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Introduction
Hey! I think introductions are in order along with a much needed back story; my name is Rosemarie Hathaway, but everybody calls me Rose. Me and my best friend, Vasalisa (a.k.a Lissa), have been best friends since third grade, when I ran away and we ended up in the same foster house. But I guess I should tell you where I ran away from and why. Well the story is kind of long so I'll try to make it as short as possible. I come from THE original Vampyre family so we're kind of rich and well known but I felt my parents never really cared or wanted me around and to me it was kind of proven when they sent me away to this school in Washington, no not Washington dc., for… creatures I guess you could say. Vampyres aren't the only creatures out there but we are one of the oldest and one of the founders of the society. But I'm getting off topic. So when my parents sent me away, me a little girl, I became angry and managed to sneak away into the surrounding forest and make my way down the mountain, following the river until I made it to highway 101. I walked the side of the road until a lone car picked me up and took me to Olympia where I was put into the foster home, where I met Lissa.
It didn't take long for us to become friends and for me to tell her my secret; that I'm a vampyre. She took it surprisingly well and wanted to stay with me no matter what. I offered to change her when we were older, seeing as if I had changed her then she would stay that way, in the body of a little girl, for the rest of her life. We are by no means immortal but we do have a really long life and when we change someone they live as long as we do, our lives connected. We grew up together, never separated, and a few years later we ran away together, slowing making our way across the country. I guess it could be that I was paranoid that they would come looking for me, but no matter what I could never shake the feeling that we were being followed and watched and so we kept moving, never staying in one place longer than a year. I kept my promise I made Lissa and changed her after her nineteenth birthday, our birthdays not long after graduation. I guess I should mention that Lissa didn't know her birthday so she chose the same day as mine, so we could celebrate together; May 20th. But we kept moving from state to state and are currently in Colombia, Missouri, hiding on Mizzou campus as students. But I feel we'll have to move on soon, I feel they keep getting closer and closer somehow each time.
That's our background but there's another background to know, a history lesson per se. As I mentioned before, I come from a long line of ancient vampyre pureblood, and royalty. There are eight ancient houses that we call Antica Casa, each ruled by the eight oldest families. In order of hierarchy, there's the Vampyres, Elves, Werewolves, Griffons, Gargoyles, Werecats, Dwarves, and the Elementals. Technically the elves are the oldest but they were always in the forests and such, staying away from civilizations but always staying attuned to it. And the elementals being as they are have to have four representatives on the council for the four main elements but any votes made on the council, theirs only count as one so things remain fair.
But like most everything; where there's light, there's a dark side to everything. The Spettrale; spectral in Italian. They're the evil vampyres, the ones that willingly feed on human blood. You see, Vampyres feed on animal or blood substitutions but those who feed only on human blood turn into The Spettrale. In a way, the human blood consumes them until they're nothing but apparitions but are still very much solid and alive. They're dangerous, and for a reason; they're called The Spettrale for a reason; nobody can see them so it's practically impossible to defend and fight against them.
This school I talked about earlier, the one I ran away from, it's technically there to protect us from them and there are others around the world. They're the only safe place on earth for people like us because they're protected by magical wards to keep anyone and anything unwanted off the grounds. But I ran away anyway. I know dumb right? Wrong. It was the smartest thing I ever did. Although there was one good thing about that place; the dragons. Every year one of the senior classes is chosen to let a dragon pick their rider. There are all kinds of dragons but there are three that have been there for a hundred years and have yet to pick riders; Avvelenare, meaning Envenom, Scoppiare, meaning Burst, and Bagliore, meaning Flare. These three are also considered the most powerful ride-able dragons known. But I will never have the chance to even meet them.
Because I am never going to go back to Sangue Accademia willingly.