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My feet delicately touched the cold black marble, I couldn't see it but it was there.

I walked forwards, I stood there facing me, well someone else, He opened his eyes.

They were red, were the other two? I looked around.

"They were just images" he said coldly, I looked at him confused.

"Images of what?" I asked, where was I? was I dreaming again?

"Your humanity and your soul" he said with anger, he looked lonely, it made me sad yet I was still scared of him.

"They are you, where as I'm an outcast" he said, there was so much hatred and rage inside of him.

"You're the vampire me" I said, he nodded and clapped sarcastically.

"And I should have taken over your body, but you're already something else, and it won't accept me" he said.

"What does that mean, I'm human" I said confused, he shook his head and laughed.

"You've never been human Abel" he said quickly, but I was born? I remember growing up.

"What am I then?" I asked softly, his eyes darkened as he shrugged his shoulders.

"You don't know, and neither do I, we're more alike than you think Abe" he said.

"We're nothing alike" I said offended, I knew what he was, a monster, he had taken over my body before.

"We are Abel, you're just to pure to accept me, it's unnatural, you're not of this world" he said.

"How do you know that?" I asked, how did he know so much if I didn't.

"I'm inside your head, deep down inside you know, and it'll surface sooner than you think" he said tapping his temple.

"Will you help me find out what I am?" I asked, or more like begged, he thought about it.

"All I could pull from your head was the name Helen" he said, if felt satisfaction.

"There must be more, please" I said grabbing his arms, I felt bones crack in my arm.

"I don't like you Abel, in fact I hate you, you should have faded a long time ago, but now I suffer, don't ever think we're friends" he said coldly.

"Now leave and don't come back" he said, he grabbed his stomach, he looked like he was in pain, he coughed blood.

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I my body shot up, I gasped for are, that was the second dream I've had like that.

Why were they so confusing, they always seemed to revolve around who I really am.

First it was about Calvin, now it's about some Helen person, and what was happening to my vampire.

I walked to my bathroom and splashed water over my face, I looked up and my jaw dropped.

I grabbed my hair and pulled it, it began to get darker before my eyes, what!?

"What the hell!?" I cried out, the brown quickly turned into a jet black, I ran my hand through my hair and for a second it turned brown but darkened immediately.

I gave up and let it turn black, nothing else seemed to change thankfully, why was this happening?

Time to got to the cafe and do some research on what was happening and who this Helen was...

(Tim's POV)

The horn went off, time to wake up I, I slowly rolled off the side of my bed, I really shouldn't have stayed out that late.

For once I admired my step moms bed time rules, I washed my face and got dressed.

We were walking onto the football field, "look man, thanks for what you did last night" I said softly.

"No problem" he said quickly as he focused on practice, I decided to take it easy on him today.

After 7 straight hours of practicing everyone but me looked like they were ready to puke.

But everyone smiled at each other, this was the first time I had seen the whole team getting on.

I smiled, I was actually proud of my team, we looked like one big family.

I wonder how they'd react if they found out that I messed around with Abel, would they react like Simon or would they turn on me?

We all were in the games room, coach had just given us a pep talk and everyone was pumped.

Except for me, I say on the couch quietly, I stared off into the distance, this whole secrecy thing was eating at me.

"Are you okay man?" Simon said softly sitting next to me, his arm rested around my shoulders.

"Yeah I just feel like crap" I said softly, his face looked shocked, and he raised his eyebrows, that really made me laugh.

"I just hate how distanced we are, I feel like I don't even know who I am anymore" I said honestly.

He cleared his throat, he always hated these emotional talks, but he would do it for me.

He sat there and listened to all my problems, this was way better than how it's been in the end.

"Well the decisions you make will be yours, just know I'm always here for you" he said softly.

"Thank you, that means so much" I said with a half smile, his eyebrows scrunched together.

"But" he started, my eyes widened, what were the buts, there were no buts, this was perfect.

"But if your family ever hurts Abel, or even you, I'll make it my goal in life to kill you" he said harshly, I smiled and nodded, I felt the exact same way.

He smiled back, he knew I knew how he felt, this new bond we had was stronger than any others.

Today was amazing, I had my best friend back, and this time I was going to make it work.

As we drove home there were no confrontations, we laughed and joked, and talked about pointless things.

But it was these pointless and normal things that I loved, my life seemed to really be coming together.

And now I get to go home and see the boy of my dreams, my life couldn't get any better.

(My POV)

The only research I could find was about Helen of Troy, she was the most beautiful woman in the world.

Could that have to do with me? was I a descendant or something, is this change my bodies going through related to her.

Was she something else? I knew there was one person who would have some answers.

My phone rang Eric, yet again it went to his voice mail, it listened to his voicemail as I missed his voice.

This was so confusing, it's like with every answer I got I would get two more questions.

"Honey did you dye your hair?" my mom asked as she ran a hand through my hair.

"Yeah do you like it?" I lied, she smiled and slapped my butt before she sat down across from me.

"I love it, everyday you become more and more beautiful" she said with a warm smile.

I watched as she slowly sipped her coffee, it was late at night and few people came in for dinner.

"Hey mom where are we from? like our ancestors?" I asked her, she put her cup down and thought.

"We're Italian, from Rome" she said, my heart skipped a beat as she said that.

In Greek mythology the Trojan war happened because Troy stole Helen and wedded her to the second prince.

Helen was already married to a Greek king and they started a huge war, Greece of course won with the brains of Odysseus.

You've probably heard of the Trojan horse, well anyway after Greece won they burned Troy to the ground.

Some Trojans however escaped, and searched for a new home, after ages of searching they founded Rome.

Could I actually be a descendant of Helen, "hey what about dad's side?" I asked.

Her face went pale, I choked on my words, I had said it without even thinking.

Suddenly my breathing became harsh, I started to have an anxiety attack as the memories rushed my mind.

My mom laid me on the ground and held my head, some people crowded around me.

"It was my fault, it was my fault, my fault" I cried insanely, my mom patted my head and whispered comforting things.

She began to sing softly into my ear, my heart started to calm, I stared into the distance.

Her soothing voice filled my ears, when I was young I had suffered so much trauma that I erased my own memories.

Even when they would come back to my head I would have panic attacks and the memories would slip away.

Unfortunately that wasn't happening this time, my mind was a lot stronger now, the memories would stay with me.

(Flashback)

My dad was driving, his brown hair was slicked back, I was only five at the time, I kept jumping around in the back seat.

"Abel calm down" my dad's voice rang, I giggled at him, his face would always turn red when he was mad.

"Daddy, daddy" look at my drawing I squeaked with a proud excitement, I pushed the paper in front of his face.

"Not now Abel!" he yelled swatting the paper out of his face, I remember was so angry.

Explosions of thunder rang in the sky as it began to pour raining, I looked at myself in the mirror.

My blue eyes were now a glowing yellow, "daddy my eyes" I screamed scared.

He looked in the read view mirror and cursed in fear, he swung his head around to look at me like it wasn't real.

"Oh gosh Abel!" he yelled, his fear made mine peak, I screamed astonished.

The car screeched and flipped off the side of the road, the mud made the car slide down the hill.

When I opened my eyes my dad laid outside of the car, I slid out of my seat belt and out of the broken window.

"Daddy" I whispered, I crawled over to him, he had a huge piece of glass through his stomach.

I began to cry as he coughed blood, "daddy I'm sorry!" I screamed, my head was ringing.

"Abel it's not your fault" he said forcing a smile, I looked at him in confusion, why was he smiling if he was hurt.

"Look I'm fine buddy" he said wiping his mouth, the rain cleaned the blood off his face.

"Daddy you're hurt" I said touching his stomach, he flinched but still held a smile on his face.

"I am, but remember this Abe, if you smile the pain will go away" he said flashing his teeth.

His head softly fell against the ground as he began to go pale, "I love you son" he said softly.

"I love you too daddy" I said, he kept looking at the sky, I shook him.

"Daddy I said I love you too" I said, he still didn't answer, I shook him again even harder.

"I said I love you too daddy!" I screamed, why was he ignoring me, my knees were warm.

I looked down, my legs were soaked in his blood as were my hands, I wanted to scream, I wanted to cry.

But instead I sat there and smiled in defeat, I knew he was dead, and it was my fault.

Yet I still smiled, I felt that since it was the last thing he told me he would come back to life if I smiled.

But he didn't, smiled for so long it hurt, but i couldn't stop, "I'm smiling daddy" I said softly.

I looked at the huge shard of glass in his stomach, my glowing yellow eyes made me sick.

I was so sickened by them I threw up, my head throbbed as I prayed so hard that sight of me would go away.

And it did, I ended up cursing myself, my eyes returned to normal and pimples began to emerge on my young face.

I smiled, this self punishment would be nothing near what I deserved, I killed my dad.

(Flashback over)

As I looked at my mom who smiled with tears in her eyes I realized I was old enough to understand.

My dad did smile to get rid of the pain, but it wasn't his pain he was getting rid of, it was mine.

If you smiled people would think you're okay, so they wouldn't worry about you.

After I caught my breath and the flashback left my mind a man stared down at me.

He smelled of my moms perfume, my mom returned with water, I drank it, the commotion had ended and people went back to eating.

Oh my gosh this was my moms new boyfriend, there was a familiarity in the way he looked at me.

It was the same kindness that my mom had, immediately I felt like I could trust him.

"My name is Robert Mellonie" he said shaking my hand, I smiled at him.

"Abel" I said blandly, I was pretty embarrassed that we met under these circumstances.

"It's nice to meet you Abel" he said with a warm smile, i began to eat a burger, don't judge me.

"It would've been nicer if we'd met a better way" i said with a laugh, he laughed with me.

I liked this guy, and I could see how happy my mom was that we got along.

After hours of talking and getting to know each other I left to go home, it was raining softly.

"It's time for you to accept me Abel" the voice echoed in my head, I stopped in my tracks and looked around.

I knew exactly who it was, it was me, well the part of me that killed my father.

I looked into the shop window, "it's going to be harder to control our power since you've locked me away for so long" he said to me.

"I don't want your power" I said to my reflection, his face softened.

"Abel I'm not your vampire, we are the same person, you're just in denial" he said.

And it was true, just like Tim had hid the part of him away I had done this to myself.

"Please, I don't want too" I said softly, his eyes looked sad and deprived yet he was so beautiful.

"It's already started, we can't keep fighting it, danger is coming Abel, and we need protection" I said to myself.

A truck drove past splashing me with water, "are you serious!" I yelled, I didn't think that happened in real life.

I looked back to the window, my glowing red eyes looked back "don't do it"my vampire said to me.

"If you give in you'll lose your humanity, and believe it or not I have some humanity" he said.

"You're a monster" I said he snickered and nodded in agreement.

"I may be a monster but I can protect you" he said, I shook my head, no I could protect myself.

I had power of my own and I would fight this new power churning in me, Calvin could.

Thinking of the name sent butterflies in my stomach, "fine, but you'll be weak without me" my vampire said.

My eyes quickly vanished, I gasped for air as I clenched my chest, it was like he had given up fighting for control of my body completely.

I began to run home since it started to hail, my feet moved slowly, what was wrong with me.

My strength was gone as well, and the ice hurt my skin, I was freezing, with my vampires absence was the absence of my abilities.

I ran up my porch stairs and slammed the door shut behind me, the roaring winds picked up.

I took off my clothes at the door and walked up stairs, I looked at myself in the mirror.

The yellow dots in my eyes has expanded the tiniest of width, my eyes were now 1 3rd yellow.

I felt sick, this change was inevitable, I was becoming a man, and with my manhood came power.

Power yes, but would it be power I wanted or a curse that tormented me until the end?

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