Ok, so I decided to include this rather than leaving it as a separate story. Plus it bumped it up and got a whole heap of people interested again. :D


"Why didn't you tell us?"

"Well, at first, I thought it would stop soon. I thought things would settle down after a while. Thought he would leave me alone."

"And later?"

"Later, as things got worse, I just couldn't. I didn't know how and…"

"And what?"

"And I didn't want to be weak."

"Reid you were never weak. You have always been the strongest of us. But what he's done to you is disgusting. You're only seventeen and it was his job to look after you and he's not only not done that but he's gone out of his way to hurt you."

"I could have Used on him."

"No Reid, you did the right thing. Although it's not exactly what I would have expected of you. Why didn't you Use?"

"I just couldn't. It was like the part of me that holds my power and the part of me that let me hit out at Aaron had just died."

"Fear I suppose."

"Maybe. It was like I was a different person. A person who was scared of everything."

"As opposed to fearing nothing?"

"Yeah, I guess."

"Well maybe they're both part of the person who we used to know. The one who had a normal number of fears."

"Maybe they do."


Ok, so that was dedicated to Shadowmayne. You're my big sister and I would die for you.

Extra brownie points for anyone who can tell me where that quote is from.

Sammy