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"Ecara learns at a very fast pace. And to learn certain things she must experience and associate to make the connections in her mind. She's already reading you know, and knows two languages." Aura paused for a moment for her friend to keep up. "If she doesn't know what pain is, she can't feel it. Plain and simple. Everything she knows and feels depends on the first time it happens to her. Like pain...she'll never know it now. For example, if I never fed her that first day, she would of never known what it's like to feel hunger."

Niah nodded. Strangely enough it made sense. She nodded and watched Ecara play. "Lucky little girl." Niah sighed. She needed to practice with her bow and arrow but was afraid to let Tyler around her while she was doing it. She decided to take him to the library. She stood up and said "Come on Tyler. I have something to show you." she turned to Aura "I'll catch you later Aura."

Tyler looked up and grinned. "Okay Miss Niah. Bye Cara and Mr. Cynammon and Mr. Clipse. I'll see you soon ok?" He slipped his hand in hers and asked "Where we going? How come Cara can't come? How come that purple stuff came out of your hands? Like it did wiht Miss Ara yesterday and stuff?"

"Full of questions aren't you?" Niah asked leading him into the library. "I'll explain everyhting in time little one." She picked him up and sat on a chair with a book in her lap. She began to read to him.

((School tomorrow. gotta get some sleep...))

"it is good a kit that does not need to know suffering. Cymarron suffered enough in his time as a young one that others should not for sake of balance."

His eyes turned to Ecara, with a fanged grin that matched her own, and his hand reached out and petted her on teh head, mussing her hair up with a purring chuckle before putting his hand down.

"Cymarron thinks you are going to be full of surprises, little one."

Elias Murieta had left the Ancient Manor nearly two days ago, he had made his way towards the nearest city, which was in sharp contrast to the world which he had just left. Back in the manor time itself had stood still, warriors weilded magic swords and spells and smog seemed to be nothing more than a crazyman's myth. But here amidst the chaos of the city was something completely different. Even Elias somehow looked different, he was no longer dressed in his ancient royal blue robes but wore instead a black pair of slacks and a long-sleeve black dress shirt. He did not carry his large Naginata Staff strapped unto his back, but it did not mean that Elias was without weapons in his pocket her carried a pair of silver daggers and hidden within his jacket there was another weapon, a modern semi-automatic pistol. It was something that he owned but never used in the manor, it would prove a useless endevour anyway, how good would a bullet be against those who could be gods? Elias pushed his large black Fedora further over his head and made his way to a certain part of town, it was where those of power and money in this modern kept there homes and Elias Murieta was no different, he to had an aparment in the city, one of many he owned throughout the world. Before stumbling unto the manor he had traveled the world for many long years, and in the process had accumulated a vast fortune. Elias owned stock in severral multi-billion dolar companies as well as having war bonds that were quite old some dating back nearly one hundred years. He made his way into the parking stucture of one of the large aparment complexes and made his way to his personal garage. Here he kept two of his most favortite cars, a black 1978 Z-28 camaro and a 1989 chevy Blazer S-10 also black. The cars were always ready for him, and were kept in prestine condition thanks to the power of money. Climbing into the Camaro, Elias reved its powerful engine and smiled, it had been a long time since Elias had endulged himself in the comforts of the modern world, but tonight was not a night for pleasure he had some bussiness to attend to. So making his way out of the garage, he once reved the engine and screamed down highway quickly making his way into the shady part of town.


It took Elias only about twenty or so minutes to make his way to where he was going, it was a bar, the kind made popular in movies, the kind of place that seemed the lowest scum of society, with enough money you could buy anything here, you just had to know who to ask, and it was not the first time that Elias employed the services of the men and women withing this bar, called the "Kumbala." He made his way into the bar, that smelled of cigars, booze and cheap sex. But Elias was not here for nay of those things, at least not on this night, Elias had more important matters to attend to on this night. He made his way silently to the back of the bar, to a door guarded by a very large and heavily armed black man. But Elias walked by him like he did not exist, and the guard did not so much as breath to try and stop him here Elias was always welcomed. "So do you have what I asked for?" Elias asked as he stepped through the door, the large black Fedora covering his wire-frame sunglasses.

"You don't call, you don't write, and not even a hello, not even for your old friend Joaquin?" The man in the room laughed, as thick smoke from the cigar that he held in his lips slowly rolled out from his toothy grin. Joaquin was as large a man as Elias standing only about two inches shorter then Elias, he was just as wide as he. Joaquin had raven black hair, which he always kept well trimmed and combed. Joaquin was a old-fashioned man at heart, afterall what eighty old vampire wouldn't be. Joaquin was young amogst his kind, but in his short fifty years of dark existence he had gained more power than some of the ancients of his race. Joaquin had been turned in the area of Prohibiton, a time where gangsters where dress suits and carried tommy-guns under there jackets. His was a dying breed, but Joaquin still clung to the old ways, still dressed in his pinstriped suits and ties. Joaquin stared back at Elias through amber colored eyes. "Of course I got it, I have I ever steared you wrong?" Joaquin said as embraced his old friend.


"There was that one time in Monte Carlo." Elias laughed as he was lead to a seat by Joaquin the gangster. You, see Joaquin was he leader of one of the biggest and oldest "families" left in the USA, but that was a fact that didn't bother Elias much, Joaquin was a man of honor, although his bussiness practices left much to be desired.

"How the hell was I supposed to know that she was a he?" Joaquin laughed as he offered Elias one of his premium cuban cigars which Elias accepted. For a moment both lost themselves in there old war stories, the good old days back when Cuba was a paradise and even crooks had honor, such are the delusion of old men. "Now down to business my friend." Joaquin said as he took another large puff of his cigar. Reaching under the table Joaquin brought out a very large black case. "So you going to tell me, who the special Lady is?" Joaquin said with a smile as he took from Elias a briefcase of money and gave Elias his package. "I never thought I would see the day Elias Murieta had a crush on a brode." Joaquin smiled as he sat there with his old friend.

"Since when do you go proding insde people's heads without permission?" Elias said with a smile as he rose from the table, and became to make his way out of the door, the large black suitcase held tightly in his large grip.

"No need to read your mind, Elias, you have always worn your heart on you sleeve." Joaquin said as he followed his friend to the door. "So you going to tell her this time, or are I am going to have to to what I did the summer of '30 in Cancun?" Joaquin asked with a smile as he clasp Elias's hand his way of saying farewell.

Elias laughed as he made his way out, "Here is an idea, I tell her, when you marry Maria." Elias laughed as he made his way out of the door and climbed back into his car.

Niah looked at the little girl. She was so cute but strange as well. There was a lot more to her than Niah was sure she wanted to know. She still couldn't be sure. After all the girl had looked at her fingers that were horribly broken. She decided to see what the little girl was feeling just as an experiment. Niah closed her eyes briefly and let her powers flow. She felt an extreme happiness that could only come from a child. She also felt a deep sense of curiosity and fascination. Ecara was an interesting study and currently the little girl was looking at her. She held the plate of cheesecake in her hand and went to get a fork. Is she eyeing my cheesecake? Niah shook her head and stopped herself before she felt out Aura.

Niah looked at the little girl adn smiled. She shook her head adn wondered how to explain 'fork' to the girl. She shook her head adn said, "It looks like a sai doesn't it Ecara? But this is a special kind of sai called a fork. It's used to eat with so you don't have to use your hands and get them all messy when you eat things like....cheesecake." Niah showed the girl the plate and said "This is cheesecake Ecara. It's really good. Would you like some?" She looked at the little girl and waited for an answer. Then she turned to Aurahkah and said "If it's okay with your...mommy?"

Niah nodded and said, "Ok now I'm going to give you some to taste and if you like it you can have some more." Niah used her fork to get a little bit on the fork and then using her hand to make sure none fell held it up to Ecara's mouth. She waited for the little girl to taste and said, "Here you go. Taste it."