Liz smiled and giggled as the siblings teased eachother and then watched as her formula made Nick pass out quickly. She giggled hearing Livianna and nodded. "Nathaniel is the same." she said lightly and then gently pulled a blanket ontop of Nick before putting her kit away and closing the bedroom door until it was only cracked open. She then sat herself on the corner couch and curled up. She was still very very tired from loosing all that blood and she closed her eyes as they began take off, clinging to the couch. Nathaniel watched over both girls as the jet took off and they were soon up and leveled out. Smiling as they did he smiled softly and got up, draping a warm blanket over Liz who cuddled in it happily and slowly began drifting to sleep.

Livianna laughed some shaking her head. "Must be a guy thing." She declared before they took off. She watched the bedroom door carefully waiting to see how long he'd be asleep. While doing so she started getting tired. Yawning some she looked over at Liz as she driffted to sleep. So tempting. Yawning again she shook her head and got up trying to keep herself awake. The sleep bug was going around making it just a touch more difficult.

NAthaniel smiled and then looked at her. "Liv, you should be going to sleep." he said lovingly and then kissed Liz's head. "I will make sure nothing bad happens to anyone." he said reasurringly and then gently draped a blanket over Liv and then walked over to the mini fridge and got himself a pop and leaned against the bar. He smiled at her reasurringly and then closed his eyes as Eva came into his mind. He looked pained as he remembered that horrible night.

Livianna rolled her eyes. "Trust me that's not good enough." She said pulling the blanket around her tighter. "I wan to be with my brother." She half stated half asked. Sitting back down her head rested in her hands. "What happened? I mean to your dead fiance?" She asked a little insensitively. Liv wasn't really a cold person but she wasn't very good when it came to the etiquette of talking about the dead.

Nathaniel looked up surprised hearing Liv ask about his love. Looking down at the counter he gently touched his earring and closed his eyes. "She was traveling with Liz and I, since she refused tp let me leave without her when Liz swept me away from Egypt." he said softly and then looked at his hands. "She helped to keep me grounded and I trained myself to be the best of the best because she supported me..." he said and then shudered. "One day we stopped at a restraunt, needing to catch a break and actually eat good food and not fast food.... So we stopped and in the middle of our meal Eva had gone to the bathroom and hadn't come back for awail... Both Liz and I went there and found her being raped..." he said and his anger flared in his eyes. "We saved her, beat up the guy, and when we were leaving hunters surrounded us.... Liz and Eva got away, and I was fending the hunters off... But I heard a scream, and when I turned around, she was stabbed threw her heart and died right then and there." he said and tears ran down his cheeks. "the only thing I have left of her is our picture and this earring..." he said softly and shook his head. "I failed her..." he muttered to himself.

Livianna shook her head and shivered. "Maybe I didn't need all the details." She said softly. "As for failing her...did you see who stabbed her? Rip them to shreds? Or did you stop in shock and just barely escape with your life?" She asked. "Because the later one would be a fail. She died so you could live not so you could spend everyday morning her death and being trapped in the past." Walking over she punched him lightly in the arm. "You should just learn by it and stop torturing yourself....and stalking people." She said nodding her head before sitting back down and pulling her teddy bear to her chest. Childish she knew but the light brown floppy bear, in a little white sweater was her security blanket and she couldn't stand running around with out it.

"I ripped them to shreds.... I ripped all of them to shreds." he growled softly, his anger apparent. Looking up surprised as Liv pounched his arm lightly he stood straight and rubbed his arm absentmindedly. "I guess... You're right..." he whispered his golden eyes softening, with care in them. "Thank you Liv..." he said softly and then smiled as he turned to look out the window with the clouds flying by. Maybe she was right. Maybe he needed to forgive himself and just move on. I will always love you Eva.... But I think Liv is right... I need to move on...
((painfully short))

Liv nodded and laid down. She watched the cloud out her window with a smile. As a girls her and Nickoli flew from place to place. It always made her happy no matter the place she was going. The clouds made her feel like she was in a dream and she couldn't help but love it. It was the only peaceful time she had, hell even now it was the only peaceful time she got. Closing her eyes for a moment she took in a deep breath..Why does it smell like dog? She asked herself opening her eyes. "Uh...why does it smell like a wet dog?" She asked looking toward Nickoli's "room". "Nickoli?" She stood up and headed towards the door slowly. Curiosity killed the cat but Livianna couldn't help but wonder how her brother was doing.

Nathaniel's eyes snapped open as Liv went for the door and he grabbed her hand and pulled her away from the door, pinning her against the wall. "Dont disturb him!" he whispered worried and then looked down at her. "Nick's transformation inside of his body causes his tempurature to rise and make him sweat, making him smell that way. It will go away once he gets the wolf under control, but we can't risk waking him. We need himto sleep as long as he can, so he won't be in pain, and we won't have to strap him down." he said and then smiled at her softly. "I want to make sure your brother doesn't suffer, because I failed you and fought for you even when you told me to stop.... I need to learn better control." he said and stepped away from her, hoping she hadn't heard his beating heart. Her scent was making his mind blank, but in a good way.

Livianna gasped as she was grabbed. How could these two move so fast? Her breathing was a little fast and her face turned down like a scolded child. "S-sorry" She stuttered once he stepped away she stood there for just a moment longer before moving back to the couch and pulling her teddy bear to her chest. Her eyes down at the clouds. She hadn't decided which was harder, sitting here listening to the life tales of two people who had been stalking her and her brother, trusting her life with them; or the fact her brother was being turned into a creature she'd only seen in movies and it was causing him pain. Closing her eyes she took in a deep breath and sighed. Pulling her legs up she pulled the blanket from earlier around herself and softly rocked herself.

Nathaniel watched Liv and then looked away. Shaking his head and growling at himself he heard a soft yawn and turned to see Liz. Walking over to her he gently ran his hand over her head and whispered something softly to her. She then gently pulled him down onto the couch and cuddling close she shared the blanket with him. "Stop worrying..... " she whispered softly to her brother as she smiled at him reasurringly. "Im a monster..." he whispered and she shook her head. "No you're not.... Remeber the story I told you when we were traveling.... The one about the cursed beast prince and the simple farm girl?" she said gently and he nodded slowly. "Youre just like that... You have to be patient and wait.... Someone will find the true prince in you.... You just have to be the soft kind person I know you are...." she whispered and stroked his head rythmically as she whispered to her brother watching him slowly fall asleep. "One day Nathaniel.... You just wait and see." she said gently and smiled tired at him before resting her head on his shoulder wnd smiling at Liv. "It won't be long before we land, maybe a half hour."

Livianna smiled some hearing the siblings. "Beauty and the Beast." She said softly looking at Liz. "I loved that story as a kid. I don't even remember all of it but, that's it." She said nodding knowingly. Hearing about how long before landing she sighed with relief. Messing with her teddy bear she looked out the window. She couldn't help but wonder what Egypt was going to be like. More importantly how much of it she was actually going to see. A frown was permanently stuck on her face, she didn't like this and was already missing that small town she called home. It was so peaceful until all this shape shifter, werewolf, craziness started happening. Pushing her red colored hair from her face she straightened her glasses and pulled out a book. It was, ironically, a very beaten up version of Beauty and the Beast.

"so do I...." Liz said and then smiled sadly. "Mom used to tell it to me all the time, except that it was an egyptian prince who had been turned into the beast, and that a girl from britian sight seeing was the one to fall in love with him." she said and then shook her head. "It wasn't until I was a little older that I realized that she was talking about Nathaniel's dad, and not mine..." she said and then smiled sadly. "They way she talked in the story, you could tell she still deeply loved him... But I soon learned you could love too people, because my mom truely loved my dad.... But the love between her and NAthaniel's dad was completely different.... It was hard to take as a kid." she said and then giggled. "But my mom was such a goofball and an amazing person, you can never stay mad at her." she said and sighed. "I really miss her." she said and then grinned seeing Liv pull out the beauty and the beast book. "I carry mine around too!" she said excited and then snuck out from NAthaniel and grabbed her beaten up copy. She then sat next to Liv. "My mom has pictures of her time in egypt in here, and pictures of Nathaniel.. Do you wanna see?" she asked her eyes sparkling.

Liv listened and smiled softly. She never heard stories like these from any of her many groups of parents. She grinned when Liz came and sat by her. "Yes! I'd love too!" She said before looking at her's. "Mine's nothing special its just the first book I read by myself and I used to dream of being the girl to find the soft inside of someone who was other wise cold and getting out of the situations I was in. You know a young girls wild dreams." Leaning closer she waited to see the pictures with much enthusiasm. "Was your mom pretty? Can you tell me more about your parents? I could tell you a little about all mine if you'd like. When we're done if we have time." She offered with a smile as she sat the teddy bear off to the side with her copy and waited.

Liz grinned and then giggled. "I can talk about anything if you want." she said and then opened the book, and flipped to the third page where it described the transformation of the prince to a beast. A picture of Nathaniel's father sitting on his throne like chair, his bright green eyes standing out against his darkly tanned skin. He had long black hair, with braids and beads here and there, and feathers in a braid as well. He was dressed in rich clothes for Egypt, and his gaze was cold. Next to the picture was another pictures of a huge growling and angry black wolf with electric green tribal marks of furr. "Everyone stayed away from him, and my mom was held captive when she accedentally stumbled into the palace room..... He would stay in his wolf form for weeks at a time, unable to keep himself calm enough to change back...." she saud and then slowly showed Liv the pages of the wolf, being playful or angry, nice and sorry. "My mom fell in love with him swiftly, and calmed him down enough to change back.... Once he did, he only changed to protect her..." she said flipping to the last pages, revealing pictures of Nathaniel's father laughing and running and holding her mother happily and them kissing. "My mom said that he was very romantic, and that if she had been perfect for him she would have stayed, but after having Nathaniel and causing him shock that made his wife angry she left Nathaniel and went back to Britain...." she said and sighed, her finger running over the picture of her mother smiling and waving to Nathaniel's father. Her mother was blonde like she was but her eyes were a bright glowing purple and her skin was nearly white, not a night tan that Liz had. "Heres baby Nathaniel." she said and opened the back cover to reveal the small baby with black hair and smiling. She giggled and grinned. "He was such a happy baby, even if he never met mom... She came and visited a few times...." she said and looked up at Liv.

Livianna smiled as she looked on. Her eyes were sad though. "She sounds wonderful!" Her voice was strong despite what her eyes said. "And soo pretty." She giggled when she saw Nathaniel's picture. "Nickoli knew his parents he didn't enter the program till he was already 9." Her voice said she was lost in thought. "I didn't know mine, neither of them." Liv said with a soft laugh. "I remember hearing my social worker saying that a woman had found me in a box on the steps of a broken down church." Sighing some she shrugged. "There are tons of other parents I could tell you about though!"

Liz frowned and then hugged Liv tightly. "Awwww Liv!" she cooed and then looked at her softly. "I'm sorry.... But Nathaniel's step mom is great. she treats me like her daughter, I'm sure you will find her to be an awsome mother persona." she said and then giggled. "I really miss mom though." she said softly and then looked at Liv. "I bet Nathaniel is really happy to be going home... He hasn't seen his family in years." she said and then grinned. "Wanna know something funny that my mom always did?" she said and then giggled. "My mom always shifted into the different charatures of my favorite movies to make me feel better when I was sad... My favorite was her turning into pikachu. It was the cutest thing ever!" she said laughing and giggling.

Liv smiled some and nodded. "I bet they are nice." She said before smiling and laughing at the story. "Aww that's cute! I didn't have any favorite characters when I was a kid, I wasn't a tv show thing." Grinning she held up her old teddy bear. "But I have this! It was given to me by a nun." She said giggling. "She had nieces who didn't like him anymore and i was always in every sunday no matter where I moved...until recently at least." Sighing some she cuddled with it.

Liz grinned and was about to speak when they began their desent. "That's so nice of her." she said and then stood. "I need to grab our things and get them ready, Nathaniel's brother Dustan will be there to pick us up." she said and then smiled widely. She grabbed their bags and then pullled everything into a pile as they landed. She seemed quite steady on her feet even though they were landing. Once they had landed the piolet came out of the cockpit and opened the door. Warm dry heat rushed in and Nathaniel slowly awoke. "Are we home?' he asked and then heard and howl. He was up on his feet in seconds and laughing and embracing a huge guy. His brother was massive, two inches taller then Nathaniel who was six foot and he had long black hair, braided and in a tight ponytail. His eyes were a bright red and his skin was tanner then Nathaniel's. He was pure muscle and his features were very handsome. "Is little Liz with you?' he asked, his voice heavily laden with the Egyptian accent. Liz laughed and jumped on him, and he caught her and hugged her tightly. "Liz!" he said laughing and Liz grinned. "Hey Dustan, where's your older brothers?" she asked as she was set down. Suddenly there was four other howls and soon three other boy were in the jet in seconds. There was two others a year older then Dustan. the twins Amun and Kamun. The oldest who was 23, Adio, was taller then all of the boys. "Everyone grab something and let the kids get out. Twins carry the new wolf to the jeep, mom is waiting to drive him home." he said and all of the wolves nodded and set out to do what they were told. Liz smiled leading Liv out and waved to Nathaniel's father who was talking to a beautiful woman in the driver's seat of the jeep. "Asim!" Liz called and he looked up and waved to them smiling.

Livianna looked up at the guy that walked in and her jaw hit the floor as they say. He was a giant version of Nathaniel and hot. Sighing she gathered her stuff and when she heard them go to grab Nickoli she turned she was scared to see him but wanted to badly. Following Liz she looked around. A slight squeek sound came from her as she was surrounded by people she didn't know. Clinging onto her bear as she looked around, the heat was instant but comfortable enough. Taking in a deep breath she looked up at the sun. Her mind filling with everything she ever learned about the ancients of this country. It was dry and hot and sandy....

The twins gently carried Nick out of the bedroom, keeping him comfortabl and asleep as they walked down the ramp and to the jeep. "Nathaniel... Liz.... You should introduce us." the woman said and stood, her face a picture of beauty and softness, and she was about 5'2". her hair was a beautiful auburn and her skin was a deep tan like the rest of the boys. her eyes were a beautiful moss green, soft and understanding. "Right." he said and smiled sheepishly as he watched Nick being laid in the back of the jeep. "Liv this is my father Asim. My mother Jamila. The twins carrying Nick are Amun and Kamun. Dustan is a year older then me, and Adio is the oldest." he said and pointed to each person as they were introduced and they all waved and said hello. "Adio, is Ibony waiting back at the house?" she asked adn the eldest wolf nodded. "She is pregnant with our little one." he announced and both Nathaniel and Liz congradulated him happily. Jamila walked up to Liv and smiled putting her hand on the girl's shoulder. "Its alright... This is your family now. We are all here to help you and your brother." she said and then Asim then whistled and all the boys looked up. "Head out boys, transform and head to the house." he said and one by one from eldest to youngest the boys shifted. They were all huge black wolves but the tribal tattoo looking colored fur matched the color of their eyes. Nathaniel then trotted over to Liv and his mother. "See you at the house." Jamila said and got into the jeep and drove away. Liz was on Adin's back and laughed as he bosted to the twins who had been trying to get her to pick between who to ride. Nathaniel smiled at Liv an nudged her lightly with his nose. "Get on Liv, its more fun riding wolf then in the car." he said lightly and grinned. The rest of the wolves waiting for the black and golden wolf got the girl onhis back.

Livianna watched as everything happened. It all happened really quickly and her mind was everywhere. When everyone was introduced she waved some. Looking at his step mom Liv just sort of nodded. It wasn't till the boys had shifted that she had the real problems. She counted the wolves and her breathing sped up, as did her heart rate. Wolves...why was it always wolves? Her mind was blank as her memories mushed together, the path and the attack at night. There were three then, she remembered the sounds and the feel of the fur..Then there was the memory of Nathaniel's transformation and bloody fight with Cash. Finally there was the bark, and her brother falling to the ground before two dog like creatures bit into his body. When Nat touched her legs, with out realizing it she flinched and screamed. Closing her eyes tight. "I'm sorry, I'm sorry!" She apologized realizing what she did. She was shaking though, she couldn't help but fear these new beings it wasn't like Livianna had the best experiences with them. "Its not your fault I'm sorry."

The scream Livianna made made everyone jump. All the wolveslooked at one another before realizing Nathaniel was slinking away from Livianna like he had committed a crime. Before Liz could get off of Adin she watched Nathaniel's father look at the ground sadly. "Change into a horse. We will meet you at the house Nat." his father said and with a bark all the rest of the wolves took off, Liz trying her best to keep herself from worrying about Nathaniel and Liv as she rode on the back of Adin. "Im sorry Liv...." Nathaniel whispered and his form shifted into a black horse with golden main. There was a sadle upon his back and his eyes were closed, waiting patiently. "If you were scared you shouldve said something.... You couldve ridden home with mom..." he said the hurt in his voice very subtle as he waited for her to Mount him.

Livianna looked at him and her eyes watered. "I'm sorry, I'm sorry." She said softly sitting down. "I didn't mean to I thought I was ok." She sniffled covering her face, she was so ashamed. She couldn't ride Nathaniel she couldn't even look at him. She grabbed her sides and rocked a little. It wasn't that she was upset at what happened so much as being frightened of the only people willing to help her and her brother. Looking up at the horse she closed her eyes but forced herself to her feet. Pushing her tears off her face the red head looked at him. "Nathaniel I'm sorry..." She whispered her voice disappearing as she looked at the ground. "...I really hate to be annoying." She started softly. "But I don't know how to ride horses." She finished looking up at him. She half hoped he would laugh at this a little at this.

Nathaniel gently nudged her with his soft horse nose and gave a soft whinney. "Its not your fault, and you're not annoying...." he said gently and then chuckled hearing she didn't know how to ride. "Its very simple. Climb onto those steps, and then put one foot into the stirrup and the other into the opposite stirrup. Then just hold onto the reins. Once I'm at a gallop the ride will be smoother then a trot... It's alot easier riding a wolf then a horse, but we will slowly get there eventually.... So don't beat yourself up about it." he said and walked over to the building's steps and waited for Liv to get on. Though on the inside her scream had unlocked so many other horrible memories..... So many other people screaming in shock and anger to know about his true self.