This is chapter 1 of a 3 part series. Bacaanno! belongs to Ryogo Narita and Tuck Everlasting was written by Natalie Babbitt, I'm only responsible for introducing these already existing characters.

Chapter 1

As time wears on, everything must change and adapt, this included the Tucks. Over the last 200 years both Miles and Jesse have put money in various banks around the world.

Since they left Treegap, Jesse had been a bit depressed. Miles, who had always been sort of moody anyway, was getting a bit annoyed with him. Jesse had been expecting to find Winnie waiting for him but when he returned all he found was her gravestone. She hadn't waited for him.

Miles and Jesse now found themselves sightseeing in New York city. This wasn't the first time they had been to this city. They later on that afternoon they were going to meet with Mae and Tuck but first they need to go to the bank so that Jesse could withdraw some money. Later he would deposit him money in another account so that later it wouldn't look like he was trying to get money out of account that belongs to an old man in the future.

The line at the bank was long and moving slowly. There was a woman in a purple track suit talking loudly on her phone. Jesse glanced behind him and saw a boy about his age wearing a green fedora who looked just as bored as he was.

Suddenly a man in a mask burst through the door with a gun. "Everyone on the floor, now!" Miles had to keep Jesse from acting like a hero. The boy in the fedora didn't have enough sense though. He ran toward the man but the man shot him in the chest. Jesse and Miles watch as a bullet ripped through him. He fell to his knees and chaos ensued. Screaming, and crying and blood everywhere.

Most of the people ducked to the ground but Miles grabbed Jesse and tried to slip out the door. Just as they did, a bullet passed past Jesse's cheek, close enough to draw blood. They kept going until they got to an alley.

It wasn't more than five minutes later that the Fedora guy cam running into the alley. He seemed fine except for the hole in his shirt. "Are you Ok?" he shouted as he got closer. "I thought you got shot." Jesse exclaimed. The guy shrugged his shoulders, "I'm fine. By the way, name's Firo, Firo Prochanezo." he said, extending his hand. Jesse shook his hand but Miles just stared at him. "I'm Jesse Tuck and this is my brother, Miles." Jesse stuck his thumb in Miles' direction.

Firo put his hand on his chin and said, "Hey, when did you guys become immortal? I thought I knew who all the immortals were." He had a far off look in his eyes. "Wait!" said Jesse, grabbing Firo's shoulders, "There are others? How many others are there!?" Miles had to admit that he was curious too. "Hm, about 40." Firo answered nonchalantly. "40!" Miles finally spoke up. Firo nodded.

"Actually, if you want to meet some of them, we are having a party. It's kinda like an anniversary for us." he offered. Jesse let go of Firo and smiled widely. "Seriously?" "Yeah," said Firo, "It's in a restaurant called the Alavaro. You can bring a few people if you want, as long as they already know about immortals." He scribbled down the address on a scrap of paper before taking off shouting, "I hope too see you later."

Firo knew the streets of New York like the back of his hands since he was young. Now that he was nearly 100, he let him mind wander. His mind was currently focused on the new immortals he just met. They didn't seem like they were dangerous and before he knew it, he was at the Alavaro.

He walked in to find the place almost completely decorated for the party tonight. Randy and Pezzo were on stepstools putting up streamers. Maiza was at the bar talking with Ronnie. Firo waltzed up to them, accidently interrupting their conversation.

"-really?" said Maiza, very interested in what Ronnie had been saying. "Hey, um, I just met two immortals today." said Firo, "They were brothers named Jesse and Miles Tuck" "Oh, the Tuck brothers." said Ronnie, with his eyebrows furrowed slightly. Both Maiza and Firo stared at him for a moment. "You know them?" Firo questioned him.

"Sometime ago I decided to play around and made a natural spring for the elixir. The Tucks, there are four of them, all drank from it. Interestingly, they never left the spring and began guarding it." Ronnie explained.

Later that night, long after the party had started, Firo was sitting in the middle of the room. Everyone was eating and having fun. He had nearly forgotten about the new immortals.

It was about then that the Tucks came to the party. Jesse was the first through the door, followed by a hesitant Mae and then Miles and Tuck. They stared around in wonder at all of the lights and decorations. There was a sweet smell through the air. The whole place was filled with people chattering away. Near the bar, a crowd had gathered. Jesse and Mae decided to see what the commotion was while Miles and Tuck started looking for a table.

Standing in the middle of the circle of people was a couple. The woman was wearing jean shorts, blue thigh-high tights, a bright red tube-top, white sneakers, a baseball cap turned around backwards and her arms were covered in gold bangles. The man, who was very tall, was wearing a black tank-top, white sneakers, loose jeans and a matching baseball cap, also turned around backwards.

They were in the middle of a very animated story. "-and then everyone's phones when off at once and we all got the same message." "Oh yeah Isaac?" said the woman. "Yes, Miria, my dear?" answered the man. "Do you remember that one time when we tried to steal the time." Isaac and Miria launched into another story about some adventure they've been on. Mae and Jesse were completely fascinated with them as well as many others around them.

Miles and Tuck were left by the door. Soon a young looking Chinese woman, wearing a traditional Chinese dress, came up to them and said in a sweet voice, "Ah, you must be the Tucks. Firo told us you might come. In honor of a fellow immortals we saved a table for you. He said that there would be up to four of you, is this right?" "My wife and younger son went to look around." said Tuck. The woman smiled sweetly at them and nodded. She led them to an empty table. The table was set with very nice dishes.

"Please tell me if you want something to eat. Of course, since this is a party for immortals, anything you order is free of charge." she informed them. "Really?" asked Tuck, "Well what would you suggest?" She put a hand to her chin and thought about it for a moment. "I would go with honey duck, the house special." Tuck smiled at her, "That's what we will go with then.

Mae and Jesse found them quickly. They came over to the table smiling and laughing. "This is amazing." Jesse practically yelled. Mae nodded and added, "I can't believe that there are so many immortals." The waitress brought them all some amber colored drinks that smelled really sweet. "Your food will be out shortly." she said before she left to take care of others. Mae took a sip of her drink and was surprised that is tasted as sweet as it smelled.

Once the Tucks had enjoyed most of their supper, Firo came over to speak to them. He pulled over a chair from another table and sat next to Jesse. "I'm glad you came. I have something important to talk to you about." The Tucks stopped what they were doing and listened to him. "What is it?" asked Tuck. "You see, well shortly after I became immortal I was told about the rules of immortality. Ronnie told me some of-" "Wait, wait, wait." interrupted Jesse, "What rules?"

Firo put his hand behind his head and smiled uncomfortably before answering. "The thing is, you guy's didn't become immortal the same way as we did, so I don't know if they even apply to you." Tuck held up a hand to interrupt. "How exactly did you become immortal?" "The demon gave a certain alchemist the recipe for the Elixir of Life." Miles scoffed and walked away. Firo ignored this and continued, "The demon told me that he created some sort of natural elixir. It was given to me from a bottle, made by an alchemist."

Mae put her hand on Firo's and asked, "So what exactly are the rules?" He sighed and rubbed the bridge of his nose before answering, "The first rule is you can't use a fake identity on any document, or around other immortals. Also, well...we can kill each other." The faces of the remaining Tucks fell. "I thought immortality meant you can't die, ever." asked Jesse with some concern. "Like I said, I don't know if the same rules apply to you."

Outside Miles was enjoying the cool night air. That guy was talking about demons, how stupid. The rest of his family might want to listen to that stupidity but not him.

As miles stood there fuming, the door to the alley opened quietly and a small child stepped out. Miles stared at him as he closed the door behind him. He was looking at the ground, apparently oblivious to him. He was about the same age as his son was when he had died.

He let out a deep sigh before looking up and meeting Miles' gaze. It seemed like forever before someone spoke. It was Miles that broke the silence. "You're missing the party." he pointed out. The kid nodded and responded, "You too."

His voice was surprisingly mature. He looked up at the sky quietly. It was once again Miles that broke the silence. "My name is Miles, what's yours?" The kid looked at him with an annoyed look on his face. He held that look for a moment before answering slowly. "I'm Czeslaw."

After a while, Czeslaw spoke up. "I heard you and your family became immortal." Miles nodded but Czeslaw was looking at the sky and didn't see him. "I've been 10 for a very long time."

Miles was surprised at this. When Czeslaw told him this, he thought about his own son. Had he made his son drink from the spring, he would have been just like this kid. Czeslaw seem like a quiet sort of person, almost solemn. For the first time, Miles thought about how hard it might be for someone to be a child forever. After weighing the question in his mind, Miles decided to ask, "Do you resent becoming immortal?"

Czeslaw took a deep breath and said, "That's hard to answer." He had a slightly troubled look on his face as he answered, "I don't resent it but it's...lonely." "Lonely? What about your family?" He asked, although it was somewhat hypocritical of him. Despite having his parents and brother, he was often lonely himself. However, he didn't expect this from such a small child. Perhaps he meant he had no one his age to play with.

"My family died when I was six and I was raised by a man who later became immortal himself. Although, he's not around anymore. I haven't lived with him for a very long time now." Czeslaw responded. His face became very dark, like it was painful to talk about. "I sorry." Miles said. Czeslaw gave a hollow laugh at that. "Don't be, it doesn't matter anymore, that was almost 100 years ago. I currently live with two other immortals, they're both about 200 years younger than I am."

Miles couldn't help but stare at him. If it was true, than his 'kid' was older than he was. His eyes were still fixed on the stars, but the expression on his face was serious. He did notice that when he mentioned the people he was currently living with, his face softened a bit. Miles was a lost as what to say.

For the third time since the party started, the door opened and a man stepped out. His was about Miles' age with glasses and almost closed eyes. "Czeslaw!" he said in an excited, but slightly tired voice. "I've been looking for you." Czeslaw looked at the man with a bored expression and replied, "Did you need something from me, Maiza?" Maiza smiled gently and answered, "'No, no. I just noticed you weren't there. Firo asked if I might give you a ride home if you were ready before he was. I'm a little tired to I'm going to take off."

Czeslaw turn to Miles and gave him a small smile. With a face like that he should have looked like a child but Miles couldn't see him like that. "I'm ready Maiza." Before he left, he turned back to Miles and said, "It was a pleasure to meet you. I hope we get a chance to talk again sometime." before leaving.
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I don't really think that Firo would act that stupid in the bank but I had to hurt both him and one of the Tucks so that they could be introduced.