Unforgivables

\"I thought you said this was the closest town.\" Alexis muttered as they continued to walk. \"We have been walking for the last god knows how long.\"

\"This is the shortest way.\" Elise answered. \"I never said it would be right around the corner. I said it was the closest.\"

Lights began to shine through the forest trees and my glim outlook brightened slightly. \"Look!\" Christopher pointed. \"That\'s a city! An actual city!\"

We all ran towards the lights. It was a city. I had never been so happy to see civilization in my life. I hadn\'t been in a city in a long time but god, it look so nice. The others were so amazed with it. It was like none of them had ever seen a city before. A hand slipped into mine and I looked over to see Elise\'s eyes shining in the city lights.

We all walked down towards the town. \"It\'s gonna cost a lot of money to get stuff here.\" I told all of them. \"Do any of us have that kind of money?\"

\"Do not underestimate us.\" Alexis told me. \"Some of us actually had a job before all of this happened thanks.\"

I clenched my fists. \"So you think the rest of us are just scum off the street?\"

\"And what money do you have Tran?\" Alexis asked me.

I walked past him with my hands in my pockets. \"You\'ve never heard of Transient Johnson have you?\" I stopped and looked back at Alexis. \"Well, have you ever?\"

\"I know of the Johnson family.\" Alexis answered. \"They were all killed a long time ago. Had a...a son...who lived.\"

\"Nice to meet you.\" I told him.

***Magical Stars*** (a/n : this is for all of you who love Tran. A look into his past)


\"Tran?\" a little boy entered the room and looked around. \"Tran are you still in bed?\"

I sat up and looked over at him. \"What do you want Reed?\"

My brother crawled up next to me on my bed and smiled. \"Father says that we are going to be leaving soon Tran. Why aren\'t you ready to go to the summer house?\"

Falling back against my bed I stared at the ceiling. \"I don\'t want to go. I hate going to the summer house Reed.\"

\"But we will get to go swimming every day Tran. You love to swim with me.\" Reed argued. \"Don\'t you want to swim?\"

Giving up I crawled out of bed and put my clothes on. \"You are so annoying some times Reed.\"

\"Not like mom or dad would let you stay home by yourself anyway Tran.\" Reed jumped off my bed and ran to the door. \"See you at the car!\"

As soon as Reed had left my room my father entered and closed the door. \"You are just getting up?\" I nodded and walked up to him as I buttoned up my white shirt. \"We\'re going to be late now because of you.\"

\"Late for what? It\'s summer vacation.\" I muttered and went to walk past him but he grabbed my collar and hauled me up onto my toes.

\"This may be some sort of summer vacation paradise for you but don\'t forget that some of us still have to work so you can have this nice little break. Hell, you\'re nearly thirteen now, I should put you to work.\"

I glared at him. \"What you want me to do? Wack your enemies for you?\"

He let go and I hadn\'t even gotten back down onto my feet when his hand came down hard across my face. I fell onto the floor and lay there a moment before pushing myself up with my hands. \"You\'re just a real pathetic boy you know that Transient? Like you would even have it in you to get rid of anyone.\" he pulled me up by my collar again and stood me. \"I was five, when I started using this curse I passed down to you and just look at you. Over half the age and you still can barely do a thing.\"

For a long time I had pretended that his words didn\'t hurt me, that I didn\'t really listen, but the older I got the harder it was. It was hard to know what a failure I was in my father\'s eyes and hard to know that I truly was just average...when I strived so hard not to be. \"I\'m sorry father. Maybe it isn\'t me though. Maybe it is Reed. You never know.\"

\"It\'s you Tran.\" He grabbed my chin and made me look into his eyes. I hated when he did this. I hated when he sucked me into his eyes and held me there. He could suck you into that darkness with just the right look and it made me sick. \"You have the same eyes as me.\"

He let my face go and left my room. I set a hand on my cheek and walked over to the mirror in my room. A bruise was already forming. How horrible. My mom was going to freak out when she saw it and that was the last thing I needed. Every time my father hit me I had to sit through at least a half hour of her yelling at him and him telling her that I needed it to become stronger. My mom was just happy that I hadn\'t shown any signs of being like my father. She didn\'t want any of her children to...and I quote...be a monster.

Leaving my room I walked out to the living room and looked around. Everyone was already outside, I could see them through the window. God, it was a sunny day. I didn\'t want to go outside in this sun. I walked out and shielded my eyes as I headed towards the car. Linn ran up to me and smiled.

\"Tran you coming?\" Linn asked. She was only five...and adorable. I\'d never met a kid that I had liked but I liked Linn. \"We are going now so you better get in the car.\"

\"Tran.\" My mother said seeing my cheek. \"What happened?\"

I looked away from her. \"It\'s nothing. I was being clumsey is all.\"

I saw her glare at my father and then we all got in the car. It was a two hour drive to the summer house and eventful in no way what so ever. When we actually got there my brother was out of the car in seconds and yelling at my parents that he was going to the lake.

\"Tran come on!\" he yelled at me. \"You better come on! I can\'t swim by myself.\"

Sliding out of the car I winced at the sun shot into my eyes. God it was so bright. I hadn\'t thought that it would be so bright. I didn\'t remember it being so bright in this place. I followed Reed\'s path towards the lake. I didn\'t understand why a ten-year-old couldn\'t swim by himself. It wasn\'t like me being there would do much.

\"Tran.\" I looked back at my mother. \"Watch after him okay Tran?\"

\"Sure.\" I muttered and continued after him.

When I got to the lake Reed was already in the water swimming. I pulled my shirt off and then shed my pants before walking up on a rock and diving in. When I surfaced I looked around and saw my brother swimming a little bit away from me. He looked fine so unless he started screaming I figured I was okay.

\"Tran!\" he screamed and I quickly looked back at him. \"Look at this Tran!\"

I swam over to where he was sitting on the bank and pulled myself out of the water. I looked at what he was talking about and my eyes widened. The sadow of one of the trees was moving. I glanced at my brother, who was just as amazed as I was, figuring that it was him who had inheritade my father\'s gift and not I.

\"What is that Tran?\" Reed asked me. \"Why is that moving like that? The sun makes shadows and nothing else is moving.\"

\"I don\'t know.\" I muttered and saw Reed reaching over to touch it. \"Reed don\'t be stupid. Don\'t touch it when you don\'t know what it is.\"

He rolled his eyes. \"Tran it\'s a shadow. What is the worst it is going to do?\"

\"Reed!\" I yelled at him as he set his hand on it but I was to late. The shadow engulfed him and I sat there a moment completely in shock. \"Reed?\" my hand reached out towards the shadow and I touched it.

Darkness engulfed me and it felt like my body had gone completely cold. I could feel the blood flowing through my veins. It was like ice. I looked around a little before seeing my brother standing there. His head was lowered and he wasn\'t moving.

\"Reed?\" I asked but he didn\'t move. \"Reed answer me please...\" I walked over and set a hand on his shoulder. He didn\'t move. Carefully, with shaky hands, I lifted his head. He was so cold it wasn\'t funny. \"Ah!\" I screamed and fell backwards as I looked at my brother\'s face. He was blue, completely blue from frost. There was a frozen trail of blood coming from his mouth down his chin. \"Oh god...\" tears began to fall from my eyes. \"Reed...\"

The next thing I knew water was around me and I sawm to the surface trying to get air into my lungs. God, what had just happened? Reed...Reed! I looked around and saw his body laying on the bank. He was staring at me. His lifeless eyes bore into mine and I couldn\'t take it. I got out of the lake as fast as I could and didn\'t even brother to grab my shirt or my pants.

\"Mom!\" I yelled as I came into view of the house. \"Dad! Mom!\"

My mother came running out of the house and up to me. \"Tran? Tran what\'s wrong?\" she asked and set her hands on the side of my face to try and get me calm. \"Tran what is going on? Where is Reed Tran?\"

My father walked up next to us and stared at me. I looked up at him and his eyes locked with mine. \"Reed\'s dead.\"

\"What?\" My mother screamed at him and tears began to fall from his eyes. \"What do you mean dead? How is he dead?\"

\"I told you that it wasn\'t Reed, Tran.\" My father said to me. \"I told you we had the same eyes.\"

For the first time ever my mother slapped me and I set a hand on the side of my face looking at her in horror. \"You killed him! How could you do such a thing to your little brother? Why would you do that?\" she pulled my hand from my face and hit me again. \"You are nothing but a little monster aren\'t you? Nothing but a horrible little monster!\"

She went to slap me again but my father grabbed her wrist and pushed it away. \"Go take care of Linn, Rebeka. Go.\" he told her and she walked away without another word. He looked back at me but I kept my head lowered. \"Just ignore her Tran. There is no point in you getting worked up over what she says.\"

\"But I did it!\" I yelled at him. \"I killed him! It\'s my fault that he\'s dead and she has every right to say those things to me!\" I began to sob. \"I couldn\'t help him. I wanted to help him and I couldn\'t.\"

Hands were set on my shoulders and I looked up at my father. \"I went through the same thing Tran, and I accept what is going to happen with you. You are going to loose all of us Tran. All of us are going to be killed by the darkness inside of you and very soon.\" dear god what was he saying to me? \"You have to be strong Tran. No son of mine is going to cry like this you hear me? No son of mine will not accept his fate. You remember that book I made you read?\" I nodded. \"Everything you need to know was in that book. Understood?\"

\"But dad...\" I started.

\"Don\'t.\" he ruffled my hair and for the first time he smiled at me. \"I\'m very proud of you Transient. Know that okay?\"

***Magical Stars***

I lost my family that night. They were all killed the same way that my little brother had been killed. It had been hard on my senses. My mind had shut off from the outside world and everything in it. When someone had finally shown up, one of our maids, to check on us...she\'d found everyone dead. I had found solitude in the darkness that had taken my family from me. Realized that I would never again be rid of it. Realized that it was a part of me and that no time in the future would I escape.

My eyes traveled across the room and I looked at the red-head on the bed across from mine. Elise. The one person since my family had died to get close to me. I admired him for it and yet I couldn\'t figure out why he, of all people, got close to me. Someone like him, so sweet and naive, should have never been interested in someone like me...and yet...here we were.

***Magical Stars***

\"Hey there.\" I looked up from where I sat on the bench and found myself looking at, what I could only assume, a thirteen-year-old. \"You look lonely.\"

\"Why is that your problem?\" I asked him and looked away hoping he would get the hint.

He sat down by me, unfortunately. \"I don\'t like when people are lonely.\" he smiled at me. \"I\'m lonely enough for everyone.\"

I looked at him. His eyes were a briliant red and they matched his hair. \"Who are you?\"

\"My name is Elise.\" he answered. \"What is your name?\"

For a long time I had lied to people about my name. Made up names so no one would ever be able to find me. It made things easier for me. \"Tran.\"

He stood again. \"Well, I have to get home. Don\'t want anyone mad at me.\"

For a while I just sat there. Wondering what feeling was growing in my stomach. I stood and followed his path. For some reason I needed to see him. I wanted to just see him, observe him, just find out more about him.

\"You stupid boy!\" someone yelled and I headed towards the house. \"How do you drop something like that? You stupid boy!\" it was a deep italian accent.

I peeked around the open door and saw a man yelling at Elise. \"I\'m sorry.\"

\"Well sorry wont cut it! I am going to have to go buy more bread now because you can\'t carry one tray!\" he back handed Elise and the boy hit the wall from the force. \"Get down in the basement! I don\'t have time to deal with you right now!\"

My heart wrenched as Elise walked into the back. That couldn\'t be Elise\'s real father. I mean, my father had been bad but that...no way. \"God...\"

***Magical Stars***

\"Tran?\" I looked over Elise again. He was sitting up in the bed now. \"Are you okay Tran? You don\'t look well.\"

\"I\'m fine.\" I answered. \"Go back to sleep Elise. You\'re tired.\"

He stood and walked over to where I was sitting at the window. \"You\'ve been sitting there for a long time now. Are you sure you are okay.\" For a moment I just stared at him before pulling him into my lap and holding him close. I allowed the darkness to come around us. \"What\'s wrong?\"

I continued to hold him close, though we were standing now, and set my head on his. \"I don\'t want you to leave me Elise...\" I confessed to him. \"Never leave me.\"

\"Tran...Tran you know I would never leave you.\" Elise promised me. \"What\'s wrong Tran?\"

My grip on him tightened. \"This darkness...it scares me so much Elise.\" god it had been a long time since I had admitted that even to myself. \"Never leave me alone in this darkness Elise. You may not feel it...but\'s it\'s cold in here. I\'ve killed people in here Elise and it\'s cold with their hatred.\"

Elise hugged me tighter now. \"I wont evel leave you Tran. You don\'t have to be alone anymore.\"

A/N : I made it long for you all! Look at that! Because I am such a whore and kept you all waiting for so long. Well, I hope you enjoyed it. I feel like I kind of made the \"bad-ass\" Tran (which I was going for) into some little woman in that last little part there...so I might make him kill someone...hehehe. You will have to wait and find out. OH! I have an idea. I have an idea! Yey. There we go. Have fun. Review or you wont get another sex scene. I haven\'t done Tran and Elise yet. Take that as a hint of what the next one will be okay? Ta ta for now.

- I like Marilyn Manson...not his looks...just his voice and songs.