A/N: I do not own any of the original characters of Companions of the Night. (darn...)

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Chapter I

Kerry sat down in her room. She was sharing a dormitory with a girl whose boyfriend was at their door constantly, and, to be honest, it was getting on Kerry's nerves. The guy was there nonstop! Kerry had to admit, though, he was rather cute. His name was Sebastian, known to his friends as Seb. His dark hair set off his light skin nicely and he had amazing lively green eyes. When he first knocked at her door asking for Elizabeth (who would rather be known as Beth), she was shocked almost to speechlessness. But then Kerry noticed how he was always there and it started to annoy her. As of late, every time she heard the knock on hers and Beth's door, she just opened it and pointed to wherever Beth was waiting for him.

Kerry was sitting at her desk typing away at her computer for a paper in one of her classes. It was a very important paper that made up a huge chunk of her grade so she was sitting there concentrating very hard on how to go about explaining the next portion when she heard a knock at the door of her room. Beth waltzed in and told her that she and Sebastian were going out with some of his friends and does Kerry want to go too? Kerry shook her head and said she has to work on this paper. Beth just shrugged and walked out. The door closed after her ten minutes later.

A couple of hours later found Kerry still at her computer. It was five pm and snow was blanketing the area. Kerry looked at her window and saw a wall of snow preventing her from seeing clearly past it. She got a sudden chill and grabbed a thick sweatshirt out of her closet and pulled it on. Turning back to her computer, Kerry realized that she only needed to conclude her paper and decided to finish it after a quick bathroom break. She saved her document and walked to the bathroom.

When she walked out, Kerry noticed almost immediately that something was wrong. She couldn't exactly explain it, but there was this feeling that something was different. She walked through her room and couldn't see anything different than how she left it. Then she made her way over to the living area where she sat and watched TV and it was as messy there as it ever was. The kitchen was fine. The door to Beth's room was open, though. Beth might just have left it open. Kerry somehow knew that this wasn't right. Beth always closed her door when she left and forbade Kerry to ever enter. Just a small peek, then, thought Kerry. When she opened the door further, she was amazed, and just a little bit horrified, at what she found.

Beth's walls were covered in many different pictures and diagrams. All were about how to kill a vampire. There were charts that showed what did and didn't effect a vampire and if it did, how. There were books littered all on the floor about how best to kill a vampire. Some of the pictures they were open to were just too graphic for Kerry to handle. She walked out and left the door just as she found it, hoping that Beth wouldn't notice. Kerry heard the key being fitted into the lock of their door and knew that Beth was back. Quickly, she headed back into her room. She closed her door quietly just as the door to the dormitory opened and more than one person walked in. It clicked shut. Kerry breathed a small sigh of relief. The other people must be Beth and Seb's friends, which wasn't surprising. Kerry got back to working on her paper, attempting to distract herself from her discoveries.

Just as she began typing her conclusion, Beth walked in to her room and asked, "Kerry, do you want to come out with all of us? We're going to go to a club. It's opening night there! It's going to be so much fun!" Kerry just shook her head and said, "Sorry, Beth, but I'm going to turn in tonight. This paper has taken a lot out of me and I've had a busy day. You go ahead and have fun, ok?" Beth's exit was similar to last time: a shrug and a walk out. But today, Kerry thought that Beth looked a little suspicious of her. Or maybe it was only Kerry being paranoid.

The door opened again and this time there were many pairs of feet shuffling out of the dorm. Kerry couldn't help but feel relieved. And then a thought struck her. What if Beth knows about Kerry and Michel? And then something worse: What if Beth and her friends all know about her and Michel and they're all vampire hunters? Kerry couldn't help but feel terrified. She opened her door and went out to sit on the couch and watch some TV. She had been sitting there for about half an hour when a knock at the door made her jump. Kerry got up and cautiously walked to the door to see who was out there.