Twin Image: Family, Before Anything

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-April 11th, Saturday-

~Amelia's POV~

I hug Natalie goodbye, not wanting to let go. I don't want to leave. But I physically can't stop myself. I can't believe this. "Goodnight Amelia." She tells me, and I smile. "Goodnight Natalie." I tell her, wanting to cry my eyes out.

But, I head out the door with a smile. She closes it behind me, and I'm faced with the devil. Kyrene. The vampire I met a few weeks ago. The vampire that complused me, then complused me to forget.

He's Iorian's progeny. He grins at me, "Surpriseee." He says, and my smile fades. You've gotta be kidding me. "I bet you didn't think you'd be seeing me again, hm?" He asks, and I try to walk away from him. He whooshes in front of me, "I may not be able to harm you but don't think I won't make your life a living hell missy." He says, making me swallow hard. I cross my arms, "Now," he says, gripping my jaw, getting me to look into his eyes, "I complused you to get as close as physically possible to the alpha. Now it's time to see just how good you did." He says, and I try to wriggle out of his grip, tears forming in my eyes as I remember, "Tell me how to kill Natalie Eaton."

~Kyrene's POV~

She calms from my complusion, straightening up, "You can't kill her." She says, the tears dissipating in her eyes. I grow defeated, until I see the smile form on her face, "because technically, she can only kill herself." She tells me, and I become curious. Intrigued even. "Go on." I insist, "if she doesn't use her abilities, she's starts having seizures, and eventually . . ." She trails off, and she mimicks an explosion with her hands and mouth. "Brilliant. And would there be anyway to subdue her? Any weaknesses?" I ask, and she nods, "All you need to do, is get your hands on some pregnancy vitamins, shoot her up with them, and you have yourself a vulnerable Natalie. It's happened before. She told me she was kidnapped by another meta that way. The vitamins are Thiamine, Riboflavin, and Niacin." She tells me, and I take her hand, and kiss her knuckles. "Why thank you miss Dixon, now," I pause, pondering how I should go about this as I offer my arm, "Forget I asked you anything, and allow me to take you home, and protect you as if you we never met that night." I compluse her, and just like that, she takes my offered arm. And just like that, I have a plan.

-Six months later-

-October 12th, Sunday-

~Natalie's POV~

"Ohh teenagers of mine! Guess what just came in the mail!" I yell out, levitating the semi-big box onto my living rooms coffee table. And instantly, I hear rumbling come from my spiral stairs, and soon, I hear cussing and pushing and fighting. Junior playfully shoves his twins siblings out the way and makes it to me first, just as I get the box from Erudite open. Erudite just finished creating their very first mobile, touch-screen, cellular device. I pull out the first little box containing a phone, and of course, Caleb plastered Erudite's all seeing eye on the back of it. I swear to got if it's called an Eye-Phone, I'm gonna-, "I can't believe him!" I exclaims, half amused and half impressed as I read the info.

"Eye-Phone? Really Caleb?" I mutter, beginning to pass them out to my salivating children. And all of them throw me quick 'thank you's' before scrambling back upstairs to their rooms with them. I take one out for me and my husband, and set them aside. Seeing like, ten-eleven more phones stacked neatly in here. Jesus.

"Can I have one mommy?" One of my triplets come up to ask me, with those doe eyes. "Aww, come here my Coley-Bear." I tell him, and I sit, and have him sit next to me. I play with his curly auburn locks, and admire that lovable patch of blue in his eyes. "Baby, I'd love to give you one but, you're too young to have a phone just yet. But I'll tell you what," I say, making him perk up, "On you're fourteenth birthday, I'll get you a phone. But until then, you can have one of mommies brand new pints of ice cream in the fridge all to yourself." I tell him, and he gasps, so excited. "Is it the nasty vanilla ones or the one sissy had when you had to take us to gammies?" He seems to asks first, making me laugh.