Thade182: I'm sorry I didn't know. I have two sisters? Okay I knew I had two brothers, but I didn't know I had any sisters. Oh well, the things you learn. I know why I have the flu now. I'm the only one out of the three gorgons who is mortal, the other two aren't. Dammit!
Sshh! ::Fingers to lips:: you weren't supposed to give the plot away, now everybody's gonna know that Thierry and Nila are having an affair. ;) Only joking. Nila and Thierry are getting closer because of the whole body switching thing has made them closer. They love each other, but only as a big brother/little sister thing. Oakie Doakie? ;) I'll try to put Hannah in it some more, and I like Miles myself as well. So don't worry, Nila and Thierry aren't going to run off together…I hope.
Nienna: Down girl! ::cracks whip::, yeah I know what you mean, I'm Damon crazy as well. I've already written three VD stories, though I don't think they're that good. You can read them if you want. You never know, Mister short dark and very, very, sexy might just happen to appear. I've been meaning to do a cross over at one point; maybe I'll do one…sometime, maybe not in this story, but another one. ;) Do you only like Damon for his Ferrari? Don't lock Damon in a cupboard for eternity of I'll never update again! Lol.
I wouldn't mind Damon taking my blood, or his Lordship Thierry for that matter. ;D By the way, I'm atheist, just like to point that out, even though my parents are Christian, I'm not. Hey! Mrs. Damon Salvatore? I don't think there will be. But you're welcome to become Mrs. Stefan Salvatore if you want. I'll read and update your story after I do my photography crap for tech tomorrow, blach.
Thea101: oh no! Run for the hills and hide! Thea101's back! Aaaarrrrgggghhh! Lol. You know I love you really, I love everyone who reviews. Thank you, I feel better already. Aww, you coming down with it as well? Hope you feel better soon?
Anywho, on with the story.
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"Nila? Nila? Wake up." Someone calls to me, shaking me slightly.
"What?" I ask sleepily.
"Callisto's here." The person says.
I crack one eye open to find myself staring into a pair of yellow eyes. Delos.
"What time is it?" I ask yawning.
Delos looks at his watch before answering.
"It's almost eight." He replies, helping me sit up.
"Already?" I ask. Delos nods. "Boy time flies pretty fast these days."
"No, you're just asleep a lot, that's all." He answers. "Come on, we have to go to Thierry's office, Callisto wants to see you."
"Okay." I reply.
Delos helps me off the couch and steadies me stopping me from falling backwards.
We walk out the door with our arms around each other to steady me, mine around his waist and Delos' around my shoulders.
We walk through the opulent foyer and up the curving grand staircase, to the second level, and down a labyrinth of halls, and finally we come to a stop outside Thierry's office.
Delos knocks the door, and walks in after Thierry says, "come in.'
I seat myself in front of Thierry's desk; Hannah is sitting beside Thierry, behind his desk. Miles, Maggie and Delos are sitting in front of it.
I sit between Miles and a young woman. She is tall, even when sitting down; she has silvery white blond hair, and violet eyes. She looks vaguely like Gillian and Iliana, and though she's not as pretty as Iliana, she's not far off it. She has high cheekbones, full red lips, which have the sheen of lip-gloss on them. She has a curvy body, much like Blaise, but unlike Blaise, hers doesn't look like it can stop traffic on a Freeway. The woman is wearing tight, dark midnight blue, hip hugging designer jeans, snakeskin boots, with thin heels about four and a half inches high that look as though they might break at any moment. A tight red silk shirt that emphases her chest, and a huge dark blood red stone around her neck hanging on a white gold chain.
"Nila? This is Callisto Harman." Thierry introduces us. "Callisto? This is Nila Snow, the mother of The Dark Prince."
"Uh…hi." I mutter to the witch.
"Hello." She purrs silkily. For some reason she keeps on looking at Miles the way a lover would. Or the way a predator would to it's prey.
I get very bad vibes from this woman.
"So…Callisto?" Thierry starts, getting the older woman's attention. "When can you start the ritual for the birth of the Dark Prince?"
"Right now would be suitable." She replies her voice has a deep husky throb to it, a little deeper than a normal woman's, but still feminine.
"Okay. Where do you want to do the ritual?" he asks.
"In the mother's bedroom, would be a suitable place." Callisto looks at me.
"Okay. We'll all go up there now shall we?" Thierry gets out of his seat and walks towards the door, followed by Hannah, Maggie, Delos, Miles, Callisto and I.
All seven of us walk to the other side of the house towards the bedrooms.
As we come to a stop at my door, Callisto turns to look at us.
"I'm afraid that only mummy and daddy can come in here. The rest of you have to stay out."
"Why?' I ask to blond witch.
"Well, my dear. You see it's a delicate ritual, that requires three people; you, the mother, your soulmate, the father and me, the witch to do the spell."
"Very well." Thierry says. Hannah looks at the witch; her expression says that she doesn't trust her at all. This instinct must run in the family.
Hannah only reluctantly walks away, when Thierry pulls on her arm. Maggie and Delos follow them away from the door.
"Shall we?" Callisto asks. She turns around and opens the door to my room.
All three of us walk into the room and sit on the bed, except Callisto, she stands in the middle of the room.
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"How long does this take?" Miles asks.
"It starts the moment mummy's water breaks, until the baby is born." Callisto replies.
As if on cue, I double over in agony, clutching at my stomach. I look to the floor and see thick water dripping on the thick carpet.
I look at the crotch of my overalls, and notice a wet patch in the middle, as though I've wet myself.
"Miles." I gasp out.
"Pull the covers back, take her overalls off, and lie her down on the bed.' Callisto instructs.
Miles does what he's told, and gets me in the bed completely naked from waist down.
"Climb behind her and support her back." The witch instructs again. Miles climbs behind me, sitting me between his legs, and pulls me back to lean against him.
Callisto on the other hand, pulls stuff out of the black backpack she carried with her, and starts chanting something in another language.
"Miles!" I scream in pain. "It' hurts, it hurts." I break down in floods of tears.
Miles grabs my hand and squeezes it, kissing my temple and muttering things to me.
"I know baby, I know it hurts." He mumbles.
I continue to scream in pain, it feels as though the baby is trying to rip me apart from the inside.
Callisto still mumbles and chants, whisping smoky things in the air.
Miles continues to mutter things to soothe me, and to calm me down. I take none of it.
At one huge burst of pain, I let out a blood-curdling scream.
"Make it stop! Please God, make it stop!" I scream at the top of my lungs.
"Can't you give her something to ease the pain?' Miles asks the witch.
"No. It must be a natural birth." She replies.
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Three hours later, and not a sign of my son.
Callisto stops chanting and gives me a drink of water to soothe my raw throat.
She goes back to chanting and after she says a specific word, thunder rumbles outside, and lightning cracks like a whip.
The lights go out, and then a few minutes later they snap back on again.
A male figure hunches over me, he has jet-black hair, and dark grey eyes. He looks a lot like me. He looks to be the same age as me also.
"Hello Nila." He says, his voice is familiar, where have I heard it before?
"Ah, I see you were stupid enough to fall for getting a witch." He says. "By the way, she can't help you, I only told you that so you would think your son would be born and not destroy the world.
That's it! That's where I've heard that voice before.
"Daray." I whisper. He smiles at me.
"Yes, and no." he answers. At my confused look he explains. "Yes, I'm Daray, no, that's not my real name."
"Who are you?" I ask.
"Don't you know?" I shake my head at his question.
"My name, my real name is…Niran-Nyoka, I took on my mother's maiden name…well her vampire maiden name, Redfern. But the name on my birth certificate is…Niran-Nyoka Daray…Snow." He says the surname very slowly.
"I'm you're twin brother.' He says, smiling, showing a row of perfect white teeth, and two very long canine teeth.
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A/N: Ooh, a nasty shock for Nila huh? Will Nila and Miles' son be born like every dammed tree hugging hippy in Daybreak? Tune in next time for another episode ::ahem:: part of "The Dark Prince." Please, please, please review and tell me what you think of this part.
P.S I have nothing against Circle Daybreak, I just had to put those nasty things in. by the way, my bloody flu is starting to ease off a bit, not much, but hey, it's a start right? And for the past four or five days I've been watching "Lilo & Stitch.' Very funny, that. ;)