Heritage of Darkness

The next day

After school

"Hey! Let's go to the old Deathbat Manor!" Aya sang joyfully

She'd been chirpier ever since Avenged and Killjoys came back

Aya sighed as she smiled dreamily of the good old days

"Why? I heard that place is burned down" Thomas said as his eyebrows furrowed

"Well let's see if we can find something cool in there!" Aya whined as Scar and Connor nodded

To persuade Thomas further, Aya pouted and her large eyes widened

"Fine! Just because I can't resist your pout!" Thomas sighed as Aya did a small happy dance

The four soon walked to the burnt garden that accompanied the Deathbat Manor

Thomas looked around his surroundings and felt a pang of memory

He looked confused before shaking his head

Suddenly they heard a thundering bark and they all snapped their heads

A ginormous three-headed dog bounded over and tackled Scar to the ground

Thomas gave a gasp of horror and stared as the dog's head swooped down and a high-pitch squeal came from Scar

"I can't watch!" Thomas shrieked and covered his eyes

"Open those hazel beauty's ya Goddamn idiot!" Aya laughed and shoved his hands away

That's when Thomas realized Scar was shrieking with laughter on being tickled by the dog

"I missed ya too buddy! Tom this is Cerberus, guardian of Hell" Scar introduced as Cerberus barked and licked Thomas' hand

"C'mon! They're waiting inside!" Aya said and she took Thomas' hand

All four opened the door and was met with the sound of heavy metal booming through music systems

"Hey Scar, Connor, Aya!" A black-haired boy with bright green eyes greeted them

"Who are you?" Thomas asked as the boy chuckled

"Zacky Vengeance" He replied and motioned for them to follow

Thomas stared in disbelief at Zacky

The Zacky Vengeance? I thought he died 17 years ago!

They entered the living room where there were five more boys chatting

Four were in each other's arms whilst one was alone

Zacky hopped on the lap of the loner and kissed him on the lips fully

"Thomas, meet Avenged Sevenfold, Sevenfold, meet Thomas!" Aya smiled

A couple stood up and walked over to Thomas

One had his face and floppy black hair that went over his eyes, and the taller and more built of the two had his eyes and dimples

"Thomas, do you know who I am?" The shorter one asked, gripping Tom's forearm lightly

A current of electricity shook through his body and his head swam with the same faces and voices

"Momma? Daddy?" He whimpered as Frank nodded

Thomas hugged both Matt and Frank as the three embraced in a long awaited family hug

"Why did you give me away?" He asked once they had all sat down, Thomas in between his new-found parents

"We didn't. James Lowe, a spy, kidnapped you and took you to the foster home. We were devastated and he and the cops killed us all. You can thank Brian for blowing this place up" Matt shrugged

"It was to get rid of the cops Matt! Geez to I have to repeat that one more time?" Brian whined and buried his face in Zacky's neck

"So you're all married? How come the books don't have any info about that?" Thomas asked curiously

"It wasn't exactly normal weddings, Lucifer tied us so it never went on any record" Johnny spoke up

"Well whatever! So Aya, Scar and Connor are my siblings?" Thomas asked as Aya nodded

"Yeah! We became your friends to keep our bro company! By the way we are older than you in human years but we're immortal

You should be reaching immortality when you're eighteen!" Aya explained as Thomas nodded

He had been blessed... well damned would be a better word by Satan and his parents had Satanic powers

That would explain all those things he could do

"I'm just glad my parents aren't stuck-up old stiffs and are actually cool!" Thomas grinned as everyone laughed