A man with dark hair, wearing a trench coat of sorts was sitting at a desk, looking over some paperwork, when another man entered the room.

The man was dressed professionally as if he had just come from a meeting.

"What is it, my love?" The man at the desk asked. "How did the meeting with the Pluto Coven go?"

"Miguel, one of the seers has seen something you need to hear about," The man that had just entered the room said.

Miguel frowned. "How important is it, Nate? I have a lot of paperwork to get through," He asked, raising an eyebrow.

"It's about the Gemini Coven," Nate said simply, but the hatred was clear in his voice.

Miguel froze and a look of concern but also anger appeared on his face.

"The Gemini Coven is extinct - why would one of our seers have a vision about them?" He asked, tensely. He was now giving Nate his full attention.

"I don't know, but she wouldn't speak unless the coven leader was in the room, which seeing as that is you, I came to retrieve you," Nate said, calmly.

Miguel stood up and walked past him, motioning for Nate to follow him. The two left his office and went to where the seers typically were.

A woman with dyed pink hair looked up as they approached.

"Sir," She said, greeting him respectfully. "I'm glad you're here."

"Miranda, what is it that you saw?" Miguel said, getting straight to business.

"The Gemini's are not as gone as we once thought," Miranda stated, staring at Miguel hesitantly.

"Their coven leader died, taking them all down with them. I don't see how they can still exist." Nate spoke up, looking confused. Miguel couldn't blame him, it didn't make any sense to him as well.

Miranda glanced at the second in command and husband of the coven leader with a worried look.

"You are aware of how that coven produced a new type of witch due to their cannibalistic rituals, yes?" Miranda asked, with a peculiar look on her face.

"The abominations," Miguel nodded, and the disgust was written clearly on his face. "The witches without their own magic."

"And you remember how the eldest son of Joshua Parker, who was a leech, became coven leader," Miranda asked, hesitating to get to the part where he was still alive. Especially since her coven leader had a volatile temper at times.

"Yes, I never had the honor of meeting him, but I'm sure it would have gone swimmingly," Miguel said, sarcastically. "Seeing as the boy previously killed his siblings, then killed himself again to kill his entire coven. Although I suppose I should be grateful, seeing as with the Gemini's out of the way, our coven can rise to the top."

"Yeah, that's the thing, he's alive but also not?" Miranda said, looking confused with herself.

"What?" Nate asked in disbelief.

"When a witch of that type dies with vampire blood in their system, they do not lose their ability to do magic. Therefore, they become things called heretics, which are vampire-witch hybrids," Miranda said with a look of disgust.

"The boy is one of them?" Miguel asked as his mind began scheming.

While the boy may be a vampire, his witch side qualifies him a seat among The Order.

The Order being an alliance between multiple covens allowing them to work peacefully without conflict, and whoever was the strongest coven leads. It used to be the Gemini's but they fell, and their coven took control.

And if the boy was still alive, he could fight for his place as leader.

"The boy is a heretic and from what I can understand from my visions, heretics are incredibly powerful," Miranda said with a frown.

Miguel started pacing.

"There's something else," Miranda said, quietly.

Nate frowned. "What else could there be?" He asked, giving her a look.

"He's not the last of his coven," Miranda revealed.

"That's impossible, they all died when he die-turned," Miguel said, shaking his head in disagreement.

"It appears that before the Gemini boy killed himself, the coven managed to cast a spell to save two unborn twins that were in the womb of Josette Laughlin, previously known as Josette Parker. The twin girls live and they are both siphoners as well," Miranda said, looking at her leader.

"We can't kill them - killing the last of the Gemini coven would cause conflict with the other covens. The boy, on the other hand, the fact that he is now part vampire, may give us a pass," Nate said contemplatively.

"I will check with some of our allies but the boy will die. However, we must find the twins before the boy does. And if we raise them with us, we could have a good ally of the Gemini's when they are finally old enough, which will allow us to convince them to keep us as the leaders of The Order," Miguel said as he began to strategize.

"Perhaps, but if there's one thing I know about Gemini's, it is that they are arrogant and like to be in the spot of power, and you can't deny that even with so few, they are extremely powerful. Meaning they could take back power, especially as leeches," Nate said with a frown.

Miguel frowned. "Perhaps they could die in an accident. After all, accidents happen or we could say the heretic killed them and we were too late to save them but we got revenge by destroying the beast."

"Uh, sir?" Miranda spoke up again, looking even more nervous.

"Yes?" Miguel asked, looking annoyed.

"The Parker boy has already found his nieces."

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Kai was woken up the next day by a small body jumping on him, shaking him awake.

He opened his eyes in confusion and looked up at Lizzie, who was grinning innocently as if she hadn't just jumped on him.

"Hi, Uncle Kai," She greeted with a mischievous grin.

"What are you doing you little munchkin?" Kai asked, sitting up.

"I'm hungry," She shrugged.

"Oh, well, we're just gonna have to fix that, won't we?" Then Kai smirked and lunged forward, throwing Lizzie over his shoulder like a sack of potatoes as she squealed with laughter.

Kai carried her out of his old room to the kitchen where Josie was already waiting.

"Uncle Kai," Josie greeted as she climbed onto one of the chairs of the dining table.

"Jojo," Kai greeted back easily and placed Lizzie in the chair next to her twin.

"Who wants pancakes for breakfast?" Kai asked, moving to grab some materials for the twins to color with.

"Me," The twins coursed together.

Kai nodded and set to work.

When he finished, he cut the pancakes and poured some syrup on them, before placing them in front of the twins along with some apple juice.

Kai grabbed a blood bag from the freezer and poured himself a cup full. He sipped it as he waited for the twins to finish.

"Munchins, what do you say to learning how to control your powers?" Kai asked, and the twins glanced up at him.

"Will that mean I won't hurt anyone again?" Lizzie asked, timidly.

"You won't siphon accidentally, meaning no one will get hurt unintentionally," Kai said, phrasing his words with a purpose.

"Will that mean we get to practice magic?" Josie asked, curiously. And Lizzie's face lit up with excitement.

"Yep. We'll start simple first but soon, you'll be very powerful," Kai said, grabbing their empty plates, and putting them in the sink.

"Cool," Lizzie said, and Kai quickly cleaned up the twins.

Once they were clean, he brought them to the living room.

He quickly set up a few things and he grabbed some candles.

"Alright, girls. First, we're gonna practice siphoning from objects," Kai said, and grabbed the artifacts he found that had magic attached to them.

He grabbed the one that was shaped like a 3D star. "Who wants to go first?" Kai asked, looking between the twins.

Lizzie stared at the ground with uncertainty, while Josie was looking at the artifact with curiosity.

"I want to," Josie declared, scooting forward.

Kai nodded and picked Josie up, putting her on his lap. Then, he grabbed the artifact and held it out.

"Put your hand on it, kiddo," Kai instructed. And Josie did as he said as Lizzie watched them from the sidelines.

"Now what, Uncle Kai?" Josie asked, looking up at Kai.

"What would you feel if I was going to take away your stuffed dragon?" Kai said, looking down at Josie.

"Sad," Josie replied, then gasped as a glow formed from where her hand was placed on the object.

"You're doing it, you're doing amazing Josie," Kai said, complimenting her.

Then she flinched backwards, overwhelmed by the new but intoxicating power that was now coursing through her veins.

Kai put the artifact to the side as he rubbed a hand up and down Josie's back.

"Shh, it's okay. It's just magic. That's what it feels like. It's gonna take some time to get used to it," Kai said, reassuringly.

Josie had chills going up and down her spine as she adjusted to the feeling of magic. After a little while, she relaxed again.

"You okay, kiddo?" Kai asked, watching her with concern, but he was relieved a little as she nodded. He shot a glance towards Lizzie, who was watching her twin intently, yet for some reason, she was shifting uncomfortably.

"Liz? You good?" Kai called.

Lizzie's eyes shot to him and she nodded hesitantly.

"I can feel it..."

Kai's eyes widened. The bond, he realized.

He had known before that he and the twins had a bond but he'd forgotten that more than likely so did the twins which was strange to him because he never had that type of bond with Josette.

"Just relaxed, you're okay, magic can sometimes be intense," Kai reassured, then he looked at Josie, who was now completely relaxed. "Alright, it's your turn, Lizzie."

Kai put Josie on the couch and picked up Lizzie, who shifted nervously on his lap. He grabbed a different artifact this time and Lizzie placed her hand on it without being told.

Kai was about to do what he did with Josie when Lizzie closed her eyes as if trying to focus really hard.

A glow formed and Kai raised his eyebrows in surprise.

He wasn't expecting her to just be able to do. Then again, she had siphoned from him so she knew the feeling of it.

But even then, Lizzie was clearly a quick learner.

"Nicely done," Kai complimented with a proud look on his face.

Lizzie then jerked backwards as the glow disappeared.

Kai reassured her the same way he did with Josie, all while keeping an eye on Josie who was having a reaction similar to how Lizzie reacted during Josie's turn, only less extreme.

Once Lizzie was calm again, he set up two candles.

"Alright, the first thing we're going to learn is how to light a candle," Kai said, after putting Lizzie next to her sister. "This one is yours, Josie, and the other one is Lizzie's."

Both twins immediately began focusing on their candles.

"Alright, the incantation is phesmat-"

"Incendia," The twins said in unison, and both candles lit up.

Kai stared in disbelief. "How?"

"We learned it from Seline," Josie said, cheerfully.

"Lighting things on fire is fun," Lizzie said with a grin on her face.

Kai started, then ran a hand over his face in disbelief.

Why did he have a feeling that the twins were going to be lighting things on fire if he didn't discipline them?

"Girls, lighting things on fire is not fun," Kai corrected, giving them both pointed looks.

Josie frowned in disagreement.

"Yes, it is," She said, crossing her arms over her chest.

"I like to watch things burn," Lizzie said excitedly and Josie nodded in agreement.

Well, this was a problem.

Kai stared up at the ceiling in exasperation.

"My nieces are pyromaniacs," He whispered to himself in exasperation. Now how the hell was he going to be able to correct that behavior?