Hello, this is my second fanfic, which is going to be a Clyrin fanfic, please rate and review, and if you don't like or enjoy this pairing then please don't read,

This contains Black Dawn spoilers, so don't read unless you've read the book. Also, a small tiny alteration to the black dawn story, CLAIRE AND SHANE ARE NOT ENGAGED, and nor has he hinted at it. Also, Frank is still going strong in the machine- for now

Thanks!

Prologue:

It had been a month since the draug had been defeated, a month were, despite Amelie's words, not much had changed. Well, a bit had, for one thing there had been a time of celebration for vampires, where the residents had been once again forced to be inside, unless they wanted to be fanged. But the time of celebration had ceased, and everything was normal, well as normal as Morganville ever could be.

Common grounds had been re-opened but was no-longer quite the safe haven it had once been, yes no-one dared get fangy on anyone, but there was a slightly sinister air, more vampire's lingered there, and sometimes tried to follow people home, regardless of the Protection they had.

That was another thing that had changed, Protection had also been re-vamped, pardon the pun, it was a whole lot worse, with people having to give more blood and money to the protectors to ensure that they were protected, in theory at least.

Things had changed. But, hopefully there would be no major changes, hopefully anyway.

CPOV:

It was a cool morning as I walked to my morning classes, a going cold poptart was in my hand as I walked, eyes ever vigilant on the road, to college. I shivered as a cool gust of air whipped around me, picking up dead leaves ( AN/ I can't remember when Black Dawn was set, so I'm saying it's in Autumn (Fall to American people) if it's nowhere near this season, then can you just pretend more time has passed, to make it to Autumn? Thanks!) and swirling them around me, I checked my phone, to check the time. I had plenty of it, but I didn't really feel like walking any faster, I was tired.

Why was I tired? Oh yeah, Myrnin, my annoying bi-polar 900 year old boss had kept me at his not-so-secret lab until the very small hours of the morning, at least the portals had got me home fast. Shane had already been asleep.

Shane. His very name made me sad, ever since his draug experience he had been acting weird around me, hot one minute and cold the next. He was already in bed when I'd got home, and I didn't even want to think were the happy couple were doing. Yes, the amazing happy couple, I was so happy for them, they were always smiling at me, at each other, even at Shane, who seemed to be growing more sullen by the day.

Suddenly, I tripped over nothing, and I was shocked out of my thoughts, I was near the campus, and I realised that I had been dawdling, walking quickly into the safety of the gates I hurried to my first lesson of the day- Chemistry.

It was boring and easy, compared to the eccentric science/alchemy that Myrnin and I did in his lab. Even though he was a bi-polar vampire, who had tied me to a chair as bait, I had had to forgive him, or at least go to work for him, Amelie's orders. So, I had of course got back into the rhythm of daily explosions, and so I had forgiven him, well I hadn't said it to him, and he hadn't asked, but sometimes I caught him watching me, his face a mask of speculation.

"Miss Danvers!" My teacher shouted again, and I realised that I had been lost in a daydream, well not a dream, because it was about my boss, for perhaps the last ten minutes, or so.

"Yes?" I replied, my voice casual,

"Would you care to pay attention in class and answer my question?" He said, pointing to the board where a periodic table was illuminated. I automatically put in the alchemy symbols and thing in with it, in my head,

"What was the question sir?" I said, He sighed and answered,

"Name the atomic number of the three missing elements, and their names."

I looked again at the board and answered without hesitation:

"Gold: 79, Carbon:6 and Flerovium:114." I said, my voice confident, I had learnt these of by heart years ago, and Myrnin's mad pop-quizzes, when he was still disease ridden had left me with no hesitation and no doubt.

"Well done, Miss Danvers, however in future might I ask you to pay attention?" He said, his voice stern, but he knew he was beaten, I could tell from other student's shocked faces they had struggled to answer, and then there was me, the freak. I think I kinda liked it that way.

The rest of the day passed by in a blur, avoiding Monica at all costs- she had recently held a vendetta against me because of Richard's death- go to class, concentrate. The bell rang finally, for the end of the day, gathering everything in my bag I walked to common rounds, for a mocha and a black coffee, for Myrnin. I arrived at common grounds and went to the counter, it was Eve's day off, so it was another sullen bar tender there instead. As I got to the front of the line, the boy, who had an exceptional acne problem, went for a break, leaving Oliver to serve me.

"Mocha please and a black coffee, and donuts" I said, he smiled at me, and through his hippie façade I saw the vampire, just.

"Of course, no charge, for the Founders Pet." He said the last part quietly but I still heard, I knew that I was, now, a topic of discussion at meetings, I knew too much, was I enough help, why did Myrnin bring me back? Should I join the legion of the undead? Or should Oliver just finish me off? I knew this from Myrnin, who assured me between giving me a towel to wipe the remnants of an experiment from my hair, that he was fighting me corner, and so, surprisingly was Amelie, whom Myrnin thought had a certain attachment to me.

"Thank You." I said, as I took the offered drinks and food, before heading off into the cool, but bright sunshine, to walk to the lab…

That wasn't so bad was it? R&R please!

Jw

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