Two updates tonight! Ok this chapter is where you begin to find more in-depth views. This will help begin a major event in the story.

But I want to ask a question and I would be very appreciative if I could receive some answer just by commenting- I really don't mind if it's anonymous! In the next update I'm going to write from a different point of view just to give an outsider idea; but I had the cool idea of wanting to write something from Bishop's pov; would you like to read that? If I get a yes then I will probably go ahead but if I get people saying no then I will look at ones they want- this could be anyone from Oliver to Grandma Day- I would really appreciate your answer.

Who's point of view next? You decide!

Claire's pov

There is a town meeting. Amelie is declaring that once again Bishop is against us. All afternoon we have been trying to devise safety procedure, but apart from coating each human in silver… we have come up with nothing one hundred percent effective. Oliver doesn't want weapons to be filling the streets; he believes we will have many vampire murders that would be lawfully excusable. Last time that did become the case in the Day House, Grandma Day's granddaughter held captive vampires believing she alone could make a difference- I haven't seen her since.

Anyway the plan for tonight is simple: Amelie will give a brief overview of the situation in general, Oliver will then follow to give details of defence strategies leaving it so Amelie can finish with a short speech on uniting together. It's pointless, we know that but what it means is that people are prepared. The buses are once again an option. We could flee, rebuild someplace else but that is to walk away surrendering to an enemy.

Dressed simply in a pair of light denim jeans and one of my more formal t-shirts I make my way down to the entrance hall of the Founders building. The meeting tonight will be held at Founders square, just outside the double doors. Written down its perfect, upon attack we could simple hide inside and be perfectly safe due to ancient powers of the Founder but really its unnecessarily putting the natives at risk- having to find a way home in the darkened streets that are filled with uncontrolled, hungry vampires. But upon weighing the negatives and positives of the plan Amelie found this was the safest and most unproblematic way of telling them the truth.

The meeting tonight is also going to explain the new protocol and why the cages are back. The entrance is full with Amelie and her guards (Amelie dressed impeccably in an ice white suit with her hair pulled back into a frizz free crown), but just behind my friends stand deep in conversation. Dressed just like me in throwaway t-shirts and dressed down jeans they are my home- my family…

Claire stop! They are gone, you can't bring them back.

"Eve nothing is normal about tonight! We know too much … we could… anything could happen just watch out ok?" Shane's voice isn't his normal cool, slacker tone- it's matured over the last two days. He's become not just a man but something more, something I just can't live without.

Eve just nods, one formal nod; making her black ponytail move abruptly in the air. I just hold Shane's hand in my own- my life-raft in the rough seas.

"Amelie, its time." Bizzie says formally from behind her desk.

"So we'll begin." She simply replies. And so we walk out.

I take each step slowly, keeping hold of Shane's hand in a grip most likely paining him. We take four seats on the stage- seats too upright and formal, uncomfortable. Each second lasts what feels like an hour, until finally Amelie rises from her throne walking in quick confident steps to the microphone. From my angle I can see her smile, the smile like a mother and then her words begin… in a tone most have never heard used off our founder.

"My town. Morganville was build an experiment, but now it is our home and like it was nearly two years ago we are threatened by none other than my father- Master Bishop." Like we had expected the crowd's reaction is a mixture of yells, screeches and shouts. "My father used a girl –a previous Morganville native actually- as a spy to find hidden spots in Morganville places my father can hide… and she nearly succeeded. So this is why tonight we are here declaring we are once again at war, but this time giving you warning and a chance to find defence… defence of any kind to use against the enemy."The whole audience is silenced by her words, her voice carrying to every corner. "But I warn each and every one of you the old punishment has been reinstated, not to go back to the old ways but to stop a rebellion. Any person –either vampire or human- found to have killed one of our own knowingly will burn for their crime- this time it will be war." And with that she walks off the stage, back into the comforts of the Founder's building.

The silence stretching, Oliver stands walks to the microphone and begins a long speech on defensive. It is not until we here the distant chime of the clock signifying the later hour that Oliver dismisses those listening feverously at the foot of the stage.

Walking slowly I realise how bad tonight could of went, how actually this was the perfect time for an assault. But she didn't tell them everything.

I turn in Shane's arms and for the first time since the world turned black I feel a warming hope. "I love you!" I tell him in a sweetened whisper and as if to prove his love he kisses me. Kisses me warm and hard on the lips, my mouth opening subconsciously as our kiss deepens- I feel a smile that finds my eyes. Shane's hands press themselves against my lower back, tracing delicate patterns.

One long scream interrupts us. The whole entrance way is silenced. Less than a second later another scream, then another. A record of long screams echoes in the hall way, bouncing off every wall.

We know. Tonight is to his advantage. Looking for instruction each pair of eyes search for Amelie. Finding her in her throne shaking her head knowingly.

"For a good game, pawns have to be sacrificed. Only the most needed pieces can be protected completely." Amelie's tone is hardened.

I look at each of my friends and we realise tonight was all part of the plan. A way for Morganville to become a battle ground. The screams still echo in the silent hall.

Have you found anything mysterious? Haha! Well it's all going to be explained but if you would please answer the question above it would really help with the next chapter, thank you