A.N. Okay so yeah have a cold or something still on Easter break till Wednesday hopefully this cold is gone by then but if not oh well not like it is going to kill anyone or anything. Listening to Lindsey Stirling who is amazing if you don't know who she is or what she does look her up on youtube as well as random vocaloid songs and BanzaiPro . Trust me well worth your time.

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Chapter 36

*Mia's POV*

I was well ahead Darren and his group which had a few days ago gained Gavner and his assistant who if my memory serves correct was called Dorene. Their group was walking along a tree line so I was able to hide among the tree without getting caught. I re-positioned my duffle bag on my shoulder to a more comfortable spot.

I watched as Darren and Dorene, who were a few feet behind the two adults, began laughing about some unknown topic. I tried to catch up on some of what they saying but could only just barely hear them as they continued laughing.

I watched as they stopped for the night and walked into a crevice that would supply plenty of shade for the morning to come. I watched as they went in and then as Mr. Crepsley and Gavner as well as the older wolves left and walked in the opposite direction.

A few minutes later I saw Darren along with the pup and Dorene along with the two little people step out and they began making their way to the tree line probably to get water from the stream. I followed silently after taking on the shape of a wolf making sure to be far enough away so that they wouldn't here the bones snapping and resetting.

Once in the new form I began following Darren, Dorene and the pup still being conscious to not be seen just yet. Once the small group stopped I crouched in the bushed, one of the little people heard me and made its way to where I was. I backed up further into the bushes trying to stay out of sight when I heard Darren yelling and when I looked I noticed that the wolf pup was somehow gotten itself up in a small nearby tree and was now refusing to come down.

My ears picked something up and I felt a low growl resonating deep in my throat. I watched as a large bear with a crazed look on its face, or as crazed look as a bear could get, and with that it began attacking the small group in front of me.

Dorene quickly left yelling back to Darren that she would go get their mentors and not to do anything stupid till she got back. Suddenly the small wolf pup jumped down from its branch and fell on top of the bears back but was quickly swatted away before it could do much damage. Darren trying not to die picked up a stick lying in the snow and held it in a defensive position.

I knew that the stick would never be enough and seeing that two of the older wolves as well as one of the little people were a little far away yet I decided to pounce and give away my position, all to save Darren.

I rammed full force into the bear knocking it off balance but not for long and that is when I quickly and firmly bit into its arm, the bear swatted at my trying to get me off. Finally with one last swat at me my tired jaws released their grip and I went tumbling and hitting a nearby tree. No sooner was I knocked away than the older female wolves tackled and bit into the bear and the little person rammed into it with all the force that its little body had, which was a lot.

Darren watched dumbstruck as the bear continued to thrash and knock the wolves off and the little people away and even as one of the two little people was crushed. I stood up unsteadily on my four legs and once again ran to attack the bear. Once again I was knocked back and I watched as the little person that Darren named Lefty jumped on top of the bear and head butted it.

Lefty was pushed back and landed on top of Darren who fell back from the force of the little person's landing. Just as the bear charged towards Darren and the little person Darren rolled out of the way and stopped before the remains of the little person.

I heard Darren apologize to the remains as he quickly pulled one of the large ribs jutting out of the green blood drenched snow. Than with the rib in hand he waited for the bear to charge once again before holding the rib level with the bears unprotected throat. The rib ran through and once the bear fell over Darren fell to his shaking knees and was soon comforted by the small wolf pup. Not even a minute passed before Dorene came back with Mr. Crepsley, Gavner, and Streak.

*Dorene's POV*

Soon after I left Darren to look for our mentors I found them a distance away looking for any signs of the Vampaneze that the torn cloth would have belonged to. I told them what had happened and together the three of us and the wolf raced back to where I had left Darren.

When we got back I noticed quite a few things, the main one though, was that the large bear was now laying on the ground a thick rib jutting out of its throat. Another was the green pool in the snow that I could only be the remains of the second Little Person that was no longer by the other one. Mr. Crepsley and Gavner went over to the bear to investigate the remains. I took a step forward and out of the corner of my eye noticed a new lone wolf limping away trying not to draw much attention.

I decided to ignore it and then continued making my way over to Darren and the Pup. Darren got up and the two of us walked over to where our mentors who were investigating the giants bear's remains. Mr. Crepsley dabbed his finger into the blood surrounding the punctured neck and then brought his fingers to his mouth to test the blood.

Soon after the blood entered his mouth Mr. Crepsley spit it out and began cursing. Darren began asking what is was but my guess was that it was infected with the blood of a Vampaneze, because I have seen what happens when an animal is infected with the blood of a vampire or Vampaneze and it is not pretty.

We than followed the prints left be the bear and found what appeared to be a grave that had been dug up and the bear had eaten the remains of the dead and in this case we only had more to worry about instead of one we knew we were now dealing with more because if we weren't then this Vampaneze would have never of gotten a burial.

Our little group than traveled a bit before the sun rose and found a small over hang where the full Vampires could rest and not have to fear the oncoming sun. As we were getting ready to lie down Mr. Crepsley simply thanked the still living Little Person for helping Darren. Mr. Crepsley had called the Little Person, Lefty, a name that Darren had given it due to the limp of its left leg.

After Mr. Crepsley had called it Lefty however the most unimaginable thing happened. The Little Person pulled down its mask and spoke. It revealed to us that its name wasn't Lefty but was actually Harkat Mulds. It had also revealed a message that was meant for the vampire Princes.

"The Night of The Vampaneze Lord is at Hand."

I didn't quite understand what that meant because the Vampaneze we ones without leaders and rules, so what did that mean exactly? I repeated the words in my head over and over but couldn't for the life of me figure out what it had meant. I decided that once Mr. Crepsley fell asleep I would confront Gavner about it.

When Mr. Crepsley finally went to sleep, I turned to Gavner ready to ask what Harkat had meant when from beside me Darren asked what I had wanted to. That night Gavner revealed to us the Vampaneze lord was someone who would come according to Mr. Tiny and lead the Vampaneze into a war with the Vampires, that day I had a hard time falling to sleep and when I was finally able to it was full of nightmares full of blood and faces that I knew and had known piling up dead in front of me.

The next night the four of us continued on our journey with the wolves following close behind and Harkat following as quietly before as well as Harkat's message hanging over us like the plague.

The wolves followed us silently until finally in the distance the mountain came into view, it was a breath taking sight what with the unbelievably large moon cascading light from behind. I was lost in my thoughts that at first I didn't even here Darren's comment but soon after Gavner and Mr. Crepsley explained it I caught the main point of it.

I began chuckling at the idea of a palace being on the side of the mountain, soon after wolves left the four of us that remained began making our way to the mountain. At one point I even challenged Darren to a race to the base of the mountain. The two of us ran and soon found that Harkat was racing with us as well trying to keep up.

I was so excited that I didn't even feel pain in my legs as I began getting tired and the only thought going through my head was that I would soon meat my friends that I haven't seen since my last visit to the mountain.

A.N. So yeah decide that I would end it here since I have to head upstairs seeing as how I have school in the morning. But next chapter I will go straight into Vampire Mountain and my miss some little stuf but that is for the sake of finishing this Fanfiction as soon as I can and getting to the good stuff.

Until next time Peace, Love, and Virtual Hugs