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Serus fidgeted a bit as Seth examined her aura. She was slightly uncomfortable with that. She sighed, looking Jaelynn, waiting for the onslaught of words.

Jaelynn's became flush red as she got angrier, "Serus Marie LaShalla Antinori! You told me you would never lie to me. You had better tell me what is going on or I will bring your head to the Council myself!" She took a breath, her frame shaking with fury. "I am dead serious Serus. Tell me the truth NOW!"

Well, that wasn't as bad as I thought it was going to be.

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"Jaelynn settle down please." Seth said as he stepped in front of her he forgot to unadjust his eye's so he could see Jaelynn's aura. It was purple her main color, dark red, and white. "Your lying Jaelynn, you could never kill Serus." He said trying to get her anger directed to himself.

"Master Seth are you ok?" Felix asked as he could tell Seth was upset.

"I'm fine Felix." Seth said still trying to calm Jaelynn down.

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Jaelynn narrowed her eyes, "And now you're supposed to shut up." She stepped around, a bit calmer now, "Well Serus?"

Serus motioned to Jaelynn, "You're already well aware I like to...test a few aspects of vampirism," she looked to Seth with a frown, "Sometimes they're not so..correct according to the council."

She could see Jaelynn tense as she continued, "When I first 'killed' Layla, I had truly believed her to be dead, and so reported it to the Council. Not too many years later, I was.." she bit her lip, unsure if she wanted to tell them. "..proven wrong. After finishing off the remnants of her coven, I had moved here, choosing not to be living in the Antinori Manor." She looked to Jaelynn once more, "That's when uh..you came into my life....back on topic. While I was in the middle of a Coven meeting, something suddenly felt wrong among my clan's officers.

"I had noticed one of them had a strange..signature to their mind. Vaguely familiar. Shortly after that, Layla revealed herself." She paused, entering the code into the second door and cracking it open, "You see, Layla can mimic the appearance of others. Not only that, she can do it so completely, it's almost impossible to tell unless you closely examine her, by then she launches her deadly attack.

"Either way, I could sense Layla had gotten much stronger than myself, and knew that if I failed the first time, I was not likely to succeed the second time. So, I had to..improvise. By this time, I had already mastered many telekinetic techniques, especially matters involving brain waves. Very interesting things they are." She trailed off, pondering about it for a moment, "Ah right. Well anyway, near the end of my battle, we were both fairly worn out, but I had a trick up my sleeve." She heard Jaelynn mutter 'As always' and shot her a glare.

"I had saved enough of my power to be able to siphon whatever I would need from her for my final move." She sighed, "I had stolen enough power to alter her brainwaves to make it think she needed to stay in a coma for the remainder of her life. It was the only way that I could keep everyone from finding out that I had failed. My coven swore secrecy about it, and I knew I could trust them indefinitely. I was going to kill her, but my curiosity got the better of me. I decided to keep her locked away in my Manor and st--"

Jaelynn interrupted, "You. Did. What!? What the hell were you thinking Serus!? You should have chopped her to pieces, fed her heart to the wolves and brought her head to the Council!"

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"Serus? Why did you do that. Curiosity aside why didn't you just kill her?" Seth asked sympathetic. "If you did this whole fucking mess wouldn't be going on right now." Seth said angered, even though he doesn't mind a fight. "Or if it still happened we would of only had Dragos to contend with." Seth said as he walked up to Serus. "Wait you said that Layla can mimic people and that you can't tell the difference from the fake or original?" Seth said looking into her blind eyes. "So how do we know that you are the real Serus?" Seth said as he cocked his head.

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Jaelynn stepped forward, "I can vouch for that, Seth. I can't exactly tell you why, unless Serus gives me permission, but you can trust me." Her face was blank of emotion as she looked back to Serus. "May I?"

Serus bit her lip a bit, "Well--.." She was interrupted by Jaelynn, then shook her head, "He can only handle so much in a day." The two stared at each other for awhile, arguing telepathically. After a few minutes, Serus snarled, "Fine, but I take no responsibility for this..secret. It was your choice to keep this fact hidden."

Jaelynn turned to , face Seth, crossing her arms, "If you were to examine our auras closely, while we're standing next to each other," She paused, moving to stand next to Serus, "you will notice something quite shocking.

"You may have noticed, that for some reason, I know just about everything Serus knows, about you; the council's motives, and so on and so forth." She paused, watching Seth carefully, "Now, turn off your aura sensing and tell me something. When you look closely at our faces, what do you see?" She tilted her head slightly to the side as Serus moved hers.

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Seth did as he was told. "Well this is indeed interesting." Seth said as he adjusted his eye's again to read their auras. "Well Serus is a light pink. Jaelynn's is purple. Wait." he zoomed his eye's in more on their auras. "Light pink! Knowing that Serus is around 500 and Jaelynn is around 400. Well that could work." "Well," he paused and sighed, "I say that Serus is your mother Jaelynn." Seth said nonchalantly as he took a seat on the little couch in front of Serus' bed. "I do got to say, I can't believe I didn't notice it earlier." Seth said as he folded his hands in his lap.

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Jaelynn nodded, "Correct. Layla may be able to replicate appearance, and maybe even aura, we're unsure, but she could never replicate her mind to the point I would not be able to recognize that it's her." She sighed, stepping away from Serus before she smacked her, "Now tell me why you didn't just tell the truth to the council? We could've avoided a lot of the issues we're currently facing."

Serus sighed, placing her hands on her hips, "Correct Seth, and as for your question Jae, you'll be surprised at my answer." She paused, "You all know how the Council can be..I couldn't subject Layla to their cruelty..oddly enough." She shrugged, "So, I kept her here." She swung the door open to reveal a full sized master bedroom. It was completely furnished, with red being the main color. "I spent most of my time analyzing her mind, decoding her powers and trying to figure out how to apply them to myself, or other vampires if need be.

"I already knew about the blood transfer of power, but it only lasts 24 to 48 hours, give or take. I wanted to know how to make it permanent. I never did. Just recently, about 50 years ago, I decided to venture around the country to see if I could find anyone who would know, but I couldn't go to the council of course. Just before I had met Seth, Dragos somehow found her and managed to wake her up..."

Jaelynn frowned, "Your cruelty knows no bounds either you know. I don't want to go into those details regarding Layla's...stay here. Either way, what about Dragos? How did he survive?"

"I have no idea. I had wanted to ask him before I killed him, but I never got the chance to do either." She chuckled slightly, shutting the door and sliding the panel back across the wall, "Thanks to Seth. Now that's not a bad thing though."

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"Hmm Serus? It's been about three days right?" Seth asked as he stood up. "Well," he looked over to Jaelynn kind of embarrassed, "do you remember when I told you I drank Dragos' blood and I was able to move earth?" He said looking at Serus.

"Well shortly before I killed him I drank almost all of his blood that was left." Seth said trying to get to the point. "What if the powers stay with you permanently if you drain the other vampires blood and then kill them?" Seth said as he went towards the door. "I wanna go see something." Seth said trying to wait for a response, but was almost to excited to wait.

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"Ah, ah ah, get back here." Serus hurried over, grabbing his shoulder and turning him around to face her. "I can check that." She placed her index finger on his forehead and closed her eyes, concentrating on his mind. She stayed out of areas that were none of her business, but quickly found the center where his brain stored knowledge of his power.

"Hmm..." she muttered as she thoroughly examined the area. "I do sense something about elements there, but it's not very strong, as you don't know much about it. Let me check..." she trailed off as she ventured through his..spirit so to say. She could definitely sense Dragos and his power flowing through Seth.

She stepped back, opening her eyes and tilting her head, "Amazing."

Jaelynn waited silently, her arms crossing over her chest once more. "Very," she stated simply as Serus spoke. "I wonder if it includes Dragos' strength?" After a moment of silence, she shook her head, "I do not sense any drastic increases from when I first met him. He definitely is a bit stronger since the fight though."

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"Aw." He said as he got turned around. "Is there anyway I can learn more about the elements?" Seth said as he thought. He looked at Serus."Maybe Felix could... No that's to dangerous. He thought as he looked down. "Hmm." Seth pondered.

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Serus shrugged, "Only an elemental user could show you. I have never dappled in those arts. I could perhaps help you with air, since it's basically like telekinesis, but other than that you're on your own." Her expression was mildly concerned, "There's plenty of space out back, just dont set the forest on fire?"

Jaelynn took a breath, "I'm going to check on the repairs. Don't you dare damage this house any farther." With that she left the room to go yell at some construction workers.

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"I wont." Seth said to Serus with a smile. He gave her a sweet kiss on the cheek and ran out. He felt like a kid in a candy store. Seth got to the little forest in the back of Serus' house. "I think I will try earth first, since I did do that one first." Seth said as he concentrated. He picked up a huge piece of earth and threw it into a tree. "Well now that was fun." He said with a big smile. After a few hours Seth mastered earth.

"Now let's try water." Seth said listening for a stream. "I don't know if I need water around or not." He said as he found a stream. He didn't go to the stream right away because he wanted to see if he needed water to use water. Seth concentrated and he felt it start to rain. "Did I do that." He said as he lost his concentration. The rain stopped a few seconds later. "Awesome!" Seth said as he started to concentrate. The ground started to shake and and it started to rain. He stopped concentrating but noting stopped. So he concentrated again and everything stopped. "Shit Layla!" Seth said shocked. He opened up a link with Serus and Jaelynn. "I think Layla is coming. Ill be in a few seconds to explain. Seth said as he turned and ran back to the house. "I wish in these moments I could teleport." Seth said still running.

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Suddenly Serus was next to him, her face made of seriousness, "Are you sure Seth?" She looked around with her mind, stretching it far past her secluded property. "I don't sense her anywhere near by..." She drew her mind back to her property, searching it thoroughly. "Nope." Suddenly, she noticed that Seth had still be running, expecting to meet Serus in her room. She chuckled a bit, "Don't run away from me now."

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“Wait. What?" Seth said as he stopped dead in his tracks. He turned around and saw Serus. "Serus sorry I didn't notice you." Seth said as he walked up to her. "I'm pretty sure. When I was practicing I got a feeling that Layla was coming." Seth said as he tried to calm his mind. He opened up a link with Felix.

"Felix has any new powers shown up?" Seth asked.
"Yes sir." Felix said as he sat down.
"What showed up?" Seth asked somewhat excited.
"Well sir I've been getting pictures of stuff." Felix said as he felt another one coming on but stopped it.
"Ahh I see you have Clairvoyance." Seth said proud.

Hmm Clairvoyance. That sounds interesting." Felix said as he cringed.
Seth felt Felix cringe. "Felix what’s wrong?" Seth asked worried.
"I just got images in my head." Felix said still reeling from what he saw.
"What did you see?" Seth asked wondering.
"Serus, and Layla." Felix started to say but he was cut off.

"Stop!" Seth said as he pulled Serus in on the conversation. "Now what did you see?" Seth asked very scared.
"Death, sadness, anger. Layla is coming. Layla and Serus will battle, and one of them will die." Felix said with great sadness.
"Damn it Felix! Stop being so fucking cryptic!" Seth yelled.
"I'm sorry sir but that's all I have for now." Felix said upset in himself.

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Serus was unfazed by the..visions. She shrugged a bit her cockiness showing again, "I already know these things Felix. I will not loose to Layla this time." She hummed a bit, removing herself from the conversation and walking off to grab a bit of blood from the kitchen.

She took the pitcher and poured the thick red liquid into a class. She didn't favor drinking blood this way, but she was bored. She had nothing better to do than just sit around and drink here and there.

Felix's news did upset her though, she just didn't let it show. Why would there be sadness and anger if Layla was the one to die. She frowned, swirling the blood around inside the glass. Why do I get the feeling it's not Layla who dies?

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Seth saw Serus walk away. "Hm anger and sadness? Who would be sad over Layla's death. Shit it's Serus." Seth said still a little angry but sad as well. "Felix why didn't you see me or Jaelynn fighting along side of Serus? Seth asked quickly.

"All I saw was Serus and Layla. I'm sorry sir." Felix said as he started to cry. He came to the conclusion that Serus was the one going to die.
"If you get anything new... ANYTHING contact me right away." Seth said as he went to look for Jaelynn.
"Yes sir." Felix said barely able to compose himself.