hey! this is my first story to post on here, so i hope you like it! :) please review, because reviews will let me know if i should keep going or just stop. i've decided to put little clips of lyrics from songs that i thought of while writing the current chapter. the song for this chapter is Time of My Life by David Cook. the title came from the fact that i heard the song Can't Be Tamed by Miley Cyrus, and it somehow lead to this story. they're nothing alike, but that's why. i hope you enjoy this, and please review!

oh. i changed, in case over this long year you've remembered her old name, Ali's name to Trevor. just because i like it better and it fits her personality better, in my opinion. and i also changed the location from Los Angeles to New York City.

So I'll taste every moment
And live it out loud
This is the time
This is the time to be
More than a name
Or face in the crowd
This is the time
This is the time of my life

This was such a rush. I wasn't sure just what I was getting into yet, but I was ready for it, whatever it is. My dad knew my dream. Although he didn't exactly support it, he did what was necessary to make me happy and to give me the opportunity to live out that dream. He did whatever he could, because he knew I needed out.

And to do so, it meant sending me to America, to a school where all kinds of talents are released. I was just a girl in a new country, coming from England, with an extremely poor single dad. I'm not going to lie.

It was hard, growing up, without him there. He couldn't afford to have anyone watch me. And who knows where that bitch who gave me life is? So, I adapted, and I grew up, way faster than I needed to. But, it's made me a better person. I'm thankful that things happened the way they did. Then, when I was old enough, I got a job of my own and helped him. Although it wasn't much, we got through. Now, he's doing okay, to the point he's managed to save up money for me to survive down here and tuition. It wasn't too much, but he's doing well now.

As I stepped foot into the airport, my dad behind me to take me to the airplane, the airplane that would take me to New York City, New York, where I would then travel to the Unique Arts Academy or UAA for short—yeah, cheesy name but amazing place. He was here for me, and he told me if I ever needed anything or wanted to come home, all I had to do was call.

I wasn't going to fit in here; I knew that from the beginning. This was a place all about fame, glory, and the unique abilities each person has. The people here are just a bunch of rich kids with a shot at making it big. Making it big was all I had, all I could do, or so I think anyways.

No one here is normal, something my dad doesn't know. Everyone at this school was deformed at birth and has an amazing musical talent of some sort, is a vampire, a werewolf—something out of the ordinary. For me, I'm half-vampire.

See, what happened was about a year ago, I was bitten. But, something scared the vampire off, and they only injected some venom into my nerves, not my bloodstream. So, the process is slow, and as it leisurely goes along, I lose feeling to more and more things. Eventually, I'll have to be changed by another vampire, but at the moment, things are slowly progressing to that point.

My dad doesn't know why my skin, all at once, suddenly went to a silvery white color, meaning that part of the transformation was done, compared to the slight color it had before. It's a painless process, what I'm going through, and I don't know why. I'm the only person, or vampire, in existence that this has ever happened to, that we know of.

But, he doesn't know.

I've gotten stronger and faster, but not much. Slowly, I'm losing my appetite, which is going to be so weird for me. Eventually, I won't be able to eat at all, nor will I want to. I'm not sure what comes when, but someday, I'm going to be ready to be a full-blown vampire.

And, see, the problem is, I only have a limited amount of time once I'm ready, because I'm pretty sure I won't be able to eat or drink at that point, and it'll kill me if I don't get it done within two days. I'll dehydrate, unless I drink blood.

I'm trying to hold that off as long as possible. Sure, there are ways around killing humans, but I have no desire to kill animals either.

So, I have a solution, but I'm not smart enough to do it myself. So, I'm hoping here, at this school, I'll find a vampire who is, and he, or she, can help me.

This school has so many new opportunities for me. Not only is it a chance to live my dream, but it's a chance to make a difference in the lives of vampires, if I can find someone.

Since humans know about vampires, I can live my dream even as a vampire. But, I don't want to tell my dad I'm a destined-to-be vampire until I absolutely have to. So, that's why he has no idea that UAA is a place for misfits.

And he won't, hopefully ever.

My senior year was going to be amazing. That much I was certain of. No one was going to stop me. I was here, finally, and I was free at last. Everything was falling into place.

This was going to be the time of my life. Hopefully, I might even find my true love here. Who knows what'll happen?