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TVS 41: Father
F I R E
"No way. What are you saying jan Xavierre! This man will never be my father, because he's dead! He killed him you say my father? HAHAHA! You're making me laugh." There is a hint of sarcasm in my sarcasm to Xavierre who said that my father was the murderer Dmitri.
"Fire, sorry, but I'm not joking. That is true." In this situation, he chose to stay calm, but I wasn't even able to sink in when I found out at the party. I-I still can't believe it!
"Look, Mr. Vladymir. I'm not kidding you two, you don't even have proofs-!" Xavierre cut him off. Even he was confused by what Xavierre was saying.
"I have it, Mr. Dmitri. So please, don't kill each other right now. When you found out that I'm lying, then feel free to take my life." T-Take his life ?!
"Indeed, Dad, Xavierre's telling you the truth." V-Vishnyr? Why is he here? Dad who ?!
"Y-You're alive, son? I-I thought you were dead?" I distanced myself from them, it looks like a reunion 'to no Vishnyr and his father. I glanced at Xavierre who was also looking at me.
"Are you okay?" He mouthed. Is he crazy ?! Am I okay? This is how I will know? On his birthday ?! Tell me who is okay with that ?!
I sat down, my knees weakening at the revelations tonight. First, I hate vampires. I despise them! But now, I turned out to be one of them. Am I going to loathe myself too?
Second, I'm what they call their queen. Vampires do have a queen, but never I have ever thought of me, being that "Queen."
Third, Dmitri's my "Dad." How can I believe that? My father is Máximo Vallez, killed by none other than Dmitri himself, what they call my father.
Fourth, Vishnyr called him "Dad," which means he's my brother. Maybe next time Xavierre will be my brother too?
All of these are overflowing inside my mind — I don't know if it's all true or just a fabrication--!
*clap*clap*
Someone entered the door, and it was Antonio, clapping, and smiling devilishly. "So, you and your father have already met. What a pleasant surprise! And-Oh? Vishnyr, you're alive!"
"Why are you here, Antonio?" I muttered, I told them before not to bother me. Xavierre quickly got to my seat, I'm at his back. It seems that he is protecting me.
"Fire, let's get out of here," Xavierre whispered, as he did I also feel bad.
"Fire? You're leaving early?" I could hear Antonio's voice like a thorn in my ear. Fortunately and I did not trust them.
"Come on, I'll let Vishnyr handle this." Xavierre whispered in my ear. He wrapped his arms around my waist and then we started to run. I remember, when someone abducted me during our date, those Vampires handled me recklessly. It's the same, we run fast. But this time, Xavierre's holding me like I'm a fragile thing. Be careful though.
We ended up being at the middle of the forest. I sat down on a big root of tree. Xavierre did the same thing. His breathing were shallow. He also often sighed deeply. I did not utter any word since we arrived here, nor he is.
"I'm so sorry for keeping the truth until now, Fire." I just stared at him, and now silence is eating us up.
"Dear Fire, remember me?"
Who's that? Has someone linked their mind to me? I mean, someone talked to me ... But it's not Xavierre. I looked at him but he's just sitting next to me, doing nothing. I know the party is not over yet, and these revelations are still inside my head, but can I cause that someone is talking to me with my mind?
Come to think of it ... They say I'm a Vampire, and I know they have their own way of communication and that is mind linking, probably there is someone who did that with me right now and I'm very sure that it is not Xavierre.
Who could that be?
"Fire? Is there a problem? Are you okay?" My mind is full of thoughts, and I don't want to add those to Xavierre's thoughts. I know that tonight will be bloody. I don't want him to worry about me anymore, I can do it myself.
"I'm okay."
"Oooh, I wonder where Frost, Marquis, Elenore and Lucas could be?"
Who are you? I-I can't connect my mind to this person.
"Poor you, you just know the truth. You can't accept it as fast as you could ... But I'll help you."
Who is this man ?! I've heard his voice somewhere ... Who could this be?
"You forgot about me right away? Aww, you're hurting me. Does Alas rings a bell?" That's right ... The one I bumped into earlier at the party. What has he got to do with me? Incapable---
"I think, you already remember who I am. Let's get to the point. I'm holding Frost. I won't do anything that will harm them if ... You'll come to me, ALONE. It's that simple! Then everybody will be happy! "
Where are they Frost ?! Where did he take it ?!
"Go in the middle of the forest, tomorrow night. And don't you ever dare to seek help. Remember, I need you ALONE. Not with Xavierre, not with your father, and not with Vishnyr. You just have to."
What will I do? He was holding my friends, maybe how could they. What if he kills them? No. I will not let that happen. I will just follow what he wants. I don't feel tired because it has been replaced by fear ... Fear that something bad might happen to them. I need to end this war with my own ways. I feel sorry for dragging them into such tough situation.
The surroundings were quiet and I could no longer hear crackles from the vampire battle. I guess the war here is over, but not mine. It will begin tomorrow night. For now, I need to rest because I will need strength to face Alas. I looked for Xavierre back in the place where I got to know everything about my life. Antonio is dead, I just found out when I got back. Dmitri killed him. Poor Alvie, I wish she's alright.
"How's everything?" I asked Xavierre, I would have asked Vishnyr because I'm a little angry with this man but I have no choice because I can't find him. "It's over for now." He tried to reach out for my hand but I avoided him. "Fire, I-I'm so sorry for using you to kill this kid. But I have to clear my mind for now. Sorry."
Dmitri left the place leaving me and Xavierre alone.
"Where are Tanj?" I broke the silence first. "I don't know. By the way Fire, if you hear a voice in your mind, threatening you with something ... D-Don't believe in it."
"B-Why?" Is it possible that he also heard Alas' voice earlier? No way! If he found out, Alas might hurt them!
"B-Just, just don't follow what it says. Have trust in me, I won't let anyone harm you. That's the least thing I can assure you. So when you hear something, don't hesitate to inform me . " He hugged me, yet I was still a little angry with him. I'm sorry but I'm not letting you know, their lives are at risk and I can't lose it.
"Where's Nay Maria? I'll sleep with her."
...........
"Nay Maria, am I here first?"
"Perfect, I'll tell you something hija." Her tone is not the same anymore. Nay Maria is in her serious mode. What he has to say seems important.
"I need to wake you up. I'll explain everything, don't worry."
"What do you mean wake up? I'm not sleeping yet." I answer, Nay Maria's joking right. She walked away and went down, her house is just like mine with a second floor. I'm here at her bedroom sitting at her bed and she says she'll get something in the kitchen. So I waited for her and noticed a picture frame on top of her bed side table. It's my first time here in his room since I only went around the first floor. I always respect the privacy of others so I don't know why Xavierre just enters my room, invading my privacy.
Is Auntie in the picture? A-And mama ... papa ... A-And A-Amelia? Wait, who's this other woman? It's a picture of five people, papa who is the only man, next to mama. Next to her is Auntie, a beautiful woman that I don't know and last is Amelia. Looks like they are in their mid 20s. They are all sitting on a long bench and they are smiling genuinely. I looked at the unfamiliar woman's eyes and felt a strange feeling inside me that I can't explain. Who is she?
"That woman you're looking at, is your mother."
"M-Mother? Y-You mean Dmitri's wife." She held my hand and told me to calm down first.
"I'll explain everything, so listen carefully." I didn't complain anymore and just listened to what she is going to say.
"You probably don't know who I am, but I am Amelia." My eyes widened at what I heard but I didn't utter any word, I won't talk unless she's done.
"Aroud two hundred years ago, everything is okay. Your father and Stellara, your mother is the most wonderful couple I've ever seen. So did Maximo and Celina who were both slayers." Slayers? Mom and dad? Wow!
"Stellara and your Auntie were both like sisters to me. They are my bestfriend. While Antonio & Dmitri were friends too, more like brothers. Dmitri is even more of an Antonio brother than your Auntie. Antonio is obsessed with your mom, Stellara "To the point that even though she and Dmitri are married, she still wants something. But your father isn't aware of that."
This is the truth about my real parents that I wished I knew earlier.
"There were three clans of vampires back then. The Damiennes, Vladymirs and the fallen clan, the Crinamortes." So I belong to the Damienne Clan. And he belongs to the Vladymir Clan.
"What about the Le Rouge?"
"Le Rouge is not a clan but a servant to Crinamortes. Since the fall of that clan is more than 300 years ago, Antonio's plan maybe is to make Le Rouge be one of the clans. I found out this from your Auntie's secretary which is Antonio's nephew. He planned on helping your father in seizing the throne and kill him after it. " Now I'm starting to get to hang with it. Gradually I came to understand the things that were troubling my mind.
"It was part of his plan then to take over your mama. He even tried to abduct her and Vishnyr. But thanks to Romulus, they were saved. We were afraid to take Vish for use in Dmitri's claim to the throne, we let him stay with Romulus and Xavierre which was appointed as the king already. "
"Wait, Romulus is Xavierre's father who adopted Vishnyr. So that explains why they are close." I concluded then she nodded.
"When we found out that Stellara was making you pregnant, we hid her from your dad. We took her to Manila, we were with Celina and Maximo. I preserved you, Stellara, including Celina and Maximo. They are human so they can easily disappear unlike sorcerers and vampires. You slept for 175 years. When the spell lost its effect, your mom requested for your protection. And we thought of making you human, your mom was afraid that your father would use you for the throne. "
"Seriously? No matter what you do, he still tried to use me against the Vladymir. How funny." It's really funny how fate is playing with us. They hid me for how many years so he wouldn't use me yet ended up being his tool against Xavierre. Luckily, I trusted myself more than anyone else.
"Is mom, still alive?" I suddenly asked her. How they made me human, probably had a big replacement then.
"She's in a deep slumber for 24 years, and she'll only wake up on your 25th birthday. The reason why you didn't discuss to you about your identity is because she doesn't have any evidence yet. As soon as Dmitri finds out where the Your mom, he'll take it. Remember the war where Celina was killed? It's the recent attack of your dad. He looked for Stellara among them but he failed to get information and killed them. That's the time that I protected you using this Nay "Maria scheme. With that attack, he tried to kill Xavierre again, the people were just affected. There are countless times he tried to seize the throne, but those were all failures. Xavierre was always ahead of him."
"Now that Dmitri knows that you are his daughter, I know that he still doesn't acknowledge you as his daughter. Because there is no evidence. Now we need to wake your mom. Maybe your dad will change his mind about his plans. He killed Antonio, that means there is still hope that everything will be fixed. "
"How are we going to wake him up?"
"I need your decision, when Stellara sleeps, your vampire blood is with her. If we're about to awaken her, your vampire blood will also wake up. I need you to decide, are you willing to be a vampire again?"
I dont want to. What should I do?
To be continued...
