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Aurelia’s Story

I was a normal kid growing up. I had plenty of friends, and we were reasonably well off. I got into fights with my siblings a lot. I had an older brother and a younger sister. I still remember her blond pigtails shining in the sun as she played in the backyard with our border collie.

My brother was into cars, and he wanted to race cars for a living. He was trying to save money to restore an old Corvette my grandfather had given him. We used to sit in that car and we’d tell each other stories about what we’d do when we grow up. He’d read me all his car magazines and quiz me on them, he was so into cars. He wanted to restore that thing soo bad… He even named it Hoot because I used to tease him about the funny sound the horn made. I’d always call it the owl car because the horn never worked right… it made sort of a breathy sound…

One night my parents, my siblings and I were at the beach and a man dressed in black came up and asked if we’d be interested in a tour. My mom told him we didn’t need it, that we lived around there, and he said something along the lines of "what a shame… My Boss really wants to meet you…" and he grabbed my sister and took off running. My dad and Brother shot off after the guy, but four other guys jumped infront of them. My mom screamed as two guys came towards us. She told me to run, so I did. I ran as fast as I could, but I looked back just in time to watch in horror as they killed my family. I was eight years old…

I didn’t know what to do, I wandered the street until an older girl asked if I needed help. I told her what happened and she said I could stay with her. That was Min. She told me everything about her being imortal and about who might have killed my family. She tutored me and tought me some of the old legends about the blood stones, and who I was. She had suspected it was Erich ordered my family killed all along. We were able to confirm it when Erich himself came to her house to attack us. We got away, and we moved around the country ever since.

I’ve tried to block it all out of my memory until this all started out. What reminded me of all of this was when Erich said his name. I felt all the hate I’d ever felt towards him surge to the top of my being. My one priority since then had been to kill him… but now. Now I can’t." She started to cry.

Mordecai hugged Aurelia and held her close. "I’m sorry, Lia… I don’t know if I was one of those men or not… but I’m sorry anyway. I probably was , and now I have even more to make up for, but I will. I had no idea how badly you wanted to get Erich for all he’s done. I guess I won’t stop you or hold you back anymore. I love you… maybe Min will find a way to reverse the spell… I don’t know… I’ve failed you."

"Mordecai… I don’t know what’s going to happen, but I want to stay here with you like this forever. Please, don’t ever forget this night… Don’t ever forget me like one of those other girls you talked about. Please… I don’t want to be forgotten… I have no one left."

"I won’t forget you, Aurelia… Ever no matter how long I stay on this Earth. I will never, ever, forget you. I couldn’t possibly forget you." With that, he kissed her gently. She nestled into his arms and fell asleep.