A/N: I'm so glad about the reviews! 20 more till I reach a hundred! If you hadn't noticed that there was a review signed under my name, it was my friend using my iPod because she was too lazy to log out from my account. But if you didn't notice that…you never read this message! Thank you Man-Suz-She for the idea! Without you, I would have horrible writers block! So here is chapter sixteen! This is so dramatic, this story. I love it! I hope you all do, too!

Chapter 16:

The two boys walked in and saw everyone lounging around. Gustavo was on the computer, Kelly right beside him, as Logan and Carlos sat together on the couch. Kendall went up behind Gustavo and asked, "What are you looking at?"

"We're looking for the white oak tree…well, the last one that was seen. So far, the most recent sighting of a white oak was in 1864. And rumor has it that it was burned down by a vampire. An original vampire who didn't want to be killed." Kelly answered.

"Original?" James asked.

"One of the very first vampires." Gustavo answered.

"Ah." James replied. "Where was it last seen?"

"Uh…(A/N: I'm making this up…) in San Francisco. 1864. Jeez…this whole thing was a big production!" Kelly exclaimed.

"At least you're not going to have to die to come back to life!" James said.

"That made absolutely no sense…" Carlos interrupted.

"Shut up! I am not happy with you!" James scowled at Carlos.

"Why not? Hmm?" Carlos asked snottily.

"You yelled at Kendall for what he did…which was an accident! It wasn't even him! Gah! I'm can't believe you, Carlos! What happened to you? Why aren't you the happy-go-lucky friend I used to know?" James shouts turned into whispers.

"Gone with the James I used to know." Carlos spat back.

"Why, you son of a bitch!" James flew at Carlos, but halfway, something rammed into him while in the air and he was thrown into the wall. James got up angrily and flew to the middle of the room, looking around. "What the fuck was that?"

"Me." The kid walked into the room. He looked like James, but you could tell he was older. His hair was lighter, his eyes were dark green, and his skin was tan. He was tall and lean, well built, and had that fire in his eyes…just like James. He looked about eighteen, while James was seventeen. (A/N: I forgot what age James was so he's 17)

"God damn it. What are you doing here? I thought you were at college after leaving me all alone to deal with Dad." James spat.

The kid rolled his eyes. "You are just like I remember. But what was I supposed to do? Take you with me?"

James fumed. "At least visited! It would've been nice to have someone there!"

The kid sighed. "James, I'm sorry-"

"Don't sorry me, Shane. You made my life a living hell when you left. I was only 13, too! Why are you here when clearly we broke all contact?" James scowled.

Shane sighed again. "You're DNA was screwed with. I couldn't just leave you all alone."

"Like you did before?" James was calm now.

Shane flinched. "Yeah…"

James rolled his eyes. "How'd you know?"

"Know what?" Shane asked.

"About the DNA screwing." James replied.

"Oh…Uh…that's a long story…"

"Let's hear it." Kendall butted in, sitting down. "But first…who are you?"

"Guys, Shane. Shane, the guys. This is my back stabbing brother." James rolled his eyes.

"Fine then." Shane sat down on the couch. "When I left, James, it was because I was turned…by one of my friends. I went off to college as a cover up. But I couldn't endanger you to my ways. Therefore, I stayed away. But I felt a tug in my gut, and I knew that you were in trouble. So I came here, wanting to check it out. Why was I getting this tug towards you? I didn't know until I watched you a bit. You were a vampire, just like me. That's why. And I couldn't very well let you kill your friend, now could I?"

James looked down. "You broke your promise, though."

"To keep you safe." Shane answered.

"But you didn't even say goodbye! You just left me to fend for myself! Dad almost killed me! Blaming me for you leaving! And it's true! I am to be blamed! But you thought leaving would keep me safe?" James yelled.

"James-"

"Don't 'James' me!" James stood up. "Thanks to you, Mom got killed. Dad almost killed me. Our family is beyond repair. That's why I hate you now. That's why I will never forgive you."

"Shut up, James! I get it! I made a fucking mistake! Let it go!" Shane shouted.

"No! I will not let it go, you bast-"

"Shut up, both of you!" Gustavo yelled. "We get it; you're angry at each other! But what matters is getting James human. And Shane human…if he wants to be."

"What? You found a way to switch the transformation?" Shane asked.

"Yes. It's difficult, but we need to find a white oak tree." Kelly answered.

Shane laughed. "White oak? The last time there was a white oak tree was in 1864! And it was burned! There's no more white oak in this world."

"What?" James whispered.

"Yeah. It says it right there, on the website you're on." Shane pointed to the screen across the room.

James squinted and sighed. "You're right." James looked up. "You wouldn't happen to know another way…would you?"

"Another way to do what?" Shane asked.

"Get us human, you idiot! Look at the website! It says it right here!" James sped across the room and pointed at the screen.

"I don't see it!" Carlos complained while everyone else nodded.

"It's tiny! But it says it!" Shane exclaimed.

"I told you it was good to read in-between the lines!" James smacked his brother's shoulder. Shane rolled his eyes and looked back at the website.

"Well? What does it say?" Logan asked.

"Oh! There's this dagger and the white oak ash that was saved-"

"And some witches bonded the two together. Now, dip the dagger into the ash and put it into the vampire-"

"And the vampire is killed!" Shane finished, glaring at James.

"Well, let's get this dagger!" Kendall said.

"Not yet, speedy." James looked at Kendall. "We don't know where the dagger is."

"What do you mean you don't know?" Logan asked, eyes wide.

"It didn't say where it was, dumbass!" James said in a playful tone.

"Oh…well, now what are we going to do?" Logan looked between James and Shane.

"Find the dagger." Shane answered.

"How, though?" Logan lifted an eyebrow.

Shane sighed. "We'll research. Once we find the city, a few of us will go out and look for it. Got it?"

At everyone's nod, Shane sat down at the computer and frantically started typing while everyone sat down around the room, looking it up on their various iPod Touches or Laptops.

A/N: It's kinda short, I know, but Tada! Surprise, surprise! James has a brother! Just to clarify in this and its TVD similarity, James is like Damon and Shane is like Stefan. It's like the roles were reversed but the personalities stayed the same. Ok? Ok. Hahaha Shane's gonna be hitting on Kendall soon. :P I can't wait to see how that goes!

So now they know of the dagger and ash…where do you think it's hidden? Feel free to give ideas! I greatly appreciate them and I usually use most of them! So, please, REVIEW! I want to reach 100 and I'm at 82 right now! I'm SOOO close! I love you all! REVIEW!