Wishing on Stars (Aleksandr)

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He couldn't help but chuckle quiety to himself when Jamie wrapped his arms around his body before telling him to hold on to him, but nonetheless he complied with his wishes, his hand moving to grip onto Jamie's shoulder in a firm and yet gentle grasp before the familiar pop filled the air and the two men were sent rushing through time and space to the destination that Jamie had chosen. It took a long while before their feet finally rested on a sturdy surface and Aleksandr's icy eyes opened, quietly observing his surroundings as Jamie spoke to him, explaining just where they were exactly. It seemed as though they were in a shady area of park in Berlin named Tiergarten and as he finally finished observing the area around him and returned his gaze to Jamie, he couldn't help but smile as well when he saw the smile that was on his love's face.

It was funny how just his presence here seemed to make Jamie glow even brighter than the sun with happiness.

Speaking of the sun, Aleksandr's eyes returned to the bright morning sky with an almost uncomfortable gaze. He would have to stay in the shade, least he expose himself and his kind while dying one of the most painful sort of deaths that he could ever imagine and while this normally did not bother him, he would need to stay close to his Jamie so that he would not get lost in this unfamiliar area, meaning that he would also have to stay in the shade least Aleksandr follow after him in the shadows and look like some sort of creepy stalker. Both situations were things that would surely attract attention. After all, who would not notice two fully grown men avoiding the sun like their lives depended on it on what he assumed would be a pleasant summer day for humans and who would not notice a beautiful man "stalking" another beautiful man?

He had began to say something to Jamie when his lover suddenly grasped onto his leather covered hand and began to lead him through the shade with a sort of casualness that surprised him. He was told that Jamie usually walked through the shade so no one would find them odd. It seemed as though his Jamie's skin was a bit too sensitive to the sun's harsh rays as were his sister's, something that relieved him more than he would admit. " It is a pain is it not? To not be able to enjoy the sun? I admit myself that there are times I vish that I vas able to tolerate it just so that I vould know how the sun's varmth felt on my skin." He spoke in such a volume that only Jamie would be able to hear him and even then he worded his sentence very carefully so that any potential eavesdropper would be thrown off. When Jamie spoke of the normal measures that his sister took in the house when it came to sunlight and the indoor temperature he simply smiled.

" Thank you, though I hope I vill not inconvience you or your sister too much during this visit." He hated that he was so sensitive to such simple and common things, though the more sadistic side of him did find the whole thing funny. A vampire was a killing machine, a beast that could easily take the life of humans and yet they would die the second that they were exposed to sunlight of all things.

Oh the bloody irony.

About a half an hour later, they had moved into a shaded area that was filled with a mixture of different trees, a pleasant aroma of berries filling the air and managing to calm the vampire completely, any nervousness that he may have felt before having been long forgotten, even as they reached the doorhenge where Aleksandr was greeted with a very interesting show that consisted of Jamie having an arguement in German with the knocker something that had Aleksandr fighting the urge to smile even as Jamie finally won the arguement and the knocker allowed them inside, Aleksandr calmly trailing after Jamie as they went inside only to hesitate when he saw the glow of what appeared to be daylight in the home, relaxing immediately when his eyes landed on the oil lamps and when Jamie explained that the light was completely man made. Jamie then called out to his sister who appeared almost immediately, much to Aleksandr's surprise.

He watched with a calm gaze as the woman teased Jamie a bit before Jamie introduced the two of them. Aleksandr offered the woman a small smile and a nod of the head in greeting before speaking. " It is a pleasure to meet you, Miss Analise." He fell quiet, allowing the woman to speak, a smile crossing his features at her words as an amused gaze fell on Jamie. " Da, though I must say that his brooding is not that bad. I am sure that I vas much vorse than he vas vhen the two of us vere first getting to know each other." Hell, he had almost let himself die the very night that his Hiza had attacked and betrayed him, had it not been for Jamie he probably would not be here today. " I think...he has helped me more than I could ever help him. I am a very lucky man to have your brother in my life." His gaze fell on Jamie again, smiling at him, though it appeared as though his attention was elsewhere at the moment. Analise seemed to notice too, and called for her brother, managing to snag his attention as she mentioned that she wanted to show the vampire around, asking if he wanted to come with them.

His eyes were locked on Jamie, his icy gaze following Jamie's line of sight until his own gaze landed on a certain set of doors in the eastern wing. As soon as his gaze landed on it, Jamie made to excuse himself saying that he wanted to make sure that there were no papers waiting for him on his desk. He was given an apologetic glance, a soft whisper that he would return soon and a kiss on his cheek before his mate hurried away to the western part of the house. All was quiet for a moment before Aleksandr turned his confused look onto his mate's sister. " Excuse me if I am being too forward miss Analise, but is there a reason vhy that just happened?"

[Jamie Rosenthal]

Li did not appear all that surprised to hear the vampire's question, leading him with a welcome gesture up the stairs and toward the doors that seemed to vex him so. "I vill take it zhat Jamie has nefer mentioned our parents from zhat question. Honestly, I am not surprised. Come, please." They would climb the stairs and as the doors were reached, it took the use of her own wand to open the doors.

The first thing that anyone noticed was the vague scent of a teaking solution as the oil lamps sprung to life to light the way down the marble hallway. "Our mozer died vhen Jamie vas but 17. She vas an Auror, and died in ze line of vork. A Seer tried to varn our family of ze impendink happeninks, but I beliefe ve vere too optimistic." The first doorway they stopped at held overstuffed armchairs, upholstered in a radiant shade of blue leather. The walls were nearly covered in old family photos that seemed to make a quiet sort of smile spread on Li's lips.

Her favorite photograph was of their parents, a slim woman with long blonde hair, violet eyes, fair skin and soft features, was being held bridal style by their father, a very tall man with multi colored eyes (one green eye, one blue), olive skinned, black hair, and a slightly gaunt face. Jamie looked like their mother, Li favored their father and it was noticeable by the children's presence in that same photo. "Ze year after, our fazer died as vell, tryink to track down her killer. Once again, ve vere varned, and ve chose to ignore it. Zhis Seer vas not someone ve vanted to beliefe villinkly." She looked over the pictures with a neutral eye, before leading him to the next room, a study done in white wood.

Within the room were items that seemed to have Jamie's touch all over them, paintings with very personalized carved frames, engraved silver goblets and plaques, even a beautifully carved grandfather clock. "Such beautiful vork he is capable of. Our parents so lofed his gifts. They are alvays painstakingly created to fit ze person who is to be receiving zhem. I vatched him in creatink your vatch. It vas ze first gift he decided to personalize since zey died. Sat gafe me a lot of ideas as to vhat sort of person you are. Jamie does not see efil in people easily, an optimism zat our mozer had. He alvays tries to find ze good in all places."

The bedroom was completely sealed off, but, the last room was a small workshop that still had a few items left inside, though they were very covered in dust. It held carving and engraving tools, embossing tools, embroidery equipment, replacement gears for watches and clocks, even a very small darkroom for developing photographs. "He used to vork here, because our fazer had taught him to carve and polish wood, plus, our mozer lofed vatchink him create beautiful sings. He vould vork and listen to her sing from zeir bedroom. Ze family vas close, fery, so you can understand vhy ven someone zat vas not a well known Seer began predictink zeir deas...ve vere not hafink it."

Li looked up at the vampire with a curious gaze, "How much did Jamie tell you of himself? He told you of his inability to feel pain, but he did not share zis vith you?" That was both curious, but not surprising. "He vould nefer tell and drag zhat secret to ze grafe. Jamie feels responsible for the deas of our parents. It vas he who predicted zhem." She let that sink in. "He vas born a Seer, but ze constant ignoring and disbelief has made him ignore his own visions. He has only seen one ozer deas...only one. And zhat is his own. He told me of it, out of fear. I told him zhat vhen ze time came...I vould try to be present to hinder it, but, ze trus is...vith the vay he sees things, ve nefer haf a date. Only a year. From vhat I understand, Jamie vill meet his end at ze hands of a beast...visin ze next 6, 7, 8, perhaps 9 years."

What a burden to have to carry, knowing such information. "He is scared to deas, but also has an ability to live freely and love deeply, knowing vhat vill happen. He said sere are sree sings zat must happen first. He must meet a blonde man, he must marry, and two children are born from ze vedlock before he must start beink careful again."

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The vampire followed quietly after the mortal woman with a contemplative gaze in his eyes, listening to the woman as she began to speak. She said that she imagined that since he had asked such questions, Jamie must not have mentioned their parents in the past, something that had him thinking back and shaking his head before he spoke. " You brother mentioned your parents once, I knew that they vere deaf but I did not push any further, it seemed to make him uncomfortable and between you and I, I am not too eager to talk about my parents either." It was the sort of topic that had been both easily and mutually avoided by both men. As they reached the set of doors that had made Jamie run away so quickly from them, he watched as Analise drew out her wand and opened the doors, revealing the contents of the room to his eyes.

The first thing that caught his attention was the way that the halls began to light up as they walked through the doors and when they stopped at the first doorway, he was greeted with the sight of various family portraits and it was then that Analise began to speak again, telling him that Jamie's mother had died back when the boy had been only seventeen. It seemed that she had been an auror and had died in the line of duty, a death of honor. It seemed as though a Seer had tried to warn the family of the upcoming death but they had chosen to ignore the warning. Calm eyes moved from portrait to portrait before stopping of the parents and the two siblings that almost made him smile.

Jamie truly had taken after his mother it seemed.

It was quiet for a moment before the woman began to speak again, this time saying that their father had died a year after their mother had, trying to track down the woman's killer. Again, they had been warned and again they had chosen to ignore the warning; something that had proven to be an unwise choice as death again claimed the life of their parent. Despite this repeated mistake, the vampire could not help but feel for both Jamie and Analise, the pain of losing both parents within such a close time frame must have been unbearable, especially if the family had been as close as he saw them to be in the photos.

The next room that Aleksandr was shown to was a study made out of white wood and within the room lay various objects that seemed to have been personalized by none other than Jamie himself, something that had him smiling as his gaze moved from object to object and as Analise spoke of his talent with gifts, he couldn't help but agree, his mind going back to think of the watch which was stored in a very safe place in his house, a place protected by his magic where it would never be harmed or stolen. He was brought back to the present when she began talking again, saying that she had been there when Jamie worked on the watch along with reveling that it had been the first gift personalized since their parent's death, something that made him cherish
his gift that much more.

When Analise spoke of Jamie being an optimistic boy who rarely saw evil in people, he smiled wryly." Believe me, I have noticed that. I have learned that he also does not like it vhen someone points out their own faults." When he had called himself a monster, that had been the closest he had ever gotten to upsetting Jamie himself.

It was then that they moved to the last room and Analise revealed to him the most surprising and the most heartbreaking news that he had heard that evening. He was told that Jamie had been the seer that had predicted the death of his parents and because of that he felt responsible for their deaths. The news that broke his heart was that Jamie had both already had seen his own death and had seen that he would marry him and have two children before he was to die.

What he had thought was a beautiful coincidence, Jamie had already seen coming.

He felt so many different emotions bubble up inside of him at that moment, though the strongest had been none other than pure anger though he managed to hide it well. If he knew that he was going to die then why would he seek the love and companionship of a vampire, a being that would live an unlimited natural life if nothing got in the way of that . Was he seeking to become immortal? Was that the only reason why he had chosen to live Aleksandr? So many questions raced through his mind and for a moment he wanted to do nothing more than leave. He wanted to run back to Hogsmeade and gather up his belongings before leaving and moving on to the next country to continue his search for his true soulmate because surely it could not be someone that was already marked for death. Could it?

Yet despite what he wanted to do, he found himself rooted to the ground, his body unwilling to move and his heart unwilling to let him leave. In his heart he already knew that Jamie was his true mate and despite the pain that losing him would cause him it would not let him leave. He would stay by Jamie's side until the bitter end." I see...so he vill be married and vith children vhen this happens...that vill surely be heartbreaking to his family. As for your question he has told me a lot but none of this. It is understandable though. Ve all have our secrets."

[Jamie Rosenthal]

"Indeed ve do."

Li had been watching Aleksandr closely for a moment before speaking again, "He truly lofes you, you know zhis. Efen if he has seen vhat he has, it vould nefer force him to life any differently. He does not vish to let it ruin his life by vorryink about it." She led him from the wing and sealed it back into its regular state before showing him the Western wing.

First was a well equipped music room with a grand piano and a violin set out among the gleam of the mahogany floor. Li sighed softly, "You know, I tell you zhese sings because I lofe my brozer. He is ze only one I hafe left. Perhaps, zere is a vay ze vision can be prevented, or...a vay zhat he vould not be left alone or vulnerable. Seer visions are not set in stone if someone beliefs in zhem. Ve made ze mistake of not listening tvice...and it cost us eferysink. I cannot afford to not listen again and lose him. No one beliefed him, no one listened, he stopped beliefink in himself."

She crossed the room and turned the end of the velvet drapes over to peer outside. He had not left the house yet.

From that room, she showed him her own study, full of books and papers on dragon species and genus, then opened a room that held a very old world feel. It was a bedroom that had Jamie's essence woven tightly into every fiber. A four post bed was carved in beautiful flora patterns, bookshelves were packed to the brim with worn hardbacks of Shakespeare's work, Ann Rice, and Chaucer. The pillow on his bed seemed to have absorbed more than its fair share of tears.

Li set her hand upon the desk in his room, only to jump with a start. "Shade!" From the desk was lifted a quite large chameleon who seemed as if he had been sleeping. "Our father allowed Jamie to get Shade despite how much he alvays vanted a dog. He vas too fragile for an animal zhat could harm him. He hated it. He still does. He vants nosink more zhan to life like eferyone else does and hafe to worry about breaking a bone and not knowink." She set the lizard down and it promptly blended into the desk again.

"Vhen he vas a boy, he almost died at school because he had been bitten by a snake and did not know. Luckily ze healer vas skilled enough to find ze bite." The sound of a shutting door echoed through the house and Li quickly moved to peer through the drape again. He was moving through the gardens slowly, the slump had returned to his shoulders. She watched him quietly as he tucked onto his normal haunt within the juniper grove and remained seated there, hugging his legs tightly.

"He knows I've told you. He's scared." The drape was closed and Li stepped back, her eyes moving to the vampire. "You do not realize how much he cares about you. Not you as a vampire, but you as a person. He does because you care about him as a person. Not as a healer, not a seer, not a metamorphmagus, but as himself. He rarely gets to be himself vis all ze attention he attracts from ze ministry for his skills, dark vizards for his birth gift, and Dmitri for his condition."

They left the room and she almost worriedly glanced at the door before showing the rest of the house. "Jamie told me of ze donor you had zhat turned against you. I can assure you zhat he vould nefer, reference simply use you. If he didn't yell you of his vision, he would have never spoken of it to prevent you from feelink as if he vanted zhat gift from you. He only vants your lofe. I can guarantee zhat."

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" I know that he loves me, I've known that from the very beginning of our relationship. Jamie is too kind to feign having feelings for someone like me and even if he vas not I pride myself in being able to read mortals rather vell, it is one of the perks that comes vith being vhat I am. If Jamie did not truly love me, I vould have stopped seeing him a long time ago and I vould not be here talking vith you right now." He had never once questioned Jamie's love for him because he knew that one could not fake being truly in love with another person. There was no way to replicate that bright smile or the way that those eyes lit up when he came to meet with him during the nights in Hogsmeade. There was no way to fake the passion or love that he always felt behind Jamie's kisses. No, he knew that Jamie loved him, that had been the one thing that he never had reason to doubt.

Silence filled the air as the two made their way from the eastern wing to the west, stopping for only a moment so that Analise could reseal the doors that led to the eastern wing before continuing on his tour of their home. Their first stop was a music room that was well equipped with musical instruments, though the piano was the thing that caught his eye and admiration the most, being one out of two instruments that he had mastered during his short life. When Analise spoke again, he listened again as she spoke about how she had only told him about her brother's gift because she loved her brother and he was the only one that she had left. She spoke about seers and perhaps there was a way that the vision could be prevented or lessened, something that caused Aleksandr to speak up. " I can promise you that you vill not lose your brother too. I vill protect him to the best of my ability and I vill ensure that he is vell protected from this point on.." He watched as she moved towards the drapes and quickly situated himself so that when she opened them he would be well out of the way of the sunlight's rays.

When they left that room, he was brought to the woman's study which was filled to the brim with all sorts of books and papers that were written about dragon studies and from there he was brought to a room that he instantly recognized from just the scent alone. The lingering scent of Jamie's cologne filled the air, working it's way through his senses and soothing his heart and yet there was also a very faint, lingering scent of salt water, almost as though his love had spent much of his time crying there in the past and the scent of his tears had merged into the room, becoming just as much a part of it as the furniture and the books were.

Oh, his poor Jamie.

He watched as Analise moved to set her hand on Jamie's desk before jumping in surprise before calling out the name Shade and lifting a large chameleon off of Jamie's desk and explaining to him that Jamie's father allowed him a reptile as a pet instead of a dog that Jamie always wanted because his father had been scared that a dog would harm him. She told him how much he hated having to live life more carefully than most others had to and how he wanted nothing more than to live life like normal people were able to. The lizard was set down onto table where it immediately blended into the desk again before she spoke again, this time telling the vampire how a snake bite had almost claimed his life when he was a boy at Durmstrang and that he had been saved only because the healer had been skilled enough to find the bite. It was then that the sound of a closing door echoed through the house and the woman moved to peer through the drapes again before telling him that he knew she had told him about his gift and that he was scared, causing the vampire to sigh.

" I do not know vhy he vould be scared, I told him before numerous times that I vould not leave him unless he himself sent me avay and that nothing in this vorld vould ever make me stop caring for him." Analise moved back before speaking to him again and he waited patiently until she was done speaking before he replied again. " I know that he does care for me but there are times vhere i vill question vhy. This is new to me as it is to him, I am not used to dealing vith mortals in this sort of vay vhen the only ones that I deal vith are my donors, who let me drink from them in exchange for protection and a life of comfort. It is hard to believe that there is one who vants nothing from me, even if I know that you are right. It is something that I need to vork on, I admit."

It was then that they left the room and she began to show him the rest of the house. When Analise told him that Jamie had told her of Hiza's betrayal, his body tensed the slightest amount and he felt the smallest bit of pain strike at his heart for a moment before it faded away just as quickly as it had come. " I have never once in my mind or my heart compared Jamie to my fledgling, Hiza for I know that they are two completely different people in every single vay. However, there are mistakes that I have made vith Hiza that I vill not make again. This does include vhether or not I turn Jamie into another of my fledglings in time. I vill not turn him until I feel that I absolutely have to do so, which brings up a question that I feel I must ask you miss Analise. The time may come vhen your brother vill chose a life vith me over a life as a mortal, how do you feel about that? How do you feel about the very likely possibility that your brother vill become a vampire if he choses to stay vith me as my lover?"

[Jamie Rosenthal]

Li smiled slightly. "I could see him choosink zhat life much easier zhan you sink. It vould make me proud to know he vas happy and safe. And he finally, could life ze vay he has vished to for all of his short life. If he vas able to spend all of existence vith you, I know he vould be happy, cared for, lofed, and vhen I die I know he vould hafe you still." Death was something that Analise was obviously comfortable talking about. She had needed to put on a strong and immoveable face when their parents died to catch Jamie when he fell, and he did. And hard.

They had other family, somewhere, and she was searching for them as hard as she could. Two young adults could not be the last remaining members of their line. "I must ask one simple sink of you. If you stay vith my brozer, and from his female form are born children...please, allow ze male to remain a Rosenthal. Our bloodline stops vith Jamie as of ze current time, and it has gone as far back as ze founders era. Ve need to stay alife. I vould do it myself, but I am...vell...unable to produce an heir. Vhere Jamie feels no pain, I am hypersensitive. Light...pin pricks...it is all agonizink, zough I mask it vell for my job. Ze pain of childbirs vould kill me."

The medication to block the pain made her seem neutral under all circumstances, much like Jamie's lack of pain reception made him always feel so numb. She carefully peered through the window again, looking at her brother who had captured the attention of a fox kit within the yard and he was almost overjoyed playing with it, still remaining cautious. She chuckled softly, shaking her head. "I vas not born zhis vay, it vas not until about a year after our parents died when the nerf endinks started going hayvire. Zhat sveet boy in ze yard...stayed avake for days, healink me, but ze nerves alvays flare up again. It is neurological, and Jamie can not heal zhat yet." Not to say that he hadn't tried.

Oh, how he'd tried.

She looked again, only to see the kit within his arms, licking him happily and she could see him laughing. "How he does zhat, I vill nefer understand. Animals just...go to him. It is clouding considerably, I sink a storm is comink, come, see." The sky was a very dark grey, still it did not stop the wizard from setting down the kit and playing with it again. "I should stop him, but I can't. He's alvays vanted moments like zhis. He vill just need to make sure he vasn't scratched."

He looked so happy to be living normally.

When the thunder rolled, the wizard looked upward finally and spoke to the little fox who trotted off to its mother before he turned to head back to the house when he froze mid stride. Not another vision. He couldn't move, forced to remain still and as Li looked again, past the vampire's shoulder, the wizard's body was snapping to a rigid attention and he was breathing rapidly through his mouth. "Grab him! It's anozer vision!"

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The vampire could not help the surprised expression that crossed his face at the answer that he received from Analise, honestly not expecting that sort of reaction from her. He had not expected her to be okay with him turning her brother into a vampire nor did he think for a minute that Jamie would chose to live out the rest of his existence as a creature that was forced to drink blood and shun the world of the light. " I can honestly say that I vas not expecting that sort of answer from you, Miss Analise. I vas not expecting you to be alright with my vanting to eventually turn your brother into one of my kind but I promise you that vhen that time comes your brother vill be in good hands." He would ensure that Jamie would be one of the good types of vampires as would their children. He would be there to watch over them and guide them down the right path. He would teach them right and wrong, much like he wished his parents would have done for him.

When she asked him if their son could remain a Rosenthal so that their bloodline would not die out before telling him of her situation, he did not even have to think of his answer before replying to her question. " Of course he may, as a matter of fact I vould prefer if he took that name instead of my own. I am not proud of vhat my family is or vhat it is that they do, the less ties that our children have to them, the better in my opinion."

He would cross that bridge when the time came but as far as he was concerned neither Jamie or his children were ever going to meet any living member of his family if he had anything to do with it. He would sooner go back to eating rats than he would let those idiotic savages corrupt either his Jamie or his future children and he would be sure to end any relative of his that was stupid enough to try.

When the woman looked outside and called him over to the window, he hesitated for the slightest moment before walking over to her and cautiously peering out of the window, relieved to see that the sun had long since disappeared and the sky was nice and grey meaning that he would not have to worry about the sun for the time being, something that always managed to lighten his mood even the slightest bit. When his eyes fell on Jamie, he smiled as he saw the younger man playing with the fox kit laughing as it licked him as though he had not a care in the world, it was one of the most endearing sights that he had seen in a very long time and he could feel his heart softening again." He certainly is something very special...I am lucky to have such a vonderful man in my life...even if ve have been together for not a very long time...I cannot imagine vanting to live on vithout him."

Perhaps that had been the reason why her news about what Jamie had seen had upset him so badly. If Jamie were to pass away, it would not be long before he followed after him. He truly could not imagine life without Jamie.

When the thunder started rolling in the sky, he watched as Jamie spoke to the kit sending it off to its mother before beginning to head back to the house when he suddenly stopped as if frozen. Aleksandr's brow furrowed slightly in confusion before Analise called out for Aleksandr to go and grab him, that Jamie was having another vision and faster than one could blink Aleksandr was off, using his vampiric speed to reach Jamie as quickly as he possibly could before something could happen to him. In a matter of a few seconds, he was outside grabbing Jamie into his arms as quickly and as gently as he could and using his vampiric speed to get them both inside before anything could happen to either one of them, letting go of Jamie only when they were inside to set him down on the ground. Concerned icy eyes gazed into Jamie's for a moment before he softly called for him. " Jamie?"

[Jamie Rosenthal]

Admittedly, Li was shocked at just how fast Aleksandr moved, he was back with her brother quicker than she could blink. But, when the shock slipped away she looked at Jamie as his eyes clouded over. He was so...still. "Jamie...vhat do you see...ve are listenink..."

Jamie's head turned toward Li, and when he spoke, his voice was far deeper, but sounded as if he was speaking through water. "Sieben Sonne steigt, sieben Sonnenuntergänge... er erneut zuschlagen wird und versucht, schlagen die Herzen der adligen Familie. Er ist für Blut. Feuer wird Regen aus dem Himmel, als Frost durchdringen die Flächen. Zwei Elemente werden ihm zu kämpfen...aber nicht wie alle anderen haben. Der Rabe wird in Käfigen gehalten werden, befreit durch den Engel, in Bewegung setzen will Rache."

Li looked confused, her accent fading to nothing as she put all her attention into the details of what he was saying. "Seven sun rises...seven sunsets. He will strike again against the noble family...He is out for blood...Fire will rain from the sky as frost penetrates the earth...dual elements will fight him and fail as all else have...The Raven will be cages...freed by the Angel...setting in motion plans for revenge. Who is ze Raven, Jamie? Vich noble family? You haf to gif us more..."

These visions were such nightmares to decipher, always in some sort of code or full of symbolism.

"Er wird zusammen mit der Dämonen der Vergangenheit. Demons, die nahezu Leben eingenommen haben. Sie kombinieren Wut, werden sie kombiniert Dunkelheit."

Li blinked, "He is joining forces with demons of the past. Demons who have nearly taken lives before. They are combining anger, they are combining darkness. Jamie...who is it?? Focus..."

"Sucht den Grauen Wolf."

"Seek the dread wolf?? Vhat is zhat? Who is zhat?"

Jamie didn't move, didn't speak, didn't even blink, then his body suddenly lurched forward and his eyes snapped shut as his body plummeted downward.

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He listened to Jamie as the other began to speak in a voice that was both much deeper than usual and sounded as if he was being forced to speak while he was being held under water. The words that were spoken were said completely in German, a language that Aleksandr did not know, something that concerned him until Analise began to translate for him, speaking of an event that would come in seven days and seven nights. A man would dare to strike out against one of the noble families, a man who wanted to spill their blood. He spoke of fire raining down from the sky and ice covering the earth as the dual elements would rise to fight him and yet they would fail to defeat him as all else who had faced him had. He spoke of an angel that would free the raven from the cages, a metaphor that had his eyes narrowing in slight concern as his mind strived to piece together the pieces of the puzzle that had just been layed out before him as he also tried to listen to the rest of the vision. It appeared that the Raven and the Angel would set in motion plans for revenge, something that had his stomach feeling as though a weight had settled inside of it.

He did not like the sound of this vision, not one bit.

Analise spoke to Jamie, trying to get him to go more into detail about who the Raven was and which noble family would be attacked but it was all in vain as Jamie spoke again. This man would be joining forces with demons in the past that had nearly taken lives before. They would be combining anger and darkness. The last thing that was said was that they must seek the dread wolf before Jamie fell unconcious, falling forward only to be quickly caught by Aleksandr before he could hit the ground. The vampire gathered the mortal in his arms, holding him the way that a new groom would hold his bride as his mind raced to try and figure out just what it was that Jamie had said. His brow furrowed slightly and his bottom lip went in between his teeth as he tried to read in between the lines of what was said.

" I am not entirely sure that I am right on this matter, but I believe that the Raven is an inmate and the cage that he vill be freed from is Azkaban. I believe that the noble families that he might be referring to are one of the British Pureblood families. I vould have to hear more from Jamie himself, but I find myself vanting to send a letter to both Azkaban and the British Ministry so they may varn the families." If his inkling was correct there were at least 30 families that he knew of that the vision could have referred to and as such there were many innocent lives that could be endangered, but for the moment he pushed that thought away to look down at his lover before glancing at Analise. " May I take him to his room to set him down on his bed?"

[Jamie Rosenthal]

"Of course. I vill be in my study." Li turned on her heel and went quickly to write down what he had said while it was still fresh in her mind. The symbolic nature of most things Jamie saw was almost incredibly difficult to decipher. She had began to keep a journal of his visions, hoping for similarities to make things easier. So far, they were few and far between.

Jamie lay cradled within his lover's arms with something of a troubled expression forming on his face, behind his eyelids those eyes were rapidly moving as if watching things speeding by. Once one major vision came, it opened his gateway for others to flood him and he made the softest sound that could have doubled as a sound of fear as his body began to regain its mobility.

"Aleksandr...bitte....make it stop..." He sounded more afraid than anything, moving slightly to draw closer to the vampire's chest. His eyes opened but there was a noticeable lack of focus. When would this end? "I can't...keep up vis all zhey vant me to see."

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When he had received Analise's permission he turned and began slowly making his way back to his lover's bedroom, the younger man's form being gently cradled inside of the vampire's arms as if he was some sort of precious being that would disappear the second that Aleksandr set him down or let him out of his sight. He was worried for his lover, that much being absolutely clear to anyone that might have seen him and the dark expression that he had on his face.

He slowly made his way to Jamie's room being especially careful to do his best to avoid disturbing him and as he finally reached Jamie's room he sighed in the slightest relief before entering the room and moving towards the bed where he carefully lay the man down before laying himself down next to him and gently gathering him inside of his arms.

Cool eyes were locked on Jamie's face, watching as those beautiful eyes of his beloved seemed to move beneath his eyelids almost as though he was watching some sort of show that was meant for only Jamie to see, his heart breaking at the quiet noise of fear that was made by his Jamie. His love was scared and there was absolutely nothing that Aleksandr could think to do that would help him in this situation.

When Jamie asked Aleksandr to make the visions stop, he felt his heart grow even heavier for he knew that he could not stop them. He sounded so scared and the only thing that the vampire could do was hold him until the visions stopped coming. " I do not know how to stop them love, I am so sorry. But I vill lay here by your side and I vill continue to stay and hold you here until they stop haunting you love, I promise."

[Jamie Rosenthal]

Jamie's eyes closed again and he heaved a breath as he drew close to the slowly moving chest beside him that felt like the only real thing within his senses at the moment. He tried his best to match his inhales and exhales, focusing on what was real. Something in the matching of their breath made him feel strangely close to the man next to him. His mind was still racing, but as he opened his eyes again he was greeted with only the sight of raging fire and snow. When he spoke, it was almost as if he were fading into radio static, "They w- come f- the Phoenixxx in the winte-...to burn the wa-s of Azkaban down." His body jolted again and his voice lowered in pitch again, "Manchester is on the move from Bulgaria, he will stop within the Czech Republic for followers. The black dragons are amassing." He groaned softly and buried his head in Aleksandr's chest.

He didn't care about Dmitri until he was an immediate threat.

At this moment, he looked up again to look at the last flashes of his own death prediction, shifting to the first he had ever had before. Something in his face turned from frightened, to emotionless, to sheer rage. "Impossible..." The vision flickered away and he suddenly sat upright. It was gone, and the momentary spell was gone from Jamie's eyes, leaving a sudden vacant confusion in Jamie's face. "Vhat happened? I...did I fall asleep in ze yard again? His hand rose and he brushed a few stray strands of crimson hair from his face before he looked down at Aleksandr with a smile as if nothing had happened. "Do you like the house, liebe?"

Why was he so tired? That was no way to spend a day!

"Liebe, I vas vonderink...if maybe...you might play ze piano for me? Bitte? If efen just for a little vhile? M..." He hesitated before admitting softly, "My mozer used to play beautifully...it has been a long time since music has been in zhis house. Ve usually go about in sheer silence." It might be a good way to bring some cheer back into the silence of the house. "I alvays vanted to learn to play. Efen Analise can sing and play the piano, fazer played the violin...I haf zero musical talent." In truth his creative outlet was in the detailing of the gifts he made, as well as dancing. That was something that always, always, got him praise. He had a natural grace as was and when set to music, it was poetry in motion.

He giggled softly and playfully pulled himself into his lover's lap, tilting his head slightly one way as his arms wrapped around his neck. "Bitte? I vill repay you for it. Howefer you like."

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The vampire continued to hold the boy as close to his form as he could manage, trying his best to keep his love calm until the experience finally ended, carefully monitoring the boy's breathing to ensure that he did not have some sort of panic attack while under the trance that he was in, for he was sure that if such a thing managed to happen that the results would surely not be pretty. Jamie began to speak again, telling more of what it was that he managed to see. The people that had been previously been mentioned would come for the one that was known as the Phoenix during the winter and together they would burn down the walls of Azkaban, something that had the vampire's eyes narrowing darkly as he made a mental note to send a letter of warning to those that were put in charge of guarding the wizarding prison. There were far too many Death Eaters that were locked up in those walls, the very last thing that the world needed was another wizarding war, when they had not even completely recovered from the one that took place when the great Harry Potter had been but a child.

Another war would ruin them, that much he knew for sure.

He was torn out of his thoughts when Jamie began to speak again saying that the mortal that tormented Jamie so, a man named Manchester was currently on the move in Bulgaria and that he would stop in the Czech Republic to attempt to gather more followers and that black dragons were amassing before the mortal groaned and his head fell against the vampire's chest. He spoke a last word, a single cry of impossible and the vampire's eyes watched as Jamie went from frightened, to emotionless, to an expression of pure rage that the vampire was surprised to see on the gentle man's face. Rage..anger...they were ugly and dark emotions that did not belong on the soft kindness that was Jamie's face.

It was a moment later that the vision faded away from Jamie and the vampire watched in silence as Jamie finally snapped out of it, a very vacant expression of confusion crossing his features before he sat upright, asking if he had fallen asleep in the garden again before looking up at him with that soft smile that he always received from Jamie, the mortal asking him if he liked the house. It seemed as though Jamie did not remember anything that had happened and while the vampire wanted to be honest and inform Jamie of what had happened, the expression of anger and fear that had been on Jamie's face made him hesitate before he decided that he would keep what had happened to himself for the time being.

He never wanted to see those emotions on Jamie's face again.

" Da, this is a very nice home. I am honored that you allowed me to see such an important part of your life and that you allowed me to meet your sister. She is a very lovely voman." He smiled softly, placing a gentle kiss to the top of his head before pausing in his movements when Jamie asked Aleksandr to play the piano for him, a request that he honestly had not been expecting and yet he found himself unable to refuse the simple request as Jamie explained why it was that he wanted to hear Aleksandr play before giggling and pulling himself onto Aleksandr's lap giving him the most adorable expression that he had ever seen on his lover's face. The man promised to repay him for his efforts in any way that he would like him to, something that would have made him smirk had Jamie's actions not been completely endearing. " You need not bribe me to play for you, I vill play vhenever you ask me to lyubvi."

Smiling the vampire scooped Jamie up into his arms and stood, holding Jamie in the bridal fashion that he had become so fond of as of late as he began to make his way to the room that he recalled there being a piano in, the music room. He continued to hold Jamie in his arms, only setting him down once they had reached the piano. Aleksandr smoothly moved to take a seat at the piano bench his eyes falling on the keys for a moment, quietly studying them before he raised his hands and placed them in position. His eyes slowly fell closed and his fingers began to move across the piano, a sweet melody filling the once quiet room and dancing around in the air as the vampire played skillfully, as though he knew the piano like the back of his own hands.

[Jamie Rosenthal]

When Aleksandr picked him up again, he couldn't help but laugh heartily and draw close to him, trying to compress his height the best he could and from the inside of Li's office, she heard him laughing and looked out the doorway before smiling to herself and continuing to write. When he set him down as they reached the piano, he was almost entirely too eager to hear him play. It would be something to lighten the silence within the house. He fought temptation to simply stand behind him as he played and drape his arms around him. As much as both of them would enjoy that, he didn't want to be in the way.

However, once the music started, there was a noticeable lightness in the whole of the house, and Li even had to stop working and enjoy the piano notes as they went through the air with a smile and closed eyes. Jamie however, was far more engrossed with the overall aspect of watching the person that he loved with his whole heart creating the music. His face softened when he played, and it was as if the troubles on his mind could easily be forgotten.

It was once said that his mother's heart resided within silver strings and steel hammers, and it was something that he could easily see in Aleksandr too. His heart went into his playing and one could feel the emotions that he wanted them to feel from the songs he chose. At the tempo of the music increased, he perched next to him on the bench, facing away from the piano with his body, but his head was turned to gaze over at Aleksandr with a look of awe. Something in the notes of the music simply gave his heart wings and let him leave his body.

It was taking a lot of control to not dance.

As the song ended, there was something nostalgic written over Jamie's face and the most content smile he'd possibly ever given was sitting on his lips. He could barely speak aster the notes echoed into silence until he finally drew Aleksandr into his arms and whispered softly, "Thank you...I love you." For the first time since his parents' death, he was actually in the music room and smiling, he couldn't help but hold Aleksandr close and softly trailing his fingers over his beautiful hair. "That...meant the vorld to me..." He was still whispering softly, trying to not pollute the melody still playing in his mind with the sound of his own voice.

If he could, he'd live in this moment forever.

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The very second that the notes of the music began to fill the air he lost himself in the music as he always managed to do during the rare times that he played. A smile crossed his lips and his face softened as he played, feeling the music and the emotions that came with the music running through his very being, surging through his soul as they flowed from him to the piano and through the air through the sweet melody. It had been said in the past that the vampire seemed to put his all in the music when he played, something that was not far from being the absolute truth. When he played the piano he appeared to be a much softer man, one that was almost vunerable and as his fingers danced along the ivory keys the smile on his face seemed to grow.

There was a point of time when the tempo of the song began to change, he felt a weight settle down onto the piano bench next to him and his eyes opened the slightest bit and his gaze shifted to glance at Jamie, a small smile crossing his features as he saw the look of awe that covered his face, his fingers never missing a single key even as he stared at the being that had managed to completely capture his heart. He enjoyed that expression on the other's face and he decided that he would have to start playing more when Jamie was around, it seemed as though the other enjoyed his playing and he found the look on his face to be adorable, so it would be a win-win situation for the both of them anyways. Slowly his eyes slid closed again and he returned his attention to the piano as the ending of the song drew near.

It was a moment later that the song ended, the last couple of notes echoing on into the silence before his hands fell away from the keys and his eyes reopened, allowing his gaze to fall on Jamie to observe his reaction again. Much to his delight, the expression on the other's face did not change much, though he did seem more nostalgic than he had a few minutes ago when he had checked, and for a moment the couple sat there in silence before he was rewarded with one of the most beautiful and content smiles that he had ever seen on his lips. He was drawn into Jamie's arms and a small expression of gratitude along with a soft decleration of love was whispered into his ears.

" There is no need to thank me lyubvi. It vas my pleasure to play for you and vhenever you vish to hear me play a song just let me know and I vill play for you. I vill never say no and you vill be the only one that I vill ever play for." He smiled softly before sighing as he was drawn closer to the mortal his eyes falling closed again in bliss as Jamie began gently stroking his hair, his head lowering to rest on Jamie's shoulder as he enjoyed that gentle touch.

Jamie had him completely wrapped around his fingers, that much was completely obvious.