Rosalinda Esmeralda Karina Lauritzen, or Patience as her friends call her, stared at the big oval wishing that she could be there instead if in front of Jack Star, the schools most popular guy, who was stuttering like an idiot trying to ask her out.

"Look Jack, you're a nice guy an all but I'm not looking for a relationship at the moment, sorry," Jack's shoulders slumped and a defeated look crossed his face.

"That's okay Patience, thanks for putting me down easy instead of saying a flat put no," Patience smiled and pat his shoulder and let out a painful dry cough, she had been a bit under the weather the whole day.

"You'll find the right girl someday," she kept her smile until an overwhelming feeling to cough overtook her and she collapsed in a fit of wet coughs like she had earlier that morning. Jack held into her shoulders, concern written all over his face. Suddenly a figure stepped in front of the two.

"Rosalinda Lauritzen! 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!" the tracker lifter one pale finger and pointed at Patience whose head suddenly exploded with blinding white hot pain. Suddenly her vision was covered in white. Jack held onto Patience until the pain settled and her vision was clear. Jack stopped breathing and onlookers gasped in shock. Patience had been marked, and there on her forehead was the outline of a blue crescent moon contrasting well with her olive skin. Patience's blue green eyes opened in shock to see Jack staring at her forehead.

"I need to go," she mumbled tiredly and pulled out of Jack's embrace. She stumbled slightly but quickly righted herself and walked towards the school, walking as if she were on auto pilot. Slowly she walked towards the girls toilets, students basically parting like the red sea for her. She stumbled into the girls toilets and immediately looked to the right where the mirrors were. A gasp escaped her lips as she looked at her reflection in the mirror horror flashing through her eyes. There in the middle of her forehead was the outline of a blue crescent moon. She rubbed her forehead in case it was makeup and someone was playing a cruel joke on her but it didn't come off.

She then studied her appearance, her blue-green eyes were still the same if not darker and her usually tan skin looked a few shades paler than usual and her brown hair looked slightly darker, her pink lips stayed the same, other than those her appearance was still the same.

Now all I have to do is go to the House of Night without dying on the way, she thought with a wet cough and a wry smile. She shrugged and walked out of the bathroom facing the stares head on like her usual confident self and gave a smirk to the shocked students who would gasp at her newly accounted mark. Once outside Patience quickly ran to the safety of her motorbike and flew out of the parking lot while making sure she didn't hit any students passing by.

Patience kept on fidgeting with her fingers at the thought of being one of the so called vampyres that she had read so heavily about, that and what her foster parents would say. Let's just say they weren't the best people to talk about vampyres with, especially since their religious and part of the People of Faith which is an active Christian group who believe that God is above all and that Vampirism is caused by misbehaviour. Which basically means they hate vampyres. She parked her Harley Davidson 2011 Iron 883 just outside of her house er…Mansion and quickly rushed towards the front door which would usually feel like a two minute walk had she not still been coughing her lungs up good thing her coughs had ceased when she started driving or she would have been a dead woman.

Once she finally managed to approach the door she rang the doorbell which echoed through the huge house. Her foster mother opened the door with a huge perky smile on her porcelain face but it quickly melted when she caught sight of her mark which was now a stunning florescent blue against her skin. Her foster mother Sally Lauritzen ushered her in quickly scanning outside for any onlookers that had caught sight of her foster daughter's but found none thank the lord. Once Patience was inside she made herself comfortable on the couch waiting for the hour long lecture that her foster mother was bound to give her and giver her she did. One thing you should know about Sally Lauritzen is that if just one little thing didn't go her way her world would end, not literally of course but to her, her perfect world would come crumbling down so she would try to fix it and these were one of those times.

"…If you were responsible like a normal child this wouldn't have happened! Are you listening to me?!" Patience's body jumped as her foster mother's voice drifted through her ears and the end of her rant was all she heard. She nodded her head quickly trying to wake up her sleepy mind while also answering her foster mother's question. "See! Right there, if you had listened you wouldn't be in this situation!" Her high pitched voice became hysterical as she yelled at her daughter who was trying to calm the dizziness down. She nodded quietly and got up from the cream coloured couch.

"Where do you think you're going?" Sally asked with her hands on her hips.

"I need to pack so I can go to the House of Night," Patience explained with her words slurring slightly.

"You are not going to that place, I'm putting my foot down on this, I refuse to believe that my only daughter is one of them or will be one of them, you are staying here and that's final!" Patience wanted to scream in frustration at her mother but held back and put on a tight smile while talking to her in a deathly scary voice.

"Get it through your thick skull, if I don't go to the House of Night I will die! Did you get that? I will die and I honestly couldn't care less what you want 'cause these past sixteen years all you've done is want things from me and I'm tired of what you want, for once I want something and that is to live so don't try and tell me that you're going to stop me and don't give me bullshit about saving me from the orphanage because we both know the only reason you adopted me was because of the money the government would give you for being an 'oh so wonderful and generous person'!" Sally looked shocked at her foster daughter's outburst but the shock quickly faded and anger replaced it. She slapped her daughter.

"Get up to your room, you're grounded for two months, the People of Faith will be here soon to purify you so dress nicely," Patience stared at Sally with shock evident clear on her face. It had been barely a year when the beatings had stopped but something told her they were about to start if she didn't leave and fast. Patience quickly walked downstairs into the basement which was her room and started packing. She pulled out her phone and quickly typed a text to her Aunt who lived a few hours from there.

I've decided to take you up on that offer, it's started again

I'll be there soon

With that Patience grabbed as many clothes as she could and stuffed them in her backpack. She grabbed her phone that she put on her nightstand and put it in her jean shorts pocket while also grabbing a hoodie. She put the backpack on her back and opened up the small window that lead to the front of the house and slowly slipped though while making sure to close it afterwards. It's sad how sucky the security system was which she knew first hand as she had snuck out many times to hang out with her friends without her foster parents even knowing. Quickly Patience dashed across the yard and towards the end of the yard which led to a small four foot fence that was around the whole mansion.

Patience easily jumped over the small fence and ran towards the direction where her motorbike was. She sighed in relief as she started up her bike with no problems; it was as if the bike knew she needed to get away before she was 'purified'. She shivered at the thought and bolted down the street where it was safe and she would be away from her 'mother'.

The sun was just starting to set when Patience came around the corner of her favourite aunt's house. That's when she lost control of her bike. The sudden pressure on her chest told her that a cough needed to be released but she couldn't, but it did release and the sudden movement that her body made jerked her bike towards the other lane where a '69 Chevy Impala was driving. The bike crashed into the car and the owner stared shocked at the girl who he had hit. He quickly rushed out of the car and kneeled at the girl's side.

"I'm so sorry, but I can't go to jail again," he said quickly and rushed back to his car and drove off. Patience stared at the car with bleary eyes as it drove off leaving her bleeding in the road. She tried to regain feeling in her arm which was successful but very painful at the same time. She reached into her pocket and speed dialled her aunt.

"Help, car crash, down street, your," she managed to say before black dots appeared before her eyes and a smiling woman was all she could see.

"Wake up my child," a feminine voice called to Patience. She opened her eyes to see a beautiful woman smiling at her like before. Patience stared at her shocked beyond words.

"Who are you? Am I dead" She asked in a croaky voice. The woman chuckled and pushed Patience's brown hair behind her ear.

"You mortals may know me as Nyx and no, my child you are most certainly not dead, just comatose for the moment," questions and concern filled Patience's eyes. "You were hit by a car and lost a lot of blood, for most normal people you would have been dead but it's a good thing you're a fledgling otherwise you would be dead, your body is at the House of Night," Patience nodded in understanding. "If I'm dead then why am I here?" She asked with curiosity laced in her voice. The woman's blue-green eyes brightened with obvious laughter, the wind brushed her long dark brown hair revealing tattoos on her shoulders and down her neck.

"You are special Patience, in more than one way but I can only tell you one of them, you will find out the others later on, sooner than later, you understand our race more than any vampyres or humans can and I chose you so you can show your understanding to both races so they can both co-exist with each other instead of having deep hatred for one another," once again Patience nodded understandingly. Nyx smiled at her proudly. "I must bid you goodbye but not for long, I will see you soon my child," with that Nyx kissed Patience's forehead where her mark was which made it burn and the sudden sensation of falling overwhelmed her until suddenly she was no longer asleep.

Patience gasped loudly and jumped out of the comfy bed that her body had been laying on just seconds ago. An audible gasp was heard from her left which made her head swivel toward the direction of the sound, it was her aunt.

"Oh my god!" Patience exclaimed and pulled her aunt in a bone crushing hug. Elizabeth Lauritzen smiled into the hug and pulled her niece impossibly closer.

"I've missed you Red," Elizabeth said using the nickname that she had given her niece when she found her covered head to toe in red paint at age five. Patience grinned and stared at her aunt's magnificent bright blue eyes that looked nothing like Sally's. Unlike Sally she had electric blue eyes with long midnight dark hair and tan skin while Sally had short white blonde hair with boring green eyes and pale skin. She always thought of Elizabeth as more of a mother figure than Sally and had always told her that. Someone clearing their throat made Elizabeth and Patience to jump apart. A beautiful woman with long red hair and green eyes stared at Patience's forehead where her mark was.

"I suggest you look into the mirror Miss Lauritzen," the woman suggested and handed her a compact mirror. Patience gasped as she stare at the now coloured in mark.

So that's what Nyx was doing when she kissed my mark she was showing my 'uniqueness' in many different ways already. She thought with an inner eye roll. She then stared at the woman who was now putting the mirror on the table. Something tells me she's up to no good, no matter what I'm going to find out what.

"Anyway, I am Neferet, the high priestess and the earpiece to Nyx, I think I should show you your room so you can rest up," Patience nodded politely but inside she was glaring at the woman. She's lying; she most likely doesn't even hear Nyx especially with those evil plans in her head. But nonetheless she followed Neferet to the girls' dormitories, passing fledglings who stared at her mark. Well isn't this peachy, she thought sarcastically, well at least the guys are cute, with that thought she smirked and skipped next to her aunt who was in deep conversation with Neferet.