"Ann, stop! You're embarrassing me!" I said giggling. Ann was my best friend, and the hottest girl at our school, which means that not only do I get to go to the awesome parties, but I get the hot boys. I mean, I was the second hottest girl at my school. Everyone wanted to be us.

"Anastasia, chill. I wasn't going to do anything. Just get him and you hooked up."

"What! That's not better!" I shouted, laughing as we headed to our lockers as the day ended.

"Anastasia, you are turning 16 soon. Come on, lighten up. We are in our freshman year, we are more popular than the seniors, juniors, and sophomores all together!" Ann saying that lightened my mood. We headed to our street. I loved not having to look like a fool riding on the bus. That crap was for losers. We had to walk today, because Greg and Ben, our boyfriends, were sick, and they drove us. They were juniors at out school in Montana. I lived with my foster parents, Mr and Mrs. Junipor. I lived with them ever since I was eight months old. I never did find out who my parents are. All I know from them is that my mom was Scottish. That's it. I don't know who my dad is, but he must be handsome, because well, look at me! We walked about two miles till I saw Ben's younger brother in the market, grabbing some Tylonal. Ben was my byfriend for three years. While Greg was Ann's boyfriend since she was five. She beat me, big time.

"Hey Ann, b.r.b." I pointed to the store, she nodded and sat down on a bench. I walked inside, confronting Ben's little brother, Andrew.

"Hey Andrew. What's up?" I asked, looking at some apples.

"What do you want?" he replied dryly.

"Why do think I want something from you?" I said, moving from the apples to pears.

"I'm not stupid, you never talk to me unless you need something from me." Damn, smart kid. Even though he was seven years younger than Ben, he was really, really smart.

"Okay, you're a smart ten year old, I get it. But I don't want that. I just want to know if Ben is okay?"

"No, he isn't. He's got the flu. So does Greg. Sorry girls, no ride for you." and he walked away. I stood there for about a minute after he left, examining the oranges, when a beautiful lady came up to me.

"Hello. Nice oranges you got there." she said. She was georgous, blonde hair, jade-green eyes, and was tall and slim.

"Oh, I'm just looking." I stuttered out. She smiled.

"Oh, yeah, of course." she moved closer to me and whispered, "Hey, I need to talk to you in private. I know who your parents are." as she walked to the back of the store. I don't know why, but I had this sudden urge to follow her. I decided not to, leaving the store. I went to Ann at the bench, but she was gone. I called her cell phone, on and on it rang.

Ring, ring, ring, ring, ring, ring, voice mail: "Hi! You reached the Awesome Ann, leave a message and if you are worthy I'll call you back, and if you are Anastasia, press 2. If you are Greg press 4. If you are my mother press the 'end call' button. I really don't want to talk to you. Peace. Love. Rocl&Roll. "

"Hey Ann. Where are you? Why aren't you at the bench? Call me. Anastasia." I hung up, and ran back into the store asking the cashier and a geek from my school, Karly.

"Hey, Karls, did you see where Ann went? I can't find her." Karly froze.

"Are you talking to me?" she asked.

"Uh, yeah, uh, have. You. Seen. Ann?" I asked slowly. She shook her head. Shit. Great, that helped. I walked around, and I headed near the back door, near the milk. I had remembered my mom metioning she needed some more. I was looking for the brand she liked. I looked for another minute till something grabbed me. A hand covered my mouth as I tried to scream. A cool calming voice spoke to me.

"Relax. Relax, we are not going to hurt you. Okay?" the voice was from a girl, but she wasn't holding me. I think it was a man. I squirmed, but the arms got tighter. Help. I thought. Please, please, someone help me. They blind folded me, leading somewhere. I got in a car of some sort, then on a jet. They brought me to a weird place. Finally, I was on ground, they took me in an another car. When that one stopped, I guess we have arrived. I heard voices, and we pulled up. Someone took off my blind fold and untied my hands. I looked around and was scared. I was in the middle of no where, but I saw a huge castle of some sort. It was about 9:00 pm, and there was people walking around. I heard laughter and screams of joy. I ha no idea where I was.

"Where am I? What do you want from me?" I whispered.

"Ms. Hathaway, please, be quiet, we will explain everything."

"Ms. Hathaway? Um, my last name isn't Hathaway. It's Junipor. Who and what are you talking about?" I asked, getting confused.

"I'm sorry, but you are the lost daughter of Janine Hathaway. Rose, come out here will you please?" said the blonde lady at the store, just then a girl, who looked a lot like me appeared. Her eyes started to water.

"Hello Anastasia. I'm your sister. Rose. I never knew I had a sister."

"I'm not your sister! How could you think that?" and just as I said that, a woman came out. I gasped. She looked just like the only memory of her. My mother. Red hair, short, beautiful, and brave. Rose stood next to her, as I realized, they looked a lot a like. Tears were flowing down their faces. Mine was dry, as I looked confident. Just then a man came out, and put a hand on bth of them. I was guessing that that was Rose's dad.

"Abe." Rose said. "Tell her the truth, please, tell her the truth."

"Anastasia Zophia Hathaway, welcome home." at that moment, I collasped, crying. Rose, Janine, and Abe came around and hugged me. I had a family, a real family.

"But." Rose started. "You aren't human."

"What?"

"You are something called a dhampir. You are part human part-" she paused again, "and part, well, vampire." I gasped, and fainted.