/ Author Note : Do not steal my characters or story. Please review so that I know someone wants me to expand. I tried to make it understandable because there is so much diologue, I've never put so much in before, give me some advice on if I'm doing ok for diologue as well as the entire story. /

Background:

Humans had their first encounter with Vororlokas, or Vampires about 8 years ago in 2102. The First War as it was known as lasted for five long years, tides turning many times. Until the fighting was finaly broken on the Planet Of Yogoon. Officially the humans won but both sides had to agree not to fight, the death toll of the war was staggering over half the gross human population died and roughly third of the vampire gross population. The peace was surprisingly good, both races traded knowledge and history as well as science and technology. Both Kindered and Terran reproduce the exactly same way as well. However most sane people keep away from Vampires out of natural fear, vampires like to feed on humans more then any-other warm-blooded animal, if they have a choice, because the human's genetic material has the sightest variation to the vampire's, giving Terran's blood a more enhancing growth and flavor then any other animal they have encountered. I have heard from other Kindered that vampires only mate with what we call a soul-mates: explaining why there are so fewer vampires then humans. Every ten years, however, you will hear that a vampire and human love each other. They do not last long after they are known because the government hunts down the couple and whatever child they may have conceived and kill them. If one escapes they will usually kill themselves instead of living the rest of their lives without their mate. It is sad, really, sometimes couples that are able to cover-up their affairs about 50 of the time the vampiric spouse kills the Human one, unable to control their impulses in a vulnerable situation, such as the unguarded, exposed neck. Then after the deed, the Vampire throws themselves into the sun, shamed that they killed their soul-mate. Couples that manage to keep hidden and avoid hurting their spouse have children, either full Terran or full Kindered. But sometimes, just sometimes, the offspring is born half vampire, half human. All that is known is that there are occasional "Half-breeds". Not much else is known because couples are usually exposed when they have a half-breed offspring, somehow they are exposed but none are sure how they are exposed. Kindered have such a high body temp., 120 degrees, and any extra heat would overheat the body, thus the light of the sun literally burns the naked flesh, but special cooling garments can fend off the sun's rays for a while at least.

...On the planet of Tein there is a boarding school for vampires and human an example of the two races co-existence...

The Hair Apparent By Josh T.

Chapter 1 : The New Student

"Hi my name is Valcan" I said cheerfully, extending my hand to the new student in the boarding school. She was a Vororlokas, it is a variant term of Latin meaning vampire. She was very pretty, she had pale skin that seemed to glow, her raven hair was long, but straight and thin, going down to her shoulder blades. She was wearing a black t-shirt and navy blue jeans. Her eyes were soft, they looked like they couldn't tell a lie, but I knew better then to let my guard down. Then why was I so friendly, I couldn't figure it out. It might just be her, she just looked so innocent.

"Hello, my name is Malissa," She said, accepting my hand and shaking it.

She smiled and blushed a little, saying, "I'm surprised, I got the impression that no one here would give me the time of day."

"Well...I know what it's like to not be accepted at first," I told her reluctantly,
"I don't understand, you look human" She said looking genuinely confused.
"Appearances can be deceiving" I said leaning closer to her from across the table and lifting my upper lip and revealing my small fangs.
"Oh, half-breed?" She asked hesitantly.
"I prefer hybrid" I told her, with a little more edge to the answer then I wanted.

"I'd get used to hearing crickets. I've been here for a few months and only have a small group of people I would call friends." I said.
"Thanks for the advice," she told me with a despairing tone in her voice. We were at lunch and I continued eating for a few minutes until she said,

"Would you mind, pairing up with me? In a dorm." She asked /Author note: Yes, Co-ed Dorms

"Sure, that wouldn't bother me none, it was kinda getting lonely having a room to myself," I replied excitedly.

"Great ! How about when your finished eating, you can help me with my bags?" She asked, excited too.

"Sure. I'm pretty much finished now" I told her, I got up and walked a few paces to the nearest trash can and put my styrofoam tray in it.
"So...where are your bags?" I asked, smiling for the first time in weeks.

"This way," she said very happily and started to skip to the main office. Free-spirit much I thought to myself.

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I followed her to the main office, she walked up to the person at the reception desk.

"Student number 17095, Malissa Strof" she said "Baggage?" she asked.

"Ok..." The man said getting up lethargically, obviously not in a hurry. He back a few seconds later with a cart with 3 suitcases and 2 bags. "Bunking with?" He said with a lethargic tone in his voice matching his actions. "Student number 17055, Valcan Herot," I said with confidence. After a few seconds of ferrous typing he said,

"Ok, your clear miss."

I grabbed the 2 bags and put them under my arms and grabbed 2 suitcases by the handles and waited for her to get the last suitcase. After she got the suitcase we started walking towards the dorms.
"So what classes are you taking?" She asked, trying to make small talk.

"Human History, Algebra, Vampire History, Vampiric Lore, and Vampire Languages," I listed off for her.

"WOW!" She yelled so loud I almost dropped what I was carrying to cover my ears. It wasn't really that loud but she was close to me and the acute hearing that comes with vampire heritage did not help.

"I'm sorry," She said with sincerity "It's just that I have those classes in that order" she continued.

"That is cause for wow, but please, tone it down next time," I asked with heart.

"Ok" She replied.

"At least we could be study partners, and we don't even have to leave the dorm room," She said with enthusiasm, and a smile.

"Yes, that's true" I stated

"Thats very good for me, I kinda have trouble with schoolwork to begin with not to mention being 3 months behind," she said.
"I doubt that all the teachers would make you make all that work," I said, trying to reassure her

"I really hope you are right" she replied nervously.

We walked in a sort of awkward silence until the dorm was about 20 paces away, "Here we are, home" I said.

"Not home away from home?" She asked.

"The only family that I knew was my mom and dad. Both were killed in the first Vampiric War. But they were not KIA, they were prisoners of war, and were tortured to death for military information which they did not have. It's was 1 year ago today." I explained painfully.

"I'm sorry, I did not mean to upset you" She apologized, I could tell she was regretting what she asked.

"It did not upset me, but it hurt, probably because I haven't told anyone except for you, just now" I said, trying to get her to cheer up, she looked , and felt much better when she was happy then sad.

"So... How is your family?" I asked trying to change the direction of the subject.
"They're fine, Mom and Dad working hard, as is my older brother" she said, seeming to be in a better mood with the change.

"What do they do?" I asked trying to sound more happy.

"All of them:Mom, Dad and Brother, work as scientist for the military. But they keep what they work on secret." She told me.

"Why work for the military, the First War is over?" I asked, surprised.

"Well... I know how this sounds but, 'Better safe then sorry.'" She replied.

I opened my mouth to speak when I was interrupted.

"Fancy meeting you here Valcan" an all too familiar voice said. I looked up and saw John Berk and his gang of 3 following him. He was part of the 'in' crowd. Blond, blue-eyed, muscular, and tanned. Ever girl wanted him, every guy wanted to be like him. Cool, smooth, and confident. Not to mention, arrogant, an asshole and very snobby. Ever since I got here, it's been John's mission in life to make mine hell. "And I've seen you found a roommate, or perhaps a girlfriend," John said, sizing Malissia up, his friends behind him started to snicker and mumble. "She's a vorvor, isn't she, probably a new student too. Ha, Not a bad choice Valcan, nice piece of ass," John said with contempt.

I sighed and set Malissia's stuff to the side of the hall. "You better apologize, or you might find yourself on your knees with two broken legs this time, " I said with barely held back furry. "I may not be a pure blood vampire but I'm more of a match for a piece of human trash like you," I said with the same furry as before

"What, no blood drinking threat?" He asked trying to redeem himself.

"Why would I want to drink your thin, weak blood?" I asked with mock surprise. John eyed me spitefully.

"We don't have time for you, vampire half-breed trash. Your kind especially deserve to burn in hell for your very existence is blasphemous." John said, walking away, his gang behind him. That last part of his statement hurt me more then I would ever admit to myself, let alone anyone else.

"I'm surprise that he just walked away from you like that. I mean he had numbers on his side" She said

"He knows better then to rely on numbers, he knows I would gun for him and he would have just few seconds before his gang would be able to pull me off, then again, all I need is a few seconds to get a few mortal wounds on him." I explained to her.

"Anyways... that is the dormroom" I said pointing to the door that John and his gang had been standing.

I picked up Malissia's stuff and walked over to the voice command near the door.

"Yana visqu cahga," I said into the voice box, the door slid to the right side into the wall. We walked into the dormroom. All my decorations were on my bed. Awell I was planning on redecorating anyway, I said to my self.

It did not take long for me to decorate my half of the room. She took longer, "Yana visqu cahga" She said to me, trying to lift a poster higher then she could reach "Remember the promise" She translated.

"Is their a symbolic meaning behind those words?" She asked shyly.

"Yes there is," I told her taking the poster from her gentle and lifting it higher then she could and placing it there.

"Thanks..." She said, "What dose it mean, what promise?" She asked.

"After my parents died," I winced but continued "I made a promise to them, to their memory. That I would never stop looking..."

"Looking for what," She interrupted me.

"My...no, I... maybe later, k?" I asked.

To my great surprise she wrapped her arms around me and hugged me.

"When your are ready," She whispered, squeezing me tight, I returned the favor and hugged her back. The five minute buzzer sounded for us to get to class. We moved away from each other.

"Time for Vampiric Lore," I said, she smiled and grabbed her bag and we left for class.

The class started to learn how important family and lineage was to vampires. The entire class consisted of full blooded vampire and me, a half-breed. I felt more out of place then in any other class. Everyone gave me sneers and nasty looks, all except for Malissia. She was seated diagonally from me, I could not stop looking at her, or stop thinking about her, it was very strange for me because I never fixated myself on someone like I did her. I almost missed the project the teacher assigned to us: The class was to spit into pairs and study a famous lineage of vampires and give an oral report to the class in a month. Malissia turned to me and asked "Partners?"

"Partners" I replied. The buzzer rang ending the class, but me, Malissia and half the class stayed rooted in their seats, Vampiric Languages was the next class, the same teacher and the same room as Vampiric Lores. An hour in a half later the buzzer sounded the end of the school day. Me and Malissia walked back to the dorms.

"So... You got any ideas for a famous lineage," I asked lazily.

"Yes I do" She said triumphantly "My Own!" She exclaimed and I nearly jumped out of my skin.

"What?" I asked in amazement.

"I can trace my lineage back to the first military scientist" She said proudly

"Perfect" I said my voice back to normal. We got to the dorm soon later.

"Do you want to change the code?" I asked, hoping the answer would be no.
"No, its fine if you want to keep it the same." She told me.

"Yana visqu cahga" She said to the voice box, the door slid silently open.

About an hour passes, it was 5:48, near dinner time. Malissia got up and went to the door to head to the cafeteria and asked

"You coming?"

"No, I'm not hungry, you go on ahead," I said.

"Ok, suit your self." She said and opened the door and walked out.

I sat on my bed, listening to her foot steps echo down the hall until they disappered. My fangs felt like they were going to fall out of my head. I needed blood. I could dicipline myself to not drink blood half as much as I needed to, but still I was a slave to The Thirst. I poured a glass of pig's blood. It was forbidden to any with vampiric heritage to take blood without consent, with the exception of animal's blood. However the school provided the blood needed to sustain ,those who needed it, for a month. I laid on the bed and fell asleep at about 6:30.

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I woke up later. It was dark but I could clearly see Malissia ,in full night gown, straddling my chest. Her face, inches from mine.

"I'm thirsty," she said, it reminded me of a child.

"Can I drink from you?" She asked completely normal.

"Ahh...What about the bottle of blood?" I asked nervously.

"That dose not taste good, besides I hear hybrid blood tastes the best" she complained. I thought quickly, but found no alternative.

"Yes, you can," I said, defeated "But no more the necessary please,' I said

"Of coarse not" She said smiling. I turned my head to the right and pulled on the cuff of my shirt, exposing my neck even more. She leaned her face closer to mine, I closed my eyes and felt her extended fangs sink slowly into my neck, I felt my blood getting drunk from my body, but it still felt pleasurable. About 5 seconds she took her fangs from my neck.

She whispered into my ear,"Thank you." She got off me and went back to her bed and fell asleep, I did too shortly after her.