Chapter 9

Note: Lots of OOC. I did this 1:43 AM, bear with me.

Back at Thierry's mansion

"Do you think that Ash will do it?" Janice, now slouched against the warm, cozy sofa, asked Thierry coyly. Her frame were relaxed, tension disappeared.

"It depends. Ash is smart. He knows what'll be the best thing to do." Thierry replied, assured. He had been contemplating for hours after Ash left, thinking of a contingency plan as backup, in case Ash doesn't want to take the responsibility. Ash is still full of doubt, just like the first time Thierry saw him.

Flashback:

"There's someone looking for you." Nilsson announced over the wireless intercom.

"Let him in."

A few moments later, the door creaked open, producing first a mop of ash-blond hair. Ash, with his frame slumped down, asked if he could talk with Thierry, which he agreed upon. Ash sat down the sofa, and started narrating.

"I want to join Circle Daybreak." Ash deadpanned.

There was a deafening silence across the room as Thierry only stared at Ash, not even responding.

And then, Thierry nodded his head, simple as that.

Flashback ended

But it changed when Thierry called all of the current Circle Daybreak, starting with James Rasmussen –

Flashback:

Ash, now feeling explicably fine, entered the room that Thierry commanded for him to go to. But he wasn't expecting that the room would be full of people wanting to kill him.

"Look who decided to show up." A tall guy, stood defensively, guarding a pixie-like girl, whom Ash remembers vaguely. He wasn't the type of person to remember an unimportant name.

"James, cousin." Ash grinned wickedly, his mood suddenly uplifted. But James wasn't having any of that, especially when Ash almost exposed Poppy as a new vampire, risking her to be staked at death.

"Look, whatever you're doing in here, it doesn't change the – " James was cut off when Thierry entered, looking at all of them sharply.

"Sit down." Thierry commanded, radiating a very powerful commanding aura. Even James backed off and sat.

"Ash is here because…" And then, Thierry narrated Ash's situation, James still in disbelief.

The only one who believed Ash is Thea, and her soulmate, Eric.

"We believe you Ash, okay? Even if you're unpredictable sometimes." Thea chirped knowingly.

And that's how Ash became friends with his cousins.

Flashback ends

Thierry heaved a huge sigh, a sign that he needs to think this through.

But that thought was interrupted when a huge crashing sound was heard outside. And then, all hell broke loose.

SEE YOU THIS SUMMER ^_^

I'LL BE BACK, AGAIN.