What Lurks Behind The Trees

Reunited

Gregor exhaled and turned the door handle, he walked in and closed the door behind him. When he turned around two men were standing in front of him. Gregor's eyes shifted between the two men, he studied their features. One had short brown hair, and piercing grey eyes, his was tall and built. The other was also tall and built, but his eyes were brown and his hair was dark.

"Human?"

Gregor flinched and looked at the man with grey eyes "J-Julian?"

The man with the grey eyes frowned, he walked closer to Gregor and examined his face, then slowly his eyebrows lifted up and his eyes widened, his mouth opened slightly and his chest started heaving. Before Gregor could process what was happening, he was tackled into a crushingly tight hug, too tight he could barely breathe, but he felt the tears welling up in his eyes, he felt himself shiver slightly before he wrapped his arms around his older brother. He buried his face into his shoulder and cried, he couldn't believe it, he couldn't believe he finally found his brother, he couldn't believe that his brother recognised him.

Julian pulled back from the hug and looked at his brother's face, his eyes softening, but there were no tears, it seemed like his tough reputation was correct. The other man stood awkwardly in the back, scratching his head.

"Gregor? Is this really you?" Julian asked.

Gregor nodded and Julian squeezed his shoulder before leading him to sit down.

"How did you find me?"

"Someone told me you were here, so I travelled across the forest,"

"Gregor, how did you manage to do that? It's impossible," Julian said, "Did you get hurt? Are you alright?" he asked, his eyes scanning over the scratches on his face then frowning at his eye "Y-your eye?"

Gregor looked down, "It's a long story...What's more important is your story, Julian! That's why I'm here, I need to know why you're here,"

"It's also a long story, first let me introduce you to my friend, Raymond,"

Raymond, who was leaning on the window sill with his arms crossed, smiled at him and nodded slightly.

"I'm Gregor Blackwood," Gregor nodded back.

"Never thought I'd meet another Blackwood," Raymond said.

"I also have some friends who came with me," Gregor said to Julian.

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Julian rubbed his face in stress, "So you're saying there were over one hundred and fifty of you? That's insane, a suicide plan, what were you thinking?"

"Well, it was our only way," Alan said.

"And what tells them that you're "cursed"? How would they know?"

"We all have a peculiar scratch somewhere on our bodies," Felton said. "In Gregor's case, it's his eye, since he was bitten,"

"May I see it?" Julian asked cautiously. Gregor lifted the eye patch and both Julian and Raymond moved closer to have a better look.

"It's really prominent," Raymond stated.

"Yeah, quite noticeable," Julian muttered.

"With this eye, I can transform my arm into that of a Night Slayer," Gregor said and demonstrated morphing his left arm.

Julian and Raymonds mouths were wide open in shock "That's...that's wonderful!" Raymond said.

"Really?"

"Yeah, you have powers, my friend, I bet that was very helpful to you in the forest," Raymond said and Gregor nodded.

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"Father was caught?"

"Yes, as soon as the king saw the dagger he sent for his guards,"

"Father was a fool for not changing his name," Julian frowned.

"Why? Why is the king after our father? What is this secret that he didn't tell me?"

Julian sighed "On that day..."

-15 years ago-

"What do you mean?!" the man yelled at Rogerus "This cannot happen! Find them all find them all and kill them!"

"Yes, Sir Randoul" Rogerus bowed his head and went to open the door.

"Wait!" Randoul said "Bring them to me, every one of them,"

"Even Flora?"

"Especially her! Now!"

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"E-Edison! What is going on?" a fifteen-year-old Raymond said, his lips shaking in fear.

The guard turned to him and Julian "This is bad, you have to leave now!"

"Edison! Where is my father?!" Julian yelled.

"Julian, look at me" Edison put his hands on Julian's shoulders "You...you have to protect Raymond, please,"

"B-but...but I can't! I don't know what's happening!"

"Come with me, I'll get you out of here," Darren's father Edison said.

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"Oh Dyron, where is Julian? Find him now we have to leave!" Ada said, cradling a two-year-old Gregor in her arms and holding on to a five-year-old Laina.

"I'll go find him, you stay here" Dyron ran out of the room to look for his son.

"Mother, what is happening?" Laina asked, her eyes welling up with tears when she saw her distressed mother.

"Nothing, my darling, we just have to leave this castle immediately,"

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"Please leave us!" Flora yelled at Jarin Randoul.

"Is this all of them?" Jarin turned to Rogerus who nodded. Then Jarin's eyes widened "Where is the boy?! Where is Raymond?!"

"No! Not my son! Please!"

"Find him now!" Jarin's brown eyes were bloodshot, his chest was heaving in anger. "Tell me, Flora, didn't I threaten you not to reveal anything?"

"It wasn't me, I swear!" she sobbed, ten other people were beside her, sobbing and crying in fear.

"YOU WERE THE ONLY WHO KNEW, YOU AND RICHARD!" Jarin held is head in his hands and closed his eyes "After I kill you, I'll kill your husband I swear," he whispered.

"Please no." Flora cried.

"My son will become king, no one will stand in his way, I raised Edmund to be king,"

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"There, hide in the back of this wagon, it'll go west, from there cross the forest and you'll find Aigronyth, do not come back here, you will be killed, now go!" Edison said.

"Edison, what about you?" Julian asked.

"I'll go find your families and protect them, but you have to protect Raymond, do you understand?"

Julian nodded and the wagon left.

Edison clenched his fist, his heart was pounding against his chest, he blinked his eyes to stop the tears from flowing down as he watched the wagon go.

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Aaaaaaah what?! OMG guys this is the beginning of the back story,  it will be continued in the next few chapters until it says -present time-. 

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