Ok, sorry i haven't been posting a lot. I'm kind of starting to have doubts about this story. It's going way off track than what i had planned. Well, i guess i'll just have to make it work and see where it goes. So, if you're enjoying, please leave a comment and tell me what you think should happen, because i'm not quite sure what to do... I have an idea, but, i dont know if that'll work. But anyway, this chapter is larger than some of the others because i've been working o it for a while, so i hope you enjoy =)

Everything went sigh lent. Nobody moved an inch or spoke a word. Only the bravest had the guts to clear their throats, but still said nothing. They were all in shock by my words, and I hadn't even gotten to the best part.
"Excuse me," Their leader said, "How do we know that you speak the truth?"
I smiled, "I was hoping that you would say that."
I went to the door to the room and opened it, bringing in my pet. He was chained and muzzled, I wasn't taking my chances.
"This," I said, pulling on his chains, "Is my little friend Joseph Hail. I've known him for over three hundred years and kept him a secret. Although Joseph has learned to control his thirst for human blood, he has yet to overcome his desire for mermaids or werewolves."
Many people gasped.
"Joseph," I said, and he turned to me, "If I let you speak, will you behave?"
He stared at me for a moment, but then nodded in return.
"Ok," I said, and then started to remove his muzzle, but not his chains. No way. He still said nothing. "Oh, com now, don't be shy. We're all friends here."
Nothing. Ok, he wasn't talking.
"Everyone, please encourage Joseph." I said, but still, no one moved.
As if on cue, he started to speak anyway. "I am not dangerous. I swear it to thee. My hands are chained to control my inner self. I am but a child, as Amanda has reminded me many times, but I continue to grow. I am certain that you all are speculating my life story, for it is not a short one."
I smiled and said, "You see, he is a sweet boy. Please continue my darling." I loved Joseph more than anything. He was the one thing in my life that never went wrong. He had never given me a reason to hate him, so I didn't.
He smiled and said, "I never knew my mother, nor did I my father, but Amanda has been both to me for a very long time. I was born in a carriage in 843 B.C. Amanda was there, she had known my parents for a short time, but still loved them. My Father was a merman, and my mother a wolf."
"Wait," A wolf said, "If you didn't know your parents, then how do you know about them?"
I smiled, "It's a perk to being a vampire. When you are born, everything about your parents are...carved into your memories. Their past, present, and sometimes their future. It all depends on how long they live after the birth. With Joseph, they died immediately, sad, but true."
Joseph looked down. Shit. Brought it up. I rubbed his back, but he stared at me with glowing red eyes. Oh no.
"Joseph, just breathe. You are your own self, you don't need blood." He growled. "I'm your friend, not your foe." I cupped his face, but that only caused him to growl more. "Hey! Stop it now, you don't growl at me, and if your eyes don't stop glowing, I'm calling in my mermaid."
I knew that he couldn't do anything, but he was making a bad impression.
"Amanda, please get me out of here." He pleaded.
"Damn, you're getting worse," I said, taking another look at his eyes. He couldn't handle being around these people all at once. I had to take mercy on him. "I understand, we'll leave." I helped him up, putting his muzzle back on.
"Wait!" The leader wolf said, "What about our meeting? You haven't told us everything."
I sighed. "Look, we'll continue another time."
"No! You have a duty, and it doesn't involve this outcast."
Ok, now you had a pissed off mermaid, and an uncontrollable vampire. Not a good combination.
"Joseph, go wait outside while I deal with this. I'll be there soon."
He scowled at the wolf, but left.
"Good. Now sit so we can continue." The wolf said.
I came to his side and raised my fist, bringing it down on him. All of the other wolves growled, and in return, got glowing eyes from my people.
"Don't you EVER call him an outcast! He is a combination of our people! He should be leading us, not you or me! You call your cousins family, do you not? So you will call him our people! My Joseph is the one that is going to unite us and allow our species to grow larger and stronger! He is practically my child, and you will NOT hurt my child, understand?!" I yelled with all of my anger.
He was still shocked by me, as was everyone else. "His helplessness has blinded you woman, open your eyes!"
"My eyes are wide open, yours are the ones that are shut! Do you believe that he is one of us? I can prove it to you."
"How?"
"By allowing him to phase. He can phase into whatever he wants whenever he wants without it causing him pain." I said, smiling, but I was not amused.
"Impossible."
"No, completely possible, but it will have to wait. I have to get him home before he kills us all out of anger due to your stupidity."
I left the room and brought Joseph back home. He had been living with me for a while now, and I had no problems.
As I walked through my doors and into the living room, I noticed that my mom was there. Shit.
"Amanda?" She asked, looking at the chained man in my arms, "Who is this?"
"Mom? I thought you wouldn't be home until next week?"
She continued to stare at Joseph. "Well, I came home early because we finished the scene with the ship and they let us go. Now don't make me ask you again Amanda." She said with a strain voice.
"This is Joseph."
"Why does he have a muzzle and chains? Why is he in the house?"
This wasn't going well. "Um, well, today is his birthday, and we're playing a game."
"And it involves chains?"
"Yeah. It's called...vampire. Right now, I'm trying to keep him away from all of the humans."
He smiled and said something, but no one could hear what he said because of the muzzle.
"Amanda, don't lie to me. You are not very good at it. I may not be your real mom, but know when you're lying."
I sighed. "Look, just go with it. I'll explain later, but right now I just want to get him to the cellar and go to bed. I'm tired, it's been a long day, and the last thing I need is this."
"Amanda, has he been here the whole time?"
I smiled, "Yes. About three weeks after we moved into this house, I moved him in with us."
She rubbed her temple. "Fine, but he doesn't have to stay in the cellar. Every time I go down there, I feel like someone's watching me, and it stinks. So, get him a shower and let him stay in the guest bedroom."
"That's not going to work mom."
"Why not?"
"Because Keith is in the guest bedroom. Don't tell me to put him downstairs, because there's already three people here."
"What!" she asked.
"You guys can come out now!" I yelled, and a few of my people showed their selves'. I couldn't keep the smile that spread across my face in that moment hidden for any longer.
"Amanda! Why are all of your people here?"
"I need them to stay here for a while, just until we work everything out with the wolves."
"Wolves?" Her eyes grew wider.
"Ug, can I explain later please? I told you, I'm tired."
"Fine! Joseph will stay in your room for now until I find out what to do."
"Ok. My mermaids follow me."
We all went to my room and sat down. It was a tight fit, I will tell you that, but we made it work.
They were still looking at Joseph. Finally, I took his chains and muzzle off, throwing them on the ground. "Aw, now see? That feels better, doesn't it?"
"Yes, thank you."
I smiled. "Ok," I said, turning to them. "We need to make sleeping arrangements. Keith, I'm afraid that you'll be sharing a room with someone. For those of you that have been told to sleep downstairs, you be staying there I'm afraid. Who has not got a place to sleep?"
About three people raised their hands. "Um, ok, well, I guess you can just stay in the guest room with Keith."
They nodded. "Ok, and Joseph will be staying in my room. I want to hear no complaints."
"My Luna?" Keith said, "Why are you favoring...Joseph?"
I smiled, "I apologize, but he is important to me. Like I said, he's my child. I understand that this is not normal for us, but Joseph is special, even more special than I am. Please treat him like one of your own."
They weren't going to budge...yet. "Joseph?" he turned to me, "Are you hungry?"
Now they were all surprised. I knew it, they didn't trust me. "Let's go. My people have faith in me no longer."
I grabbed Joseph's hand and together we jumped from my window. He wasn't affected by the sun when he was with me, but alone during the day could mean death. I had yet to learn everything about him, but I had learned a lot.
"I cannot believe this. They don't trust me!"
Joseph didn't say anything. "Ug! I need water!"
He grabbed my hand and together we walked to the school. Joseph was so nice. He knew what I would do, so he had grabbed my bathing suit. How smart.
"This is why I love you." I said and we smiled. I went to go change and then jumped in the pool.
Joseph sat back and watched as I swam lap after lap, never pausing for a breath.
Then I heard Joseph growl and slowed down, looking at the teacher standing there with a smile across her face. Ms. Smith, the swimming coach.
"Well, well, well, look at what we have here. Ms. Amanda, swimming in my pool."
I smiled, this was my favorite teacher. She never got mad at me. "Hello Ms. Smith."
"Hello Amanda. What brings you here?"
I sighed and jumped out of the pool. "I just have a lot on my mind."
"I understand." She looked over to Joseph, "Who's this?"
I smiled. "That's Joseph." I came by his side. I knew that she wasn't going to hurt him, but I never took my chances.
"Aren't you dating Don?"
"No. We got into a fight, but I'm fine with it. Don't worry, Joseph is just a friend, a very old friend." Joseph and I laughed.
"Oh, well, Joseph, welcome to Pacific High, will you be attending here?"
I shook my head, but Joseph spook up, "Actually, yes, I will be. I just hope that everyone will accept me. I'll be coming in next week."
"Wonderful!" she said, but I was in shook. Joseph couldn't go to school, it was full with humans and wolves, even some mermaids! He would go crazy!
"Yes. I'm sure that Amanda will introduce me to her friends." I take that back, he was already crazy.
"I'm sure that she will. I've known her for a while. She's on the team, you know. Do you swim?"
"Yes, very well actually. Amanda has taught me everything I know."
Coach looked at me with a smile, "Then I'm sure you are amazing. Amanda, I like him, keep him around for a while. You must be one of the students moving here. We have a lot of new people."
What?! My people too?
This was going to be awful. I'm not even sure if we would survive past a day.
Out of anger, I jumped back in the pool and began swimming laps again. Although I couldn't swim at mermaid speed with coach in the room, I swam as fast as I could to blow off some steam.
No one was listening to me; they were all going their own way! I'm the leader, not them, I make the decisions, they don't! Why were my people doing this to me? I kept a secret, ok, I get that, but it's not like I-ok, well it was a big secret, but they should still trust their Luna. I would never hurt them, ever!
I heard a low growl and turned to Joseph, sitting beside him was Keith. Ms. Smith had left, so I jumped out and looked at Keith.
He cleared his throat and said, "They told me to find you."
"How did you know we were here?" I asked.
"The bond."
Of course. "I need time to think."
"We're worried about you."
That one thing, those four little words set me off. I was already a ticking time bomb, and the time had run out. "You were worried about ME? No, I'm supposed to worry about you guys, not the other way around. I have failed all of you; I don't deserve to be worried about. I lied, kept secrets, and put your lives' in danger. I shouldn't be your Luna, someone else should. When this month is over, I will renounce my leadership and pass it on to someone else."
Both Joseph and Keith were completely surprised by my words, as was I. Where had that come from? Was it true? I thought for a minute, about all of the things I had done and not done. I had been around for a long time, but had I ever really thought about what was asked of me as Luna? No, I hadn't.
"Amanda, you're a great Luna and an old one too. If you renounce your duty, we won't find a Luna for a long time and will be helpless. When you learned that there were werewolves, you took action. You didn't hesitate or take questions. When our ninety passed because of them, you acted as expected. You protect us no matter what, and no hesitation. You are the greatest Luna in our history."
"I don't care. I can't handle all of this. I haven't even told you guys the full story."
Keith looked up at me with even greater surprise and asked, "What else is there that you have yet to tell us?"
I sighed. "I already know who my mate is."