A few days passed, each one feeling like an eternity, before Jacen finally came in and said,"I've finally convinced the vampires to meet with you." He said, "It wasn't a very easy task to get accomplished, but I have officially been able to set up a meeting for your family to meet with the leaders of the vampires. You all will have to go though. Otherwise they will just kill those around them and leave. The vampires like to play games, but only the ones of their own design. So, we have to play by their rules or it's game over before we ever even make our first move." We all simultaneously looked to my brother who was still stuffing his face before he looked up and saying, "What, do I have something on my face?" My father grabbed and threw the seat cushion from the nearest chair at my brother's head and told him to pay attention. My brother ducked as the cushion flew over his head and exploded into a puff of stuffing before he shouted out, "Okay. I'm listening." Jacen began again, "As I was saying, I've convinced the vampires to meet with you. You all will have to go, otherwise they will just kill those around them and leave. You have to play by their rules, because they will not play by anyone else's rules." With that my brother nodded. "Understood." My brother said. Jacen continued, "They want to meet in an hour. We are going to have to leave soon in order to make it on time." We all became a bit nervous at the thought that we would be meeting with actual vampires in less than an hour. Neither mom or dad wanted to take our personal car, so, we all got into Jacen's car and he began to explain the hierarchy of the Vampires. As he drove he explained that unlike in the movies there wasn't just one leader that you could kill in order to take out all of its underlings. Many families make up the vampires, the head of each household being decided by trial in combat. This peculiar circumstance makes the vampires very dangerous individuals as the leader of each household changes quite frequently. Each leader is allowed to choose a single trusty who is able to join them in the council, most commonly they pick their wives. Though, some choose those who they bested for their position to increase their household's power over the council. From there the council appoints 3 Fangs who are representatives, each one from one of the 3 main Obscurities within an Abyss. An Obscurity is the vampire's version of a state whereas the 3 Obscurities make up what is known as an Abyss, their country. There are many Abysses around the world that all fall under the rule of the Council. Each Fang is charged with forming a military force for their respective Obscurity, as well as forming their plans for a food source. According to Jacen, we must first meet with the 4 Generals of the military force of the nearest Obscurity, then the three Fangs of the Abyss, and finally, reach the Council to decide whether or not we can agree. We arrived at a large building with double-pained windows. As we exited Jacen's car he gave one last little bit of advice before we got out of the car. He said, "Don't eat the meat." He pointed out the door and gave directions before getting back in his car and closing the door saying, I will be back once the meeting is over, it was made very clear that I am not to be a part of the group." My mother, father, brother and I made our way inside to see what looked to be many seemingly normal people stop and look at us like we were their midday snack. Then a burly man with pitch black hair and piercing green eyes came out to us and took us to a room filled with two brown leather couches, three long tables, and black chairs lining each of the tables. On the tables were many refreshments. Sandwiches, salads, what looked to be ham, a bowl of red liquid, and a bowl of blue. There were 4 men in black and red uniforms, one clearly a Cracononian, another was obviously a slithering swamp turtle easily recognized for the snake-like eyes and shell-like structures on his arms, back, and chest, though the other two were not easy to identify. The Cracononian spoke first saying, "My name is Michael and I am the General of the Naval forces of the Findgrin Obscurity. These are my fellow Generals; Gryphon, Titan, and Malici." Titan the slithering swamp turtle spoke saying that he was the Army of the Obscurity, boots-on-the-ground type of warfare. Traversing the swamps and forests was his specialty. Gryphon said that he was the General of the airforce. Though Malici never spoke. I introduced myself and my family, explaining, "We don't belong to any clans, organizations, or packs of werewolves. We are simply to trying to call for peace between our family and the vampires." Malici finally spoke saying, "My name is Malici I am the General of the vampire forces of Findgrin. We stand ready to take the place of all the different forces standing here before you and aid them when assistance is needed. I understand perfectly well what you have come to do, and I say, let us discuss it over lunch. We have many delicious dishes which have all been supplied by our Fang." He gestured towards the many tables where the food sat. We walked over grabbing plates and filling them with salad and glasses of the blue liquid avoiding the meat as instructed by Jacen. Observing our actions, Malici said, "Interesting, I have never seen a werewolf that was a vegetarian. Or perhaps you don't trust the meat that we have supplied. You are wise in your decision as this meat is the cooked remains of our failed experiments."
