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Focused Madness
Chapter 20

Fusedtwilight: Thanks to my beta animegirlkiki for betaing. Last chapter Leah and Matthew had a surprise visit by his sisters. This chapter Matthew meets his father again, we find out who has been helping Joham and Leah and Fred retreat to Forks to plane their next move.

Distress: A painful situation, pain or suffering affecting the body or mind.
Example: Fred is quit distressed when he arrives home.

Fred P.O.V
I would always regret not being there that night for them. I promised I would be there for them, protect them. But I was too self-absorbed with my own issues that I allowed what happened come to pass.
I was in the woods, thinking about my future with Leah and Matthew, unaware the future had already been decided. There was the sound of an explosion. I looked up and saw a pillar of flames erupt into the sky.
I knew from the location the fire came from where the house was.
“Leah! Matthew!” I ran back to the house. I ran as fast as I could, I wished I was still a newborn because I would have been much, much faster.
As I ran close to the house I could see the fire burning through the trees. I ran as fast as I could, I had never run this fast before. I caught the scent of something similar to Matthew.
Hybrids.
There was only one reason why I was catching hybrid scents. Female, hybrid scents.
The house was completely enveloped in fire. It lit up the sky with its light. I felt a flash of fury directed at whoever did this. I had good memories in this house, it was the start of my new life, the home I had made for myself with Leah and Matthew and now it was burning in front of me.
The female scents were very fresh now, but I smelled Matthew with them. I was confused. Why would Matthew have left with his sisters? I know he would not have left without Leah, even if it was his sisters.
I smelled Leah as well, as well as the disturbing smell of burned flesh. Leah's flesh. I focused and could hear the sound of a heart beating in the fire.
“LEAH!”
I ran into the house. The front door was collapsed by debris. I plowed right through it; it crumbled against my body like a cookie soaked in milk. Fire was only dangerous to vampires if we were ripped apart. Otherwise we need not fear it.
So many memories I made in this house. Now it was all going up in flames. My vampire sense of touch made the fire seem like I was in the center of the sun. With the smell of Leah's burning flesh and the inferno around me I feared the worst.
I followed the sound of her heart beat and found her in the kitchen. For as long as I lived I would remember the image I saw before me. Leah was curled into a fetal position, she was naked and she was covered in horrible burns. I quickly grabbed her in my arms and ran outside. There was a huge explosion and the house began to collapse.
It was a good thing I got there in time, I doubt Leah would have survived. I laid her gently on the ground. Her heart was weak but still beating. Had she been human she would have not survived these burns. I had studied severe burns when I was in college. A human would be dead.
I knew she was going to be in a lot of pain. The majority of her left side was blackened from being burned.
“Leah, come on Leah please wake up,” I said gently shaking her.
Her eye fluttered open. She groaned in pain and it tore my heart up to hear her. “Fred?” she said in a weak raspy voice.
“It's okay Leah, I am here now,” I said gently.
I inspected her burns. God these burns are so severe. Should I worry about infection? Leah told me wolves never get sick but with the condition of her skin…
“God, Fred, it hurts,” she whimpered, tears fell down her face and her body shook.
“I know, I know, we'll get you better. Leah, what happened? I smelled hybrids and Matthew is with them?”
“Matthew? Oh God Matthew! Fred, they took Matthew! His sisters they came and took him!”
She tried to move but I stopped her. “I thought they were dead?”
“Well the bitch's survived.” she looked over at the house and there was pain in her eyes. Not physical, but emotional, like me she was feeling the pain of losing our home.
I could hear the sound of cars rushing down the road from miles away. “Leah we need to go,” I said.
“We need to call the Cullen's, we have to find Matthew. We have to find him before....they........”
She fell unconscious. I picked her up and ran to the Volvo. Leah keeps the door unlocked, all the way out in a hamlet like Priddis and you need not worry about someone stealing your car.
I put her in the passenger seat and gave her my shirt and jacket to cover her nakedness. Sadly the key was still in the house, most likely melted. Luckily I knew how to hot wire a car. A little something I picked up in a book I read.
I tore out down the road, a small group of cars passed us. I recognized Lance in his truck. He stopped as did I. He rolled down his window, his face looked panicked.
“Fred, what in the hell is going on?”
“I don't know, I need to get Leah to the hospital!”
“Leah? Is she okay?”
He leaned over to look for her. I saw from the look of disgust and horror he saw her.
“My God! Is she still alive?”
“Yes, I need to get her to the hospital!”
“What about Matthew?”
“I don't know.”
I want to be finding him, I wanted to find him so bad but I had to take care of Leah. Then with the Cullen's help we would find Matthew.
“Lance I have to go.”
“Okay, you take care of her, call me when you get her some help, I need to go help with the others.”
He took off, following the others to help put out the fire. I continued to drive, heading straight for Forks. I reached under the seat and found a cell. Leah kept it in the Volvo for emergencies. I dialed the Cullen's and someone picked up on the first ring.
“Hello?” it was Carlisle.
“Carlisle, we have been attacked!”
“I know, is Leah okay?”
“No, she is badly burned. She isn't healing as quick as she should be, I think it must be because of the burns.”
“Burns?”
I told him her condition.
“Blast, the wolves are susceptible to burns. Jake, Sam, and the wolves have already left.”
“How did they know where we were?”
“Jake can communicate with other alphas. Since Leah is a lone wolf we had hoped he could contact her. Alice had a late vision of the attack and we were unable to contact you.”
“What about Matthew? Have you any idea where he is?”
“No.”
“Carlisle what are we going to do?”
“I will call Jake and have them come back. Get here as soon as you can, I will have everything ready. Keep an eye on Leah, if her condition changes call me and let me know.”
“I will. But what about Matthew?”
“Alice can't see hybrids in her visions. The vision she had was one she had years ago when Matthew jump started her power, but it was buried until recently.”
“Can't she remember anything else?”
“She is trying.”
“I am coming straight to Forks.”
“We will see you soon.”
I hanged up and checked up on Leah again. She was still asleep. I had to roll the window down a little because the smell of baking werewolf flesh was to much for me to handle.
I was going way over the speed limit, but I was using my power to the max to keep any animals from jumping out from the middle of the road and to keep any human police man from pulling me over. The quicker I got Leah help the quicker we could find Matthew.
My fists clenched the wheel tight and a growl rumbled deep in my chest.
“Hold on Matthew, we'll find you.”
And when we do I will personally make you an only child.

Matthew's dream
I was running through the jungle. Something was chasing me. I was so afraid. If it caught me I would die.
I ran behind a tree and held my breath, my heart beat so hard I feared the beast could hear it. I heard nothing.
I came around the tree, trying to find the beast. Instead I found Morphia.
She was definitely taller. She looked like she grew a few years older. She looked like she was my age now. She wore a little red dress, with a red hat and a rose on the side. She made me think of little red riding hood on her way to the ball.
“Hello uncle Matthew,” she said waving at me.
“You!” I pointed an angry finger at her. Surprise and a little bit of fear shined in her aura. “You lied to me!”
“I never once lied to you uncle Matthew,” she said crossing her arms. Offense shined in her aura now.
“You never told me Hypnia was your mother!”
“You never asked.”
“You purposely hid the truth from me! Because of you Seraphina could be hurting Leah now.”
“Oh don't be so dramatic, Aunt Seraphina wouldn't hurt a fly.”
I looked at her incredulously. “Are you nuts! Seraphina is daddy's most dangerous daughter! All she has to do is blink her eyes and something erupts in fire!”
“Well I am sure this Leah will be fine.”
“You don't understands,” I cried. “Leah won’t let them take mes and me won't be theres to protect her and Leah will be burned and it will be Matthew's fault because me is telling you where we were being and-”
I feel to my knees and cried. Tears fell to the ground. Morphia walked up to me and kneeled down. “Relax uncle Matthew, everything will be fine.”
I blinked and looked at her. “Why do you look so much older? Hybrids don't age that fast.”
She smiled. “because I am only a quarter human. We age much faster than hybrids who are half and half, chances are I will mature before you do..”
“Quarter human?”
“My father is a vampire. The vampire blood is stronger in me then you.”
I remembered my sisters telling me about my nieces and nephews.
“How many are you?”
“Oh there is a lot of us.” she got up and twirled in her dress. “We are all so excited to finally meet you Uncle Matthew. We have heard so much about you. Grandfather is so happy you are coming home.”
“Grandfather?......You mean daddy?”
“Yes, he is waiting for you Matthew.” she took my hands in hers. Her aura was one of pure delight. “Grandfather has such planes for your Uncle Matthew. Big planes, important planes. You will be the catalyst the brings forth the new world. You will be the one that will build the foundations for our family.”
“Me?”
“Yes you silly. You have no idea how truly powerful you are uncle. But soon you will be with us and we will be a family. We will dance and play and be merry forever and ever.”
“But what about Leah?”
“What about her? We are your family Matthew, blood calls to blood. Besides you were always destined for greater things.”
“But I don't want greater things, I want Leah!”
“You have responsibilities now uncle. Do as grandfather tells you and you will see her again.”
The dream began to become fuzzy and I was losing focus.
“Take care uncle; we are all eager to see you again.”
Morphia began to fade.
“No wait!” I wailed.
But it was too late. I tried to stay in control of my dream, but as usual I was lost into the chaos and oddness of my mind. The rest of my dreams there was no fire and darkness.
There was only the memory of a soft bed, a pair of strong warm arms around me, and the sound of a soft voice humming ancient lullaby to me.
It was a dream I had lived, a dream that sadly, came to an end.

Joham P.O.V
Morphia yawned and opened her eyes.
“Well?” I asked.
Her face broke out in a beautiful smile. “They have him grandfather,” she said.
“Excellent,” I smiled.
“I wore the new red dress daddy got for me. Do you think uncle liked it?” she asked.
I patted her affectionately on the cheek. “You look a vision child. Now go inform our family of Matthew's triumphant return.”
“Yes grandfather.”
She got up and left the room. I smiled to myself. Matthew was alive and would soon be mine again. With him under my control my family will be made stronger then ever.
No one will stop us, not with Matthew. Soon the Volturi will join the ranks of the things that were and the world of vampires will bow to my law. Centuries of work and patience will pay off.

Leah P.O.V
I opened my eyes.
There was the sound of a monitor beeping could be heard. For a moment I wondered why I was in a hospital and not home in bed when I remembered everything.
The monitor began to pick up speed and I sat up. My left side erupted in agony and I screamed.
“Leah!” hands grabbed me and pushed my down. I smelled vampire and familiar scents. Wolf scents. The scents of my brothers.
I opened my eyes and saw Carlisle, Fred, Jake, Seth, and Sam.
“Seth?”
He looked older. My baby brother had grown up a lot. All signs of childhood were quickly disappearing. His body was starting to develop into the body fit for manhood. He was looking more and more like dad did when he was young.
“It's me Leah, I am here.” he gently ran his hand over my head. A lone tear ran down his face.
“God, you've grown.”
He laughed.
“You gave us a scare Leah. Guess vampires aren't the only ones weak against fire,” Jake said with a small smile.
I looked at my left side. It was redder then a tomato. It still felt like it was on fire, it made me remember when Matthew bit me that time an-
“Matthew!”
I tried to get up but the pain and the guys hands held me firmly in place. “Easy Leah, you are still healing,” Carlisle said gently. “Had you been human you would be dead, but thanks to your species regenerative abilities you will pull through.”
“How long have I been out?” I asked.
“Two days,” Fred said.
“Two days! Tell me you have found Matthew!”
I knew from their solemn faces they had not.
“What happened, while I was out?” I asked.
Fred spoke. “Well I drove us straight here. Carlisle was already waiting. You were burned bad Leah, your skin had turned black.”
“Your healing faster than a human would, you won't even scar, but you still need time to heal, I have been feeding you morphine to help you fight the pain.”
“Fat lot of help, I feel like venom is running down my side,” I said.
“Who did this to you?” Jake asked.
“Seraphina!” I growled.
“Isn't that Matthew's sister?” Seth asked.
“I thought she was dead,” Sam said.
“Well she's not. She did this to me. They showed up wanting Matthew, I told them no. One of his sisters made him fall asleep and I phased and that bitch hit me with a jet of fire and burned my fucking house down!”
“I am sorry Leah, I smelled their scents but I had to help you first,” Fred said.
“What about the house?” I asked hoping it was alright.
“Burned to the ground. I called Lance and told him you were in the hospital. He wants to know what happened.”
“Don't call him back; we need to worry about Matthew.”
I tried to get up again but they wouldn't let me.
“Leah you need to calm down,” Jacob said firmly.
“Calm down? Matthew is gone, kidnapped. Would you be fucking calm if it was Nessie,” I growled at him.
“Maybe it's for the best,” Sam said.
“What!”
I had not really felt anything when I realized Sam was in here to. I was more concerned about Matthew but now he had my full attention and not in a good way.
“Leah, now he is with his family and now you are home. Maybe we should just let him stay with his sisters.”
“You moron!” I hissed. “His daddy is alive too!”
“What!” they all said.
“Yeah, those bitches said so.”
“But the Volturi hunted him down,” Carlisle said.
“Maybe one of his brats can keep him hidden, I don't know and I don't care I need to find him.”
“Leah we are doing everything we can. We already sent some wolves and a few of the Cullen's have gone to your house to see if they can catch a scent,” Jake said.
“But Matthew-”
“Needs you at your best,” Seth said. “You are no good to him half baked.”
A tear fell down my eye. “Damn it.”
“How did they even find you?”
I was starting to feel tired. Everything was getting blurry.
“They said Morphia found him; I guess she can move through dreams. They said she is Hypnia's daughter.”
“Another hybrid?”
“I guess, I asked who the daddy is but they said there was more than one.”
“Sleep Leah we will talk more later. When you are rested,” Carlisle said.
“But-”
“Leah please,” Fred said. “We will find him, I promise. We will not stop until we have out boy back.”
His face was so beautiful and sincere; I could not help but feel trust.
“Clearwater,” I whispered. My eyes began to blur.
“What?”
“Matthew...he wanted to be called Matthew Clearwater.”
The darkness over took me and I could remember the feel of his arms around me and his love covering me like a blanket. Hold on baby, mommy is coming.

Understanding: A mental grasp, the power of comprehending, the power to make experiences intelligible.
Example: Matthew comes to an understanding with his family.

Matthew P.O.V
I opened my eyes and found myself in a strange room.
It was big and sun light was shining through the window. I sat up and looked around.
“You are up.”
I looked to the side and saw Rosemary sitting on a chair. She was knitting and smiled when she saw me.
“Good, everyone has been waiting.”
“Rosemary?” I asked.
“Who else?”
“Where are we?” I asked.
“We are home Matthew. You have been sleeping for two days.”
“Two days!” I jumped up. “What happened? Where is Leah?!” I demanded.
“Calm yourself Matthew, everything is fine,” she said.
She took my hand in hers and led me into another room. It was a very big bathroom. “Wash yourself and get dressed, the family is waiting.”
She left me alone in the bathroom. I looked around and found some cloth's neatly folded next to a big bath tub. I sniffed them and smelled an unfamiliar scent. It was female but smelled less human then Rosemary.
I took a quick bath. I was lonely. I wished Leah was here. Bath time just wasn't fun without her.
I quickly got dressed after I bathed and walked back out. She was still waiting for me. “Alright then, let’s go.”
She took my hand and led me out of the room. The halls were made of stone. There were paintings on the wall. Some were beautiful; others were so old you could hardly see what the pictures had been.
To my immense surprise I smelled human scents in the halls.
“Are we in Hogwarts?” I asked.
“What?” Rosemary asked.
“Are we going to meet Harry Potter?”
She laughed. “Sweet boy of course not. But we are in a castle, a very old castle. Father has some friends he has been working with a few years now. The castle was renovated a few years ago.”
“Why do I smell humans?” I asked.
The smell of humans was making my throat burn with thirst.
“Well we need servants, and a meal,” she laughed.
A girl turned around a corner. When she saw us she stopped and bowed as we passed. She said something in a language I did not understand. Rosemary did not respond, she acted as if the girl was not even there.
The girl's aura was filled with awe, fear, respect. She must know what Rosemary is. You don't have this much fear and awe of someone, not unless there is a darn good reason.
All kinds of scents filled the hallways. Many female, many male. Some human, some...not human. I could hear the sound of children playing and laughing. I could hear the sound of fast beating hearts.
“Rosemary, where is daddy?” I asked.
“In his study, he is meeting with our benefactors.”
“Benefactors?”
“The ones who gave us this castle and gave us our children.”
“Children?”
We stopped at a large wooden door. I knew they were out there. I could hear them, smell them, taste their delight and excitement in my mind. They were excited, they knew I was coming.
“Yes Matthew, our family has grown much since last you were with us.”
She opened the door. Light spilled out and I stared. There were so many of them. We were in a vast garden. Flowers of red, blue and violet were grounded here and there. They were beautiful but not as beautiful as the sight I saw.
I saw my sisters. Seraphina, Mia, Sarah, Hypnia. Around them were boys and girls of all sizes and ages.
Some had dark hair, some had blonde. There were many shades of blond. I saw Morphia. She had gotten taller since I last saw her. There were many children though. Dozens of them. They didn't sparkle like vampires. But they looked like someone had sprinkled flecks of glitter on their skin. It was far from noticeable from the sparkleness of a vampire, but it would be much easier for them to be amongst humans.
They were all beautiful. I could see a lot of their mothers in them. One thing they all had in common was the shades of tan skin. Some had very light tan skin others were a bit darker, but all their skin was lighter than their mothers. Like their fathers might have been pale.
They all looked at me with amazement and awe. My sisters smiled pleased by the scene unfolding. I felt nervous. They were all looking at me, judging me, weighing me down.
Rosemary took my hand and gently tugged me forward. I followed her, gripping her hand tight like I did when I was young. I and Rosemary had always been close; she was both sister and nanny to me. Before I had Leah, Rosemary filled the void mommy left.
We stopped ten feet from my family. “This is your Uncle Matthew. He has come home,” she said.
They had been silent, but filled with excitement. The second she finished speaking it was like a damn broke. They all surged forward and I got nervous. So many of them descended on me, not to attack. Not exactly.
They all began to hug me; some kissed me on the cheeks. Even the boys. I have never been kissed by a boy. Didn't like it. They all spoke excitedly. How happy they were to meet me, how much like daddy I looked. They all kept touching me, poking me, inspecting me. Like I was the most amazing thing.
I knew how happy they were, I could sense it. They truly were happy to have me and I felt more at home now with them, they accepted me so easily and readily it made me smile.
My family was not dead, they were alive and growing. I had lost sisters but now I had so many nephews and nieces it was ridiculous.
Morphia came up to me and kissed my cheek. “Welcome home Uncle Matthew,” she said.
I looked at Rosemary. “They are yours?” I asked.
She chuckled. “Some. Not all of course.”
“But there are so many? Why are some of them older than me?” It had only been little over three year since I saw them.
“I told you uncle, we are a purer strain of hybrids, we grow much quicker then hybrids like you,” Morphia said.
Many of them had that special glow that some like Ness-Ness or Al-Al, or Ed-Ed had and I knew they were gifted. Some did not, but a lot did.
“Many of them are gifted.”
A wave of surprise washed over the group. “How did you know?” A girl with dirty blonde hair and light blue eyes asked.
“You glow,” was all I said.
A wave of ohhh's washed over them; I could sense how impressed they were.
“My name is Brand,” the girl said. “Seraphina is my mother.” Brand looked like she was seventeen or eighteen, she was fully mature. She had her mother’s curls.
“What can you do?” I asked.
“I can super heat my skin, to the point where it can even burn vampire skin. It's not as powerful as mother's gift but useful in hand to hand combat.” a tinge of bitterness flashed across her aura. She resented not being able to make fire like her mother. Personally I was glad. One fire wielder in the family was enough.
I smiled at her. “Super hot skin is cool,” I said honestly.
She smiled and hugged me.
We stayed outside for a while. I got to knew my new family members. We played for a while. Tag, hide and seek, we sat in a circle and sang as some of the group danced. Our music was soft, graceful and elegant. My sisters watched us with happy eyes, pleased things were going smoothly.
I was so lost in the moment I almost forgot Leah. I excused myself from the group and went to go talk to my sisters. I needed to know what happened to Leah.
“What is wrong Matthew?” Mia asked.
Mia had short cut dark hair and very tan skin. She was the best tracker in the family. Her sense of smell was stronger than a full blood vampires. She could smell emotions and track anything by scent alone. She had some of the darker skin and her hair was black.
“I want to see daddy.”
“Don't you want to visit with your nephews and nieces some more?” Sarah asked.
“Later, I need to see daddy.”
“Father is still meeting with-”
“I don't care, I need to see him now,” I said firmly. I wove obedience and willingness to listen into their auras.
Rosemary got up. “Very well.” she took my hand and I promised everyone I would come back. They were disappointed they didn't get to play with me more.
Rosemary took me to a door on the opposite end of the garden. She led me me through the hallways and we passed a few humans. Like the girl they stopped and bowed and spoke in another language and Rosemary ignored them all.
I heard talking as we approached a large wooden door. There were two vampires I did not know on either side. I could smell daddy's scent leading into the room, I could hear his voice beyond.
“With Matthew it will be so easy,” I heard him say.
“Must we wait? We should attack now?” another male voice said, his voice had a bit of an accent.
“We must wait, Matthew must adapt to this life. I am sure he is quit upset now. In fact I believe he is waiting outside the door.”
Rosemary knocked on the door. “Enter.”
I was more nervous now, more so then I had been when I met my new kin. I had so many questions for daddy, but at the same time I wanted to run into his arms like I did when I was little, I wanted him to toss me up in the air and catch me like he did when I was so much smaller.
Rosemary opened the door. We walked into a larger room. Metal chandeliers hung from the ceiling, candles were lit on top of them that cast light into the room. There were a few more vampires in the room; they stood against the wall like guards.
There was a big round table in the center. Three sat there, two vampires with oddly white and thin looking skin and....Daddy.
He stood facing me, a smile on his face. His aura had happiness and delight with a mix of pride. He was happy to see me. Very happy.
“Hello Matthew,” he said.
With those two words the dam that had been holding back all my emotions broke. For so long I thought he was dead, I thought I would never see him again. I went running right for him. I wrapped my arms around him and hugged him.
He chuckled and wrapped his arms around me tight. My eyes became blurry with tears. “You have grown so much,” he said.
“Daddy, I thought you were dead. I tried to find you but I forgot about you and everyone,” I cried.
“Shhh, its okay my son. You are home now, it is okay.”
I pulled back to look at him. “Daddy where did you go? Why did you leave me?” I asked.
“I didn't mean to Matthew, believe me. But after I escaped, I and your sisters tried to find you and Rosemary. We found her but she was crazy with fear, a result of you projecting your power in self defense when Jane attacked you. We tried to find you but we feared the Volturi got to you. By the time we managed to get Rosemary calmed down it had been months since we lost you. We have been hiding from the Volturi ever since.”
“How did you escape? Carl-Carl said they are hard to hide from.”
“I faked my death. I had Seraphina burn our home down, we made the Volturi think I was inside and they thought me vanquished. A dear mistake on their part. But what of you? Where ever did you go?”
“Well me woke up and me had no memory of who I was. All I knew was I was special, I was being Matthew and me had daddy me had to find. All I remembered was terrible burning pain.” I shuddered. “Me wonder jungle for long time, fighting animals who try to eat Matthew and eating humans when I was getting thirsty. Me met vampires here and there, they smell like you some hope they know you or be you but they not you and they are mean and want to hurt Matthew but I make them go away. Then one day when me is trying to find you he finds Charlie the policeman and he meets me with Carl-Carl and he takes me home to me his family and they help me and teach me to drink animal blood because it is bad to drink human blood because they are people and they have neighbors they make deal with and I met them they are Indians called Quileute's and they turn into wolves and some of them are real mean but Jake-Jake, Quil-Quil Bry-Bry, and Seth-Seth are nice. And Leah to, Leah is so cool and amazing and beautiful, she is the only girl and she was real sad, bitter and lonely but she met Matthew and we be happy but then Matthew get real thirsty and attack a girl who was Leah's cousin but also imprint of wolf Called Sam and Sam got mad and tried to kills me but Leah fight for Matthew and we hide from everyone in a place called Priddis and we met Fred-Fred who was all alone and sad but we met him and he became happy and we lived together for a long time. Fred-Fred taught me how to play cards and taught me stuff like Math even though I don't like math and Leah....I miss her a lot daddy, can I go back and see Leah? I love her a lots and if she is hurt me will very mad and I will hurt someone real bad if Leah is hurt.”
My little fists trembled with rage.
“Come now Leah, surely you wouldn't hurt one of your own sisters over some girl,” daddy said.
“Leah is not some girl!” I yelled. “Leah loves me, she cloth me, she feed me, she protect me, she left her home and family and it hurt her a lot but she do it to protect Matthew. We would watch TV together and play games and hunt animals and laugh about stuff and she would sing me to sleep when I was having bad dreams and she was trying to keep Seraphina from taking me still trying to protect me!”
Daddy did not look happy at my little outburst but I was not caring. I had to know if Leah was okay. Rosemary stepped forward. “Father, the girl, this Leah. There could be another reason why he is so attached to her.”
“Show me,” he said.
She walked up to him and placed her hand on his face. Rosemary was like Nessie, she could show people her memories. I know she was showing daddy the memory she had of Leah. Surprise and shock filled his aura. Just like it had my sisters when they saw Leah.
“Well, that is unnerving,” he said.
“What is it?” I asked.
“Nothing important. I am sure Leah is fine. Seraphina didn't actually kill her. She was in the house when it burned down but I am sure she got out in time.”
“Seraphina burned the house down!”
The idea of our lovely home burning to the ground hurt me a lot. The idea of Leah burning inside that house hurt even more. What about Fred-Fred? Had he gotten home in time to save her? What if Leah died in the fire. Fred-Fred would be alone again.
“Why did she burn the house down, that was not nice!” I growled.
“She would not let you come back with us.”
“Leah could have come with us, her and Fred-Fred!”
Daddy placed his hands on my shoulders. “Now calm down Matthew. You are returned to us after three long years, we have all worked very hard to find you. Be joyful, you are back with us.”
“But Leah-”
“Is fine, I am sure. Shape-shifters do not die easy.”
He hugged me again and I felt the happiness and gratitude in his aura. “I am just happy you are safe and sound, all these years I feared I had lost you. I have lost enough children already.”
“I missed you daddy,” I said hugging him, unable to feel mad at him when he was glowing with love and happiness.
Someone cleared their throat. I pulled back and saw that the two odd looking vampires were standing now. “Shouldn't you introduce us Joham?” the one with ash blonde hair asked.
“Ah yes, where are my manners. Matthew, I would like for you to meet your....brothers-in-law. Stefan and Vladimir. Last of the Romanian coven and my partners in my planes.”
“Greetings child, welcome to Romania,” the other vampire said with dark hair said.
“Romania?” I asked.
“Yes, this is castle Poenari in Arges country. Poenari was one of our many castles we had when we ruled. For many years it was uninhabited until Stefan and myself moved back in a few years ago. We have allowed your kin to live here with us,” said the one with the very pale colored hair who was Vladimir.
“You are the daddies of my sisters’ children?”
“That we are. Years ago after we met the Cullens we came to South America to find your father, we knew the Volturi would be seeking him out soon,” the black haired one Stefan said.
“That was how you came up with the plane for me to go into hiding with Rosemary,” I said to daddy.
“Yes. Had our friends not warned us we would have been wiped out, we owe them much,” daddy said.
“After that he came to find us in Romania, along with your sisters. We returned to this castle. The locals believe it to be haunted and never come near it so we need not worry about privacy. We returned and made some renovations.”
I looked at the vampire guards. “And who are they?” I asked.
“The people of this land remember us; remember us in our finest hour. We knew we would need help in our plane so we began recruiting from the locals. They help serve and protect us as their ancestors did in the days of old.”
“Huh?”
“See little one back when we ruled the people knew we were vampires. We did not try and hide like the Volturi do. The people feared us, but they also served us. They knew if they pleased us enough then they might be well rewarded,” Vladimir said.
“Do they get their freak on with my sisters to?”
“What?!”
“You know,” I gyrated my hips, just like Em-Em did that one time.
The Romanians looked at me like I was doing something very bizarre. They glanced at one another and shrugged.
“No, that right is reserved for Stefan and Vladimir only, as per our deal,” Daddy said grinning, amused by my antics.
“What deal?”
“In return for providing sanctuary to your family Joham has promised to help restore our coven to its former glory,” Stefan said.
“Why don't you just make your own coven?”
“Because this new coven of ours will be better than the last. Hybrids are much more useful in blending in with the human world and are easier to train then newborns. The amount of time it takes to train hybrids compared to newborns is considerably lower. Plus by breeding hybrids we insure we have warriors with gifts when using a human there is no way to tell if they are gifted.”
“So you are breeding an army? For what purpose?”
“Not an army Matthew, a coven, a family, a new race. The Romanians do not wish to remain hidden like the Volturi do. They make a new race that will slowly replace humans and vampires,” daddy said.
“Once there are enough hybrids in the world we will reveal ourselves to the world and by then we will have assimilated ourselves into the human world so much that the great revelation will be a simple, painless thing,” Stefan said.
“But what about the Volturi people? They will try and hurt us again,” I said.
“Don't worry about them, we are already planning to deal with them,” daddy said.
“But how?”
“You will soon see.” he kissed me on the head and hugged me one more time. “I am glad you are home Matthew. Now go play with the others, they have been eagerly waiting for you. We will talk more.”
“Okay.”
I took Rosemary's hand and we left daddy and the Romanians behind to talk. I still had so many questions; I still wanted to know if Leah was okay. But at the same time a part of me wanted to stay and be with my family.
One side wanted to go, one side wanted to stay. How much long before one beat out the other.
I will come back to you Leah, I promise.

Joham P.O.V
I waited until my children’s heart beats faded.
“Well that was interesting,” Vladimir said.
“Too bad the witch worked her fire magic on him. Kind of hinders our plans,” Stefan said.
“Worry not, Matthew's condition won't change anything. With him on our side victory is a sure thing. He will make our coven strong enough to take the Volturi down and help us keep control of the other vampires. His ability is a unique mix of Marcus, Chelsea and Eleazar's powers. We will be able to find vampires with gifts and bind them to us and form a coven much larger than the Volturi.”
“Is he really that strong?” Stefan asked.
“Yes. Thanks to his mother’s blood. He is everything I have worked to achieve. A being with a gift powerful enough to bring my planes to fruition.”
“What about the she-wolf?” Vladimir asked. “If she has survived she may try to find him.”
“Even if she does she has no way to find us, even with the help of these Cullens.”
“Do not underestimate them. They are the first coven ever to escape the full force of the Volturi. What if they learn what we plane to do and warn Aro? All our planes will go up in flame.”
“There is no way they could figure out what we are up to, you worry too much. With all the hybrids we have here, we are protected from the seer's visions and they have no way to track him.”
“But what if he decides to contact them? You saw how passionate he spoke of them,” Stefan said.
“Well, if Matthew starts missing them to much I think we make him forget them very easily,” I said.
“You would wipe your son's memory?”
“Don't sound so shocked. I have had to do it before. He always asked to many questions, always had to question what I told him. That was why I chose Rosemary to be his caretaker. The second he started showing too much doubt or independence she would modify his memory.”
“So what if he decides not to help us in the plane? It seems the Cullen's have left a mark on him,” Vladimir said.
“It matters not, whether he wishes to or not does not matter. In the end he will help us. Now I think that is enough for today, let us go join the children. It is such a nice day.”
We left the room and headed for the garden. My thoughts turned to the memory Rosemary had shown me of this Leah. I was unnerved by her, I hope she is dead. The physical resemblance is to uncanny for even my liking.
As for the Cullens, I am not worried. They will not be able to locate us at all, a few more weeks and the world will change. And no one can stop me.

Fusedtwilight: The castle I mention in this chapter is an actual castle in Romania. Look it up. Next chapter Matthew begins to learn his family isn't all it's cracked up to be and Leah has a reunion with her former pack. Please review.
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