Chapter 1

A lone vampire snuck into the boarding school. He could see the children having fun up in their rooms and he could almost taste their warm blood. He licked his lips. He wanted so badly to climb the building and drink all of the children himself but instead he turned back to face the forest behind him. With a signal from his pale hands hundreds of vampires spilled out of the trees.

"They're up there," he whispered to another vampire.

She look at him incredulously "I know that idiot, but are there any myths around?"

"No, they're defenceless," He almost laughed in excitement.

The female signaled to the others to move forward and so they did. Closer and closer. Staring up at the oblvious children playing.

Suddenly a row of icicles shattered on the ground in front of them and a high pitched voice squeaked "Damn it I missed them!"

"And you just gave away the element of surprise you idiot," another voice hissed.

The army of vampires looked up to see two blue women stood on top of the building. One with flowing water for hair and the other in heels. They squabbled back and forth but the vampires stood frozen unsure of the power of these women, however there was no doubt in the vampires' minds. These women were myths.

Another woman soon appeared beside them, she had flaming hair "Maxina for some reason you're in charge, are you going to give the order or not?"

The heeled one smiled and yelled "Like turtly attack guys!"

A golden wolf jumped out of the forest and tore into a vampire in a bloodlust and a huge tasmanian devil charged out behind him, teeth bared. The vampires in shock back away from the two and a girl in punk clothes walked out from the forest. She cracked her knuckles, that was enough to make the vampires run toward the building for safety.

However the two blue women stood in front of the doors, as well as the fiery one and a huge black man stood behind them carrying an equally as huge mace. Maxina yelled "John, Anna release Niya!"

A man with a scratch on his face and a woman with clumps of dirt in her hair standing on the borders of the forest let go the rainbow of a woman they were holding the arms of. She, upon release quickly shifted into a bear and ran into the vampires slashing them apart with her new claws. Two men with red horns sprouting from their heads ran into the battle with tridents are started to spear them.

"Vanessa, Heather go!" yelled Maxina, but no one responded. She looked around.

A girl with vines growing in her hair patted Maxina on the back "they don't usually come with us to fight Maxina."

"Oh well, let's attack," She used her water magic to create a ice sword in her hands before running into battle in her 13 centimeter heels. The others standing around joined her. The punk girl shifted into a brown wolf and tore apart vampires alongside the golden wolf and the tazmanian devil. The woman with clumps of dirt in her hair joined the other women with strange hair and they fought together with elemental attacks.

Maxina and the other myths were extremely outnumbered and had become quickly surrounded.

"When are Sarah and the others getting back Harry?" she asked, worried. The golden wolf's ears picked upon hearing the name Sarah.

The black man hit a few vampires with one swing of his mace then retreated back into the group and whipped out his phone. I few taps later he replied "They should be landing any second."

The man with the scar on his face threw his hand out and a magically created force threw the vampires around him back "it sucks that the top fighters had to go."

Fire erupted around the girl with flames in her hair, burning the vampires to a crisp "We can handle this on our own John, I'm just as strong as Devil."

The two men with horns laughed and the flaming woman turned on them and glared "I am!"

"Can we focus?" Harry lunged out of the group and struck a vampire about to grab the flaming woman on the head with his mace.

"Yes, we all just need to hold out until Sarah gets here, she'll know what to do," Maxina's voice bounced a little too happily considering she was drowning several vampires.

The woman with water for hair scoffed "Maxina how did you ever run the Hotel on your own?"

Maxina stamped her foot and crossed her arms letting the water crash onto the ground "I can lead just fine thank you!"

The vampires that were previously being drowned jumped on Maxina. John used his magic to throw them back again then to create daggers that struck them in the heart. He suddenly tired and fell to his knees beside Maxina who was in shock from being grabbed.

"Protect them!" Roared Harry and the tasmanian devil leaped in front of them, teeth barred. However the vampires swarmed to her place beside the golden wolf and he was quickly completely overwhelmed.

Maxina stood up with new found strength and summon a huge ball of water above herself "I must protect the blue eyes," she squealed furiously and froze the ball of water instantly before throwing it down. The vampires were crushed and the golden wolf got up, he was badly wounded and bleeding heavily but his blue eyes shone with gratitude toward Maxina. She smiled back but fell to her knees again. That spell was too much for her. "how long now Harry?" she whispered.

Harry was unable to answer he was fighting for his life against several vampires armed with swords. The elemental women were tiring too and their defences were dropping. The brown wolf furiously defended the golden wolf and the men with horns were covered in wounds.

"Sarah please," Maxina whispered and look up to the sky "Natasha, Devil, Darrel we need you."

Someone was listening because quiet prayer was answered with a jetblack aircraft that landed silently no more than a hundred metres away.

A smile grew on Maxina's blue lips, they were saved.

A blonde man who was standing amongst the trees ran up to the jet and the door fell open. A woman with green eyes so bright they almost seemed as if they were glowing emerged and greeted the blonde man "Hey Jayson, I took your medical advice and natasha is all healed now, thanks man."

He smiled "You're welcome.

The woman looked at the battle "meow that doesn't look good."

She clicked her fingers and suddenly she was in a shining suit of armour. "Yeah you better go join them, Maxina isn't a very good leader. I can't even get to the wounded," Jayson said but the woman was already charging into battle, her golden brown hair flowing behind her.

A brutish woman with orange hair and a strong jaw line stepped out nodded at Jayson then also ran toward the battle.

Finally a woman in purple and black along with a lanky vampire appeared in the doorway. "You ok Natasha?" Jayson asked.

The woman replied "Yeah I'll be fine, but when we get back to the hotel have a check over me ok?"

"Will do, you better go organise things, they really need you," Jayson told her, she gave a short sharp nod and vanished.

Natasha reappeared beside Maxina. The green eyed woman was fighting her way through the vampires. Making short work of them, her strength and skill was way past theirs'. The golden wolf almost seemed to smile when he saw her. The woman with the strong jaw had already made her way through the horde with her ruthless fighting style. One of the horned men kissed her on the cheek "Welcome back."

Maxina looked up seeing the green eyed woman she squealed"Sarah's here!"

This seemed to give the myths new hope and Sarah was soon beside them.However only for a second because she launched herself into the air just as a dozen bullets soared over the myths. All of the bullets hit Sarah and crumpled against her skin. She landed back next to Maxina and Maxina's eyes twinkled in admiration. Natasha helped Maxina to her feet "Sarah we need to get the wounded out of here."

"Natasha I'll leave you in charge of that, Devil, Olivia combine your powers."

Natasha disappeared with Maxina and the woman with the strong jaw line and the woman with the flaming hair stood next to each other and blasted the vampires to the left with fire.

"Flo, Nicoletta dive in!"

The tasmanian devil and the brown wolf jumped into the vampires and slashed them apart.

"Noah and Nick, cover Harry's back."

The men with red horns stood back to back with Harry. Natasha reappeared and grabbed the golden wolf. However the golden wolf had other ideas. He shifted back into a blonde man and whined to Sarah with blood soaked clothes "Sarah I'm fine, let me fight next to you."

Sarah sighed "Fine, only because you heal fast."

Natasha took the man with the scratch on his face instead. Sarah's eyes scanned the battle scene and saw the rainbow woman, now as a small dragon tearing apart the vampires. She smiled to herself and a sword appeared in her hand. She had a little surprise on the jet.

"Mik are you ready?" she looked down at the golden wolf who had shifted back again. He nodded and they charged into battle together.

Meanwhile Jayson stood under a tree with Maxina and the man with the scratch watching the battle closely, he had a bow and quiver just in case. He looked back at his patients again, they were recovering quickly. The small geeky vampire approached him. He jumped a little and reached for his bow "Oh, Darrel you gave me a fright."

"Sorry," Darrel said, Jayson lowered his arms.

"Why aren't you fighting?" Jayson asked.

Darrel looked a little frightened "I just don't feel like it... y-you know? I uh... left my sword at home,"

The blonde man smirked "I'm watching in case anyone gets hurt, you should at least evacuate the building."

Darrel smirked "Thanks Jayson."

Darrel ran off and Jayson shook his head, smiling to himself about almost attacking Darrel because of his vampiric appearance, he was harmless.

"I hate using my powers so much," Devil growled and stopped her flames.

Olivia rolled her eyes "I was surprised you used then for this long."

Devil drew her twin swords "Shut up you."

Devil then lunged and stabbed a vampire with one sword then cut a row of them in half with her other sword. She jumped up, to avoid a battle axe and kicked it's owner in the face. Olivia was struck in the back with a sword, her armour prevented her from being killed but the force brought her to her knees and she was kicked in the face. Devil stabbed the vampire with both of her swords. Picked Oliva up and slung her on her shoulder.

A row of vampires exploded almost simultaneously with blood from slit throats before Natasha appeared and grabbed Olivia before disappearing again.

Devil joined Sarah and the golden wolf. The two used incredible strength to hack into the vampires and before long they can cleared their surrounding area.

Devil swiped sweat from her forehead "Fighting so soon feels good."

"I'm still tired from the last battle," Sarah yawned.

The golden wolf shifted back again. "I'm so happy you're back Sarah," he hugged her leg tightly.

"Don't make me regret protecting you Mik," Sarah growled and shook him off "besides there are still heaps of vampires."

Mik looked up at her as if she were a goddess. Devil rolled her eyes and ran off to help Noah and Nick. Sarah shifted into a huge leopard and charged at the vampires to help her friends.

***

Iris sat together with James, yet they were completely alone. Or so it felt to her. Both isolated and excluded, they watched over their calamity, they said nothing to each other as words weren't necessary. During a vampire war a werecat and a vampire fell in love but of course not without it's complications.

And as the stars shone down upon the couple, Iris knew that even the gods in Olympus disapproved of them. Tired of being looked down upon yet not willing to let go, they stayed there in a limbo of uncertainty and disapproval.

It was them, against the world, and even the very gods whom had created them.

***

"Now I'm even more tired," Sarah complained as she collapsed onto her bed.

The purple and black Natasha sat at her desk and watched as Sarah whined about being tired. It seemed fitting for a myth involving cats to be so tired all the time considering the sleep pattern of cats however Sarah's complaining was somewhat justified as she had just returned from another planet on a mission directed by a god then winning huge battle to protect children. The mission also involving saving Natasha's life and gaining a small purple and black dragon that sat by Sarah's feet. It had come as a shock everyone.

Neither of the women had been to another planet before, not that they had the chance to stay long, it was fighting then leaving. Yet they were still filled with awe and wonder from the experience. It made their home, the Hotel, seem rather ordinary, though they both knew the Hotel was anything but that.

How could a place filled with myths ever be just ordinary?

Sarah's mysterious bright green cat eyes glowed up at Natasha as she opened them. To Sarah her eyes had always been a mystery, even before she became a werecat she had them, Sarah was born with them. Eyes so bright they almost glowed with a fluorescent luminosity. To mortals they were uncomfortable but to Natasha they were the opposite. Comfortable and reliable.

Those green eyes blinked and looked past Natasha to the door where the werewolf Mik was standing staring at her. The werewolf who was deeply in love with Sarah and followed her everywhere. A loved not returned. So this made him a stalker. Natasha had always felt sorry for the poor wolf. Trying so hard with a girl so cold but his methods weren't exactly.... The most bound for success. Unless of course it were Maxina, then he would have all the success in the world, all that's needed is blue eyes.

"Natasha he's staring at my ass can we be rid of him?" Sarah growled and buried her face into a pillow.

Natasha floated off the desk and over to the door "At least he isn't coming in," she sighed, giving Mik a look of apology before pushing the door to a close.

"Yeah, he knows he'll get his face ripped off if he bothers me while I'm tired," came Sarah's muffled reply.

"You let him watch you in your sleep," Natasha floated back to the desk and sat down.

"Natasha, let is the wrong word, I'm asleep I don't know what he's doing. I just wish the lock on my door worked," she growled.

"Maybe you should get Maxina to look into that," Natasha suggested.

"And have my room be filled with water again?" Sarah looked back at Natasha incredulously "No way."

Natasha smiled remembering the last time Sarah had asked the water witch, Maxina for help. Being the creator of this place, one would think, that she would be able to fix things. But instead she revels in filling rooms completely with water.

"I'll leave you to sleep then," Natasha left Sarah and stood out in the hallway.

She glanced to the left, along the never ending hallway of bedroom doors. When Natasha had first arrived at the Hotel, Maxina warned her to never wander down those hallways. In these never ending hallways, she would be lost, and in the instant she felt so, then it would have won. Trapping her and most likely starving to death. Little did Maxina know Natasha could teleport, though Natasha didn't want to test this and never did. Natasha decided not to wander and to remain in the safety of the occupied floors of the hotel.

So instead of turning left she turned right and walked toward the elevators. While inside she thought about the name of this place, her home, the Hotel. Is it even the correct use of the word, a name Maxina had made up. Because what was a hotel? A place where travelers could stay. Were we all just travelers? It seemed more like a home to Natasha and the others, however she couldn't shake the fact that she knew it wasn't forever. Reaching her floor she stepped out of the elevator.

***

Noah ran at Devil grabbing her by the waist and trying to tackle her but she grabbed his shoulders and pushed him back then brought her knee to his stomach. He gasped in pain and fell to his knees.

She stepped toward him about to gloat however her foot slipped on something and she came crashing down on top of him.

Noah burst into a fit of strained laughter almost unable to breathe while Devil sat up instantly. Ice. She glared around for the culprit.

The blue bimbo was giggling in the corner. Devil growled and stood up stalking toward Maxina with a murderous glare.

"You ruined my win," she growled, her green eyes showing glimpses of fire.

"You needed to chill out Devil, it's just training" Maxina giggled not taking Devil's anger seriously.

"Seriously Maxina, don't do that again or," Devil used her powers to create a ball of fire in her hands. Maxina quickly got the message as she screamed and ran off. Noah rejoined Devil and placed his hand on her shoulder. Despite their aggressive training fights Noah was actually her boyfriend. For them it had pretty much been love at first sight however they weren't the most affectionate of people and most mistaked them for just friends, but what did they know?

This was Devil's favourite floor as she had a passion for fighting, the training floor filled with weapons, targets and robots. When not sleeping or eating Devil was found on this level fighting someone or merely a robot. She enjoyed the rush and thrill of fighting as well as over powering another without having to talk and explain feelings and emotions. Just muscle and power. This was simpler, easier and to her actually useful.

***

Heather stood beside the ladder as Vanessa reached up to retrieve a book from the top shelf.

"This would be much easier if you could do it yourself," Vanessa complained glaring at the books.

Heather sighed "you know my body is not what it use to be."

"Oh yes yes the downside of magic blah blah blah. I'm the one who has to climb all the ladders to find your books," she growled.

Heather looked up at the vampire woman "you want this just as much as I do Vanessa. James is impressionable now with all the disapproval the others are giving him. We need to strike now while he's down and we'll have a werecat on our side."

"Say it any louder could you?" Vanessa hissed "I don't think Sarah's werecat hearing picked up on the malice of your voice."

The two women heard the door to the library open and snapped their heads toward it like snakes. Vanessa glared down at Heather as if to say go kill them. Heather glared forward and cautiously paced around the library looking through the shelves to see who dared enter. Only to discover it was the book worm Natasha. The weak girl with hollow bones posed no threat to the women so Heather sighed in relief terrified that it was going to be the werecat Sarah or the flame head Devil. She chuckled to herself even thinking that. What would a meathead like Devil ever be doing in a library aside from burning it down with her uncontrollable fiery temper.

Now Natasha, this was her homeland the library, the girl seemed to spend all of her life reading to become smarter for whatever reason.

***

After napping for what felt like all day Sarah decided to go to something a little more productive and sat out in the forest near to the road. The Hotel backs onto a huge forest in which Sarah had spent her life running around within. She sat on the stump of a poor tree that had met it's end hundreds of years ago with the little purple dragon she had named Moon Light after what had made its scales shine, by her feet. This little dragon was such a mystery for her yet she felt such a connection to it, as if it were a part of her. She could hear it's thoughts, well the ones that it shared with her and it could understand her. However it was the size of a chihuahua, it's long neck and tiny head looking like a snake. Sarah reached down and stroked the dragon and Moon Light, like a cat rubbed up against her hand.

Sarah looked up at the road again and at all the mortals in their cars driving along it. She wasn't worried about Moon Light as the mist, the cover of all things myth, protected her from their view and from causing them accidents. The wind from them rushing past blew through her golden brown hair and she sighed gazing into the pinks and oranges of the sky. A rather peaceful day but for how long she could only question. Who knows when the vampires would strike next and when they would find the hotel. Or worse, the day they would over power her. All of these things she dreaded but she knew she would give her life to save the humans from being controlled by them even though they have never really done anything to deserve it. Sarah couldn't stand massacres of innocent. Though she was in no way innocent.

The scent of strong magic filled the werecat leopard's nose and she turned her head to see a woman holding many shopping bags and talking away on a phone. Her hair was a brown black and her skin tanned. Sarah squinted at this woman, the scent of powerful magic was so overwhelming, she had never smelt something like it before. But this woman acted exactly like a woman completely unaware of her power. She didn't even notice the little dragon. Repressed magical power? Sarah questioned examining this woman. With that amount of magical power she could at least destroy a country. Sarah instantly decided that it was best to leave this woman in the dark about her magic. Whoever or whatever had done this to her did it for a reason.

However, cat-like curiosity plagued Sarah.