it is V/N and E/L. The story is really long, epic, and the pairings make sense at each moment. Which is why I didn't mind them. You know how picky I am about these things. Oh, there be some femslash here. These are the pairings thus far.

Warning: some m/f (very little, in case you need a warning for that) *Violence and abuse* (parent/child who is an adult at the time). Oh, the femslash sex is rough and a little violent. It's in Part 15, you can skip over that if you don't like it. Also, part 27 there are some descriptions of medieval burial practices. Man, I thought the first few eps of Six Feet Under had some shit in it I didn't even need to know. I so didn't need to know this either. You can skip over it and it doesn't make alot of difference. I am so being cremated. Six Feet Under confirmed to me that was a good decision.<*sigh*> There is a major *Character Death* in part 38. Vlad becomes a vamp in that same section of the story. *Het Rape* in part 40, a violent gang rape. So be warned about that too.

Note: Movie/Book slash. This story has like 43 parts at the time I am writing this. With more parts being posted all the time. So look for the drop down menu that list them all or the links to each new section in the upper and lower right hand corners of the story.

Yes, there are alot of pairings listed above. If you've read my bitch fest you know I don't like stories with multiple pairings usually. The pairings are not all going on at once though. The only ones that crossover with any other is the m/f. It revolves around an arranged marriage and neither person is to thrilled about doing it. The main pairing Vlad/Nicolae is what the story revolves around. Scribe said that she took ideas from no particular movie specifically. She did sortof assign a cast to the movie, just to give you something to visualize. She borrowed some from the movie a few years back with Keanu Reeves and Winona Rider. The actor she cast as Vlad isn't Gary Oldman though, this guys is way hotter than that. His name is Peter Lucas. If you want to check him out here's a link to his Official Website(at least I'm assuming it's his official one) http://www.peterlucas.com. Let's just say I was drooling. He's gorgeous. I like the idea of him as Dracula much better. Also, let's remember here that we are talking about Vlad Tepes here: AKA Vlad the Impaler and Vlad Dracula (meaning Dragon or Devil). So he's not exactly a nice guy. This was one evil son of a bitch. He's nice to Nicolae, or Nicu as he is often referred to in the story, but not always everyone else. A little info on Vlad can be found by clicking here. Yes, the anti-christ did come to earth once! Read the article you'll get my meaning. Moving on to the rec. Your thanking god I know. I got over my vampire and horror movie fascination by the end of my teens. So I didn't know if I'd like this or not. Someone on the rec board mentioned it being good though and I really like Scribe's Poetic Series in the X-files fandom so I decided to check it out. I wasn't sure I was going to be able to get into it at first. I kept reading, however, and pretty soon I was totally engrossed in it. I have just gotten hooked on this series. I love it now. I can't wait for new parts to pop up. It has become one of my favorite reads recently. Happens that way sometimes, your not sure that you'll like a story and end up falling totally in love with it. I can't wait to see where Scribe takes this story. I'm completely hooked on the thing and Vlad hasn't even become a vampire yet. I so hope she continues this to...whereever she's going with it. I mean we haven't even gotten to the point where the book Dracula takes place. We're still within his mortal lifetime. I am so on the edge of my seat about where this is going to go. I love it. I can't recommend this one enough. It's an intense love story. I just love it so much, could never say enough good about it. Such a wonderful long read. The kind you can just get lost in. I can so see this world she has created. It's just beautifully written.

its pretty interesting, with severe movie/historical mix rather than book-based, and has some,a h, interestingness with Jonathan and Mina both being reincarnations :D

But hey, at least it doesn't have a sugar-coated Vlad :D Even if they did get the eyecolour wrong (green, dammit!). My inner Draculea's wincing a little at the soppier bits, but generally nodding along in approval. <...> I liked the killing/torture scene of Nicolae's father. Mmm. Bloodthirsty :D <...> (And the further on I go, the less I like. NOT a fan of the random Mina-and-Lucy hate.) <...> (I'm at 92 now, and I'm wondering whether or not to skip the rest. I liked it lots until the bits in France, but now it's all going kind of to pieces. And definitely not enough Draculea.)

Child of teh night: It's not as good as one might think, the Romanian is wrong, and it's bloody LONG (112 chapters and probably going on 200+ *nosebleed*), but I still read every chapter. It's scary, really.

So I read this fiction a long time ago, like back when I was still living with my mother and I had to hide my computer screen every time she came close. And there was reason enough to hide it, too. There is a LOT of sex in this read, but don’t let it dissuade you. The writing is fantastic, and it has a great storyline.

Mod Note: Sadly, this work will never be really completed. Scribe Mozell (real name, Fanny Feazell, died in March of 2014. She had published a first volume of the work (available on Amazon) and was editing a second volume when she passed away. I guess the work could be considered both finished and unfinished – she had a published volume, (which is very highly rated on Goodreads) but was still working on the series.