Back in time:
"Kate, it is our only hope, I need to fight him and if I die in this fight with Ghost, I know in my heart that you can protect him, do not forget it," says Dan who looked at both me and John then walked to the door.
"I love both you and our child Kate, always remember that" Dan says then leaves the house, and never to return again. I just hope that he is right…
Opening my eyes, I keep remembering that night when Dan sacrificed his life to save both me and John from the enemy at hand. Getting up and getting ready for a new day of raising my Son, even though I pretend to be a self-centered bitch to John. walking to John's door, I just have to do what I can for John to not know that I love him, and just like his Father, John is my world too.
"John wake up!" I say to John. As I stand by John's door, I hear John get irritated by my voice. I just know that maybe me and John are not meant to have an honest relationship as Mother and Son.
"You sound like a Siamese cat claws anyone that steps on their tail," John says in irritation. He has a point.
"Say that again and I will!" I say snapping at John. John just sighs and starts getting ready for school.
Watching John leaving the house, and the both of us knowing that our relationship is going deeper into a bottomless pit of death. Going to the phone, I dial Father Van Moore's phone number and then waited for him to answer.
"Hello?" says Father Van Moore. I just began to cry.
"Father, I cannot take it anymore I need to come out or he will soon leave and never look at me as his own parent, what can I do in order to carry on with this problem?" I ask crying. Father Van Moore just sighs.
"I will find a way for you to come out about your past with the enemy at hand here, so do not let this get--"
"Father! John is my Son and if I had the powers that I would ask the Goddess for, I would give John the world, he is the magick that came between me and Daniel, you are a Father of two girls, yet you do not even think before you speak, if Fate or Hope were in danger, would you lie and abuse your kids because of the targets on their back if there were targets? Father if you cannot help me tell John about Vlad and his Father being a vamp--"
"I will do what I can, just give me some time and just rest assured that John will come back to you," Father Van Moore says.
"Listen Kate, I have to go talk to Fate and Hope about our plans against Ghost, but until then we must go through the plan that we set with Vlad, I will speak to you again soon,"
"At least you have a healthy relationship with your kids Father, unlike me with John," I snap at him then hanging up the phone.
Turning around, I walk over and grabbed the keys of the other car that Dan gave to me so in case John drives the truck.
"I have to see you Dan, it is something that I have been needing to do for a long time now," I say aloud.
Driving over to the cemetery, all I can think of is somehow for me to give help to John for the war since the Goddess created the cosmos as well as her baby brother; Ghost himself.
"Mother of creation, please help me by giving me a sign to help my son with this war that we are in against Ghost, please," I say to myself as I feel tears fall from my eyes.
"Kate," a voice calls out. Slowing down, I look over to the passenger seat and I see Hope.
"Hope?" I say in shock. she nods then looks into my eyes; she knows that there is something on my mind.
"What is wrong with me Hope?" I ask her as I then look back at the road again.
"Nothing is wrong with you Kate, nothing whatsoever," Hope answers. She then pats me on the shoulder and smiles.
"It will be okay Kate, but if you want to help John with defeating Ghost, follow your heart, not me and not even Goddess can follow your heart because," Hope says but then pauses.
"Only you can follow your heart, I mean it is your heart, now is it, or not?" she says giving out a soft chuckle. If only that was easy to accomplish…
"Look Kate, I want you to know that I want to tell John everything that is going on, but I am not, and it is not because of Goddess," Hope says but then pauses.
"I just do not think he is ready to know about the war yet, but there is one thing that John must do," she says. Okay now I am confused.
"What would that be?" I ask. All Hope does is groan from that question.
"Vlad told me something that even Goddess does not know about, after finding out about the truth on why the Turks wanted him dead, his first wife, Alice Carmine turned him into a vampire, she left the next morning after they made love and all Vlad wanted to do was die, but his depression went deep down even further when he watched a priest, Father Van Helsing die while being possessed, he hit Vlad, but there is a curse that Ghost put on him," Hope says then pauses for a moment.
"The curse keeps the person that's on the victim from trying to kill their opponent in battle but the injury that their opponent would have gotten in the battle would reflect back at them,"
"Do you know why the Turks wanted him dead?" I ask her.
"I cannot say as it is too soon for you to know Kate, sorry," Hope answers. I figured as much.
"Aside from this curse, what is the connection between John and Vlad?" I ask.
"Vlad's connection with John goes far beyond time and space, the Mother of creation had brought it up with Green Woman, but it was not mentioned to me, I just know that yes they have bonds because of their blood from the war against Ghost," Hope says explaining this to me.
"Aside with Vlad though, Hope, you said at one point that he wants to be human again and die naturally how can he do something this extreme?" I ask her. Hope smiles sad.
"In order for Vlad to be human, he needs to re-activate the curse on John and for it to break that is when John will switch their race, Vlad being human and John being a vampire that he was originally born as, I am truly sorry Kate," she says.
"But how?"
"There is a spell with a simple blood exchange that Ian was taught before being turned into a vampire by Vlad himself, they call it a "Race" but it is just powers...please do not ask as it will take centuries to explain, and I have already been living for many eons of even before the creation story,"
"So in order for Vlad to go back to being human again, Vlad would give his vampire blood in this 'Blood exchange ritual,' and in this ritual their powers that he has and the power that Dan gave to him will go to John?"
"Yes, the powers that Dan had before giving them to Vlad and sacrificing his own life, but in short, in order to have Vlad back to being a human again and dying as a human and not coming back to Earth, John must go back to being a pureblood vampire again,"
"But Hope, aside from Vlad's wish to be human once again, why does Ghost want everyone dead? There must be a reason for his sick obsession for us to be killed," I ask.
"That is simple, he is a child, and a pathetic one especially," Hope says. The only thing I could do from that comment was nod.
"The curse only worked on him because he wants Vlad dead since the both of them have a long-time bond between the two of them, Ghost is just trying to be King because he thinks that both his and Green Woman's Mother; source will give him the right to bring destruction to all those who she favors over him, a dumb irritating child," she says explaining.
"But why? Why destroy something over favoritism?" I ask Hope.
"That itself is a question that I myself cannot even answer since I was never told by Green woman, maybe source knows but it is forbidden to summon her as she as the power and source of creation would have absolutely no way of keeping her from ripping into our world and opening worlds where the worst of the worst will come here," she says then pulls out a locket that I hadn't seen in years since I had first met Dan.
"I am assuming that you've seen this locket?" Hope asks me. I just nod in unexplainable emotions in my heart.
"I had only seen it once, but Dan had to keep it under wraps because it had some strange power inside it, he never said what kind but after seeing it once, it did not make sense so I just forgot about it and lived life with Dan up until the first moment that we made the best choice for the two of us and it was for us to marry, there was only one thing that almost kept us from tying the knot and it was his parents before they were overthrown by Vlad so he can be King and protect me, Dan and John," I explained to her. All Hope did was sigh loudly, I know, and I can relate to the problem at here for everyone on our side in this war. Looking out the front car window, Hope says something that I never expected for her--no anyone to say.
"I am not going to lie here Kate, but I have seen John both in spirit and at school and I…" Hope says but then stops talking altogether.
"Kate, I have feelings for John," she says. My eyes widen in shock.
"After years of watching over him, I have found myself wanting to see him in person but with more than 'Hello,' and 'Sorry for bumping into you!', there's even times where I would think about betraying the oath that I had made with Green woman in order to tell John everything, but for his wellbeing, I have decided to keep my feelings a secret," Hope says.
"Are you his soul mate, Hope?"
"Yes, but even though we are, that is not our destiny to be together I have made an oath to lock my feelings away so one day when we finally win, I will be working towards being just friends, and that is all as I work towards supporting him in his dreams of going to college and maybe even making real friendships with real people that are alive," she says. Looking at me, Hope smiles.
"I need to go Kate, as I know you need to talk to Dan, I will talk to you later with more details," she says then vanishes. Sighing from that long talk, I finally hit the cemetery.
"Let's get going Kate," I say to myself.
Walking over to Dans grave, I kneel down and all I can do is call out to him.
"Hey Kate," says a voice. Turning around, I see Taylor Forbes standing there. He smiles and kneels down next down next to me.
"What is wrong Kate?" Taylor asks.
"How much damage have I done to the relationship between me and my own son? I do not understand how I can help John defeat Ghost?" I ask him. Taylor smiles sad then takes my hand and holds it tight.
"Unlike everyone else Kate, I am not going to sugarcoat the truth, yes you have done damage and you chose to because it would be keeping him from knowing the truth about the enemy at hand here, it is up to you to let John know, nobody else," he says then stands back up.
"By the way, I only said it, so Dan doesn't come back for these useless questions," Taylor says then leaves without speaking another word. Standing up and dusting myself off I smile to myself.
"Thank you, Dan,"
Coming back from the catholic cemetery, I pull into the driveway and I see John in the kitchen as he passed by the fake note that I wrote to him. Waiting for John to leave the kitchen, I get inside, and I walk straight upstairs and into my room. I just cannot understand why Father Van Moore just tries to push me to keep John in the dark until in some odd way that John would find out about who he thinks that Vlad is the true monster that wants everything destroyed. I know his fate. So did Dan and until then, I just want him to see that I am not that abusive bitch that have made John think that I am during these eighteen years of the life that he is been living in.
It ss after 12:00 A.M. at night, and I am in the middle of writing my newest book to get published. As I keep writing, I then start hearing John's voice. Walking outside of my room, I then found myself in the middle of seeing Ghost and John in a fight.
"Mom!" John calls out as I watch Ghost as he was slowly getting ready to kill him.
"John, I am coming!" as I began to run towards John to save him from Ghost, arms came from behind me and coils around my body. I cannot let Ghost hurt my Son, but the grip from the arms are so tight, I cannot break free!
"Watch and see your only Son dying by the hands of the enemy at hand," a stranger whispers into my ears.
"Please let me go, I cannot live without my Son!" I scream begging for this stranger to let me go.
"If Vlad does not do it, then I will be sure to take care of the problem," says the stranger then pushes me and causing me to fall onto the ground.
"I will save you John!" I scream out to John. As soon as I start to run to save John, it was too late. I ran to John's side and his limp body, with a cut across his throat.
"I shall make a deal with you Kate," says Vlad. I look up as he was looking down at both me and my now dead Son. I have no reason to stay around, I have to do something for John's sake.
"What is this deal?" I ask. Vlad smiles and looks up into the sky. There is something on his mind.
"Kate, I have no interest in getting rid of John, it is Ghost that I want gone, if you want to save John, then you will need to do something for me in return,"
"What would that be?"--
"Kate, wake up," says a voice. Opening my eyes and looking at Ian with confusion of how this conversation between me and Vlad might have been just a dream from what happened when Dan died.
"Yeah, I am up," I say as Ian just sighed in irritation.
"Sorry, I just have not been able to sleep lately," I say in defense.
"Well, I just want to see you get up and get John ready for school, now get out of bed and clean yourself up," Ian says then vanishes out of the room.
"I cannot believe that I am not doing the responsibility that every Mother has with their kids, get it together Kate, just get yourself together,"
Getting into a pair of black slacks and a dark gray blouse and getting fully finished in tiptop shape, I walk to John's bedroom door.
"John, wake up you are going to be late for school," I say from outside the door.
"I am waking up now," says John, who is already thinking the worst of me. I do not blame him at all.
It is twelve-thirty in the afternoon, and I am leaving a note on the kitchen counter for him to see another lie about how I make a decent income.
"Well let's go Kate, time to see your soulmate at his grave again," I say to myself as I grabbed my car keys for the other truck that Dan gave to me and John and headed off.
Driving on my way to the cemetery, I start to notice the same things that never made an impact on me before. There was a large metal sign that says Los Angeles' high school is holding a charity fundraiser for fighting to find a cure for heart disease.
"I wonder if John knows about it since none of the school pays attention to him," I say to myself as I drive past it. I wish the school could just see what John goes through in his eyes.
"Nothing makes sense anymore," I say to myself.
Parking the truck into the catholic cemetery parking lot and I go straight to Dan's grave, and as I walk up to his grave, I place a bouquet of yellow roses on the ground. Dan loved the color yellow and everything that had lemon flavor in it. Now that I think about it, I start laughing about it since it was the cutest thing about him.
"You sure were particular with your likes by the colors of the rainbow, eh Dan?" I say smiling.
"Kate," says a voice. I look up and I start seeing spirits surrounding me. Just like John, I see things from the other side both higher vibrations and lower vibrations. Now if you must know the difference between higher and lower vibrations, the higher vibrations for example are angels, Gods, Goddesses, fairies, and etc., where you have lower vibrations that have demon's, troll's, fallen angels, and etc.. When Dan died, I constantly contacted him just wanting to hear his voice and seeing him every moment of the day and night.
"This is something that cannot be undone, Kate," says Dan. I turned around to look behind me and I saw my one and only true love, Dan.
"Dan," I was all I could say, but then paused and directed my eyes down at the ground.
"I found peace Kate, and I know you have found peace to, just please try to find a way to tell John the truth when the time is right," says Dan and then touches my hand. His touch feels so real and, in the end, Dan was right; I have found peace.
Driving on my way back home, well at least what could be a home...but no happy family in sight.
"Oh, your Son must really hate you, dear Kate!" Ghost shouts at me. Stopping at a halt and looking all around me.
"That son of a bitch!" I yell out at myself then groaning about this bullshit, I went back to driving back to the house.
Parking the car and walking into the kitchen, I just call up the Chinese restaurant and ordered whatever I felt like both me and John love eating; Shrimp and Broccoli stir fry. Then hearing John walking inside from work, I quickly grab a bottle of water that John thinks is Vodka out of the fridge and as I sit at the kitchen table drinking John walks in after another night of work with dinner in his bag.
"What, you do not like my cooking?" I ask. Another thing that is hard to avoid saying.
"You only cook by going to a Chinese restaurant to order shrimp and broccoli, what kind of cooking do you call that?" John asks. Damn it…he has a good point.
"Why don't you just go back to your room, I have a life you know!" I shout at him. John just glares at me and walks away. Looking down at my bottle of "Vodka" in my hands, I get up and I pour it down the sink.
"I need to get something to eat," I say to myself.
It is midnight and it is another night of pretending to be someone else. It hurts me completely, but I have to. Otherwise, John would not have time to train to fight against Ghost and finding out on what he was originally born as; A pureblood vampire. I go into the fridge and I take out an apple so I can distract myself from thinking of what I have done over the course of eighteen years of John's life when I then hear his voice.
"Kate?" a voice calls out from behind me. I turn and look, and who I see is none other than the devil himself, Ghost.
"You need to leave now Ghost, you won't be so lucky when this war ends," I say. All Ghost did was laugh and claps his hands quietly. He walks forward then stops and picks up an apple from the counter beside him and takes a bite from it.
"You know that I am a lot more powerful than John, right?" Ghost asks.
"We will defeat you Ghost," I snap. Ghost smiles small and he takes another bite from the apple.
"Such pity I have for you my dear Kate. Such pity, especially I will be killing Joh--." Ghost says but then pauses and his eyes then directed passed me and his eyes then turned to pitch black.
"Well, I see I will have to leave since someone just jumped in," Ghost says unveiling his fangs. I turn around, only to see Ian.
"Get out now before I make a move on you," Ian says growling underneath his breath. Ghost laughs and turns to the door.
"I will see him dead by my very bare hands, Ian, I will make sure he does not have a chance to survive," Ghost says as he growls like a demon, then disappears. Ian sighs and walks over to me.
"I am sorry I could not come earlier Kate, I had to take care of some things," Ian says. I sigh in relief as what he was talking about. He had to get John to forget that he had heard the conversation and put him into a deep sleep.
"Thank you, Ian," I say as I look at him.
"I just wish I was like you Ian, someone that could protect John and not fear for my own life," I explain. All Ian did was smile in hope.
"You are far from not being able to protect John, Kate, do you know why I am telling you this?" I shake my head in confusion. Ian then takes my hand.
"I am telling you this because of one reason; You may not have the inhuman strength and speed of anything other than humans and animals, but I know that there will come a time that the strength within you will soon show, not just to John, but it will show up to you too," Ian explains then vanishes.
"Ian, how on earth can you be so damn confusing," I say out loud in an empty room. Turning around and leaving the kitchen, I go upstairs to check on John. I open the door and I see he is asleep, thank the Goddess.
"I hope things get better soon, at least for John's sake," I say to myself as I walk down the hall and walked into my room. Every time I walk into my room, I see Dan and how he used to work on his art.
"I will always be here for you Kate," a voice calls out. I look all around in alert and I see Dan. Dan then smiles then vanishes. His voice did something that did not usually do. It pierced my heart. All I knew was that your life was taken, and I wanted to live in that life. Why did you have to go Dan? I scream out loud, alone and in pain. Nothing will change, I know that no matter what I do, Dan. You are not able to come back into my arms. The pain I feel is the pain of when Vlad said that he killed you. Goodbye Dan because I know I will never see you again. Because-because you are at a dreams distance from me. I then straightened myself out, walked to my bed and slid into the covers, I try to not think of the fact that I lost my beloved soulmate.