Finally!! I actaully wrote this whole thing in less than two days!!! While I was writing it I thought that it would make no sense at all, but it actually made a lot of sense (a lot more than I thought it would). I hope you guys enjoy this long chapter, and I greatly apologize for the wait. Enjoy!
Luckily for everyone the day passed without anymore excitement. Jaden and Chazz did have a couple more run-ins during the day, that couldn't be helped, but they would just glare at each other as they passed.
No one knew why this new outburst of anger and hatred had come about, but a few had their suspicions. These suspicions soon turned into rumors, and those rumors, by the next day, had been all over the school.
"What?!" yelled a furious Jaden, after he heard one of the rumors, involving him, Chazz, a bottle of whipped cream, and a really poorly fought out battle for dominance (weird I know). "This is ridiculous!" He said fuming.
"Well, you have to admit that it is certainly entertaining," said a chuckling Syrus behind him.
"Yeah, for you maybe," Jaden said turning on his friend. "The rumors aren't about you! How would you feel about rumors going around the school about you and Atticus?!"
At that Syrus immediately stopped laughing. "There is nothing going on between me and Atticus!!" Syrus said, a bright blush on his cheeks.
"You sure? Because you two looked pretty cozy flirting yesterday," Jaden said.
"We weren't flirting! And you're one to talk, Jaden. I saw you and Chazz on the beach the other day." At Jaden's astounded look Syrus continued, "That's right, I saw you two making out!"
Jaden turned an equally bright red as his friend. "We weren't making out! He forced himself on me!"
"Oh yeah?" Asked Syrus. "Then why were you kissing him back?"
"I-I," Jaden stammered, he couldn't come up with a good excuse this time.
"Uh, guys?" Chumley said, he had been very quiet throughout the whole argument. "You might want to see who's coming."
Both boys turned to see Chazz, Marc, and James coming down the hall. Chazz didn't seem at all fazed by the stares and whispers coming from the other students. In fact he seemed to be thriving in them as he walked confidently over to the Slifers. When he reached them he went over to Jaden, put an arm around his waist, pulled him close, and kissed his forehead. Jaden, Syrus and Chumley were so stunned by this, that at first none of them reacted, but then Jaden came to his senses.
"Chazz let me go!" Jaden said as he started to struggle, but Chazz just drew him closer, so they were chest-to-chest, and wrapped his other arm around the younger one's waist. Jaden responded to this by pushing against the Obelisk's chest, but to no avail, Chazz was a lot stronger than he looked. Chumley and Syrus still just stood stunned, and Marc and James were standing close by, keeping a watchful eye on the other students, daring them to try and mess with the group.
"Chazz," Jaden practically begged him, tiredly, pushing weakly on the other's chest. He seemed to be getting weaker the longer he tried to get away. "Chazz..." Jaden's eyes started drooping and he started panting, as if having trouble breathing. "Please..." he said as he fell to the ground. This snapped the other two Slifers out of their trance.
"Jaden!" They yelled running over to Jaden and Chazz, who had caught the unconscious boy before he hit his head. The other students tried to gather, but Marc and James kept them away.
Just as all this was going on the school's speakers went on: "Would Chazz Princeton please report to the Chancellor's office? Chazz Princeton to the Chancellor's office, thank you."
Chazz sighed after the speakers went off, then he gently picked up the unconscious Slifer, bridal style, and turned to Marc. "Take him to my room. Make him as comfortable as possible. Then call Zane and Atticus, they'll know how to help. Let no one else in," he said forcefully as he gently lowered Jaden into Marc's outstretched arms.
"What about them?" Marc asked indicating to the two stunned Slifers behind Chazz.
Chazz turned to see two questionable gazes focused on him. He then turned back to Marc and James. "They may enter, they're his friends after all," he said. Marc and James nodded in understanding.
Chazz then leaned down towards Jaden, his expression softened. He brushed the Slifer's brown hair out of his eyes then gently kissed his forehead. "Norenca Sobia (1)," he whispered before standing again, his expression once again hard and emotionless.
He turned to the two slifers, who were looking even more confused. "You two will follow Marc and James. If you do anything, even remotely threatening, you will be forbidden from seeing Jaden. Am I clear?"
Even though Syrus was still confused he nodded, Chumley also agreeing.
"Good," Chazz said before walking off in the direction of the Chancellor's office.
Syrus watched him go, wondering what had made Chazz change from the other day. He seemed to have about him an aura of...urgency...power and...command?
"Come on you Slifer slackers, let's go!" Marc said as he and James turned to go. Chumley and Syrus followed them, all the while wondering what the heck was going on between their friend and Chazz.
'What does Norenca Sobia (1) mean?' Syrus thought as they walked. 'It sounds familiar...but...I can't remember.' Syrus looked at the two Obelisks in front of them, one carrying his best friend. 'I don't know what's going on here, but it can't be good.'
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The door to the Chancellor's office opened and Chazz stepped inside. The office was completely dark, save for the light coming in through the windows, by this point in time it was about noon.
The chair behind the desk was turned away from him, so he couldn't see who the figure was sitting in it.
"Chancellor?" He asked suspiciously.
"Long time no see, Chazz," said a girl's voice. The chair turned and Chazz immediately knew who it was.
"Aly," he stated surprised.
"In the flesh," she said. The girl had dark brown, that fell slightly passed her shoulders, with blonde strands throughout it. Her eyes, which were easily seen in the dull light, were a strikingly, vibrant blue. Her face so much resembled Chazz's, it was uncanny. She wore a long-sleeved black shirt, with intricate patterns marked out in red. At the neck of the shirt there were words in red that read: Bloodlust. Also there was a blood red tear-shaped pendant, hanging from a black string, around her neck.
"What are you doing here?" Chazz asked, his expression hard once again.
"You should know why I'm here, Chazz," She said standing up, she was about two inches shorter than him. "You're running out of time, and you know it. I know you've found him, so what's taking so long to claim him?" Aly approached him till they were ten feet apart. "Your 16th birthday is approaching, you don't have much time until the pact is sealed."
Chazz stared at a spot on the wall to the left of her head. "Father sent you, didn't he?"
"Yes, he did. But only cause he's worried, we're all worried. If you don't claim your mate soon, they will come and take him, and you will never get him back." Chazz closed his eyes against the harsh truth of her words. "You know what they'll do to him if they get him. Do you really want to cause him that pain?!" Her voice rose as she continued until she was practically yelling at him. "Zane and Atticus have already found their mates and are at least making an effort to get close to them! But what are you doing? You're having petty little arguments that mean nothing! Your mate is more important to protect and take care of at the moment! He's more at risk of being taken!"
"SHUT UP!" Chazz yelled at her. Aly noticed that he was shaking with unreleased tears. "I know! I didn't realize it was so close to the date until this morning. So I did the only thing I could think off. I drained him of his energy so that he wouldn't struggle with me and so I would have an excuse to keep him close. But, you know, not everyone is on good terms with their mate, like you, Zane, and Atticus. Jaden and I hate each other, or at least he hates me. So how am I supposed to fucking mate with him when a simple little kiss isn't even allowed?!"
Aly could see the tears, and she suddenly regretted what she had said. She was just upset because of everything that was going on. All of the tension was because of this pact, stating that if Chazz, Zane, and Atticus don't properly, and formally, claim their mates by the time all three of them turn 16, then their mates will be taken away forever, and then Chazz, Zane, and Atticus would all suffer through depression, and eventually death.
"Oh, Chazz," Aly said, starting to cry herself.
But Chazz still went on, as if she hadn't spoken. "It's my fault that stupid pact was created in the first place. I didn't mean to involve Zane and Atticus in it, but now they'll have to suffer for my mistake. And 'cause Jaden will never be mine."
"Chazz it's not your fault. It's out older brothers' faults. Besides, I'm sure if you just explain everything to Jaden he'll agree to mate now, and fall in love later," Aly said trying to cheer him up.
Chazz chuckled at her antics. "You always know how to put things, and how to cheer me up."
"Hey, I'm your sister, your twin sister. I know how to help you. And it really isn't your fault the pact was signed. It really is Slade's and Jagger's fault, they're the ones who forced father to make the decision by threatening mother." Aly turned somber at the memory.
"Yeah," Chazz agreed, "and they did it when mother was pregnant with Kimi. So father had to agree. Speaking of the family, how is everyone back home in Domino City?" Chazz asked leaning back against the wall.
"Everyone's fine. You know, Kimi's turning two soon," Aly said leaning on the chancellor's desk.
Chazz chuckled remembering his spritely younger sister. "I bet she's as hyper as ever."
Aly chuckled too, happy to see her brother cheering up. "Hey, she takes after mother. It's only fair since the rest of us are so much like 'daddy,'" Aly chuckled.
Chazz's expression fell after that statement. "The rest of us."
Aly stopped chuckling, noticing their discussion turned back to a more serious issue. "You know, father didn't just send me to tell you the date was coming, you still have, like, three months. But I was also sent to warn you."
"Warn me of what?" Chazz asked on guard.
"Slade and Jagger...they're coming," Aly stated cryptically.
"Coming? What do you mean?"
"They're coming here to Duel Academy, to claim their...'prizes' early."
"They can't do that!!" Chazz yelled out in rage. In his fury he let down all his walls and a flood of power was released. His eyes started to glow an iridescent silver and something could be seen glowing a similar silver beneath his shirt. A sudden wind picked up in the office, papers flew everywhere, and Aly quickly grasped the desk trying to keep herself grounded.
"Chazz stop!" She yelled over the noise of the wind. "Do you want people to find out what we are?"
Chazz just stood where he was, and continued talking, as if he hadn't heard her. "How dare they. They have no right to take our mates!" Aly yelped and quickly ducked a flying vase before hearing it crash into a wall behind her. "They have no right!! They only want our mates as play things!!"
The wind got stronger and Aly could hear the whole building groan under Chazz's power. She could hear screams coming from outside the door. If Chazz didn't reign in his power soon, the whole building would collapse.
"Chazz calm down! Please!" Aly begged, she was getting desperate.
She heard a rattling behind her and she turned to see the Chancellor's chair shaking. A look of horror came over her face, "oh no." Aly quickly ducked as it flew over her, but as it did the door opened and in it stood a frightened looking Bastion and behind him an anxious looking Zane, with the chair coming right at them.
"Zane look out!" Aly yelled over the wind.
(A/N: I was gonna end the chapter here, but I couldn't stop writing. You lucky dogs, I was gonna leave you in suspense for another couple weeks. God damn it, why doesn't my writer's block come at the cliffies?)
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Bastion was frozen to the ground, the chair coming right at him. He and Zane had been in Chazz's room with Marc, James, Chumley, Syrus, Atticus, and an unconscious Jaden, when the building had started to groan and shake. An announcement went on for the building to be evacuated, but they didn't leave. Syrus and Chumley really wanted to get out of there, but Zane, Atticus, Marc, and James reassured them that everything was going to be okay. Those four seemed unfazed by the buildings unstable structure, they knew something that they weren't telling the others. Zane had then ordered them all to stay in the room, as he ran out. But Bastion had followed, against his better judgement, and now look what good it had done him. He was about to be killed! By a flying chair no less!
Bastion closed his eyes, bracing himself for impact...but none came. He still felt the rush of the wind around him, but now someone was holding him. He slowly opened his eyes to see Zane's sapphire orbs staring back down at him.
"You okay?" Zane asked, concerned.
"Uh...y-yeah, I'm fine," he stuttered. "But...wha-?" He then looked down to notice that they were quite aways off the ground. "Aaahhh!" He yelled in surprise gripping Zane's neck. "Why are we-?" He gasped as he noticed the giant sapphire wings sprouting form Zane's back. "Wh-wha...what are you? He asked, crush and love, be damned, he was scared of this...thing holding him.
A look of disappointment and sadness crossed Zane's face. But instead of answering he just returned his attention to the action below.
"Chazz you idiot! Do you know what you just did?!" he heard Aly yell. "You could have killed them!"
The wind swallowed up her voice, but it was enough, the message got through. The wind slowly died down, the papers drifting to the floor, as Chazz closed his eyes and slowly, but surely, brought his power under control.
When he opened his eyes they had returned to their normal shade of grey, and the wind finally died down.
"I'm sorry," he whispered, "please forgive me, Adora (2)." he said as he started to cry again, and he fell to his knees.
Aly's expression softened, and she came to kneel in front of her brother. "It is alright, Salvatore (3)," she said drawing his head to her shoulder as she wrapped her arms around him.
She looked up at Zane's forlorn expression, and she knew how his mate had responded to him showing his true self. She sighed. 'At this rate they all will have to rebuild their relationships,' she thought.
'Well it might be for the better,' said a smooth, deep, voice in her head. 'Maybe their new relationships will be more trusting.'
'Let's hope so,' she thought.
'Oh, and by the way, your father is having a hay day, he wants you home ASAP. He says you probably just did more harm than good.' said the voice.
Aly mentally sighed, 'Alright, tell him I'll be home by tomorrow.'
'I'll be waiting. Love you.'
'I love you too, Keary (4). See you later.' Then she felt the other mind link vanish.
"Zane you can bring him down now," she said.
Zane slowly glided back down to the ground. As soon as his feet had touched the paper-strewn floor he put Bastion down, who immediately put at least ten feet between him and the others, backing himself against the wall opposite the door.
Aly could see that the boy was visibly shaken up. Of course, who wouldn't be? Finding out the love of your life is some monster, and that he's not the only one, it can be pretty scary.
"What's going on here?" Bastion asked, as all eyes were focused on him, even Chazz's who had stopped crying. "What are you guys?"
"Bastion..." Zane said as he tried to get close to him.
"Don't touch me!" Bastion yelled at him, and Zane immediately pulled back his arm. "You're a monster, I can't believe I fell for you," he said in disgust.
Zane looked as if he had just been slapped in the face, and in a way he had been. He felt his chest constrict. His mate was rejecting him, it couldn't get any worse than this.
"Hey!" Chazz said standing up. "Don't call him that! He's not a monster!"
"You shouldn't be talking. You're one of them too," Bastion sneered.
"One of who?" Aly asked innocently.
Bastion turned to her, surprised. He hadn't noticed her, and he didn't even know who she was. "One of them, they're both monsters. I had a dream last night. Someone was telling me that Zane, Chazz, and Atticus were all...monsters...vampires. They told me not to trust them, that they only wanted us, me, Jaden, and Syrus, for blood and-and...'fun'"
Aly Chazz and Zane all looked at each other. "Slade...Jagger."
Bastion looked at them curiously. "What?"
Zane turned to Bastion looking at him in sympathy. "Chazz and Aly's brothers. They sent you that dream in hopes of scaring you and the others away."
"Aly?" Bastion asked.
"That would be me." Bastion turned again to the girl. "I'm Chazz's twin sister. You must be Bastion, Zane's told me so much about you. I just wish we could have met on better terms."
Bastion was overwhelmed and confused, (A/N: I know how you feel Bastion, I'm also confused. And I don't think I'm the only one.) This was just too much information to process: Chazz had a twin sister? And this was her? Although he had to admit they did look alike. But what about the dream last night? Was it true? And if it was, was this girl one of them? Who should he believe? He didn't know, and he voiced as much.
"I'm sorry, this is too much. What about my dream last night? Was any of it true? And what about what just happened? And you wings?" He asked pointing as Zane, who's wings were still out. He quickly retracted them back to whence they had come at Bastion's pointing, which only served to freak the Ra out more.
"Well," Zane said, "we'll explain everything when we get back to Chazz's room, with everyone else. But..." He looked at the other two standing next to him, as if asking for permission to say what he was about to say. "We will tell you this: most of your dream is false, except for one fact."
"Which is?" Bastion asked cautiously. He was glad to know that the dream was false, but that one fact that was true kept him anxious.
"We really are vampires."
Then Bastion's world went black.
(1) Norenca Sobia (Nor-en-ca So-bia)- Be safe
(2) Adora- Adored one (Latin)
(3) Salvatore- Savior (Italian)
(4) Keary (Key-are-e)
Well, how about that? Was it worth the wait? Let me know what you guys thought. If you all like it I will continue. I was gonna hold out on telling you guys who their parents are but it looks like it will be revealed in the next chapter. You guys might wanna start guessing who their parents are. I didn't leave a lot of clues but I did leave some. Also there are some other major characters, like Keary, who will come out to play shortly. Well R/R people!!!! I thrive on your reviews, as all authors do.