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Summary: First step to do when you have a human soulmate: join Circle Daybreak. A bit about how and what happened when Ash tried to find Poppy and James, and how they joined Circle Daybreak

Disclaimer: I do not own Night World...again...sadly...(Do I have to keep repeating this?

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Time seemed impossible to past since what happened that summer. That summer, he met Mary-Lynnette, his soulmate. Ash Redfern had found his soulmate, and changed. No longer the selfish nasty old Ash, but a new Ash running around doing good deeds and begging for forgiveness, trying to make up for his sinful past. He found Circle Daybreak a few months ago, along with his cousin, James and his soulmate, Poppy.

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Poppy and James were both shocked when they saw Ash Redfern appearing in their room.

"Ash?" James managed to chock out.

Poppy, with her coppery coloured curls and green wide eyes, just stared at him.

"What are you doing here?" James said in genuine surprise.

Ash leaned against the door frame lazily. "Am I not welcomed here? I thought we're cousins." He said in a same surprised tune.

"Yeah, well, if you consider what happened last time as a pleasant cooperation." James muttered under his breath, eyeing him suspiciously. "What do you really want this time? What are you here for?"

He tried to shove her behind him, but Poppy said nervously, "Um, Jamie, I don't think he—"

"He's here for any good." James finished it for her.

Ash sighed. "Okay. Look, I'm not here to take anything or anyone away or whatsoever." He straightened up himself. "And shouldn't you already guess what I'm here for? Both of you have a gift for fortune-telling." His eyes gleamed with a sense of humour, "Maybe you guys could tell me something—"

"Wait, both of us?" James asked, raising an eyebrow, "What makes me a witch?"

"Your words come true. That makes you some kind of a prophet." He said warily. "But, first of all, are you going to let me stand here in the doorway all the time or what?"

James's looked at him up and down, his jaw was set tight. "Fine. We will sit down. And you will talk." he finally decided, making every word clear for Ash.

Ash went and sat down on the coach, legs sprawled in front of him as usual. Poppy and James sat across him, James's eyes staring at him intensely.

They stared at each other for a minute, then Ash spoke—"Look, can we not look like each other like enemies? "He held up his palms, "I'm not here to do anything bad, like I said. Can't you just treat me like a normal guest? "

"Then you would explain—" James said slowly.

"That's what I'm going to do!"

"Okay. So what makes me a prophet? Why are you here?"

Ash let out a breath; he sat up straight, and actually concentrating.

"Well."

"Well?" James prompted.

"Do you remember, last summer—you said something about—that I would someday… care about someone—and it will hurt?" He grimaced while saying that. He hated, absolutely hated to say, that he was wrong and James was right all along.

"Yes."

He closed his eyes and said quietly within a breath, "I never wanted it to come true. But. It did."

All he could see was pictures of Mary-Lynnette, his stargazer, M'lin. M'lin stargazing, her dark hair and electric blue eyes, her triangular kitten-face. And of course, she did an excellent job kicking him in the shins, making sure he won't forget about that flash of anger she had in her eyes and her sharp witted mind.

James and Poppy just stared at him in disbelief.

"Ash…Are you telling me, you found your soulmate?" James asked shakily after a while.

"Basically. Yes." Ash said, his eyes still closed.

"Where is she?"

He felt pain surged through his heart. Where is she? He's only been away from her for a few months, but he's already missing her greatly. Where are you, M'lin?

Ash didn't answer; he stared out of the windows.

"She told you to go away, didn't she?" Poppy, who was silent most of the time, suddenly spoke out. "I mean—don't get me wrong. She—wants you to make up for your past?" Poppy spoke it more as a question rather than a statement.

"I told you, you both were good at telling the future." He trained his eyes on the stereo that was surrounded with hundreds of CDs, which occupied most of the shelf.

"Her name is Mary-Lynnette. She--" He began, but then he lost the words. What should he say? She's brilliant, she's smart, she loves the stars…she's stubborn, she's brave…and she's my other half. There's so much to say about her…yet there's nothing to say right now.

He decided to get straight to the point. "She's my soulmate. She said she needed time. And, like you said—"He looked at Poppy "I need to make up for my past."

James was going to argue, then saw his expression, "I believe you. You. found your soulmate."

"Yes."

"Ash Redfern found his soulmate."

"Yes."

"I knew this was going to happen someday. That you would finally care about someone else than yourself." James was tried not to make it sound like "I told you so."

"Oh yeah? Then what was the 'he's not here for any good'?" he mimicked.

"I didn't expect it to happen so soon."

Ash didn't respond this time. Neither did I.

Then he remembered one more thing.

"James. Poppy." He addressed them awkwardly. "There's something else I want to say. Look, about everything I did to you that summer, taking Poppy to the party and all that." He groaned, "I'm… I'm sorry. I—"The words seemed difficult to get out "—apologies for everything I've done."

"Did you just say sorry?" James asked, trying to hide a smile.

"This is not funny! " Ash shouted, and then he turned to Poppy, trying to look earnest. "Just say, will you forgive me?" He said pleadingly, facing Poppy now.

"Of course, Ash…if you're still Ash. I forgive you." Poppy said after a moment, her green eyes gleaming.

Ash relaxed. "Thank you." He was still Ash, but a different Ash now. The Ash that has found his soulmate.

Now, that was another achievement for him. But there was still so much to do—that Poppy was not the only one he'd harmed before. What about the others? Lisa, the girl with that shiny sports car? Rachael, a shy human girl who never wanted such a thing to happen in her life? Circe? Melissa? Victor? Countless other names, and some, might not even have the chance to hear the reformed nice Ash tell them how sorry he is anymore. He can't take back the things he'd done, and what was left was regret. Shame. Guilt. No wonder M'lin was shocked and disgusted by his mind.

"And where does that lead us to?" He asked, still feeling ashamed with himself.

Poppy and James looked at each other.

"First stop, Las Vegas." James said.

"For what?"

A smile spread across Poppy's face. "To join Circle Daybreak." She announced.

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It did seem a bit dodgy for Ash Redfern to appear alone without a soulmate, claiming he is joining Circle Daybreak to the others at first. It wasn't their fault not to believe him, considering everything he had ever done in the past. Things that he doesn't even want to mention about now, things he regrets and feels greatly ashamed of now. And, of course, people who heard the story from Quinn still believed that he killed his own aunt for family honour. Now that makes him sound even more cruel and ruthless.

Even when James and Poppy finally convinced the guards to let him in, and he was finally allowed inside the mansion, people threw him cold glances. The message was very clear: You're not welcomed here .You don't belong to Circle Daybreak.

But thanks to Thierry, founder of Circle Daybreak, who saw through him and how heart wrenched he seemed when it comes to describing his soulmate. The shame and guilt he felt and the pained expression. The lord of Night World who's been waiting for centuries for his own lost soulmate to come back, believed him.

"Welcome to Circle Daybreak, Ash." He'd said.

Thierry's own soulmate, who once was Hana of the Three Rivers, was an old soul. Old souls are humans who get reincarnated repeatedly. Because of his uncontrolled blood thirst, he drained out the whole tribe's lives, including Hana. When he realized what he was doing, it was too late already. He watched his soulmate's life drained out, and with her last breath, she told him she forgives him.

Ash actually flinched. Flinched at the very thought of seeing Thierry's soulmate dying in his arms. He didn't even dare to think of replacing Mary-Lynnette's figure in that picture. That would be too horrible for him to take. But what he had done to the others, the pain and miseries he once caused, was no better than killing—

No. He thought. And that's why he would make up for his past. For her.

For centuries Thierry spent his life in the pain of missing the other half of his soul. No wonder he always had that pensive look in his deep, bottomless black eyes. You might have thought them as scary, dark eyes, but if you stare closely, no. They were filled with infinitive sorrow and endless regret. Pain. But nobody would have ever thought that he as one of the elders, secretly sat up Circle Daybreak. And for centuries he's been doing good deeds, making up for that endless regretted mistake. He's been waiting, hoping all the time for the time he can reunite with his soulmate.

"And now you've heard my story," He said, staring at Ash with his great compassionate eyes "You see that we're all on the same boat. Both waiting for her, begging for forgiveness."

Ash nodded grimly, "Great thing to know. It must be fun."

Thierry ignored that. "It's not impossible, Ash. Someday she will forgive you, she will accept you. But first you have to make up for all your wrong doings, like she said." He paused slightly, looking more pensive than ever. "I have promised Hana to never kill again. And for centuries I've been keeping this promise. I've been doing all my best to make up what I have done—"

And you still haven't found her. Ash added silently in his mind, avoiding meeting his sorrowful eyes.

As if reading his mind, Thierry sighed, looking away he said sadly, "I know she's still not with me, but there are scouts who says they've found clues in Montana—I'll send Lupe to find out more soon."

"But you can't stop believing, Ash. You have to remind yourself that she is out there waiting and— you can feel her in your heart, through the silver cord."

"I understand." Ash said, genuinely.

"Now you're with Circle Daybreak. You will be going on missions and tasks, and making amends for your past. You will be helping both Night Worlders and humans—I will be sending reports back to Briar Creek—on all the things you do." Thierry said, more serious now.

Then would she forgive me? Will my angel accepted me? M'lin, M'lin, who rummaged through his heart, his soul, and tamed him. At the end, she finally decided to say: "No, I'm not ready yet.", and ordered him away. What else can he do?

"She's waiting. Good luck, Ash." He finally said in a softer tune.

"Thank you, Lord Thierry." Ash replied, "And—good luck for you, too."

"That goes for both of us."

And from that day, the knight that once had promised to slay dragons for his lady under a meteor, became a Circle Daybreaker.

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