"Who are you?" I heard Brady ask, even though you could tell she already partly knew.

"I would think you, especially, would know who I am, big sis," The figure in the firelight stated.

"He's your brother, Brady?" Tristan asked in disbelief.

"Actually, half brother, my name's Tanner," Tanner answered for Brady because she was still dumbstruck by this sudden turn of events.

"Tanner? Is that really you?" I knew it was, but I had to ask anyway.

"Mom? You know him?" Brady sounded hurt while saying this.

"Of course I know him. He's my son," It pained me to say these words, but I needed to, for my daughter's sake.

"Your son?" Brady asked so quietly, I could barely hear her.

"I'm sorry, but when I was with the Ecos, I met someone, Twilight. We were madly in love until one day he died unexpectedly. Amber knew I was going to have his baby, and she helped me get though Tanner's birth. It was then I figured out that I didn't have the physical or emotional strength to raise him myself. Luckily, another one of the other Ecos, Sky, Twilight's sister, agreed to take care of him." I said, finishing up my story.

The word "wow" was forming on some of my fellow tribe member's mouths.

"That's pretty much it," Tanner added. "But then I got old enough to live on my own, and I came to find you. Sky accidentally let it slip she wasn't my real mom."

"If your dad is Twilight, then why do you look so familiar? Well, other than the fact your Trudy's child." Salene asked in interest..

"Well, Twilight wasn't my dad's real name, I found out," Tanner said nervously.

"Brink," I said quietly, hoping no one would hear me. Unfortunatly, Tristan probably would. Did I tell you he also had excellent hearing?

"What did you say, Trudy?" Yea, it was Tristan, he had heard me.

"Brink," I said a little louder.

"Brink," Ebony repeated. "That doesn't sound familiar."

"It wouldn't, no one knew my dad, they just knew his brothers. Bray and Martin." Tanner answered for me.

Ebony recovered more quickly than I thought she would, "Then why didn't he go to school with them?"

It seemed as if Tanner was ready for this, ready for anything they asked, "He loved the outdoors so much, he didn't go to school."

This statement confused everyone even more, now I need to explain, or at least I felt I should, "I know it sounds foolish, but that's what happened, his parents coulndn't make him go to school, so they left him be. Then the virus happened, and Twilight started the Ecos. That's about when he changed his name. His favorite time of the day was twilight..." I couldn't finish, I seemed to had lost my voice.

Noboy said anything for several awkward minutes, and you couldn't hear anything except for the crakling of the fire. Right after a particularly loud crack something was heard. Whoever it was, they were talking very queitly, almost as if she didn't want anyone to hear it, but everyone heard it clealy. It was the one syllable everyone was thinking, but wouldn't dare say.

"Why?" It was my daughter. The thing was, I didn't have an answer for her question. Apparently, Tanner didn't either.

She repeated it, "Why? Why didn't you tell me-tell us?"

"I-I just couldn't, we were all having such a good time. You're growing up, starting to like people like Tristan..." I had let it slip, something I had read in her diary, "Oh, Brady, let me explain."

Sorry it took me so long, it was school. But now, school is over. Yay! Except i don't get to see my friends anymore :(

Anyway, I know it's short, sorry, Please still review though!

Oh and thanks to ALittleinLove, jamy98, and cosmic for reviewing.