"Not again", I sighed while shaking my head in disbelief." Pink love notes with hearts drawn all over them were plastered on every blank area on my grey locker. Every boy in this school wishes they had a chance with me. Well, maybe every boy is a bit over the top, but nearly all of them. I even hear them gossiping to each other about me. Zoey this, Zoey that. I get sick of everyone talking about me. I seem to be the only word that comes out of their lips apart from whatever and yep. Whenever I go to get my books from my locker for my next class I see them waiting for me, hoping that they might have a chance. What they don't realise is that none of them have even the slightest chance.
Well, there is this one guy I would die to go out with. Well... almost. His name is Eric Night. He is the most gorgeous fledgling in Vampyre Academy and almost the only guy who doesn't wait for me by my locker or has my name all over his lips. He has dark brown hair and the most gorgeous brown eyes you will ever see. Eric is strong and handsome and... Oops sorry. I kind of get carried away.
As I mentioned I attend Vampyre Academy. You see, I am a fledgling. I still have four years of schooling before I become a full adult vampyre. That is IF I make it through the change. The change is the process where you change from fledgling to vampyre. Some of the fledglings who don't make it through the change die over the four years of schooling. We get told to just move on, but it's hard. I find it scary, not knowing whether you'll live to see the next day.
School here isn't like any normal, everyday school. Yes we still have the normal subjects like English, Maths, Science and Drama but we have other subjects like vampyre sociology and horse care. We also learn Spanish and we have Fencing classes. You wouldn't usually find those subjects at an ordinary school. My favourite teacher would have to be Lenobia. She is the horse mistress. She teaches Horse care. Horse care is my favourite subject. I even have my own horse. Her name is Philadelphia. I adore her just as much as she adores me.
Every fledgling has an outline of a mark in the middle of their forehead. It is a sapphire blue colour. It isn't meant to get fully coloured in until they become a full adult vampyre. That's where I am different. I am pretty sure that it is the reason why almost every guy likes me. My mark is fully coloured in. It was very annoying because everyone stared at me at the start, but I've gotten use to it over time and it doesn't bother me anymore. I think I know the reason to why I am so 'special' and why my mark is fully coloured in.
It all started before I was marked. It was just a normal day at the boring Broken Arrow High School. I had just finished my Geometry class with . She was a young teacher, but she was strict. had just assigned us with another one-thousand page essay. This was then third one this term. I don't think there was one person in my class who was looking forward to it. Geometry is NOT my best subject. In fact I don't like geometry at all. I was walking towards my locker and as usual I saw Heath Luck surrounded by most of the girls that are totally gorgeous. Or at least they think they are. Most of them are blonde and look like Barbie dolls. Ugh! Heath had honey blonde hair and icy blue eyes. His eyes were what attracted most of the students in the first place. Heath had been my friend for years. As usual Heath was completely stone drunk. That is the main reason I don't want to go out with him anymore. Heath and I had been together since third grade. He was kind and helpful back then. Heath always stuck up for me, especially when I got teased in fourth grade when my mother and her best friend Lillian had decided it would be fun to get my hair cut so short I looked like a boy. Then they decided to dye it bright red. I looked like a complete lunatic from the Annual Show that Tulsa held every year.
Anyway, Heath saw me and called out my name. He had a huge dopey grin on his face. He always does when he sees me. Of course everyone turned to stare at me. I hated being the centre of attention. As if I could read their minds, I knew what they were thinking. Why does he choose her to be his girlfriend? I pushed their mean thoughts out of my head. I knew they were mostly jealous of me.
"Hi Heath" I said flatly. Then I continued to walk straight towards my locker without even looking his way.
I was placing my thick Geometry books in my locker when a dark shadow loomed in front of me. I turned around. That is when I saw him. The strange figure was standing next to my locker. He was wearing a cloak that was as black as midnight and I couldn't clearly see his face. All of a sudden the strange person faced me. He stared at my forehead like he was trying to read my mind or something. It felt like my forehead was burning. The pain was intense. All I wanted was to turn away, but I couldn't move my legs. Then as soon as he had appeared he turned around, walked away and disappeared into the shadows. I tried to follow him, but he just seemed to disappear into thin air. The girl's bathrooms weren't that far away so I rushed to the door. I peeked inside to check whether there was anyone inside. It was totally empty because most people had gone home by now so I walked in. I went straight up to the mirror and gasped in shock. There in the middle of my forehead was the outline of a sapphire blue crescent. It was kind of pretty I guess. I picked up the soap and started scrubbing at my forehead, but the crescent wouldn't come off. I gently traced it with my finger. I knew what the crescent meant. I had heard rumours it, but I had never taken them seriously. People said that once you were marked you had to go off to this creepy academy place for vampyres. I pulled my fringe out of the bobby pins so that it fell over my mark. Then I raced out of the bathroom, across the car park and towards my car. I opened the door and jumped in. Luckily I had just gotten my licence. Heath had noticed me and started jogging towards my car. I put my foot down on the accelerator and sped off. I thought about going home, but I knew the way my mother would react. It would be totally disastrous. Instead I decide to go straight to my grandma's farm. She would know what to do about my rather scary problem that was sitting on my forehead.