Wow. The last chapter. This took me forever to write. I don't want to end this story, I love it too much.

The song lyrics are from "Little Wonders" by Rob Thomas. I do not own them.

Since I can't say anymore about this, I will stop talking and let you read.

Seth was transformed that day on his birthday.

Amazingly, he overcame his thirst much faster than anybody else Shadow knew had. He and Shadow felt it was because Shadow was a vampire when Seth was conceived. The wait was so short that he would be able to see Gwen's performance in the club. This made everyone joyous, especially Gwen, who felt he needed to get out of the house more anyway. He zoned out with his video games and his music too much in his room, though she didn't deny that he was amazing at playing the guitar.

The day that Gwen was going to sing, Seth walked into school - wearing contacts, of course - bragging about how he was going to a strip club that night. All of his buddies were giving him cheers.

Jade disapproved, however. She was a beautiful creature: part hedgehog, part cat, with lavender fur and huge gold eyes. She was petite, and nearly a head shorter than Seth at 14 years old. However, she was good at putting up a moderate, lady-like profile, even though she was a female singer in her friend's heavy metal band, who were known for explicit lyrics and screaming. "I can't believe you," she told him. "Just because you're a vampire doesn't mean you can start going off partying at a STRIP CLUB!"

"Jade, honey," Seth said, putting his hands on her shoulders. "Let me do this for once. There will be no girls there who could compete with your beauty. It's just my mom and a bunch of her friends. For God's sake, your mother's going to be there, too! I'll be surrounded by old women."

At this she let him go. She decided she was going to tag along with him, too, and he had no objection to that. Anything to make my girl happy, he told himself.

- - - - -

The strobe lights pulsed through the air and made the Mobians multicolored as they jumped around to the music that the pub was famous for. Over to the side was a mini bar, offering shots of liquor. For many Mobians, it was quite apparent that they had hit that bar up a lot already, and the party was just beginning. In about half an hour, the 'Red Room' would be opening for service. Single men who wanted to get lucky would be running for it in flocks. All five of the pool tables were occupied by smoking foxes.

Easily, one of the main attractions was the band that was playing up on the stage: Seth's band, Vampire Children, who were preforming four of their hits while the crowd cheered and screamed at them for more.

Right after one of their most popular songs was finished, Seth held up a hand, and the audience went silent. "I'd like to thank you all for listening tonight," he said in his new hypnotic voice. "And before we get to the big event of tonight, I'd like to preform a hinting of my newest song for my beautiful mother, Gwen. I love you forever. Everyone, expect to hear the whole song on our next album, Teeth!"

Everyone cheered for them. Some heads turned to look for the light blue hedgehog, but she was nowhere in sight. But when Seth started singing once more, strumming lightly on his Gibson, the whole room was quiet as he let the words flow from his heart.

"Let it go.

Let it roll right off your shoulder.

Don't you know?

The hardest part is over.

Let it end.

Let your clarity define you

In the end.

We will only just remember how it feels.

And all lives are made

In these small hours

These little wonders

These twists and turns of fate.

Time falls away

But these small hours

These little wonders

Still remain."

The whole room was hushed. The song meant so much, with so little words. Gwen felt tears streaking from her crimson eyes as she hid behind the curtain and hastily looked in a mirror to make sure her makeup wasn't dripping. And when Seth faded out into nothing at the end, everyone applauded. Vampire Children moved their gear off of the stage with one last sparkling grin from Seth.

From the DJ booth in the back, a loud male voice boomed through the room. "And now... the moment you've been waiting for. Please give a hand for... THE LADIES OF MOULIN ROUGE!"

There was thunderous clapping and whistling. Pastel pink curtains swished closed, and where they met formed a 4 feet tall black heart that was glassy like obsidian. A light turned on behind the curtain, highlighting 4 female figures.

Everyone held their breath as they waited for the best club show they would ever see in their lives. Then, Anne the Echidna's voice rippled through the crowd.

"Where's all my soul, sistas, let me hear ya'll flow, sistas."

That's when the show began. Blaze played as Mia, Amy was Pink, Anne sang as Lil Kim, and Gwen was the finishing touch as Christina Aguilera. There were flashing lights, stripping, and every other enhancement to make it one solid club show. Some may have called it educational. Others may have labeled it as pointless. But most absolutely loved it.

Gwen was the neon thread weaving through the neutral quit. She was easily the "youngest" of the group at her eternal age of 15, and the "best singer" with her advantage that the audience knew nothing of. The black and red corset with her breasts made everyone drool, and her crimson eyes were specially enhanced with glittering face makeup and eyeliner.

To the disappointment of a few certain individuals, the show came to an end, but it didn't end on a low note. People threw roses, cell phones, jewelry, anything shiny or pretty. Shadow, Knuckles, Silver, and Sonic leapt onto the stage to grab their mates in embraces and pecks on the cheek. The audience laughed as Shadow picked Gwen up in his arms bridal style and kissed her deeply. All four of the couples looked elated that the show was over. Gwen had a feeling that she'd be preforming this song again in the near future.

Backstage, where all of the couples could talk without the audience screaming in their faces, Gwen said to Shadow, "I did it. I didn't think I could preform that song as well as I could, but I did."

Shadow grinned and tapped the end of her nose with his finger. "I knew you could. It's because you're my sexy vampire." Their friends laughed with them.

Seth and Jade walked into the room just then, hand in hand and smiling. Jade ran into Blaze and Silver's arms. "You did an amazing job, Mom!"

"Thanks Jade," Blaze grinned as she put her arms around her daughter.

Sonic and Amy pulled apart for a moment and he looked at Shadow. "I used to envy you two, as you know. I used to wish that I had Gwen. But I'm not jealous anymore. Good job, man. You've got a great girl."

Gwen and Shadow looked at each other once more and grinned. "I know," Shadow said as he began French kissing her. After a few moments, he pulled away and said, "Wait."

Gwen was confused out of her wits. He never ended the kisses; she always did, mostly because he kept biting her lower lip or her tongue. This must have been something important. She noticed that all the other guys had ended their kisses as well, and they all exited the room together. Seth followed behind them. The girls looked at each other.

"Do you have any clue what they're doing?" Anne said to Blaze.

"Nope," she replied, "I know nothing about this whole situation."

A few minutes later, they all came in, holding boxes in front of them at their waists. "We all got presents for you," Shadow told Gwen.

Gwen's heart melted. "Thank you." She waited until all of the guys were in front of their girls before opening the box, watching them open their boxes first. When she saw their eyes widen as they looked inside, she was hesitant, but took the lid off of the box.

She blinked and Shadow grinned. "It's my dick in a box!" They looked each other in the eye.

"I'm assuming you want to be a teenager again?" Gwen grinned. "After all, you ARE 180 years old. You nasty little pedophile." He chuckled as she gave him a hug.

She heard a shudder of desire coming from Seth and turned to the noise. Completely giving up her "lady-like" image, Jade was on her knees at Seth's feet, giving him a blow job in full view of everybody in the room. She took her mouth off of his cock and sighed. "It's so hard... like it was on our bonding day. I love your vampire dick, Seth." He moaned as she began sucking on it again.

"Damn teenagers," Silver said under his breath. "Always so horny." This remark made the room shake with laughter.

- - - - -

And now, sadly, we come to the end of Gwen's truly recorded history.

It has been told that she and Shadow, along with Seth and Jade, fled their town in north-eastern Mobius shortly after the show, and that they're hiding out in a new city, back in south-western Mobius where Gwen used to live. They hunted there, and were very happy until they received the dreadful news of Sonic and Amy's death.

Sonic was killed in a car accident; he was driving, and smashed into a drunk driver's car head on. He bled to death when the ambulance didn't come in time. Everyone grieved for their blue hero, especially Seth, who had viewed Sonic to be a sort of uncle to him. Amy pierced a knife through her heart and died after the death of her mate so she could join him in her afterlife; this was traditional among her culture. Soon later, Silver and Blaze moved down to where the vampire family lived so they could comfort their friends and daughter.

Seth and Jade had three children, triplets - daughters named Yvonne and Belle and a son Victor - all of whom became vampires at the age of 15.

Jade willingly became a vampire as well when she was 15.

Gwen had another child just before then, a blue quilled, gold eyed girl named Aubrey - the name that Seth would have been given if he were a girl, from the list that she had made all those years ago.

She, of course, joined the vampire family at 15.

And now, so many years later, you can find them all living in a cottage in the middle of a great field. Occasionally you may glimpse Shadow or Aubrey attack a victim to bring back for their family.

They know they'll never return to their old life. Their life of a realistic world, of a non-mythical world, was gone forever.

This was the new beginning of their eternal life.

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I hope you've enjoyed this story, from beginning to end, and I hope it becomes more popular on FanFiction and maybe elsewhere. I hope to publish this book, so cross your fingers that you will find it on bookshelves someday! And maybe buy it? :D

I love you all so much,

~ GABL