Jo had left her house. It was just about sunset. The sky was a beautiful display of pink and orange clouds as far as the eye could see. //It's so beautiful. I wish it could last for ever.// Finally, she made it to her destionation, an old tree that stood in a small clearing about a half mile into the woods.She sat down at the base of the tree, opened her bag, and took out a book that she picked up on the way to the woods and started to read. It felt like on;y minutes, but she found herselfe straning to read the words. It was already dark. As she started to pack up, she heared a noise behinde her."Whose there?" she asked."Hum? wha...... oh. It's you. Jo, right?" it was Duo. (Or should i say Ben.)"Yea! um......... what are you doing here?""Well," //I'm trying to feed. What else?//, "I'm just takiing a walk. Anything wrong with that?" Duo had to use every bit of selfe controll he had so he wouldn't just kill her and get it over with."No, Just asking. See ya at school on Monday?""Yea. See ya." //If the next day of school is on monday, then today mist be friday. Shit! i gotta see the guys!// ~~~at the safe house~~~ "Hey guys! Thought i'd drop in." Duo said with a huge, and i mean HUGE, grin on his face. Duo looked slightly different, even though no one could put their finger on it. He looked slightly pailer. Also his eyes almost glowed violet. He was acting slightly different, too. His sences were sharper and stronger. As they talked, Duo sometimes looked as of he was listining to something the others couldn't hear, or as if he weere having a conversation with some invisible beeing. Heero noticed the look in Duo's eyes. It was the same look he had when he was attempting, and failing, to IM everyone on his buddy list. And that was a lot of people."Duo, do you have something on your minde?" Heero asked."Hu? Oh, no. Why do you ask?""I don't know. You just..... don't..... seam like yourselfe.""Ooooooooook. Anaways, I have to go. I'll see y'all at school on monday?'"Yep." Quatre said happily. "Feel free to visit any time.""Don't worry about that Q-man." With that said, Duo left. ~~~later that night~~~ Duo got home and looked in the morror. His reflection was still there but it was faint. Very faint. Soon, it would be gone. Duo climbed into bed, and fell into a dreamless sleep. Vampires don't dream. They only remember. ~~~dream~~~ "Solo! Solo! Where are you?!?" I screamed, trying to finde my brother. (we were that close) The fire was put out and everyone was safe. The worst were a few minor burns, but the building we lived in was burnt to the ground. Solo had disappeared right after we split up into two groups."Dan, 'sat you?" said a very soft voice from the shadows. Solo came out. He was about a year older that I. He had pale skin, amber eyes, and long, dirty blond hair. I looked at him. His eyes were red. As if he had been crying."Solo, what's wrong? Are you ok?""S'all's my fault." he wispered."What? What's all your fault?" I asked, concerned about my brother. For the past few months, he had been acting weird. Almost as if he was scarred. I have only seen Solo cry once, this is what bothered me."The... the fire. it was all my fault.""No. Solo, listen to yourselfe! the fire was not your fault!""Dan, you dont understanf. The fire really *was* my fault!""Solo, tell me what's been going on. The past few months, whats happened to you?" So, he toled me. For months he had been trying to hide his powers. They were as unwanted as the fire had been. He told me that he could look into people's mindes, sometimes hear the thoughts of those around him. No matter how much he tried, he could not block it out. Recently, he noticed that of he concentrated on an object, it would move. He also told me that if he stared at a fire, he could make it rise or fall. But no matter what he did, he could not controll some of his powers."Am i cursed?" he asked me as if I had all the answers. What could I do? Would i lie to make him feel better? //but that would break his heart// an annoying little voice inside my head told me. And the worst part was that he was right. Solo was like a brother to me. He was the only family i ever knew.And i was about to lie to him. But on the other hand, I could be honist and say what would shurly break him. I might run and hide, but i will never tell a lie, but i would not hurt someone so close to me either. I said nothing. I could tell Solo knew what was going on in my minde because he smiled. We started to walk to the place out gang decided to meed after we split up. Suddenly i felt a tap on my back. ~~~end dream~~~ Duo woke up to his computer beeping. He walked across the room to see a message: 02. emergency mission. meet at safehouse in 15 min. -01