I sat up and took in my surroundings. I was in a white room, decorated only by a single hard cot. It was windowless, with one door. There was something off about the door, and as it clicked open, I realized what was wrong. There was no handle on the inside. When the doctor - as this young, unnaturally pale man obviously was - came in, I realized where I was. The much-threatened asylum for the mentally unfit. On the bad days, we could hear their screams all the way from our house. I missed my mother already. She wasn't the one who wanted us here, it was the man we called father. Ever since our visions caused us to catch him robbing my mother of her family heirlooms and selling them, he had resented us.

The doctor cleared his throat. As I gave him my attention, my breath hitched. He was beautiful. He had the face of an angel… a familiar face. Was that my nose? And why was our hair colour identical? Then it hit me. He was the Monster. The one who had caused Alice and I all our pain. I hated him, hated him. The yearning I felt to discover more of this man was banished. I didn't need to know. All that I needed to know was how our gift worked, where Alice was, and how to stop my future from happening. Then the Monster spoke.

"Anna…. You are as beautiful as I had hoped. I assume you know why you are here? Your gift? Well, I think that it is time that I explained myself to you. Sit, please, this may take a while.

I have always known that I was different. I wasn't always like this, you know. I used to be dark, with human features and a human heart. I used to love your mother. However, she met someone else, and I loved her enough to let her go. She was unable to conceive with him, so I let her use me, until she became pregnant." At this, his ruby eyes darkened. He continued "I have a confession to make. I knew that you would receive my power and that the family line would be continued in you. One thing that I did not see, however, was that you would be twins. Now, your powers are too much for you to handle, so we must separate you. I am so very, very sorry. It is for the greater good. Now let us get back to business. To put it bluntly, you are more powerful and have more control than Alice. I suppose that this is because you always fought to keep your power away while Alice embraced it, giving you more power over it. Because of this, I have decided that you alone will join me in immortality. Lice will have to wait a few years, until she is emotionally ready to join us."

I couldn't believe my ears. This man wanted me to join him? In immortality? I had understood that Alice and I would live a long time; our visions had told us so, but to live forever? This was too much. I ignored the Monster, curled up into a ball and let the dark oblivion claim me.