Heyyyy. Here's your first chapter.

Chapter One

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Third Person

Syprus and Vasilia ran through the white and silver trees in Nyx's Grove.

Vasilia laughed joyfully as she spread her arms out wide.

"Don't break your arms off!" Syprus called out with little sarcasm in her voice. "I don't have the patience to put them back on again."

Vasilia rolled her eyes at her sister.

They reached the end of the Grove quickly.

Syprus, somehow, caught up to Vasilia. She linked her arm with Vasilia's as they made their way to their mother, Nyx.

"Mother!" Vasilia cried out happily. Syprus rolled her eyes, annoyed at Vasilia's usual perkiness.

"Vasilia." Nyx stood from the sparky rock that she sat upon. "Syprus. What can I do for you, my daughters?"

Syprus sighed dramatically, knowing exactly how this conversation was going to go.

"I know we've asked you before," Vasilia started. Syprus nearly snorted when she saw her mother's face fall slightly, knowing where this was going. Vasilia continued.

"But... I was thinking... our birthday is coming up. We're going to be... technically, fifteen." Vasilia took a slow, deep breath. "Can we go to Earth for our birthday?"

"No!" A booming voice echoed through the Otherworld, making the twins goddesses flinch.

"Great." Syprus dragged the word out under her breath.

Suddenly, Erebus appeared before them, his golden wings shimmering in the light of the full moon.

"I can not count how many times I have told you two!" He exclaimed. "You are not going to earth. Not until you are older."

"You do know that you've been telling us that same thing for the past forty years, right?" Syprus said, her words laced in sarcasm, her voice uncaring.

The father gave her daughter a warning look. Syprus shrugged.

"What? It's true. We ask you every year if we can go to earth, and every year, you give us the same answer." She said.

Erebus took a deep, calming breath, and Nyx smiled warmly at him, placing a hand on his arm.

"Syprus. Vasilia. You know that we cannot let you go to Earth just yet." She said calmly. Vasilia sighed in frustration.

"Why not?" She demanded, stamping her foot on the ground.

Syprus snorted trying not to laugh, and Vasilia glared at her.

"Why can't we?" Syprus demanded, folding her arms across her chest.

"Because there is too much Darkness there right now." Nyx said firmly, as if that were the end of the conversation. Vasilia threw her hands up in the air.

"Well then send Syprus!" She exclaimed, exasperated. "She's the Goddess of Darkness."

"Uh... not that kind of Darkness, Vasilia." Syprus said, her voice emotionless. Vasilia glared at her sister.

"Darkness will not mess with someone who gets her strength from him." She said meaningfully.

"Vasilia. No." Nyx said. Tears filled Vasilia's eyes and Syprus groaned almost silently.

"Mom. Can I talk to you?" She asked. Nyx nodded and they headed towards the Grove.

"Look. I understand why you haven't been wanting us to go there; to Earth." Syprus started. "But you can't keep us here, away from Earth, forever. We need to see the world. The real world."

It was silent for a long time. Syprus's blood-red gown shimmered like a jewel in the moonlight. It clung to her body, showing every curve of her body.

The gown began to flow freely at her waist, down to the ground. The ling sleeves of the gown flowed out and they swayed lightly in the gentle breeze.

The laces of the corset she wore began to make it harder to breathe. She had just started to wear it. It was part of her training.

A ruby rested between her breasts, hanging on a pure silver chain.

"I understand that, Syprus. But there is much that needs to be done on Earth before it is near safe enough for you two to go." Nyx said sadly. Syprus growled under her breath, surprising the mother greatly. Syprus and Vasilia were well-behaved. They had never growled at her. They had never growled at anyone in general.

"I am a goddess, Mother! We both are! What the hell can hurt us!" She nearly yelled.

"Many things." Nyx's voice was going hard, but Syprus didn't care. Her and her twin had been trying to get to Earth for almost forty-five years. And this conversation was getting old.

"Really? Well... why don't you let us go and do like normal people do? Make mistakes! Find things out! Give us some slack, Mother!" Syprus was yelling now, which was always a dangerous sign.

"Syprus! Calm down!" Nyx's voice was calmer, but firm.

Syprus glared at her mother. Her eyes glowed a beautiful but terrible ruby red. Her hair was blowing around her, the Power of the Goddess of Darkness coming to the surface.

"No!" She surprised both of them by the power that filled her voice.

Syprus and Vasilia were goddesses by blood. But they still had a lot of training to go through before they were actual goddesses. Never had there been such power in her voice before then.

Every Mark on her body glowed Red, her anger boiling.

"You treat all of those vampyres and fledglings better than your own daughters!" Syprus's voice boomed and echoed through the entire Otherworld.

"Why don't you give us a little free will!" That broke Nyx. Free will. Two words. Nyx was all about free will. But... she constantly denied Syprus and Vasilia access to Earth.

She took a deep breath, knowing what she had to do.

Vasilia bit her lip, concentrating on her Power. She pushed her happiness towards Syprus. But, whether Syprus accepted it or not was up to Syprus herself.

Unlike Syprus, Vasilia didn't force things upon people. She could, she just didn't. She thought it wrong and cruel.

"Syprus and Vasilia, Goddess of Light and Darkness, I give you access and permission to Earth." Nyx's voice held the power of a true goddess.

Vasilia froze. She said WHAT!

She squealed and ran over to her mother and her still fuming sister.

Her gown looked exactly like her sister's. But, unlike her sister's, Vasilia's gown was a brilliant white and, instead of glimmering like blood, it sparkled like the stars.

A diamond hung in-between her breasts on a pure gold chain. Her black hair went to the small of her back in beautiful, luscious ringlets, just like her sister's.

Her bright, electric blue eyes sparkled with excitement, while Syprus's simmered down to a soft red color.

Once Syprus got a hold of the Power of Vengeance, she couldn't let it go. It had to fade.

"Really!" Vasilia squealed loudly. Syprus flinched and shifted away from her annoyingly perky sister.

"But be warned." Nyx began. "If you make a mistake, you have to deal with the consequences. I am not going to be there to help you."

"We get it, mother!" Syprus said, eager to get going. Nyx held up a hand, a small smile on her face.

"You are to go to the Tulsa House of Night. At least I can keep an eye on you." She said. "But please, stay out of trouble."

Her smile turned warm and loving when she heard Erebus laugh. He wrapped his arms around her and she leaned against him.

"The Goddess of the Stars and Happiness and the Goddess of Vengeance and Deception." He said. He leaned down and gently pressed his lips to hers. "What could go wrong?"

"Hey!" Syprus exclaimed, narrowing her eyes at her father.

Erebus smiled at his two daughters.

They grinned as they faded, just like their mother did when she went to Earth.

"Don't let anyone know who or what you are!" Their mother called before they were gone.

"'Kay!" They said together. Then they were gone.

"This is not going to end well." Nyx said, concerned. Erebus chuckled and kissed her temple.

"All will be well, my sweet." He murmured.

~Welcome to the House of Night~

Syprus and Vasilia appeared in the middle of a deep forest. Their Marks had disappeared, which they weren't too happy about.

"Luna!" Vasilia whispered. "What time is it?"

Four thirty AM. A familiar voice whispered. Vasilia looked at her sister.

"It's four thirty AM." She whispered to Syprus. Syprus looked at her sister in outrage.

"Four thirty!" She nearly yelled.

"Sh!" Vasilia snapped, looking around. "We are not supposed to be seen. OR, at least, not like this. Just appearing out of nowhere." Syprus sighed and nodded. Then she really looked at her sister.

"You have a crescent moon on your forehead." She said bluntly.

"Yeah? So do you." Vasilia said like it was no big deal.

"Well, shit. Let's hope we don't die." Vasilia sighed, rolling her eyes at per typical Syprus.

They made their way through the forests. Vasilia had too look up at the sky often, asking the stars where they were going.

They stopped when they saw it.

Their mouths fell open in awe and fascination.

"Hogwarts. I see Hogwarts." Vasilia breathed. Syprus blinked twice before she shook her head. She turned and went to run but Vasilia grabbed her by the arm.

"Where are you going?" She demanded. Syprus looked at the school.

"I'm not going in there." She said, looking at her sister like she was crazy.

"Why not?" Vasilia asked.

"It's freaky. And... there are vampyres in there. And, not only that, but there are things that aren't human nor vampyre. That's not right." Syprus's voice was sharp and filled with disgust. Vasilia grinned happily.

"Yeah? Well... look who's talking... fledgling." She sneered at the word and Syprus scowled straight ahead as they made their way to the giant wall.

"Who goes there?" Vasilia squealed.

"What are you?" Syprus asked in disgust. The Raven Mocker jumped down from the wall, landing a foot away from them. Syprus shifted back some.

"Hey! Watch where you swing that thing!" She glared at the inhuman/vampyre/fledgling thing in disgust.

"I am a Raven Mocker. Son of Kalona." The thing said. Syprus nearly choked on the big breath that she took.

"K-K-Kalona." She stuttered. The Raven Mocker laughed.

"You are newly Marked, are you not?" He asked the two, now terrified, sisters.

They were already seeing what their mother was keeping them from.

They followed the Raven Mocker into the House of Night, both goddesses trying not to shake in fear. Their fear turned to outright horror as they saw the winged man at the end of the hall.

"Father?" The Raven Mocker said quietly. The guy turned and Vasilia froze, not able to contain the delicate shudder that passed through her body.

Syprus, on the other hand, was entranced. She could feel the Darkness radiating off of him. She could see the chains trapping him in it's slimy embrace.

She blinked a few times before she looked at him himself. Not the Darkness surrounding him.

She took a step back, grabbing her sister by the arm.

"Stop shaking." She breathed to Vasilia. Vasilia nodded, as she tried, unsuccessfully, not to shake in fear as they made their way closer to the fallen immortal.

"We have two newly Marked fledglings, Father." The RM said, standing next to his father's side.

He studied the two goddesses intently. Never had the immortal seen anyone so beautiful, Nyx aside.

He noticed something oddly familiar about these two girls standing before him, something that was too important not to know. But he couldn't place his finger on it.

"And who might you two be?" He asked politely, his eyes never leaving Syprus.

"I'm Vasilia." Vasilia's voice was small and full of fear. Kalona stepped towards the young girl and took her hand in his. The goddess in training trembled at his touch. The immortal kissed her hand formally before he let her go.

He looked back at Syprus.

"I'm Syprus." She said, her voice abrupt.

"I'm—" The girls cut him off.

"We know who you are." They said together, their voices in complete synch and sounding like music.

He blinked at the newly Marked fledglings in shock. How did they know who he was? They had just been Marked.

"We've known about you for a long time." Syprus said, ignoring the gut wrenching feeling that told her to shut the hell up.

"Really? How so?" The immortal was merely curious as to how these two, who were just recently humans, knew about immortals. About him.

Syprus finally decided to listen to the feeling in her gut when it turned to a sharp, stabbing pain. Her hand instinctively went to her stomach.

"Word gets around." She whispered. Syprus suddenly sensed anger and annoyance and her head snapped to the right.

A young girl, no older than sixteen, was making her way down the hall towards them.

"Kalona!" Her voice was sharp as whip. Kalona smiled lovingly at the young girl.

"What is wrong, my A-ya?" He murmured softly. The two twins gasped softly and the girl, along with the fallen immortal, gave them questioning glances.

"Oh! It's just... we have a human friend named A-ya." Syprus said, tears pooling in her eyes. Her voice turned weak and broken. The girl's eyes softened before she turned back to Kalona. Her eyes instantly went cold.

"What the hell is the matter with you!" She demanded. Kalona blinked in amusement.

"I do not know what you are talking about, A-ya." He said honestly.

"It's Zoey, not A-ya. Get that through your head!" She nearly screamed. Syprus was astounded by how much anger this little girl could hold. She was so small and she looked so fragile. Then she gasped.

This was Zoey Redbird. A second later, Vasilia gasped and put her hand over her mouth. With her other hand she pointed at Zoey.

"Zoey Redbird!" She finally blurted. The girl, Zoey, bit her lip, her cheeks going red. Syprus could feel the distaste and discomfort. She smacked Vasilia on the back of her head.

"Hey! Mom said no hitting! I'm telling!" She said, sounding like a little girl. Syprus just rolled her eyes and shook her head at her "happy" sister.

"We've heard a lot about you, Zoey." Syprus said, studying her up and down.

"Yeah. I'm quite sure you have... wait. I've never seen you two before and I didn't get the feeling I get when someone's about to get here?" Zoey said in confusion.

"You're all over Twitter." Syprus lied easily. Just then, an über-hot guy came up behind Zoey.

"Is something wrong, High Priestess?" He asked, his voice low and silky. Zoey bit her lip, her cheeks going red again. Instead of answering the hot guy, she looked back at Syprus.

"I'm on Twitter?" She asked. Syprus nodded.

"Yeah. Stuff about saving the world from the nasty Neferet with your friends and fighting some mysterious winged guy." She glanced at Kalona before she looked back at Zoey. "And then there's something about having sex with Loren Blake, hottest effing male on two feet." Syprus gave Zoey a question mark look which quickly turned into a sly, knowing grin when she blushed. The totally hot guy grinned down at her.

"So what was that about?" Syprus asked. Vasilia smacked her sister on her arm. Syprus glared at her. "What!"

"Can't you see that she's uncomfortable?" Vasilia chastised her sister.

"No. That's okay." Zoey said with a sigh. "Yeah. That... that's true... I... do you two have any affinities for anything?"

The guy laughed out loud then, along with Syprus and Kalona. Syprus bit her lip, listening for her mother.

"I can feel negative emotions. I can also tell when someone's lying." She said. Zoey looked impressed.

"I can feel positive emotions. I can also make constellations and calm people down." Vasilia said. Zoey hummed approvingly.

"What are your names?" She asked.

"I'm Syprus."

"And I'm Vasilia."

"We're twins." They said together.

The guy groaned and Zoey laughed.

"Oh great. More twins. Whooptie-fucking-doo." A sarcastic, bitchy voice said.

Syprus recognized her instantly. This girl, Aphrodite LaFont, embraced her Power willingly.

Syprus smiled at Aphrodite.

"Aphrodite LaFont. Nice to finally meet you." She said proudly. The group of vampyres, and human, stared at her in shock. Syprus shrugged it off.

"Both of us know everyone. Don't ask, we just do." She said.

"Okay so... What do you like to do, Syprus?" Zoey asked. Syprus shrugged.

"I dunno. I do lots of things but... I like dark stuff." She said, her voice taking on a familiar tone that Vasilia feared to hear. She bit her lip nervously.

"Anything that has to do with Darkness." Syprus said, her voice eerie. She blinked a few times and shook her head. "Sorry. That's happens sometimes. My affinities are from the goddess, but I get the power and strength from Darkness."

The Twins groaned.

"Like we need more Dark people." Erin whispered to her "Twin".

"Well... I'm amazing when it comes to acting. I can do anything. I also like singing and writing. All are my passion." Zoey looked thoughtful for a moment before she looked at Erik Night.

Erik looked excitedly at Syprus before he came over to the young goddess.

"I'd be happy to be her mentor!" He said. Zoey laughed and nodded.

She then looked at Vasilia.

"I like dancing and writing. But I mostly just see what I'm capable of doing with my affinities." She said excitedly. It was true. That's pretty much all she would do in the Otherworld.

"Okay, well... I'll be your mentor, then." Zoey said with a grin. Vasilia and Syprus exchanged glances.

"Yeah. That's awesome." Syprus said. Vasilia playfully shoved Syprus.

"You're such a dork." She teased. Syprus gasped, feigning hurt.

"Me? A dork. I'm hurt." Syprus said, not even trying to really look hurt.

"Okay, so..." Zoey bit her lip and looked up at Loren. He smiled for her to go on. "Uh..." She suddenly sighed, giving up on any pretense she had left. "Look... I'm new at this. I just defeated the nasty High Priestess of this House so I'm now the new one and... I've been High Priestess for about a day." She looked around at her friends.

"So, uh... welcome to the House of Night." They all laughed, even Syprus.

So... there's your first chapter. I can tell you all this, it is much harder, and takes so much longer, to get one chapter up when you are working with someone else. BUT, it's fun and exciting! So, thank you, readers, for giving this a try, and thank you, panky95, for agreeing to do this with me. You are amazing!

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