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Chapter Five:

Ambrosia POV:

A week has gone by and Xander still hasn't made his appearance yet which made me question what he was up to. Braxton and Troy have found out he has been going to surrounding cities but for reasons we don't know. "I need to know everything about how the two of you grew up so we can figure this out." Jackson said, pulling me from my thoughts. "I need Pythia to hear it as well. We all need to put our heads together and it is probably a good idea for me to start training again in case he decides to challenge me." I replied. "I already told Tye that they needed to come over. The kids can play upstairs and Courtney can watch the twins." Jackson said easily. There were good parts of my upbringing and then there were bad parts to it. I've lived a very long eight hundred years and didn't get to be as heartless as I was for nothing. "How come you never talk about it?" Jackson asked. "Some memories I would rather stay away from honestly. I have been thinking over and over again of our childhood and I can't figure anything out." I replied truthfully.

Jackson wrapped his arms around me, "I'd like to think he wouldn't be that stupid but then again I haven't seen him prove otherwise. We will figure this out." Jackson whispered. "Well he has tried three times over the centuries but we will see." I replied, kissing him on the cheek. "I'll get some snacks and stuff ready and check on the little rascals. Your son has been on another level lately." I said laughing. "What can I say? He is literally me." Jackson chuckled. I walked out of the room and walked down the hall to the play room where I could easily hear the two of them giggling. Artemis has been such a good big brother and has been very protective. I cracked open the door and both their heads snapped towards me. "What are you two doing in here?" I asked, sitting down next to them. "I'm teaching Ari how to build stuff." Artemis said with a smile.

All I could see was Ari grabbing different things and hiding them behind her. "Aunt Pythia is coming with uncle Tye, Apollo and the twins." I said finally. Excitement shot across their faces, "I'll have uncle Tye bring up Apollo when they get here okay? Are you two hungry?" I asked. They both shook their heads and went back to playing. "Okay well whenever you are just let us know okay? We can make you whatever you two want." I said standing on my feet. It was as if I no longer existed to the two of them. They went back to playing. I walked out of the room leaving the door open and walked down the stairs and into the kitchen. I pulled a tray out from the cabinet and placed it on the counter as Courtney walked in. "Do you need some help?" She asked. "Actually yes, Pythia, Tye and the kids are coming over here soon and I would like to get some snacks and stuff ready for when they get here." I replied."Oh I just got a bunch of salami meats, cheese and crackers." Courtney said, walking to the fridge.

I walked to the pantry and opened the door to see she had fully stocked up on everything. I grabbed the crackers and opened the box and placed them on the tray while Courtney cut up the meat and cheese. I heard a knock at the door before it opened, "Hello?" Pythia called out. "In the kitchen!" I yelled back. I looked up to see she was holding Amina and Tye was holding Archer. I could hear Apollos little feet running up the stairs just before I heard my two little ones yell out in excitement. "So what is going on? Are you okay?" Pythia asked. "I am fine, we need to discuss Xander." I replied. "What has he done?" Tye asked. "Nothing yet but he has been going around neighboring cities and we can't figure out why." I replied. "I told her we needed to go over their upbringing so we can try to get ahead of him in case he does something stupid." Jackson said as he walked in the kitchen.

Courtney helped me take everything to the living room before she turned to Pythia. "I'll keep the twins occupied so you can all talk." Courtney said. "Are you sure?" Pythia asked. "Of course. I have the den all set up for them and I have the camera from the play room on the TV so I can watch the other three as well." Courtney replied with a smile. Tye and Pythia followed Courtney to the other room and it didn't take them long to come back and sit down. "Okay so let's start from the very beginning. What do you remember?" Pythia asked. "Well I was born first obviously but I remember our parents being strict most of the time. Our punishments were a little extreme at times but we started learning more of our duties as we got older." I replied. "What were your duties?" Jackson asked. "I had to sit through endless hours of training on how to rule vampires, the punishments and how to keep them controlled. Who I could trust as guards. I trained with the toughest warriors and did tasks." I replied. "What about Xander? What was he suppose to do?" Tye asked.

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