Chapter 1

Elli sat under a tree in the park, listening to her music as she typed on her laptop. She was smiling happily to herself as she typed, working on a short story for English class. Her house was always big and empty, so she spent her time in the town's park, so she wouldn't feel so alone.

Damion wandered around seeming to be lost. He looked across the forest and saw a young girl against a tree. He hadn't had any fun in a long time so he decided to play a little prank. He focused intently on the tree behind her and suddenly it vanished. He looked at the ground under her and immediatly it turned white.

Elli looked down ever so calmly. She knew she wasn't falling, so she shrugged and went back to typing. She looked as if this wasn't her first time dealing with something like that.

Damion crossed his arms over his chest and suddenly there were a buquet of black roses infront of her rather than her laptop. The laptop had vanished and been replaced. The roses smelled and felt so perfectly real that even the thorns on the stem would actually slice your finger.

Elli blinked and sighed. "Look you. If my information isn't saved when I get my laptop back, you will regret it." she growled. She looked at the roses and picked one up, actually slicing her finger on purpouse.

Damion chuckled silently. He walked out into the open part of the forest allowing her to see him. "You're bleeding." He stated watching Elli's
"I can see that." Elli smiled. She popped her finger into her mouth and sucked on it gently to stop the bleeding.
reaction.

Damion stepped out further on the white ground and smiled. He stood for a moment and than suddenly fell. It looked like he had fallen down into the white darkness below them.

Elli rolled her eyes and sighed. "Oh dear..." she said, standing up. She lit her finger on fire to close the wound, which it did.

Screams of the falling male were heard in a distance. Damion was standing quietly behind her watching her trick. "Well that was pretty cool." He laughed from right beside her ear.

Elli looked over her shoulder at him cautiously. "What was?" she asked.

"You aren't amazed? Look, we are standing on...nothing." Damion joked.

"How can we be standing on nothing, if I am still standing...?" Elli challenged.

Damion laughed. "What if we aren't standing? What if we are falling without knowing it?"

"Then my feet would feel light, without any pressure. Like how it is to fly." Elli smiled.

Damion looked down and to the right thinking about her observation. "Well...thats because...." Damion gave up and sighed releasing his illusion but the laptop still hadn't reappeared. The roses were still there.

Elli sighed. "Wheres my laptop?"

"Laptop?" Damion had a sweet innocent puppy dog look on her face.

"Don't play dumb with me." Elli said, completely serious. She wanted her laptop back so she could at least save the progress she made in her story.

"Well than you better at least grab one rose before they vanish." Damion said.

Elli sighed and grabbed one of the roses, pricking her finger again. She cussed under her breath.

Damion smiled and blinked making everything go back to normal. The ground and the tree were there again and the laptop sat at their feet. Damion was leaning up against the tree the whole time...which explained his comfortable stance beside her ear the whole time. The rose stayed there in her hand smelling just as sweet as before.

Elli kneeled down and saved her progress with one hand, sucking on her bleeding finger again.

Damion sighed. "So you weren't impressed?" He asked her.

Elli looked up. "I wouldn't say I wasn't impressed. It just doesn't bother me..." she smiled.

Damion blinked. "Doesn't....bother...you?" He asked hesitant and shocked. "How so?"

"I'm used to it." Elli chuckled lightly.

"From who?" Damion asked. "'Cause I'm sure I havn't met a woman as pretty as you are." He winked at her as he teased.

---

A young girl in a short red dress and long black boots and her face in a book walked along the side walk and into the middle of the road still reading her book and not noticing she was in the middle of the road.

A very tall male with blue eyes and dark brown hair pulled her out of the street before she got ran over by a truck. "Are you alright...?" he asked softly.

The girl dropped her book and picked it up. "...yes...thank you...."

The male named Johnathan smiled. "Good. I was worried." he said.

"...why? you dont even know me..." The girl stated staring at him.

Johnathan shrugged. "And your point is...? I don't like to see blood spilt." he smiled, showing his fangs.

The girl smiled and little and opened her book again. "...well....thanks...again...for saving my life...i guess..."

Johnathan smiled and nodded. "No problem."

A tall man with green hair and bright green eyes wandered down along the sidewalk and walked past the couple and bumped up against Johnathan and the girl as he walked past. "Excuse me." He said seemingly apologetic but was proud he used his power so successfully and without their knowledge. He was sure they would drool over him now.

Johnathan looked over and blinked. "Don't worry about it." he said. He seemed to be in his own thoughts at the moment.

A ball of water hit the man in the back of his head. The girl sighed and picked up her book again, and then looked at Johnathan hoping he didnt see that.

The man stopped and blinked at the ground infront of his noticing that his long green hair was now dripping infront of his face. He looked over his shoulder at the girl.

Johnathan couldn't help but laugh.

The girl looked away quickly acting like she didnt do it.

Tonani glared at the two. Why didn't it work? He was certain they would swoon for him the moment he touched them.

Bella looked at Tonani and then looked away quickly. She put her face into her book biting her bottom lip hopping he would just keep walking away. His magic started to kick into her slowly.

Tonani smirked. "Bingo..." He muttered then turned around. "Excuse me...ma'm. Did you throw that?" His hair dripped wet and his was shirtless meaning his hair was all wet and shaped the muscles perfectly. His jeans were skin tight and had one large belt buckle on. His eyes shone bright and were a bit hypnotizing.

Bella tried to keep her face into her book. "....what if i did sir??"

"Well than we have a problem now don't we?" Tonani said in a strict voice but had a smirk piercing through his lips.

Bella turned the page in her book trying hard not to look at Tonani. "....I dont know....do we??"

"Look at me." Tonani said knowing his power had bound her to do what he says.

Bella tried to fight it but failed and looked at Tonani and then quickly put the book infront of her face and sighed in relief.

---

Madelaine stood leaning against a tree, a strange leather covered book in her hands. She seemed lost in the words of the book.

Johnathan rolled his eyes and had walked away while Tonani and Bella were so distracted by each other. He walked past Madelaine and blinked and backtracked, looking down at the book to see what she was reading. Not being able to see the letters very well, he asked. "What'cha reading?"

Madelaine glanced at Johnathan, then closed her book. "It's nothing..."

"Really? From what I saw, it looked interesting." Johnathan smiled sweetly.

Madelaine smirked slightly and held the book out. "It's an old book my grandfather left for me..." she stated, giggling as the cover that was revealed stated "Ultimate Joke Book of All-Time"

Johnathan opened it up and took a look. "Hmm.. I think I've read something like this before..."

"Just about everyone has... it's a normal joke book..." Madelaine muttered, shrugging. "I'm Madelaine by the way" she said after, holding out a hand.

Johnathan smiled and gently shook her hand. "I'm Johnathan."

---

Dawn was sitting near a tree, listening to her music and trying to draw something. Paper after paper got crumpled and she started sighing. "Dammit, why can't I ever to seem to draw hands!" she said and grumbeled some more, turning the volume of her mp3 up in hopes of getting some inspiration out of the music.

---

Zim and Zan were both playing kick ball with eachother. "Left! LEFT!"Zan yelled as Zim kicked it to the right. "Thats My left!"He yelled. Zim whimpered. "Not nice! "Oh yeah?" Zan grinned and tackle glomped her. Zim meeped and giggled."Zan!"She squeeled and huggled her brother.

Dawn saw two people playing with the ball and thought to herself that maybe this could be a good practice for her drawing. Quickly she picked up her sketchpad and started drawing, occasionally looking up from the paper.

Zim pinned Zan down."Haha!I got you this time!" She giggled and nuzzled her brother.

Zan smiled and nuzzled her back. He felt someoone looking at them and looked over at Dawn.

Dawn saw one of them looking at her and turned red. She started stammering an apology "I-I didn't mean.. t-to.." and then turned even more red. "I think I'd better go know." she said quietly, afraid of what they would say.

Zim got up and hopped over."It's okay!"She said happily."You're an artist.Artists need insperation.I guess we were your insperation!"She smiled all happily and friendly-like.

Zan walked over and smiled."No harm done..."

Dawn let out a sigh of relieve. "Well, if you say so. " she said, smiling faintly, then remembered she hadn't properly introduced herself. "I'm Dawn, by the way and I guess I somewhat owe it to you to show you the drawing, no?" she said jokingly

"I'm Zim!"Zim smiled happily.She gave up a thumbs up.

"And I'm Zan..."He smiled softly and placed his hands in his pockets.

"We're the Horogashi twins."Zim giggled and smiled."You don't have to show us now.I wana see the finished product.

Dawn nodded and said "Nice to meet you Zim and Zan." She smiled again and was happy that everything turned out okay.

"YAY!SHE DOESN'T THINK WE'RE FREAKS!"Zim glomped Dawn.

Zan meeped adn pulled his purring sister off the other female."Calm down Zim!Not everybody thinks we are freaks.Just a lot of judgemental idiots that judge people by the way they dress or what species they are."

"True..."Zim smiled happily.

Dawn, not used to being glomped, blinked, and then replied, adressing Zan "I don't consider anyone freaks, everyone unique in his or her own way..."

Zim smiled happily."Really?"

Zan smiled softly and his lynx like ears perked up. He turned and saw a mouse.Grinning,he turned nad poucned on it.

"HEY!!"Zim growled."Share!"

"Yep, really. I am, however, somewhat of a tree hugger and I don't want that poor mouse to suffer." she said jokingly, swooping in to rescue the animal.

Zan growled softly and picked the mouse up with his mouth and jumped into a tree."MINE!"He growled more.

"I'm sorry...Me and Zan don't really eat that often, so whatever we can find, we eat."Zim whimpered.

"Well, that doesn't sound to healthy.. You know what, I think I still have loads of things in my bag that I can't eat anyway, because my parents think I eat way more than I do. Hope you guys like tofu?" Dawn asked.

Zan dropped the mouse and jumped down."What's tofu?"They both asked,blinking blankly.

Dawn quickly reached into her bag and pulled out some sort of tupperware-container.
"Tofu is a meat-replacing product, made out of soybeans. It's really good, you should try it" she said, offering the food-bowl to Zan and Zim.

Zan stared at it,twitching softly.Zim took the containter and sniffed it. She poked it,then grabbed a pair of chopsticks from her pocket.She picked a piece up and placed it in her mouth,chewing it happily."What's it taste like?"Zan asked."I...Don't know...But its good!Try it!"Zan cautiously took the chopsticks and picked up a piece,and ate it."Hmm..."

Dawn, feeling a bit hungry herself, took an apple out of the bag and started munching. Between the munching, she somehow found the time to ask "Does this replace the lost mouse somewhat?" and smiled.

Zim nodded happily,but her brother shrugged."Not really...I'm more of a carnivor than anything..." Zim sighed and looked at Zan.

Dawn felt a bit guilty of taking away the mouse now. She looked at her feet and turned somewhat red again.

Zan looked at her and smiled."Hey now,its alright.We'll be fine."He smiled happily.

Zim giggled.."Yeah.We've gone days without eating before."

---

Tonani grabbed the book and closed it. "Why do you hide yourself from me? Do I scare you?" He asked her trying to sound innocent and sympathetic.

Bella bit her bottom lip and her eyes looked away from him. "...no you dont..."

Tonani blinked. "Are you sure about?" He smiled sadistically.

Bella sighed deeply. "Can i please have my book back....please...."

Tonani laughed. "What's so fascinating about it?" He continually flipped it over in his hands examining every aspect of it.

"Well theres so much there. Its like a whole new life." Bella stated softly smiling a little. "...you dont read much do you?"

Tonani shook his head. "Why would I have any desire to read?" He asked as he flipped the pages past his face like a fan.

Bella grabbed the book from him and turned her back to him cleaning the book with her dress. "....Well....theres so much more to a book then just words. Its like a fantasy....your own story that you can make up your own pictures to..."

Tonani smiled. "Obviously not if it was written by someone else."

"But you can make them up in your head since there isnt any..." Bella stated facing him again.

Tonani smiled a seductive smile. "If you say so..."

Bella smiled a little. "Well...my name's Is..a...its just bella."

Tonani laughed. He caught on to what she had stopped saying. "Isabella. Very pretty if I must say so myself."

Bella shot a look at him. "Its just bella..."

"Sorry. My apologies." Tonani bowed.

Bella blushed a little and looked away "I....Its ok..."

"Where are you heading off to?" Tonani asked with a kind smile on his face.

"No where...just out for a nice walk....where were you heading off to?" Bella asked cleaning off her book with her dress again.

"Wandering. Looking for someone." Tonani said.

Bella looked up at him and then down. ".........I bet its your girlfriend..." she kept looking down cleaning her book. "...I...I should go now..."

Tonani blinked and her and pulled her chin up to meet her eyes. "Actually it's my brother. He is my twin brother. Do you know anyone that looks just like me?" He asked with a smile on his face to intrique her more. With his light touch on her chin he was certain she wouldn't leave his side now.

"....n...n..." Bella just stared at him and placed a hand gently on the side of his face and then removed it quickly looking down at her book. "...No sorry..." She place the book over her heart feeling it as it moved a mile a min.

"Do you mind joining me than? See I don't live around here." Tonani said. As he spoke his accent became more apparent. It was obvious he was from out of the country.

Bella blushed a little and nodded her head. "Sure...i...i guess i can help..."

"Arigato." Tonani said with a warm smile now more comfortable since he knew he had Bella entirely wrapped around his finger.

Bella fixed her hair a little and opened her book and read again. "Well....where do you think your brother might be?"

"Hell if I know. I just know he lives around here." Tonani stated. "I havn't seen him since we were born."

"And now you want to find him??" Bella kept reading her book and walked a litle. "Well here does he live?"

Tonani sighed. He didn't want to go into depth of his story. "I just know he lives somewhere here in town. He was extremely hard to find."

---

Elli looked up. "I wouldn't say I wasn't impressed. It just doesn't bother me..." she smiled.

Damion blinked. "Doesn't....bother...you?" He asked hesitant and shocked. "How so?"

"I'm used to it." Elli chuckled lightly.

"From who?" Damion asked. "'Cause I'm sure I havn't met a woman as pretty as you are." He winked at her as he teased.

Elli blinked and looked up at him. She smiled sweetly. "You need glasses."

Damion smiled. "I think not." He looked down at the black rose. "We should get water for that before it withers. And we need to clean up that cut." He suggested towards the slice on her finger.

Elli chuckled. "I think you're right."

"Of course I'm right." Damion joked.

Elli nodded and smiled sweetly. "Lead the way then..."

Damion nodded. "Alright than. My name is Damion by the way."

"I'm Ellizabeth, but everyone calls me Elli." she said, smiling more.

"Well Elli. If you follow me, we can be to my place in no time." Damion said leading the way to the west towards his home. He was walking further and further into the woods and it felt like they were walking for miles.

Elli followed, as calm as the day's sunlight.

Damion cleared his throat and a momently later they approached a small cottage built into the stone wall that much have been there for centuries.

Elli smiled. "It looks pleasent." she said.

Damion smiled. "Thank you." He walked her up to the cottage. "Let's go." He unlocked and opened the door. The inside was very comfortable looking and created an amazing welcoming atmosfear. "The first aid kit is in the closet in the hallway. Wait here and I'll go get it." He brought her into the living room and continued by himself down the hallway opening a small door to a closet pulling something from the top shelf.

Elli nodded and smiled, looking around slightly.

---

"Just about everyone has... it's a normal joke book..." Madelaine muttered, shrugging. "I'm Madelaine by the way" she said after, holding out a hand.

Johnathan smiled and gently shook her hand. "I'm Johnathan."

---

Zan looked at her and smiled."Hey now,its alright.We'll be fine."He smiled happily.

Zim giggled.."Yeah.We've gone days without eating before."

"And the hunger doesn't bother you?" Dawn said, blinking her eyes in disbelief.

"It depends on how long we've gone without eating.It doesn't bother us for about 4 days...After that, we chase after anything we can find."Zan said.

Zim nodded."We are half breeds,so the lynx side to us helps out with the hunger."

"I just can't quite grasp it. I would definitely not be happy if I haven't had anything to eat for over a day." she said jokingly.

Zim giggled cutely."Well,we're orphans,so we're use to it."

Zan smiled softly and wrapped his arm around his sister's shoulder.

Dawn smiled faintly, then turned to look at her watch.
"Dammit! I'm late for my English class!". She cursed and frantically started to search in her bag to find her school timetable. Upon noticing she was way too late, she just sighed and sat down.

Zim blinked and juymped up,crossing her legs indian style and landed on her butt."Whats wrong?>We skip class all the time."

"Well, I have to prove my parents I am perfectly capable of getting decent grades and drawing, so I can keep going to the art-academy. Therefore, skipping classes isn't really an option..." Dawn explained.

Zim stared at her."You know, I could help you out.Though we don't seem it, Zan and I are pretty smart."

"Thanks!" Dawn accepted the offer happily. "Although my grades aren't to bad, I'm a bit insecure when it comes to maths. I mean, I am a bit of a perfectionist and I don't want my grades dropping below a B-." she said, sighing.

Zim and Zan smiled."The only reason our grades are bad is because we skip."

"But then, why do you skip class?". Dawn failed to understand it.

"We made a promise to eachother that we both would graduate...DAy by day it gets harder to do so."

"Then don't skip your classes?" Dawn said, still failing to understand.

"We just skip English and History.No big deal."

"If you say so." she shrugged.

"Okay,So what don't you get in math?"Zan asked.

"Well... Pretty much everything?" Dawn answered.

"You know the basics though,right?"

"Erm...", Dawn looked at the ground, muttering,"Well err.... Kinda?"

Zim and Zan smiled okay."Do you know how to add,subract,multiply and divide?"

Dawn nodded. "It's that damn goniometry that I don't get" she added.

Zim smiled."Thats easy."She started talking abunch of big words.

Dawn looked very confused and started to get a headache. At that moment her brother Greg walked past her and gave her a not-so-playful shove. "Hey! Quit it!" Dawn yelled.

Greg grinned and simply stated "Sorry sis, just couldn't help myself I guess".

Zim jumped up and glared."HEY!You be nice to our new friend!"

Zan glared aswell."Unless.. You want to mess with us..."

Greg grinned even more. "I'm sorry sis, now can you tell your friends to please back off?" he asked with a sweet voice, although you could clearly hear the sarcasm in it.

Dawn shrugged and answered "Why should I?" she then turned to Zim and Zan and said "Don't mind him, guys, he's just my obnoxious brother."

"He still has no right to shove you!"Zim growled.

Zan hissed at him

Greg, not wanting to come of as a complete asshole at his first day at school, sighed and, although he didn't want to turned to Dawn and apologized. He then looked at Zim and Zan and said "Look, I know I must come of as a real asshole right now, but this is just how my darling sister and I behave around each other, don't we, Dawn?

Dawn shrugged again and muttered "I guess..."

Zim crossed her arms."Hnn...."

Zan growled softly.

"Zan,enough."Zim said.

"Fine..."

Greg chuckled. "Nice friends you have there Dawn. It's good to know that someone sticks up for you so I don't have to anymore." he said, looking at Zim and Zan.

Zim and Zan stared up at him.

Greg didn't like being stared at and tried to look away.

Dawn felt a bit uneasy with the sudden silence, but couldn't think of a topic to start the conversation with again.

Zim smiled suddenly."He's cute!"She giggled.

Zan twitched and grabbed his sister,hugging her protectively."You stay away from her..."

Greg took a step backwards. "Hey, I wasn't hitting on her or anything" he said, defending himself.

Dawn tried to calm Zan down. "He ain't the worst you know. He just has his moments."

"My baby sister thinks he's cute!He IS that bad!"Zan growled.

Zim whimpered."Zan?ZAN!I'm 3 seconds younger than you!"

Dawn watched the drama unfold and pounced her brother. "See what you did? Dimwit!"

Greg rubbed his arm where Dawn had punched him.

Zim squirmed out of her brother's arms and glared."You be nice!"

Zan's lynx like ears went back."I refuse to let you like some idiot."

"I never said I liked him!I just said he was cute!"Zim's vocie squeeked and she sniffled.

Zan meeped and grabbed her,holding her tight."I'm sorry!"

Greg looked somewhat unease and thought of a way to apologize.

Dawn was happy everything turned out okay and tried to start the conversation again. "So... now that we all have met my brother.. How about going to class or getting a bite to eat?"

"Food?"Zim and Zan both perked up and stared at her.

Greg rolled his eyes. "Yes, food. I'll pay, since I have a lot to make up for." he said, trying to sound not too sarcastic.

Zim hopped up and down."We get to eat today,Zan!!!-"She was pulled into Zan's arms."No.We will go hunting."He glared at Greg.

Greg got tired of Zan's behaviour. "What is wrong with you?! I'm trying to do a nice thing here. You know. Nice?!"

Dawn tried to calm him down again and luckily succeeded in doing so.

Zan stuck his tongue out at Greg,then was hit with a stick."OW!"

Zim sighed."I'm sorry.My brother is a bit overprotective."

"No kidding?" Greg said, this time not holding his sarcasm back.

Gre-heg!" Dawn said. "Be nice!" and then turned too Zim. "What on earth were our parents thinking when they wanted us to have brothers?" she said jokingy.

Zim and Zan blinked.Zim whimpered."We're...Orphans..Our parents didn't want either of us..."

Dawn gasped Shit! she thought. "P-please don't be s-sad, I d-didn't k-know err... Sorry sorry sorry sorry !"

Zim forced a smile."No,its okay.You didn't know..."She turned to her brother.

Zan shrugged."our mom was a human hooker...She fucked a bunch of guys. Her boyfriend was a lynx demon..."Zan looked away. He actually seemed like he was guna cry."She was 17...He was 24...The priest that took us in said that he raped her, then broke up with her...He left the city...Mom...She didn't want to take in twins...But she couldn't have an abortion...She'd never take a life...So...She gave us up..."He hugged his sister.

Zim held Zan tight."We're halfbreeds...No one wanted mutts..."She said softly.

Dawn and Greg stood there, not saying a word.

Zan rubbed his eyes and looked at them."It doesn't matter anyway.We don't need anyone's sympathy.We grew up strong...."

"And look.."Zim smiled."We're still alive."

Dawn forced an uneasy smile upon her face.

Greg then remembered he had offered dinner. "So, let's go, shall we? I'm starving!" he said.

"Okay!"Zim smiled,seeming like she just forgot everything they just said.

Zan shrugged."You guys can go...I'm guna go hunting."

"Are you sure Zan?" Dawn asked.

Zan nodded softly.

"But Zan..."Zim whined."You not giong to try again...Are you?"

Zan glared at her."And if I do?"He sighed and walk away.

zim whimpered and looked away.

Greg felt a bit sorry for Zim and wanted to comfort her, but remembered what Zan said before.

Zim sighed."I wish my brother was a little more happy..."

---

Damion grabbed the first aid kit and walked back into the living room where Elli stood. "Ok. Let's see the cut."

Elli held out her finger. It wasn't bleeding anymore, but it was pretty deep.

Damion sighed. "Sorry about that." He said as he opened the first aid kit pulling out alcohol rubs, bandades, and gash glue. He opened the alcohol rubs and held her hand in his and began cleaning it. "Sorry if this stings." He tried to be gently.

Elli smiled sweetly, the pain not even bothering her. "Its fine, really." she chuckled.

Damion laughed with her. "Alright." He finished cleaning it and grabbed the gash glue. He pulled the skin apart lightly. He then poured some of the gash glue between the torn pieces of skin. He pressed them together holding the skin in place for 5 seconds and than put the bandage on top. "There. Don't put too much strain on it and it should stay." He smiled at her.

Elli nodded and grinned. "Y'know... I've never had to use gash glue... smells like vinegar and stings like rubbing alcohol..."

Damion chuckled. "Yea. But it'll keep it closed."

Elli shrugged and smiled as well. "Nice place you have.."

Damion looked around his own place. "Yea. It's ok." He shrugged and smirked. He stood up. "Would you like something to eat or drink?"

"Water would be nice, thank you." Elli smiled.

Damion nodded and walked into the kitchen. He opened the fridge and grabbed a bottle of purified water. He grabbed a glass from the cupboard and placed some cubes of ice in it and poured the bottle of water into the glass. He walked back into the living room with Elli. "Here ya go." He handed her the glass of cold water.

Elli smiled. "Thank you."

Damion smiled. "Your welcome." He sat beside Elli and watched her as she sipped down the water.

Elli sipped at it and sighed.

Damion frowned. "Are you alright? You seem upset." Worry creased his features.

---

Bella looked at Tonani and then sighed and closed her book. "....i guess we can find him...." She started to walk away from him.

"Ehhem." Tonani cleared his throat to get her attention. He had never been so intruiged by the reaction of a woman before. Most drool for him, but this one had seemed to hide herself....from him. She seems....different. He thought.

Bella laughed a little to herself. "Well you said you wanted to find him so lets go" She stopped walking and waited for him with her book over her heart.

Tonani sighed and walked along side of Bella. "Yea. It would be nice to find him again."

Bella walked around and sighed. "THis isnt gonna be easy....if you know nothing about him"

"All I know is he looks exactly like me. And I'm sure he lives in a house or cottage probably in the woods somewhere." Tonani added. He looked at Bella and winked making sure his power was still in affect.

Bella blushed a little and looked away "Theres only one house around here thats in the woods and its right up head."

Tonani nodded. "Well who lives there?"

"A man thats all i know...i dont talk to any one around here...but i heard them say he moved her about two years ago..." Bella stated softly.

Tonani smiled. "Well there's nothing to lose." He started moving forward into the woods.

Bella wanted to walk to other way but for some reason she just kept following him.

---

Johnathan walked through the small town, looking around. He sighed softly, actually completely bored out of his mind.

Zan lit up a cigarette and walked through the town,staring at his feet.He bumped into Johnathan."Sorry.."He mumbled.

Johnathan smiled. "Sorry. I wasn't watching where I was going..."

Zan looked up.His cheeks turned a light shade of pink."N-No...Its my fault."

Johnathan chuckled. "Nah... I zoned out."

Zan smiled slightly.He didn't really know wht to say.

Johnathan bowed to him and smiled, then continued walking.

Zan watched him leave and sighed softly.He turned and walked in the direction Johnathan was going.

Johnathan was humming as he walked.

Tapioka stepped out of a near by shop, stumbling to carry all her books.

"Hey-"Zan was about to call out to Johnathan,but saw Tapioka."Meep!"He ran over.

Johnathan was already helping her, taking some of the books. "Here, let me help."

"Oh.. Thank you.." She mumbled, head bowed. "Umm, its okay, I can take them from here.."

Johnathan smiled. "Are you sure? You have quite a lot..."

"Y-yes.. I think so.." Tapioka said, fumbling with the books as she attempted to adjust them in her arms. "Um, th-thank you very much Mr....?"

"My name is Johnathan." he said sweetly.

She nodded with a blush "I'm Tapioka."

Zan caught up."Hey,Are you okay?"He asked Tapioka.

"I...I think so, yes." Tapioka smiled wearily, as looked up at Zan. As she finally gathered herself together, Tapioka stood up and bowed to both of them. "Thank you for helping Johnathan, and..." She paused for Zan's reply.

"I'm Zan."He smiled softly."And you don't have to bow.."He said,smiling.

"Oh, well.. I just wanted to show my thanks!" she smiled and tilted her head towards her right shoulder. "Thanks again!" she said quickly, as she carefully turned around as her books wobbled in hand. "Now...where the hell am I..?" she slowly walked away from them down the sidewalk, pulling out a small map, looking left to right.

Johnathan was no where to be seen. It seems he had snuck off.

ZAn looked around."Where'd he go..?"He noticed Tapioka seeming lost."HEy...Um..You lost?"

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Twilight sighed. "Another boring day. I wish something outrageous would happen. I'm going out of my mind." She said as she walked toward house hidden in the woods. "All I do is sit at home day in and day out."

"If thats all you do... then do something else." Johnathan said up from up in a nearby tree, eating an apple.

Twilight turned in shock and her naginata materialized instinctively. When she saw who it was, Twilight banished her weapon. "I suppose so but what's there to do really? I don't know anyone and I live alone." She replied equal parts sad and angry.

Johnathan smiled. "Thats easy. Go out into town and just socialize. Who knows, you might just save someone from getting run over, or help another who has books pratically pouring out of their arms..." he said, jumping down.

Twilight nodded though she doubted she would save anyone. "Then show me this
town you speak of." She said.

Johnathan grinned and started walking. "Follow me. <3"

Twilight followed against her better judgement. She just knew that this person would cause her some serious grief.

Johnathan led her to the town and smiled. "Here it is, full of hustle and bustle, as usual." he chuckled.

Twilight clutched her nose as the smells assaulted it. "It burns!" She squeaked in pain.

Johnathan blinked. "Huh?"

"You mean you can't smell the horrible stink of pollution?" Twilight asked indignantly as her eyes watered blood.

Johnathan shook his head and seemed to stop breathing.

Twilight rolled her eyes. "Of course you wouldn't." She replied.

Johnathan nodded. "Sorry..." he muttered.

Twilight smiled. "It's alright. I'm just not used to going out much anymore." She said apologetically. The hair on the back of her neck tingled because she felt someone enter the protection circle around her house. "I have to go." She said as she disappeared.

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Elli looked up at Damion and smiled. "I'm not upset. Just a bit tired, but not upset." she said.

"I have a few extra beds, if you wish to sleep here. I'm sure your home is quite far away." Damion suggested kindly.

Damion heard a cough from out front of his front door. He looked at Elli. "I'll be right back." Just than there was a knock at the door. He rose and walked to the door glancing through the peep hole. His eyes widened and he silently ran back to Elli. He had his finger over his lips and his eyes were wide.(Posted below)

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Tonani smiled and spotted the house. "Come. We need to find out who lives here."

Bella looked around and tried to walk away but couldnt help but follow him. "Maybe we shouldnt. I mean what if its a murderer!?"

Tonani couldn't help but laugh at Bella's reaction. He turned and looked at her with a sadistic look. "You are scared of murderers...when you're with a..." He stopped and intentionally coughed. He knocked on the door.

Damion heard a cough from out front of his front door. He looked at Elli. "I'll be right back." Just than there was a knock at the door. He rose and walked to the door glancing through the peep hole. His eyes widened and he silently ran back to Elli. He had his finger over his lips and his eyes were wide.

"When im with what? A man i hardly even know whos dragged me out to the middle of nowhere on this weird thing!?" Bella asked looked at him

Tonani pounded on the door again. "We will talk about it later." He growled. "And you volunteered to help me." He reminded her.

Bella growled "For some reason i couldnt leave your side!!! and we will talk about this now...wow we sound like a married couple!"

Elli blinked, then shrugged, making a zipper notion over her lips.

Damion took a deep breath.

Tonani pounded on the door again. "If I have to knock one more time, I'm breaking the door down as well." He threatened.

Damion's eyes widened and he rose and nodded to Elli. He opened the front door a crack and looked at other man staring back at him. He had the door opened just enough so only his left eye was showing but nothing more.

Bella tried to pull Tonani back "Leave him a lone...he looks scared!" SHe looked at the other male and smiled softly. "We are so very sorry for bugging you...we will leave you now..."

"What's your name?" Tonani ordered shoving Bella off. He looked down at the small girl. "You got me here. Thank you. You can go now if you wish."

"That's no way to treat a woman, Tonani." Damion said and opened the door all the way. "What are you doing here?"

The boys were truly identical. If they were to switch places, nobody would tell the difference.

Bella glared at Tonani and then looked at Damion and blinked "Whoa! No way..."

Elli was curious as to what was going on, so she just decided to stand up and walk over silently.

"I came to apologize." Tonani said in a true tone of voice.

Damion reached out his hand to Elli. "Here Elli. It's alright now. This is my brother, Tonani."

Elli smiled and took Damion's hand and waved to Tonani with the other.

Bella looked at the three and then behind her to the far away road and stared off into the distance.

Tonani looked at Bella. "Is everything alright?" He went to touch her before he was interrupted by Damion.

"Don't touch her!" Damion ordered as he reached his hand out infront of Tonani's. "Is that how you found me? Persuasion? Seduction? What childish tricks."

Elli looked between the two, a slight confused expression upon her face.

Tonani growled at Damion's interference.

Damion closed his eyes and sighed. Suddenly Tonani and Damion were in a different dimension. They looked to Elli and Bella as if they were merely staring at eachother.

Bella looked at Tonani "...Are you ok??" She reached her hand out slowly to touch him

Elli twitched slightly when she saw Bella. "You. Have you seen... or met anyone recently, named Johnathan?"

Bella blinked and nodded her head slowly.

Elli sighed. "Great... hes nearby then..." she grumbled. Noting the confused expression, Elli smiled slightly. "Johnathan is my brother... I'm kinda ticked off at him currently..."

The twins stood face to face in the other dimension and each glared identically. "Your powers are useless against me." Damion provoaked.

"And this is all you can do." Tonani responded sharply. "Release this so our ladies don't leave...."

Bella looked at her "...oh..." SHe looked at Tonani again and sighed softly and gently touched his hand "you ok?"

Elli looked at Damion. She looked back at Tonani.

Damion sighed and released the illusion. Suddenly they were back to normal.
Damion's eyes shot wide open and stared at Tonani.

Tonani sighed heavily and stared back at Damion until he realized both ladies were looking at him. "Sorry. I'm fine." He smiled at the two of them setting in his seduction on both of them.

"Leave Elli alone! You and that ridiculous power!" Damion became infuriated once again.

Elli rolled her eyes, gently putting a hand on Damion's arm. "Relax. Remember how I can tell a power is being used on me? His is useless against me."

Bella looked at all three of them very confused and sighed softly and looked up at the sky.

Tonani sighed. "Pathetic. Do you forgive me or not?" He asked Damion.

"Of course I don't. Now get away from my home!" Damion said slamming the door on Tonani's face.

Elli chuckled. "Well, that went well."

Damion looked down at Elli. "Sorry about that." He told her.

"That was rude." Tonani said to nobody in particular.

Elli smiled. "Its alright."

Bella looked at Tonani and smiled a little. "....Dont give up..."

Tonani looked down at Bella. "Weren't you the one saying to leave?"

Bella thought and nodded her head. She moved a little closer to him and looked up at him. "....that was before i uh....never mind d-do you want to leave yes or no?!"

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Twilight appeared on her front porch. "May I help you?" She asked quietly.

When she got no answer, Twilight returned to Johnathan. "Sorry about that." She said sheepishly.

Johnathan smiled. "Its quite alright." he chuckled lightly.

Twilight smiled back.

Johnathan looked out at the town and sighed softly. "You're right about the polution..."

Twilight nodded sagely. "I usually am. I have a very sensitive nose you know and someone's bleeding near by." She said.

Johnathan automatically stopped breathing, but was still able to talk a bit more before the air he had ran out. "Where?"

Twilight sniffed the air curiously and pointed in their opposite direction. "The wind isn't bringing the scent to us...but I can still smell it because I'm hungry." She replied.

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Elli walked back to the couch and sat down, stretching out slightly.

Damion sighed and followed. "Sorry about Tonani's immature attitude. He doesn't quite know how to be an adult...obviously."

Elli chuckled. "Its alright."

Damion smiled looking into Elli's eyes. "You know, you have such beautiful eyes."

Elli blushed and averted her eyes.

Damion laughed and hugged her. "You're so cute."

Elli meeped. "No im not."

Damion laughed again. "That just makes you even cuter." He backed away. "My apologies. I'm being too forward, aren't I?"

"No, its fine... but I'm not cute... I'm average." she shrugged.

Damion sighed rstraining from disagreeing. He shook his head gently with a small smirk on his face.

Elli smiled. "Now, that other girl was what you could call 'cute' or 'pretty'..." she stopped and sighed. "Crap... I just remembered..." Elli stood up.

Damion stood up. "What's wrong?"

Elli sighed. "I have to move somewhere else... Johnathan knows where I am..."

Damion raised an eyebrow. "Wait...what's going on? Slow it down. Why must you move? How does Jonathon know where you are?" 

"I don't know how... he just does..." Elli sighed. "Hes my brother... and if he finds me, he'll make me move back in with my father..."

Damion nodded. "You can stay here for a bit if you wish."

Elli perked up. "Really??"

"Yea...Hold on a sec. There's a knock at the door." Damion said with a smile and than suddenly frowned. He walked to the door.(Rest of post is below)

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Tonani chuckled and smiled. "Yea. I'll just come back later."

Bella looked down and laughed a little and turned to walk away "so where to next?"

Tonani sighed. "I'm not really sure...."

"...Well...we could..." Bella stopped and knocked on Damion's door

Tonani turned quickly looking at Bella. "What are you doing?"

Damion looked out the peep hole and sighed. He opened the door. "What do you want?"

Bella smiled softly "Why dont you and your wife come out and come get a bite with me and my uh..." She thought for a minuet thinking about what to call Tonani. "My fiancee...since you two are brothers and we will soon all be related i think it would be a nice thing to do...please sir?"

Elli blushed. "I'm not his wife. We just met thank you very much."

Tonani glared down at Bella. What the hell is she doing?

Damion laughed. "I've been watching you, Tonani. Since when did you decide to give up on being a womanizer?" He questioned with a glare.

Tonani looked back up at Damion. "Since when did you get so damn cocky?!" he retorted.

Elli chuckled at the two. "Must you both always argue...?"

"Hey all of you...just shut up!" Bella looked away and then backed away a little. "...please? Look im only trying to see if you want to come out as friends and have a good time..."

Damion sighed and looked at Elli. "What do you think?"

Elli shrugged. "Up to you."

Bella looked at Tonani hoping he now doesnt hate her.

Tonani was merely staring at Damion.

Damion sighed. "Fine."

Bella looked at Damion and smiled softly at him. She didnt dare look at Tonani, for she didnt know how he would react to his brothers desicion. "So...umm...if you guys need to get ready or grab anything why dont you do it now?"

Elli shrugged and grabbed her laptop.

Damion was glaring back at Tonani as Tonani glared back. "We are already ready." They both said in sync.

Bella sighed softly and turned to leave

Elli smiled sweetly and stood next to Damion.

Damion wrapped an arm around Elli. "Shall we go than?"

Tonani nodded and walked off the porch.

bella looked back at tonani.

Damion followed behind them with his arm wrapped lightly around Elli's waist.

Elli blushed when he wrapped his arm around her waist, walking with him.

"So where exactly are we going to eat?" Tonani muttered to Bella.

Bella shrugged her sholders ignoring him and watching Damion and Elli.

Elli caught Bella's eyes and blinked. "?"

Damion stopped when he saw Bella watching them.

Bella looked down and away from the two as she kept walking slowly.

Elli looked up at Damion. "???"

Damion shook his head. "Guess we decided to surround ourselves with weirdos...." He muttered to Elli.

Bella turned around to face Damion hearing his remark. "For your information im not a weirdo! I dont know about that thing over there," She pointed to Tonani "But im not! I just thought you two were cute together thats all!! Geez everyone is so up tight these days!"

Elli blushed brightly.

Damion hardened as well as Tonani. They were like identical statues. "Up tight?" Damion growled. He twitched holding in his anger. "There is still no need to stare....." He tried to sound calm and say as little as possible.

Tonani took a deep breath before turned to Bella. He wrapped an arm around Bella's shoulders and smiled and the pair infront of him. "If you will excuse us for a moment." He said and walked a distance away from Elli and Damion so they could not be seen. When he got to where he wanted to be he merely stared at Bella with an evil glare.

Bella just stared at him. "Im not scared of you..."

"Wrong answer..." He pinned her up against a nearby boulder randomly placed. He held her wrists in his hands firmly pressed over her head against the rock. Their faces were so close it would look like they were kissing to an outsider.

Bella tried to pull away "Let go of me!" She looked around for anything with water, even if it was a drop of water, anything, and she could attack him with that small drop of water.

"You should be thankful Damion isn't the one holding grasp on you." Tonani growled. He tilted his head and lightly kissed her neck. It was his official marking. His way of making a woman follow him where ever.

Damion looked at Elli. "You ok?" He asked her.

bella turned deep red"...Wha...what...why are you kissing my neck?"

Tonani smiled and gently kissed her neck again and than looked back into Bella's eyes. "Are you ok?"

Bella blushed and looked away "...yes..."

Elli nodded. "Yeah I'm alright..." she said.

"Good. Now lets go eat." Tonani said and grabbed Bella's hand leading her back to the other pair.

"Everthing alright?" Damion asked when he saw Bella and Tonani. He noticed a whole new atmosphere around them.

Bella smiled softly. "Yes"

Elli smiled slightly.

Tonani nodded. "Let's go eat. I'm hungry."

Damion glared at Tonani knowing exactly what had happened.

Bella blinked not understanding why he kissed her neck. She looked at his hand grabbing hers blushing a little.

"I believe there is a good resturant up ahead. Lets eat there. Food is cheap and good." Damion spoke. He was still watching Tonani and how he touched Bella.

Elli smiled. "That sounds great." she chuckled lightly.

Bella smiled softly as she looked up at the sky.

"Ah. Here it is." Damion announced as they approached a small white building. Let's go in."

Tonani opened the door for Bella and closed it after she came in when Damion took it to allow Elli to walk through.

Bella looked back behind her at Damion and Elli. "Your brother seems very nice."

Tonani let out a small cuckle. "You can consider him that. I never got along with him. Well at least, he never liked me since I left."

"Stop talking about me." Damion said as he came through the door.

Bella looked away quickly. "Sorry!" She looked up at Tonani. "...all though he does have a mean streek in him i guess..."

Elli chuckled lightly.

Tonani leaned down and whispered in Bella's ear so Damion didn't hear. "He will calm down, as soon as I show him that I've changed." He straightened up and smiled warmly at her.

Damion spoke to the hostess. "One table for four please." He said in a strangely polite voice.

Bella looked up at him and smiled, gently reaching for his hand, and holding it lightly.

The Hostess showed them their table it was four individual seats. Damion moved two seats to one side of the round table and moved the other two to the other side. "Let's sit."

"Your waiter will be right with you. Your server today is Phil." The hostess said and walked away after placing four menus.

Elli smiled and sat down.

Bella looked around and then sat down quietly, crossing her legs.

The waiter approached shortly after everyone was seated. "What would you all like to drink?"

"A glass of water please." Damion said.

"A bottle of budweiser for me." Tonani said.

"Sorry we don't serve alcohol here."

"Than I will just have a pepsi." Tonani corrected.

Elli smiled. "I'll have a pepsi too please."

"A glass of water too please?" Bella stated. She started to play with her hair, braiding the ends and un-braiding it, then braiding it again.

The waitor nodded and walked off.

"Hmmmm what to eat." Tonani mumbled to himself as he opened his menu and looked through.

Bella stopped play with her hair, and begant to fix her dress. All she was trying to do was to try to keep herself from looking up and at Damion, who seemed to not like her at all.

Tonani looked over at Bella. "Are you going to find something to eat?"

Damion lifted his menu and sifted through the different options.

Bella kept playing with her dress. "...no...im fine...water will be good...."she tried to pull down her dress a little more. She felt a chill and her dress was short, so she tried to get herself warmer.

Tonani placed his hand on Bella's thigh noticing her fidgeting while he looked through his menu.

Bella stopped her fidgeting and blushed a little. "So...Elli...what are you thinking about eating...." She slowly placed a hand on Tonani thigh too. She then slowly started to remove her hand, not knowing if he wanted hers there or not.

Tonani put his menu down and place a hand ontop of hers to keep her hand there.

Bella looked up and over at Tonani blushing a little. She placed her hand back onto his thighand rubbed his hand that was on her thigh.

Tonani smiled softly.

"Tonani....quit it." Damion growled in a low and stern voice.

"What's wrong little brother? Jelous?" Tonani smiled evily at Damion.

Bella looked over at Damion then at Tonani then away. "...I....I think i might go to the ladys room." She started to get up slowly.

Elli laughed slightly. "Ah... well, there's so much to choose from, eh? I don't know what to get..." she said, starting to feel nervous with all the tension in the atmosphere around the table. "Uh.. I'll probably just get the same as Damion...?"

Bella smiled and sat back down She put her hand back on Tonani's thigh.

Damion looked at Elli and smiled. "I'm just going to have a garden salad. Are you sure you don't want something else?"

Elli smiled and nodded. "Its fine."

Bella looked at Tonani and smiled then looked down at her dress adn began to play with it again.

Tonani grabbed Bella's hands. "You look fine. Stop it."

Bella blushed "i...i was only fixing it...it didnt look good." She kept looking down at her dress, not likeing the fact tha Damion didnt like her. She didnt understand why, she thought she was nice to him, she hates it when people are mad at her or hate her.

Damion sighed. "Alright." He told Elli. "So where do you come from?" He asked Bella and completely ignored Tonani.

"...here...i guess you can say..." Bella stated softly looking up at him.

"Interesting." Damion smiled and than looked down at Elli. "This waitor is taking a while. I'll go find out what's going on." He rose from his seat and talked to a hostess.

Bella looked at Tonani. "Your brother seems to hate me....alot..." She went back to playing with her dress but still looking at him.

Elli smiled softly. "No offence ment, but I don't think its you he hates..." she said, looking at Tonani.

Bella looked at Tonani. "....Your brother wouldnt hate you.....would he?"

Tonani laughed. "I've known that he hates me. Don't think it's you he hates. He has always hated me for what I've done to him. Why do you think I needed to find him?"

Bella got up "We need to talk...in private Tonani....now...please...."

Tonani looked at her questionably. "Alright." He rose and looked at Elli giving her one of his small spell triggering smile. "Excuse us for a moment." He followed behind Bella.

Bella waited for him outside and when he got out there she pushed him against the building roughly. "What did you mean by 'what ive done to him' I swear Tonani if you used me to find him just to hurt your brother i will...ill..." She stopped to think what she would do to him.

Tonani immediately laughed. "No, no. Bella, you have it wrong. I came to apologize! I never came to hurt him. Not after what I did years ago." He then frowned.

"What did you do Tonani?" Bella ask feeling bad now for pushing him.

Tonani was looking down at the ground. "I left him. I didn't want to have to grow up with him just by ourselves. I told him to come too but he didn't. He stayed. So I left. Without him."

Bella hugged him "...It was his choice not yours Tonani. He chose to stay...your tried. You should not be the one to apologize. You did nothing wrong.

"But I did. He asked me to stay." Tonani explained. "He didn't want to leave where he was used to and he wanted to go with me. He just didn't want me to go where we didn't know. We were still young. Practically babies."

"...Tonani..." Bella ket hugging him looking down. She looked up at him lifting his chin up lightly, and went to kiss him but hesitated and looked away "...im sorry..."

Tonani sighed deeply. He looked Bella in the eyes with a pained expression. "I've done something else terrible."

Bella looked at Tonani. "Ok well tell me....you can tell me anything..I wont think differently..."

"I know that you don't want to be here. It's part of who I am. I forced you here and you didn't even know it. You see me as a god. As a man who you think will solve all of your problems and make your life better. It's my curse. Everything I do makes you want me more. When I touch you like this...." He place his right hand on her shoulder. "...you want to take me right here and now and have sex with me. That's who I am. That's what I was born to do." He frowned and looked away from her. "I can make that feeling go away, and you won't be here any longer. You'll leave."

Bella's eyes widened and her breathing change. She didnt know what to think or what to do. She was very confused, but she knew one thing, she turned Tonani's face to hers and kissed him deeply. "I dont think its your so called curse. I think i have fallen for you. I dont want to lose these feelings. Your touch makes me like you more, maybe cuz of your curse, or maybe cuz it makes me feel closer to you. Sex, well" SHe laughed a little. "I would rather have it in a private cleaner place." She looked into his eyes. "I like you a lot. And i dont think it is your curse Tonani!" She gently pace her hand onto his cheek smiling at him.

A small tear formed in the corner of his right eye. "I have to let you go, Bella." He snapped his fingers and the spell was released entirely. He formed his face to be stern and serious and almost vicious rather than the pained it was moments ago.

Bella blinked and backed away from Tonani. She was now confused and looked at his face, scared a little. She backed away from him more and then walked away from him, heading twards a park she knew in the area.

Tonani took a deep composed breath and walked back inside. Damion was just sitting back down at the table.

"The waitor will be right here." Damion told both Tonani and Elli. "Where did your girlfriend go?"

"She wasn't my girlfriend, and she realized that she had somewhere else to be." Tonani replied.

Bella saw a book store on the way to the park. She stopped and bought a book, and headed to the park. When she got to the park, she sat down on a bench and opened it, as she began to read it. She couldnt get Tonani's, that guy she reffers to him, face out of her head.

"Now why she would go do that, I have no idea..." Elli shrugged.

The waitor walked up with their drinks and pulled out his tablet. "And what will we have to eat?" He asked and looked at Elli first.

Elli held up a finger. "Hold on a moment." she said. "Look you stupid idiot, go after her." she said to Tonani.

Damion frowned knowing exactly what happened. "Elli. It's better if he doesn't." He tried to simply say without explaining anything.

Tonani frowned.

The waitor stood at the table staring at the three.

Elli glared. "So, you're just gonna let her go, just like that?? Fine, if you won't go after her, I will."

Tonani sighed. "I let her go. I had to."

Damion put a hand on Elli's shoulder. "Do you want to explain or will I have to?" He asked his brother.

"I will." Tonani said to his brother and make a small smirked making Damion nodded as if they were comunicating seperately.

Tonani looked at Elli and gave her a warming smile which would send a sensation through Elli that would make her want to swoon for him.

Elli was uneffected. "It won't work on me. Your brother's illusion didn't, and your powers won't either." she smiled. "But I see the point."

Tonani sat up straight astonished that his ability had no affect on her. He looked at his brother as if for confirmation.

Damion nodded. "I tried. She saw right through it as if she's seen it before. It was way too freaky."

Tonani laughed but frowned again when he got back to their topic at hand. "When i met her, I merely used her. She didn't come on her own. I had to let her go. I couldn't keep her under this....this curse. Living a life she didn't want to live. She has to be free."

"How do you know that's what she wanted?" Damion chimed in.

"Exactly! Thats what I'm saying!" Elli said.

"Because she left didn't she?" Tonani questioned them both.

"But what if it was because she was confused and didn't know what was going on, but she really still has feelings for you?????" Elli said wicked quickly.

Damion looked down at the table.

"Could she have feelings for a man she doesn't even know?" Tonani replied.

"Of course she can! Its a girl thing." she blushed and turned her head away slightly from Damion.

Damion chuckled at Elli's reaction.

Tonani shook his head. "It can't be possible. The only thing she remembers now is the fact that we met on the street. She doesn't remember my name. She doesn't even remember the fact that she led me to Damion's house. All she knows is she somehow ended up with me alone outside of here and she was hugging me. That's all she will remember. There is no way to bring back any sort of memory she had while under the spell." He explain in a low voice so others around did not hear.

Bella walked back into the place, but instead she was in a waitress outfit. She headed over to their table not knowing, till it was too that, that it was Tonani's Elli's and Damion's table. She looked at them and smiled a little. "HI im bella. Ill be your new waitress. Umm I see you havent ordered yet. What can i get you guys." She was trying hard not to look at Tonani but every now and then snuck a peek at him.

Damion smiled up at Bella and taking in Tonani's explanation said to her, "Hello, Bella. I will have just a ceaser salad please."

"And you sir?" Bella looked over at Tonani and spoke under her breath "...its him...."

Elli grinned and resisted telling Tonani she told him so.

"...I...Ill give you a few more minuets sir..." Bella looked at Elli. "..umm...what can i get you ma'am."

Elli smiled sweetly. "The same thing he's having please." she said, looking at Damion.

Bella nodded and took the order she looked at Tonani again "Sir have you decided yet?"

Tonani kept his eyes from Bella. "Nothing for me." He said softly.

Bella looked at him. "A...are...." She walked away. With in minuets she was back with their food. She placed a salad infront of Tonani. She felt bad for him not getting anything so she bought him a salad. "I...I thought you might get hungry..."

Tonani nodded and kept his face down. "Thanks." He kept his voice as dull as possible so he didn't trigger her. He knew that once they were under his spell and released, they would be more vulnerable.

"Thank you." Damion said kindly smiling at Bella and glared at Tonani.

Bella for some reason really like the kid. She slipped him a napkin with a note on it saying meet her out in the back by the dumpsters. She left the table and waited in the aly for Tonani hoping he would come.

Damion sighed when he saw the note.

Tonani picked it up and read it over a few times. He sighed and ripped it in half and threw the two halves in the center of the table before taking a bite of his salad.

Bella waited out there for 20 mins then walked in. She took off her apron and clocked out. Her shift was over and she knew that he didnt want to talk to her or even like her. She left the place and walked over by a river and played with the water using her power to move it around.

Tonani was eating in silence before Damion finally spoke.

Damion had watched Bella leave and sighed. "You should go after her. She still obviously feels a connection for you."

"And I can not have a connection with any women without it being my power over them." Tonani hissed.

Bella just played in the water silently. She saw tonani's face in the water and growled "....Stupid girl..." She punch the water and tried to forget about him.

Elli stood up and slammed her fists onto the table. "Goddamn it Tonani!!! Just go after her you stupid pissant! SHE OBVIOUSLY STILL HAS FEELINGS FOR YOU!! UGH! I can't take it, just watching you sulk like a dog who just got his balls chopped off, its insanity!! Go after her, or I'll make you!!"

Both twins jumoed and looked at Elli in shock.

Tonani growled. "I don't know where she would be." He said in a normal tone.

Bella stood up and noticed she left her phone at work "Hopefully they are gone..." She walked back into the place and walked out back to get her phone. She grabbed it and headed to the front again. She stopped to talk to her friend who was at the main entrence hosting people. She looked over and notice the three were still there. She smiled at her friend and left quickly.

"There! GO GO GO!! Damnit!! I swear to God if you don't go after her, I'll decapitate your reason for being a man. Get it?!" Elli yelled at him.

Damion rested his hand on Elli's. "Relax. Listen to him first. He has a good reason."

Tonani nodded a thanks to Damion. "If I say ANYTHING to her. If I even look at her, she will fall immediately back into the curse of a spell that I possess. I can't even touch a person without them wanted me in more ways that you would like the know. It's a terrible curse I have and a relationship does not work for me." He sighed. "I'm going for a walk." He said and excused himself from the table and walked outside.

Elli sat down and just let her head fall on the table. "Such idiots. Good lord." she grumbled.

Bella saw Tonani and ran up to him. "What is with you? All I wanted to know was your name...Please you must tell me your name!"

Tonani's eyes fell suddenly to Damion's eyes.

Damion went to speak but was interjected with Tonani's hand stopping him.

Tonani's eyes stayed on Damion. "My name is Tonani Glory." He said dully keeping his voice from his natural charm.

Elli looked up slightly.

Tonani looked in at Elli and liped the words 'I'm Sorry.' He turned and walked past Bella heading fully out the door and down to the stream.

Elli's jaw dropped. "ARE YOU KIDDING ME?!?!?!"

Damion rested his hand on her arm. "He needs to control his ability before he confronts her...or anyone." He looked at her now. "I was the same way when I first found out my ability. I had to control my anger and the ability." He explained. "Tonani and I have very different abilities but are entirely uncontrolable. He is learning that later than I did but at least he is trying to find a way." He smiled coming up with an idea that Tonani may be doing.

Bella sighed. "...and im Bella...." She walked away looking up at the sky.

Tonani sat at the streams edge and stared in at himself. He was frowning and was starting to devolop dark under his eyes.

Bella turned around knowing where Tonani went. She walked up behind him. "....Are you gay?"

Tonani was taken by surprise and turned quickly. "Of course not!" He spat. His eyes widened than and immediately turned back to his reflection. He had let his guard down.

Bella sat down next to him as the water began to rise forming two people dancing. "THe only reason why i ask is because you wont look at me, or talk to me. I know we dont know each other but for some odd reason i feel like we have meet before."

"We have met." Tonani said still looking at himself trying to find a way to speak to her without making her fall for him again. "And that's the reason why I can't look at you."

"What?!" The dancing people fell back into the water "What do you mean we have met? And thats why you cant talk to me!?"

"I can't explain without...harming you." Tonani said hoping his words would make her leave.

"Harming me? God you men make no sense." Bella looked at him. "Look at me..."

Tonani continued look at his reflection. Please don't effect her. He sighed and looked up to her. His face was plain and pained. He didn't feel the pull that he normally felt looking at women.

Bella smiled and touched his cheek lightly. "See...that wasnt so hard now was it?"

Tonani flinched when she touched him. "Just don't touch."

Bella sighed "What are you so scared of?"

"Hurting you." Tonani said blandly.

"You wont hurt me." Bella stated getting closer to him.

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Johnathan sighed slightly.

"What? What's that sigh for?" Twilight asked.

Johnathan blinked and looked over. "Oops... sorry... I didn't even realise that I did."

Twilight laughed. "Ok then." She replied.

Johnathan smiled slightly.

"You're very hard to read you know? I find it rather frustrating sometimes." Twilight commented offhandedly.

Johnathan shrugged. "Thats just me."

Twilight grinned. "But I love a challenge." She said.

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Elli sighed. "It just really sucks watching them..."

Damion nodded. "It may but it is what we must do. Just wait...."

Elli groaned. "They are both idiots... its actually painful to watch."

Damion turned to look at her with a confused look. "What do you mean?"

"You can tell they like eachother, even when Bella ISN'T under his control. Ugh!"

"That's true. But if Tonani loses his focus, she will be under his control and the ability can only last so long, so she won't remember anything if it breaks." Damion tried explaining. "He needs to control it before he makes a move."

Elli sighed. "Hopefully he does it soon..."

Damion pointed at Tonani and Bella. "He can actually look at her now." He said as if they said everything.

Elli grinned "Awesome!"

Damion chuckled. "But that doesn't mean he is entirely in control. He is making gradual progess."

Elli sighed. "Geez..."

Damion quickly stood up. "I have an idea."

Elli blinked and looked up at him.

"Follow me." Damion said and walked outside so he was close to the others but not close enough that he could be seen.

Elli got up and followed.

Damion watched the two and than closed his eyes relaxing. He released an illusion that only Tonani and Bella could see. Damion monitored through his mind.

Tonani cringed, closing his eyes so nothing would happen. He realized a different atmosphere and reopened his eyes. They were somewhere completely new and somehow, it was brighter. He was standing in a patch of wild flowers blooming beautifully. He looked around and he heard the gentle sound of a flowing river and the silent chirps of the brids in the distance.
Say what you must now, before the illusion breaks. Damion said to Tonani.

Elli smirked and chuckled.

Bella looked around. "Where are we?"

"That doesn't matter right now." Tonani answered in a semi normal tone. "Right now, we need to worry about why you must stay away from me."

Bella rolled her eyes, and picked a flower "Im not gonna stay away. I dont know why you wont let me be your friend."

Tonani sighed. "Because outside of right now, you won't be able to control even yourself if you are around me." He tried to explain without letting her know exactly of his power.

"you know what...your right...Im just gonna leave and never talk to you again. I was stupid to think this would work! Let me out!" Bella was hurt som uch that all she wanted to do was runaway from everyone.'

"My brother won't let you out until I have explained so listen to me close." Tonani said.

Damion was intently focused with his eyes closed and his hands clasped together.

Elli watched Damion carefully.

"Well i guess we are stuck in here then now arent we!!!!" Bella stated walking away from Tonani.

Tonani grabbed her arm stopping her. He knew that if he touched her nothing would happen as long as Damion kept his own focus. "I'm a seductionist." He said softly.

Bella tried to pull away "Just get away from me! Leave me alone Tonani!"

"There's nowhere to go, Bella. Listen to me. We met. We loved. We may have only know eachother for a mere day but you loved me. I had to let you go. If I touch you or even look at you, you fall for me in a way that you usually won't like. I make it happen. My ability is to make women swoon for me. So I can get them long enough to get what I want. I wanted you merely to help me. But now I want you for more. But I don't want to 'make' you." Tonani explained nearly ignoring her struggles.

"Ya well i tried to explain to you that i do like you a lot. But you wouldnt listen to me Tonani!!!"Bella struggled more "let me go"

"I know! But I can't do anything about that until I can control myself! If I can't control my own ability, than it will be false love!"

Bella looked at him. "If it is real love, then your powers wont work." She smiled softly and leaned up kissing his cheek lightly. "You must believe in yourself."

Tonani frowned. "If I even look at you outside of what my brother can control, than you'll be under my spell and follow me around adoring me like a lost puppy." He tried to explain more thoroughly.

Bella sighed "your hopeless....If it is real love you and i share...then it should break your spell! Damion can you please help me out here?!"

"Just listen to him, Bella." Damion's voice was heard eminating through the scenery.

"Please, Bella. It's hard to explain. The ability isn't broken so easily. I was created not to love." Tonani spoke.

"Well i..i." Bella took a deep breath and looked Tonani deep in his eyes, gently placing a hand on his cheek. "Well I love you Tonani. I think i have fallen inlove with you."

Tonani frowned. "And that's what makes this so hard." He looked back at her. "Give me time. All I need is just some time. I can be with you. I will be with you, but i need time to control myself."

Bella looked at her hand that was on Tonani's cheek and notice it began to wither away. She quickly removed her hand from his cheeka nd hid it behind her back. "...time..."

Tonani looked at her curiously. "What's wrong?"

"Hurry up, Tonani. I'm losing it." Damion echoed.

Bellas other hand began to wither and her legs too. "Nothing..."

Tonani looked at her. "What the hell is going on?" He saw her hands and legs.

Bella pulled away from him and backed away, but fell to the ground from being so weak. "you know how flowers die? They die with out water. Thats how i die"

Tonani's eyes widened. "DAMION!" He shouted.

"On it." Damion echoed and quickly the enviroment shifted. It was now a beach with beautiful blue water running up and touching their feet.

Bella closed her eyes as the water touched her. "You dont have to do this damion...you can just let us come back to you and Elli. I could find water there, so your not hurting yourself." She fell asleep by and accident. the Cool water touching her feet put her to sleep.

Tonani smiled at her peacefully resting and nodded.

Damion slowly opened his eyes and saw the pair before him. He looked at Elli. "Help me with her?"

Tonani walked to Bella's side but didn't touch her. He looked down at her with a frown.

Bella's body began to wither again as soon as they took her out of the water.

Elli smiled and stood kind of over Bella. "You carry... I can keep her wet until we put her in water." she said and closed her eyes and started chanting something odd. It seemed to start to rain over Bella, coming from Elli's hands.

Bellas body slowly began to go back to normal. She opened her eyes slowly and looked up at the three. "Hi?"

Damion carried Bella to the stream while Tonani stood watching.

Elli watched as well. She smiled softly.

Bella looked up at Damion, as he carried her to the stream. "Your brother probly hates me now."

Damion shook his head. "Not hate. He is just very confused right now." He looked down at her with a very similar expression to Tonani's.

Bella looked at him. "What? What are you giving me the same look for?"

"You should be more understanding of his situation." Damion said.

"I am...I guess...its just a lot to digest.." Bella looked at the stream and gently got out of Damion's arms and walked into it slowly "Its just a lot to digest." she repeated softly.

Damion nodded. "That's understandable."

Tonani frowned standing beside Elli.

Bella sighed softly. "...its just hard knowing that, a person you want to be with, you cant be with." She layed on the water and slowly went back to her normal self. She smiled and got out of the water. "Dont loose elli. Hold onto her ok?" She looked over at Tonani, craving to be with him, to be in his arms.

Damion nodded. "Tonani is trying very hard to figure out his own power. When he does, it won't be a curse, but a blessing." He told her. "Just be patient. Please."

Tonani frowned and walked away.

Bella saw Tonani walk away and ran after him. "Tonani wait!" She grabbed his wrist lightly and got infront of him holding onto his wrist lightly. "I cant stay away from you like you want me to. Its to hard for me to do that"

Elli sighed and walked over to Damion.

Tonani frowned. He looked down at Bella's hand touching his arm. "I'm sorry." His soft spoken words put the curse into effect once again. Tonani pulled himself away and started walking hoping that she wouldn't be affected but little did he know that it did, more so on Bella than anyone else.

Bella followed him. "Just stop running away from me please!" The curse did effect her a little bit, but not a whole lot. Her feelings twards him were real, and all she wanted to do was prove them to him.

Tonani looked back at her with a menacing look. "Just let me leave. Stop holding on!" He growled. If he couldn't simply walk away he had to scare her away.

Damion frowned watching the fiasco.

Elli let out a soft sigh. "I can't stand watching this anymore..." she said softly so Damion could hear her. "I'm out." she said, walking off slowly, hands in her pockets.

Bella smacked him across his face. "Fine ill leave you alone. Ill stop hoilding on. But just so you know Tonani, im moving on, i cant wait for you any longer." She looked at him one last time before turning around. She looked at Damion and then ran after Elli. "May i join you?"

Damion looked between Tonani, his brother, and Elli, the girl he seems most compelled to. He had no idea who to go after.

Tonani watched Bella run off with a frown on his lips and brow. "I'm sorry." He mouthed without truly speaking the words.

Elli had heard the slap and turned around. "Are you insane?! No you can't join me! I can't stand how both of you are basically running circles around eachother!! Its very irritating!!!!!!" she yelled.

Damion and Tonani had now looked identical. Their eyebrows were raised and their eyes were wide. "E-Elli...." Damion spoke softly.

Bella backed away slowly and nodded her head as she went in the other direction. She knew Elli was right, but instead of continuing the circle, she was going to break it, by walking away from tonani for good.

Elli growled in complete frustration and stormed off.

Damion sighed and decided it was best not to go after the young frustated girl. He looked back at his brother and shook his head.

Tonani's head was down forfitting and letting the girls leave.

Damion approached Tonani and rested his hand on Tonani's back.

Bella sat down by a pond, staring at the water, thinking about Tonani. "What happened, i thought he was ok with me. Now we arent..." She hugged her knees, as she kept staring into the water.

"I need to control what I am before I can talk to her again." Tonani said quietly.

"Elli!" Damion yelled after her. "Maybe she can help us....after all she is the only one it doesn't affect." He spoke to Tonani now.

Elli heard him, but completely ignored him, since she was still so pissed off. So she just kept walking, well more like storming, away.

"Wait here." Damion told Tonani and than ran after Elli. "Elli, please. We need you."

Elli grumbled. "What, seriously?? Damion... nothing is going to work with that girl..."

Damion stood in front of Elli. "Please. Tonani had never tried to control this before. He never thought he needed to. And he had never met anyone that his ability did not effect. You could be the key to his cure."

Elli sgihed. "Why, because I am not effected?"

Damion nodded. "I'm sorry." He said quietly, slightly changing topics now.

Elli shook her head. "No... not your fault...."

Bella sat down on a park bencha nd began to read a book she had on her.

Damion frowned. "Please, Elli, come help us."

Elli sighed. "Fine... but if he doesn't want to work it out with Bella, I am going to kick him in the face."

Damion chuckled. "Thank you." He lead Elli back to Tonani who was by the stream looking at his reflection.

"Why did i have to be cursed with male beauty." Tonani said aloud as Damion and Elli approached.

"Male beauty my ass. You look like a normal guy to me." Elli said calmly.

"Maybe to you...." Tonani shot a stunning smile at Elli. "But to any normal girl...." He said letting her fill in the blanks.

"Yeah, well, they're dumb if they let looks win them over. Looks aren't everything."

Tonani sighed. "It's not just the looks. It's the charm and....what's the word....finesse. I hate it. I wish I could tear my skin off but that still wouldn't work."

Elli just kinda shrugged. "... I'm still not getting it..."

Damion sighed. "He can appear as though he is the perfect man in every way. You are the only one who feels nothing to his ability."

Elli nodded. "Ah, I see." she said. "Understandable. I think."

"No Elli, you will never understand. My entire life, I've gotten whatever woman i wanted just by looking at them and had my way with them. Is that supposed to make me feel good? They don't know me. They see me and they want me. It's not about my personality or anything!" Tonani started hollering to Elli, but really just ranting.

"Tonani, please. Settle down." Damion immediately interjected as Tonani continued to rant.

Elli got up and walked over to Tonani. After he was done ranting and Damion said his say, she smacked him in the face, then grabbed his face lightly and kissed him deeply and with passion to try to prove it had nothing to do with his powers, but she truly loved him

Tonani and Damion stood shocked by what had suddenly happened. Tonani's mouth hung slightly as he stared at Elli. Damion's left eyebrow was raised. "Well.....that was um..interesting." He paused slightly then looked to Tonani. "See, Tonani, who knows what it is but she doesn't feel anything other than true love for you." Tonani still simply stared. "Um, Elli, I think he's in shock." Damion chuckled.

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