The next day Emidio wandered the castle alone. There were so many vampires residing there that he couldn't wander into trouble. He dragged his bear on the floor behind him. An explosion scared him from where he played and he frantically began to search for his parents. Tears welled in his eyes as he picked up pace. Finally he heard voices in the entrance hall.
"Mommy?" He sniffled as he approached the door his little hands pulled against the big wooden frame. The door opened a crack before a figure above him sealed it shut.
"No, No you're not allowed in there." Jane scolded taking the child by the hand and leading him away from the door. Jane sat on a bench outside pulling the child to sit next to her.
"But I want my Mommy." He cried and Jane looked around to see if anyone was watching, no one was, so she hugged the boy.
"There, there your Mother and Father are busy in a meeting. How about you talk to Aunt Jane?" She cooed sweetly. Since Emidio's birth Jane had lightened up a bit. The thing was she didn't like anyone to know that the Queen of Pain had a soft gentle side.
"I….I….I was playing and there was a loud…..noise…..like a BOOM!" Emidio explained throwing his hands in the air when he screamed boom causing his bear to drop on the ground. Jane leaned over and picked it up, dusted it off and neatly sat it on the chair next to him.
"An explosion?" Jane's eyebrows rose almost in shock, but she quickly recovered and laughed as if it were nothing. "Well you pay that no mind, ok? Everything is fine Aro, Marcus, and Caius, have everything under control. So you go back to playing and when your mother and father get out of the meeting I will send them your way." Jane told him wiping the tears from his eyes. Emidio sniffed one last time before sliding off, but he didn't have to wait for his parents because at that moment the giant doors opened.
"MOM!" Emidio ran and hugged his mother's cloaked legs. She gave him a light hearted smile and ruffled his hair. Then she scooped him up in her arms and began to walk. "Mommy there was an aplosion!" The boy yelled and Storm stared at him.
"Everything is ok I promise." She told him and he smiled and nodded.
"I know Aunt Jane told me!" He said delighted.
"Aunt Jane?" Storm laughed and Emidio nodded not getting what was funny.
"Mommy, am I going on a trip?" The boy asked, and Storm stopped.
"Wh..What do you mean, baby?" She had to swallow the lump in her throat that had begun to form.
"I heard Daddy talking about a plane ride with Rosa. You said I was going to merica." Emidio leaned his head on his mother's shoulder and twisted her hair in his hand.
"Well I thought it be nice if you got to meet your Aunt Izzy." Storm tried to cover it up there was no going back on what she said last night.
"Aunt Izzy?" He questioned.
"My sister, honey. Remember I told you she looks just like me and is married to your dad's brother Edward." Yes it was true Izzy had finally caved and her and Edward got married. It was nothing big to Alice's disappointment. Actually it was a more of a high speed chase to Vegas with a Volvo and a Porsche.
"Oh yea…..Mommy?"
"Yes, dear." Storm continued walking back to her room.
"Does this scar hurt?" Emidio traced the purple double moon shaped flesh with his finger.
"No, it doesn't hurt." Storm told him. Thirteen years after the attack and still her neck was stained. Why the bite mark had taken a purple color no one could figure out.
"How did you get it?" again she was stunned speechless. She couldn't think of a way to explain what happen to a six year old, and she didn't want to lie to him.
"Mommy, was in an accident before you were born." Was the best she could think of with out completely lying. What happened was no accident. They had arrived at the room and Storm set him down. "Now go play while I get you something to eat."
"Vampires don't eat, so why do you cook?" A figure came out of the shadows. Storm spun around and then looked disapproving of her guest's intrusion.
"Demetri, you know he isn't a vampire. He is a child." She turned back towards the kitchen. Demtri followed then sat at the table.
"Not a vampire? The child has a gift similar to yours. No human child could posses that ability." Storm pulled out mac and cheese and began to prepare it. Letting out a slow sigh she turned her attention back to the other vampire.
"Demtri, please….."
"I mean no offense Storm." Demtri held his hands up in surrender. "You are blessed to be the only vampire to have a child, and after six years I still don't quite understand how that is possible." Storm annoyingly glared at him.
"If you are questioning my status as a vampire then you are a fool." She turned back to the stove where the water she was boiling began to bubble.
"You can cry, you can give birth, you have bled before, and yet you still remain ageless." Demtri tried to back up his logic as Storm added the noodles to the water.
"You fall in the same fate as a moral man Demtri you are complexes by anything you can not understand, and spend countless hours trying to figure out the mysteries behind life. What you are forgetting is not everything can be explained and you should take a step back and enjoy the marvels of life." Storm often had these battles with Demtri therefore her deep input did not catch him off guard. Demtri folded his hands on the table.
"The thing is Storm I finally figured it out." Storm dropped the ladle in the pot and turned off the stove. She turned around to face him; studying the features in his face to see if he was toying with her.
"Why did you come here?" She questioned more annoyed then ever at his constant prying.
"Storm, when a vampire is changed their body is frozen in time, and no fluid exists in the body except for the blood the vampire consumes. You however bled a silver substance and after words you were able to give birth." Storm walked over to the table and leaned on it so her eyes were leveled with Demtri.
"Ok, you win. I will explain. Thirteen years ago I released my powers and pushed them far past a strength that I had ever used before. The lighting that struck my body in the tornado I created could not kill my as it had the other vampires." She paused; Demtri listen attentively like any man with a thirst for ultimate knowledge. Storm had to stop her self from scoffing at his foolishness. " Instead the electric charge took the place of the blood that should have been in my veins, I had not feed for weeks. As you are aware only fire can kill a vampire, and I am sure you know the temperature of lighting. It burned my veins, and when the vampire bit me the 'blood' was released. My only guess on what happened it that the burn caused my body to essentially unfreeze from time. That is the only way to explain why I am still alive, and why I gave birth to Emidio. As for the tears I can control the water in the sky it would only make sense for me to be able control my own tears." With that she turned back to the food; placing it in a bowl she called for Emidio. The child's steps could be heard coming down the stairs. He grabbed his food.
"Emid can you go eat in your room while Demtri and I continue our talk." The boy stuffed a spoonful of macaroni in his mouth then ran upstairs. "Slow down!" His steps got lighter and the door could be heard as it slammed shut.
"You could have told me this six years ago, and I wouldn't have bothered you any longer." Demtri said avoiding an actual apologue. Storm groaned and sat down.
"It took me that long to figure it out myself. Now what is the rebel status?"
The fear the explosion put in her son had left Storm unsettled, and she had no more time to waste explaining the past.
"I was talking to Caius. He says he predicts the rebels to attack in the next month." Storm let her head fall to her hands.
"Damn!" She cursed. "Why now?"
"They believe we are unfair, and even though we don't change they feel like one group should not have rule for the rest of eternity." The only thing Storm felt that Demtri's endless search for knowledge was good for. He stood to leave clearly heading to write down what she had told him.
"Storm, those who reside in this castle see your son as one of their own. Just because you and your husband were forced here does not make them see you for less then a part of this family. So to speak. They will see to it that no harm befalls young Emidio." With a swoosh of his cloak Demtri was gone. Storm pushed herself off the table and went to clean the pot she had used.
"Though I can't believe it I feel the same about all of you." Storm mumbled quietly to herself. Sometimes even the worst of enemies become your greatest friends.