[Evil Tink]

Jaelynn leaned on the door, watching them with her arms crossed. She wanted to say something, but felt that she would be interfering with Seth. He seemed to be doing alright.

She shook slightly, "You should've known that you couldn't take her on alone. She was too strong." She took a calming breath, helping herself to the floor before she fell. "Are you kidding? You could break me in half without any effort. I'm only human here."

She sighed deeply, hitting her head on the wall a few times, "I can't believe this. I had no idea this would work, I was only grasping at straws when I dispelled my spirit. I wish..that I could have my old self back. I can never related to..my kind again. I no longer have the advantage being a witch gave me." She ran her hands through her long white hair, "A whole part of me is missing, and it can never be replaced."

Finally Jaelynn chimed in, "Your strength did not come from you being a witch before hand Serus. I had been examining you very closely, ever since I turned. True, you may have been able to have a few extra..tricks up your sleeves, but your strength was not affected. I know it's rather soon Mistress, but..."

Oh no..she has that tone..and she called me 'Mistress'. I know what she's going to ask...

"You have to make a major decision right now." She sighed, pausing for a moment. "You have to decide how you want to live your life."

[Bovice]

"I killed Layla." Seth said as he bent down to look her in the eyes. "Serus I would never hurt you." Seth said with a smirk.
"Daddy are you ok?" Annemarie asked.
"Yes I am hunbun. Why what's wrong?" Seth said concerned.
"Nothing daddy its just you haven't slept yet and you get cranky when you don't sleep." She said with a smile.
"Ill be fine hunbun ok? How about you get cleaned up and I'll take you out to breakfast." Seth said looking at Serus intently.
"That sounds like fun daddy." She said as she got up to get ready.
"Ill be there within an hour ok hunbun?" Seth said with a slight sad look on his face.

"Ill still love you no matter what you choose." Seth said smiling.
"I'm gonna have to go soon, Anne is hungry and there's no human food at my house." Seth said to Jaelynn.

[Evil Tink]

Serus was overwhelmed, "You? Ah, I don't want to know. I've had enough for today. Just..let..me..sl.." She was out before she could finish her sentence. She was simply exhausted due to all that happened. It wasn't much, physically, but mentally it was insane.

Jaelynn walked over, "You go, I'll handle her. Oh, don't introduce Annemarie to her yet. I'll let you know when I think it's safe. Alright? Oh! And do not tell her about Serus either. I can keep her from finding the information on accident though." She picked Serus up gently, and took her over to her bed, setting her down and covering her up. "While you're at it, see if you can bring something for her. She'll be starving when she wakes up."

[Bovice]

"Ok, and I wasn't planning on it for awhile, I wont." Seth said as he moved out of Jaelynn's way. "I will bring her something." Seth said as he teleported to his house. "Hunbun are you ready to go?" Seth asked standing outside of his room.
"In a s second daddy." Annemarie said as she put on her favorite dress.
"Ok." Seth said as he looked at his watch. Serus will probably be asleep for a few hours." Seth thought to himself as the door opened.

"I'm ready to go daddy." She said as she looked up at him.
"Well let's go." Seth said as he picked her up.
"Where are we gonna go?" She asked tilting her head.
"Just a little place that's around here." Seth said as he teleported themselves by the side of a restaurant.
"Daddy you don't seem sad anymore." She said with a smile.
"I haven't been sad." Seth said as he opened the door.
"Yes you have." She said as he put her down.
"Whatever you say hunbun." Seth said with a smile. "You can order what ever you want." Seth said looking at the menu.

[Evil Tink]

Jaelynn sighed as she sat down in a chair, rubbing her temples. This was just plain old crazy. She didn't understand it. Why had Serus lost her memory? With another sigh, she stood, heading out of the room. She needed to feed.

She walked around town until she found someone acceptable. Using a bit of power, she lured the boy into an ally where she drank about half of his blood. She left him sitting on the ground as she teleported back to Serus's room.

[Bovice]

Seth and Annemarie finished eating he was about to say something as the server came over. "Do you need anything else?" She said
"Can I get an order of pancakes and bacon to go please?" Seth asked.
"Sure." The lady said as she went to place the order.
"Who's that for daddy?" Annemarie asked.
"Oh there's someone staying at Jaelynn's house." Seth said blocking his mind so she couldn't read it.
"Is this person nice?" She asked as she noticed that he was really happy.

"Yes the person is." Seth said with a smile. "Your gonna have to spend the day with Felix, is that ok hunbun?" Seth asked as the server came back with the bill.
"Why can't I see aunt Jaelynn?" She asked kind of sad.
"Me and Jaelynn have some things to do with the council." Seth said as he paid the bill.
"Oh that doesn't sound fun daddy." She said as she finished her orange juice.
"That's why you are gonna spend the day with Felix." Seth said with a chuckle.

The server came back with the food for Serus. "Thank you ma'am." Seth said with a smile.
"Your welcome sir, you two have a nice day." She said with a nod and walked away.
"You ready to go hunbun?" Seth asked ready to get up.
"Yes I am daddy." She said as she got up.
"Let's go then." Seth said as he got up. He grabbed the food and picked up Annemarie.
"Ok daddy." Annemarie said as Seth picked her up.
Seth walked out to where they first teleported to. Seth gathered up his power and teleported to the study in his home where Felix was.

"Hello Felix." Seth said as he appeared.
"Hello sir and hello Annemarie." Felix said kind of startled.
"Can you do me a favor old man?" Seth asked as he put Annemarie down.
"What's that sir?" Felix asked.
"Can you watch Annemarie cause I have stuff to do about the council." Seth said as he gathered his power again.
"Of course I can sir." Felix said with a smile.
"Ok hunbun be good for Felix." Seth said as he placed a kiss on her forehead.
"I will daddy, be safe." She said as she ran up to a bookshelf to look for a book.
"I will. See you later Felix." Seth said as he smiled at Annemarie. Seth teleported to Jaelynn. "How is she doing." Seth said as he placed the bag of food down on the dresser.

[Evil Tink]

Jaelynn jumped slightly as Seth suddenly appeared. She was so deep in thought she didn't sense that someone was teleporting to the room. She sighed, "She seems alright. I haven't noticed anything extreme in her brain waves. How she'll be when she wakes up, I'm unsure."

She hurriedly stood, hearing her move, but relaxed seeing she had just rolled over. She sighed, running her hands through her pale hair, "I'm loosing my mind here. Every time I hear her move or make a sound, I just can't help but become scared." She clenched her fists, strangling the air, "These next few days are going to be very testy.."

[Bovice]

"That's good, and I'm sure shell be fine." Seth said as Jaelynn rushed over to Serus' bed. "Jaelynn I think you should take a break from watching her, go take a nap or do something I can take over for you." Seth said as he walked up to her and put his hand on her shoulder. "Trust me everything will be fine." Seth said giving her a reassuring smile.

[Evil Tink]

She shook her head, "I won't be able to sleep, I know that much for sure...but I do have other things to do today. Keep me posted, alright?" She sighed, then disappeared.

[Bovice]

"I will." Seth said as he sat down in the chair Jaelynn was sitting in. "Hopefully she will be back to her old self within no time." Seth thought as he pulled out a pen and paper from his pocket. "I need to address my coven soon letting them know that I'm back in charge." He thought as he started to write down what he was gonna say. He saw Serus move but he didn't rush up to her. He read her mind to make sure she was ok.

"She's still doing ok Jaelynn." Seth said as he went back to writing. After an hour of writing he was finally done with what he was gonna say. "Attention all Augustin members I am back in charge of the coven. I want to thank Felix for taking over for me when I went on a hiatus. I feel that Felix did a good job and that he should be commended." Seth said as Serus woke up. "Serus are you ok?" Seth asked worriedly. "Jaelynn Serus is awake." Seth said as he got up and walked over to her bedside.

"Why was daddy talking so loud?" Annemarie asked Felix as she put her book down.
"He just wanted to make sure everyone heard him." Felix said with a smile.
"Well I did hear him." She said as she picked up her book and began reading again.
"So did I, so did I." Felix said as he went deep into his thoughts.

[Evil Tink]

After a few hours she quietly opened her eyes, laying on her side, watching Seth quietly. It was only a few minutes before he noticed she was awake. She rolled on her back, lifting up her left arm, "I almost..miss it." She turned her head to look at him, "Eight years huh?"

Jaelynn tensed slightly as Seth announced Serus woke up, "How is she?"

Kitra narrowed her eyes slightly, "Is everything alright Jaelynn? Why'd you stop speaking?"

Jaelynn flinched a bit, "Ah! Right, sorry, I got..distracted. But, uh, as I was saying.."

The woman laughed slightly, "Relax dear, I got kicked off my seat years ago. You don't have to be so uptight around me."

Jaelynn relaxed, running her hands through her hair, "Anyway, I think..I discovered something important. I want to tell you, but I'm unsure if I can. I know I can trust you, you and your coven help the Antinori's so much after Serus's death and in the process we've become good friends." She took a breath, "But this new information is highly sensitive. I don't know what I should do..."

[Bovice]

"She seems fine but a little out of it right now but that could be because she just woke up." Seth said as he heard Serus talk. "Ya it's been eight years." Seth said as he sat on the corner of the bed. "Oh I brought you some food. It's probably cold by now but I can go warm it up for you if you want." Seth said as he went to grab the bag. Seth walked back to the bed and sat down "I wonder if I should tell her about Annemarie." Seth thought to himself as he looked at Serus.

[Evil Tink]

Kitra tilted her head slightly, "What are you talking about? Jaelynn, what's going on?"

Jaelynn leaned in close, manipulating her voice so Kitra was the only one who could hear her, "I think..Serus is alive." She leaned back, a worried look on her face.

Kitra gasped quietly, "What? You know better than to mention her! I mean, jeez the council wiped her from history. If the council got wind of your accusation..."

Jaelynn nodded, pulling at her hair slightly, "I know, I know..but I swear to you, this woman is her. She had a custom hat, almost exactly the same as hers made, she's only 23 and her hair is rose white, and she even went and changed her last name to LaShalla." She leaned back, taking a sip from the coffee mug, her hands shaking slightly, "I..I don't know what to do Kitra. She..she can't rejoin us, the Council would sentence the entire Coven to death for it. What do I do?"

Kitra gently put her hand on Jaelynn's arm, a sudden feeling of calm would be overcoming her, "Jaelynn, relax. How could this be possible anyway? She couldn't be. We all saw the scene, there's no way she made it through that."

She shook her head, putting her hand down, "No thanks..I'm not hungry right now..." Fact of the matter, she was starving, but she just didn't feel like eating. It felt..wrong to her now. She rolled over so her back was facing him. "There's something wrong..otherwise..Jaelynn would not have asked me about how I wanted to live...and you would've turned me hours ago. What's happened since..then?"

[Bovice]

"The council is falling apart." Seth said as he put the food on the floor. "After your... Death, the vampire world went down hill." Seth said trying to ease her into what was going on. "Some humans know about us and some don't." Seth said with a sigh. "It's all my fault to, if I wouldn't of done that outside no one would know." Seth said as he looked at his hands. "If you wouldn't of died, I would of never of met... And never would of had..." Seth said as he broke down. He held his head in his hands and sobbed.

Annemarie looked up. "Daddy's crying." She said with a sad expression on her face.
"What do you mean?" Felix said looking at her.
"I can feel daddy crying." She said with tears in her eye's.
"Its ok Annemarie. I'm sure he's fine." Felix said as he got up to consul her.
Sir are you ok?" Felix asked worried about him.

[Evil Tink]

Jaelynn did feel a bit calmer, "I searched her mind before I confronted her. There's a block on her memories and when I went searching, I found..Se-her memories. Kitra...what happens if it really is her? I know she'll want to come back to our world, but I can't allow her to do that, and neither can Seth, or any vampire for that matter." She was of course, implying that her father might try.

Kitra removed her hand becoming more concerned now, "No she cant..she has to remain human until we can sort out this mess with the Council. I've had some progress though with the Covens. They're beginning to question a few things about the Council. I think, that the last few Raksasha members have an influence on them. My coven is hunting them as we speak. They're not very powerful vampires, or else you would've been able to sense their presence the last time you were in the Hall."

She sighed deeply, "If this is true Jaelynn, you must send her away. You can't be near her, especially when she regains her memories. The Council will sense her somehow, I just know it. Either get rid of her permanently, or send her out of the country."

Serus frowned slightly, "But why would that happen? If Layla was killed, as well as Dragos, then who was manipulating the Council to break like this?" She was going to ask him about what he meant, but decided she didn't want to know about it. She wrapped her arms around her knees, listening to him cry.

[Bovice]

"I... Don't... Know why." Seth said in between sobs. He took a few minutes to compose himself before speaking again. "We need to get out of the country." Seth said still wiping the tears away from his eye's. "We should go to Europe their council isn't falling apart." Seth said as he stood up and started to pace. "Or we take care of our council." Seth said out loud but to himself. "No that wouldn't work, they are thousands of years old they would murder us." Seth said still pacing.

He stopped and looked at Serus who was looking at him. "I'm sorry." Seth said as he disappeared and reappeared composed.