Dear Diary, Later Monday, February 16th

I guess this diary is a good Idea. Lexie just left. She lives in the dorm room next to mine. She's really nice. She explained a lot to me. She told me her real name is Jamie Goldstein but when you come here you are legally emancipated so she changed her name. She said I could do the same thing but I like my name. Luna Stone is a pretty name, she agrees and said I shouldn't change it either. She wouldn't tell me why we were here or why we became emancipated but said the principal did a good job of explaining it. She told me her room was always unlocked and that if I ever need to talk that I could go right to her room. That was nice of her. I think we are going to be very good friends.

I shut my diary and hid it underneath the mattress. I got up and went to put a sweatshirt on. Doubled-checked my room to make sure everything was in order then walked out of my room, closing and locking the door behind me. I walked the yard to Lexie's room and enter after knocking.

"Hey, ready for dinner?" I asked as I walked in.

"You mean breakfast?" She asked, tilting her head in confusion.

"Yeah, sure. Whatever. I'm starving. Let's go." I smiled and Lexie walked towards me and looped her arm through mine. We walked all the way there like that. She pointed out building and landmarks for if I got lost but said that she would show me around my first day of classes if the principal said it was okay. We came up to yet another large brownstone brick building with a large metal pentagon above the door.

"This is it, the beautiful dining hall." She laughed.

"Lexie?"

"Yeah, what is it Luna?"

"Why is there a pentagon up there?" I asked as I pointed to the metal shape above the door. Lexie turned and looked at me with a serious face, like I should know the answer. Then she shrugged.

"It's our symbol. It's on the uniform. See," she said, making a sweeping gesture over her uniform that I didn't notice. It was black with purple and white plaid lines. The skirt was about halfway to the knees and the T-shirt was plain black with a pentagon and the number 1 in roman numerals on the left breast pocket. The uniform had a pop rock looked that I loved. Plus, Lexie added black converse to the bottom. I shrugged and we walked inside the building. Lexie ushered me over to a man with black slacks on and a black button down shirt with the same symbol as Lexie's but it said staff next to it inside. It was in the same place also. After Lexie talked to him for a few minutes, she ushered me to sit down and walked away. Leaving me alone with whom I assumed was the principal.

"Hi Luna, I'm Principal Hal But you can just call me Hal," He said in a polite tone, putting out his hand to shake. I quickly followed suit, "Now, I know I have a lot to explain in the next 45 minutes but first lets get you something to eat." He stood up snapped his finger and a guy in the same outfit as him came, left and came back within 10 minutes. He brought a tray of lo mein with tofu, my favorite. He quickly sat down and gestured me to eat and the guy to leave. We followed his orders. He let me eat in peace for a minute or two. This was really good lo mein, some of the best I've ever had.

"So, Luna, I should probably explain this to you but first let me give you your schedule so If we don't finish you can still make it to class," He reached into his briefcase and pulled out a green piece of paper, "here you go." I stared at the paper for a good 5 minutes not comprehending. Is this a joke?

Period 1: English

Period 2: Algebra 2

Period 3: Biology

Period 4: Spanish 2

Period 5: Lunch

Period 6: History of W. V.

Period 7: Magic 101

Period 8: Defense 267

"Seriously?" I asked.

"Undoubtedly, is something wrong?" He asked in a calm voice but that didn't stop my rage. This is possible!

"MAGIC! DEFENSE! WHAT IS A W. V.?!?!" I screamed at him. He quickly looked around to make sure no one was looking but no one was. He turned back to me with a smile playing on his lips.

"Luna, calm down," He said in a soothing voice that didn't help, "Let me explain."

"I don't want an explanation! I want to go home!" I screamed at him, rage filling me like gas filling a car. The tears started falling down my cheek silently, and then I just started bawling. I just want my mom, I want my house, and I want safety. He reached over and handed me a tissue, and patted me on the shoulder.

"Luna, it's going to be okay, you can't go home though. You have to stay here or you may hurt someone or hurt yourself. You need to learn. Now let me explain," He said in that soothing voice that pissed me off about 2 seconds ago. I looked down at my shoes, embarrassed that I freaked out like that before he explained.

"Okay, explain," I said in a small, quiet voice because I didn't trust my voice to not break.

"Okay, let me start at the beginning. You family is special. Every other generation becomes something feared in society but truly we don't hurt anyone. We are Witch-Vampires," He said in a soothing voice, "Do you understand?"

"So I have magic powers and I drink blood?" GREAT! I continued in my head. He started to nod his head. Oh god! I'm a mythical being. What The Hell! How did I not know this?

"So you see you must be here to learn to control your powers. The thing is, when you turn 15 you get very sick and black out for two days, People think you die if they don't know better. Luckily your grandmother told your mother so she knew that you would be sent here anyway and she wanted to see you off. I can tell that she got you some things that you will need. Did you open them yet?" He asked.

"No not yet. Well I did open the diary and book bag on my birthday. But there are two other things I didn't get a chance to." I explained.

"I see. So she does know more then I– "He was cut off then by the bell. Lexie came running over and whisked me away.

"I will meet with you later tonight," He yelled as we scrambled out of the room so we weren't late for our first periods. Lexie dragged me back down the path and turned right a little before our dorm. We walked for a minute then she grabbed my schedule out of my hand.

"Oh goody, you have first period with me. Come on, Mr. Miller hates when people are late," She said dragging me into a room that said

English, Mr. Miller

She introduced me for me so I didn't have to talk. Mr. Miller handed me textbook and a packet and assigned me to sit in the back row next to Lexie. I took my seat and tried to listen to his lecture but after a while I gave up and concentrated on reading the packet in front of me. There were two green sheets and a blue one. I figured I should start with the blue one, so I pulled my glasses from my pocket and started to read.

Masques! Join one and all.

Time: 3 a.m. to 5 a.m.

Place: Auditorium

Drama Club. This year's show will be Hamlet by William Shakespeare.

That's so cool. I love drama club. I remember doing it back home. Maybe it will make this place better for me. I continued to ponder this for the rest of the period. The rest of the day went by in a blur. Classes melted together. It wasn't till 8th period that I got jolted back to thinking. This was my only class without Lexie, but I did have class with Paul. I walked in the class and went straight to the teacher. I handed him my schedule to show him I was in the class. He handed me a gym uniform and told me to sit down next to the kid on the end of the line. I quickly listened while not looking up. I spent have the period listening to the guy when there was a tap on my shoulder, I looked up.

"Hey Luna," Paul whispered.

"You're Paul, right?" I asked.

He nodded, "Yeah, so we have a class together. What a joy!" He said in a sarcastic voice.

"You don't have to talk to me you know!" I whisper yelled, then turned my head right after I saw him scowl at me. I spent the rest of the class looking at the floor and trying to disappear from the looks I knew I was getting. After about 20 minutes of awkwardness, the bell rang and I grabbed my stuff and leaped out of the class. I walk/ran back to the girls' dorm and sat on one of the living couches where Lexie told me to meet her after class. I sat there for about 10 minutes until finally Lexie walked in.

"Dude, you got here fast!" She exclaimed.

"Yeah, I sort of ran," I said while she made herself comfortable on the couch next to me.

"Why?" she asked, grabbing the remote from the table and turning the television on.

"I ran into this kid named Paul, it got awkward and I wanted to get out of there as fast as possible," I explained.

"PAUL!" She half yelled, "Is he tall, and has black hair with green eyes?"

"Yeah, why?" I raised my eyebrow at her. What was so special about him?

"He's just the hottest sophomore out there!" She exclaimed, "What happened? Tell me everything. So I explained to her about how he first showed me the room, then running into him at class. What he said made her face go all funny. So I asked her why. She explained that Paul is mean to no one, ever! She said I was the first one to ever be on his bad side. She said that maybe he was just having a bad day and took it out on me but I don't believe her. By the time I was done explaining and she was done explaining it was 10 to 6 and we had to get to the dining hall for Dinner. We got up and headed to the dining hall. Dinner went by without a problem. Lexie introduced me to some of her friends and let me eat with her. Greg was the only guy at the table but he started to explain what I was going through.

"So you see we are special in our own way. When you're a freshman, you don't have powers or anything like that and you especially don't drink blood," He said.

"Oh okay, it doesn't sound so bad" I lied; I knew one day I was going to be a monster and hate myself more than I do now.

"Yeah, plus if you have a problem you can come to any of us," said Kira, a big smile on her lips. I nodded and started to eat again. Dinner came and went with not much more talking. Lexie and I left a little early so she could show me the laundry room and where to get my school uniforms. On the way there we talked about school and such. We got my uniform and she pointed out the laundry room. We started to walk about towards the dorms. About halfway to our rooms I got the courage to ask her.

"Hey Lexie?"

"Yeah," she said, turning to face me.

"What do you think about the drama club?"

"You mean the masques? I love it. It's awesome. I play the gravedigger in the show. You should join. I like Suzie could use a assistant. She's the Script Coordinator. Are you gonna join?" She said quickly, a big smile on her face.

"I was thinking about it. When's the next meeting?" I asked.

"Tomorrow, I'll bring you with me. I didn't go today so I could show you around. Oh My God! This will be awesome with you there. I have to introduce you to everyone! You have to meet Nick and Nick and Suzie and everyone!!" She exclaimed.

I nodded, said good bye and headed off to my room. Once in my room, I showered, brushed out my hair, and went to bed. I laid in bed for a few minutes just staring off into space and wondering how my mom was doing, who my father was, why my grandma didn't tell me this. I always thought about my father before going to bed. He ran off when I was 4 so I never got to meet him. Then I remembered, I have gifts to open! I jumped up and grabbed the packages of my desk. I sat on my bed and removed the paper. Oh My God! I can't believe it!