Morning came all too soon. Lyon went down into the mausoleum with a wooden stake in one hand and a hammer in another. He found the coffin that Gray had chosen, opened it up, and looked down at his vampire brother who slept. He still couldn't believe that he was going to kill his own brother. His younger brother, the only family he had left in the world. He held the wooden stake over Gray's chest, his hand trembled and his entire body couldn't stop shaking. He still remembered the day he was born. He was only three that day and after waiting for six hours his father brought him into the master bedroom where he saw his mother in bed. She looked so very tired but so very happy and in her arms she held a healthy baby boy. His baby brother.

"You're a big brother now Lyon." His father had told him. "That means you'll have to look after Gray and teach him how to be a good boy. You will do that won't you Lyon?"

"Yes I will." His toddler self had said.

And he had looked out for him the best way he could. He taught him how to ride a horse, how to fly a kite, helped him with his school work, he even helped him get over his shyness when it came to talking to girls. Now here he was getting ready to kill him. It was all becoming too much to bear. No, he couldn't do it. He couldn't face another family member dying. If he went through with this it would undoubtedly drive him mad with grief.

"I can't do it." He said dropping the tools. "Forgive me brother but I just can't do it."

He then closed the coffin lid and went back inside where he was found by Ur. Seeing the indescribable sadness and grief on his face she deduced that he had learned all the damage that Ultear had done.

"Ur I-"

"No need to explain. I know everything. I know how your father and sister really died, I know what's happened to Gray, I know that Juliette is gone, and I know that it's all because of Ultear." She then fell to her knees. "I beg your forgiveness Lyon. Please forgive me for not stopping my daughter from putting you through this torture."

"I don't blame you for this Ur. But why? Why would Ultear do this? Why did she destroy every member of my family?"

"Ultear always wanted to be better than what she was and she deluded herself into thinking that she could achieve that goal if she had Gray's love. And when Gray rejected her she cursed him by killing the people he loved most and turning him into an immortal vampire so he couldn't be with them even in death. She almost killed you Lyon but I stopped her."

"Where is she Ur?!" He asked trying to control his growing anger. "Where is that damn witch?!"

"I sent her away. She shall never return here so long as I live."

"She deserves to burn for what she did! Burn or hang! I'm going to find her! And hang her for her crimes! I'll pull the noose myself!"

"I know Lyon but I beg you don't go looking for her."

"My family must be avenged!"

"No point! She's no doubt disappeared from this town and off to God knows where. And even if you were to find her you would be no match for her. She'd kill you like a common bug."

"How could you let her leave this place alive after what she did? She killed my entire family and turned Gray into a monster!"

"What she did was reprehensible but I couldn't just kill my own child. Just like you couldn't kill your own brother."

"How did you know that I spared him?"

"I can feel it coming from your aura. I am a witch too Lyon but I swear to you that any magic I used was to benefit your family and nothing else. And if I had known that Ultear had such a spiteful and tell tale heart I would have left this place and taken her with me long ago. But she is gone now and I will do everything in my power to protect you from her. You and any future members of your family."

"So she will never come back?"

"She won't come back while I'm still alive. I cannot say what she'll do once my life ends."

Lyon sighed. He hated Ultear for what she did and in his opinion she deserved to die and slowly rot away in hell. But he could understand Ur's decision to only exile the hateful woman. Wicked or not she was still Ur's child and no true mother could bring herself to destroy her child. This whole nightmare had broken her as well. She had discovered that her daughter, her only child who she had loved and raised was a cold blooded monster that ruined the lives of the people she cared for.

"I have faith that maybe one day Ultear will let go of her hatred and repent for her sins against you and your family. Perhaps my faith is wasted but I'm her mother so I cannot stop hoping that she will change."

"I understand Ur." He said gently grasping her hand.

"So what will you do about Gray? He cannot be left on his own. Eventually the urges of the vampire will drive him to kill."

"I can't destroy him Ur but I can keep him from harming anyone."

"What do you mean?"

"I read about it in a book about dark myths and legends. You can keep a vampire contained and in a deathlike sleep by chaining a silver cross over the lid of the coffin. It won't kill him just keep him in a suspended state."

"Are you sure that's wise?"

"Was it wise of you to just let Ultear leave here alive?"

She nodded, understanding that there was no changing his mind.

"Father kept a silver cross in his room to pray by every night. I'll have the staff chain it to the coffin. Then I'll hide it away in the family mausoleum. I'll tell everyone that Gray killed himself, unable to deal with the loss of Father, Wendy, and Juliette. I shall have the family jewels and other riches locked away in the mausoleum as well. I shall take some to support myself and any family I may start but the rest will be hidden and forgotten like my brother. Ur please inform the foremen of my request."

"Yes sir."

"And I'll bury the key to this house with them all."

"Why sir?"

"This house has too many memories. I shall never be able to recover from my grief as long as I live here. So I'm going to leave this place and find a new home."

"Does this mean you shall no longer require my services?"

"You may leave or come with me if you like but I can't stay here anymore."

So under Lyon's orders the foremen put chains all around the coffin that Gray slept in and made sure that the silver cross was chained on to the lid. After that they carried the coffin down into the mausoleum and hid it in a secret room and hid all the family jewels and gold in a compartment in that room. When all was said and done, Lyon boarded up the house, locked every door in it, and put the keys with the gold and jewels. Many of his other servants advised him against doing it but he just couldn't live in that house a day longer. All it did was remind him of the people he had loved and lost.

Lyon and Ur left that part of Magnolia once it was done and a new home was built for them to live in. It wasn't as grand as the first house but it was suitable for them. Lyon mourned for a very long time but in the depths of his grief, not all was darkness and he found happiness again. In time he took a bride called Meredy. A woman who was fair of face and gave him many children and those children gave him many grandchildren so he was able to have a family again. Nevertheless he never forgot the family he lost and he never stopped thinking of his brother Gray. For the rest of his life he prayed that one day Gray would be freed from Ultear's curse and find peace, love, and family again. He would die before that would happen but indeed it would happen. It would happen 196 years from that night in which the curse took hold.