Aiden and Elyssa, two very red headed twins.
We had lived with Granny Lara, who took us in after the death of our parents. Mother was a sweet and kind soul. We always remembered dancing around the living room with her. Baking cookies and stuff. Daddy we always did outside things with, like fishing and playing ball.
One night, after we had been out for dinner this man tried to mug dad. Dad just looked at him like he was an idiot and punched him right in the nose. It was times like these when I thought my father, who hated guns and had never been to any wars, was the bravest man who ever lived. That is my most precious memory I hold onto.
Granny did try her hardest, even though she wasn't a very good cook.
How many words can explain a bond between two siblings? Even since We were toddlers we had an amazing connection. We did a lot together, chasing each other around the house playing tag, chasing the neighborhood cat to put a bell on her neck. Heck we even dug in the sand looking for crabs once. Until it bit into Elyssa's finger, and that was the end of that one.
Fort Ashby they named it.
Their favourite Pac-man lamp, books, Miss tripper (Elyssa's toy bunny), and Mr Noodle (Aidens bear), a pile of books (for story telling), and Mothers favorite house plant, all got places in the fort. Of course, the dress-up chest also.
Sometimes we would have a rolly-polly fight and roll down hills and stuff. Elyssa always did beat me. Sometimes I would storm off in a huff; her success was really annoying.
Elyssa really loved to pretend she was a message bearer thing. She would make me sit and listen to her babbling for hours. By watching her, I began to think there was some skill involved in being a girl.
Maybe she will be the President one day, with all her bossiness and controlling. All while being filled with a sugary, marshmallow center. Sometimes I wish I had her confidence.
Maybe she will be the President one day, with all her bossiness and controlling. All while being filled with a sugary, marshmallow center. Sometimes I wish I had her confidence.
I used to be scared of the dark once; now, I never bothered: I knew that I had Elyssa at my side. Together we could accomplish anything, defeat evil and triumph over home work.
It gave me a sense of pride to know that after losing so much, we were still able to hold onto little things. Our innocence, independence, and creativity still gave most people a run for their money. It gave our dreams more of a special touch.
It gave me a sense of pride to know that after losing so much, we were still able to hold onto little things. Our innocence, independence, and creativity still gave most people a run for their money. It gave our dreams more of a special touch.
But like everything, when you are having a good time and everything is perfect, something has to go wrong.
It was a Saturday morning. Not long after breakfast. We were playing hide and seek, Elyssa was counting upstairs.
While I was running outside, I slipped and bumped my head on the side of the pool.
It took a while before Elyssa found me. But it was too late.
The poor girl has to live with that vision for the rest of her life.
It was a Saturday morning. Not long after breakfast. We were playing hide and seek, Elyssa was counting upstairs.
While I was running outside, I slipped and bumped my head on the side of the pool.
It took a while before Elyssa found me. But it was too late.
The poor girl has to live with that vision for the rest of her life.
The day of my funeral Elyssa was calm and collected. After the men had come and put my head stone in the hill in the front yard where we used to play tag, she planted some dandelions and agapanthus or something.
She had put up with all these people coming to pay their respects, spoke to them politely but was on the verge of breaking. Then, once everyone was gone and the sun had started to set, Elyssa broke down.
The tears began to fall and they wouldn't stop.
Granny had watched from the window. Once she had cleared everything she needed to take care of, she set out to comfort her grandbaby. She wanted to comfort her. Give her solace, and tell her everything is going to be ok.
But Elyssa wouldn't hear of it.
"JUST LEAVE ME ALONE GRANNY, EVERYONE IS DEAD AND SOON YOU WILL BE TOO," yelled Elyssa.
Granny stood there for a bit just staring at Elyssa, not sure what to say and not wanting to making anything worse.
"It's going to get better sweetheart, and I will try my best not to leave you anytime soon." Granny soothed as she finally got to hold her grandchild in her arms, in attempts to hide her from all things miserable.
After Granny finally got Elyssa to sleep, she broke down too. Blaming herself for this tragic incident, causing Elyssa more pain then she deserved. Knowing fair well that if she had that damn pool fenced, this would not have happened. She decided she was going to have it emptied and filled with concrete tomorrow. Still, this would not take away the pain, the aching and the hurt. Three beautiful souls taken away far too early and watching everyone else suffer.
But she will be here for her grandchild, even if it kills her.
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I felt I had awoken from a dream, like I was still here. But I felt a sense of floating. I looked down at my body and looked away into the distance, frozen in shock. “Am I dead?” I thought to myself. Then I looked to the House, unsure of what to do next. I felt the need to be close to my family, to my best friend. But what if I scared them or they didn't want to see me this way. This was just far too much for one day. WHY is this happening to me, what did I do to deserve this?
I wandered around for a bit, staring at the place where I took my last breath. But I knew this wasn't doing any good. So I trudged up to the cozy bed room. It was so nice just being in the comfort of my own room and listening to the sound of Elyssa breathing.
Climbing up to the bunk I lay down, watching my sister for a few hours and fell asleep. I woke up before I had to encounter her awake.
“Of course I can hear you, I...I...I...I just didn't know what to do, or if you wanted to hurt me.”
Elyssa finally got up to look at me.
“What does it feel like? You know, being a ghost.”
“Like being a big hunk of wibbly jelly”
Elyssa giggled, then stood staring at me. Then her lips started to tremble and she burst into tears, throwing her face into her hands.
I jumped up to give her a hug, but was too scared I wouldn't be able too. So there we sat on the floor sobbing like two big babies.
It had been a few weeks since Elyssa and I had found each other again. It had been the most blissful few weeks in a while. But little did we know that trouble was coming. Granny walked past the room one day. She had been noticing Elyssa had been doing some
strange things of late. Talking to herself, playing tea parties without her soft toys. What was the last straw was when she saw Elyssa hug thin air. Granny could not see me; sometimes I wished she could, though. Granny decided enough was enough.
A couple of days later Elyssa was walking out to check the mail when she spotted Granny talk to a dark haired man. Granny spotted her just as she went to run inside.
“Elyssa, sweet heart, this is Mr Jude Campbell. He is a very nice man and has come to meet you.” Granny Explained.
“Ummm why? I thought I was not meant to talk to strangers?” Elyssa snapped.
“Yes, very true darling. But that's not including people Granny has introduced to you. He is going to be helping us through some things.” Granny soothed.
“I've been trying real hard to do my homework and help around the house,” whined Elyssa.
I'd never seen the problem with Elyssa talking to me. She was happy and Granny was taking it all away, for what?
“Hello Elyssa. You may call me Jude,” the dark haired man named Jude interrupted.
“Um, Hi,” Elyssa replied shyly.
“So what do you think? You can come and hang out with me for a couple of hours a week. We can play games and talk about things?” Jude encouraged.
“You do know I have friends,” Elyssa spat.
“Yes, well this will be a little bit different then that. I am like a fun kind of doctor who is here to help people when they have some tough times in their lives.”
Elyssa pondered that for a minute, and then agreed to meet with the man for Granny's sake.
I had been getting bored just floating around, pretending I didn't exist. So when Elyssa and I had time, she would teach me the stuff
from school, and bring extra homework home for me.
“So I think Granny thinks I am sick or something.”
“Why would she think that?” I replied, puzzling over some answers.
“Well, she brought over a doctor man, and I have to go have visits with him. I just don't understand why I have to do this,” Elyssa said as she frowned.
I sat there thinking how odd this was. Then it hit me. She can't see me, and has been watching us play. Well Elyssa playing by herself. I guess that would look crazy.
“Maybe . . . . . we should be more careful where we hang out from now on.” I suggested, hoping I wouldn't offend her.
“We could . . . . . but we shouldn't have to. Sometimes I am just so fed up with this, wish I was dead too.”
I glared at Elyssa for a moment, stunned that she said such things. “Never think that way. Never!”
The dreaded day of the “meeting” come along fast enough. Certainly a dish best served cold. Elyssa and Jude talked about a lot of things. Growing up, life with Granny, how school was. Then he got to the tough questions, asking about me. Questions about swimming; he didn't make it easy for the poor girl.
“So your Granny is also worried about you talking to yourself.” Jude explained.
“I don't talk to myself, I just play games. It's kind of hard when you don't actually have anyone else. Especially after having no one for so long,” she explained.
They contemplated over this a while, talking about Granny, and about her friends at school. They come to the conclusion that she would soon be a teenager and hope fully she would progress, and let go of her dearly beloved brother.
“I know its hard to forget Elyssa, but time does dim the pain a little bit,” Jude said with a sorry look on his face.
When Granny and Elyssa got back from the office, Granny had a surprise. They walked down the stairs into the living space that used to be Mum's. When Elyssa walked in, she was shocked. There was a beautiful bed with lovely patterned curtains. Someone had painted a fantasy mural of a rainbow and castles on the wall. Curtains covering a mirror over the duchess. Lastly Draws for her books and our parents' plant.
“Oh thank you so much, Granny!” Elyssa exclaimed, as she pulled Granny into a huge hug.
“You could never be more welcome sweet heart. I love you.”
“I love you too,” Elyssa croaked.
Once Granny had left, we FINALLY had some time to catch up. Elyssa was looking around the room admiring the veiw.
“Wow Aiden. I am actually shocked she did this for me. I kind of love the mural.”
“Eh, it is sooooooo girly.”
Elyssa giggled “Yeah, it so is, it's not going to be the same as our room though.”
“Nope it is not,” I said with a sad look on his face.
Elyssa pounced on the bed in front of me. Just staring for a few moments.
“You know, things will never change. You're going to be here with me forever and everything will be ok, right?” She questioned.
“I wish that I could say yes, but I haven't seen Mum or Dad yet. So there must be a place where we all end up.” Meanwhile I was pleading for it to be right.
“I think . . . . . we could come up with a way to keep you here always.”
Then we spent the rest of the evening scheming and planning for the next few months.
The time had rolled around to Elyssa's birthday. Granny just had a small birthday for her, wanting to make it personal for them. She came up with this great idea to get her a cat, which she adopted; they named her Nova. I overheard Granny talking to the councilor on the phone. They thought that getting her a companion would stop her thinking she could see me. It seemed to have worked. But then I felt put out of place. What if she didn't love me anymore? What if she just gave up on me? What if she rejected our plan?
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“You know Aiden, I am glad you never had to grow up. I learnt some pretty yuck stuff about teenagers the other day.
And look at these” Elyssa points out her boobs “Ugh, so gross and weird.”
“Yes, well thanks for the chat. I appreciate it a whole bunch.” I said sarcastically, as I was flipping through a book.
After Elyssa got over gawking at herself, she came and sat on the bed with me.
“So, my darling brother. What have you found?” Elyssa questioned.
“Hmmm nothing so far, where did you get this book anyway?”
“School library,” Elyssa replied with a smirk on her face.
“No wonder there is nothing in here,” I said as I let out a sigh. “Let's head down to the library and see what's there.”
“Sure, I just need to put my make-up on.”
I rolled my eyes as I left the room.
“If you hear someone walking over this way, make sure you put the book on the table. All I need is random people thinking I am crazy.” Elyssa blubbered.
“Mmmmhmmmm, so what we need to look for is some kind of magic book,” I explained.
After hours of scouring the internet, I did find something. It was not really clear but it said something about a book of laguini?
We sat in silence reading for a bit until . . . . .
“Hey, listen to this journal. A potion of resurrection has been filed, not easily acquired. It is hidden in the bounds of The book of Lockheart. Dated 1955.” Odd name for a book I thought as I read.
Elyssa smacked her book shut to look for another journal of the same era. After reading through a few books and spending 4 hours in the library, she announced “Screw this.! We need to look more on the internet I think.”
“Great plan, Stan.” I said as I jumped off the seat. Elyssa just glared at me as we set off for home.
“Oh gosh Lissa, did you rip that out of a library book?” I asked.
Elyssa looked at me and smiled.
“Sure did kiddo, maybe I should become a secret agent or something.”
“a) I think you would make a pretty good secret agent and b) I am not a kid, we are the same age – or do you forget we are twins?”
“Yeah but you're dead . . . . .” she said before the silence hit. “Don't worry, I will fix this I promise.”
I forced a smile as Elyssa started mixing chemicals. After a while I sat on the chair with Nova and fell asleep.
When I woke, Elyssa was shaking me.
“Aiden, honey wake up. I want you to test this.” Elyssa said and she passed me the flask of odd looking liquid.
I sculled the whole thing back, waited a couple of minutes and shrugged.
“You should probably get to bed, we can practice more tomorrow.” I suggested.
“You're right. Night night poppet,” and she kissed me on the head as she left the room.
The next morning Granny and Elyssa had breakfast together.
“How come you never got another boyfriend after you and grandad split up Granny?” Elyssa questioned.
Granny choked on her mouthful of food “I wished to be loved by another, but I desire no man's pity. And then there was everything that happened with our family. I have had no time for men.”
“I hope you find a man one day Granny, you deserve to be happy.”
“I would be happy, if your grades had stopped slipping.” Granny replied giving Elyssa the look.
“I am sorry Granny. But do you know how hard it is to deal with all this and the counselor who seems to think I am crazy?” Elyssa let out with a fluster.
“We don't think you're crazy honey, we just think you need help to get past the loss of everyone.”
“I AM SO SICK AND TIRED OF THIS CRAP. I WILL MAKE YOU ALL SEE!” shouted Elyssa as she stormed out the door.
She grabbed her bag and stormed out of the house.
Granny just sat there, thinking all she needed was space.
It had been a day since we last saw Elyssa. Granny was getting worried, so worried that she had even called the police.
Gran was not coping with Elyssa running away. She was worried that she had got herself hurt or something. Granny spent the morning ringing all Elyssa's friends. The only one who had heard from her was Georgie. Her family owned the
science facility. But she had nothing much to say on the subject.
When the police officer finally arrived Granny was going hysterical. Sobbing, yelling and crying in no particular order. He was a really nice, patient soul and
proceeded to comfort Granny, even though he was feeling rather uncomfortable.
“Lots of teenagers do this Miss Croft.” he assured her. “I am sure she will be home within the next few days, once she has gotten over her anger. But just in case, we will have all the car patrols looking out for her.”
Granny just nodded and wandered back inside.
“Enough is enough,” I thought to myself, as I plodded down to Elyssa's living area. I stopped at the bottom of the stairs
noticing the big pile of books and folders of information everywhere. She must have done this after we left the library.
I flicked through a few pages of the files to see if she had printed anything of importance. But there was nothing to clue me in as to where she went.
Then I started going through all the history of websites on the computer.
Nova padded over and started cleaning herself among the papers. I looked over at her and sighed.
“You be careful over there, Lissa won't be impressed if you ruin her papers. Actually it probably serves her right for leaving them there.”
Then something caught my attention, I started reading more
“Oh no Elyssa, Please NO!” I begged, to no one in particular.
The Book of Lockheart.
The book of Lockheart is gifted to a descendant of an Escher god, who therefore is turned to a full vampire as an adolescent.
Escher people come from an island that once was positioned to the southwest of Laut Ocean. Somehow vanishing within a ball of light, it was said that the land itself was taken for the gods. No one really found out the answer to this.
It was said that a virgin was sacrificed to turn the vampire. The first time this was recorded was dated back 2000 years ago.
The Vampire Belzure had chosen the most important virgin sacrifice, the first born daughter of King Mahon. Belzure drank the blood of the virgin, in a ceremony on the beach. The adolescent vampire took the girl as his bride and drank every drop of
blood the girl had, leaving her body lifeless. During the ceremony the vampire's watcher (who remains with him all his life) chants the words of a sacred incantation, which binds their souls and blood together. When the binding is complete, the vampire and his
watcher say a prayer, as the vampire descends into the water, laying the sacrifice on a raft of flower,.sending her into the ocean and giving her back to the gods. The result was Belzure becoming a full-blooded vampire and crowning him the Emperor of Escher.
Afterward the human king and his family were killed, and his slaves were taken for food.
The stories over the years are similar, but the setting is either on the beach or on sacred ground, gifting the sacrifice to either water or fire gods.
The book itself, believed to be full of potions and spells, was originally crafted by a high powered mage.
Please read comments for more information.
Meanwhile, Poor Elyssa was locked in a cell, wondering where the hell she was. Then thinking yep this is what hell feels like.
After reading all that information and the comments, there was a link that leading to a page which showed a picture of a house, which I knew fairly well since becoming a ghost. I imagined the vampires had a spell on it so normal people can't see in.
I left that night, ended up getting lost in the forest. Then I started panicking. What if I was too late? By the time morning came round, I was feeling rather down, slowly making my way down the street, not really sure where I was going.
Then I found it. . . . . the house in the photograph.
After I walked through the front door, I expected to see people, well not people exactly – vampires. I was worried that after I stepped over that threshold, those blood suckers would be on me. Then I remembered that I had no blood, just my soul. They probably had some kind of motion detectors for security purposes. Once I got to the basement,
I still heard nothing. Looking around, I spotted a vampire coffin and shivered. As I was just about to turn around, I spotted a curtain and behind it was a door.
As I passed through the door, I saw cells they looked horrible and filthy. I turned to the voices I was hearing. WHAM I stood still for a moment, shocked at the scene in front of my eyes.
“HEY, WHAT THE HELL DO YOU THINK YOUR DOING WITH MY SISTER!” I screamed
“I am sorry.” The man whispered to my sister.
Then BOOM !!!!
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The floor started vibrating, as I looked up, to see if I knew where the explosion came from. Not seeing anything I eyed the vampires. The younger one, holding onto Elyssa,had dropped to the floor covering my sister as to protect her. Then I noticed the two big vampires stalking my way. I panicked and squeezed my eyes shut. Taking a deep breath, I opened my eyes slowly and as I opened them, I seem to have teleported over to the vampire and my sister.
Woah I thought.
I started to feel tingly as an odd looking Gnome growled “keep as still as you can!”
Turning back to look at the other vampires to see if they had noticed my dissapearing act. I watched as a meteor exploded right through the roof of the basement, devouring everything in its path including the vampires. None of the debris was hitting us, so I just assumed that Mr. Gnome had used his magic to save us.
After everything had time to settle and the meteors had finished, I started looking for ways to get everyone out. First I tried teleporting out with Elyssa, but that did not seem to work with solid objects.
“I can get us out, but I expended so much energy protecting us all that I need to rest for a bit,” groused the Gnome
I looked at Elyssa who was passed out. I assumed they had drugged her with something. She looked so peaceful. Who knows what would have happened if I had not turned up? I let out a sigh and looked at this vampire. More like glared at him.
“So what is the deal you asshole? I want to know everything!”
“How much is everything?”
“Like from what was written on the website of the history of Escher.”
The vampire looked to the ground and let out a sigh then stared into my eyes. But it felt more like he was sucking my soul.
“How anyone put that stuff on there without the vampires finding out is beyond me. But I took an oath and I can not speak of it.”
“Just tell me!” My patience was wearing thin.
“Never take an oath unless you're sure you would rather die than break it”
“Look buddy, if you don't give me some information soon I will light you on fire like your friends and you can all be dead together.”
“Okay . . . . . My name is Ashan, I am the only son of Master Sebastion and Lady Serenity. So of course, being in the bloodline of Balzure, I was chosen to take the place of Emperor and Balzure was to become my Watcher to teach me all the things I needed to know, and still have control over me. He was a 2000 year old Vampire after, all and his powers were coming to a stand. There was word of an ambush. Other vampires did not think that an emperor from another place should be able to take over the whole world. They wanted a bit of the punch too. So the day I was born, I was chosen.
I was brought up being taught to fight, lead and rule. But I did not want that life, I wanted to be free and live my own life. I did not want some poor innocent
soul to be forced into marrying me, nor did I want to drink her blood. Living with someone like that, making children with them, when you don't love them? I just can not understand it.”
Aiden butts in “Don't you have to drink all their blood though?”
“No, those were the old times. These days the women are too precious. It takes her to turn you into a fully fledged vampire. Anyway, the ceremony is started with a chanting spell which joins your souls together, then the vampire bites into the virgin sacrifice; she has to be pure and of pure blood. Both the vampire and the virgin are always teenagers also, about 15 years old.”
Hmmmmm interesting I thought.
“He drinks enough of her blood to make her unconscious. That joins them and announces them.... Married I suppose you would call it. Then the ceremony is completed by taking her virginity, that in it self is the sacrifice. She needs to be the one to birth the vampire's children and no one else.”
“So how come you're using Elyssa then?” Aiden asks
“You both are the descendants of King Mahon.”
“But didn't his whole family get killed?” I wondered.
“Yes, all but a secret son of his brother's that no one knew about, until it was too late and the boy's mother had taken off with him. Over the years, the bloodlines have been followed to keep up with them. It comes from your father's side of the family.”
“Well thats bloody weird. How did you know it was her looking for the book then?”
“Watcher was at the school library looking for any signs of your family, as we knew that you two would be teenagers, but didn't exactly know where you lived. Anyway he saw what Elyssa was searching for and planted a false website to draw her here.”
“That is some screwed up shit!” we sat in silence for a bit. I sat staring at the book; it looked as it if had cast a protective shell over itself. This supernatural stuff was getting seriously crazy. It was bad enough I was a ghost, but vampires, magic books and Gnomes?
“So is there really a potion in that book to bring me back to life?” I asked the vampire.
“I have no idea, I was never allowed to go near it. It is the first time I have been in here.”
It was then Elyssa started to moan and open her eyes. I jumped at the noise and grabbed her hand.
“It's ok Liss, I am here.”
“Ughhhhhhh. What the hell happened?” she asked groggily.
“Shhhh, don't worry about it too much just now.”
That is when the Gnome piped in “Right! Is everyone set?”
“The book,” Elyssa slurred.
Ashan went and picked up the book before scooping up my sister in his arms.
“Ready” I chimed in, just in case it was not clear.
“Right,” said the gruff Gnome, “where are you guys heading too?”
“Ummmm home?”
“You really think that is a great idea? You know the vampires are going to be after to you!”
“Well how on earth are we meant to explain this to Granny?”
“I can use my vampiric magic to hypnotise her into leaving. But it will work better if I had some human blood.”
“Don't you think you're touching my sister buddy!”
“Shut up Aiden!” Elyssa croacked as she tried to yell at me. “This is to save all our lives, including Granny's, right? I'll do it.”
“Look, I am really glad you love each other so much, but we really need to get the show on the road.” said the Gruff Gnome.
I closed my eyes and turned away as the vampire bit into Elyssa.
I could not watch.
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6 Months Later. . . .
I never found out why the gnome was around to protect us. After he got us to the front lawn, he just blurted out
“You've got to be quick on your feet in this world if you want to survive. Though once you know the rules, it’s not too hard to play the game”.
Then he vanished. Once we had made it inside, there was no sign of an intrusion. So no one had found out about our escape, just yet. After Ashan did his vampire thing with granny and we were all out safe. We decided that nothing was to be removed from the house, we were to have no trace of our return. Elyssa then set fire to our home, she ran to the car and did not look back. The only person who did was Ashan; those vampires like to see everything done perfectly.
We had been moving around for a while, never really wanting to settle. Ashan was true to his word and used his vampire magic to force Granny to come. I didn't really like the idea of forcing her to do things. But if Elyssa could sacrifice her blood, then I could let go of that, and knowing that Granny was safe was more then anything. We finally decided to settle in a little island community. Elyssa cut and coloured her hair black, in hopes that it would hide her appearance. One day she came home letting us know that she had got a job at the science facility. We had a big laugh about her sexy uniform. I think this was just so she had access to chemicals and so forth. She was still hell bent on bringing me back to my human form.
Ashan just tried to stay out of sight of people. Which is easy enough when you can't go out during the day. He had stuck to his word, but stayed around to protect us. He really didn't have anywhere else to go either. So we all agreed that he could stay. Granny got into gardening, it started with a basic little garden, but everyone loved her produce so she extended her garden and sold her produce at the farmers' market. She enjoyed it alto. Elyssa had started explaining things to Granny about me and the vampires thing. She could accept the vampires, since she could see him. But she had let go of me a long time ago, and because I was not visible she would not believe. I think that's what hurt the most. It is what I wanted most, for Granny to believe.
Elyssa had tried the spell/potion in the spell book so many times. She didn’t know what was going on, and spent a lot of the time frustrated. I felt for her, I really did.
I started playing around with a chemical set that we had bought to replace the one we had lost in the fire. I found a couple of spells/potions in that book, none of them really panned out though.
One night, the house was so quiet, I decided to go for a walk. Down on the beach I came across something so horrid, I swear, it ripped my heart out in a million pieces.
My sister was all over this vampire, and I think, they really had fallen in love for real.
It was then I came up with a plan. To make things right and stop all this silly nonsense. I decided to put plan B into motion immediately.
I spent the next few days looking for potions in the magic book, while Elyssa spent less time at work and more time with Ashen. I knew that he would rather not be a vampire, it upped his chances of having vampire babies and more chance of hurting his mate.
Two weeks later, I sat watching Granny and Elyssa gardening. They were happy and glowing in the sun.
I sat down with Liss when she took a break. and we laughed and joked about stuff. Little did she know about this plan that was about to take effect.
After Ashan had woken up for the evening, I sat him down and explained to him what my plan was and he accepted. I had made him a potion to take away the vampirism and I was going to take a life tonic. I had written a note for Liss explaining everything.
That was when we both took our potions and I smiled at Ashan, knowing that my sister was always going to be safe in his arms. My eyes started getting teary and I knew it was time.
Together we drank from our vials together, I started to see Ash’s eyes start to flicker before I was suddenly surrounded by a whirlwind of colour.
“Hey baby, we have been waiting for a while.”
I turned around to see my parents and felt the water works ready to flow. I ran up to them and gave them a huge hug.
“She will be fine Aiden, she has grown to be a strong woman, stronger then you will ever know., Mum explained.
I smiled at them and my non-existent heart felt tight. “I know.” I croaked.
Suddenly I was not afraid, not of what would happen
* * * Elyssa's point of view.* * *
As I walked into the room, I saw two things happening: one, my brother’s ghost vanishing. Two, my boyfriend passing out on the floor. Everything after that happened in slow motion.
I fell to Ashan crying, not knowing what was going on. I was laying on his chest, screaming some absurdities. Then I finally let the fight go and just lay there.
That was when I felt him breathe.
“Ash.” I whispered.
“It's ok Liss, I am ok.” Ash managed to get out. He opened his eyes and they were no longer glowing, they were regular beautiful green eyes.
“That little shit figured out a cure, didn't he.”
“Where is Aiden?” asked Ash.
“I am not entirely sure.” I said, just as I spotted an envelop with my name on it, just laying on the floor.
As I opened the letter I started to sob.
To Lissa,
It has been a tough road huh? I am sorry I didn't say good bye in person, but I knew you would have talked me out of it. I made a potion to take me to the after life, if there is even one. I couldn't stay here and be invisible anymore, and as much as you say I wasn’t, it was a lie. Even if we found a potion to bring me back to life, what would Granny say? She couldn't even accept that I was a ghost. I would be still a child with an adult brain, and you would still be with Ash. I knew after the day that I saw you two kiss that you were going to get through this. You and Granny are both strong and amazing women. I know you can get through this Liss, and now you and Ash can be two normal people who fall in love and get married. It is a shame I will never get to see your kids, but I am sure you will tell them all about me. Promise me you'll always remember: you're braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.
Love You Always.
Aiden
That selfish little bastard. That letter made me so angry. But I was still alive, and I was about to live my life, as well as I could.
Some time later.....
Ash and I did end up getting married, on the beach where we shared our first kiss. That one was a bit unexpected. Who falls in love with someone who kidnaps you, right? To this day we have never had to worry about any vampires. I just assumed that Ashan’s parents think we all died in the meteor shower. I am yet to see the Gnome pop up again; I guess that was a one time opportunity.
Granny lived to see the birth of her grandchildren before she passed. She had a great life, she even found herself a lovely boyfriend. It still makes me laugh to this day, Granny with a boyfriend! Hehe! They passed soon after each other, I guess we could call them soul mates.
Sometimes I still feel a little angry towards Aiden for what he did to me. But in the end, I should never let those things cloud the happy memories we had. It was good while it lasted, and that is how I found my resolve.
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