CHAPTER 13

"Five hundred years ago." Ethan said and Calla looked at him.

"How is that even possible?" Calla asked, Ethan grinned widely.


"It is possible Calla, everything is possible. We are not talking about nature, it's supernatural. You can't even imagine how things work with us." Hearing him, Calla was now getting more and more nervous. She wasn't sure if she could do it.


"You can do it Calla. I'll teach you everything you need to learn." Ethan said and Calla nodded her head.


"So that means you knew me before I was even born?" Calla asked.


"Yes, you can say that." Ethan replied.


"Care to tell me? I thought you said you'll tell me everything." Calla said and Ethan chuckled.


"What do you want to know?" Ethan asked.


"Everything." Calla replied.


Ethan took a deep breath. He stood up, grabbed her hand and pulled her out of the room. He took her to the roof of his big house. The moon was shining bright in the sky and the weather was perfectly normal, it wasn't warm but it wasn't chilly either. Ethan sat on the ground and patted the space besides him for Calla to sit. "Come sit and I'll tell you everything." He said and Calla went to him and sat beside him.


Ethan looked at Calla and started explaining everything to her. " As I told you, I wasn't my Master's kid. But to both him and Lilly, I was their child and I also addressed them both as my parents. Lilly was never turned, so she aged, turned old and grey and died. I have spent about 20 years of my life with Lilly. After that she died. I was 10 when I went with my friends to help them. When I returned I saw my whole house burned." Ethan explained, Calla gasped hearing him. She held his hand and gave it a little squeeze. Ethan looked at her and smiled.


"I'm so sorry Ethan." Calla said.


"I know, it's okay." Ethan replied.


" Who did that?" Calla asked him.


"My mother was a very powerful witch. After marrying my father she became even more powerful. I was their only child. We lived with both my father's parents and my mother's parents. There were few witches, who wanted my mother to perform a ritual for them. That ritual would have allowed them to use their magic to create or destroy lives or families or even kingdoms. My mother refused. The ritual should have been performed in a limited time. The time passed and my mother never performed it. So they made a plan to kill us all in the house. My friends came to my house to call me to help them. I went to help them. They said that one of my friends had stuck in a deep dark well. When we reached the well, I suddenly felt someone hit me. My vision got blurry and I fainted." Tears started to fall from Calla's eyes, she stayed quiet and kept listening to Ethan.



"When I opened my eyes again, I found myself in that well. They hit me and threw me in that deep dark well. I felt pain in my arm. The darkness around me. I couldn't even see my own fingers with my eyes. I was just 10, you can imagine how horrifying it would be for a kid." Ethan asked and Calla nodded her head as she wiped a tear away from his cheek.


"After a few hours I should say, I heard voices, few people were crossing by the well. I knew that was the only chance I could get out of that hell hole. I stood up and screamed for help as loud as I could. In a few seconds, a man called for me. I replied and he jumped in to get me out. He was very strong and wise. That was the very first time I met Master Dalton. He got me out then asked me about my address. I gave him my address and he took me to my home. But by the time we reached home, it was too late. The whole house was burned along with my parents and my grandparents." Ethan said.


"Couldn't they just get out?" Calla asked.


" My friends didn't just leave me there to die, they made a small cut on my arm to take my blood. They gave my blood to those witches, they used my blood to create a boundary line my family couldn't cross, not until I would have allowed them to, but until I came back, they were all nothing but ashes. Master didn't leave me alone. He took me in, he even found and punished every single person who was involved in the murder of my family. Master had kids, I thought I would never be accepted but they all accepted me happily. I became part of this family. I was 30 when Lilly died. After her death, one night when I was sitting with my Master, he told me about you. He said that there would be a girl, exactly like Lilly. And told me that I will be her guardian. I will guard her with my life and keep her safe. I asked him how I would know it's you. He said time will tell you and teach you everything about your future. I never asked him anything else but kept his words in my mind." Ethan stood up and offered his hand to Calla. She took the hand and he led her back into the house. They went downstairs. Ethan took her to the kitchen and made them dinner. They both are in silence. Calla was thinking about everything while Ethan also stayed quiet.


After dinner Ethan took her back into his room. She went to the bathroom, got freshened up and changed into her night clothes. She stepped out of the bathroom and Ethan went in. After a few minutes, Ethan came out freshly showered. He was in his PJs. He crawled into bed and held Calla close to him. "Do you want to know what happened next?" Ethan asked, Calla just nodded her head.


"About a hundred and fifty years ago, my Master called me in his room one night. He was sitting in his chair, I sat on the ground but he told me to sit beside him, on a chair. He then reminded me that the girl would soon be born and I have to guard her. I promised him I would do everything I can to keep her safe, keep you safe. He then told me that his time had come. He'll die soon. It was another horrible truth that one day we have to die. He was right, he died the next month and I went away. I had forgotten everything, I knew my Master told me something he had learned from the future he had seen. But I looked for you for so long that it felt like it was nothing but a joke or something. It all started again the night you were conceived. I can't explain to you what I felt but it was like hope came back to my life. I came back here and tried to find you. I thought you must have been born or something. But to my surprise, you were just conceived and your mother was told that she was pregnant. I was able to hear your heartbeat since It had first started beating. I waited for nine months to see you. I can remember, a few minutes after your birth, I got the chance to see you. I made the nurse leave your room and she left you with me alone. You were in your crib and were about to start crying. I carried you in my arms, you opened your eyes and smiled. I was shocked by your actions but at the same time, your smile just melted everything inside me. That time, you changed everything in my life." Calla cut him in the middle.


"Wait, what do you mean by changing everything?" Calla asked.


Ethan replied in a sad tone. "I wasn't the same good vampire all my life. There was a time when I was nothing but a monster." Calla looked at him but didn't say a word.