Chapter One
I am running down the hallway hurrying to my older brother Kyle's car when a voice stops me, "Natalie Lewis! Night has chosen thee; thy death will be thy birth. Night calls to thee; hearken to Her sweet voice. Your destiny awaits you at the House of Night!" I hear a deep calming voice say; I look to where the voice was coming from and saw a vampyre Tracker, he raised his pale finger and pointed. Right then I felt as if a fire was running through my head, but as soon as I blinked he was gone. I looked around to see if anyone else had saw. Thank the heavens that it was deserted.
I scrammed to gather my belongings that I somehow managed to drop, and with my head down I walked to my brother's car. "Nat what took you so long? I was beginning to wonder if you tripped again." Kyle jokingly says.
I let out a long disgusting cough; when I managed to gather myself I look up at Kyle and say, "Let's just go home." "Yeah sure," Kyle says. Thank the heavens that I let the hairdresser talk me into getting front bangs.
While on the way home I try thinking of all the things I know about vampyres which happens not to be a lot. One of the only things I know is that if I don't get to a House of Night I will die from this cough, which reminds that I will have to leave my older caring brother, my overprotective dad, and my loving mother.
All of a sudden I burst out sobbing. "Whoa there, Natalie what's wrong? I knew something was off when you got to the car. Please tell me what's wrong." Kyle said while pulling over the car. "I-I was marked… It happened while I-I w-was leaving school." I cried.
I look up at him and see fear in his eyes, but none the less he leans over and wraps his arms around me.
When we both arrived home I went start to the kitchen and ran to hug my mom. She wraps her arms around and says, "Honey what's wrong?"
It is my brother who answers her, "Mom Nat was marked today," he says tearfully.
"What? No! That a lie! How could this happen?!" My mom yelled, and was by then squeezing me.
"What's going on?" My dad asks as he looks around the kitchen trying to figure out what wrong.