Hey, sorry i haven't posted in a while. I was debating on this chapter a little. So, it's kind of like a 2 in 1 chapter i guess. Anyway, it took a lot of convincing to do this because of what i originally had planned, but i promise that i'll make it work. :) Oh, and if you're enjoying t, then visit my page and vote on my polls. Thanks :) Hope you enjoy...

I backed away, running into the couch, not a good thing. No, I was going to fight, and I was going to win. I was a leader, not a loser.
I let out a piercing scream, my fish scream. No wolf could stand against my scream.
He was down on his knees in a few seconds and I wasted no time running outside to find Keith.
But as soon as I started, a hand collided with my stomach. I has a feeling that this wasn't over, but it was too late, I had already used most of my energy on the scream. That thing only came once a month.
The last thing I saw was a smile, and then everything went dark.

I woke up in a car with my head on someone's lap. I looked up, "Keith?"
"Amanda, thank God." He smiled, but didn't move.
I tried to sit up, but my head was pounding. "Ouch." I said, but I could do nothing, my hands were tied.
"Keith, where are we, why are my hands tied, and my feet?"
That's when I noticed something. We weren't the only ones in the car. There were werewolves. Everywhere. Don.
"What the hell is going on?" I yelled.
"Would you shut up?" One of them said.
"When you tell me why you have my people!"
Don turned to me. "Amanda, we're going to give you a choice. Either we can let you go, or we can let your people go. But keep this in mind; if you chose your people, you die. If you chose yourself to be let free, then your people die."
No. "Hey, maybe you don't understand this, but if you kill me, then you kill my people. We have a bond! That may not be true for your kind, but it is for mine! Either way, you kill us all."
He smiled, "I think that we should just kill you and get it over with then."
They didn't understand. "You don't get it!" I was so angry, I tore past the rope on my hands, "If the mermaids die, then so do you! Every time a mermaid falls, a wolf falls with it. Here's something that will really surprise you."
They were already staring at me now, even Keith.
"It's not a wolf-to-wolf mate, it's a wolf-to-mermaid mate! So if you kill me, then my wolf mate dies."

All of my people had been called to gather in with the wolves, and they were all here. We sat on one side, while they sat on the other. Everyone was sigh lent, and it annoyed me.
We all knew why no one was speaking. We were at war with each other. They were mad at me because I with-held information, and we were mad at them because they tried to kill our species. Well, it was really hard to decide which one of us were more guilty. (it was the wolves)
Finally, I stood up. "Today, you tried to kill my kind. For no reason what so ever, you attacked my people, kidnapped me, and now you think we are the ones doing wrong. You have killed ninety mermaids in one day, and I have killed none of yours."
"True, but ninety of mine have also passed."
I laughed. "Well, if you wouldn't have killed mine, then we wouldn't be here right now."
"Amanda, I think that this all falls on you. If you would have informed us of this, then we wouldn't have thought about killing anyone."
"Excuse me! That right there proves that you are not a good leader. A leader is supposed to care for everyone, his or her enemies. A leader is supposed to keep others safe and not lead into destruction. What is a leader without leader quality?"
He stared at me, knowing that I was right. "You speak of true words, but we are gathered here today to discuss the matter at hand. You said that wolves can only mate to mermaids, is this true?"
"No. They can mate to wolves, but it wouldn't be the same. In other words, no wolf will ever be complete without a mermaid."
"But our kind are enemies."
I smiled, "Yes, that's the point. The first Luna made us enemies to assure that none of us would last long, but she made a mistake. You see, every year, a mermaid and a werewolf are born on the same week. They eventually will meet, and conceive a child. But what she didn't know was that they would not tell anyone. At first, it worked to her advantage, but then something happened.
"She discovered that if a mermaid and a wolf conceive a child, then that child will live for a very long time. So what she did is made it to where it was nearly impossible for us to have children. Here's how it goes; mermaid + mermaid = mermaid. Wolf + wolf = wolf. But mermaid + wolf = vampire."
There were gasps around the room.
Just wait, "Oh, that's not the worst part. When the vampire is born, both the wolf and the mermaid die."