A/N: Here goes the sixth chapter! Yay! I hope you like it. I will be able to update more from next week, when my exams will be over. I still try my best though. I want to say a great "Thank you" to everyone who reviewed. Your comments make me grin like a five year old on a sugar rush! Thank you!

Disclaimer: I, Burning Tulip, do NOT own the 39 clues.

Last chapter's ending:

"Serahine Sharlin Cahill. Confirmed Lucian. Confirmed Ekaterina. Confirmed Tomas. Confirmed Janus. Confirmed Madrigal. Mayor of the Great Cahill City. Welcome."

Chapter six: The story of a multi-branch family.

The Cahills stared. They knew what they had heard, but just couldn't comprehend it. All five branches? In one person? That was impossible! And yet, that was exactly what they had just learned. How? Amy was the one to find her voice and express their confusion.

"How?"

"It's really simple really. Our mother is Lucian/Ekaterina, while our father is Janus/Tomas. Please come in. Everything will be explained inside. Any questions you might have. We promise."

Seraphine sounded worried. And she was. What if they wouldn't accept them? What if they had made a mistake by telling them this way? What if they shouldn't have told them at all? They could not know. All they could do is explain. They had to understand. Had to. They should know not to judge people by their branch, or in this case, branches. Right?

So they went into the Great Cahill City's headquarters and they knew that once they went out, nothing would be the same.

The inside was a room full of monitors, where every part of the public area of the city could be seen. Training facilities, labs, painting rooms, the square. No bedrooms or bathrooms. This was a place where people's privacy was respected. It was a comfortable room too, though. It had two big white sofas in the middle, with a coffee table and an armchair, just like a small living room. On first sight, the screens looked like they were embodied to the walls, but on second it became obvious that the wall were the screens. The technology of this place was really something else!

"Please be seated. We will tel you our and our family's story and if you have any questions, you will be able to ask us later."

They made themselves comfortable and waited. The two girls looked at each other and then Shaunee began.

"Our maternal grandfather met our grandmother by chance when they were in college. They had been assigned to do a project together. They fell in love rather quickly. Unfortunately their relationship had just began when they found out about their Cahill origins. Their parents had not told them, as they did not want their children to be involved in this life. When our grandparents confronted them however, they did not lie. They knew about their children's relationship and they knew that they either had to be separated or hidden. So they told them about the Madrigals. They were two of the very few Cahills to actually know who the Madrigals really were and came in contact with them. The fifth branch provided our grandparents shelter and they got married here, in GCC a year later. Our mother was born two years after that."

"Our paternal grandfather met our grandmother while on the Olympics. Our mother was one of the members of the team who had designed the Olympic mascot, while he was a fencing athlete. They literately ran into each other. Then they found out they had mutual friends and kept meeting each other. They knew that they were Cahills however, and that complicated things. Despite knowing that if their branches found out they would be dead, they kept on and eventually became a couple. That was when the Madrigals contacted them. They explained who they were and offered their help. It was a gigantic step to take, but they did it. Three years later their son, our father was born."

"Our parents were the first Cahills to grow up in the madrigal branch. The reason is simple. If the rest of the branches found out about them, they would try to kill them. So their existence remained a secret. Their story is quite cliché really. They grew up together, fell in love during high school and got married at the age of 26, when our mother was already pregnant to us. We were born and grew up like our parents. We were trained in the ways of each branch. We were trained by the Madrigals officially when we passed the test at the age of fifteen. We became Mayors of the GCC when we were seventeen, which is our current position too. Any questions?"

"How old are you?" Amy asked them.

"We are twenty one. One year older than you, I think."

Amy nodded.

"Where are your parents? We met your dad, but not your mom." was Dan's question.

"Our mom is in Canada, working on a mission, while our dad left for Italy yesterday, after you talked to him. He's visiting a friend of his."

"Are you like someone who has drunk the master serum?" Ted's question was far more serious than the previous ones. The atmosphere in the room changed drastically and everyone waited for the answer.

"No. We are closer to having all the abilities than you are, but it is still only through the bloodline. An Ekaterina for example has the branch' talents but it is not like he or she has drunk the Ekaterina serum, right?"

Sinead, Ned and Ted nodded.

"It's the same thing with us."

"Oh."

"Anything else?"

"No. Not really."

"Okay then." Seraphine smiled. Her face turned serious again though as she said:

"We do not judge you because of where you come from. Please do not too."

"Don't worry, Ser. We won't." Surprisingly, it wasn't Amy who said that. It was Sinead. Which shouldn't really be surprising. Sinead became a Vesper two years ago, when her brother Ted was kidnapped along with other Cahills. She was so desperate to make sure that he would be safe, that she joined the enemy. Half a year after the Vespers were defeated though, she returned and after a six month period she was accepted back in the family. It wasn't the same and she thought that it would never be, but it was a start. She did not have their trust back fully, but they no longer hated her. She was absolutely content with that.

Seraphine nodded and smiled. She was relieved. Everything had gone well.

They led them back to their rooms. They had spent the entire day touring the place and hadn't even realized it. They were tired now though and needed a good night's sleep. They had a lot to process too. When they reached the rooms, Shaunee told them:

"Good night, guys. We will wake up early tomorrow, but you can sleep late! Oh, I shouldn't forget, Ser and I would like to talk to Ned, Ted and Sinead tomorrow. We think we have found something that will help you a lot. Please tell the House to message us as soon as you wake."

"Don't worry. We will."

"Oh and Ted?"Seraphine asked. "Flamsteed is in your room now. I think he really likes it. In case you need anything for him, just ask me, okay? We had been doing great together before we brought you here."

"Okay. If we need anything, I will let you know."

"Good. Good night!"

"Good night."

Ted dreamed of Seraphine's voice that night. He really liked it. He may have not been able to see her, but he could listen to her clearly and he thought she had the smoothest voice he had ever heard. He could also tell she smiled a lot. He could hear it. He had learned how to tell people's emotions from their voices and Seraphine's voice intrigued him. It had a seriousness and a cheerfulness in it at the same time. It also hid intelligence and that was extremely important to him. He would ask Ned about her looks tomorrow, he decided. He whistled and Flamsteed came over to him. He then crawled next to him in bed. He would have a nice, relaxing, long-lasting nap and he would talk to Ned. Tomorrow...