It's been about a week and a half since Uncle Jack died, yesterday was the funeral. I saw Terra at the funeral, she didn't come over or anything she was just there watching in the distance. "Blake, honey, um someone's here to see you." Aunt Skyler said, "I uh, I think she's one of your friends from school." She said softly, "Alright I'll go see who it is." I said as I got up from my desk and went to the front door. "We need to talk." Terra said, "What do you want Terra?" I said coldly, "Well for one to save you and your poor aunt's lives for starters." Terra said, "Look I get it you're grieving and I know that you're in ten different kinds of pain all at once right now. I really do, but I will not just stand by and watch you get yourself and your aunt killed." Terra said as two men approached the house behind her, both men wore a three-piece suit, a tie, and dress shoes. One was a tall white man with short brown hair and the other was a shorter black man with a shaved head and a five o'clock shadow. "Young lady I need to ask you to leave." The taller man said, "Bye Blake, I'll see ya around." Terra said as she left, "Young man I'm Agent Smith and this is my partner Agent Daniels, is your aunt around?" Agent Smith, the shorter man, asked as the two men showed me their badges, "Yes?" Aunt Skyler said, "Ma'am we believe your husband killed a wanted criminal wanted for twenty-five counts of aggravated assault, thirty-three counts of attempted murder, and multiple homicides spanning all over the US." Agent Daniels said, "We know that he never worked alone and was known to have at least one partner. We fear that this partner has targeted the two of you." Agent Smith said, "N-No, no you're not taking my son from me!" Aunt Skyler said, "I know this is the last thing you want to here, but it is for your protection." Agent Smith said, "W-Will I ever get to see each other again? B-Blake's all I have left." Aunt Skyler asked, "Arrangements will be made." Agent Daniels said, "Well Blake I guess this is goodbye for now. Um, you best be on your best behavior. Oh, I love you so much, honey." Aunt Skyler said as she hugged me and kissed my cheek, "So how does this work?" Aunt Skyler asked, "We arrest you and from there we will relocate you. Same goes for him." Agent Smith said as he took his handcuffs out and put them on Aunt Skyler before the two agents led her to their car and soon they drove away.

I decided to go to the diner to sulk. "Here you are, kid," Bobby said as he sat a double bacon burger with fries on the table, "This one's on the house, your uncle was a good friend of mine. It's a real shame what happened to him." He said, "Thank you." I said, "Hey Blake I heard about your aunt." Terra said as she sat across from me, "Hey um would you mind coming home with me?" Terra asked, "What?" I said, "Look we need to talk and I'm pretty sure that you wouldn't want anyone else to hear this." Terra said, "Alright let's go." I said, "No, no you should eat first." Terra said.

After I finished eating Terra and I went to her house. Terra lived in the mansion a couple of miles outside the town. "So you're the one who killed the basilisk." A woman said as we entered the house. She had long dirty blonde hair, beautiful brown eyes, and a near-perfect figure. "Wait, Ms. Fisher is that you?" I asked, "Blake?!" Ms. Fisher said in shock, "Oh it makes so much sense now, you're the only one dumb enough to even attempt to kill a basilisk!" Ms. Fisher said, I walked over to her and grabbed her by the collar of her shirt, "You shut your damn mouth! I didn't kill it that was my uncle and look what happened!" I said angrily, "I heard about your uncle. I was hoping it was you who killed it and that his death was a result of his line of work, I am truly sorry." Ms. Fisher said as she hugged me, "You know for the mean principal you're not that bad." I said, "I have my moment's hun." Ms. Fisher said, "OK THAT'S ENOUGH OF THAT!" Terra said as she pushed herself between us, "Right down to business." Ms. Fisher said as the room changed somehow, she took a seat on the black leather couch that had appeared when the room changed, "Is something wrong Blake dear?" Ms. Fisher asked as a teacup appeared in her hand, "What the hell just happened?!" I asked in shock, "Right you've only been involved with the supernatural for less than two weeks. What happened was elven magic." Ms. Fisher said, "Oh and Blake please feel free to call me Cleo, Ms. Fisher is an alias." Cleo said as she took a sip of her tea, "Now when your uncle killed the basilisk he freed something far worse, a lamia." Cleo said, "Oh I should have explained this earlier! Certain monsters are locked up and sealed away in special prisons. Now if they would escape as the basilisk did there are certain seals in place confining them to one area. This is known as territory, however, the lamia was the basilisk's mother and her territory was the basilisk and now that it's gone she has free reign to go anywhere she wants." Terra said, "Verry good Terra you actually remembered." Cleo said, "While all of that is true the lamia is after something; you." Cleo said as she pointed at me, "I took great strides to ensure you and your aunt would be safe from her." Terra said, "Why me? I didn't kill the basilisk!" I said, "Yes but your uncle did and you and I both had his blood on us that night. She has since picked up your scent and sh will be out for blood." Terra said, "The only reason I'm safe is because Cleo handled it the second I came home." Terra said, "How did she handle it exactly?" I asked, "I-I don't wanna talk about it." Terra said, "I bathed her in, minotaur urine." Cleo said before taking a sip of tea, "So let me get this straight your sister dumped minotaur piss on you." I said with a slight laugh, "Shut up! At least I'm not gonna get tortured and eaten alive by a pissed off lamia!" Terra said, "Now now children no fighting." A woman said as the double doors behind Cleo opened on their own revealing a beautiful woman with long platinum hair, stunning blue eyes, and a perfect figure. "So you're the one who's been blighted with the lamia's wrath." The woman said as she walked over to me and bent down to examine me a bit, "T-those are really big!" I said, suddenly Terra punched me, "Oh dear what happened?!" The woman asked, "Oh nothing Mom, Blake here must have hit his head." Terra said, "Wait you're Marie Sinclare?!" I said in shock, "I look pretty good for my age don't I?" Marie said, "Now back on topic." Cleo said, "Colour me, impressed young man. You have somehow managed to learn about the supernatural world all on your own. That takes an immense amount of dedication my dear." Marie said as she sat down next to Cleo and crossed her legs, "Now you probably want to know why you're here and why Terra had your aunt sent away." Marie said, "It's for your protection the both of you. Now as for you no matter where we'd move you to the lamia will find you, so I've decided to take you under my wing and teach you everything there is to know about the supernatural world." Marie said, "No." I said, "I'm sorry did you just say no?" Marie said in shock, "That's right, I said no. The supernatural has already taken far too much from me as it is. First my parents, then Jimmy, and now my aunt and uncle! I'm done with it all, I never should have gotten involved with it, to begin with!" I said, "Blake do you really think this Jimmy bloke was there that night out of the kindness of his heart?" Marie asked cynically, "I have known Jimmy since I was nine-years-old. He's helped me out more times than I care to admit!" I said, "What if I told you he was one of the things you hate more than anything; a windigo." Cleo said, "What!" I said angrily, "Jimmy McCloud was a windigo and the Woodhill mansion was his own personal feeding grounds since no one else dared to go near the basilisk's prison. It worked for a while for him it really did, until the seal was broken by one of his unfortunate victims, who by the way consisted of babies, small children, young girls, and women in their early twenties oldest being twenty-two." Cleo said, "Blake dear if you truly wish to give up on the supernatural then I can accept that, but please let me teach you how to at the very least defend yourself against the lamia. Please this is all I ask." Marie said, "Fine but once all of this is done I'm out." I said, "Splendid! You won't regret this darling I promise!" Marie said happily.

"She said to meet in the basement to start my lessons, but that was over an hour ago!" I complained, "I'm so sorry Blake darling. I simply had to have a shower." Marie said as she shut the door behind her, "Now shall we begin?" Marie asked as I turned to face her and found her completely naked, "WHAT THE HELL?!" I shouted in shock as I turned back around, "Oh did you think the lamia will fight fair? No, she will fight you just like this in order to distract you, now I am going to teach you how to fight with a distraction like this." Marie said as she forced me to face her, "Now let's begin." Marie said as she tossed me a sword, "I want you to attack me and strike to kill." Marie said as I slashed at her, "Not good enough darling!" Marie said as she knocked the sword from my hands and put her blade against my throat, "And you're dead." Marie said as she removed her blade. This went on for six hours. "Mom, Blake diner's ready." Terra said as she entered the basement while Marie and I were in a very compromising position, "MOTHER!" Terra shouted angrily, "And you both are dead." Marie said as she took her hands off my throat, she didn't grab my throat with the intent to kill me she just loosely put her hands on me, "I-I see lamia training." Terra said as Marie and I got up, "I'm sorry Terra darling I hope I didn't incite any uncouth delusions about your boyfriend and me." Marie said as a silk robe appeared on her. "Now children, shall we go have dinner?" Marie said, "Yeah let's go, but Mom could you at least put a bra on before Blake bleeds to death!" Terra said as she helped me up, "Did I nick him somewhere? I was sure that I didn't harm him in any way." Marie said, "Not what she meant Marie." I said.

"Mind if I ask a question?" I asked as Terra, Marie, and I sat down at the dinner table with Cleo, "I am here to teach you Blake darling." Marie said, "Why is it you're so very British and your daughters aren't?" I asked, "It's because she doesn't live with me and Cleo, Blake. She left me and my sister seven years ago which is why Cleo and I have such a good relationship." Terra said, "Unfortunately that is true." Marie said, "I had other matters I needed to attend to but it would have taken years to resolve and I couldn't put my daughters through that again. I couldn't force them to move again." Marie said, "Trust me I'd rather be forced to move somewhere I hated than be separated from my family, which is why when this is all over I'm going to get my aunt." I said.

It's been three days since Marie started teaching me, apparently, the only reason why the lamia hadn't come for me was that Marie and Cleo had put up a temporary seal around the woods. It wouldn't last forever, but long enough for me to learn how to deal with her. "So you're the lamia? Honestly, I was thinking you'd be a lot more terrifying." I said cockily as I looked up at the snake woman. She was about fourteen feet tall and about forty feet long, she had long black hair and piercing green eyes similar to those of a snake, her pale skin stood out under the bright lights of the Sinclare mansion's basement, her enormous snake tail was covered in black and dark green scales. "You murdered my child! For that your life is forfeit." The lamia said, "Look I don't want to fight you if I don't have to, I'd much rather talk thing out." I said, "The time for talk has long since ended. You pathetic humans are all the same in the end! You kill and slaughter anything and everything you do not understand or fear." The lamia said, "Yes we're idiots, but that's the thing we're only human. We make mistakes sometimes horrible and terrible mistakes but we try, we try our damnedest to learn from our mistakes and to do better." I said, "I do not care! You murdered my child, you will die by my hand." The lamia said, "Do you have any final words before I end your miserable life human?" The lamia said as she drew her blades, "Yeah since diplomacy failed me I do." I said as I readied my sword and shield, "Marie's were bigger." I said before the lamia slashed at me. I blocked her attacks with the shield Marie gave me, I couldn't just block her forever I had to attack. I waited for an opening and knocked the sword in her left hand away. At that moment I decided to attack only to be swatted away by her massive tail. Luckily I was able to block her tail with my shield and avoid breaking any bones. "I-I can't beat her like this!" I said in fear as I dropped my now broken shield while she slowly slithered towards me, I ran at her and slashed at her only to have my blade shattered and for me to be thrown into a large crate breaking it upon impact. That's when I saw it, the edge I needed. "Alright, I'm done getting the shit kicked outa me by some bitch with no legs! It's my turn now." I said as I drew my new sword, "What kind of blade is that? It looks frail and pathetic just like you." The lamia said as I rushed at her, she began to slash at me but stopped when I cut her, "How did you?! You weren't this fast before!" It said in fear, "The lamia originated from ancient Greece! Marie told me your kind rarely ventures from there and when they do they always head West!" I said as I slashed at her over and over, "So it makes sense you've never seen a Japanese sword before. Which is why you don't know about katanas, the fastest swords ever made!" I said as she fell back against a wall, I quickly put the tip of my blade to her throat, "Let me make one thing very clear to you, I didn't kill the basilisk that was my uncle who died in the process." I said, "Kill me if you must show everyone your true colors!" It said in fear, "No, I'm not going to kill you." I said as I threw my sword away, "I couldn't look my aunt in the eye knowing that I murdered someone and that their blood is on my hands." I said as I extended my hand to her, "W-what is this human? What trick are you playing at?" It asked, "No trick I just want peace." I said as she took my hand and I helped her up, "Mind answering a few questions?" I asked, "Very well human I shall indulge you." It said, "My name is Blake, Blake Grey." I said, "Very well Blake what do you wish to know?" It asked, "Why were you sealed away?" I asked she laughed slightly, "I apologize, I never thought a savage human would ever ask something like that." It said, "I was locked away because I was a fool. I decided to stand against it despite knowing that meant I'd be defending you, humans." It said, "What are you talking about?" I asked, "The great war, or the original world war. This war was fought thousands of years before you humans had your world wars. I stood in defense of the humans, you were all so young then. It was hard not to feel the need to protect you just as a mother protects her child. Our war lasted ten thousand years and in the end, both sides lost to an extent. All the great generals from my side were imprisoned and sealed away for all eternity. I fear that another war like this is coming and soon." It said, "Who was this war against? Who were you fighting?" I asked, "Let me ask you this if you humans fear us monsters, what do we monsters fear?" It asked, "Our war was fought against the armies of our greatest fear, the D-." It began to say until someone shot an arrow into her heart, "No! No, no, no, no, NO!" I said as I caught her, "Come on you can't die on me!" I said as I tried to stop the bleeding, "Blake you are one of the kindest humans I have had the pleasure of meeting. My name is Ilia, all I ask is that you don't remember this as the name of a fallen enemy or a slain monster, but a woman." Ilia said weakly, "No Ilia I'll remember you as a dear friend." I said as a tear escaped from her eye and rolled down her face before her final breath escaped her lips, I gently sat her down and turned to see who murdered Ilia in cold blood and found Terra standing at the door with bow in hand and a quiver at her hip, "Terra why would you do that?!" I asked angrily, "It was a monster, Blake." Terra said, "SHE WAS SCARED! SCARED AND GRIEVING!" I shouted, "She could have tried to kill you again and then your death would have been on my hands!" Terra said.

"Blake darling is the lamia taken care of?" Marie asked, "Yeah I took care of her and I didn't have to kill her. But you need to talk to your daughter about murdering a defenseless woman in cold blood!" I said angrily as I walked away, "Blake what's wrong?" Cleo asked as she stopped me, "Cleo what are you afraid of as a monster?" I asked coldly, "I'm afraid of a great many things, I'm afraid something will happen to my mother or baby sister, I'm afraid that the thing that murdered me and Terra's father will come back to kill us, but as a monster, I'm afraid of the dark." Cleo said, "You've got blood on you hun, let me wash you and check for any injuries." Cleo said as she led me up to the bathroom, "I'm not done with the supernatural," I said, "Ilia said that a war might be coming soon and someone's gotta stop it before it starts." I said, "If that's true then I'd be more than happy to help you in any way I can." Cleo said.