The real story of Dracula

The Real Story of Dracula

I was investigating about the Real Stoy of Dracula, and who was my surprise when I found that the Count really existed. The story of Dracula is a story full of mystery and unbelievable facts, but despite all of these there is truth to this story: Dracula really existed.

After I had been checking and reading in several sources, I discoverd that Vlad Tepes known as Dracula was a king in one of the historical parts of Romania: Tara Romaneascã (The Romanian Country) or Walachia. He was born in 1431 in Sighisoara, Transylvania, Dracula grew up in a Germanic, and later Turkish atmosphere (as a prisoner from 1444 until 1448), then died in 1476 in a fight defending his country.

For a better understanding of the true character's of Vlad Tepes it is necessary to explain the origin of his name. "Both father and son had the given name 'Vlad'. The names 'Dracul' and 'Dracula' are really nicknames. So, both of these nicknames had two meanings. 'Dracul' meant 'devil', as it still does in Romanian today; in addition it meant 'dragon'.

After I had known all of this information, I decided to travel to Transylvania, to have a look myself.

Once there, I noticed a really weird feeling in all the atmosphere. All the people there, were looking at me like an intruder. At the end, asking and asking, I found the Castle where Dracula were living. I knocked the door, and suddenly, a housekeeper appear on the front door!

She was very interesting about me and she showed me with pleasure all the huge Castle. I wanted to see the Dracula´s coffin, so I was aking reapeted times about it and at the end, I could see the room which the coffin was!! It was terrorific, when I was 5cm from the coffin, suddendly, the lights turned off, and a scream was listened!! It was stormy outside and I couldn´t see anything. When I found a lighter, somebody has been killed to the housekeeper.

I started to run and run, and at the end, I could leave that horrible Castle.

By Carlos Arribas