Chapter 2

With a loud sigh I relax, and start think about this new change how my familiar daily routine was before it all ended this morning, when there was knocking on my door. A woman vampyre peeks into my room. The markings on her face are intricate musical notes. She's about 5'7 which was a little shorter than average for female vampyres here. Her eyes were an amethyst color – my favorite shade of purple so right away I knew she was good people. Ha-ha, my logic makes me laugh. She had long chestnut brown hair that flowed down her arms as she stood there. "May I come in?" She asked politely knowing she had to invade on me whether I liked it or not. "Yes of course, my name is -" I was starting to greet her as she interrupted me.

"Lilith Waters, merry meet I'm glad to have finally met you. I'm Professor Beverly Missal, the spells and rituals instructor and the most recent transfer of the adults. I'm also your mentor for the duration of your time here at The House of Night. Any questions or concerns you have you can come to me for anything you need. Do you have any questions before I proceed on?" She looks at me intently. I shook my head no. "I'm sure Shekinah may have told you about you staying in the professors' dorm being a special occasion. With all the changes we've had going on around here we needed to fit accommodations for everyone. We were not about to shut down a school we most definitely need in this area." She continued on, "A little about me – I've lived in Oklahoma my whole life. When I was marked my family shunned me without looking into anything about me being marked. I went to the House of Night in OK City. Nyx has blessed me with an affinity for spells and magick. And my past time involves music."

"You have a love for music too? Your tattoo is simply gorgeous! I felt my heart jump and face get flustered. Well of course she knows her tattoo's gorgeous. She smiled at me. "It's wonderful that we have something in common why don't you tell me some more about yourself hun?"

Where do I start? I thought to myself with a sigh under my breath I begin the way she did. "I grew up in Nebraska, never had the best relationship with my parents. I learned early on it's best to keep to myself and only on myself. I have one close friend I hate leaving behind. When I found out this was the closest school south of NE and that I didn't have to go to the one in NE, I chose it to get away from there. Music is my life, though I have no talent to sing or play an instrument. And I find that the major problem with life is there's no background music." I stopped unsure of myself. Had I said too much? Was she going to find me to be whiney? Oh, great! That's just what I need right now is for my mentor to think I'm an emo bitch.' She watched me as I was trying to settle myself. "And I love reading and writing."

I decided to end it there and as if that were her cue she said "the most important thing there is to learn is forgiveness." My heart jumped could I forgive them and let the past go? The thought sounded improbable. "And hun, there's a school in Kansas." At this comment I laughed out loud. "I can't explain it but I hate KS even more than NE." I finally was able to say, at this she chuckled.

"Well Tulsa's HoN welcomes you, you'll fit right in. And don't ever give up on something you love doing, because we are our worst critics. Now that you've been marked I'm going to go over some of the guide that will make complete sense to you in time." She paused for a second, and then continued "now as you're no longer human your body is already changing. As a human your body texture was uneven, you had dull hair and perhaps it was also thin, your eyes were not vibrant, and you had unshapely nails. Going through the change as a fledgling to vampyre elevate your body temperature so in the winter the colder temperatures have little effect on you and also because of the increased body temperature it makes you to no longer have a menstrual cycle and makes men sterile. Your skin will become smooth, your hair will capture more colors and stay silky and your eyes will be very vibrant and your nail beds will change shape. Your stamina and strength will seem out-worldly. Your teeth will be straight and longer. Sunlight will become painful to you. Along with learning these facts, our classes will integrate body, mind and spiritual health, at all times. Now how old are you Lilith?" She asked me.

"I'm eighteen" I replied.

"It's unusual but not rare that Nyx would have marked someone older." Well, I've never thought of myself to be older before. I thought to myself. She continued "most of our students who get marked are sixteen years or a little younger." She prompted seeing the worry on my face.