*Liam's POV*

I was suddenly awake or at least it felt like I was awake. I was in a morgue and stainless steel tables with bodies covered in white sheets glared at me from every angle. A man walked in with an evil look in his eye. He pulled the sheet off of a body to reveal Louis, in merform, who was still very much alive. He struggled against the restraints twisting and turning. I tried to run to help him and searing pain rippled up my legs from two spots in the middle of my feet. I looked only to find my feet had been nailed in place. Nails had gone right through my shoes and blood began to seep out from under the soles, my blood, the nails had gone through my feet. The man picked up a machine that had 5 tweezer size clamps on it. He attached each to one of Louis' scales. First he twisted left then right then left again the he pulled them all out at once. Every time Louis let out a blood curdling scream that made my ears lungs and heart hurt all at the same time. He repeated the process again and again until there wasn't a single scale left on Louis' tail. Blood dripped from every wound cascading down onto the shining metal table then dripping down the sides onto the floor. The growing crimson puddle was slowly inching towards me as Louis lost more and more blood. He shook uncontrollably from the pain his entire face distorted from it. He looked at me, begging me to help him, but I couldn't. The man then picked up a scalpel.

"No, no please."Louis begged in a quiet voice but the man wasn't listening to his pleas. He took the scalpel and cut a clean line slicing off one of Louis' fins. The scream that erupted from his mouth was more than blood curdling. It was glass shattering, ear drum bursting and it made my entire body quake with fear and sadness at his pain. Blood poured from the wound growing the already massive puddle of blood on the floor larger. The man didn't hesitate to do the exact same thing to his other fin and Louis screamed another one of those glass breaking screams. Almost as if he was trying to take the slightest bit of mercy on his victim the man took that same scalpel and sliced open Louis' throat. He started to make terrible choking noises that sounded like he was gurgling water or mouthwash. Suddenly the nails were gone from my feet and so was the man and the morgue. All that was left was me and Louis lying on that table bleeding profusely. I ran over to him and held his head between my hands as I knew there was nothing I could do. He made one last choking sputtering sound as his eyes met mine. He looked scared as the light slowly left his eyes. He hadn't wanted to die. I looked into those blue eyes of his, now void and empty, and remembered the mischievous glint I'd seen in them so many times before. Never again would I see that and so many times had I taken it for granted that I would.

"I'm sorry I failed you Louis."I said tears streaming down my face."I'm truly sorry, I knew I'd never be a good enough hunter. I guess the human in me made me mess everything up."

*Louis' POV*

I woke up back in that little room I'd been stuck in with Zayn just days before. This time however it was like no one could see me, Zayn was nowhere to be seen and Eleanor was strapped to the chair instead.

"Tell me freak!"A girl yelled, but it wasn't Georgie. I didn't know who it was.

"Never bitch!"Eleanor screamed spitting in her face.

"Have it your way you stupid merfreak!"The girl shouted back dumping water over her head. Eleanor's tail formed and the girl proceeded to randomly rip scales from her tail. She screamed and cried. When I tried to reach out for her I fell on my face. I looked back seeing that I no longer had legs but a tail. After ripping about 10 scales from my poor girlfriend's body the girl left. The bloody scales lay scattered around the chair as if some constant reminder of what had just happened. Eleanor's body shook violently with every sob as the tears flowed down her face.

"You're getting what you deserve bitch."The girl said her voice floating out of nowhere. A window flipped open and sunlight poured in burning my El's skin to a raw blistering point. She physically shook from the pain and she was unable to contain her screams. I couldn't reach her, I couldn't comfort her, I could only watch and that was one of the most painful things I've ever had to do.

*Harry's POV*

I was wandering aimlessly through a field.

"Louis! Liam! Niall! Zayn!"I called for my bandmates but no one answered me. I was alone. Suddenly the sky got darker and I saw a much younger version of my Mum coming towards me.

"Come Harry!"My Mum yelled and as soon as she touched my hand I was back to being a little centaur again.

"Kill the freaks!"People yelled behind us.

"What's happening Mummy I'm scared!"I said my voice high pitched and almost squeal like. I hardly recognized it although I knew it had to be mine. Indistinguishable yelling erupted from the crowd gaining ground on us. Some carried pitch forks and torches old fashion angry mob style, but most people had guns.

"Just run Harry. Run as fast as you can and whatever you do don't stop. That goes for you too Gemma."Mum said turning to my sister as bullets started to slice through the air."RUN!"I began to run as fast as I could but I was new to my centaur form and I kept tripping over myself. It was quite frustrating actually as I was used to running full throttle without so much as a stumble and now I was tripping over everything. I turned back to look at my Mum and sister just as Mum was hit with a bullet going straight through her heart.

"Mummy!"Gemma yelled as she hit the ground with a loud thunk.

"Keep. Running."She rasped out before her eyes slid closed and she was gone. Gemma grabbed my hand and ran into the forest with me.

"Mummy said to keep running Harry we have to keep running."Gemma said as I tried to get her to stop. I just wanted to help Mum.

"But Mummy's hurt."I said looking back through the trees."We have to help Mummy."Gemma turned back to me and she looked more scared than I felt.

"There's nothing we can do for her now we have to run."Gemma said tugging on my hand again and run we did.

*Niall's POV*

It was cold and it was dark. Where was I? Where was Faylinn? Where were the boys? I tried to fly but I couldn't. I stood in front of a mirror as another one appeared behind me. My eyes widened in horror as I looked at the two long, raised pink scars that replaced my wings on my back. The wing slits on my shirt hung empty and open. The scars were jagged as if someone had hacked my wings off with a kitchen blade. Mum appeared behind me her lips pressed together in a thin line.

"I'm afraid your wings are gone love."She said and I turned towards her."No one will want you now."Then she was gone.

"Mum!"I yelled but all that came back were her last words. No one will want you now. I was suddenly surrounded by fairy girls I'd grown up with who were now pointing and laughing at me.

"What are you laughing at? Just because I lost my wings doesn't mean I'm any less than any of you!"I yelled at them which only caused the laughing to get louder.

"Freak!"One yelled."I can't believe I wanted a marriage with you!"I crouched on my knees covering my ears with my hands trying to block out their laughter.

"STOP!"I screamed."I'M NOT A FREAK!"My back ached and the scars burned like someone was dragging a hot poker across them. Why was this happening?

*Liam's POV*

Suddenly Louis was gone and I was standing beside Harry who was sneering at me. He towered over me in centaur form and I looked up at him.

"It's all your fault."He growled and I looked at his wrists, which were tied together with rope. Someone appeared on his back sitting in a saddle.

"Go horse man go!"He yelled impatiently smacking Harry upside the head, hard. He glared at me and Harry looked sad.

"Why didn't you protect me Li? I trusted you."I just looked at him and I couldn't say anything.

"I SAID GO YOU WORTHLESS WASTE OF FLESH!"The man on Harry's back yelled. He got off of Harry and pulled out a whip. He uncoiled it and prepared to use it.

"No!"I managed to yell before it made contact with the bare skin of Harry's back.

"Ah!"He yelled as more lashes came fast and furious. Harry collapsed to the ground in pain but the man didn't stop. He started to kick Harry in the ribs to go along with the whipping. Blood seeped from the wounds on his back and his breathing was shallow from the kicks to the ribs.

"Maybe next time you'll listen you stupid monster."He said giving him one last good kick before walking off. I fell to my knees at Harry's head and he looked up at be. His breathing became more laboured and he managed to say something though.

"He's right, I'm a monster."He wheezed before his eyes closed and his breathing slowed until he wasn't breathing at all.

"No Harry."I said to his lifeless body."You're not a monster. You were never a monster."My heart physically hurt and I was finding it hard to breathe as well. I was right, I knew I'd fail them eventually.

*Zayn's POV*

I woke up in a world that was entirely blue with flashes of white. Wind whipped around my head and plastered my shirt to my back. A gold flash caught the corner of my eye and I turn my head towards it. I realized I was falling and that my lamp was just out of reach. I tried to get it but I couldn't. Then Harry grabbed it from out of nowhere.

"Thanks mate."I said reaching out for him to give it to me but he laughed.

"You can't have it."He said."We're going to melt it down and sell it for its weight in gold."I gaped as suddenly I was in a room bolted to a wall. A giant pot sat in front of me and my lamp dangled above it. The person standing stirring the pot was none other than.

"Perrie?"I said confused. Why was she here?