VERY VERY IMORTANT NOTICE: After reading through my chapters so far, I have come across a few places where I think I can do better. Therefore, I will be looking at all of my chapters so far and making some changes, then re-uploading them with those changes. Nothing major. But, I will be checking my chapters several times before I upload them now, so expect some big delays in uploading.

'The Illusion' is my own creation. Oh, and, once again, so is: this plot, Mina, Faith, Leah and Genevieve.

Sorry this chapter is so long. It just turned out that way.

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Chapter 4

The fox, Genevieve, narrowed her eyes at him. She hissed, "I don't think you should speak so rudely to me."

Skipper, unfazed by her warning, clutched her blood red cloak in his flippers. He replied, "Let's see how tough you are without this", before tearing it away.

Mina raised an eyebrow, "Careful Skipper…she's pretty pissed off" she said. I don't need them getting killed or something. They're too important.

The leader, once again, payed no attention. He glowered at the fox in front of him, forcing himself to ignore her beauty. She was slender, with well groomed dark purple fur, and dark purple rings around the edges of her paws, and ocean blue ones around her brilliant silver eyes. Her tiny black claws were out, and they looked very sharp.

Her ears flattened against her head, before she sneered, "I would have not chosen you, penguins, if I knew how utterly discourteous you all are."

The lead penguin rolled his eyes, "Quit the fancy talk, fox. Why are you here?" he asked, his impatience quickly mounting.

She growled, "I'm here to see if you need my help. I know you do. You don't know how to face The Illusion yet. You'll need to, though."

Faith stiffened, "The Illusion!?" she exclaimed. Oh hell no. No, no, no! I thought they had nothing to do with Death-Wolves!

Leah stepped forward, and she appeared calm. However, the two girls that flanked her, knew that she was just as dangerous standing still and supposedly calm, then she would be if she were screaming in rage. An angry fire burned in her eyes, "You…said…they wouldn't have anything to do with this!" she roared, fists clenched.

Genevieve, despite the human's anger, remained perfectly calm. She started, "Leah, I simply didn't…"

The girl continued, fuming. "You know what they did to me. You know what they made me," she took a step forward, "But you," she moved closer, "Did," she advanced more, "Nothing" she sneered. She knows full well what I've had to become because of them. Why don't I just kill her now? At that moment, Leah could not think of one reason not to.

At an amazing speed, she lunged at the fox, only to be stopped by Skipper. The commando penguin pinned her to the ground. "Don't" he ordered, knowing her motives.

Leah, now fully enraged, roared, "Why the fuck not?! She's useless! She won't tell us anything! We don't need her like she claims we do!"

Private spoke up, "You ladies certainly do swear a lot" he commented.

The girl turned to him from her place on the ground, "You got a problem with that?" she snapped.

The young penguin answered meekly, cringing and slowly moving backwards, "No."

Genevieve stood up and brushed her fur, putting on her cloak. "Well, this is all very entertaining, but I actually am here for a purpose" she said.

The black haired girl punched Skipper, throwing him off, and stood up. With almost impossible speed, she wrapped a hand around the fox's throat, "Why the hell should I believe anything you say?" she snapped.

She replied, remaining utterly tranquil, "Because only I know how to defeat The Illusion."

Faith answered quickly, "Fine. We'll listen." Anything to keep us safe.

Leah glanced at her, giving her a look that screamed, 'we'll talk about this later', and reluctantly released the fox. I can't believe she did that! Doesn't she know how dangerous Genevieve is?

Mina clenched her fists, "How do we defeat The Illusion?" she snapped. I hate those fuckers. She better know how to deal with them.

Private raised his flippers, "Um, excuse me, but what's The Illusion?" he questioned. I've never heard of them before. I hope they're not too dangerous.

If she was surprised by his lack of knowledge, Genevieve did not show it. Instead, she explained, "The Illusion is a…coven of sorts. Their coven is a mixture of Death-Wolves, vampires, and Demi-Demons. They got their name because they're the ones who make sure that supernatural secrets are not exposed to the human world, therefore creating an illusion of safety for the humans of this world."

Kowalski inquired, "If they rid the world of any supernatural trace, then how did we come across a Death-Wolf?"

Mina replied for her, "Because they went rouge. Years ago, a few members of The Illusion became too power-hungry, and rose up over the leader. Then, they convinced the other members of the coven to go against what they had been taught."

Skipper, by studying her expression, knew she was concealing something. He whispered, narrowing his eyes at her, "There's more."

"Yes. But I don't want to tell it" the blonde answered.

Faith, almost like she was protecting Mina from having to say more, said, "Skipper, you, Kowalski, Rico and Private are going to have train with us to fight The Illusion."

Skipper responded, "I still don't understand why we need to be involved in this!"

Genevieve answered, turning to him and locking her silver eyes with his. "You, apparently, are the most elite team of animals in the world" she drawled. Then, after receiving a cold glare from the penguin leader, she kept going, "Therefore, you make the perfect allies. Humans are forbidden from working with the girls and I, but,"

Leah interrupted, snarling, "Don't call it that. We have no tie to you, Genevieve."

The fox nodded, and then continued, "As I was saying. Humans are forbidden from working with us, but animals aren't. So, we could only work with an animal team."

The penguins looked at each other, nodded, and Private commented, "Well, that makes perfect sense."

Later that day, the penguins were sitting on their ice-flow, enthusiastically devouring their fish. The girls, meanwhile, seemed to eat nothing.

Skipper looked up from his fish, "Are you gonna eat or what?" he asked.

Faith shrugged, "Got anything for people?" she questioned. The leader tossed her a fish, and she replied, wrinkling her nose, "I meant other then this! I can't stand fish!" She sighed. I suppose it's better than nothing. Closing her eyes, she broke the fish with her hands, and slowly chewed and swallowed each piece, having to stop herself from gagging.

Private turned to Mina, "Aren't you going to have something?" he inquired.

She shook her head, "Nah. Thanks anyway Private" she replied. The little penguin nodded, and then watched curiously at the events that followed. Mina's gaze flickered to Faith's neck, and Faith raised an eyebrow, giving her a look that seemed to say 'really? No way!'.

Her friend pouted adorably, "Please! I haven't drunk since the Death-Wolf attack" she pleaded.

The half-breed sighed, "Fine. Don't suck for too long this time, though. I got a headache last time" she answered.

The blonde nodded, and then led her to a shady side of one of the habitats. Private, confused, snuck away from the group, and followed the girls.

He saw Faith standing straight facing Private, with her neck exposed to Mina. Luckily, neither of them had noticed him yet. The red haired girl closed her eyes, "You know how wrong this looks, right?"

Mina laughed softly, "Relax Faith. We're not, you know, lesbians or anything. Besides, the only reason I'm doing this is because you're the only one who can, and will, give me blood. When I asked Leah all those years ago, she said no. Trust me, drinking from you is always a last resort" she answered.

Faith sighed, "Aww, I thought we had something special" she teased light-heartedly.

Mina replied, lowering her voice to sound more intimidating, "You don't want to say that to someone who's so close to your neck." She swallowed hard, before asking, her voice back to normal, "You ready, Faith?" Oh fuck, that just sounded so wrong in so many ways.

She answered, "Yeah. But just think about how that sounded for a second."

Her friend wrinkled her nose, "Really?! Do you have to make everything so dirty!?" she asked rhetorically.

Faith gave her signature smirk, "Yes. Yes I do" she replied.

The blonde smirked as well, and then swallowed hard again, "Really though, are you ready?" she asked, her tone laced with concern. Her eyes were glazed with worry. I don't want her to feel overwhelmed. That's not good for her.

Faith nodded, "Yep," she answered, and braced herself. Apparently, the bite of her kind was pure euphoria, but, for some reason, it made her feel uncomfortable.

She clenched her fists, and then felt it.

Mina's tiny fangs sunk into her neck. It felt like two knives cutting her skin, and yet she did not feel any pain. Then, the blonde started to suck, and Faith bit her lip in an attempt to keep still at the uncomfortable sensation. She knew her blood was being sucked out of her, but it felt exactly like water being rushed into her. Her veins tingled, and her entire body felt like jets of water were quickly flooding it.

Then, the feeling was abruptly stopped as the fangs were pulled from her flesh. Faith gasped for breath, and glanced at her friend, "You full?" she asked.

She nodded, quickly wiping the remaining spots of blood from her lips, her tiny fangs gleaming in the light. She kept them hidden inside her mouth, until she needed to use them (or if she wanted to scare people).

All of a sudden, she spied Private watching them. Smiling nervously and concealing her fangs, she said, "It…it wasn't what it looked like."

The young penguin said nothing, but instead belly slid away as fast as possible.

He came to a stop in front of the rest of the penguins. His eyes were wide, and his flippers shook, "G-Guys! M-Mina is a vampire!" he cried.

Kowalski raised an eyebrow, "Private. Like I said before, vampires don't exist," he replied.

Leah pursed her lips, and grimaced. Don't do it, her mind warned, Don't betray her. However, she refused to listen. The girl took a deep breath, and countered, "You're wrong. Mina's a vampire."

Later that night, Skipper attempted to sleep in his bunk, but to avail. Even his earphones did nothing to drum out the noise of the lemurs' music that pounded from the nearby habitat. His anger reaching his peak, the penguin left the HQ, and waddled across the ice-flow. However, his intention to reprimand the lemurs was forgotten at a particular sight. In the distance, covered by the shade of one of the habitats, were Leah and Genevieve, who was wearing her cloak again. Why does she constantly keep that thing on?

Meanwhile, Leah was glaring, fuming, at the fox. She growled, "Why are you really here?"

The fox's silver eyes shone in the darkness as she replied, pushing back the hood of her cloak. "I am here to do what I came to. Help you girls and those penguins," she answered.

The black haired human scoffed, "Nice try" she responded. Literally faster then it took to blink, she had her around the throat, and slammed her against the habitat wall. "Talk," she commanded in a low growl.

Genevieve smirked, "Well, I see you finally lost your temper. I was seeing how long it would take you" she said.

Leah sneered, reaching into her pocket with the other hand, where she kept her golden stake, "Then you'll know very well that I could slit your fucking throat and wouldn't feel any remorse."

"Now, let's not be too hasty. I'm here for the exact purpose that I told the penguins, you silly girl" replied the fox, her smile turning smug. Then, she wrapped her paws around Leah's wrist, and her eyes flashed a far more luminescent silver.

In milliseconds, the human girl felt a current of electricity rush through her body. It felt like a static shock, but ten times worse. Leah cradled her now marked hand to her chest, "Shit!" she yelled through gritted teeth.

Genevieve, who had just landed back on the ground, replied, still remaining perfectly calm, "You should really control your temper, Leah. Otherwise, I might just be tempted to really hurt you. Remember, although you're cursed, I can still easily hurt you."

Leah roared, at her very peak of rage, "YOU WERE THE ONE WHO PUT ME UNDER THIS FUCKING CURSE, YOU BITCH!"

The fox looked at her and raised an eyebrow, "Really now Leah, you must watch your language" she responded. Then, without another word, Genevieve calmly walked away.

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