A/N I OWN NOTHING OBVIOUSLY!!!!! Just Alanea and some other characters along the way.

Chapter 1: Well Bubble Trumps

" Mom! Can we PLEASE get the Zoo pal "funtensils"? I mean come on it says fun!" I asked my mom for the twentieth time today.

"Alanea, how old are you?" my mom asked me in a reprimanding tone

"fourteen" I said with a sigh "BUT that doesn't mean we can't get them!"

"No…" my mom said in a askonemoretimeandyou'regroundedforamonth voice.

As we turned to the next aisle I saw a woman wearing a billow-eyish floor length dress. She had a filled in crescent and her marks covered her whole face twisting around like vines. Her hair was a silver-white but she couldn't be older than 26 (or so she looked vampyres are much older then they appear to be)

"Oh SNAP KRACKLE POP RICE KRISPIES" I thought. "Someone is gunna get marked in the grocery store! This is great fun!"

The marked woman turned to me, and then the grin fell from my face…

"ALANEA RENEE STORM!" The vampyres voice boomed with authority "You have been marked by the powerful Nyx. You must come to the House of Night within 5 hours, say goodbye to friends and family." I felt a tingly thing on my forehead, and then I felt nauseous. I closed my eyes and when I opened them again the woman was gone.

"My baby is a fledging!" My mom squealed. "I'm so happy for you! CONGRATULATIONS honey!" Oh yeah my mom is fascinated with vampyres her best friend Georgiana is the local high priestess at the House of Night.

"Yeah, Isn't this special." I said with fake enthusiasm. "Great I just graduated 8th grade like 5 days ago! Now I can't go to high school AND I have to go back to school!" I thought to myself now in a bad mood.

~At Alanea's best friends house Karina~

I knocked on Karina's front door. "She is sooo gunna flip when she sees my mark." I thought with a grin.

When Karina opened the door we both were staring at eachother wide-eyed.

"OH MY EDWARD! YOU"RE MARKED TOO?!? WHEN DID THIS HAPPEN? WAAAAH!!!!!!!" we both screamed at the same time.

"Okay you first" Karina said nodding at me to come in.

"Well, I was shopping with my mom and a vampyre marked me." I said nonchalantly

"I was sitting on my couch watching T.V. and this dude burst in through my window and was like OH MARKEDNESS and stuff." Karina said in a funny voice.

"GREAT choice of words spaz" I poked Rina teasingly.

"SHUT UP! I'm glad that I'll see my brother more. I was so sad when he was marked, but now we can be REUNITED and it feels so good!" Rina started singing.

My heart fluttered a little bit. Rina's brother now known as James Stark or Stark for short. He's two years older than me making him sixteen. He's tall, hot, AMAZING at archery, and unfortunately my ex boyfriend. I know what you're thinking poorgirlinlovewithanolderboythatshehasnochancewith. WELL SHUT YOUR LIPS. I broke up with him. He's a wanna be player and I'm SO over him. At least I hope…..

I interrupted Rina still singing "OKAY I'll help you pack then we can get my stuff from my house."

"Okey Dokey" Rina said while I skipped to her room.

It took us about 3 hours to get everything then we were on our way to the House of Night. Well at least I have Rina!!!!!!!!!