DISCLAIMER: I own nothing - all the recognisable characters and places belong to their respective owners, I'm merely borrowing them to play with. Any translations and author notes will be at the end of each chapter.
All mistakes are my own - I don't have a beta.
The noise in the throne room was deafening – both orally and mentally.
"What do we do now?!" Panic and a wealth of other emotions on the same side of the spectrum laced the pleas. Despite their own standing within the things-that-go-bump-in-the-night club, the creatures they encountered today were beings that even monsters such as themselves feared.
"Silencio!" Action followed the order as the room quieted down. Everyone turned to the regal dark haired figure who stood before them at the top of the dais. They all looked to him, one of the three unofficial leaders of their race.
"Grazie my friends. I understand that you are all afraid and I will not discount your fear and tell you not to be. We were at a momentary disadvantage as we did not consider that the Romanians would have the gumption, let alone the connections to utilise them! But…" His near shouting of the word has the cacophony that almost started stilling once more. "we must not let this dishearten us from the fight and fight we must. The existence of our side of this world must remain a secret; I'm sure I don't need to explain the ramifications of our mortal cousins discovering their co-habitants. Luckily… we are not alone." Every eye in the room locked on him, most had confusion colouring their black, red or yellow depths.
"Fear not for we shall seek aide. Aide that will come at our call. Tomorrow we will face our enemies once more. Despite their less than scrupulous methods of war, the Romanians it seems, have some little honour left and have called for temporary truce so that we may collect our wounded and give peace to our fallen." With those words, the figure turns to the other two beside him and they disappear.
A/N: I'm from Australia so all my spelling will be Australian English.
Any non-obvious translations marked with (^) and author notes for explanations marked with (*) can be found at the end of each chapter.
Hope you all had a Merry Christmas and looking forward to 2017!
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