September 16th - December 2046

On their twenty-first birthday, Cael gives him a big present to apologize the fight they had this summer. Their first real fight (in front of their relatives), that the blonde started.
Sure, he apologized himself in front of the camera for hitting and ripping the star's (beautiful) face, but well, it doesn't seem to be enough.
So, he bought two tickets for Sweden.
"Well, sure, I don't travel so far in the R-Dream show but you didn't have to bring me here to apologize."
"Wait, I didn't even show you your present."
"Yeah? And what is it?"
He doesn't get the answer and is instead lead to walk in the Swedish road. Really beautiful, by the way. Then, they go down in the metropolitan.
"No. You..."
But Cael just grins widely at him, like he couldn't even help himself.
"Tadam! Et voila one of the cities you dream to go since you craves for art. Swedish subway!"
Aden is right too amazed to say something, he just turns on himself looking wonderfully around him like he wants to take a panorama with just his eyes but fails because everywhere is just so beautiful. He eventually huffs a laughs, still amazed, and he turns to his brother who looks amusingly at him. Then he tries to school his emotion but fails again because he's too happy.
"I won't say it."
Cael tries to break off his smile but fails too. He rubs his face covering his smile and shrugs.
"What?" Aiden retorts, more calm.
"Yes, you gonna say it."
"No, I won't," the ginger says back firmly.
But then his gaze lays again around him and he couldn't help but give up. He smiles broadly. "Ok, I will. Thank you, you are the best!"
"Of course, I am!"
They retains a bro-hug because it will hurt again with Loan's spell (that he didn't take away) and the blonde one lets his twin enjoys the view for awhile then leads him in the train to show him the others station.
"Okay, I can say it now. You're totally forgiven."
Cael punches his fist in the air. "And I pay all that with muggle money."
"Wow, I'm impressed and how did you get those money?"
"Well... By alchemy."
Aden bursts in laughs.
"Can't blame me for trying!" Cael defends himself.
They spend the day in the beautiful country, to see what they can see, to buy beautiful fruits or some vegans foods. And at the end of the day, they reach the extreme North and decide to rest while enjoying the Aurora borealis.
Finally, after some times to staring amazedly at the landscape, Cael speaks up.
"You know, Klaes Eidursson, the Icelandic Next?"
"The one caused you to hit me? Of course, I remember? So, what?"
"Well... I know you have his number to contact him."
"Yeah. But I didn't because I don't wanna give you your present since you beat me."
He hears the blonde huffs. "We both know that's not true. When I went to see him, he told me that you commanded him her memories. I didn't even know that shit could be conserved and be sold."
"Actually, his talent isn't just erasing memories. Sure he can wipes away things like memories, marks or even letter. Then he keeps those somewhere that he could assembly that for selling. But it isn't the matters. I did ask him but he never contact me to sell me what I want."
"Because I get it."
Aden snaps to his brother, Cael is holding a flacon in his hand. There are milk liquid in this tiny bottle, like memories. Unaware of how, the bottle is in front of his nose and he holds it in his hand.
"Happy birthday," Cael whispers.
He starts because he almost forgets he's still here and that it's still the sixteenth of September.
"Cal... It's too much."
"None of that," Cal chuckles shaking his head. He then leans to look at him in his eyes, blue to green. "You're the one who gave me everything. You said that yourself. You give me my name, the hope that she exists, that maybe she really loves us, and I know she did because you said so, and maybe you give me the chance to admit that I'm indeed afraid to know she could reject me."
"And now what?"
"I think I'm brave enough to visualize what she passed through to have us, and then to have to abandon us."
Aden stares quietly at him for a few minutes but eventually nods. "Does that mean you have a pensieve?"
Cael nods and exhibits the disc of goblet that you can pour the memories (a derived from the original, because it'll be less awkward if someone will run into them while they're visualizing). So, basically Cael casts a protect bubble spell and they will just be considered as some random people admiring the landscape late the night.
Then, they are in her memories.

They start at the night They met and follow all their conversation, a bit embarrassing because their father was really a mess. Then, they are little upset to know that even their maternal grandparent aren't the kind and caring people. By then, there is a blur and some noise about...intercourse. The brothers flush because it's something to know that they're born thanks to parent's sex but it's another one to know how they're conceited. Thankfully, Klaes understand they will be embarrassed and just passed the moment.
They are, for the first time, very proud of their dad about what he says to cheer her up the next morning.
Then, they learn that she has some good moment especially in her career, but also very difficult time when she had to handle her pregnancy alone. Even if she had Frank Schmidt's, her manager at this time and future foster brother, support.
Then, they're born. And Cael nearly cries when he witnessed her giving him his name. She pronounced Ethan Brooks with so much emotion of happiness that he's ashamed to think that she didn't love him.
Since it's her first pregnancy, she didn't know how to deal with their meal and since they hadn't any tooth, she buy them compotes. And thankfully she didn't think of buying milk, well no cow milk at least, and she breast-feed. Awkward, but also the most lovely scene.
But then, they were nine months and the first magic sign appeared. Eli's craving attention by flashing his eyes, Ethan's laugh worked like a lull and their high-five calling twist. And they saw her so scared but still loving them. She tried to work the three firsts months, she asks them to not use those particularities. But they are barely one, they couldn't do anything by themself and they suffered too because it wounded and hurt and scare their mum, the woman they love. Then, the day before their first birthday, her apartment is changed in a cave with just the light on the ceilling, because there is a planetarium.
"Mummy!" Eli's baby version called with ecstasy.
Sissy turned to him and his brother who just waved his hand on the cell, changing the stars position. When the two babies saw her they extend their arms waiting for her to hug them. But she was frozen on the spot, and looked scarely at them.
"Mum?" Ethan's baby version called worrying.
She jolted and kneeled in front of them, then she opened her arms and the toddlers hooked at each her arms, glad.
"Love ya', mammy!"
If their baby version were too young to understand her shaky hands and breathes, Aden and Cal know perfectly that she's totally afraid by the two kids in her arms. But she responded anyway. "I love you, too, my darlings baby."
This night, after lulling them she surfed on the web, that thankfully the toddler didn't touch with their magic (just the apartment walls and ceilling), and find Klaes' legend. The description appealed her, but then she heard her babies' babbling sleep and she closed the computer, like she did something wrong. And it was.
Yet, the next day, she bought one ticket for Iceland round-trip and before entering in the cave she whispered them all her love and slid an envelope beside Eli's blanket.
And the next thing her memories showed them is her pleadings in front of Klaes.
When they're out of the pensieve, Cael is crying and he doesn't even hide it. Aden doesn't turn to see him, his sniffling are enough.
"I love her," Cael sobs painfully, wiping his tears.
"Yeah? I do too."
"I need to see her. I want to hear that she does too. I miss her..." And his voice cracks.
Aden feels his eyes burning and watering too. "And why don't you do it? You can, I'll even buy you a ticket to the States, if you want."
Cael shakes his head while the tears keep rolling. "I can't. If I see her I'd want to hug her and tell her to never leave me again." He sobs and huffs a laugh "and I can't because of Loan's spell."
"You mean a curse," his brother retorts.
Cael doesn't say anything just breathes shakingly and keeps wiping his damped and flushed eyes. Then he whimpers. "I don't know what to do."
Aden looks at him and just sees a poor lost child, then he turns his watered eyes to the aurora borealis and whispers brokenly. "Me neither."
They stay here the whole night. In the coldness, sobbing.

After this, Aden recovers quickly because the telefilm he filmed with Claire Yuan comes out. And even if it's just a show diffused only on tvs, there are some success. And the others co-stars are beaming too.
After all, the show is to please the public. Claire and him then spend a lot of times together, to congratulate each other's performance (Jun is busy with his others projects) and mostly to celebrate Claire's new project, to play in a movie. Her dream is going to be fulfilled.
But then there was The Attack.
They make an appointment for a helicopter tour, it's for her role, he accompanies her because it's an only time occasion. He didn't know that there will be a disaster.
He goes around to spot the place, the airdrome is extended and he nearly loses himself while he waits for his turn because of course, Claire's first. Then he meets a staff member (well, someone with the staff card and outfit, because he also did something like that) who help him by dirceting the right way. They talk and the staff is pretty chatty and very aware that his co-star will be here, because apparently he is his huge fan.
What he never expects is that he's the one who will be the cause of the shambles. They reach the take-off space and the Chinese actress is already inside of the helicopter in the air. She bends over the window and waves at him when she spots him. She's so beautiful, so happy.
But her joy doesn't last, her joyful expression turn into fright and she knocks on the glass despairingly.
"Wait. There is a problem. The pilot must land," he requires the personal.
Nobody contradicts and contacts the flyboy to touch down, because they also see the panic in the actress eyes. The planes tilts but something goes wrong, like the airman isn't the one controlling the machine.
And when Aden looks at the front of the helicopter, he understands why and also freaks out. The pilot is collapsed on the dashboard in the cockpit, so Claire is alone in the back with the plane in descent. And she knows.
She mouthes something, stricken, eyes watering, with her fists keep on beating the glass hoping vainly to escape. She makes eyes contact with him asking help but he couldn't do anything. Or maybe, he could, with magic, but he doesn't have his wand and it's been awhile he used magic he could miss it and then there isn't time anymore. It's too late. The plane crashes with her inside.
Aden rushes to the place and nearly jumps in the crash to spot his friend and get her out, even if he knows it's too late. Cameron stops him on time.
At this moment he totally forgets the staff who was next to him when it happened. The man that Claire watched with terror.

Everything just go quickly and fuzzy after that.

The TV transmits the news and the whole world is aware. The Sino-American actress Claire Yuan deceased the September 26th 2047, in a crash. The actor Aden Brooks witnessed this, the journalists barely have an interview with him, too upset to say anything.

A police case is opened, the policemen interrogated the staff presents, examined the scene, disgnosis the corpses. They were intoxicated before perishing in the crash.

Aden doesn't know anything.

Until he talks about the strange staff. He describes him and even draw him, two days later, the man is arrested.

Jared Matcher, a mechanical engineer of the airport, pleads guilty. He admits to be the actress' huge fan and often asks her out, he's turned down every time. So, he decides to deprive her to even seeing elsewhere.

Immediatly after the trial, the actress' family does the obsequies. Aden doesn't attend the funeral.

Instead, he discovers that Jared is actually a wizard. A no-majes born, a Next with gas toxic talent and he targets Claire because he's in love with her. That if he couldn't have her, no one could, this is why he places his toxic DNA in her, thus even in her death he belongs to her.

Empty and dizzy, Aden stands up and says quietly to the criminal, locking his eyes on him : "What a pity, the family just says that they will cremate her corpse. And now, not only you couldn't have her, you can't see her anymore."

"You're lying!"

"No, I'm not. you should have think twice before acting, don't you think? Because you just deprive us of a talented woman."

Then, he get out letting the criminal under wizard justice officer.

The same day, he's lost in New York's passage. He was lost in thoughts so it wasn't a surprise to be assaulted. But then he feels strongs arms around him with love and recognizes his brother. At this moment, he's rightfully too crushed to notice that there isn't any pain when they touch each other. He baraly notices he's lead somewhere by an unusual magic carriage.

He regains consciousness when two differents arms wrap around his shoulder then Elizabeth is soothing him. He doesn't realize the embrace changed until he hears his mum talking calmly to him. He slowly returns the hug, ignoring the dampness in his eyes.

"Thank you for bringing him back," Elizabeth says quietly to Cael.

The blonde wizard just nods wordlessly, eyes still layed on his twin and their mother. How he wants to be at his place. Then, there is warm arm around him too. Elizabeth is hugging him and he sighs of relief when he doesn't feel any pain. When they part, he looks curiously at his half-sister, even if she doesn't know.

"What was that for?"

"You seem to need this," she whispers before heading back to the two others actors of this family.

Cael doesn't say anything but swallows laboriously, Den told him that the Jenson are very smart but this is just baffling.

"Come on, get in now you're here," Colton tells him softly.

Cael hesitates.

"You won't let your brother alone, won't you?" Corey adds innocently.

Giving up in front of his two half-brothers, Cael makes his way in this mansion that he stalked with his brother four years ago. They head to the living-room and he sees tornly at the two redhead still snuggling on the couch. Fondly when recognizing Liam behind Sissy, fondling her hairs, while the mother of the family keeps appeasing her elder child. Elizabeth is preparing some warm drink for all of them, and Cela feels a little jealous when the younger boys take place on the seat just in front of the couch. Colton pats the spot beside him to indicate him to sit down too, he does it quite awkwardly while Liam's eyes lay on him.

But instead of curious look, he received a fond look that a father give to his children. And while he sits next to Corey, he almost cries at this scene taking place in front of him. But he holds himself because the younger snuggles up against him. And he just feel so accepted in this family.

Later, Aden will complain to him for bringing a thestral with him whilst he's mourning, then the subject will turn to how he can touch them without the burning spell of Loan. He will reply by a shrug, telling that he couldn't really give up with magic and that Loan allows at least all the Sissy's blood to touch him.

But now he's just in this warm atmosphere that he would give anything to extend it the longer possible.

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(Initially posted : 1 Mars 2017 à 17:18)