A/N: Hey, there everybody! It's me, MBAV fan66! And I bring to you chapter 8 of BOM! :D
I know! I know! I know! It's been a while since my last update, huh? About 2 months, to be exact. :o Lol! But I honestly didn't expect this chapter to be as long as it is, now. Even STILL I have yet to put in the part that explains more about Jesse and Ethan's past together, in this chapter like I wanted to! So, instead, all of that will just have to wait until the next chapter, I'm afraid. Sorry. :( But don't worry! This here chapter should still have enough 'explaining the past' to satisfy you all! So, hang in there! :D
So, um...yeah! :D I'm sure there were was probably more I had wanted to say earlier on before finishing this chapter, but have now since forgotten. So, um... Let's get on with our story! Shall we?! :D Lol! :P
Oh, wait! I remember something! :D If my dates/timing seems off in this chapter (or any other chapters to come, after this one) I apologize. As I'm sure some of you probably know...I suck at timelines. :/ Simple as that. Lol! So, if something doesn't seem to quite add up right or seems off when it comes to ages or dates, then that's why. But I really did try to make it make sense the best that I could, though. I mean, I probably spent like an hour or two just trying to figure out Jesse's and Ethan's ages during all of this when the events (mainly in the next chapter) had happened. Hopefully, I figured everything out right. But if not, then I'm sorry.
NOW, let's get on with the chapter! Shall we?! *giggles* ;P
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After being forcibly blown back, Sarah quickly got back up again and looked towards the door worriedly as fear began to fill her heart. "Ethan!" she shouted worriedly, but then quickly placed a hand over her mouth as she had remembered that Jane was upstairs asleep in her room. She didn't want her to get sucked into a fight with Jesse.
Not long after, Sarah heard frantic footsteps coming down the stairs. It was Benny and Rory. Both having alarmed and worriedly looks on their faces, as they looked at her.
"Sarah, what's wrong?! We heard you yelling!" asked Benny desperately in panic.
"And where's E? We thought he was down here with you?" questioned Rory, soon after, with a confused look on her face as he looked around the room.
Sarah's mind was in a tizzy, though. All she could think about was what Jesse might do to Ethan. Just the thought of that evil bastard made her blood boil!
"How's Jane?" she then asked the boys, with it coming out a bit too snappily than she intended.
"Still sleeping." answered Benny positively but also a bit quizzically, as well, as he looked at her puzzlingly. He knew for a fact that Jane was still sleeping because right before heading down the stairs after hearing Sarah's voice, he and Rory checked in on Jane to make sure that she was sleeping. And she was. What puzzled the spellmaster was the way Sarah was acting. "Sarah, what's going on?" he then asked her a bit concernedly.
Sarah sighed in relief a little to know that all the noise didn't disturb Jane while she's sleeping. At least, that was one less thing to worry about, for now. She saw the confused and worried looks on the boys' faces and realized that they still had no clue as to what was going on, yet.
"It's Ethan!" replied Sarah.
"Ok...? What about him?" replied Benny, stilling looking quizzically at her.
There was no time to tell them everything, so she had to spare them the details for now. "Jesse just now showed up and took him somewhere!" informed Sarah desperately, as she tried her best to remain calm.
Rory and Benny went bug-eyed at that. "What?!" they both shouted, before then being shushed by Sarah, who had on index finger held up to her lips and the other pointing upward indicating that Jane was still upstairs asleep. Both boys got the message and flashed her an apologetic look real quick before getting back at the situation at hand. "What do you mean, Jesse showed up here and kidnapped Ethan?! I thought he was with you?!" interrogated Benny rudely in a panic while keeping his voice down the best he could in a situation like this.
"He was! But then there was this knock at the door as we were-" she stared to explain before cutting herself off quickly and changing the topic. "Anyway, that's not important. What's important is that Jesse has Ethan and we need to save him before it's too late!" pointed out Sarah desperately.
But the magic geek in the room knew precisely what she was gonna say before changing her response. As a smirk spread across Benny's face then. "So, you two were...canoodling, eh?" hinted Benny knowingly in a sly like manner, as he playfully wiggled his eyebrows a little at her. "My man, Ethan!" he then praised proudly about Ethan, even though he wasn't there to hear it. He then hi-fived Rory, who was also proud of his friend for kissing the girl of his dreams finally.
Though, Sarah didn't find this too amusing as she glared at them seriously. "Guys! Now's not the time! Ethan's in danger!" she reminded/scolded them in an urgent tone. Sarah was worried about Ethan, but secretly she was also glad to be able to dodge the subject of her and Ethan's recent events together before Jesse showed up. Right now, it was none of their business as to what happened before the kidnapping. Ethan can tell them all about that, once they rescue him.
Both boys quickly shut-up, as they realized that she right. Now was not the time for a bit of playful teasing and harassment, at the moment. Right now, their best friend was in trouble and needed their help!
"But what about Jane? We can't just leave here by herself." pointed out Rory then.
Sarah's eyes grew wide, as she realized that he was right. They can't just leave Jane here all by herself, alone. Then an idea popped up in her head. "Benny, do you think your grandma would mind coming over to keep an eye on her, while we're gone?" she asked Benny.
Benny shrugged in response, but then pulled out his phone. "Don't know?! But I'll call her and see, though." he said nonchalantly, as he started to call up his grandma.
Once she answered, Benny gave her a quick rundown of the dire situation at hand. Promising to give her the full details, later. A couple of minutes later, he hung up. "She's on her way over now." he said to Sarah, as he put his phone away.
"Good. I just hope she hurries. I hate to think what Jesse might be doing to Ethan, right about now." stated Sarah calmly with a frown, but you could still hear the worry and concern in her voice, though.
Ethan felt like vomiting once he got to wherever it was Jesse had taken him to. His poor stomach was just not cut out for vampire super speed. Especially, when you're taking by surprise by the person and wasn't expecting it! Ethan groaned a little as he felt his stomach finally settling down after a few minutes from the motion-sickness he'd gotten from Jesse's running.
When he looked around, Ethan realized that he was outside in front of the mansion that Jesse was living in before the movie premiere incident happened. This mansion was the place that started it all. All of the crazy, life-threatening, and scary supernatural nonsense they had to face in the coming months after that. But Ethan was confused as to why Jesse had brought him, exactly, though.
"That's weird? Why would he bring me here, of all places?" thought Ethan curiously.
Jesse saw the confused and curious look he was giving, as he looked around and smiled. "Thought I'd bring us back to where it all began, little brother. Well...not exactly where it all began, but good enough, I suppose." he explained. "This was, after all, were my hatred for you did begin, though. But...that was before I knew who you really were to me, though." he further explained, giving that cocky smile of his at the end.
Ethan didn't say a word. He just stood there watching the vampire carefully, in case he made any moves that he didn't like. As in, going straight for his neck or wrist again. Ethan's eyes then gazed downward towards Jesse's hand. The hand that he used to grab him beyond his front door, that is. He noticed that it was still all red and blistery looking after being burned for entering the home without permission. Ethan didn't know why, but he felt kinda concerned about it.
Jesse noticed the concerned look his eyes and smirked. "Awe, worried about your big brother now, are we? How very sweet and caring of you, Ethan." mocked Jesse fondly to the seer.
"No! Why would I ever be concerned about you?! Especially, after all the terrible things you've done to me and my friends!" denied Ethan strongly back, as he tried to act like he wasn't all that concerned about him or his hand. Though, he was for some stupid reason that he couldn't explain.
But Jesse didn't buy it, though. He knew what he saw in Ethan's eyes when he noticed his burnt hand earlier. He could always read what his little brother was feeling like an open book. That's just how close they used to be.
Jesse smiled, not believing him. Then he held up the injured hand. "Regardless, there's no need to worry over this little wound. Vampires heal quickly. Remember?" he said reassuringly, while showing off his hand. Then before Ethan's very eyes the redness and blistered skin immediately started to heal itself until it was completely healed. You couldn't even tell that it was even badly burnt to begin with, anymore! Ethan looked at it in astonishment, while Jesse simply grinned at him. "Especially, when you put a bit of focus and concentration into it." added Jesse smugly, showing off his now healed hand which held absolutely no scars on it. He then placed his hand back down. "Now, back to business, baby bro." declared Jesse seriously, again.
Ethan growled at that. "Stop calling me that! I already told you! We're not related in that way!" demanded Ethan angrily.
"Then, by all means, do fill me in on your...silly little theory on how it is that we're really related, then." mused Jesse, but in rather bored like manner. Deciding to humor the poor boy just for his own curiosity's sake.
"Ok, then! Fine! I will!" spat Ethan boldly. "You and I can't be brothers because none of it makes any real sense. With you being over 200 years old and me only being 15 years old. So, there no way I can be your little brother unless I'm also 200 years old, as well! Which...I'm not!" Ethan started to explain with confidence overflowing from himself, as he spoke.
Jesse stood there with his arms crossed in front of him, as he looked at him with an emotionless expression on his face as if he was bored or something. "Ok, then...and?" replied Jesse uninterestingly, but also at the same time intriguingly as he wanted the seer to continue with his little theory.
"After some much thinking about it, that's when I realized that we don't know squat about your past except that you were the leader of a cult of vampires back then, who prayed upon the townsfolks. This leads me to believes that you probably did have a brother, but just not me! And he grew up and went on to become an adult and have children of his own, who carried on the family name until this very day. With me being one of the current living family members of the Black family. So, that means, I'm your four times great-nephew, instead! Not your little brother!" continued Ethan, as he finished his explanation/theory into his relationship between him and Jesse Black.
Jesse stared at Ethan for a minute before finally busting up laughing. "Hahahaha! Oh! Oh! That's cute! It really is, baby bro!" laughed Jesse hysterically, as he wiped a tear from his eye after laughing so hard.
Jesse's reaction to his theory surprised Ethan. He was confused as to why the vampire was even laughing. "What's so funny?" asked Ethan.
"You and that rediculous little theory of yours!" replied Jesse, as he was no longer laughing but now was smiling amusingly.
Now, Ethan felt heated and mad that he didn't believe him. "Yeah! Well...it's the truth! So, quit laughing!" argued Ethan back defensively.
"But it's not, Ethan. In fact, you couldn't even be any further from the truth, my dear sweet brother." replied Jesse knowingly with a grin on his face. "And I have proof, too." he added smugly. Jesse then pulled out a folded up photo from his pocket and held it up in his hand. The picture was still folded up, though, as he held it up for Ethan to see.
This surprised the seer. He didn't expect Jesse to have any kind of proof. Ethan was doubtful about it, though. But at the same time, he was also curious, too. So, when Jesse held out the photo for him to take, Ethan hesitantly took it. He then unfolded it and his jaw dropped at what he saw.
It was a picture of himself when he was 3 or 4 years old with Jesse sitting right there next to him. Both grinning happily at the camera, as Jesse had his arms around him to pull them even closer together for the silly photo.
Ethan was speechless. He couldn't believe it. There was actual proof that he and Jesse really are brothers, it seems!
A big smirk then appeared on Jesse's face once saw Ethan's reaction to the old picture of themselves. "See, I told you that we're brothers. And that's my proof of it, right there." stated Jesse arrogantly.
Snapping out of the initial shock of seeing the picture of him and Jesse together, Ethan quickly shook his head in denial. "No. No! I refuse to believe it! This...?!" strongly denied Ethan, as he then held up the picture with a scowl. "Proves nothing!" he yelled defiantly. "Pictures can easily be faked! And that's exactly what this one here is! A fake!" declared Ethan strongly, as he threw the photo down on the ground. "You just had it photoshopped to make it look like we're were once close when I was little, so I would believe you now for whatever sick reason! But it's not gonna work, Jesse!" he stated furiously while glaring daggers at the vampire. But he couldn't the odd feeling he felt that the photo had stirred up within him, though. It wasn't hatred or anger, but rather...fondness, maybe?
Jesse frowned unhappily at Ethan tossing the photo on the ground, like that. After all, it was a very precious item to him of that time in his life. He casually went over where the photo laid and picked up the treasured memory. He examined it real quick to make sure that it didn't get wet or muddy. Thankfully, it didn't. Then he refolded it back up and placed it back into his pocket again for safekeeping.
Jesse wasn't angry or upset at the seer for what he did, though. But was rather...more disappointed in him, really. He had hoped after seeing the old photo of the two of them together would've sparked something within him that would have gotten him to believe that he was telling the truth, after all. Or even a simple little vision of that time in their lives would've sufficed, even! But nothing.
Regardless, Jesse wasn't about to just give up on getting his little brother to remember him and their past together. There was still one option left, which he wasn't so sure about on whether or not it'd work since so much time has already passed when he did it. But he would try, nonetheless, if it meant getting his little brother back, again.
"I see you still refuse to believe me, Ethan. Even though, I gave you proof." commented Jesse.
"Because that photo's a fake! I know it is!" argued back Ethan, not wanting to accept that it maybe real, instead.
Jesse let out a small disappointed sigh. "It's not a fake. I can guarantee you that." he said simply. "That picture was taken about a year before our departure from one another. It's the only thing I have left of our time together as a family. As...brothers. So, it's the most precious thing I own in this world, you see." he said with sincerity and sorrowfulness in his voice.
Ethan stood there in silence, eyeing the vampire cautiously but also he felt a small pang of pity in his heart for him, as well.
Just then, a couple of swooshing noises appeared next to Ethan. It was Sarah and Rory with Benny being carried by Rory. The two vampires had super sped their way there. Though, when Rory put Benny down, Benny quickly placed a hand over his mouth and ran off somewhere to go vomit. Everyone cringed at the awful noise, knowing what he was doing. Once he was done, Benny came back over to stand next to his two fanged friends again, looking rather queazy still a bit.
"Ugh. Vampire sped is SO not my thing. Ugh." moaned/complained Benny uneasily, still feeling a little nauseous from the ride on over here. "I shouldn't have eaten so much junk food earlier."
Ethan knew exactly how he felt, as not moments before he had felt the same way. He was just thankful, though, that he didn't wind up eating as much junk food as he and Rory did, though.
"Well, it looks like the gang is all here." smirked Jesse, before taking notice that one of them was missing. Erica. "Well...almost, anyway." he added smugly but still smirking at them.
"How'd you guys find me?" asked Ethan astonishingly.
"We followed your scent here." answered Sarah with a warm smile, happy to see that he was ok.
"Yeah, dude! Sorry, we're late getting here, though. We had to wait for Benny's grandma to show up to take over babysitting Jane for us." explained Rory. "So, what we'd miss?!" he then asked stupidly with excitement in his voice.
"I told Jesse about my theory about how we're not brothers, but he still thinks we are. Then he showed me some old photo that's supposed to show me and him together when I was little. All happy and stuff, as if we were close or something. But I think the photo is just a fake, though." explained Ethan seriously to them, as he gave them the rundown of what happened so far between him and Jesse. He then cast a mean look towards Jesse's way, afterward.
"But it's not, Ethan. I'm telling you the truth, little brother. You and I are brothers. You just don't remember, is all." assured Jesse stubbornly to him, again.
"Pft! Yeah, right! I think I would remember something like that, if it was true, Jesse!" scoffed Ethan sarcastically with attitude.
Jesse smiled cockily then. "Not if you were glamoured into forgetting back when you were a child, you wouldn't." he stated confidently.
"What?" replied Ethan astonishingly out of confusion, as he wondered if it was true or not.
"What do you mean by that?" questioned Sarah curiously while eyeing him suspiciously. She too wanted to know what her ex had meant.
"I'm honestly quite surprised that it managed to hold up for this long, really. Especially, with you being a seer and all." replied Jesse impressively in a simple and laidback manner. "But I suppose now it's time for me to lift the glamour that I had placed upon your mind, so many years ago. And free up all those long lost, forgotten memories of yours about you and I, my darling brother." he then said grinning.
In a flash, Jesse quickly sped up close to Ethan until they were face-to-face. His eyes then immediately started to glow their vampiric blue color as they bore right into Ethan's. It had all happened so quickly that Ethan didn't even have time to look away before being caught in their hypnotic spell.
Sarah, Benny, and Rory would've stopped Jesse but they couldn't, as a few of his goons then sped up out from nowhere to stop them. Standing between them and helping their friend, who was in trouble of possibly being glamoured by Jesse.
"Ethan!" shouted Sarah desperately out of worry and fear.
The vampire in front of her then hissed and flashing his fangs at her intimidatingly. "Don't worry, girlie. Jesse wouldn't dream of ever harming the only biological family he has left. He only just wants his little brother to remember him, is all. Is that so bad?" he stated mockingly.
Sarah hissed back at the vampire while flashing her own deadly fangs at the guy. She was clearly not afraid of this dude or any of his fanged buddies, either. "It is when Jesse's a no-good dirty snake, who can't be trusted and wants to use my boyfriend just to hurt me!" retorted Sarah heatedly, as he readied herself for a fight.
"Boyfriend?!" exclaimed both Rory and Benny incredulously in response, as they both quickly looked over at her with surprised faces. Completely forgetting about their current situation, right now. Hearing Sarah suddenly calling Ethan her boyfriend stunned the two in surprise. They had a hunch of what they might've been up too when she told them about what happened earlier with Jesse showing up at the door and kidnapping Ethan (hence, the little bit of teasing from the both of them, earlier). But she never really said anything to confirm it, though. Until now, that is!
"So, you two are an item, then?" questioned Benny then with a slight bit of hopefulness and glee in his tone, while quirking up a curious brow at her.
Sarah snapped her head over in his direction with a very serious/threatening glare on her face. Telling them to 'shut up' and that 'now is not the time to be discussing this'. Which was true.
Rory and Benny both (fearfully) got the message and returned their focus towards trying to save Ethan. Readying themselves to fight off the lackies that stand in their way of getting to their friend and Jesse.
Satisfied, Sarah's harden gaze then softened. She then looked over to where Ethan and Jesse were at with a look of concern and fear on her face. Wanting desperately to help Ethan, but she can't. First, she had to deal with the burly guy in front of her, blocking her way.
"Hey, sweetheart! Eyes on me! Your fight is with me, now!" stated the guy cockily, bringing her attention back onto him. Sarah just glared spitefully at the guy, ticked off at him for calling her 'sweetheart'. She was gonna make him regret ever calling her that.
No one had dared make the first move between Sarah, Benny, and Rory; and the vampire goons that stood in their way, yet. So, far it was a standoff. You could feel the anticipation in the air, as both sides waited on the other to make a move.
Now and then, the three would spare a quick glance or two over in Ethan's direction. Scared of what the evil vampire might glamour him into doing.
Ethan stared blankly into Jesse's eyes, as he carefully listened to what he had to say.
"Now, then, Ethan. The moment I touch your forehead, you will remember everything that I had told you to forget about, so many years ago when you were just a small child. About me. About what happened back then that lead to our departure from one another. About the promise, I had made to you before I had left that I would someday return for you. All of it." spoke Jesse softly and carefully to the seer. "It's time to finally unlock all those lost memories I had locked away inside you, now. It's time, Ethan. For you to remember our brotherly bond together. To remember that...I'm your big brother and that you are my little brother." he continued gently and earnestly. "That...we're family." he then said, as he raised a hand up and slowly moved it towards Ethan's head. "Remember, little brother." spoke/whispered Jesse tenderly, as he placed a couple of fingers onto the center of Ethan's forehead, lightly.
The moment Ethan felt Jesse's fingers lightly touch his head, dozens of long since forgotten memories had come flooding back to him from that point in his life. Memories that Ethan never knew existed until now. Memories of...him and Jesse. Together. As...brothers. And at how close they were, too! Even the memory of when that photo, that Jesse had shown him earlier, was taken! As well, as their mother's face! He remembers...everything!
Ethan didn't know what to make of this, as he just stood in there in silence with this stunned/mystified expression on his face.
Although, Jesse had a smug and satisfied look on his face, though. Knowing that it worked. Ethan finally remembers their life together as brothers, all those years ago.
Sarah, Rory, and Benny saw Ethan's shell shocked look and were worried, now.
"E, you alright, man?" asked Benny concernedly to the seer.
Ethan remained quiet for a couple more seconds before finally saying something. "I..I...I remember." said/stuttered Ethan astonishingly in amazement but also in shock, as he still couldn't believe it. He stood there standing like a statue, while staring off into space still. It was like the whole world around him just...stopped at that very minute. As he let it all sink in. He and Jesse were indeed brothers.
"I-It's true. It's...all true!" stated Ethan shockingly to everyone, though more to himself, really. "Jesse and I are...brothers!" he declared with such certainty in his tone. He could feel warm tears brimming the edges of his emotional brown eyes, now, just ready to fall.
Benny, Sarah, and Rory were all taken back by hearing Ethan say that with such certainty and confidence in his voice. Sounding as if it really was true! It had briefly left them all speechless.
Ethan's heart pounded in his chest with such deep emotion at what to do next. So, instinctively he ran up to Jesse and hugged him, as the tears began to fall. It was like his body was on autopilot. Or rather, it was like his heart took control of his body, instead.
Jesse greatly welcomed the warm (and semi-wet) loving hug from the emotional seer, as he hugged him back. Grateful to finally have his little brother remember him, after all this time. It was just like old times, again, as the hug felt like the ones they used to share all the time, back then. Full of nothing but brotherly love.
"B-Big brother." mumbled/sniffled out Ethan happily, as he let Jesse continue to hold him. He never knew how much he had missed him until now. Which was weird considering he's known Jesse for a while now before gaining his blocked memories back of him. Ethan just guessed that it must be years of hidden and built up feelings that he's acquired over the years subconsciously, that's causing him to feel and act this way, right now.
Hearing Ethan calling him that again after so long now, brought a smile to Jesse's face. He never knew he'd miss hearing Ethan call him 'big brother' so much, until now. It filled his undead heart with so much joy and love, again that it almost made even him want to cry. In fact, Jesse did wind up shedding a tear or two, anyway. He's never felt more blessed than now.
"Yes, Ethan. I'm here. Your big brother is here. As promised." comforted Jesse sweetly to the seer, as he held him close.
Took a few more minutes crying into Jesse's shoulder before finally pulling back from the hug to look at him. "What took you so long? Was I that hard to find?" questioned Ethan curiously, as he wanted to know what kept his big brother in keeping his promise for so long now.
Jesse frowned regrettably at Ethan's questions. Not because Ethan had asked them, but rather because of the answer behind them, that is. "I'll admit, the last name change did throw me off a bit. But no." replied Jesse ruefully. "The reason why it took so long for me to find you was because...I simply wasn't searching for you."
Ethan was about to say something back to him before he cut him, first. "And before you ask or think that it's because I don't care about you and didn't love you, anymore then...it's not." stated Jesse abruptly sounding seriously but also sincerely, too when he spoke. "The reason is because of what I had told you earlier. How I had gotten caught up in my selfish need and ambition for power and greed when I had became a vampire, that it blinded me to the life I had before that. The life I had...with you, little brother." he explained/confessed honestly out of remorse and guilt. "So, as a result, the memories I had of you, including my promise, soon wound up becoming pushed to the very back of mind. Eventually, to be forgotten. Until...now, that is." he said disappointedly. He then gave a small thankful smile after that.
"Hold up, dudes. I don't get it? If Jesse is really Ethan's brother, then...how is that even possible?! I mean, Jesse's over 200 years old, while Ethan isn't even nowhere CLOSE to that age! Does this mean that Ethan's not really 15, but rather...200 and something years old, instead? Dude! Have you been in a cryogenic slumber or something, all this time, like Captian America?!" questioned Rory perplexingly then, but then grew excited when he thought Ethan must've been stuck in some sort of cryogenic status or slumber, like the Marvel comic book character, Captain America, was after taking on his arch-nemesis, The Red Skull, for the first time.
Benny faced palmed himself and let out an annoyed moan. "Ugh! No, Rory! Ethan hasn't been stuck in some sort of suspended animation, like Captain America was, all this time. Remember? E, said the Morgans had adopted him when he was just 3." explained Benny exasperatingly to him.
"Yeah, but...he still could've been! Just...as a 3-year-old!" declared Rory confidently/heatedly then, though sounding a bit uncertain in some parts of his statement.
This time, Benny rolled his eyes at the blonde, as if he was stupid. "I highly doubt a 3-year-old would've been stuck in suspended animation, Rory. Like...is that even safe for a 3-year-old?!" he pointed out sarcastically but in an obvious sorta way.
Rory shrugged. "I don't know?! But it's still a possibility, though!" argued back Rory defensively.
The two would've gone at it, but the two vampires standing in front of them grew tired of their bickering and hissed at the two geeks. Effectively, shutting them up.
With the two geeks silenced, Jesse decided to answer Rory's question. "To answer your question. It's simple. I'm not really as old of a vampire as I claim to be. In fact, I've only been a vampire for about 12 years now. So, really I'm only 29 years old, so far." replied Jesse casually, as he revealed his real age to them.
This stunned Sarah, Rory, and Benny. Even Ethan was stunned by this, a little. Ethan could clearly remember seeing Jesse back then, the way he looks now. Nothing had changed physically on the guy over the years, to even indicate him being much older than he appears. So, he knew Jesse had to be in his thirties or close to it by now, but what confused the seer was the vision he had the day Sarah had brought over that book about Whitechapel's history. He was sure that his vision was telling him that Reverend Horace Black and Jesse Black were the same person. But...could he have been wrong about what he saw then?
"But...the vision I had. It was telling me that you and Reverend Horace Black were the same person." said Ethan in confusion.
"Vision? What vision?" asked Jesse.
"It was back before the movie premiere incident happened. Sarah had came over with a book titled, 'The History of Whitechapel 1894', that explained all about how the town used to be called Black Church's years before the name change to Whitechapel. I had gotten a vision when Sarah's hand accidentally touched mine while she was reading the book about Reverend Horace Black and his followers. And about how they met their demise at the hands of the townspeople by locking them all up in their place of worship and burning it to the ground with them in it. After that, I felt that something was off or rather missing. So, I had Sarah touch me again. Only to get another vision showing me an image from the book of what Reverend Horace Black supposedly looked like and then it changed to an image of you in real life, turning around. That's when I realized that you and Reverend Horace Black were the very same person." explained Ethan to Jesse.
Jesse smiled gently then. "I see. Well, apparently you had misinterpreted the vision wrong, then. But don't worry. It tends to happen sometimes. Not all vision are always straight forward, I presume." stated Jesse reassuringly to him in a kind tone.
"They're not." replied Ethan admittedly, as he knew Jesse was right. He remembers having a couple of visions before, in the past that he had totally read wrong. Like, the visions from Stephanie he got during that whole cheerleader fiasco. And the werewolf vision he got from David that one time, that made him believe that David was a werewolf. Boy, was he wrong on that one! So, maybe Jesse was right? He did misinterpret the vision that showed them as being the same person, wrong, as well? But...why did they look so much alike, then?
"If that's true, then how come you and this Reverend dude look so much alike?" wondered Rory curiously. Asking the same question that was on Ethan's mind at the time.
"Turns out, that Horace is actually an ancestor of mine and Ethan's." answered Jesse. But he still saw the confused looks on their faces and decided to explain more in detail on the subject. "Horace was never a vampire back then. He died a human." he stated blantly, shocking everyone. Though, the surprised looks on their faces were enough to cause Jesse to smirk with satisfaction at their response to that little detail.
"But...how is that possible? I thought all of his followers were vampires, though?" asked Sarah.
"They were." shrugged Jesse nonchalantly, but then grinned at her. "Except for him." he said smugly in a teasing manner. "I'll explain. You see, before the idea of vampires ever became a thing in Black's Church, Horace was married. About five years after being married, he and his wife had their first and only child. A boy. They were both very happy with their lives, but sadly happiness doesn't always last for long. Soon, Horace became bored and disinterested with his happy little life. He yearned for something more. Something...thrilling and exciting, I suppose." explained Jesse, as he told them what he knew about Horace Black. Though, that last part he said as an educated guess with little enthusiasm. As if, he didn't really care for the reason all that much.
"Then one day, probably about...2 years after their son's birth, a mysterious woman had moved into town. Along with her strange posse of friends or 'family', as she'd like to call them, as well. The woman's name was Rebecca Vaile. Horace was smitten by her beauty upon first glance. Soon, the two became close. Very close, if you know what I mean?" continued Jesse, with that last part sounding more like a sly/hinting type gesture, as he grinned about it.
Of course, the group of teens all caught on to what he was hinting at and cringed at the idea.
"Anyway, in time Rebecca and Horace had grown so close to one another that she even let him in on her 'little secret', as well." explained Jesse some more, as he placed air quotes around 'little secret' hintingly.
"You mean, she revealed to him that she was a vampire. Is that it?" sassed back Sarah seriously, as she was getting tired of his vague little hints that he keeps throwing at them.
"Exactly." Jesse said satisfyingly, as he continued. "Horace only fell in love with her even more then. He thought that vampires were amazing and should've been something to admire and not fear. With all their power and strength they had. Rebecca was thrilled to hear that he wasn't terrified of her or her friends and saw them as nothing but monsters or demons that should be eradicated, instead. To her, it was nice to know that he wouldn't rat them out to his fellow townspeople to be hunted down and killed for being what they are. She told Horace that all she ever wanted was a place where they could belong and be free to be themselves. Of course, Horace knew how ambitious Rebecca was in the time he's spent with her before. And he wanted to help Rebecca and her fellow vampires with that goal, too. By providing such a place here in the very town he founded himself. Black's Church."
"That's when the town became overrun with vampires then, huh?" deduced Benny.
Jesse nodded. "Yup! Rebecca and her vampire family soon began taking over the town by disguising themselves as Horace's followers and began terrorizing the town in secret."
"But what about Horace's wife and son? What happened to them, while all of this was going on?" asked Sarah.
"Well, let's see..." started Jesse in thought, as he tilted his head up slightly with his hand on his chin. "A couple of months later after meeting Rebecca and learning what she was, Horace's wife began to suspect that he was cheating on her. His wife was no dummy and she could plainly see the way he looks at Rebecca every time she's around and she also started to notice him spending an awfully lot of time around her, as well. Until one day, she caught him having an affair with her in their home. Of course, she was furious and all that, as I'm sure you all can imagine. Anyway, after that night of catching her husband in the act with Rebecca, she decided to leave him. So, she packed up her and their son's stuff and left town for good. Heading back to wherever it is she's originally from, to go live with her parents until she's able to get back on her feet, again. Horace never saw her or his son, ever again, after that." explained Jesse.
"Then...how did the Blacks find their way back here to Whitechapel, again?" wondered Rory.
Jesse just simply shrugged, not really sure himself. "Don't know. I suppose, eventually either Horace's son, after becoming an adult, must've moved back here to live his life. Or, maybe one of his kids when they got older decided to move back here? I don't know." theorized Jesse carefully, as he gave it some thought before deciding he didn't care all that much about which of his ancestors it was who decided to return to Whitechapel after Horace's death.
"So, um...how did Horace take it when his wife left town with his son?" asked Ethan.
"I'm assuming he didn't really care about her leaving him. If anything, he was probably glad that she had left. Though, I imagine he was probably a bit bummed about her taking his son with her, though. But who knows, really. Since it's obvious that he never tried to stop her from taking their boy with her. Or even, tried to bother finding them, afterward, either." answered Jesse honestly to the best of his knowledge. There were still some details that even he didn't know exactly about Reverend Horace Black, entirely.
"Then what happened?" asked Sarah.
"Horace and Rebecca continued seeing each other, after that. Both of them being madly in love with the other." Jesse answered, though the 'madly in love' part he had said in a fake giddy like tone for fun. "And the vampires continued with their reign of terror over the town, as the apex predators in the area."
"Until the townspeople had enough of their reign of terror and decided to fight back. Am I right, Jesse?" stated Sarah smugly, as she smirked back at him. Sarah was glad the townspeople back then decided to step up and take care of their little evil vampire problem. Though she may be one herself now, it still wasn't right for them to have to live in fear in their own little town at night. Sarah hated how most vampires tend to look down upon the humans just because they're weaker than them! So, in her mind, good for them for sticking up for themselves and saying 'enough is enough'!
Jesse only grinned back at her, as he way of saying she was correct. "And from there, you know the rest of what happened." he concluded.
"What about Horace? Did he die in the fire with the rest of them?" wondered Benny curiously.
"Yes. He did." replied Jesse. "Long before the fire, the townspeople had begun to notice a change in Horace's personality. Like him always making excuses for Rebecca and her vampires. He became more...darker and self-centered, it seemed. Always, looking down on the rest of the town as lowly nobodies. Not even caring if they live or die. All he cared about was power and of course his beloved Rebecca." he explained.
"If he died a human then...why didn't Rebecca turn him into a vampire, if she loved him so much?" asked Benny a bit confusedly.
Jesse sighed then. "Because...she loved him too much. That's why." replied Jesse with a slight bit of sadness hidden within his tone.
Sarah, Rory, Benny, and Ethan were now all confused. "What?" said Ethan in confusion.
"Rebecca loved Horace so much, that when he had asked her to turn him into what she was, she...told him that she couldn't. Or rather, that she wanted to wait. Until the time was right, that is." explained Jesse.
"Wait for what, exactly?" wondered Sarah.
"She wanted to wait until they were married and had consummated the marriage to turn him into a vampire." answered Jesse.
Rory, Sarah, Benny, and Ethan's all went huge at that. All of them not believing it. "What?!" they all said in unison.
"So, you're telling us that they were...engaged?" questioned Benny incredulously, wanting to know (along with everyone else) if he was understanding him correctly.
A big grin then displayed itself on Jesse's face. "Yup." he replied casually with a hint of smugness there, as well. "Two months after his wife's departure from his life, Horace had asked Rebecca to marry him. And she said yes, of course." he added cooly.
"But then never made it to the altar, did they?" said Ethan remorsefully with a sullen look on his face.
Jesse frowned then and shook his head sadly. "No. They didn't. After being engaged for 3 weeks, that's when the townspeople decided to rise up and put an end to Horace Black and his evil followers for good. By locking them all in the church and setting it on fire with them in it." he explained glumly, as he too felt a bit of sympathy for his ancestor.
"Ok. But you still never told us how it is that you look exactly like Horace Black, though!" blurted out Rory.
Jesse just shrugged. "Genetics, I guess?!" he said in a carefree manner, not knowing why it is he looks so much like his ancestor, as well. "I've heard that sometimes people can look like a carbon copy, or close to one, of someone in their family tree. Whether it be from someone who is or was around still today. Or someone who lived a really long time ago, but has now since been long dead. As in an ancestor from the past. Like Horace and I, for example." he explained then. Well, more like theorized, really.
They all believed him, knowing that it's true. They've always heard how genetics can be carried down throughout the generations. Even at one point in their lives, they remember at least one person telling them or their parents how they look just like such-and-such in their family when they were that age.
"In fact, me looking so much like Horace was the reason why my vampire mentor couldn't bring herself to feed on me." informed Jesse, as she gave them this smug look.
Now, the gang was confused again. They all wanted to know what his uncanny appearance to Reverend Horace Black had to do with anything? As well, as who this 'vampire mentor' he speaks of is, also?
"And um...who exactly was your mentor, anyway?" asked Benny curiously, sounding a bit reluctant as he asked it.
Jesse looked at him with a devilish grin on his face, as he answered him. "Rebecca Vaile."
A/N: Think I'll end it here, for now. Lol! So, what did you all think?! :D
A lot of talking in this one, huh? And there probably will be more in the next 1 or 2 coming chapters after this, too! So, bare with me. ;P But this stuff is important, as it explains EVERYTHING! Lol! ;D So, stay tuned! ;)
I'm also going to try and do the flashback thing for those chapters, as well. Hopefully, it'll bring at least a little bit of action to the chapters.
And in case you were wondering. Rebecca's last name is pronounced the way it is spelled, except that the 'e' at the end is silent. So, it's pretty much just the word "vail". I just added the silent 'e' at the end because I thought it looked better that way when using it as a name. *giggle* ;P
Speaking of Rebecca! :D What do you all think of her, so far?! And what about the twist with Reverend Horace Black never being a vampire, but was instead human, all along when the church was burned down?! Shocker, right? *giggle* ;P And in case, you were all confused. Reverend Horace Black and Jesse Black never were the same person. Reverend Horace Black was just an ancestor of Jesse's, who happened to look exactly like him. So, Ethan pretty much got the wrong idea about what that vision in the movie was telling him. At least, that's what I'm making it out to be in this story, that is. Lol! ;D
Anyway, that's it from me for now! I hope everybody had a wonderful Christmas or which ever holiday it is you celebrate around this time of the year! And I hope you all have a wonderful New Year's Eve and New Year, as well! :D Until next time, I'll be seeing all you lovely people around! Bye! ;D
