Explanation

A Chapter by Minyonka

"Stupid, stupid, stupid," I muttered, banging my head on the doorjamb to my bedroom.

I heard the front door open and someone walked into the apartment.

"Scarlett, stop that," Darren called, walking towards me.

"He knows what we are now."

I moved away from the doorjamb and sat on the bed, letting out a heavy sigh.

"I should have remembered that he was different, that he could hear me," I muttered.

"It was a simple mistake. I'm not blaming you. We'll just need to fix this," Darren answered.

"Are you kidding me? The Volturi's idea of 'fixing this' is killing him off. We can't do that."

"We're not going to."

"Then what do we do? If the Volturi find out a human knows about us, they'll come."

"Scarlett, you need to talk to him."

My head snapped up and I stared at my brother incredulously. He looked perfectly calm and serious.

"No. No, no, no. I can't do that. This is bad enough as is. Don't make me try to talk to him," I pleaded.

Darren just stared at me, unwavering. I groaned, knowing he was right. I wished he wasn't. Darren smirked.

"You'll want to talk to him soon, before he does something rash," he said.

I sighed, nodding my head.

"Alright, I'll go now," I muttered before standing up and walking towards the door.

"He's with Mokuba in their section of the building," Darren said.

"Two floors up. Got it."

With that, I walked out of our apartment. I opted to take the stairs, going slowly up the flights. I finally made it up to Kaiba's floor and stopped in front of the door. I just stood there for a minute, wishing to be anywhere else. I finally knocked on the door, very lightly. The door opened and Kaiba stared down at me.

"May I speak with you in private," I asked, looking back up at him.

Kaiba stepped aside, silently allowing me in. I walked into the living room and waited for Kaiba to sit down before I did so across from him.

"I take it you have some questions for me," I said after a moment of silence.

I heard someone creep down the hall, trying to listen in.

"You're a vampire," Kaiba stated, clarifying what had been said earlier.

There was a small, almost inaudible gasp and I frowned.

"Great. There's one more person. You really should be more observant, Kaiba," I muttered.

"What are you talking about?"

"Mokuba, come out here."

The teenage boy walked into the living room, his eyes downcast. I could hear his heart racing, though.

"Since you know, you might as well sit down," I told him.

Mokuba sat in the last chair and waited.

"What's going on," he asked after a few silent minutes.

"I'm open for questions."

"Do you really drink blood?"

Mokuba's heart was still racing.

"Only animals," I answered and he instantly calmed down.

"How can you hide it so well," Kaiba asked.

He was putting a lot of thought behind his questions, whereas Mokuba was asking about stories told about vampires.

"Years of practice," I answered with a smile.

Kaiba raised and eyebrow.

"How old are you?"

"Depends on how you count it. I could say I'm twenty, or I could say I'm one hundred and twenty. Neither one is a lie."

"You've been a vampire for a hundred years," Mokuba asked in astonishment.

"That's right."

"What about your brother?"

"Well, even though we say he's my twin brother, he's actually been nineteen for a while. Darren celebrated his hundred and thirtieth birthday a few months ago," I answered.

"And you came here to protect me from something when you don't even know what it is," Kaiba inquired skeptically.

"That's right. Darren saw an overlapping vision, which means one of two things will happen. I'll either save your life from something, or I'll cry over your dead body. I'd like to avoid the latter, for many reasons."

Kaiba nodded, deciding not to ask my reasons. I liked that he kept his questions down to a factual basis, rather than emotional.

"How did you become a vampire," Mokuba asked and I bit my lip.

That was always a tough subject for me.

"It's kind of a long story," I answered.

"Please, Scarlett."

I glanced over at Kaiba, asking with my eyes if I could go into that. I simply nodded, though I almost wished he didn't. I sighed before starting.

"I was attacked in the middle of the night. There was no rhyme or reason. Someone simply wanted to ruin me. I had always been strong, but not strong enough. There was only one man, but he was very muscular. He caught me from behind and shoved me into an alley. My head slammed against a brick wall and that itself nearly knocked me unconscious. If only I had been so lucky. He continued to beat me, pulling out a knife as well. I won't go into the gory details, for Mokuba's sake, but once he was done," I choked on my words, "violating me, he left me for dead.

"I thought I was going to die. I was sure of it. I was filled with so much anger and hate for that man, and I didn't even know his name. I'll never forget his face, though. He had messy black hair and dark brown eyes. Then I heard someone walk up to me. It was an unnaturally beautiful woman. She was my close friend, Serephine. I knew what she was and begged her to change me into a vampire as well. Sere tried to warn me of the pain involved. I told her I didn't care, that I'd deal with it when it came. I just wanted to keep going. She knew I didn't have a lot of time left, so she went through with it. That was the most painful experience I have ever endured.

"I felt like my entire body was on fire. I couldn't move. I couldn't think, not about anything but the pain. Sere had somehow managed to bring me to her house before I could start screaming. Three days later, this is what I became. My life ended that night, but I continue to exist. I've been on this earth for a long time and have lost a lot of people. Eventually, I stopped letting people in to avoid the pain. I only allowed myself to get close to Darren and Serephine. They became my family. That's pretty much how it's been fro the past hundred years," I finished.

I took another deep breath and averted my eyes. Both of the Kaiba brothers were staring at me in shock.

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