Hey Guys. I'd like to start off by saying that last summer i got really into the house of night books, and i was inspired to write this fanfiction. I already have it published on quizilla, but i thought i'd give it a go on this website.

****DISCLAIMER**** I own nothing of the house of night. I only wrote this out of boredem.

Please review and let me know what you think about this :)

Chapter 3

Stark POV.

I felt uneasy about this new girl. She reminded me a lot about Zoey. Actually, now that I got a good look at her, she had a lot of the same features, the same skin tone, only she was a lot shorter, but she already said that was because she was a gymnast.

I felt sad for her, but I don't know why. Could it be because, she was now also involved in this big mess, with Neferet and Kalona.

"When is your birthday?" Stark asked Dawn completely out of the blue.

"This really suck because everyone always meshes it in with Christmas, but it's on December 24th. Why?"

"Oh my Goddess, I was born on December 24th too!" Zoey explained.

"Who're your parents?"

"I don't know my biological parents. I was put up for adoption after birth. My adoptive mother only wanted me for attention. I'm pretty sure you know her. Martha Golding."

"OhmyGoddess, your mother is so famous!" Zoey started saying

At that exact moment, there was a soft rasping on the door, followed by someone saying

"u-we-tsi-a-ge-yv, are you here?"

"Grandma Redbird!" Zoey explained in happiness.

I got up and went to open the door for Zoey's Grandma Redbird. She looked at me and smiled then said.

"Hello, a-ni-tsv-ya"

I laughed as she called me the Cherokee word for rooster.

"Hello Mrs. Redbird." I said politely smiling at the wise woman.

Zoey rushed up to her grandmother and gave her a big hug.

"I've missed you Grandma!" she said happily.

"As I've missed you, u-we-tsi-a-ge-yv." He said still hugging Zoey. Then looked around the room and noticed Dawn sitting uncomfortably on the bed. She walked up to her and asked

"You must be one of Zoey's new friends that she hasn't told me about yet." Then she gave Dawn a quick hug. Dawn smiled in return.

"Actually Grandma, this is Dawn. She's just been marked earlier today. Nyx seems to have gifted her, as she's gifted me, because her mark is filled in, like mine was." She said then looked at me and smiled. I felt her become uncomfortable.

"Is it possible that Dawn and I are sister, I mean twins that were separated at birth?" that caught all of dawn and I's attention.

"Oh u-we-tsi-a-ge-yv, I've been trying to tell you for some time, but then you were marked, and then all your troubles. I just didn't know how to tell you. Your mother and I were supposed to tell you when you turned 18, but I wanted to tell you earlier." Both Zoey and Dawn started crying. Dawn now knew who her birth mother was, only she was dead.

"I can't believe this!" Zoey cried. I walked up to her and tried to hold her, comfort her, sooth her, but she pushed me away.

"Your mother didn't know what to do. It broke her heart. We didn't have enough money after your father left, because he took everything with him. She tried to keep you both, but in the end, she didn't have a choice." Mrs. Redbird started crying as well.

"We tried to find you" he said directly to Dawn "but we couldn't, someone had adopted you, and we weren't allowed to contact you. It gravely hurt us all." She finish. "I'm terribly sorry my u-we-tsi-a-ge-yv's

I grabbed the box of Kleenex, and offered some to everyone.

"Is there anything else I should know about?" Zoey asked angrily. "If not could you please leave us alone for the time being. I need time to think and figure things out. Please go and tell everyone that I won't be there for supper."

"I'm terribly sorry Zoey-bird." Mrs. Redbird said.

"Stark, please help Grandma over to Stevie-Rae's room for now, and come back, oh and could you please get a room for Dawn. I'm sure she would like to settle in" Zoey told me and I saw Dawn nod in agreement to what she had just said.

So I left with grandma redbird and Dawn. I knew that Zoey would pull herself together, until I made her talk about it later, which is probably what she wanted to do.

After making sure that Dawn had everything she needed, I left her alone, and went back to Zoey, where I found her crying softly, sitting on the corner of her bed.

I sat down beside her, as she leaned into me.

"You want to talk about it?" I asked her.

"No. I've got to put this behind me. I can't dwell on the past." She said, trying to sound strong, and I would of let it go, if it wasn't for the fact that she started crying hard against my chest. I hated seeing her this sad. It killed me inside.

I repositioned myself on the bed, so that I was reclining on the mountain of pillows, Zoey crawled up to me.

"Can you do something for me Stark?" Zoey asked me.

"Anything for you, my Queen." I said automatically.

"Can you kiss me the way that makes forget everything? Please". She said shyly.

I gave her my best cocky smile. "You don't have to beg to get me to kiss you." Then I leant in and kissed her. I had to concentrate very hard to remember everything that was going on.

"I love you Stark" she told me, which almost made my head explode with joy.

"You know I love you too Zoey" I said then kissed her more.

She rolled on top of me and kissed me more deeply, in a way that I could only think about her. We both sat up, still kissing, as she was sitting on my lap. We both pulled our shirts off, than she got off and pulled down her pants, so that she was only in her bra and panties. I could see all of her tattoos, and it was breathtaking.

"You're beautiful" I told her then as she came back into my safe grip, I kissed her like there was no tomorrow. We rolled around on the bed, until I was on top of her. I let my hands wander around her body, tracing all of her tattoos, that I had memorised the placement.

"Distract me. Make me think of nothing but you." She whispered into my ear.

"Are you sure?" I asked her.

"Mm. I'm positive" she whispered sexily.

For the rest of the time, all I could think was, Oh Goddess, thank you for letting Zoey love me.

It was nearing 4o'clock in the morning. Zoey and I got dressed and made our way to the dining hall, holding hands, and smiling non-stop at each other. She was clearly more happy then she was earlier, but there was still something that was bothering her.

"Do you want to stop by Dawn's room?" I asked her.

"May as well." She said. I could feel that she was nervous.

"Zoey, don't be nervous. She's your sister, and even more than that, she's your twin. You guys have an unbreakable bond. Kinda like ours, but different." I said giving her a smile.

"I know" she said to me.

And then, out of nowhere, I walked smack into Erik the great.

"Watch were you're goin' man." I complained to him.

"Oh Zoey! I was looking for you." Erik said to her, completely ignoring me.

"What do you want?" she asked sounding pissed. I smiled in satisfaction.

"Did Aphrodite bring you Dawn?" he asked sounding really concerned.

"Yeah." She said then pulled me as she started walking away.

"You used to be a lot nicer!" he whined. She just laughed.

"And you used to act nice. Big difference" she finished then turned and kissed me right in his face. My smile got even bigger against her lips. I put my arms around her waist and held her closer. It didn't take very long for Erik to storm away.

"Thanks" she said.

"You welcome" I said with yet another cocky grin. She hit my arm. "Ow." I said then rubbed the stop she'd hit.

"Sorry." She said sarcastically and started laughing. I joined her with that laughter.

We continued walking until we got to Dawn's door. It opened as I lifted my arm to knock on the door.

"Oh Goddess!" Zoey exclaimed at the surprise.

"Hi" Dawn said casually, trying to hide her surprise.

Zoey turned to look at me and said "Can we have a few minutes to figure things out?"

"Anything for you." I said with a slight smile, hiding the fact that I really didn't want to leave her alone.

"I'll be fine." She said then kissed me on the lips really quick.

"I know. And if you're not, I won't be very far" I told her then gave her a quick kiss, before she walked into Dawn's room and closed the door softly. I knew that I could probably hear everything if I concentrated, but I respected and trusted Zoey a whole lot more than that. Besides, if she wants me to know, she'll probably tell me later.

So I took my Ipod out of my pocket, pressed play, and waited for Zoey and Dawn to finish.

Dawn

"Thanks for all the stuff," I told Stark. "If I need anything else, I'll find you." I said with a smile. "Go find Zoey, I think she might need you." I finished.

He smiled and said "I know she will." Then turned around and walked towards Zoey's room. I closed my door, and started putting away all of my stuff.

After I was done with that, I took my phone from my pocket and dialled Drew's number. It didn't take very long for him to answer.

"Dawn?" he said after the first ring.

"Yeah, it's me" I said.

"Are you okay." He asked.

"Yeah. I'm not sick anymore because I'm around a bunch of vamps." I told him.

"That's good, I think." He said.

"Actually, it's pretty cool here. The other fledglings didn't even say anything about my Mark. You know that Zoey girl that Erik was talking about, well she's not a Vampyre yet, but she has a bunch of Marks already on her body." I told him.

"That's good." He said sympathetically.

"Yeah, but there's a bunch of bad stuff that come with it, and guess what! I'm gonna end up just like her." I explained everything, for Kalona, to Neferet, to even Nyx.

"And it doesn't end there." I said.

"What else could there be?" he asked me.

"This isn't as out there. It's actually pretty normal." I said. "I found out who my birthmother is." I felt myself starting to tear up.

"That's great Dawn!" he said happily.

"Not so much. She's dead Drew. She was killed by Neferet."

"Oh god. Are you okay?" he asked me.

"I don't know. That's not it. You know Zoey? She's my Twin. We were separated at birth." I told him then started crying.

"Don't cry Dawn. This is good, out of everything that has happened, at found a sister, a twin even." He said trying to cheer me up.

"After all these years, hoping to find my real mother. Who am I kidding? I should of known that it wouldn't be a fairy-tale." I said.

"I hate to tell you this Dawn, but I have to go or I'm going to be late for the gym."

"Oh, right. Um I've got to go to. I think it's supper time." I said.

"Dawn, I love you." He said.

"Me too." I said then hung up. Then I started crying even more. Everything sucked right now. I hope that things start getting better.

After a while, I pulled myself together. I realized that I was actually really hungry. The last thing I ate was popcorn, like 12 hours ago. I got up to go to try to find the kitchen, but when I opened the door to my bedroom, I found Zoey lifting her arm, ready to knock at my door. It took everything I had not to scream and pee myself.

"Oh Goddess!" Zoey exclaimed at the surprise.

"Hi" I said casually, trying to hide my surprise.

Zoey turned to look at Stark and said "Can we have a few minutes to figure things out?"

"Anything for you." he said with a slight smile, though he looked like he really didn't want to leave her alone.

"I'll be fine." She said then kissed him on the lips really quick.

"I know. And if you're not, I won't be very far" Stark told her then gave her a quick kiss, before she walked into my room and closed the door softly.

"How are you doing?" she asked.

"I don't know." I said.

"Did anyone say anything about your mark?" she asked.

"Um, I haven't seen anyone." I told her.

"Then why do you look like you've been crying?" she asked.

"I just got off the phone with Drew." I told her about Drew, and about our recent realisation.

"I used to have someone like Drew. His name was Heath, and I still love him, but uh, Kalona killed him." she told me.

"What!" I asked

"When we were in Italy." She said.

"What about Stark?" I asked.

"Stark is my guardian/boyfriend. Heath was my consort. For vampyres, it's normal to have them both." She said.

"Was Stark cool with it?" I asked. She had two boyfriends at once.

"Let's just say that my love life isn't the easiest thing. I've screwed up a lot." She told me

"How?" I asked.

"Um, I don't really like talking about this with anyone, but since your my twin, I guess I can trust you." She said. "When I got marked, I was sort of dating Heath. Then I got to the House of Night, and Heath came to try to bust me out, but I imprinted with him. Then I started dating Erik Night." She briefly explained what imprinting was.

"Erik was not really cool with Heath, but then he turned into a Vampyre, and at the time, the Vampyre poet-laureate at the school was flirting with me, so one night, I was upset and Loren found me. We imprinted, which broke my imprint with Heath, and we also slept together. That was my first time and I regret it soooo much. Anyways, Erik kinda walked in on us. So he broke up with me."

"As it turns out," she continued "Loren was only using me, because Neferet had told him to. Then my friends didn't trust me and I had no one, except Aphrodite, who is kinda like a sister to me."

"How does Stark fit into any of this?" I asked.

"Well, while I had sworn of boys, Stark had transferred to our House of Night, and we kind of had a couple of moments. And then he died, but as he was dying, we kinda fell in love, if that makes any sense. And well, after a while, he became my warrior, then when he saved me from the otherworld, he became my guardian, and I don't know what I would do without him."

"Wow. That must have been hard altogether." I said.

"Take my advice, don't ever do that. The consequence really sucks." She said.

"Will do." I said.

"What was your life like before you were marked?" Zoey asked me.

"My life was already nothing like normal. I was an elite Olympic hopeful gymnast."

"I thought I saw your face before!" Zoey said.

"Maybe. Anyways, nationals where coming up, but I guess I can't go to those anymore, because I'm a fledgling." I said sadly.

"Actually, you still can." Zoey told me.

"What! How?" I asked her.

"Well, a lot a Vampyre have special talents. You could still compete and train, you would just have to cover your mark."

"Where would I train?" I asked already excited and wanting to train.

"Well, there's a gym on the bottom floor, we would just have to buy the equipment, and tell the guys to put it in, and voila!" she said.

"How long would it take?" I asked.

"With Aphrodite's gold card? Not very long. We could have it ready by tomorrow." She said.

"Are you serious! That's amazing." I said.

Zoey smiled and said. "Stark has his archery stuff down there, and the fencing equipment is also there, but there is a lot of room left to put more stuff inside." I could get back to training really soon.

"Is there anything else you might need?" Zoey asked.

"This might be a lot to ask, but I sort of need to keep contact with my old coach." I said.

"I'm sure something could be arranged." Zoey said.

Out of nowhere, my stomach growled. I laughed with Zoey.

"We should go eat. I'll introduce you to everyone. They shouldn't gawk at your mark, but I can't guarantee anything."

"I'll survive." I hoped that what I was saying was true.

"I have a feeling that you will too." Zoey said with a smile. We both got up and I followed her to the door. As soon as Stark saw the door open, he was up by Zoey's side. I smiled behind them.

"What are we having for supper?" I ask to start a conversation.

"That depends on what Damien and Stevie-Rae came up with." Zoey said. "It's not blood or raw meat, if that's what you were thinking." She joked. I let out a little sigh of relief. But I was surprised when she said. "but, personally, I have a preference for blood. I find it delicious, but if you ask any other blue fledgling, they find it disgusting."

"You drink blood?" I asked, completely taken off guard.

"Yeah. Human blood is the best, but I also like blood from other sources." She said then bumped her hip against Stark, with made him lose his balance for a second.

"You drink from people!" I asked, my stomach turning.

"Not really. The only human I ever drank from was Heath. We have blood bags. Remember that if we drink from a human, we have more chances of imprinting with them." She said cautiously.

"I don't think I'll be drinking blood for a while." I told them.

"It might be sooner than you think." Stark said.

"I'd rather not." I said.

"Anyways, enough with the blood. Do you smell that?" Zoey asked me.

I smelled around, and caught the scent of some kind of meat.

"Ew. I might of forgot to mention that I'm a vegetarian." I informed them.

"Well hell," she pointed towards an open doorway "that's the dining hall. Stark and I are going to go to the kitchen, and tell Stevie-Rae and Damien to make you something meat free."

"Thank you." I said as we split.

Before entering the door, I took a deep breath and though you can do this! As soon as I walked through the door, everyone stopped talking and starred at me. Oh goddess please help me! was the only thing going through my head.