Chapter 9
Skye and the others broke through the barrier. He ran over to Chi, who was still crying, with both her soul and body, and actually saw her sadness and unhappiness of thirteen years with no parents and how she wanted her parents.
My real father was a vampire… and a gambler. My mom divorced him when I was two. That's why I didn't inherit any of his genes, She told him telepathically.
"Oh, really? I'm sorry… I didn't know… everybody says that you're lucky you have no parents… do you feel lucky?" He gently asked.
Chi got up. "I'm going to Blood Tie Cemetery," She said, then ran towards the end of the park and around the block.
"Dammit! We have to clean up this mess, then how will we find her?" Skye cursed.
Right on cue, Hellfire 'popped' out of the ground as if he had been expecting this. "Easy. I'll follow her underground, and when I find out where she is, then I'll fly back and bring you guys there! Of course, I can carry all five of you guys," He said.
The six of them agreed with the plan.
At Blood Tie Ceremony, Chi walked row after row until she found what she had been looking for. Her mother's grave, Crystal Sakura Redfern. Sakura.
"My last name is Sakura Redfern," Chi thought.
"I hate Redfern, and it doesn't satisfy me at all that I'm a Redfern. Being a Redfern is meaningless to me," Chi told herself.
"Oh really? I thought that Redferns have great honor. They're practically the most powerful family in the entire Night World!" It was Hellfire.
"I don't care about being powerful in power. All I see is people getting hurt. What I see in Hunter is nothing but evil and greed. The kind of power I'd like to see is the kind of power that is in the strength, mind, and will in people, both humans and Night People. That's what would help others get along with one another," Chi replied, slitting her wrist and letting the blood flow and drip all over her mother's grave.
"I see. A most wise answer," Hellfire said, then seemed to disappear into the earth again, except this time, he took Chi with him.
"Where are you taking me?" Chi asked, bracing herself.
"To see your mother's body, or what's left of it," Hellfire replied.
She was just like when Chi saw her last, except the body was starting to decompose.
"Oh mother," Chi whispered, slitting her wrist again, and this time dripping it all over her mother's body.
The instant the blood touched the body, her mother looked as if she had just died, and her body was in perfect condition.
That was it. Hellfire took Chi back up and then left her to cry for her mother and Ginger.
Chi, my daughter, you have a greater purpose in life to fulfill, so don't cry now, or you will never be able to leave, It was her mother's gentle spirit, as if trying to guide her somewhere.
Chi stopped crying for a moment, and said, "But who's going to help me? I can't do this alone!"
You don't have to do this alone. You have Skye, and Circle Daybreak all supporting you,
"But I'm not a member of Circle Daybreak!" Chi protested.
"Yes you are. You are now," It was a vampire with white blond hair and dark colored eyes. "I'm Thierry, Lord of the Night World, and a member of Circle Daybreak," He took her hand and gently kissed it, his lips barely brushing her hand.
See? You have made fast friends, and soon, you will forget your sadness, I hope,
"Even if I forget my sadness, it'll keep coming back to me every once in a while. What do I do?" Chi asked.
"Well, let's see… one, you have me to protect you and comfort you, not to mention spend my life with you! And two, Circle Daybreak will be like your new family, and we can go home and finally finish turning you into a vampire," It was Skye.
Good-bye now, my daughter, and I will visit you often, With that, her mother's spirit vanished into thin air.
Chi couldn't help it. She threw her arms around Skye and started crying, and he held her all the meanwhile.
Chapter 10
The last exchange of blood was done. Chi was unconscious then, but when she woke up, she immediately asked Skye, "Am I dead?"
"Yes, as you were starting to become a vampire, but now you're back as a half-witch, half-vampire and you and Hellfire and his dragons are the newest members of Circle Daybreak.
And um, since you're the only one who can control the dragons, the dragons have decided to live with you, and Thierry got your house remodeled. He's paying all the expenses.
It looks like a mansion so the dragons can have more space, and we can have our big meetings at yours or Thierry's house. And, um, you don't mind if I stay, do you?" Skye asked.
Chi laughed, and said, "Stay as long as you want!"
"Oh, and I've got one question for you. Why did you want to slam your staff at Ash's head?" Skye asked, an amused look on his face.
"There was a poisonous snake about to bite him, but he got up before the snake could even try!" Chi answered, humored.
They both laughed, shared a kiss, and went to the living room for breakfast as the sun came out.