Chapter 18

"The life of the dead is placed in the memory of the living."

- Ciecero

Kyra closed her eyes once more, "He wore a mask…an ugly one, and…" she reopened her eyes and sighed sadly. "That's it. But that memory is the night I died and reborn to someone new and it's starting to bother me!"

Tristan chuckled lightly, "Don't worry about it too much. Come, sleep." He gestured and Kyra lay in his arms as his hands gently brushed her bare skin. "I'll stay with you the entire night."

Kyra laughed, "We only have six hours of sleep before classes begin."

"Then, we can skip breakfast and that would…seven hours of sleep." Tristan laughed. "We have an eternity to talk and know more of your past."

Kyra snuggled closer to his chest, "I like the sound of that."

The sky was once light and sunny, but it grew black and dark, grey clouds emerged. A cold wind emerged, blowing her hair around her face. She felt the urge to run, but couldn't decided if she was suppose to run from someone or to someone. Her eyes looked around the forest as the wind blew harder and noticed she wasn't wearing a jacket but a silky dress and heels. It looks like she was dress for a party.

Suddenly, she heard a scream somewhere near by and she immediately ran towards the noise. Her feet halted seeing a woman's body lying facedown on the dirty earth. Kyra walked to her and saw little drops of red leading to the fallen body. Her eyes widen seeing a puddle of blood lying underneath the body, spreading like a pool. Carefully, she pulled the girl over rolling on her back and stared at the victim.

She recognized the bushy brown hair, but it took longer for recognition of the person's eyes to register. The chocolate brown depths were cold and empty, and while those eyes were distant, it felt like to Kyra that they were staring right at her. But Kyra's eyes widen, seeing bite marks on her neck and arms then a warm wetness surrounded her. She looked down at her wrist and saw her vampire mark from two years ago, was bleeding uncontrollably.

Kyra whirled her head, feeling another presence in the area and saw a shadow figure hiding in the fog. She walked closer as so did the figure as he got out of the shadows. "Tristan?" She called out but wasn't sure if it was him. Then, he lifted his head and she gasped, it was him but he had pitch black eyes and blood all over his mouth.

His black eyes stared at her…and her body like an animal would look at his prey. Kyra backed away, never seeing this Tristan before and it scared her. "Looks like you're my next victim, darling." He smirked before revealing his sharp teeth and jumped to her.

Kyra sat straight up on her bed, feeling the cold sweat drip down her forehead and her back. It was only a bad dream. It wasn't real. Kyra suddenly jumped off the bed when she felt something touch her bare shoulder. "Whoa! Kyra, it's me." Tristan's voice caused her nerves to calm down a little bit. She sighed happily, seeing his vampire violet eyes and normal face. "Are you okay?" he asked her.

"Yeah, I'm fine. It's just…another nightmare." Kyra whispered, still having that same frightened feeling in her stomach.

Tristan sat next to her on the bed and put a tray with potions in front of her. "Sorry I wasn't here when you woke up. But I almost forgot about the potions."

Kyra smiled at him, "its okay."

Tristan kissed her gently on the forehead but sensed that something was different about Kyra –something was wrong. Before he could question her, she already finished the potions and ran straight to the bathroom, turning on the shower. The young Matthews shook his head, after all these years he will never understand women. Vampire women, witches, and muggle women…they are all the same. There was a knock on the door and Adam's head popped inside through the door.

He grinned, "Now how did I know you would be in here? Is Kyra in the shower?"

"Get your mind out of those filthy gutters, brother." Tristan scowled. "Can I take a message for Kyra?"

"Actually, the message is for you." Adam said in a more serious tone. "Stand outside with me for a second." Adam looked around the tower before speaking. "I got a visit from an old friend in the forest."

"It was Dominic, wasn't it?" Tristan asked. "He gave Kyra a visit last night and basically, taunted me. What does he want with us?"

"He doesn't want us."

Tristan stared at his brother's face, looking for answers. But saw none. Then, Adam's eyes went to the door behind Tristan's back. "No…why does he want Kyra? She isn't anything special to him. He can't have her. I won't let him."

"Calm down, Tristan, or else Kyra will hear you with all that screaming." Adam whispered to him and pulled him away from the door. "Dominic doesn't want Kyra like that, Tristan. Someone else with higher power in the magical world wants her and it's not Voldemort. A higher power in the vampire community."

Tristan's eyes widen, knowing that meaning. "He wants Kyra? But –why? She can't be that important to him. Why is Kyra important to our maker?"

Adam shook his head and Tristan noticed how tired his older brother looked. Did he get any sleep?

"I don't know and I'm not sure if I want to know the real reason. Look, you and Kyra continue your usual routine in school while I'll get some answers from some old friends of ours in the community."

"We have friends?"

Adam sighed, "I'll find someone who doesn't hate our guts."

"That will be hard seeing as those the rest of vampires drink human blood. And they hate us for what we are. Which by the way, who even likes us?"

"Tristan!" Adam yelled annoyed.

Tristan looked at his brother innocently and smiled, "What?"

Meanwhile, a blonde hair man stood a few feet away in the woods in the daylight, watching students listen carefully to the half-giant professor as he talked about magical creatures. But his eyes stared only at the students walking down the stairs to the half-giant. It was the Golden Trio with their vampire bodyguards. Today is going to be different than last night intervention with the Matthews brother. Today he is just going to watch them as according to plan.

"Alright, class is over and don't forget about your homework!" Hagrid yelled at the second years as they left to go to break. The half giant smiled seeing his favorite wizards. "Ron, Harry! What are ya boys doing here?"

"We thought we should come and visit you during our break." Harry said as he and Ron got inside but the Boy-Who-Lived stopped when he saw Kyra and Tristan whispering to one another. "Is everything alright?"

Kyra turned around quickly, facing Harry. "Um, yes. You and Ron enjoy yourselves. Tristan and I will be in the woods for a while and we will…meet you later."

"Okay, if that's what you want." Harry said a little confused and closed the door behind him.

Tristan looked at Kyra confused as well. "Why do you want to go the woods?"

Kyra didn't answer him but gave him a peck on the lips as she dropped her school bag on the ground. Tristan still had that baffled expression on his handsome face as he watched Kyra dance around towards the woods. "What is wrong with her?" Tristan thought as she giggles at him, hiding behind a tree. Kyra pointed her finger at him and bend it, meaning 'come and get me'. Finally, Tristan realized what Kyra was doing and smirked, dropping his own school bag and chased her through the woods.

Dominic watched as Tristan grabbed Kyra's body and spun her around in the woods as her shrieks of laughter echoed. Kyra spun herself around, put her arms around Tristan's neck, and let their bodies move left to right as if they were dancing. She couldn't help but stare at his perfect smile. "It's nice seeing you like this, you know?" she commented.

"Like what? Happy? In love?" Tristan grinned at her. "Like I told you before, I never fallen in love before or at least, I don't I think I did. But the feeling I have for you is different and it's been the same feeling for the past two years. I wish you feel the complexity…the confusion I feel when I'm around you."

Kyra tiptoed on her feet and kissed his lips gently, "I know the feeling. So what should we do before our next class starts?"

"I have a few ideas." Tristan grinned as he twirled her around suddenly and Kyra gasped out in surprise as he brought her back to him.

Dominic rolled his eyes at the sight of the lovebirds and wished he could just interrupt it. But he was on a mission. He jumped up to the highest branch and crouched down while watching the entertainment. However, Dominic's eyes focused more on Kyra rather than Tristan, studying her movements as she danced with his old friend. That word crossed his mind and stared at Tristan laughing and smiling.

"How could you do this to us, Dominic? You were like a brother to me!" Tristan's booming voice echoed in his mind. Dominic shook his head, trying not to remember. He doesn't need this right now. There was something off about the vampire. But what was it? He never knew why Kyra was important to their maker despite her human past. But Dominic knew one thing, she was a beauty.

"Do you think I will ever get my memories back?" Kyra blurted out.

Dominic's eyes widen, "she doesn't know who she is? He hasn't told her?"

"Yeah, I know you will. And when you do, I will be right beside you."

Dominic smirked, "We will see about that, old friend once she realizes the truth. And if you or your brother can't bother to do it, then I will you."

Dominic stood up; the smirk still placed on his lips, and disappeared from his spot.

A/N: I hope that everyone had a wonderful Christmas. I know I did. And I finally got a laptop, which I have been using since Christmas! :) So now, I can update my stories whenever I want...as long as I don't get caught and yelled at by my mom. Have a good New Year!

-DisneyRBD