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-Narrator-

"You are a fool Xavier."Michel said when he had found out what Xavier had done.

"I maybe a fool but that was the only way she would've lived without exposing our kind."Xavier said he was kneeling by Audrey. She was very pale but the cut on her cheek was slowly coming together.

"It's called a hospital you idiot!"Michel snapped.

"And how exactly am I supposed to explain to stab wounds? 'My friend here was trying to kill her mother when she got the upperhand and healed herself using witch powers and then stabbed her.' That sounds normal."Xavier replied calmly. He wasn't going to take his gaze off Audrey till she awoke.

"You could've let her die! Twice you've saved the witch! I don't understand this fascination you have with her!"Michel yelled.

"You don't have to understand or even to accept this Michel but if you hate it so much then leave."Xavier suggested.

"Why Siete loves you so much I will never know."Michel grumbled sitting next to Xavier. "How long has it been?"

"A few hours..."

"This is a waste of my time."

"I didn't ask for you to come."

"I haven't fed yet either."

"Then leave."

"I hope you won't regret this."

"I won't."

"Do you have who she's going to feed on when she wakes up?"

"Yes."

"Where is it?"

"Right here."

"You're letting the girl feed off you?"

"Yes."

"Why do you do this?"

"I don't know..."

"You do to much for her."

Before Xavier said anything Audrey let out a moan. Xavier rolled up his sleeve and she let out another moan as she opened her eyes. She slowly got up and looked at Xavier.

"Leech."she suddenly said. She was only going to remember parts of her life and as Xavier feared she had remembered her life as Ambrosia Vida.

"Audrey..."Xavier started but she immediately started searching for a knife.

"What have you done with my knives?"she asked when she couldn't find any.

"Audrey-"

"That's not my name."

"Then what is?"

"I don't remember. I just know that isn't my name. And I also know that you're kind should all be dead."

"Audrey you won't remember much until you feed."

"I refuse to take another life to save my own."

"Then take my blood. You won't need to drink as much and I won't die."

"You should've died long ago..."

"Just drink it Audrey. I swear you will remember afterwards." Xavier rolled up his sleeve and extended his arm to Audrey. She looked at him for a second. "I won't attack I swear."

Audrey took his wrist and bit into it.

The little boy sat at his mother's feet looking up at her as she read."Mère? Why do you read?"he asked.

"Because I can and it's a rare thing to find in a women from such a low class."she replied her eyes still on the book.

"If you were poor how did you learn?"he asked.

The boy's mother put the book down on the floor and picked him up setting him onto her lap."Xavier I will tell you something very important. No matter what class someone comes from they can achieve whatever anyone else can achieve if they try."she said.

"Even women?"Xavier asked.

"Even women."his mother replied.

Xavier thought for a moment and asked,"Even me?"

"Especially you Xavier."the woman hugged her son tightly.

"I love you mère."he said tugging gently on a strand of blonde hair.

"I love you too Xavier."

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At first he could only hear thoughts. It was usually just strangers but as time went on he could hear the thoughts of friends and family. It would've driven him insane if he hadn't learned to control this. Of course Xavier could never tell anyone about this. It was witchcraft and he could've been killed for it, no matter how young he was.

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"You're never at home anymore."she said softly. "I miss you. Xavier misses you. You haven't spoken to either of us in days."

"Well I am a busy man Cécile, and you do have your books."Xavier's father replied.

"You're not busy for other women though Henri." she said gently.

"Have you been spying on me?"Henri asked annoyed.

"I haven't been spying but it is obvious."Xavier felt his mother get up from the chair. He had fallen asleep and woke up when his parents started to argue.

"Nothing wrong with it Cécile. It's perfectly natural."

"It's natural to ignore your son so you can sleep with someone that isn't your wife?"

"Are you saying I'm a bad father and husband?" Xavier could tell his father was getting angry. But he was only getting angry at the truth.

"You were the one who said it."Xavier heard his father slap his mother. He flinched when he heard his father continue to beat his wife.

"Stop it... Please stop..."Xavier whispered softly. He heard his mother cry and he peeked his head out. His father was now kicking her."Stop it! Stop it père!!"he started to scream. His father didn't stop."Stop!! Stop it!! Stop hitting mère!!"Xavier continued to yell. When his fatehr didn't he jumped on his back wrapping his small arms around his fathers kneck trying to choke him. He was trying to do anything to make him stop.

Henri threw Xavier off and continued to beat his wife. "The bastard's going to kill mère."he realized angrily."She didn't do anything. Nothing at all. He should be the one who dies. He should be the one who dies and goes to the firey gates of hell!" His father started screaming. When Xavier turned around he saw that his father's leg had caught fire, but the fireplace was on the other side of the room. Had he done that?

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Michel had said it would be an informal party, but Xavier hadn't known his friend was associated with so many people of different classes. Michel had introduced Xavier to all of his "friends". The party was being held in one of Xavier's friends homes but no one was showing any manners. Everywhere women and men were clinging onto each other waiting for "The Hour". "It's almost time Xavier."Michel said. "Stay close and watch."

"Watch what?"Xavier asked as the clock struck twelve.

"Just watch..."Michel replied. Xavier immediatley saw Michel's friends bite into the knecks of their guests.

'They're drinking their blood.'Xavier realized when one of the women raised her head with her lips covered with blood and her skin darker. She smiled at Xavier when he looked at the body that she fed off of. She dropped the body and moved onto find another victim. Xavier immediatley ran to the door. As he did this he saw Michel feeding off a young girl with blonde hair who looked to pale to be alive. Why did his friend show him this?

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Xavier groaned in pain as Michel set him down on his couch. "What happend?"he asked.

"These men just attacked me... They just came from no where with clubs and knives and they just attacked. Then one of them bit me..."Xavier said as Michel started to pour a glass of wine.

"Michel did you get the-"he heard a man start. "Oh my... My, my, my... What happend here?"

"My friend Xavier got attacked here Siete."Michel replied sipping the wine.

"Are you having any trouble breathing?"Siete asked Xavier.

"Yes."Xavier said. Siete put his hand on Xavier's head.

"You're very cold... You look like most of your blood has been drained. Who attacked you?"

"These men.... A group of these men just attacked me."

"Did any of them bite you?"

"Yes...."

"Oh my... You might die... Unless..."

"No Siete. I already asked him and he said no."Michel said.

"Yes but when you asked him he wasn't in this condition now was he?"Siete snapped."Xavier. How would you like for this pain to end? How would you like to live? Not only live but to live for eternity and to have power and money and anythign you ever wanted? I could give you this but you must drink my blood. Is that alright?" Xavier nodded. The pain was to great and he did want to live. He saw Michel hand Siete a knife and Siete pulled it across his skin. He brought it to Xavier's lips and he drank. Xavier felt his heart slowly stop. He felt himself die.

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"Xavier? Are you feeling any better?"a frail looking woman with fair skin and blonde hair asked. Xavier was in his bed and he was being gnawed at by something he wasn't used to. "Xavier?? Are you alright? Michel brought you home and told me about how much you drank."

Michel? That name sounded familiar. He didn't know why. He knew that his name was Xavier but who was Michel?

"Xavier? Are you still sick? You're very pale."the woman reached over and put her hand on his forehead. Xavier heard her heart beating...louder and lourder...He grabbed her and bit into her throat the blood satisfying his thirst. He had drained every drop when he realized who this woman was. "Mère..." he whispered softly.

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The first time he saw Ambrosia Vida was at a party that Michel had thrown. He was going to go to her when she went to a vampire named Robert and started flirting. The two of them then went to a room where they later foudn Robert dead.

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The next time he saw Ambrosia was at a party SingleEarth party."One of those SingleEarth things. It's always fun to see one of the vampires lose control."Michel laughed.

Ambrosia was talking to the hostess of the party. She looked uncomfortable but the hostess reassured her that she would be safe. "It's only SingleEarth members that were told about this party. It's our goal to unite all shapeshifters, humans, witches, and vampires."Xavier heard her say.

"Mother disowned her so she had no one to turn to for help. I'll get her for what Dominique did to my mother!"Catherine said to Kaei one night at Las Noches.

"Any of the Vida's dead is good for me."Kaei replied. "What'd she do anyway?"

"Hang out with some SingleEarth freaks. They're dead now too."When Catherine finished her drink and left Xavier followed her.

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"Michel I want you to spread the message that no one can do any harm to Ambrosia Vida."Xavier told his frend.

"What why?"Michel asked surprised.

"Because if anyone even touches her I will cause them more pain then even Siete could ever cause."

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Xavier had never been so scared then when he thought Audrey had died. He had never wanted to kill Dominqiue more then he did now. He never wanted to kill Michel more then he did at that moment. He had never realized exactly how much he loved Audrey till then.

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Audrey pulled away from Xavier's wrist and looked at him. He lowered his gaze not wanting to look at her directly in the eyes."I had been trying to hide all of that from you for the longest time. "he said softly.

"Why?"she asked.

"I was ashamed. I knew what was going to happen when I took Siete's blood. I killed my own mother. I became so curious with a witch that I let myself gbecome emotionally involved."Xavier replied.

"You didn't know Xavier. You didn't remember."Audrey said softly.

"Michel.... Audrey.... Leave..."Xavier said softly. He was looking at his hands.

"Xavier-"Audrey started.

"I said leave. Both of you." Audrey looked at Michel and he nodded. They both left Xavier a lone.

A/N- The scene where Henri is beating Cècile, how Xavier wanted his Dad to go to hell:Yes he was a child and yes it is possible for a child to know those types of words and have that much hate. I mean think about it Xavier loves his mother very much and his father is never there then beats his wife for no reason and throws his son against a wall. I'm sorry that the end got sort of shitty I was jsut tired and wanted to finish it.