I know that last chapter I had Erik as the drama teacher but im going to change that so it is now Professor Cecelia(who I made up) for drama. Also I had read on the House of Night website that Zoey is a vampyre but I don't think she is so I'm keeping her a fledgling(or am I?) in this story. Enjoy!

Disclaimer:I do not own House of Night.

Previously

"Claudia meet your mentor."

I turned to see a beautiful tall woman, with long brown tightlu curled hair and deep brown eyes. She looked to be around her early twenties.

"Hello Claudia, it is a pleasure to finally meet you," the woman said smiling.

"Its nice to meet you too," I said.

"This is Katherine, she is our new Spells&Rituals professor."

"New?" I asked

"Professor Anastasia was the original professor for the class, she had perished in a battle here on the school grounds. She was a dear friend of mine so Zoey here requested my presence," professor Katherine told me.

"Oh," was all I could say.

"Alright I think this would be a good time to show Claudia her room," Zoey said.

"Please lead the way High Priestess," Katherine said bowing with a fist over her chest.

"Okay weird."

I guess Zoey must have sensed my confusion so she explained it to me. "Thats a bow that vampyres and fledglings do as a sign of respect and we also have a certain greeting we do, you'll understand soon."

I nodded and we continued walking down the hall. Zoey and Katherine started explain to me how the House of Night worked like with the lockers we have in the classrooms, the school rituals and pretty much what any teacher would tell you when you started a new school.

As we started walking towards the door that lead us outside I felt my necklace heating up and when we reached the door it turned scorching hot.

"Ahhh!" I screamed tearing off my necklace, I fell near the wall because the pain was just to much to handle and I was freaked out that my necklace had just turned into a sizzling pie pan.

Katherine and Zoey rushed over to me and asked me if I was okay, I was scared about what happened so I couldn't answer them. I looked over to see my necklace and instantly regretted it when I realized I just broke the necklace my grandma gave me.

"Zoey!"

I turned to see a where the new voice was coming from and saw the hottest dude I've ever seen in my life running over to us.

"Stark," Zoey said.

"Are you okay?" he asked when he stood right in front of her.

"Yea I'm fine, our new fledgling here just freaked me out." she told him.

The Stark dude looked over at me and my breath started quicking when I saw he had red tattoos on his face and it freaked me out enough to make me think about what just happened.

He kneeled over to me. "Hey you okay?"

I tried to answer him but I couldn't get anything out, it was like I got the wind knocked out of me.

"Hey just breathe okay, look at me and breathe," he told me.

I looked at him straight in the face and forced myself to take deep breaths.

"Thats right just like that."

I kept breathing and felt myself start to calm down.

"Claudia are you okay?" Zoey asked.

I nodded. "Yea I'm fine now, thanks uh Stark."

He smiled. "No problem."

"I knew I kept you around for a reason," Zoey said with a fond smile on her face.

"I'm useful for alot more than just archery," he said with a smirk and kissed Zoey on her forehead.

"Hot dude is taken but thats cool, I would never want to disrespect Zoey."

"Priestess, Warrior we have a distressed fledgling on our hands that we must take care of," Katherine said to them.

Both Stark and Zoey turned back to me and Stark again kneeled in front me of.

"How are you feeling right now?"

"Dry," I told him.

"Professor do you think you can bring Claudia a bottle of water?" he asked her.

"Of course, it will be just a moment," Katherine said taking off.

"Claudia can you explain to me what happened?" Zoey asked also kneeling in front of me.

"I don't know, its just that ever since I got here my necklace has been getting warm as if it was being heated and when we were in your office it was alot warmer then when in the infirmary. Then when we got to this door it felt as if my necklace was about to catch fire," I explained to them.

"Is that all that it was?" Stark asked.

"Well I've been having this feeling as if evil is lurking around."

It was silent after that, Stark and Zoey looked at each other and finally Stark spoke.

"Neferet."

"Nefe-who?" I asked. Isn't that the name of some Egyptian chick? Oh wait thats Neferetti (See I pay attention to history).

"Remember the woman I told you about who I killed that was my mentor? Well thats her, she tried taking over the world and was in complete alliance with Darkness. She still must have traces of her soul around, I guess the cleansing process wasn't as affective as I thought," Zoey said, the last sentence was more to herself.

"So whats the mystery behind her heating necklace?" Stark asked.

"She might have an affinity," came Katherine's voice.

"The hells an affinity?"

We all looked to her and Zoey spoke. "You think so? I mean its still pretty early for her."

"Well young priestess I remember Anastasia had told me that at your first school ritual you were able to sense the elements and it was only around your first few days," Katherine said handing me the water and I took a drink of it, letting it water the dryness in my throat.

"True but it was easy to figure what affinty I had, Claudia is just having weird issues with her necklace, what would be her affinity?" Zoey said.

"Sensing evil," Stark said.

We all turned to him.

"How do you figure?" Zoey asked.

"Think about it, Claudia said when she got here her necklace started feeling weird but she was unconscious for awhile so she couldn't have noticed but she woke up in the infirmary, where you woke up when you were Marked and when Darius brought you back after you were injured, then it got warmer when you guys were in your office, then it burned her when you guys got close to the door and whats beyond that door?"

"Neferet and the East wall," Zoey said as if she wasn't really shocked about the connections.

"I'm really getting sick and tired of not knowing what the hell is going on."

"She may also have another affinity," Katherine said.

"Fledglings don't have two affinitys," Zoey stated.

"It is not that she has two but has an affinity of an animal."

"What?" Stark and I asked at the same time.

"Claudia what is your necklace of?" Katherine asked.

"An owl," I said still not understanding where she was going with this.

"From some information I have collected over the years fledglings, on rare occasions, gain affinitys that are described as an animal."

"I still don't follow," I said shaking my head.

"Owls in Mexico are known to be messengers of the dead, they pass through the land of the living to the land of the dead and carry messages, in other parts of the world Owls are known to be evil and cause death so its expected for them to be able to sense both," Katherine explained.

"Are you saying Claudia has the affinity of an Owl?" Stark asked like he couldn't grasp the concept.

Well who could? I was barely understand what an affinity was and now I'm being told something I've been related to all my life is now like a superpower?

"I am not exactly sure but it is quite possible," Katherine said.

"Has that even happened recently?" Zoey asked also confused.

"Their was a male fledgling who had an affinity for a wolf about two hundred years ago and that is as recent as it goes," Katherine said. "I also noticed that Claudia has the head of an Owl forming on her markings."

"Hey check it out she does," Stark said.

They all looked at me and I started feeling uncomfortable. "Okay not that I enjoy the 'Whats up with Claudia' show, I'm gonna need you guys to let me stand up."

"My bad."

"Oh I'm sorry."

"My apoligies."

Stark, Zoey and Katherine said.

Stark pulled me up to my feet. "How you feeling?"

"Better than before," I told him.

He chuckled.

"Claudia do you think you will still be able to make it to class?" Zoey asked.

"Well I would definitly like to lay down but I just started here so Im not going to let people think I want special treatment. I'm a bitch but not a spoiled one," I said.

"I think me and you are gonna get along great," Stark said.

Zoey gave Stark a look that I couldn't make out but she gave the look I've been getting all day from her, "You'll understand soon."

"Well if we are all going to class I think it is better now if Zoey shows Claudia to her room and I head off to prepare for my first class," Katherine said.

"Thats fine Professor and thank you again for you help," Zoey said to her.

"My pleasure High Priestess," Katherine said doing the bow.

"I will see you for fifth period Claudia," she said giving me a smile.

"Alright, thank you Professor Katherine," I said returning the smile. I really like her, shes nice.

She walked off and I turned back to Zoey and Stark.

"Alright Claudia lets continue on our way to the dorms," Zoey said.

"Wait I'll take her," Stark told her.

"Stark its not your job."

"It is my job to make sure you have Count Chocula before class and some brown pop," Stark said giving her the biggest grin.

"I am pretty hungry," Zoey admitted.

"Then you go and I'll take Claudia to the dorms."

"This is why I love you," Zoey said and then kissed him.

"Ewww PDA," I said turning around. I didn't like being right there when people kissed, it was just awkward.

I heard Stark and Zoey laugh. "I'll you see you later Zoey."

Zoey kissed him again. "I'll see you for class Claudia."

"Alright."

Zoey walked away and Stark and I continued through the door.

"So you and Zoey are pretty close with each other," I said trying to make conversation.

"Yea I'm her Guardian," Stark said with smile.

"Is that a big word here for boyfriend?"

He laughed.

"No it just means that I pledged to Zoey that I will always protect her no matter what the cost, but I am kind of her boyfriend."

"Theres more to it than just isn't there?"

"What do you mean?"

I stopped and looked at him. "I mean that there is alot more backstory then what people are telling me, alot more that I need to understand and all I keep getting from Zoey is 'You'll understand soon' and its pissing me off."

Stark laughed.

"I don't find this funny bro, I'm dead serious."

Starks laughed ended there and he seemed kind of sad but quickly pushed it away. "Look I understand what your talking about, when I first got here I didn't know what the hell was going on either and the stuff hit me like a roller coaster so be happy stuff is going as slow as it is for you and Zoey will tell you everything, she just has to get you situated first with the school."

"Promise?"

"I promise."

"Okay good cause if you lie to me I will hurt you."

Stark laughed. "Well I'm very skilled at archery so that wouldn't be the smartest idea."

"Well Im very skilled at kicking ass," I smirked at him. Don't matter what kind of weapon you use, its all about if you can take an ass kicking.

"I'm way more skilled then you think."

"Like how?"

"Like if I think of a target that even isn't in front of me the arrow lands there."

"So if you were like a hundred feet away from a watermelon with your back to it and you thought about shooting it, it would land there?" I asked.

Stark laughed. "Something like that."

"Thats badass dude."

Stark's face altered. "Not to me."

"How come?"

"Long story."

I stopped and gave him an annoyed look.

"Alright fine. A year ago I killed a friend of mine because I kept thinking about how I was going to win a competition and I was going to beat Will. When I shot the arrow it pierced his heart and he died," Stark explained.

"Say what now?"

"Okay to make this short since I hate telling this story, if I think of a target it lands there, no matter where it is. Pretty much like your whole watermelon theory."

"Oh."

"Yea."

"Wait so if you hate telling this story and have issues with the bow, why are you threating to kick my ass with it?"

Stark chuckled. "Because you look like you can kick mine so I had to come up with something."

I laughed.

"Come on fledgling, I have to get you to your dorm," Stark said.

"You have to go to class to don't you?" I asked.

"Nope, Im a full vampyre," Stark said with a cocky grin.

"How?"

"I died and became a red vampyre fledgling but after I gave Zoey my Warrior's Oath I changed into the first male red vampyre. To understand what a Warrior's Oath is your going to have to go to class for that," he said.

I nodded. At least I was starting to get some answers even if I was being annoying about it.

"Now lets go," he said pushing me.

"Yes mom."

Stark chuckled again and we continued toward the dorms. Once we got there I stood in awe. They had flat screens!

"OMG I just died and went to Claudia heaven," I said.

"Claudia heaven?" Stark asked.

"Yes where everything is awesome, you have to be personally invited to come."

"Well good thing I'm the coolest guy you know."

I turned to him. "Well talk about that another time."

"Hey!"

I laughed.

Stark shook his head and signaled for me to follow him. We walked into a hallway with a bunch of doors and I figured it was the dorm rooms.

"Okay heres your room," Stark said standing next to a door.

"How do you know which room is mine?"

"Zoey texted me before you woke up and said where I should meet her," Stark told me.

I nodded. "Well thanks Stark for helping me and showing me to my room."

He smiled. "Your welcome. See you Claudia."

"Bye."

Stark turned around and left. When he was out of sight I opened the door to my new room and was surprised to see another girl inside the room.

"You must be Claudia. I'm Diana, your roommate."