Disclaimer: I'm in a mood to where I won't it, but I don't own the Darren Shan Saga or "Breathe Today" by Flyleaf

Ok so I passed my first final; let's see about the others. Ugh. Well I'm in a crappy mood, so I need to write. Hoped u liked the last chapter.

Chapter 7

Future risk

I watched as vampires of all sorts passed by me. It seemed familiar and comforting, I guess. I just sat there and watched while drinking a mug of blood.

"Listen, I don't care if you don't want to tell me, but I'm going to find out sooner or later, so tell me now," I looked up, my eyes staring deadly at Vancha.

"Why in the hell do you care?" I asked. He glared at me, before answering.

"It's my clan too. I want and need to know," Vancha demanded. I sighed as I set my mug down and started to get up. Vancha looked at me, astonished that I wasn't telling him anything. When I was up on my feet, I looked back at him.

"As I told you before, this is bigger then you," that was all I said before I started to head for the Hall of Princes.

"Are you joking me?!" I looked back. Vancha had jumped off him seat and was now starting after me. I nodded my head no. "Then why are you involved in this?" he asked.

I turned away for a minute, before I turned back to him. "I was in the wrong place at the wrong time," I said simply before walking off.

"Bullshit Artemis!" Vancha's voice carried down the tunnels after me. I sighed once again when I arrived at the Hall of Princes. I saw Mika's head look in my direction as the green guard let me enter the Hall, he just sighed before slumping back down in his throne.

"I see you're back," Mika greeted me non to joyfully. I just rolled my eyes.

"Seems you're jumping for joy to see me," my voice full of sarcasm. Mika's head turned toward me and glared as I joined him, sitting on Darius' throne.

"What do you want?" Mika finally asked five minutes later, I sighed.

"Steve is planning something huge," I said calmly. Mika's eyes widened as he sat up straight in his throne and turned his full attention to me.

"What?" Mika was now curious. I sighed desperately trying to find an answer for as how I was going to explain myself and Steve's plan.

"Awhile back, about five years, I ran into some trouble and found out some plans I was not supposed to. Steve is planning to, like he was 33 years ago, to destroy the vampire clan, but this time his plan is fail proof, except one tiny thing," I stopped, my eyes glazing over purple. Mika gave me a strange stair, but shrugged it off when he wanted to know more.

"What's the plan?" Mika asked. I looked away and then sighed before going on.

"About five years ago, as I said before, two years after I left the mountain I ran into Steve and was taken, after a huge fight, to his hide-out as a hostage and a way to keep his plan from crashing in on it's self. I was held there for more then a year and half," I told Mika as I shifted myself in the throne. Mika sighed when I didn't answer him right off.

"What is Steve planning?!" Mika urged on. I shook my head as I looked away.

"In that I time I was there, I wasn't always treated like a prisoner, but a guest. Sometime went by when I was wondering the halls of his hide-out once and I stumbled upon his plan," I kept going on with my story, knowing that Mika was getting impatient with me, but I was explaining his answer in a way I could easily do it.

"Get on with it Aiden," Mika growled when I paused. I smirked as I looked straight ahead and began once again.

"What I found wasn't anything normal; it's even a myth with our kind. What I found was his plan, his way to defeat us," Mika growled at me, I stopped and looked at him.

"What did he find Aiden?" Mika's voice was menacing. My face became gloomy with each passing moment before I spoke.

"A Lycan," I responded solemnly. Mika's shock spread without his entire face.

"A…what?" his voice shook.

"A real life, fur covered, half-human, half-wolf creature, a Lycan," I explained.

"What was the rest of his plan?" Mika pushed me for more, the shock still not going away on his face.

"He's making his army of vampaneze even bigger then last time, he's stopped the idea of Vampets and now he has these…these…things! These creatures!" my voice flared with anger.

"Is there anything else?" Mika's voice rang through my ears pulling me out of my own thoughts.

"Aye. There is a prophecy that comes with these creatures, one of the guards that were holding me captive told me it, this is why I'm back and in deep shit," I spat out. Mika sighed.

"I knew this day would come, but I didn't think this soon," Mika sighed, talking to himself. I looked at him strange; he soon turned to me and sighed once again. "Three thousand years ago Lycans were living; breathing creatures of the night, just as us, vampires and vampaneze are now. The Vampires and Lycans were in a Great War, called the War of blood ties; we both had ties to the wolf," Mika started to explain to me.

"That great war," I said softly. Mika nodded.

"It soon got so out of control, that Mr. Tiny in convened and destroyed the Lycans. But he told us that they were not gone for good and will come back when another great war spond again, they would come back to end it," Mika took a breath to steady his breathing before he started up again, "he gave us a prophecy. 'Thee Blood ties and Thy scars will clash under thy blooded moon. Two will fall and one will reign dominant under thee "Blood Moon". But beware for one of thee fallen with rise with one strike and kill thou dominant and thy shall parish under thy darkened stars. But be thy warned too the one chance to stop this vicious melee; two guardians, saviors. One male, one female; despise and hate fill thy void between thee, but for thou are the only ones, and thee chosen two too fight and stop the hunter of thee blood ties and thy scars.'" Mika finished and took a breath.

"Yep, that's the one," I said trying to put a little humor into the mix, "a lot of 'thee, thy, and thou's' if you ask me," I smirked when I saw Mika nod his head in an agreement.

Mika sighed. "This is going to be a mess. As I have been told, this wasn't supposed to happen until another thousand years had gone by," Mika placed his hands on his head and sighed angrily once more before he slumped farther into his throne.

I shook my head, desperately trying to put all the pieces together. I growled out angrily when nothing clicked. "Unless we find these so called 'saviors', we're fucked," I said truthfully, Mika cursed when he realized it was true.

"Who's 'fucked'?" both Mika and I spun around to only face Darren and Darius.

"Great," both Mika and I sighed as we both slumped back down in the thrones. Darren and Darius looked at us both weirdly, knowing we were hiding information from them. A few minutes later went by in complete silence before Darren started to get frustrated at Mika and me.

"OK, somebody better tell me what the hell is going on or somebody is going to wishing they had their head back!" Darren yelled out angrily at Mika and me; Darren looked menacing at us. After a few second Mika lifted himself out of his throne and walked towards Darren.

"Steve is building another army of Vampaneze. He had thrown out the idea of using humans and has now found out how to bring the lycan prophecy to life," Mika summarized our entire conversation. Darren and Darius's eyes went wide just before Darren yelled out in frustration.

"Aiden, inform every Vampire in the mountain and get them ready for battle. Mika inform every other vampire by the Stone of Blood; Darius find Tiny. This is War!" Darren growled out in anger ad he gave us orders. I glared at him just before I ran out of the Hall with Darius not far behind me.

I had never seen Darren that enraged before, even when I tried to kill him, the first time, ten years ago after my rape. But the talk between Mika and I was true and was not going to go away very easily or without a fight.

My heartbeat raced as my mind stop listening to everything around me and just focused on my heartbeat and footsteps as they raced across the stone ground the Hall of Sport where all the vampires had gather for the council sports. As I skidded to a stopped at the entrance of the hall, my eyes watched as all the vampires challenged each other in a fight, not a worry about anything in their minds; I hated myself for ruining that.

I took a breath as I realized my clan was just in mere seconds' was about to find themselves in another war. I ran to a fighting ring were every vampire had gathered and stopped the fight. I heard shouts yelled at me, but at this moment what I was about to say was more important. My eyes flashed a darker purple when I thought of what Darren was doing to this clan, but I subdued my inner anger and hid my emotion.

"Everyone shut up and listen!" everyone became quite in the hall, for everyone knew my standing, "For what I am about to say will destroy this happy festival. The vampaneze lord has found a way, with Tiny's help to bring back the Lycans!" I yelled. Gasps were heard as I took a breath to calm my anger. Everyone to the armory, Darren has declared war on Tiny!" I cried out over the crowed. Bigger gasps were carried around the room, before every vampire started to run out and head to the armory.

As I started to walk out of the hall, my arm was grabbed and my body jerked back from the entrance. "What the…?" I caught myself with my hands as I looked around trying to find the person who had pulled me down to the ground. When my eyes came to the left I looked up and saw it was Vancha. My eyes narrowed angrily as I jumped up and faced him.

"What the hell was that for?!" I yelled at him. He stood his ground, his face stone cold. We only exchanged glares for seconds, well that is until he made his move. It felt as the first time he did it, but this time the blood ran warmer and harsher, the stinging was worse and I was thrown back to the ground, but this time Vancha wasn't shocked, he didn't say sorry and he just stood there mockingly.

My eyes went wide when I wiped my hand across my face again, only to have blood smeared across my pale skin. "Vancha…?" my anger that I had kept inside me was hitting its high, I was trying to calm it, but it was worthless.

"Is this what you have been hiding from me?! Another war?!" Vancha yelled at me. His voice was harsh and hatful. "This is low Artemis, even for you! War on tiny?! That's smart; this will bring destruction of the entire clan! Even you!" Vancha's voice was above screaming now. My heart raced as I kept my emotions at bay.

"Shut up," my voice was struggling to keep its cool. Vancha glared deathly at me before he marched forward, picked my body up by the neck and slammed me against the wall.

"Shut up? Shut up?! No this time I will not!" Vancha screamed into my face. I looked away, breathing slowly and watching as my vision blurred between brown and purple.

I growled slightly as Vancha's grip tightened around my throat. Finally my mind had, had enough, I balled my fist and socked him in his stomach as hard as I could and landed on my feet when he let go of my neck. My eyes fallowed his body as he fell to the ground.

I shook my head as I walked over to him and kneeled down to his level and put my mouth next to his right ear. "Vancha listen and listen closely. When my vendetta is finished, the difference between you and I shall not matter, but till then, my loyalties lie not with you or Darren, but with myself," my voice was a harsh monotone as I whispered that into his ear. His eyes went wide as I turned my back to him and calmly walked out of the Hall of Spot.

I never knew that Vancha thought of me as a threat to my own kind, but as I tell you this, nothing was the same between him and me from the moment I said that to him. As for the war on tiny, it was nothing none of us knew was going to come till my voice carried in the Hall of Spot.

I threw myself onto my bed and stared up at the ceiling, just waiting for something to happen to me or even kill me and take me away from this damned world. It had been over twenty years since my first hour as a vampire and here I am, years later in the middle of something that was never meant for me; I was never meant for this world.

"Fuck," I cringed when I sliced my finger on one of my knives. I sat up and watched as the crimson blood dripped from my finger tip and down my wrist. Finally I reached for the edged of my sheet and ripped it and wrapped it around my wounded finger.

"Hey can I come in?" I nodded my head slowly as Madden's voice reached my ears. "Everything OK?" I shook my head no.

"I was not meant for this. My destiny was forcefully turned onto a different path. But I have accepted it, is that not enough for the gods?" I cursed as I laid back down on my bed. Madden sitting on the ground besides my bed.

"I have no clue, but even if you weren't meant for this, the clan needs you now more then ever and you can't let them down. Not matter what Darren, Vancha or anyone else says you're the only one who can stop this," Madden took a breath and placed his hand over mine, before going on. "You're the only one you can kill Tiny and stop all this once and for all. Aiden I believe in you," Madden's words hit me with a tone of bricks.

He was right I was the only one who could stop this; I alone had the power and training to at least stop Steve, but even I could not do it alone. "I know who they are," I whispered. Madden looked up at me with strange eyes.

"Who?" he asked. I sat up and got off my bed and threw my jacket on. Right before I walked out of my cambers I turned back to him.

"The saviors," I whispered slightly higher then normal before I walked out the Hall of Death.


Ok well I hop you guys liked this one. So sorry I took me so long to update, but yea its spring break here and I was in Disneyland! Hell yes'ems! Lol. Ok well I'll let you get back to whatever you where doing. So see you later.

Mistress of the Blooded Night

"Breathe Today"

You can only move as fast as,
Who's in front of you,
And if you assume,
Just like them,
What good will it do,
So find out for yourself
So your ignorance,
Will stop bleeding through.

You can breathe today

So many lies swirling,
All around you,
You're suffocating,
The empty shape in you,
Steals your breath,
You're suffocating.

Logic forces me to believe in this,
And I have learned to see,
And I can only say what I've seen and heard,
And only you can choose,
And every choice you make will effect you,
Suit your own self.

You can breathe today

x2
So many lies swirling,
All around you,
You're suffocating,
The empty shape in you,
Steals your breath,
You're suffocating.

Breathe!!!

Big enough to fill the void that's inside of you,
It's just a breath away.

x2
So many lies swirling,
All around you,
You're suffocating,
The empty shape in you,
Steals your breath,
You're suffocating.

So many lies swirling,
All around you,
You're suffocating,
The empty shape in you,
Steals your breath (breath!),

So many lies swirling,
All around you (breath!),
You're suffocating,
The empty shape in you,

Breathe today.