It took everyone about a full minute to get over the shock of my Dad yelling for the first time in my life. When we all recovered, Elaine pushed me into the building, and I heard footsteps. A girl skipped down the stairs with candles in her hands. Her blonde hair was in a curly mess, but her eyes were the blue that was common in our family. She smiled, "Hey Elaine, Zoe. I got the candles!"

Dante smirked, "Marie has candles!"

I hit my forehead with my hand as she looked over at us, "When did you get here?"

Dante jumped out of my arms, "We got here and then Daddy yelled at Grandmother, and Jade has a butler!"

Why does every visit start with really weird crap?

She laughed as she gave some of the candles to Dante, "All of the interesting things only happen when the two of you are here," then her expression changed, "Wait, Dad yelled at Grandmother?"

Elaine nodded, "It startled everyone."

We were all led by Elaine into a room, and the others set up candles around it. The room was perfectly circular, and had shelves covered in wax where the candles obviously went. Dante walked over to me and held my hand as the others put the candles on the shelves and lit them. When they were done with that, Elaine knelt in front of Dante and smiled, "Come here."

He walked over to her and she held his hands, "Robert Dante Casterwill-Vale, as the youngest one in the family, you get your inheritance first. Everything your father has will belong to you one day, no matter if it normally doesn't go from father to son."

The candles flickered, and Zoe nodded her head, "Looks like our magic agrees."

Elaine smiled at him again, "Okay, can you wait with Zoe for a little bit?"

He nodded and ran over to Zoe, who picked him up and hugged him. Then Elaine moved over to me and knelt until we were practically face to face. I shrank down in my chair, but she grabbed my hands, "Let's show Marion what you did to protect Dante."

She pulled my arms and I landed on my feet. Everyone gasped, and I held on to her tightly. Elaine looked me in the eyes, "Elizabeth Jade-Eyed Lighting Alphamaria Casterwill-Vale, we are here to celebrate your sixteenth birthday, as has been the family tradition from the time of Casterwill and his children. As is tradition, this is the day you take over leading the clan. Everything that was left to your mother is now yours. And no matter what, we will all be there for you, including your father I'm sure."

When she was finished I collapsed into my chair, and tried to hide my face. Dante forced his way over and crawled up in my lap, and hugged my neck. Then Elaine turned to Marie, "Come here Marie."

When my sister stopped in front of Elaine, they grabbed each others' hands, "Marie Diamond Casterwill-Vale, you will inherit all that your grandmother has. But it's your responsibility to help your siblings and protect them. Your sister will need you to be her voice, because she will never know how to tell other people how she feels."


A/N: Well, I'm so sorry that it took so long, but summer is still busy for me. See you next chapter!