Chapter 2

"Louisa, here at the House of Night, you get to pick a name. What would you like your name to be? You can keep the name Louisa Jamieson if you like, of course" Zoey smiled kindly. I thought for a minute, back to our lessons at school back home. I wanted something foreign, or at least interesting. Layla. That was nice. It meant…Dark Beauty in Arabic. A surname. I definitely wanted to change that! Lamya meant having beautiful dark lips…yeah I liked that! "Zoey, can I be Layla Lamya please?" Zoey looked at me, a grin in her eyes. "Yeah, that sounds good. You changed both your names!" I smiled shyly. "OK, let's show you to your dorm Layla!" I was led to the dorms, and met by another girl. "Layla, this is your roommate Angelia White. I'll leave you two alone now," and with that, she walked away. Angelia turned to me. "Hey," she said awkwardly. She had ginger hair, blue eyes and a light complexion. Her freckles were lovely, and she was quite beautiful. I was a contrast to her, having dark brown eyes and dark brown hair of medium length. I didn't have freckles, and I had a medium complexion. I looked at her dumbly, before realising I should reply. "Hi," I said. And then she slapped my face. Tears welled up in my eyes. "Why?" I asked. "Because, you are clearly trying to steal my limelight. What with your silver tattoos and all!" she rolled her eyes. How pathetic she is. I would NEVER be her friend! I heard her mind say. Then a girl walked up behind me. "What's that all about Angelia? You are WAY too protective of your "limelight" as you seem to like to call it. Get off her back!" the girl said. "Damien, Shaunee, Erin, Aphrodite do you agree with me?" she turned around to people behind her. "Yeah!" said one with beautiful tanned skin. "Ditto Twin," said a light blonde one. "Undoubtedly," said the guy. "Guess so," said another blonde. They were all older than me, around the same age as Zoey, and I guessed they were Professors. Angelia turned around and stalked away, moody. The one who had spoken originally spoken turned around to face me. "Hi! I guess you must be the new girl, Louisa-'' I interrupted to correct her. I loved my new name and wanted to be called it. "Layla," I said, cheered by these lovely people. "Um, OK guess that's your new name. Well this is Damien Maslin-" she pointed at the guy. "Shaunee Cole-" the tanned girl. "Erin Bates. By the way, her and Shaunee are physic Twins" she winked, and pointed at blonde 1. "Aphrodite LaFonte-"she pointed at blonde number 2. "And I am Stevie Rae Johnson, hope you enjoy your time at the House of Night!" and with that she was gone. And I was left alone.