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An hour later, Thierry wakes up convincing us that he's fine.
"You know, we should tell the others what happened." I suggest.
"You're right, we should." Thierry agrees, stifling a yawn.
"Still tired?" I ask him.
"Just a little." He replies, yawning for real this time.
"Yeah. Humans tend to get tired a lot, even after they've had enough sleep. You've probably worn my body out. Either that or I've drained too much blood." I point out.
"Yeah. Sometimes I'm glad that I'm a vampire." Thierry says smiling. "Or I was."
"You haven't eaten in about thirty-five to forty thousand years, have you?" I ask him.
He looks at me funny before replying.
"Not one that has satisfied my hunger properly. I have occasionally eaten since becoming a vampire, but it hasn't done much good." He answers. "Why?"
"Just don't go overboard with the eating. And do regular sit-ups about an hour after you eat. I usually do about a hundred a day." I reply. "What?" I ask after both Thierry and Hannah give me funny looks. "I didn't get that figure for nothing." I add.
"Come on Ladies." Hannah starts, breaking into our conversation and getting a look from Thierry. "Stop giving commands and let's go tell the others what has happened to the both of you." She finishes.
She gets off the bed and heads out the door. She pauses in the hallway, looking back to see if Thierry and I will follow, which we do, like the good people we are.
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"So…you're Thierry?" Gillian starts, pointing at Thierry who is in my body. "And you're Nila?" She finishes, pointing at me in Thierry's body.
"Yes. The only thing is neither of us know how we got this way." Thierry replies.
"I think it has something to do with Nila saying that she wished to the Goddess that you could live each other's life." Thea suggests. "But Nila can't take all of the blame. Thierry you said so yourself that you agreed to what Nila wished for. So you are partly to blame as well." She adds.
"Thierry, didn't you say that you were a witch before becoming a vampire?" Delos asks.
"Yes. Why?" Thierry replies.
"Well…when you agreed with Nila to live each other's life, maybe you cast some sort of spell and didn't realise it." Delos continues.
"Maybe. Or maybe Nila is a witch on her mother's side?" Thierry suggests.
He looks over at me for confirmation.
I shrug before answering.
"I haven't seen my mother since I was three. I did see her a few years ago. But I don't know if she's a witch or not." I answer his question. "Is there any way to find out?" I ask.
"There might be." Thea replies. "Firstly I'll need your mother's maiden name, then Blaise and I will look it up and see if your part witch.
"Okay. Her maiden name was…come to think of it, her maiden name was exactly the same as yours and Blaise's." I tell her.
"You mean 'Harman'?" Thea asks.
"Yes. Kind of a weird name for someone Egyptian born." I answer thoughtfully.
"Then she's a witch." She replies.
"Actually, my mother's maiden name was Harman-Redfern. What does that mean?" I ask, already afraid of the answer.
"It means that she is half witch, half vampire." Thierry replies. "Which means that you are half human, one quarter vampire and one quarter witch." He adds.
"The Council is just gonna love this." Ash mutters to no one in particular.
"What Council?" I demand, starting to panic.
"The Night World Council." Quinn offers.
"You see, it's forbidden for a Night Person to tell a human about the Night World. And it is also forbidden for a Night Person to fall in love with a human." Quinn explains.
"Jez is half vampire half human." Morgead starts. "When the Night World Council was told about her, by one of our old gang sold her out, they tried t kill her." He finishes.
"What happened?" I ask, getting interested in this conversation.
"Jez vaporised the Night People who were sent after her." Iliana pipes up.
"Vaporised?" I ask, confused.
"Yeah. You see four Wild Powers were born to either help or destroy the world." Thierry begins. "The four who were born to do this are Jez, Delos, Iliana and Kali. Two years ago on the Millennium there was a battle between Circle Daybreak, that's us, and the Night World. The Night World wanted to destroy the humans so that the vampires could rule the world again. The race that ruled the first world was the shapeshifters and Dragons, who were the strongest shapeshifters. But a bunch of volcanoes became active and that world ended in fire, that world lasted for about ten thousand years. The Dragons on the other hand were put to sleep, except for the Dragon princess; she was too young to be put to sleep. The witches raised her, and she started the Drache family. Galen is a descendant of hers, he's a prince, so is Delos, but he's a vampire prince."
"The second world was ruled by the witches, they did better than the shapeshifters. But then came the ice age which came ten thousand years later. There was also the Night Wars; were the vampires fought the witches. Then after that the vampires, who also lasted for ten thousand years, ruled the third world but a flood came, and human civilisation has ruled ever since. But the Millennium marked the end of human civilisation, but with all four of the Wild Powers, we defeated the Night World. There are still Night People out there, just not as many as there were." Thierry finishes with a sigh.
"The original Council was destroyed, but now there is a new Council. But hopefully they won't do anything out of proportion, as we've still got the Wild Powers, as you can see." Galen, usually so quiet, speaks up for the first time.
"Anyway. The penalty for breaking either of the rules of the Night World is immediate death for both the humans and the Night People that broke the rules. That's the reason why the Council ordered Jez to be killed." Thierry continues.
"You mean that if this Night World Council finds out that I'm a human/vampire/witch they'll order me killed?" I ask in a quiet voice.
"I'm afraid so." Thierry replies equally quiet.
"Great. Just my luck." I say in a whiny voice.
"Oh but I wouldn't worry if I were you. The Council probably doesn't even know you exist." Ash says, smirking faintly.
"I hope they don't know." I reply.
"So Nila?" Eric asks. "What are you going to do on your first day as a man?"
"I have no idea." I reply.
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