Chapter 1: A New Life
Adriana's POV:
"Dad!" I call as I race down the stairs. He is in the kitchen with mom. They are making breakfast and chatting about their jobs. I hear him laugh and turn to face me.
"What is it Mini - Me?" I have always been called that ever since I can remember. Mom rolls her eyes at him .
"I Got in!" I scream and wave the acceptance letter in the air like a crazy person. I have wanted to get into this boarding school for young witches ever since the school has opened.I smile at both my parents with a crazy grin on my face.
"Oh My God!" My mom shouts! She covers her mouth with her hands and tears start to form in her eyes.
"Come here, Mini Me" My Dad shouts with arms wide open. I jump into his arms and feel like i am on top of the world. This is perfect. My life-
Beep, Beep, Beep ... I turn towards my alarm clock and glare. How dare it wake me up from my perfect dream. I hit the snooze button and snuggle under my covers. I can't seem to go back to sleep because my brain decides it wants to think about today. Today isn't just a regular day. First it's the last day of school for my sophomore year however, more importantly its the day that i see if i am accepted into the witch academy! This school was before - and still is - a school Moroi and Damphirs to train however, in recent years The Queen of the moroi has recognized how awesome witches and warlocks are so four years ago they opened up a department for witches and built extra dorms and everything. I heard about it when my Uncle Marcus came to visit at the start of the year and said that i could apply for my junior year. He said i was going to get in since he was the head of the new department but i had to apply like everyone else.
I finally decide to go get out of bed and take a quick shower. The water was barely which only;y means my brother and mother had both taken a shower before me. With a sigh i quickly finish with the shower then start to blow dry my hair and get ready. I have long blonde hair with light brown low lights, i am 5'8", and my skin tone has a slight tan to it. For the most part i physically look like my mother, everyone says so. I get dressed in dark blue skinny jeans and a grey tank top. I pull my hair into a tight pony tail and then stare into the mirror. What i am staring at is not my reflection but my eyes. My eyes are bright green and i can only guess i got them from my father.
My mom left my dad when she was 18. She said she had to because if the Alchemist ever found out she loved a vampire then they would have sent her to re- education. She tells us he was a great man but that is as much as she will ever tell me about him. That and the fact that he is moroi. I have always thought that would make me a damphir but by some weird genetic chance i am three fourth human and one-fourth moroi. The only good thing about being a genetic odd-ball was that i could use magic! My brother didn't get as lucky and he ended up being a dampir.
When she found out that she was pregnant with me and my brother she finally got up the courage to leave the alchemist. She lived with Uncle Marcus until we were 3 and then moved us to Sunny San Diego and we have lived here ever since.
"Adriana!" My mom yells "Get down here or you will be late for school!" Her voice brings me out of my trance and i head down the stairs to see my family.
Max was sitting at the kitchen bar eating Life cereal and looking pleased with himself. My brother was 6'2" with dark brown hair and brown eyes like mom. He was also extremely fit. He also acts just like my mom. He loves reading and is an even bigger nerd than my mother which if you knew my mother seemed impossible.
"Hey little sister!" he says while he chews a spoonful of cereal.
"Only by 3 minutes!" I proclaim " and chew with your mouth closed." I turn to look at my mom who looks amused with her children. "Hello Mom."
"Hello Adriana" She says in a motherly tone that says nice of you to join us. " Are you excited for today?"
" Are you kidding me! Yes I am excited I could barely fall asleep last night. I hope i get in." To this my brother rolls his eyes.
"Of course you are going to get in!" I hit him over the head for that one.
"You don't know that! there are only a certain amount of spots and practically every witch or warlock wants to get into this school." i say in a matter of fact tone. My mother doesn't say anything because she knows i am right. While the moroi spots and dampir spots where endless there was only about 2,000 spots for witches and warlocks total and when i applied there was only 50 spots opened for transfer students for my grade. even though my Uncle said i could get in i wasn't too sure.
I eat my breakfast which is just a small bowl of Life cereal and a cup of coffee. My mother and Max where talking about something smart so i tuned out. While i loved reading i wasn't as into school and studies as my mother and brother so i stop listening to them talk. It where at times like this is wished my dad lived with us. Hell i would settle with just knowing him. My mother didn't even give me his name, what he looks like, or what kind of personality he has. Nope. Nothing more than he was a Moroi and a great guy.
"Hello!" Max says waving a hand in my face. I push it out of the way and look into the eyes of my mother and brother.
"What?" i question.
"Are you ready to go?"
"Yeah, lets finish of the school year." I say with sadness in my voice. I down my coffee, grab my bag and head out of the house.
Our school is only three blocks away from our house which means we get to walk every day.
"So tell me my twin" My brother starts off and i sigh. when he starts a sentence off like that it means he wants to have a serious talk. "what are you so upset about?" Max looks at me with concern and my heart almost breaks. I hated when he worried about me.
"Dad" i whisper. I don't know why i whispered it just came out like that. I look into his brown eyes to see the concern gone and anger has taken its place. He like mom didn't like to talk about our father. He figures that mom did the best right thing and that we had Uncle Marcus so why did we need any one else in our lives?
"Really? Your upset about a person you don't know?" He questions "God, Adriana you can be so stupid some times. We have a good life - hell a great one - and your ready to throw it all away on some person we don't even know." His words cut me deep. How could he feel this way!
"You act so much like Sydney some times it blows my mind on." I state "I wonder if your really your own person? Do you not care that you sound like a Jackass. Yes i don't know our father but that the point. I was never given the option to know him. And i can't believe you're siding with her." I am on the verge of screaming at him! How could he be so mean and cold-hearted. Did he really not care?
"I know your upset but please show THE WOMAN WHO GAVE BIRTH TO YOU some respect." I stare at him with disbelief and walk ahead of him to school. When he got into these moods it was better if we didn't talk. I love my brother and would die for him but when he talked about down to me and made me seem so naïve I couldn't stand being around him without punching him in the face.
School went by in a blur and ended at noon since it was finals week. When the last bell rang i jumped out of my seat and ran out of the class. I was done! I had never made friends at this high school like Max did. He was mister popular and had everyone at the school worship him. It made me want to gag.
My mom picks me up and takes me off to my volleyball practice. I am in club volleyball we are undefeated and i am also on point. My studio is extremely competitive to get into. That is just fancy talk for saying that i don't have free time. I am either dancing, studying or playing volleyball. I love what i do and that the main reason i am so busy but i would be lying if i said i didn't like that it look me away from my house. The truth be told that was the reason i joined volleyball in the 6th grade. I never really got along with my mother Sydney Sage or brother for that matter. I was always looked down upon because i wasn't as smart as my brother or as kind or something. I lived in his shadow and my mother didn't seem to care about me as much.
I got to practice and i could already tell it was going to be a bad one. The coach looked like she was gonna kill everybody and half of our team was missing. Oh dear Lord what was I walking in to?
"Alright" Coach Taylor said in her booming voice. She sounded so much like a man sometimes. " I have some bad news. Last practice i had given everybody a drug test as the law requires and all of our starters - expect for Adriana - have done a mixture of weed, and prescription medication. They are no longer on the team which means we have a lot of work to do."
Oh joy.
Practice was hell. Coach Taylor tripled our usual warm up and expected us to do it in the same amount of time. Then she had us go through the drills and tore every member of the team a new one. By the time it was all over i feel like i had died and gone to hell. I was sore all over and i could barely walk. Not to mention that she held us an extra hour after the normal end time to yell at us on how we can suck less. Her words.
I got into the car that my mother was driving and glared at her.
"Practice that bad huh?"
"Worse! She killed all of us because all the starters got caught being high!" I launch into the full story and my mom just sits there internalizing everything that i was saying. When i finish she look at me through the corner of her eye "Well to that i say there is good news and bad news which do you want to hear first?" This was typical mom always finding to sides to everything.
"Bad always bad first."
"Well your team mates are gonna hate your more." What? Where did that come from?
"Why?"
"Because your Letter came while you where at school!" My mom speaks from excitement. With everything that happened today i totally forgot that it was coming! My Mom opens up the center compartment in the car and hands me the letter. I waste no time ripping the envelope to pieces and read the letter.
Dear Adriana Danielle Sage,
We are pleased to tell you that you have been chosen to be apart of the new Witch and Warlock Program at St. Vladimir Academy. Here you will learn how to use your magic to fight as well as learn how to fight hand to hand. You will also be given the chance to guard a moron, insist in the Royal Army, be apart of the Royal Guard, or just to learn more about what you are capable of. Remember we are all equal and share the same responsibilities.
Below it listed all the things i would need to know about the school but that didn't matter. It didn't matter that my coach would kill the team for this. It didn't matter that i had no friends or that i lived in the shadow of my brother. Nothing in my life mattered other than the fact that i was free. I would be going to a place where i could be myself. I was going to the Academy!
A/N: Please tell me what you think! this is my first story so please review and if you have suggestions for anything about my story please tell me. I have an idea of where i want to go with it but i would also like to know what you think. I also will try to put up more than this one chapter tonight. :D Thanks
Also i am story if there is any grammar errors please let me know. I really suck at grammar stuff and spell check might not catch it all so thanks:D
Disclaimer: I do not own any of the original characters ( and they will be in this story). I won just the plot and Adriana an Max so far.
