Chapter 6

Human no More

Farren looked at her son and then at her husband. "All right Seymour, I understand," Farren said, excusing her son this one time for his cursing.

"Who has questions?" Gakupo asked in a quiet voice. He is standing behind his children with his arms crossed over his chest. Farren looked at the two teens.

"Neither of us have questions," the teens said simultaneously.

"That's not what you said a while ago, Seymour," Gakupo pointed out bluntly.

"Sorry. What happened? Why did you suddenly disappear?" Seymour asked.

"I cannot stand the sunlight…" Gakupo said slowly.

"Oh, I see…" Elvira said slowly.

"Seymour, what questions about yourself do you have?" Gakupo asked as he plays with one of Farren's Neko ears gently causing her eyes to flicker slightly.

"Why do I have sharp teeth?" he asked showing his father his pointed teeth.

"You aren't human, Seymour. Neither of you are," their father answered.

"What am I then?" the blue-haired teen asked looking at his father.

"You are a Sky Dragon by birth."

"W-what? I-I am?" Seymour asked in shock.

"Yes, you are," Gakupo said as he looked at his daughter. She could tell that her father knew what she was.

"What am I?" Elvira asked wasting little time in getting the question out.

"All I can tell you is that you are a being of darkness."

"What being of darkness am I? Am I a Vampire or a Werewolf?"

"Neither."

"What am I then? You told Seymour what he is, but not me! Why not me?" she yelled at him.

"You are neither good nor evil. You deal with the dead. You see things before they happen. You are a –" a shock goes through his body preventing him from telling her what she was. He drops to his knees as the pain continued. Farren knelt next to her husband.

"Gakupo, what's wrong?" she asked.

"I can't tell her. She has to learn it on her own…"

"All right."

"I hope she understands though…"

"She will," Farren said as she nodded her head.

"Good. Now, when is the school trip?" Gakupo asked wanting to change the subject quickly.

"Tomorrow morning," Elvira answered as she glared at her father for not telling her what she was.

"Good," Gakupo said as his daughter stretched finally breaking her glare at him. "It's bedtime you two."

"What?" Elvira asked.

"It's… what time is it?"

"It's 6:00 PM," Farren answered.

"You can stay up until nine, then its bedtime," Gakupo said.

"All right, I'm up early anyway," Elvira said as she headed up the stairs to go to her bedroom.

"Give me a hug and kiss, Elvira," Gakupo said. Elvira just sighed and headed to her room. Gakupo sighed heavily as Seymour left the hall to go to his bedroom as well.