As I sat down at my desk, took off my headphones. Once they were off I waited for Lucas, my best friend, to joke about my bad taste in music. None came. I unfortunately remembered that he wasn't here anymore. He'd left recently and moved to America. That's all I and anyone else had been told. So I was all alone in a boring English lesson.
There was a loud angry knock on the door and my teacher, Miss Edel, hurriedly opened the door. The new head teacher, Miss Hoult, tottered in on sharp high heels dragging along a young boy. She simply uttered "New boy" and turned round, walked off and left him standing there.
Thankfully for him Miss Edel smiled at him and ushered him towards Lucas' chair next to me. After he put his bags down he held out his hand. I shook it as he introduced himself "Fletcher Jones" he said in a rough American accent. "I'm Gwen Evans I replied.
Before we could talk more Miss Edel started the lesson. "Page 394 of the text book please." We had started a new topic in History. We were now studying ancient cultures; Greek, Roman and Egyptian. I knew abit but Fletch knew loads.
By the end of the lesson Fletch had managed to teach me more then Miss Edel. He even knew some words in Greek. When I tried to say it was useless and a dead language he just laughed. He seemed to think it was worth his while so I just listened and picked a few words up.
I was walking down the hall, thinking over the new boy and his skill. His knowledge of a random subject, knowing more than the teacher. Suddenly I was pulling into the heads office just as I walked past.
Miss Hoult stood looking amused yet angry and with an expression of hatred. "I promise I haven't done anything wrong Miss. Just helping the new boy and doing some Greek! Instead of answering she just started laughing, low and menacingly but with a voice that I had never heard before. "Nothing wrong my girl, in fact you have helped me greatly by playing into my hands. You're he easiest demigod I've ever had to kill" She started laughing again and at the word kill I started shaking.
Whilst she was laughing she had fallen onto one leg. I looked down and saw that her tall shoes were gone. It took a while to realise what I saw was true. Her legs were a complete mash up of crazy versus weird. I instinctively began shaking whilst comprehending why one leg was covered in dark brown hair with I large goats hoof whilst the other shone bronze. As she talked her voice changed once again. She was having trouble spitting out the words as 2 huge fangs protruded. I tried to say something but it was terribly hard.
"Vampire?" I managed to utter. In my head I had sounded brave. In real life? More like a deer caught in the headlights. Another horrid laugh was emitted from the horrible creature in front of me. She advanced slowly but with purpose. Even if she had skipped I couldn't have moved. Rooted to the spot I was completely at her mercy.
"Vampire!" another laugh "Silly little girl! They aren't real. I am an Empusa. A servant of Hecate, Goddess of magic. We are real." She gave me an evil smile "Usually I only kill boys but for you I will make an exception." She sneered and lashed out with claws and fangs, aimed for my neck. I screamed but couldn't move. I couldn't do anything to prevent the monster.
Suddenly I was showered with dust. I spluttered and waved my hands out until there was just a pile of dust. Once the air had cleared I saw Fletcher, out of breath and holding up a large sword.
"Hey" he put it by his side and leant on it. His face showed nothing unusual. It seemed like it was normal for him. "Come on we need to go, there will be more soon." "Where are we going f=Fletch" I managed to utter "America". My face dropped. I couldn't leave my school, friends and my mom!
Just as I was about to argue my phone rang. "Mom! What's happening?" "I promise I'll come and meet you in America in a month. I'm moving too but you'll be staying with Fletch." I stared to argue but she just said "Please Gwen go." And put the phone down.