Chapter 5

  Siblings-1

  Maurice: I'm the oldest. I'm 26. I'm called the Monk. I moved to the monastery in Tibet 6 years ago. I am a Tibetan Monk. I raise and train the guard dogs. Huge Tibetan Mastiffs. I love animals and even though I'm a hybrid, I'm more wolf and witch than vampire or fae.

  The day when the twins were born. I knew I must be there. My intuition told me something was happening but I don't know if it's a good thing or bad. I just know I have to be there and trust my feelings like I have always done. That is my strength.

  When I walked into the hospital, I see Dad talking to my other siblings. I hear a baby screaming. I hear dad say she hasn't stopped crying since her first feeding. I walked up and told Dad, it was going to be ok. I knew what was wrong. I was followed in the nursery by the others. I politely introduced myself and the other 4 to our baby sister.

  She is the most beautiful baby I have ever seen. She has deep red hair and her eyes are already an emerald green. She looks like our great grandmother on mom's side of the family. I was told that's where we get the witch side to us.

  I never question my actions, I just do. I trust my insight. I take her bottle and cut my palm with my claw and squeeze my blood into it. I shake up the new mixture, pick up my little sister's angel and feed her. She drinks the full 8 ounces and is wanting more. I tell Louis to mix up another bottle for her just like I did. After 3 full bottles she is finally asleep and full.

  I don't know if she is more vampire than faerie or vice versa but one thing about her. She isn't going to be like anything I have ever seen or heard about. A mystery and a miracle all in one. I can feel it. I felt the day Mom told us she was pregnant.

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  Halloween:

  For us All Hallows Eve is like Christmas and Birthdays rolled into one. We gather as a family and give gifts and hand out treats to the little ones. We go to the orphanage and put on plays or some type of comedy act for the children there. That is my favorite part of the night. We just returned from the orphanage, and gathered by the fire to tell stories. Another family tradition that I love. We take turns and see who can tell the scariest story, the winner gets a prize. Last year it was a four wheeler. Lou won it by telling a story about a patient he had with some type of fungus infection. Catalina tells a story about her son Dorian finding a weird stone, but it wasn't a stone, it was a dragon's scale. Nick tells a story about someone getting their house broken into over a video game. Lou tells another one of his hospital horror stories. Apparently that place is crawling with spooky things. I tell a story about a supposedly haunted cave I was made to stay in for a night. It wasn't haunted by anything but bat's. Dads turn. He always says that it isn't a fair game if he plays since he bought the prize. This year was different. He stood up and said. Kids, your Mom had to cancel her dream vacation and it's my fault. We all froze! Now that is the scariest story by far. Mom has been dreaming of that vacation since Nick was old enough to stay by himself without burning the house down. Dad just slumps back down in his set looking defeated.

  Mom then stands up. We waited with baited breath to find out what Dad did so bad that she had to cancel her vacation. She looks at Dad and says Yes Jackson Alexander Dracul,it is your fault! If you hadn't knocked me up with not one but two babies, we would be on a plane the day after Christmas heading for Greece. Can you count? I'm carrying two of your offspring now! Then Mom quickly sits back in her chair clearly brewing. Wait. Mom are you really pregnant? Cat asked. Mom replied in her calm voice. Yes dears, your numb nuts of a father knocked me up. Lou stands back up and says. I ran the test myself. Our Mom is indeed preggers with twins. With a huge smile on his face, he continued. I also had to convince Mom not to murder Dear ol Dad because I wouldn't be able to deliver our siblings if she went to prison. Mom just glares at him. Poor Louis, I feel sorry for him after Mom gives birth. I stand up and hug Mom. That's when I feel it. I can't explain the feeling not really. It's like chill bumps but warm, tingles and a wave of water flowing over me but it happens all at one time.

  I tell Mom that these babies are special and to take care of them and herself. She doesn't question me. She just takes a deep breath, looks me dead in my eyes and tells me she trust me. I'm thankful that my family has learned not to ask questions because I can't answer them, not until after everything is over with.

  Like the time , Cat was going to a party with friends. I told her not to leave, that something was going to happen. She called her friend and told her something came up and she couldn't go. Come to find out, at that party, people got arrested because a few idiots put drugs in the drinks and several kids were in the hospital for overdoses.

  These babies are going to make a change in the world, they are special. If anything, if the military can find the exact compound for Vlad's gas, they can use it in warfare. I guarantee it is strong enough to clear out an entire country.