During this time, there was great turmoil in the Dusk Dwellers. In the middle of the night Silent Death asked me to escort her and the twins to Josan. She wanted no one to know where we were headed so we left out of the blue in silence. I spent two months there with Silent and the kids. Till I was sure they were safe."

"That's where I met Alleyn Loma . Alleyn was a Seer in Josan. We bonded right away and in no time, I was telling him of my life. He became my best friend. I remember when he looked to me and said.

"I will be there when you marry your true love and you have quite some time yet my friend."

"He traveled back to Tyran with me."

You watch as he pulls the sleeve of his overcoat down to reveal a bracelet with the word Magic on it. "This is the family bracelet. It was always here on my wrist from what I can remember. I remember the day I found out there were others."

A silver flash kicks up and you begin to watch again.

"I told Allyen of my past as we headed to Tyran. When I first came to the dusk dwellers I was shocked to recognize one of them. I didn't know her name nor did I know who she was. I was with Shy the first time I had the terrible headache and saw the visions. I saw myself much younger playing in a yard with the girl from the clan. Her name was Silver Angel and she was my sister. Memories came flooding back to me at that moment. I approached her, saw the bracelet on her wrist, and showed her mine. Silver had been abducted by vampires when I was a boy and I had searched for her for years. I found her in a den of vampires where she was their sex slave. I helped her escape but they were quick to follow. We split up and they followed me. They tried to destroy me and they left me for what they thought was dead. This is where I was when the old lady found me by Magic Lake. The reason I healed so quickly is that I am part vampire. Silver is almost the female version of me. She is quick-witted, short-tempered, very loyal, humorous, and always looking to have fun. Basically, she is a pain in the ass.

My memories began flooding back to me at this point. How ironic is it that the very place I was found by the old Lady was Magic Lake named after my father Shantner Magic. I learned that my mother is the Goddess of Jerky (Chloe Magic). The very woman I have been getting my jerky from since I was found by the woman on Magic Lake. I found out she was my mother when she left a basket of fresh jerky for me in the Dusk Dwellers tomb. She had accidentally dropped her bracelet with the Magic trademark on it. She was keeping her distance til I recovered my memories in case it was I who was hiding from my memories. The mind is fragile and does things for a reason.

"I learned that my mother found violence despicable and hated being a queen. She knew my father was a wise man and that some day one of her children would be the heir to the throne. She asked that the gods bless the heir with a birth mark that would let them know it was him. "

"I stopped moved my hair away from the back of my shoulder and showed Alleyn the diamond mark. (This birthmark turned out to be a curse over the generations) I'm not about to show you the other attribute that was blessed and passed down to all Magic males. I grinned as Alleyn and I walked on."

"I was eager to have my discussion with Shy so that I could profess my love to Dreams. I was in shock when I got back to Tyran. My family had broken apart. They were off in their own directions. Shy was gone as well. I heard rumors of her being with another but I needed to know for sure before I could go to Dreams. When I finally saw Shy she ran from me, I met up with her again in Black Paris. She told me how she left the DD because she seemed to be making no progress in her goals. She wanted more out of life. She informed me that she was a queen of another clan now and that she was with a man of great power. She wasn't the same person I knew before. I was glad yet sad for she seemed to be in so much pain. I remember walking out of Black Paris knowing I was a free man, that I could now confess my love to Dreams."

The images stop a second and you look up in time to see him standing in the middle of the room, his eyes glaring red. You feel a sense of hatred coming from him as the images start again.

" I walked outside and 5 men confronted me. They wanted my Satchel. I refused and started fighting with them. I withdrew my dagger and someone from behind stabbed me repeatedly. I turned to confront them and I felt repeated shots of pain in my back and sides. I remember hearing "hippity hoppity" as the men walked away with my Satchel."