Laura Bunn
Ms. Wesslen
Creative Writing
March 21, 2007
Call the Nurse
The Stars are pouring down from the sky
Saturday a good day to lounge around for the normal students there, but for aleister it was a day to get acquainted with the academy. He woke up early and moved across the room taking a hold of the door handle and walked out into the hallway. It was raining outside, the window covered with droplets of water. It was not unusual for London , which was where the academy was concealed. Aleister made his way down the stairs, towards the lounge where he planned on reading a book. The room was empty except for a few random students who were huddled into a corner studying for an upcoming test, or that's what he guessed. Aleister grabbed a book from a bookshelf and began to read the back of it. Alice walked in not moments later, wearing a pair of dark blue jeans and a black shirt that fell to her waist. She had a book already in her arms and proceeded to pass by Aleister without a glance. Aleister turned around and went back to where he had been sitting not saying a word. When he began reading his book, he felt her fall into the couch seat beside him. Aleister looked over at the book she had in her hands. It was huge, very thick. The cover was polished with gold script, but he couldn't read what it said. There was something about Alice that got on Aleister's nerve. He was able to read the mind of anyone around him, but her head was as silent as an empty hall. There was nothing he could chime in on, no memory or thought; nothing. He closed his book letting out a long sigh and set it down next to him. He turned to her and waited until she put her book down to speak.
"What are you?" he whispered trying to keep to the rule of being quiet in the lounge.
"A person" she whispered back smartly.
"Fine, what's your species…?" Aleister asked knowing that in order to get an answer he would have to play at her game.
"I am not like you, better?" she smiled, looking down at the open page in her book.
"Then who are you like?" he asked following her gaze to the small words on the page.
"My sister" she said calmly continuing to scan the page with her eyes. Aleister so badly wanted to pin her against a wall and scream for her to
give him the answer but he stayed just as calm.
"And what species is your sister?"
"Secret." She said plainly taking her finger on the corner of the page and turning it. He sighed trying to read again while thinking of a better way to get the answer out of her. When the reading attempt failed, he got up and put the book back in the shelf. When he turned around he happened to
hear her laugh a bit.
"Something funny?" he asked her as he began to leave the room. She quickly packed up her book throwing it into the bag she carried and followed him.
"You're a vampire, correct?"
"Yes…how di-" he began.
"Easy, pale…dark eyes…very rude" she grinned. "But that's beside the point. You're a vampire and you can not tell me what I am? How…depressing I suppose, for you I mean." She said back to him getting ahead and climbing up the stairs. Aleisters growled, more interested in how she could pin point the fact that he was a vampire and not be afraid to ask.
"Well if those are the qualities of a vampire then you must be one." He said thinking he had gotten a good comeback.
"Of course because I have the pale skin, right?"
"Yeah…"
"Well what about the dark eyes, and the rudeness?" she turned around at the top.
"You don't have them…" he said with a sigh. "Then tell me what the hell you are!" he said going to grab her wrist but she turned too quickly. She faced him.
"Well…" she grinned. "Nice seeing you again" she closed the door that she had opened. Aleisters finally let out the growl he had been holding in.
He walked to his room, and slept a few hours until night crept over the academy's grounds. He opened his eyes and got up off the bed for the second time that day. He walked down to the café where there were clipboards hanging on the wall reaching the names of the classes that were now available to take. Power Control, Death Gods and Arithmetic were the first three that he saw. He took a pen and quickly signed up for death gods. Once he was signed up he looked over catching a familiar scent. Alice stood in front of the clipboards, not far off from Aleisters who was hiding in a dark corner
now. She took out her own pen and began to write her name under a few of the classes, ending with death gods where she read his name. She walked pass him and sent him an innocent smile with a twist of evil.
"Hello Aleisters" she muttered brushing her hair away from her eyes.
"Ha, you're a shadow seer!" he said triumphantly.
"No…just not blind" she smiled faintly. Aleisters looked around suddenly seeing more people go towards the clipboards. He quickly scurried after her, he reached his hand out to grab hers but she lifted her hand up causing him to grab at the air like an idiot. She grinned and walked over to the
table that was empty and pulled out a small book from her bag. Aleisters sat across from her and leaned forward.
"Does something fascinate you?" she asked burying her eyes into the book so she didn't look at him.
"Yes...you" he said with an intrigued voice.
"Don't be too curious, remember curiosity killed the cat and...vampires are extremely like cats" she said slyly.
"Then if I am a cat, I have 9 lives...lucky me" he replied scooting his chair over to her and whispered in her ear. "Very long nine lives..." she pushed elbow into his chest and slammed her book shut.
"Get away from me first of all and second, what exactly has you so interested in me?"
"Because you are unlike everyone else I have met here" he confessed, being pushed back.
"Lucky me" she answered sarcastically.
"Hey you never told me what you were!" he realized the topic crossing over his mind.
"Ah, you still don't know?" she grinned. He sat back tipped his chair slightly. Alice quickly stood up walking behind him. She pulled the chair back just enough to make it fall backwards. There was an instant crashing sound.
"Be more careful Aleisters" she smirked, watching him scramble off the chair. Everyone was looking at him now, most people laughing. "What sort of vampire falls when they have the instinct of falling on their feet?" she smiled and walked away silently. Aleisters pulled his chair up without saying a word to the audience and went after her. She was just outside the doorway fixing her bag. Aleisters grabbed her wrist and narrowed his eyes at her.
"Witch." he muttered as an answer.
"Still wrong" she grinned. "well I am only part witch so I will give you some credit." she pulled her wrist away.
"Well then you're also part vampire." he said sternly.
"Think you have me all figured out?" she asked walking away. He instantly followed her hanging his hand over her waist which gave her a startle. She went slightly red but didn't remove his hand.
"Not completely, but I am close. Part witch, and part vampire...stubborn but yet attracted to me" he grinned, she bluntly pushed his hand away.
"I am not!" she hissed angrily turning to face him. He raised his eyes.
"No eh...?"
"That's right, I am definitely not attracted to you" she scowled and walked off yet again. He caught up and stopped her by slipping one hand over her waist and the other around her wrist. He turned her around and lifted her up on her toes pressing his lips to hers. It took her a second to realize what he had done. She pulled back standing there with a grin.
"See you like me" he smirked. She instantly slapped him hard across the face, leaving a red hand mark imprinted perfectly.
"Asshole" she growled pushing him to the ground. He touched his cheek in surprise.
"Ow..." he mumbled and sat up slightly but found her foot pressing down on his chest.
"You ever...ever do that again and I will kill you" she glared at him.
"I wont alright, now get off me!" he said stubbornly. She pulled her foot back and stalked off. Aleister sat up and started to talk to himself.
"She is going to be a challenge." he sighed slightly and got up to his feet watching her leave and turn a corner. He decided to let her be for the rest of the day, until later that night at least.
At around ten at night he walked to her room and knocked on the wooden door. He could hear her bustle inside, suddenly tripped over something. He grinned and pushed open the door.
"Something wrong Alice?" he questioned carefully as he saw she was not in sight, but as he looked around he saw the bathroom door slam shut. He walked further in. "Alice?"
"Get out!" she yelled at him through the door. He sat down on her bed and noticed a leather bound journal placed neatly on her pillow.
"Did you just take a shower or something?" He asked, leaning back and grabbed the journal. It had a small silver latch in the shape of a heart hanging off the side. The key was obviously hidden to keep intruders out.
"Y...yes That's it, now get out!" she continued to shout. He got up and tossed the book back onto the bed. He brushed his palm over the bathroom door as he passed it.
"Alright see you later I suppose" he walked out of the room tightly shutting the door. It was nearly two in the morning when aleister sat up in the lounge casually with his feet kicked up on the low table in front of him. In his hands was a book covered in an ocean blue with silver italics that wrote out Explorers of the 18th century. He seemed to be extremely interested in the subject as he flipped the pages reading quickly. He only glanced up for a second when Alice walked in. She tried not to look at him but she thought he was staring at her as she moved over to the bookshelves but didn't choose a book. The room had cleared out by now leaving just them alone. She sat a few seats down and opened the book she had been reading lately. The bookmark was close to the end which aleister knew meant she was nearly done with the particular story.
"Why were you in my room before?" she spoke calmly. He sat his gaze down on the book.
"Just wanted to talk" he answered. She scoffed darkly.
"You are just like every other damn guy here, all you ever want is to get into a girl's pants!" she shouted abruptly. He set his book down on his lap closed.
"Really think so?" he said in a very monotone voice.
"Yes I really think so!" she glared at him, he shrugged.
"I am not." he answered back casually. She jumped up and stood in front of him. She looked very angry and pissed off like she was about to send him into a new dimension.
"No? Oh really then tell me why the hell did you kiss me?!" she continued to sound angry. He merely looked at her.
"Because I was curious" he grinned, sending her into even more of a fit. She threw her fists out at him but he caught them tightly in his own hands. Once he had them in his grasp she began to sway back and forth in her spot until she collapsed forward onto him. Aleister jumped up the book falling off his lap and Alice in his arms lying there limply.
"Alice?!" he grunted, shuffling his feet to gain her weight properly. He lifted her up enough and laid her on the couch. He looked around nervously. "What the hell did I do..." he mumbled to himself.
A male about Aleister's height walked in and quickly saw the scene. He had short dusty brown hair that just hung over his eyes; which were a dull green.
"What did you do Aleisters, too much at once for her?" she boy grinned walking further in. Aleisters grabbed his shoulders immediately clasping on tightly.
"Shut up Jason...I need you to go get a nurse or something! She just...collapsed on me!"
"And then you dressed her so no one would know?" Jason raised an eye.
"Jason, we didn't do anything! She was yelling at me and then she just..." he pulled his hands away from Jason's shoulders and dropped his hands from midair to the ground to show that she had fallen. Jason nodded and fled from the room to fetch a nurse.
Aleisters went back over to Alice and knelt down.
"Alice...please wake up. I was seriously telling the truth..." he said to her, trying to convince himself of the fact as well. Jason came back a few minutes later with a very out of breath nurse. She quickly settled at Alice side and began to check for her pulse. A few more nurses showed up to move her out of the room and down to the hospital wing. Jason sat down next to Aleisters who was on the couch and gave him a nudge and grinned.
"Shut the hell up Jason, we didn't do shut" he growled. Jason raised an eye and backed off a bit.
"Dude what's wrong?" he paused. "Ohhh she's a tough one, eh?" Aleisters sent him a dark glare and walked off leaving Jason alone.
He went outside, his shoulders tightly held up next to his next as his hands stayed stuffed in his pockets. He stood in front of the lake staring at the water. As he stared at the water he could see stars in the sky moving around like they were dancing. He spotted a particular one that was shooting across the sky like a butterfly which took its time. Aleisters remembered the mortals that he had hunted always saying to make a wish on a shooting star. This star was definitely shooting across the sky. He closed his eyes and let his mind free itself with the most important wish of all. He stayed there for what seemed hours, the sun was starting to peek out from behind the clouds. Aleisters had lost count of the exact time but guessed that it was about six in the morning. The sunrise would be complete in a few minutes. He sighed and turned around walking back to the academy doors. Once he was inside he looked up and saw Alice standing a the bottom of the stairs. He quickly averted his attention from her and began to walk down a different hall. He felt her hand on his wrist, he scowled out of instinct and spun around to face her. She pulled her hand back and looked down.
"What?" he asked brushing his shirt down.
"I just...wanted to make sure you were alright..." she said quietly. "Just making-" he cut her off.
"Oh I am fine and I doubt you could hurt me even if you wanted to." He folded his arms as she nodded and went to go pass him.
"Oh...and you were right earlier..That's what I am" she whispered as she went down the hall.
"What did you say before?" asked a voice which came clearly from Jason who had been there listening the entire time.
"Nothing" Aleisters said shortly and walked the opposite way of Alice, pushing Jacob aside leaving him alone once again.
Aleisters stalked off to his room and rummaged through his dresser drawers. He growled thrusting a particular drawer so hard that the items that were on the dresser fell off. He didn't bother picking any of it up. He threw himself onto the bed then looked over at the small night stand next to him. It had a single drawer which he stared at for a long time. He finally looked away from the piece of furniture and began to stare endlessly at the dark ceiling. He noticed a rather morbid shadow in the corner of the room which caught his eye before it moved and disappeared . He sat up and looked around casually. He raised and eye and got to his feet. Aleisters began to speaking a very low native tongue of his.
"Joka on paikalla esitellä itse" which in English was "Whoever is there show yourself." No one appeared. Aleisters narrowed his eyes and began to walk around the room pressing his hands over the heavy walls. He paused felling his hand slid into a perfectly sized dent. He pushed hard against the pain, forcing the wall into a door. He pushed his foot into the newly formed passageway and began down the deep hallway he had come upon.
"How dreadful" he mumbled, feeling the bumpy stone against his fingertips. The door behind him shut, everything becoming a bit darker. Aleisters grabbed a torch that was sitting on the wall and held it in front of him.
"Well Dark Academy you are more then I expected" he grinned as he was met with a second door.
