The Hybrid Royal

Ascension

I am in so much pain and feel as though I'm about to die. I hear Chandler's bones crunching as well and weakly offer my hand to him. He grabs it and gives mine a weak squeeze. We are both huffing and puffing as quietly as possible. From behind the wall I hear shouting.

"Tell us where they are!" Commands a deep booming voice.

I hear Noni snort.

" The great and powerful Titus sent half breeds to do his bidding," Noni asks disgusted.

" Just tell us so you can join your daughter and husband soon," the deep voice commands.

" I would rather slice you into a million pieces," Noni retorts.

" Noni no," I softly whisper tears pouring from my eyes.

" Just concentrate on finishing ascending so we can help," Chandler says letting go of my hand.

Growls and furniture being ripped apart is all I hear.

" You make me sick. You and your whole clan! Protecting what the moon goddess herself would kill," a deep booming voice says.

" I don't know what you're talking about," Noni spits back.

" Please old woman! We know who was there. We've seen the photos. We've been hunting you," says the deep voice.

" Well you found me!" I hear Noni growl viciously

I close my eyes and try to will myself to finish ascending. I have to help Noni. I have to protect her! We have to go back to our clan and protect the royals! I'm trying to only concentrate on ascending and not the noises. Now there are growls and screams and thunderous smashing. It sounds as if more are joining the fight against Noni.

" It's okay! You know Noni is a badass," Chandler says aloud as if sensing the tension in me.

" I know," I whisper.

The pain gets even worse and I bite my lips hard to keep from screaming. I just want to die. This is going to kill me! Some do die in ascending because it is too much.

"Shouldn't this be over," I ask aloud because it seems like forever.

" The stronger the bloodline and warrior the longer it takes," Chandler replies.

Just then I hear Noni scream. Not a warrior scream, but like she's dying. Then she screams over and over.

"Where are they?!" The murderous voice demands.

"Even if I did know I would never tell you," Noni retorts.

Her voice sounds weak, but she is trying her best to still sound strong.

"This is your last chance to tell me and die a quick death. Otherwise we will take you to Titus and he won't be as pleasant about it," the voice warns.

I can only imagine what is going through Noni's mind. Knowing my grandmother, I know even if she did really know that she wouldn't tell. Our whole clan exists to protect our royals.

"You can try," Noni says powerfully and we hear more crashing.

I realize Noni must have gotten her second wind and feel a little better about the situation. However Chandler's and my pain seemed to have tripled.

"I think I'm going to pass out," I breathlessly whisper as the pain takes me.

"Hold on Gwen! Don't close your eyes," I hear Chandler say urgently through his clenched lips.

I'm in darkness now though I can still hear the fight around me ensuing. Suddenly there is a flash of light and I see Gweniviere in front of me. She doesn't say a word, but places her hands on both sides of my face and kisses my forehead. All of the pain has stopped. I do not hear the sounds of fighting anymore. I think I have died trying to ascend. I start panicking. What about Noni? Who is going to help her and Chandler? Where is Jake? What if he is dying somewhere? I have to get up! I have to go! Now! Gwenivere is still holding my face and it's like she can read my mind.

"Go," she whispers softly, letting go of my face and stepping back.

"Go now!" She screams and suddenly my eyes pop open and I'm back in the hidden room with Chandler.

He is writhing in pain and I go to hold him. I have to help him through his ascension.

"Gwen? The pain has stopped. As soon as you touched me! I think I'm through ascending!" He announces just as the sickening sound of torn flesh and Noni's cries can be heard.

"NOOOOOO," I scream and a powerful white light bursts from somewhere in the room slamming Chandler and I against the wall.

I get my bearings and I look at Chandler and he. Is. Massive! 7 feet tall at least. Huge sharp teeth. 1 foot long razor sharp claws. His eyes a glowing violet. He is also staring at me and his eyes go huge. I must be pretty impressive myself. We can go help Noni now! We bust out from the wall and see about 7 of those monsters ripping Noni to shreds. They have a surprised look on their faces when we emerge. We immediately start attacking having the advantage since we surprised them. A couple of them are already dead and Chandler is fighting the rest when I make myself over to Noni. She's dead! She's dead! She's dead! My heart breaks into a million pieces at that moment.

" Just leave! LEAVE NOW," I scream and the bright white light makes an appearance once again bursting through the room and out of the door. I am again blown back into a wall. Where the hell does this white light keep coming from?! The attackers in the room immediately start backing out. I see terror in their eyes. The rage has built up in me and I no longer want them to leave. I want them dead NOW. I get up and start running towards them and all of a sudden they snap in half. Literally they are bent backwards until their spine snaps. I am very much surprised and almost stop my attack but they are still breathing so I go over to them and behead them. I look over at Chandler who looks just as surprised. He is covered in blood as I assume I am as well.

" Let's go help the others," he says rushing out of the door. I follow him and run into the back of him at full speed. He almost falls over. I'm about to ask why he has stopped when I stop to look ahead of us. There are broken half breeds everywhere! Like every single one has been snapped in half. They are still alive and I can hear the wailing coming from everywhere. I almost feel bad for them until I remember Noni and see countless other clan members dead or injured. My rage is back and judging from Chandler's eyes, his is as well. So we go one to one beheading them.

                                                              Trace POV

"Father I really don't think we should do this," I warn.

" Oh please. This is the North Star clan. They are filled with a bunch of scholars," my father scoffs.

" But to do this on the bidding of a wizard known to deceive and betray is stupid!" I reply.

" I believe him and the sorcerer has proof! These are more than just vamwolfs like us! They are royals and therefore could take us all over!" My father shouts in reply sending spit into my face.

" And you think the scholars of the vampire world would be protecting them?!" I shout back in disbelief.

" You are going to start a war with our clan and we will suffer," I add fuming.

" If you want to take my place as alpha one day boy you will follow me now," my father commands.

" There won't be a pack to take over," I yell.

" There will! And no war will be started once we get those children and kill them. Everyone will be praising us!" My father replied smugly.

" I don't trust him father. If he is so powerful why are we doing the dirty work," I question.

" Listen son. We have to do this. Those things are too powerful and were never meant for our world. They will destroy the vampwolfs, the werewolves, the vampires, and the witches and wizards. We need to end this now," my father replied placing a hand on my shoulder.

" I hope you're right about this," I huff.

Something just doesn't sit right in my stomach about this. Like who created these children?  Who would be crazy enough to combine all three?! And why would one of the most evil sorcerers around try to be the good guy and stop them?

If these mixed breeds do exist I bet they look scarier than hell," my friend Brad says coming up beside me.

" Probably look like f*****g monsters I'd bet," I reply having to stop myself from shuddering at the thought.

" But why does he think they're here," Brad asks confused.

" Apparently Titus has been tracking down unusual events and weather and hell ,I don't know I guess it's unusual around here,"

" Doesn't sound like much to me. I don't want to attack little nerds," Brad says referring to the North Star Clan.

"Me either dude. They are a peaceful clan until you get them riled up and then they will kill us all by outsmarting us," I reply.

Now here we are waiting in the woods surrounding the North Star clan until we get the orders to attack. All because of some dumb fairy tale a dark sorcerer told my father. If we don't all die tonight we will definitely be dying in the near future.

If only my mother wouldn't have died we wouldn't be here. She was the real alpha. Smart, kind, compassionate, and level headed. Ever since she passed father has been off. He has to prove to the world that he is something because he feels like nothing without her. She was adored and cherished by our pack. She started this pack. As a vampire mated to a wolf she knew neither the vampire clans or wolf packs would accept her children, so she formed a new pack. Taking in all those Vamwolves rejected by both worlds and anyone else who needed a place. Soon our pack was one of the biggest in the United States. My mother was also an entrepreneur and started several companies to finance our pack. She loved the pack and the pack loved her. Without her I think we were all lost.

" First attacker's get ready and mind link me once you have found the children," my dad commands. The first wave gets ready to attack the town unable to fight the alpha command even if they had doubts.

"Go," my fathers voice booms in mind link. 

The strongest warriors, myself included, hang back in the woods awaiting the signal. I hear screams and already the smell of blood in the air. I feel badly for those poor scholars. We shouldn't be here!

" Round two GO," I hear my fathers voice inside my head.

 I don't want to but my feet start moving. I will not be killing anyone tonight. Not on a fool's errand. I run into one small not significantly built vampire trying to hide in the fields. He sees me and is visibly shaken.

"I'm not going to hurt you. I don't even want to be here," I start.

"Sure! You just want me to trust a half breed whose companions are already tearing apart my town," the young shaken vampire questions, voice shaking.

"I understand where you are coming from. Most of us don't want to be here but we cannot fight an alpha command. Listen, just stay hidden here and don't make a sound and I'll tell everyone the field is clear," I command.

He nods his head slowly but mistrust shows in his eyes. I don't why I felt the need to explain myself but it made me feel better. I don't want to be here. I don't want to attack a clan for no reason.

"Field's clear," I shout.

The young vampire let's out a sigh of relief and looks at me. I give him a nod and continue on my way into their town. As I'm on my way I hear a young girl crying for her mommy. I race over to the sound and see a girl maybe aged 5 curled up in a ball. Her red curly hair is matted to her face from her tears. She looks up at me and her green eyes get big as saucers.

"Get away from me! My mommy is coming right now and she will rip you into shreds," she shrieks feigning bravery.

She then gets up and walks over to me shaking. I'm about to pick her up and tell her everything is going to be okay when she raises her little fist and strikes me in the stomach.I can't help but to start to laugh. 

"I will take you on myself if I have to," she insists defiantly holding up her fists at me.

"I have no doubt about that," I say gently. "I'm only laughing to cover up the pain I just felt. I don't want to hurt you though or anyone for that matter. I only came over here to help you and I submit. You are definitely stronger and braver than I am," I finish and kneel in front of her.

She looks at me almost as if sizing me up and trying to figure out my intentions. So I tilt my head exposing my neck to her which is the proper way to submit. A small smile crosses her face.

"Alright then stand up," she commands and I oblige.

"You will take me on your back over there where I got separated from my mother," she commands pointing to a small building.

"Yes ma'am," I again oblige turning my back to her so she can jump on.

I run in the direction she pointed and see a frantic redheaded woman outside fighting with one of our pack members.

"Mommy!" The girl cries and I gently set her down and run towards my pack member knocking them over.

"Get inside," I yell at the mother and daughter and turn to face Celeste who has not been a member of our pack very long. Maybe a couple of months.

"What are you doing Trace?! Get off of me," Celeste shouts enraged.

"What are you doing?" I shout back equally enraged. "Attacking a woman just looking for her daughter," I continue my voice booming. "We are here looking for something in particular. Do those two look anything like what we were sent here for."

I am angry. Celeste can feel the waves of anger seeping out of me. She tilts her head and bares her neck.

"No sir," she responds as her waves of fear hit me.

"Then go! Only find what we came to find and nothing else!" 

Celeste gets up and runs away as fast as she can. I turn towards the building and see the little girl peeking out of the curtains. I smile and give her a small wave before returning to the mission. Although now my mission is to help as many of these people as I can. As I am walking away, I feel something powerful in the air and all of my hairs are standing up on end. Suddenly there is a bright white flash of light coming from one of the cabins.

" There they are! Attack now," my father bellows.

I start towards the cabin hesitant because if these children do exist we might all die tonight. As we are reaching the cabin a loud screaming comes through mind link.

" Leave. LEAVE NOW!"

I stop dead in my tracks and start backing up. I have no control which means a royal has to be in the area giving the command. A very powerful one as I realize I am not the only one backing into the woods. I realize my father is still out there trying to fight against the command. He is wheezing and barely getting a foot in front of the other.

" Dad you have to come back," I mind link him.

" NO! This mission must be accomplished," he mind links me back.

" Please dad!"

" N...N..NO,"

I see weaker vamwolfs struggling and their legs start breaking and then all of a sudden they are leaned all the way back by some invisible force snapping their spinal cords.

" Dad! Retreat now!" I yell out loud.

He turns his head around to look at me and I see the pain written on his face. All of a sudden he is also bent all the way backwards.

"No!" I shout still unable to move forward.

Other pack members start dragging me further into the forest and I feel an unseen force going inside me. That's it. The alpha is dead and now his force goes into me. It is very painful and overwhelming and I start to see blacks dots.

" He's passing out!" Is all I hear and then darkness.