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Chapter Three
Vampires and Venom
"Jou waarheid is op hande!" The man yelled, "Neem die mes en laat jou bloed vloei!"
I murmured to Kalista, "What's he saying?"
"That's Headmaster Gray." Kalista replied, "He can only speak some weird language, with a little English."
"Kom uit! Kies!" He yelled, "Yah?"
"Yah!" The students hollered back and broke off into conversations and excited cheers.
The headmaster nodded and sat down. Her exchanged a quick conversation with Ms. Goodheart, who had walked over to him. Ms. Goodheart nodded and waved her arms to quiet the students.
"It is time to test our magic, once more!" Ms. Goodheart announced. "Let us discover the talents of our new first years! Welcome!"
"Welcome!" The second and third years cried.
"First up, Aiylsh Bracken."
A pretty dirty blond girl walked up to the slab. Ms. Goodheart handed her a knife. She cut a small dash in her finger with it. I nearly choked. What kind of torture school was this? Blood dripped from her finger and landed on the slab. The stone rippled and an image appeared. A thread and a maze.
"Aiylsh Bracken, descendant of Adela, second tower!" Ms. Goodheart pronouced."
Cheers broke out and Aiysh went and joined the second and third years who shook her hand and patted her on the back.
"Kate Riley!"
The girl from my school who had helped run the tests walked up and cut her finger. She was a first year too? I wondered if she remembered me. She caught my eye and smiled. I smiled back awkwardly. She turned back to Ms. Goodheart.
"Kate Riley, descendant of Anika, third tower!"
"Brendan Leer!"
Once again the boy cut his finger and the image appeared onto the stone. "Brendan Leer, descendant of Jameson, seventh tower!"
Ms. Goodheart called name after name and each time the student would go up, cut their finger and let their blood fall onto the stone. Every time an image appeared and kids were separated. I sone realized they were in groups for their powers.
"Kalista Klarrot!"
Kalista walked solemnly up the stone and cut her finger. For some reason I held my breath. An image of the moon and a howling wolf appeared. "Kalista Klarrot, descendant of Luna, 12th tower, werewolf!"
I was clapped and laughed, caught up in the chatter and enthusiasm of the upperclassmen. I barely heard my name be called. "Hope Jones!"
I swallowed and felt a flash of anxiety. What if if I really did have no powers? What if? I shook my head and walked up to the stone. Everyone was watching me. I took the knife from Ms. Goodheart. She smiled encouragingly. My hands were shaking so much the knife was slippery in my hands. I dug the tip into my finger and winced. The knife was sliding. No, no I cut too much. Blood ran down my arm.
"It's okay-" Ms. Goodheart began.
A feral growl sounded in the crowd. In a moment I turned but someone was barreling towards me like a wild animal. They grabbed my shoulders and pinned me to the ground. My head hit the floor, hard. My vision began to grow blurry. I saw their face for a moment, their sharp fangs. A vampire. A flash of pain in my neck was all it took for the world to go black, and I slipped away.
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I was in a white bed. The ceiling was white. The floor. People were rushing around me with white clothes. Someone was talking to me. I was gonna be okay. I wasn't going to turn into a vampire. I was okay.
So I let myself slid to the black once more.
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It could have been minutes, hours, or days before I woke again. I was confused. My head throbbed and it felt like I had been talked by a quarterback and knocked down the stairs and out of a 30 story window. Every limb hurt, every muscle ached, and breathing sent a wave of pain through my whole body. My throat was as dry as a desert. I could barely summon enough strength to crack open my eyes.
"She's awake! Nurse Diana she's awake," someone sitting next to me called. I couldn't make out any shapes in the blurry mess I was seeing.
Someone joined the other person person beside me. The nurse? I couldn't see. "Hope, how are you feeling?" She asked, "Now that your awake, I'm going to cast a healing spell, okay?"
I tried to reply but was cut off as the women raised her hands above my head and started chanting. Her hand lit up in a strange purple light and soon I was engulfed in it. Then it was gone. I blinked until my vision cleared, and my sight was clearer than ever. I was in a large open room with slits in the ceiling letting in beams of sunlight. I was in a metal hospital bed pushed against a wall. There were curtains to the left and right of me. Across the room from me were other similar beds with curtains. Beside my bed was Kalista and an older woman.
I swallowed, "What happened?" my voice was hoarse and it sounded like a croak.
"It was a total accident," the nurse said. She was a pretty woman with slightly gray hair and warm hazel eyes, she reminded me of Grandmother, "A vampire boy, Bennett, lost control. I would bet he hadn't drunken blood in days. He saw your hand bleed and couldn't stop himself."
I shuddered. "Then why did I...?"
Kalista shook her head, "Vampire venom turns normal humans into vampires. But for werewolves and summoners, the venom is fatal." She smiled, "Thank goodness you're okay!"
I lifted my arm, shocked to feel the pain was gone. My legs moved fine. I felt my neck with my hands. I could feel a small scab that seemed to be healing. Thank god for healing spells. I swung my legs out of the bed with my back to them and stood up. I wobbled, and sat back down.
"Hope!" The nurse scolded. "You'll hurt yourself worse! Stay seated!"
"I'm okay," I insisted. "Today is supposed to be the first day of school, right? I wanted to go to classes and whatnot."
The nurse smiled, "You remind me of a certain someone I know. Of course. I do believe I have your schedule, from Ms. Tati, ah here it is!" She pulled a yellow sheet of paper out of her apron pocket and handed it to me. "Good luck!"
I picked up the schedule. "I'm ready."
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