02 - Nostalgia

"You didn't even bother to tell me that you are the president of the student council!" Arthur yelled out of frustration as him and Asteria are sitting on the couch watching TV to pass time.

"Like I said Arthur I just don't want unwanted attention from our peers." She reasoned with him.

"Come on sis! With your platinum blonde hair and purple eyes you already stood out from the crowd what else being the council's president?"

Her purples orbs stared at him for a moment before answering. "Ever wonder why we didn't hold an election for the past two years?"

He thought for a moment before answering. "I never really knew the answer to that. Don't tell me you are already involve with it years ago?"

She nodded her head in confirmation. "Yes the previous president, Helia was a very close friend of mine. Once he saw I had potential to be the next president he taught me everything I needed to know about the council."

"By everything you mean?"

"Yeah. I assisted in managing the finances and also the member of the committee for years before that."

"Then?"

Asteria stood up and walk towards the stairs.

"It is something that you shouldn't be involved with Arthur."

"But why?"

She glance at her brother with a cold gaze.

"Although we are twins, there are a lot of things that you don't know about me while I know every single thing about you."

With that she left her twin brother in the living room as she went back to her room.

—7:45 p.m. [Asteria's room]

(Asteria's POV)

Grabbing my phone I finally decided to call the person I never thought I would seek help with.

"Hello?"

"Hey, are you guys doing fine?" I asked worriedly.

"Yes. However the situation isn't getting better at all."

"Yeah. Though it seems to be getting worse in other places. Is everything alright there?"

"Not really. It's not like it's the worse one but we're not doing any better."

"How about contacting the others? Would that ease the situation just a little bit?"

"Hope so but it's not guaranteed for success. Though we still need to research about it. We can only estimate that they will arrive in approximately 2 years."

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—At the Hollister's 3rd Mansion —

"That's more than enough time for us to prepare."

Helia heard her response and smiled to himself. He ended the call and went straight to the laboratory where hundreds of specimen can be found.

"Still no signs from them?" Helia asked his assistant, Lester.

"I'm afraid not. We couldn't detect them. We can't."

"A cloaking spell. A powerful one as well. It's seems that they must have a high caliber mage, elf or fairy with them. I'm guessing they have the mage."

Helia said as both of them look at the screen where

"All of us thought the same thing as well. The elves and fairies have stick together and they haven't reported anything out of the ordinary. No casualties from them."

"That's good."

"Vampires are still have not been sighted even at full moon along with the wolves."

"Now that is weird. Usually they search for blood and no one had died from blood lost that had been found from the streets recently?"

"Correct. We're keeping an eye to the other clans as well. The elves and fairies together are powerful enough to defend themselves. We have requested them to transform themselves with human like appearance and prevent themselves from using their powers unless their lives are in danger."

"This might take longer than we anticipated."

"But we really need to prepare for the worse that had yet to come."

Helia nodded in understanding as he stared at a glass tube which has something in it that hasn't been awaken yet.

"Yes. We will."

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"Mari please? Can you consider the plan that I just sent?" Lorrainne's voice resonated from Asteria's phone as she dry her hair after taking a bath.

"No. The plan is great but you need to change a few things."

"Ok~ By the way how did Arthur acted when you revealed that you are the one who had been managing the council?" Lorrainne asked as she tried to keep her cool facade but Asteria could hear her giggling.

"Let's just say that he was really surprised."

"Oh?~ It won't be the last one though."

"Of course, Rainne."

"Well then see you tomorrow, Minerva."

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—6:15 am—

(Asteria POV)

Just as I thought. He is mad.

I had awoken from the sound of alarm from my phone, usually Arthur will wake me up with that grin on his face as the first thing I had to see every single morning.

"Morning. Arthur." I greeted him in a monotone voice as I went to the kitchen and make some breakfast.

After that we were walking somewhere. In complete silence.

Never thought the day that Arthur will shut up had finally arrived. Just because I hid a secret from him?

I wonder how will he act when I revealed all my secrets to him. Will he faint?

I sigh escaped my lips as I watched my albino twin who had a scowl on his face.

Now, most people will see him as an extrovert or a social butterfly. He can make friends, basically everywhere and anytime.

While I, the other half, is the complete opposite of him.

It's not like I'm an introvert or some sort.. It's just that I see no point in socializing in every single person I met. Especially if one looked like a total bitch or an asshole of some sort.

Well, in the end. I don't really care. Anyway, why should I?

"Arthur." I said sternly. He looked back at me with a blank look.

"What?"

"You're mad aren't you?"

He rolled his eyes and answered. "No shit Sherlock."

Yeah. Keep rolling your eyes maybe you'll find your brain in there.

"Are you that mad that I kept a secret from you?"

"Who wouldn't be?!" He yelled as I was taken aback by his outburst.

"Arthur."

"Asteria. You promised a long time ago that you will never hide anything from me, yet you did it anyway. For years? Seriously? And you didn't even bother to tell me?"

"Yeah. I still kept that promise." I answered him as I walked passed him. "But I can't tell you the reason why I joined."

"Why?" He gritted his teeth as he snarled at me.

"There are some things that shouldn't be revealed."

"Is it really that important? I'm your brother right? Why can't you tell me."

I stopped walking and looked at him directly

"I couldn't." I looked at his sapphire eyes, slightly widened at my response. "What good would it do if I told you? Would it change anything? Are you able to save those who I couldn't? Are you willing to carry the burden that had been passed on to me? Did you think that it is easy for me to just talk my problems with somebody?

Will they be able to solve it in my place? Did you really think I would hide something from you without any reason?"

"I—" He cleared his throat as he continued speaking. "You're basically telling me that I you're hiding something from me just because you don't want me to be involve?"

"There's a lot of things you still don't know about. Forget about it, as long as it doesn't involves you, you don't have to worry about it."

"Guess you're right." He said with a chuckles as he gave me a tight hug. "I'm just worried." He mumbled in my hair.

"There's nothing to worry—"

"We should be."

My breath hitched as I heard him said those words. "You're safe." I hugged him much closer than me and snuggled my face on the crook of his neck.

"But I don't feel like it. Something will bound to happen. I just know it, rather, I remember it. It's quite weird though."

"What is?" I asked cautiously.

"I had a weird dream last night, after we talked. You know, one that felt too real to be true."

"I'm quite curious about what it is."

"You know the man that you talk about yesterday, Helia? In my dream both of us actually know each other. Next is a kind of a blur, I can see what looked like you, covered in blood and had a sword in your hands.

Everything was surrounded by the color red as the last thing I saw was someone that looked like you recites an incantation in another language.

And I woke up in cold sweat."

My eyes widened as I heard him explained. "It's just a dream. No need to get all worried about something that is real."

"But... If felt so real."

"If only it was real Arthur. But it's not." I argued as I stared at his sapphire orbs filled with confusion. "Don't cry."

I wipe a stray tear that fell from his eyes.

"I don't even know what I'm feeling right now."

"Must have been a wave of nostalgia." I answered as I held his hands and walked.

"Yeah. Nostalgia."