Chapter 21

"It takes two people to make a lie work: the person who tells it, and the one who believes it."

-Jodi Picoult, Author of Vanishing Acts

"He's coming, Tristan." Adam's voice hoarse and he took another sip of his glass.

Tristan sat next to him and stared at him, "Who is?"

"You know who!" Adam yelled, standing up with anger. "I've contacted with as many vampires as I could and they know nothing about why he is interested in Kyra. They've heard only rumors and those aren't helpful!"

"But you do know why, don't you?" Tristan said. "Adam, I know you and I know how your brain works. You know why he's interested in Kyra."

Adam took a big gulp of the whiskey left in his glass and swallowed hard. "She's the key to breaking the curse."

"What? No…No that cannot be!" Tristan roared out, looking at his brother's eyes. "Please tell me it isn't true."

"He believes she is the one and after having….four drinks, I think he's right." Adam slurred.

Tristan put his hands in his hair, walking back and forth trying to register the new information that was thrown at him all in one minute. "Dominic wants to trade her to him. I am not going to let that happen. We cannot let that happen, Adam!"

"Dominic obviously had some help finding us here. How do you think he won't do the same thing? Maybe Dominic isn't –"

"No, do not go there! You know him, brother. He only thinks about himself and destroys everything he touches." Tristan yelled, taking the half-empty glass from his brother's hand and took a big gulp of it. "Do you remember what he did to Rose? He changed her without even thinking about it. She is lucky right now to have found her true love. But he ruined her. I bet that bastard is trading Kyra's life to save his own skin. What should we do?"

"I don't know –Oh wait!" Adam cried out, swinging his hands up in the air. "I do know. How about we tell her the truth!"

"About our past?"

"Yes and no."

"I don't understand." Tristan said as he watched his brother grab another empty glass and began filling it up with more alcohol.

"We are going to have to her the truth little brother because whether you like or not, he wants Hermione Granger."

"She's dead,"

"So are we! But…here we are."

"She doesn't need to know."

"You need to tell her the truth, Tristan because sooner or later her flashbacks….will become dreams to her and she will realize that those are her memories. And then, she will figure out that she is Hermione Granger." Adam whispered in his brother's ear. "She is Hermione Granger."

"She is Kyra, the love of my life!"

"Oh and he's being dramatic." Tristan wailed as he drank the glass. "Father always said mother cuddle you too much as a boy."

Tristan glared at his older brother, "No that would be you."

Adam sighed as he sat down on the armchair. "You need to tell her truth or else I will."

"Is that a threat, brother?"

"I love Kyra as a sister and I do not want lies to corrupt our relationship. Look what that did with you and Dominic." Adam slurred angrily. "If I'm going to tell her the truth, I'm going to tell her the whole truth –about the past….about everything."

"You wouldn't."

"I would because we are here to protect Harry Potter and his friends. And one of his friends happens to be ours. I will continue on with this mission, brother. I'm hoping you would do the same."

Kyra walked the stairs to the dormitory quietly and slowly, ignoring the whispers and stares from the portraits. She could not get that conservation she had with Dominic out of her head and she desperately wanted it gone. Kyra's feet stopped in front of the portrait that leads to the vampires and could not find it to say the password. She closed her eyes, remembering Tristan's smile and the love in his eyes that morning –could it have been only hours ago? It felt like a lifetime ago.

"Kyra?" she turned around and saw Professor Snape, standing a few feet away from her on the stairs.

"May I help you with something, Professor?"

"Actually, it's something I helped you with." He said and held a potion in his hand, showing it to her. "It's the potion you recommended for the eyes."

"Oh!" Kyra stated she completely forgot about the favor she asked Snape to do for her. She walked down and smiled at him once he given her the potion. "Thank you, sir. Are you sure this will work?"

"I added some memory ingredients in the potion. It should help regenerated your human memories." He told her. "But I suggest you be near somewhere comfortable, I do not know the side of effects of the potion."

"Thank you, sir. I really appreciate it." Kyra said softly and returned walking to the door. She quietly said the password as she entered inside and watched as Adam and Tristan walked downstairs, whispering to one another.

"I never get too close with anybody besides Adam because of my past."

"Adam and Tristan were never the people you think they are now."

"A past you don't trust me to talk about."

"A past that I'm afraid for you to hear from somebody other than me."

"I am scared that you'll learn the false accusations made against me and not the truth."

Kyra looked away quickly when Tristan noticed her presence and she ran to the other side of the stairs, closing her bedroom door behind her. She walked back and forth in the room, trying to remember how to think. If she had a heart, it would be beating as fast and hard as a person who is running. She did not know what to think about the people who saved her two years ago and learned that they may be hiding her true identity.

"No, Adam nor Tristan would never do that! They're my best friends," Kyra thought. "They couldn't be hiding my identity from me….could they?"

Kyra lifted the potion in front of her eyes and needed to make a decision. She needed to make it now. Take it or ask her best friends?

The door knocked causing Kyra to whirl around and she quickly hid the potion in her underwear drawer. She opened the door and found Tristan smiling down at her, "Hello love. Are you ignoring me?"

"Now why would you say such a thing, Mr. Matthews?" She teased back but she could not find the energy to be teasing with him.

"I saw you come in and you left to go upstairs before I could say hello. Kyra, is everything okay?"

"Yes." No. "Did you figure out why Adam was in our class?"

"Yes and it has to do with…the man who was in your room before. His name is Dominic and he is as old as I am." Tristan told her. "May I come in so I can tell you the entire story?"

Kyra stood there surprised that Tristan was actually going to tell her something about his past. She moved aside from her side and allowed him to step inside her bedroom. She closed the door and sat down on her chair as Tristan stood near her window, touching the curtains. She could not believe that the truth was going be revealed. But there was a problem, what truth is he going to her?

"Dominic was a friend of my brother and me a long time…a very long time ago. I trusted him as much as I trust Adam and his betrayal pained me so much." Tristan admitted as he continued to look at the curtains, rather than at Kyra. "Adam and I wanted to live among the Muggles instead of feeding on them –yes, Kyra once upon a time, we did drink human blood because that was the only way we knew how to survive."

"They did drink human blood for many decades…"

"And you wouldn't imagine what they do for it."

"But then, we learned that we can also survive on animals and magical creatures. It was a life we wanted –and I wanted desperately. But Dominic didn't see it that way." Tristan continued. "He thought we were going to leave him, he thought I betrayed our friendship of many years."

"I don't understand. He thought it was over because you and Adam wanted a new life?" Kyra questioned. There was more to this story and she knows it. But he won't tell her.

"He promised me as long as I live, he will torture me physically and emotionally because I hurt him…betrayed him…and for changing him. Adam and I didn't want him to live this life but…he was my best friend and I changed him." Tristan chuckled. "I haven't seen him since that horrid night of our argument. He is very dangerous, Kyra and very powerful –more powerful with human blood. You need to stay away from me."

"Why haven't you killed him? For years….I don't understand."

Tristan moved away from the window and sat on his knees, looking up at her. "Because I believe there is a shred of humanity left in him. The humanity I once knew long ago. I keep hoping after so many years but how do I make him see it? Every time I see him, he reminds of the past and the next thing, I know I want to shred him into pieces."

"Whoa, you two have a very complex friendship." Kyra commented. "But it doesn't make sense. What do I have to do with him? Why did he send two messengers to me?"

"He obviously wants to separate us because of my past. How he knows about you and me, I do not know. But I am going to make sure you are safe from him."

"I do not need to be protected, Tristan like a damsel in distress princess. I can fight my own battles."

"Kyra, I know you can but Dominic is older than you! He can kill you in a second like a bug. He doesn't care about anyone else before himself."

Kyra scoffed in disgust as she pushed Tristan away from her and walked around in her room. "You make it sound like he is Lord Voldemort. Tristan, I can protect myself. Why are so afraid of him? If you are telling me the truth about your past, I need the complete story. Not half of it. Not a quarter of it. I love you but you are making this too hard for me with all your secrets."

"Kyra, it is too hard –"

Suddenly, the door swung opened and Adam came inside and looked like he was running out of breathe. "Adam, what's wrong?"

"There are Death Eaters in the Muggle World…working alongside with vampires." Adam told them. "We need to get to London."

"Wait, I don't understand. Why are vampires working for Voldemort? They do even want the power he wants?" Kyra questioned.

"He's probably granting them a way to walk in the sun without having to drink a potion every single day," Tristan said. "Right now it is daylight in London, they wouldn't attack now. Are they attacking tonight?"

Adam nodded his head, "In a small neighborhood but there are plenty of humans for a midnight snack."

"Do you know anyone else who will be there?"

"Dominic." Tristan growled angrily. "We need to prepare."

"Oh for goodness' sakes what is that smell?" Kyra said with disgust.

"Sorry," Adam mumbled as he stumbled out of the room.

"We need to hide the liquor from your brother," Kyra commented.

A/N: Please comment and let me know what you think! I was trying to be funny in this chapter and I don't know if you guys think it is.

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