Sorry it took so long! I had to re-write this whole thing due to forgetting my flash drive with all my info and this chapter on it….well on with the story!
Chapter 2
First day! Secrets and surprises
Before the bell rang for classes to start, the large double doors to the dining hall swung open, and in walked in a group of beautiful looking fledglings, the group caught everyone's attention.
"Who are they?" Usagi asked, staring at them, her eyes wide,blushing slightly, as the blonde in the group, caught her gaze, her emerald eyes meeting Usagi's baby blue ones, and winked at her.
"The tall blonde one is Haruka Tenou, she's 6th former with an affinity for wind, and amazing athletic ability" Mako told Usagi, then glanced over at a group of third formers.
"Oh goddess! Haruka is one of the hottest 6th former guys here!" one of them squealed, Mako rolled her eyes.
"Hate to burst your bubble there, but Haruka is a girl." Mako chan explained, the girls' eyes widened and they fell silent.
"ok…well continuing….the one with the sea green hair, and blue eyes, is Michiru Kaioh, she's also dating Haruka., and a 5th former here, she has an affinity for water, namely oceans, and can predict things using a mirror." Mako said gesturing to the beautiful and sophisticated girl at Haruka's side.
"The eldest one is, Setsuna Meioh, she's a 6th former, with a supposed affinity to be able to control time." Mako said gesturing to a girl with dark red eyes and long, dark green hair.
"And lastly, is Hotaru Tomoe, if she looks young, that's because she is, she's a 4th former, who was marked when she was only 13, she's remarkable because she has an affinity for death, and there's normally only one vamp with that kind of an affinity at a time….she's currently the 2nd present in the world." Mako told Usagi as she looked at a young girl with short black hair and purple eyes. Usagi watched as the group walked over to the table of Dark Daughters and smiled at Rei, who gave them a charming smile right back, making it hard for Usagi to believe it was the same girl who was coldly glaring at her a little while ago.
"Oh and they're also all, Dark Daughters, and part of Rei's inner circle." Mako told her, soon, everyone began leaving for class.
"Usagi-chan, what's your first class?" Ami asked the blonde.
"Oh…..I have…vamp sociology 101." Usagi said, glancing at her schedule, which had her name printed on it, and was dated, one week before she was marked, wait….ONE WEEK! How could they have known? Usagi thought to herself.
"So do I!" Mako exclaimed, smiling.
"That's the class Prof. Neferet teaches" Seiya told her. "I would be careful odango, Neferet was once rouge, even though she's supposedly changed, you never know, and that's why all these Son of Erebus warriors are here." Usagi nodded at him, and then realized something.
"Bye Seiya...and hey! Don't call me odango!" Usagi yelled at the young warrior before entering her class, sitting next to Mako.
"Hey Usagi, here, let me show you your cabinet so you can get your textbook." Mako said leading Usagi to the back of the classroom where many cabinets were.
"Here we have cabinets, instead of lockers like a regular high school, your home room class is always open, so you can come back and get stuff, whenever, oh and there's no locks." Mako told Usagi.
"Why not? What if someone goes through my stuff? My things may look like junk but most of it is very useful!" Usagi said.
"It's because if anyone breaks in or tries to steal something, the vamps will know, and I don't know, or ever want to find out what happens to kids who break the rules" Mako said. Usagi nodded and grabbed her textbooks from her cabinet, a couple notebooks, pencils, and pens, and anything else she'd need for the day. Usagi and Mako took their seats, and talked for a bit before class was to start.
"Have you chosen your elective yet?" Mako asked. Usagi looked at her schedule, there were three choices, Intro to Music, Sketching, or Drama.
"I'll probably take sketching." Usagi said. "Are you taking it?"
"Oh no way! I can't draw for the life of me. I'm taking drama." Usagi nodded to Mako, and then did a double take to her schedule.
"No math, or chemistry?" Usagi exclaimed happily.
"Nope, though we do have to take a semester of economics." Mako told her.
"But still, no math!" Usagi again, happily, and then Neferet walked into the room.
"Alright, today we'll be talking about figures in vampyre history." Neferet started.
"As you all know, the vampyre society is matriarchal, and while we treasure and respect the males who are to make amazing consorts, warriors, and protectors, and are normally gifted in the physical realm, the females with exceptional affinities, which are normally for an element, and deal with the spiritual realm, become high priestesses, and grow to provide order to our world." Neferet explained, easily catching her students' attention, as she continued with the lesson, Usagi couldn't believe how interesting this was, normally she would be asleep by now. Soon the bell rang, for 2nd period to start, Usagi caught up to Mako and Ami, as they walked towards their classrooms.
"Well, I'll see you two in third period!" Mako said.
"Hai! Bye!" Usagi said cheerfully, before heading inside, and running into someone, and dropping her things, but she watched in shock, as the items stopped in midair just before hitting the ground, and it seemed everything and everyone around her except herself and the girl she was talking to, froze.
Is this really happening?Usagi thought, and then a tan hand grabbed Usagi's notebooks, and other things, from their spot in the air, and handed them to her. Usagi looked up to meet a pair of red eyes, and then everything around them started moving again.
"Wow! That was amazing, how did you do it?" Usagi asked, curiously.
"I have an affinity for time, and can stop time and space around me on will." Setsuna explained, smiling at the younger girl.
"Gomen for running into you, I'm Usagi" Usagi said.
"It's fine, and I'm I better get to class, good bye" Setsuna said, walking off to join Rei, and Haruka who just came out of music, and Mamoru who just came out of drama and they walked off to class, as Usagi entered the art room, she was amazed at how beautiful the vampyre teaching the class is, it seemed all vamps were amazingly gorgeous, this one had long wheat colored hair, and her tattoos were flowers, that looked to be created using brush strokes, the class was fun, and then Usagi walked out, to see Minako walking towards her with Yaten and Hotaru.
"Oh, hey Usagi! Did you enjoy your first art class?" Minako asked.
"Sure did! Now I have…." Usagi said glancing at her schedule
"Lit. 101" Usagi told the other blonde.
"Well, ok! I'll see you later! Have fun!" Minako said before walking into the art room, Yaten going to the music room, and Hotaru going to the drama room.
Usagi wandered around the school, looking for her next class, surprised at how well her eyes were adapting to the darkness, which the gas lights, didn't illuminate.
Finally, Usagi reached her classroom, and saw that Mako and Ami were in this class with her, she quickly sat down with them.
"Hi guys!" Usagi told them.
"Hey Usagi." Mako greeted her.
"Hi Usagi-chan. How's your first day been going?" Ami asked politely, looking up from her book.
"Great! Classes here are so much more interesting than in human school!" Usagi said, then she realized how she's already considering herself different from human…or normal people, it was strange, but….it felt natural….right., maybe this was where she was meant to be, at the House of Night, and as a Daughter of Nyx.
"Usagi Tsukino, Neferet wants to see you in her classroom." The professor, at the front of the room, called.
"Bring your things with you." She also told, Usagi, Usagi nodded, and packed up her stuff, she wondered what it could be about, but hey! She was getting out of class!
"See you two, later than." Usagi told Mako and Ami, who nodded back at her. Usagi quickly made her way towards Neferet's classroom, and ran into someone, and he caught her in his arms, Usagi looked up, and quickly stood up straight, blushing, when she met a pair of dark, midnight blue eyes.
"Oh gomen!" Usagi said.
"Watch where you're going next time, odango atama." Mamoru said, Usagi narrowed her eyes at him, and blew a raspberry.
"Urasai! You big baka! My name is Usagi! U-sa-gi!" Usagi cried, souding her name out for him.
"Yeah, yeah, well see you around, odango atama" He said, smiling at her, and walking off, once Usagi got to Neferet's classroom, the door was partially open, and she was about to open it the rest of the way, when the sound of an argument emerged from inside the classroom. Usagi knew she should have gotten out of there, fast, but it seemed like her feet were cemented to the ground.
"But Neferet! Why? I know I've made mistakes in my past! But please!" Usagi recognized the voice….it was…Rei!
"I am sorry Rei, but it seems you are no longer fit as high priestess-in-training, and leader of the Dark Daughters." Neferet told her, her eyes frigid, that it shocked Usagi that this could be the same woman who was so kind, and that showed her around the school. Neferet snatched the necklace that was around Rei's neck, the necklace itself was beautiful, two crescents, back to back, decorated with garnets, and other stones, Usagi saw the other Dark Daughters wearing similar ones, but Rei's by far, was the most intricate, and unique, probably because she is…or….was…the leader. Rei didn't flinch when Neferet tore the necklace off of her, but a single tear rolled down her cheek, Rei? Crying? Usagi started to walk away, this wasn't any of her business, besides Neferet had to have had a good reason? Right? Right? Usagi thought, she felt sorry for Rei, she wanted to help her, but, this was out of her hands. If Usagi stayed closer to the door she would have heard the rest of the conversation.
"But who will replace me?" Rei asked, looking down.
"the new fledgling, Usagi Tsukino, I believe she has amazing potential." Neferet said.
"Now off to class." Neferet told Rei, dismissing the raven haired girl, with a wave of the hand. Rei walked out of the room, glaring at Usagi, who was walking away.
"Usagi! You come in now." Neferet called from inside, making Usagi spin on her heel, and walk inside.
"You wanted to see me, Prof. Neferet?" Usagi asked, stepping inside, the dimly lit room.
"Yes, Usagi, I was wondering if you would like the position as Leader of the Dark Daughters, and in turn, high priestess in training?" Usagi was shocked….could she, be the reason for Rei being kicked off? Usagi thought for a moment, she didn't want to upset Neferet, but could she handle the responsibility?
"I would be honored, Neferet." Usagi said, maybe Ami and Mako could help her out.
"You will also need to elect a council, a group of fledglings that will help you out." Neferet told Usagi, who nodded in response.
"Well, congratulations Usagi." Neferet said smiling, charmingly, and handing Usagi the necklace, Usagi took the necklace.
"You may return to class." Neferet told Usagi. Usagi walked out of the classroom, and down a dark corridor, if anyone else was there, they would have noticed how Usagi seemed to glow, literally, but as Usagi turned down another corridor, the glow vanished, as she stepped into the light provided by the old fashioned gas lights.
"But Mamoru! Please!" the voice was desperate, so much that Usagi could hardly recognize it, standing in the hallway, was Mamoru backed against a wall with Rei standing in front of him, she was sobbing, and trying to remain close to the man, but his hands were on her shoulders pushing her away.
"No Rei, I'm sorry, I can't date someone, I don't love." Mamoru told the girl.
"There's someone else, isn't there! It's that Usagi girl….." Rei said, looking down, she looked up, he didn't answer, but he didn't deny it, so Rei sighed, and took a step back.
"I'm sorry…." Mamoru said trying to embrace her, but she took another step back, pushing his hands away.
"Just go…." Rei said quietly, Mamoru hesitated and reached out for her again.
"Go!" Rei ordered, and Mamoru left, as Rei sobbed, soon a pretty girl passed Rei.
"Oh quit sobbing, Hino, we all know that you never really deserved to be high priestess, and that you only got it because your dad paid for it." The girl said, she had long auburn hair, and blue eyes.
"Oh shut up, Anika!" Rei said, wiping the tears, her hand glowing red.
"Fire come to me! Please, chase away Anika!" Rei said, and soon a snake made of fire formed, Anika screamed and ran, once she was gone, the snake stopped chasing her.
"Thank you fire, you are dismissed." Rei said, and then was about to leave, when sh heard something, and turned around, to face the corner which Usagi was peeking behind. Usagi's eyes widened and she moved more behind the wall, hoping Rei hadn't seen her. Then once Usagi heard the sound of Rei's heels walking away, she sighed a breath or relief. Usagi stepped out of the shadows, and tilted her head; maybe Rei wasn't as bad as everyone thought, then Usagi walked towards the gymnasium, for her 4th period class, fencing. When she got their, she did as the instructor told her and picked up her sword, or foil, as he would correct her, that's when she noticed, Rei was in this class with her! But the other girl didn't noticed Usagi, and was fencing with Haruka, who was also in the class, along with Minako, Yaten, Hotaru, Michiru, and Mamoru, it seemed they were all quite good at fencing, but Yaten seemed to be quite disgusted with all the sweat in the room.
"Hey, Usagi, the professor told me to help you run through some drills." Mako said smiling, Ami was also next to her as always.
"Hai, you know, fencing is one of the few sports where men and women can compete on entirely equal terms?" Ami said, Usagi grinned at the idea of being able to kick a guy's butt at fencing, soon Usagi was on the mat, running through the drills, and damn, was she going to be sore in the morning, the whole class Rei paid no attention to her. Finally the class ended, and everyone went to lunch. It was salad today.
"wow, vamps sure like to eat healthy huh?" Usagi said looking over everything.
"hai, because if we get fat or sick, then it's a sign we're rejecting the change, so you won't find like twinkies, or anything like that around here." Ami said. Usagi pouted, no junk food!
"But there is some expensive chocolate, and soda in the dorm refrigerators." Ami said, and Usagi sighed, at least that was better, once they sat down at their usual table, Seiya slid in next to Usagi.
"Hey Seiya." Everyone said to the warrior.
"hey. So odango, how's your first day going so far?" he asked her.
"Good! Oh and I'm the new leader of the dark daughters and the high priestess in training." Usagi said as if it was nothing, her friends just gaped at her.
"what!" Mako exclaimed.
"today, when I left class, Neferet offered me the position. Rei got fired I guess." Usagi said.
"that's strange…..i mean…sure Rei is mean…but, she's a very responsible, and strong student, she's made a few mistakes, but I didn't think they'd replace her." Ami said.
"really? Then why would they offer it to me?" Usagi thought about it, but couldn't think of a reason.
"hmm…that is strange. Maybe it is good you accepted, then you can find out what's really going on." Seiya said.
"what? Me?" Usagi exclaimed, this was way too much to deal with in one day err…night….whatever.
"well, you're the only one who can do it, and you'll be working close to Neferet." Seiya, Usagi nodded.
"Hey Ami! Mako! How would you two like to be in my council?" Usagi asked the two.
"Sure." Ami said, smiling.
"Yeah, sure, you'll need all the help you can get." Mako said, and Usagi pouted, then Minako passed, and Usagi looked at her, before getting up.
"Hey Minako, I was wondering, would you be in my council?" Usagi asked, and Minako smiled at her.
"of course! I'd be honored!" Minako said happily, in the distance, Rei was watching them, on the outside she seemed perfectly fine, but really, she felt hurt, it seemed she was losing everything. After everyone went back to class, the rest of the night proceeded. Usag was just walking out of the dining hall and was in the dorms for the girls, and heading up to her room, when she heard crying, and she saw Rei sitting on the couch, with Michiru and Haruka next to her.
Why am I always the one stumbling across these things? Usagi asked herself.
"I'm losing everything…" Rei said.
"You still have us." Haruka said, smiling softly at the girl.
"Hai." Michiru said.
"You're still wanted and loved, even if you don't have all the power you used to" Haruka said.
"really?" Rei asked.
"really. Want us to prove it" Haruka said winking at her.
"why not." Rei said, Michiru and Haruka each took Rei by the hand, and lead her to her room. Usagi didn't need to follow to know what happened next, she grabbed a soda from one of the refrigerators and went up to her room, to see Minako about to go in too, just then they were almost knocked over when a black cat with green eyes ran past them, hissing, shortly followed by a massive german shepherd, and then Seiya ran following the dog.
"Rex! Stop chasing that cat!" Seiya called.
"oi! Seiya, get your dog to leave my Shiruku, alone!" Yaten yelled, chasing after Seiya. Usagi and Minako simply stared as they ran past, and around the corner. Then a man, with silver hair and blue eyes, came walking towards Minako and Usagi, shortly followed by a white cat with blue eyes, and a golden crescent on it's forehead.
"Artemis! There you are! I missed you soooo much, love!" Minako cooed. The man grinned, as Minako opened her arms, and was about to approach her, and then Minako kneeled on the ground, and the cat ran towards her, and she picked it her arms.
"Ohh…you meant the cat, gomen, I almost thought you were talking to me." The man said rubbing the back of his head.
"why would you think that?" Usagi asked.
"because my name is Artemis as well, I'm a son or Erebus warrior." He told them
"Like Seiya!" Usagi said happily, and Artemis nodded.
"hai, he's one of my brother warriors." Artemis said.
"well, I believe I've disturbed you long enough." Artemis said walking away, as the girls walked into their dorm room, and quickly changed. Usagi lied down on her bed, exhaustedly, it's been a long day. Her very first day in a new life, and she was already changing.
Wow that was long…..well hope that helps to make up for not updating sooner!