Chapter 1 – The Bully, The Snake Tails and the Vampire

I never meant to hurt him really. I'm not sure what came over me. Or out of me. One minute my fists were clenched in a ball of hatred, tears streaming down my face. The next, in a blur of hand and leg movements he was on the floor unconscious, blood flowing from him nose.

What the Hell Happened?

Not wanting to face the consequences when Stan woke up, I ran home. I should probably introduce myself. My name is Nathan. I'm 14 and go to an ordinary High School in Manhattan. I'm pretty weedy for my age, and Stan is one of the many Beef heads who like to pick on me. I live with my Gran, because my Dad ran away before I was born, and my Mum lives in an Asylum because of a Heroin addiction. What a fantastic life I lead. Anyway, as I rounded the corner onto my Gran's street, Stan shouted from not far behind. Unfortunately he's fast and I can't run 100 metres without fainting. Luckily pure instinct kicked in, and before I knew it I jumped over a bin at the edge of a footpath, rolled, and ducked behind an old rusting bicycle. Stan ran straight passed me, hurling insults to no one in particular. Once he had left my road, I walked up to the front door and let myself in.

'Hey Gran' I called up the stairs.

No reply. That was odd, since my Gran was 75 and had broken her Ankle last week. I darted up the stairs and into her room. No one was there, and the bed covers were all messed up. Then I started to panic. I was about to make for the door to grab my phone, when I heard feet shuffling in my room next door. I froze. And then I hear the strangest noise; it was the clip clop of hooves, and a soft Bleat like a Goat or Sheep. Then my instincts took over again. My arm reached down to the desk in my Gran's room, and picked up her sowing scissors. Then, against my will, my legs crept out of my Gran's room, across the hall and up to the edge of my room. And then I charged.

Selena's POV

I snapped out of my dream world just in time for my teacher to ask me a question. In my dream I was flying on a Pegasus over the Ocean, so fast it felt like my skin was about to melt off of my body. The beautiful white horse spread its wings and came in to its descent on a hill, somewhere in Crete. Don't ask me how I knew. Anyway.

'So Miss Shadow, seeing as you know ALL the answers, you won't mind telling us what x and y are?' asked my teacher.

'No Miss, sorry I can't. I was daydreaming..' I replied.

'We are all fully aware of that'

The class laughed. They all knew I was a daydreamer, constantly with my head in the clouds. I can never concentrate on ANYTHING for more than 5 minutes. And I seem to have that effect on everyone around me. If I walk past someone while they are talking or trying to do something, they will suddenly stop and forget what they are doing, and enter a sort of Trance like state. I don't know why..

When the lesson ended I headed out of the gates and started to make my way home. About halfway, as I was about to cut through a housing estate, I heard a loud bang, and saw smoke rising above the Rooftops. Naturally I ran towards it. As came to the end of the road, another explosion knocked me off of my feet and I cut my knee. However amazingly, when I looked down, the blood was actually trickling back up my leg, and into the wound. Soon my knee was clean, and the cut was gone.

What the Hell Just Happened?

I got up, and looked straight into the most hideous thing I had EVER seen. In front of her stood 5 women. Although looking back I'm not sure how they stood. And they weren't exactly women. They had the upper body and face of a normal human female, but instead of legs, there were two snake tails. One of them hissed. And behind them, stood a big brown horse. Which almost seemed odd, until it breathed fire..

Toms POV

Well my day was pretty normal really. After 3 when all my mates had finished school (I don't go. Why bother if I'm going to be rich when I'm older?), I got ready to go out. I put on my best shirt and jeans, sprayed myself all over with Lynx, slipped on my Vans and left the house. I was supposed to be going to a party. There was always a great party on a Friday night, held by whatever Fit Girl had the house to themselves. I loved parties. Chicks, Booze and Music. What's not to love? But no, my life can never be fair can it?

I walked down the road to my mate Jays house. He was great, into all the same stuff as me; Girls, Football, PS3. He was my age but a lot taller, stronger and smarter. Probably because he went to school though. As I was approaching his house, I heard to girls behind me giggling and looking at me a lot. Naturally, I couldn't resist. I walked over to them

'Good afternoon ladies' I said confidently.

The one on the left Giggled.

'Hey stranger. My and my mate just thinks you're GORGEOUS. And I dared Alice here to snog you. You don't mind do you?' She smiled sweetly at me. Free action with a beautiful girl, no strings attached? What kind of idiot refuses that?

'No, course not' I winked at Alice. She giggled some more. We both leaned in, and just as my lips reached about a centimetre from hers, something changed. Her mouth suddenly had fangs coming out of them. I jumped back in horror. Now both girls had fangs. They were Vampires!

'WHAT THE HELL?'

'Come here Tom, Let me Kiiissss Yooouuu' said the vampire next to Alice. She moved forward and looked like she wanted to suck my blood. Damn. She Did want to suck my blood..