The Nymph On The Stone
Drusilla the Dryad sitting on the stone that was once the sight of Arthur’s famous Sword in The Stone.
Wood nymphs in classical Greek mythology were called Dryads.
And thus Drusilla the Dryad was a wood nymph.
A nymph that had emerged out of the woods in this park to sit on this stone.
But this was no ordinary stone.
This was the stone that had once held the famous Sword in The Stone of Arthurian legend.
The stone where there was an inscription in front of it that read WHOSOEVER PULLETH THE SWORD OUT OF THIS STONE IS THE RIGHTFUL HIGH KING OF THE BRITONS.
And Arthur who thought he was the son of Sir Hector had pulled the sword out of the stone.
And that was because he was in fact the son of Uther Pendragon the last High King of the Britons prior to Arthur pulling the sword out of this stone.
But in those days the sword and this stone had been in the churchyard of an ancient church.
The church was called the Church of St. Michael and St. George.
But when Henry VIII made himself the Head on Earth of the Church of England in November 1534 and started dissolving monasteries and razing a few churches, the Church of Saint Michael and Saint George was razed to the ground.
Because a woman seer had told Henry that someday a descendant of King Arthur would be crowned King of all of Britain at that spot.
And the woman seer told Henry that despite his father King Henry VII’s propaganda, the Tudor family of Wales were not descended from King Arthur.
In fact, Henry’s elder brother who should have been king was in fact named Arthur to go along with post-War of The Roses 🌹 🥀 Tudor propaganda.
Their father King Henry VII’s desire was for Arthur to become king and for Henry to become a priest with hopes that someday in their father’s eyes he would become Archbishop of Canterbury.
And thus the Tudor family would control both Church and State in England.
With Arthur as King running the state.
And the younger Henry as Archbishop of Canterbury running the church.
But then Arthur died.
And Henry became heir to the throne.
But since he had studied to become a priest, Henry did have an extensive background in theology.
It was that background that allowed Henry to write a book against the ideas of Martin Luther which he called In Defense of The Seven Sacraments that he wrote in 1521.
That same year of 1521 on October 11th, Pope Leo X gave Henry VIII the title Defender of The Faith (a title that British monarchs still hold today) as reward for writing that pamphlet against Luther and his ideas.
On November 3rd 1534 the British Parliament gave King Henry VIII the title of Head On Earth of the Church of England.
On December 31st 1534 the Church of Saint Michael and Saint George (where the young Arthur Pendragon had pulled the sword out of the stone) was completely destroyed and demolished.
The only thing that remained was the stone (that had once held the sword).
And that was because time had forgotten what stone it was.
Today the area where the ancient church and ancient churchyard had once stood was now a public park.
And Drusilla the Dryad (a wood nymph of classical Greek mythology) was currently sitting on the stone that had once held the sword of Arthurian legend.
As Christopher Dracul Van Helsing walked through the park, he noticed the beautiful and forever young immortal nymph Drusilla the Dryad sitting on a stone.
“Good day, Miss,” Van Helsing approached the beautiful Drusilla, “Are you a fan of Arthurian myth?”.
“A myth that was once reality,” Drusilla answered, “for Arthur pulled the sword out of this stone here.”
“I wonder where I should place my sword?” Dracul mused aloud.
“Sir, I do not like your tone,” Drusilla’s eyes flashed fire.
“And what are you going to do about it?” Van Helsing demanded to know.
“This,” and with that the lovely young nymph Drusilla took Dracul over her knee and across her lap and ripped off his clothes and spanked him on the bare bottom.
“No,” the ghost of Orson Welles cried when he came around the corner carrying an extensively large spectral picnic 🧺 lunch 🥗 🥙 🥪 🍗 basket 🧺 and saw what was happening.
And so that was how Drusilla, Dracul and the ghost of Orson Welles spent V-E (Victory In Europe) Day 2024.
-A vampire novel chapter
Written by Christopher
Wednesday May 8th
2024.
Dracul Van Helsing 
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