A/N I've had this idea in my head for a while, and just had to write it. If you hadn't guessed, it's Vancha thinking about his and Gannen's past, and wondering if he ever thinks about it too. Enjoy!
Do you remember, more than three hundred years ago, when we lived in the small yellow cottage by the sea? We used to dream of action and adventure, but never expected anything like this.
Do you remember the day we came home from hunting and found our parents dead on the floor, blood everywhere? We stayed up the whole night in tears wondering what would happen to us. It was the first time we'd experienced death and true pain.
Do you remember when we first joined the vampaneze? You seemed to fit right in, but I never could. I used to spend hours trying to tell myself that killing was all right, but I was never convinced.
Do you remember when I came to you in the middle of the night and said I was leaving? I just couldn't take that kind of life anymore. And so I went, thinking I'd never see you again and wondering if I was doing the right thing.
Do you remember when we met again, so many years later, at the Cirque Du Freak? You were with the Vampaneze Lord and I with the Hunters. We were enemies, forced to fight. When you ran I followed, not knowing who you were, and drew my shuriken, ready to kill. But then I saw your face and just couldn't let it fly.
Do you remember, months later, in the Cavern of Retribution? You watched as Steve sent Larten falling into the stakes to his death. That was the first time I questioned how much you changed.
Do you remember the final battle at the Cirque? It was then I knew I had to set my feelings aside, even if it meant killing you. But you stabbed me, and I could still remember the pain in your eyes as you watched me fall… I knew then you were sorry for everything.
And now, here we are, together once again, many of our friends and allies dead, working to bring the vampires and vampaneze to peace. I still think about the past, the good times and the bad, and everything that we've been through. And I ask you, do you remember, Gannen?