Hey guys! btw, all the Vampire Academy people already knew each other, and everything, but it's set sort of after Frost Bite, but with Dimitri younger, as well as Adrian. Also, Mason obviously isn't dead. Sorry if that caused any confusion :)
I woke to a buzzing to the right of where I was lying down..
"Meh..." I groaned, trying to slap the alarm clock. Instead I hit empty desk. I looked around and saw it rolling around the floor.
"What the...?" I mumbled. I got up and chased it around the room, and finally caught it behind the door. It was the alarm clock Fred had given me. Obviously it wasn't just a normal alarm clock. I looked over at Arya, Kestrel, Rashel and Rose who were all looking around bleary eyed. Well, almost all of them were... Arya was doing some sort of morning ritual thing. I don't really know how to describe that.
"Turn it offffffffffff!" Rose groaned and threw a pillow at me, smacking me in the face.
"I'm trying!" I cried desperately.
"Then try harder Jez!" Rashel groaned, putting her pillow over her head.
"I knew it was a stupid idea taking a gift from Weasley!" Rose moaned.
"I'm 'unna kill 'im." I yawned. "Right after we get a few more minutes of sleep." I sighed as the alarm finally stopped blaring. My head hit the pillow and there were a few joyous sighs, and I was almost asleep... so close...
BEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEPPPPPPPPP! I finally caught a glance at the time and swore. It was only 5. We had at least one more hour to sleep for.
"WEASLEY!" I screamed uselessly.
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"And cue the angry females." I laughed triumphantly, beside George, Eddie and Mason - Eragon and Roran were up in the riders barracks, with Vi, who'd surely be hearing about this later, and how lucky she was that she hadn't been woken up at 5 in the morning ( 5PM).
Eddie and Mason looked as if they were ready for all hell to break loose, and were ready to jump into hand to hand combat.
"What's with you two?" I asked them.
"Rose is going to murder us, as well as the lamia, the elf, the half vampire, and the fucking vampire slayer!" Eddie said, his voice raising with each word.
"Yes, but they don't have a witch with them. You have two wizards and two kick-ass dhampirs." George said half-heartedly.
I turned when I heard footsteps pounding up the stairs, quickly approaching. "You thinking what I'm thinking Georgie Boy?"
"I do believe I am."
At the same time we turned, each a different way. I grabbed our brooms from under our beds while he blasted the window open. I tossed him his broom and I hopped on mine, shooting out the window calling back, "Good luck!" just as Rose and company burst in through the doors.
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"HEEEEEEEEEELLLLLLLLLPPPPPPPPP!" Mason and Eddie cried together. They were both tied to an extremely tall tree, hanging.
Losers. They'll be joined by the twins soon.
"You asked for it, helping them give us the stupid alarm clock. So, since we woke up early, you're going to be late. As in, a whole day late for class." I said.
"Please Jezebel!" Mason called.
"As if. And it's Jez dumbass!" I called back.
I high-fived the others, except Arya, who was probably still in the room doing whatever exercise rituals elves do.
"That felt good." Kestrel laughed.
"Have you never pranked anybody before?" Rose asked.
The green grass was soon left behind as we entered through the great hall again, and sat down at the Griffindor table. There was a low rumbling sound of everyboy's conversations intermingling.
"Nope." she answered with a sheepish grin.
"How do you live? Although, my version probably doesn't count, since it was on rogue vampires, or any vampire really..." Rashel looked up at Kestrel and blushed. "Sorry... I've got some personal issues with vamps.."
"It's fine. Most humans do." Kestrel smiled.
"What does that make me then? Bipolar? Dual-personality?" I asked.
They all laughed. "But you get to choose if you're in vamp mode or human mode, and the only thing you have to do is drink blood or not! You're so lucky!" Kestrel said enviously.
"I kinda wish I was full human or full vamp. It's as if my body can't decide." I admitted.
I looked down at my watch and swore. "We need to go for classes. Like, now."
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I looked around the class and realized that all the seventh years had the same classes at the same time, there weren't enough of them to make any more then one class.
Maggie Neely was really the only girl in my house I'd connected with. I'd become fairly good friends, for only spending a few nights together, with Dimitri. We were both protective, pretty quiet, closed about our lives and also strong fighters. So, naturally if I told anybody else they'd be all 'oh my goodness you're perfect for each other!' but all I want from him is friendship.
So, naturally, since Maggie was a sixth year, I was sitting next to Dimitri.
"Listen up please! I'm Alberta Petrov, Guardian Petrov to you kids. In my class you're going to be learing all about Moroi and Dhampirs, of which I am a Dhampir. Today we're having some demonstrations of what Moroi can do, from some of our seventh year moroi students." The homeroom bell rang but we all stayed in our seats. We had homeroom and then her on day 1.
"Mr. Ivashkov, will you kindly come up to the front and show the class a little of what you do." Guardian Petrov said.
Adrian sauntered up to the front and grinned. "I'm going to need a volunteer."
A bunch of hands went up and he just scanned over them until he stopped at me. He grinned. "What's your name?"
"Keller."
"Well, Keller, come on up and volunteer." he smiled.
"I'd rather not, thank you for asking." I smiled sweetly.
"Keller, come up and volunteer." he said in a very commanding voice.
I felt myself standing up, and my legs moving me up to the front jerkily, because of my fighting, or trying to fight. FInally, I was standing next to Ivasskov and I was fuming. I felt the icy fingers of the compulsion slip away and I turned so fast nobody saw me. All they saw was the two of us standing one minute and then next, him on the floor, with a big red welt beginning to bruise on his face, and me straddleing him.
"Never. Do that. Again." I snarled. I could feel my ears changing, and a tail popping out. I stopped the transformation and walked back to my seat, sitting down with my head held high. I hated looking weak.
"Nice." Dimitri whispered, and it didn't seem sarcastic. I guess he didn't like Ivashkov. I didn't blame him.
When class finally ended I was so relieved. I could finally go to my first elective- Potions. I waved goodbye to Dimitri and hurried off to Proffessor Slughorn's class.
When I entered it, and only Ivashkov was sitting there , and there was only one other desk left, I figured there was some kind of mistake.
"No, there's no mistake Miss Keller. There were only two of you who signed up for Potions as your first elective." Slughorn said.
I almost screamed in frustration. The thought of being stuck in a class with Ivashkov and a teacher for the year was horrid. I kept the scream in and fumed silently.
"So, for the next month, we're going to be brewing some polyjuice potion, and at the end, if it's drinkable, I'll let you two split it, just in case you need it sometime." He winked.
That made me feel kinda happy, even though I had no idea what polyjuicde potion was.
I was so happy to finally escape from potions. I hurried down to the makeshift gym. I changed quickly and met the rest of the seventh years out in the center. I sat down beside Dimitri again and proceeded to tell him what had happened the period before.
"I have no pity for you. I've been stuck near him for most of my life. Suck it up buttercup." he laughed.
I smacked him hard and he almost flinched. Almost, but not quite.
"Hey! Listen! Grab a partner and spar! I want to see how you fight." Alto yelled.
I turned to Dimitri and then second guessed that. "Sorry, I don't want to fight you."
He grinned, taking that as a compliment and I ran over to someone I thought would be more my level. I looked around and realized that everyone else had a partner, except Darius, who was huge and looked lethal.
I braced myself across from him and he nodded. When the whistle was blown he launched himself at me and I dodged and grabbed his shoulders, and used his momentum to throw him onto the ground, straddling him.
"One. Two. Three. Four. Five. Six. Seven. Eight. Nine. Ten." Darius kept bucking but I held him down with my 'shifter strength. "When do I stop counting?"
"About five seconds ago." Alto said.
"Oops." I got up off Darius and stepped back a bit. "Sorry." I bit my lip as he brushed the dirt off himself.
"Class, stop sparring! I think that you should see how to spar. Watch Raksha and Dimitri spar." Guardian Alto exclaimed.
The class cleared a space in the center of the room and I frowned. "It's Keller and I'm really not comfortable with this-"
"Just do it."
I closed my mouth right away and stepped up to the makeshift sparring space, covered in mats. I nodded at Dimitri and he nodded back at me. I got into my ready position and when the whistle blew we circled. Finally he lunged at me and then swung his foot out at the last tsecond. Thankfully I have supernaturally speed and reflexes, and I caught his foot in mid kick, swinging him forwards, with his momentum.
He landed gracefully and I hopped to face him again. I morphed into y half-and-half state, thankful that he didn't use that time to attack. I would need my extra balance with him.
We lunged at each other and I became numb to the rest of the world, just aware of me and him, and how I needed to focus or get my butt kicked. I was sure I was going to be pretty bruised tomorrow. After what seemed like days, the whislte was blown, and it was declared a tie, and class ended. I was left panting.
When I met Dimitri and we walked to the dining hall, he grinned. "You're quite the fighter."
"Takes one to know one." I smiled. "Thanks. You are the most challenging partner I've ever had though. I normally beat my partners after awhile, or just decide that it's better not to fight them, but wow. I think I've gotten better... I was sure you'd beat me, since you didn't even flinch when I punch you earlier on today."
He laughed. "I've got a bruise there now, I just don't like showing weakness."
"Neither do I. Funny how these things work!" I laughed.
"Funny how what things work?" Maggie asked, sitting down beside me.
"Funny how all things work really."
"True." Maggie agreed.
"Much too true." Dimitri agreed solemnly.
"I don't think i'm going to mind going to school, this time." I smiled. I leaned back in my seat, and then realized too late that these were benches, leaving me sprawled unhappily on the floor. The roof looked lovely today, all atumny coloured, and glowing with the heat of a magicked sun.
"Smooth Keller, smooth." Maggie laughed, shaking her head.
"Hey Comrade." the girl named Rose came over from her table and sat next to Dimitri.
He grinned and gave her a quick kiss on her lips, pulling her close. "Change of heart Comrade?" she asked.
"I'm no longer your instructor Roza. Therefore, I have full rights to this." he said quietly, in a way only he could. I turned my head away, and realized I was still sprawled on the floor. Figures I'd get so caught up in someone else's love moment that I'd forget all about my life for a little.
"Hey do you need some help?" A guy my age asked. He had golden hair and green eyes.
"I'm good." I snapped, quite rudely, and got up myself, brushing off his outstretched hand.
"I'm Galen by the way." He smiled.
Why is he not getting the message? I wondered. "Keller." I said stiffly, finally taking his outstretched hand in mine. There was a little zapping feeling and we instantly sprung apart. "What did you...?"
"It wasn't me." he breathed, looking awed. The expression kind of scared me.
"I'll see you back in the dorm guys." I nodded at Galen and ran off. I had no idea what had just happened, but I had no wish to experience it again.
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I looked up at Harry, and then looked back down at my food again. Don't be stupid Ginny. He'd never go for you. You're wasting your time.
I felt someone's eyes on me and turned to the Slytherin table, seeing none other than Blaise Zabini staring right at me, while Draco's eyes were completely focused on Hermione. Wierd. I waved at Zabini and he shook his head and scowled at me, turning to Draco, trying to start a conversation that wasn't really getting started. I just rolled my eyes and went back to eating. Meagan Forrest was sitting right next to me and her brown hair was hanging around her in a sort of curtain.
"Hey. I don't think we've been properly introduced. I'm Ginny." I stuck my hand out to her, and she smiled.
"Meagan." She smiled. "Have you got your timetable with you?" she asked.
I nodded yes and we compared them. We had period 2,3,5 and 6 together, at least on day 1 we did. Each day we had at least two classes together, and there were 6 of them in all. Meaning that it'd be day 1 on monday, 2 on tuesday, 3 on wednesday, etc. At least for this week. It just kept going in circles.
I looked at the time and jumped up. We only had an hour left until school started. "We need to go get ready!" I cried and ran. Meagan ran after me, and called for me to slow down. I did, and she laughed.
"Why're you so panicked. Like you said, we have a whole hour to get ready." she grinned, and didn't look tired at all. Me, on the other hand, I was exausted.
When we got to our room, we bumped into Jillian Mastrano. We then compared scheduals, and to my amazement, theirs were the exact same, except for their electives. I felt a wave of jealousy go through me, and then pushed it aside. We were still going to see each other alot throughout the day, and, hopefully, the electives were for more than one grade, and I'd see Harry at one time during the day.
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So, apparently, I wasn't allowed to bring Naos - we'd finally decided on Naos for my little white dragon, it was fitting- and so, when I arrived to my first period -Werewolves, Werwulfen and Shapeshifters, taught by Professor Lupin- with her on my shoulder, I was sent back up to my room to return her, to the dismay of us both, and the entire class, who wanted to hold him and coddle him in every way shape and form.
So, when I'd finally returned and taken my seat with the others in class, I was depressed. I was sitting next to Patrick and I smiled, since he'd patted the seat next to him eagerly, as if he really really wanted to sit next to me.
"Okay guys. So, I realize that this is going to be fairly boring, with all that we're doing in the textbooks, and theory and such, but today, I figured we'd start with a game." everybody sat up a little straighter at that.
"Who in this class is a 'shifter?" he asked, looking around. Leopardali stood up.
"Good, you will be the team captains of the 'shifters team." Lupin said, and looked around. "Who here is a werewolf?" he asked.
Noone stood up, and so he chose told me to wait a second, and he went on to the next question. "Okay, anyone here a werwulfen?" he asked, and this time Jeremy Lovett stood up. Jeremy had slightly tanned sking and brown hair, and brown eyes. Then he asked, "Is anyone here good with animals?"
I raised my hand hesitantly, and he nodded. "Yes, you'lll do. You are bound to a Dragon after all. You'll be the werewolf team captain." He looked around the class and noticed that Iliana was also in our class, and though she was quiet, she wasn't too shy, and she was really good with animals, because she was a wytch, and so she became the team captain for the werwulfen team.
"Okay so, before you pick your teams, I'm going to explain this game to you. You guys are going to, for the rest of the period, walk around the halls, and everytime you find an animal, you will try and get it to join your 'pack'. Each time you do this, you'll earn a point. Five minutes before the period ends, I want you to come back here, and show me your 'packs'."
I grinned and looked at Patrick, who had been looking at me, for who knows how long. Take a picture, it lasts longer. I thought to him and he winked as if he knew what I'd just thought.
This is going to be a fun experience, to say the least. I said to him, and looked up at the teacher, who'd just told use to pick our teams.
"I pick Jack." Jeremy said, and she walked over to where they were standing.
"I pick Patrick." I said, and he came over to me and stood a little closer than he needed to, and it made my heart flutter.
"I pick Lenny." he smiled.
And so it went, and the teams ended up being as follows:
Jeremy's team: Jack, Blaise, Draco, Hermione, Neville, Pansy, Zacharias, Gillian, Nirrieda
My team: Patrick, Daphne, Hannah, Lavender, Padma, Ron, Orianna, David, Christina
Dali's team: Lenny, Dean, Harry, Millicent, Parvati, Seamus, Analysse, Mary-Lynette, Tyler
And so, my team set off, down the halls, and an idea popped into my head. "WHy don't we all go and get our pets from our common rooms, and hurry, and meet in the library in ten minutes?" I asked, and everyone seemed to like that idea. So, we set off, and Patrick and I were left alone- a benefit of a fantastic plan.
We walked the first bit in silence, but when we got into the common room, Patrick turned to me, his eyes sparkling, with some secret that I felt like I probably should've been in on. "K... we've known each other for how long now?" he asked.
It must've only been... three days, maybe? Two days I think. So it didn't seem rational to have extreme butterflies in my stomach, and my heart doing little flip-flops, and skipping beats. "Only a few days." I whispered.
"It feels like I've known you for so much longer..." he came closer still and then Naos slammed into his side, only slightly winding him. He looked down at him, and he was snarling fiercly at him.
"Naos! Stop! He wasn't hurting me!" I sent him calming pictures through my mind, and he hopped up to my shoulder, still giving him the evil eye.
He laughed and turned, running upstairs to the boys dorm. Two minutes later, he had his Snowy owl, Lucifer on his shoulder. "You know, Hazel eyes, I think that Noas doesn't like me much."
I laughed, and we exited the common room. "He's just protective, is all. I guess he took the anxiety for fear." I said, and then wished that I could take back what I'd just said. He didn't need to know that he made me all fluttery and anxious, and excited, just by standing beside me.
"You were anxious Hazel eyes?" he asked, smirking. He was looking down at me, and I was trying hard not to get lost in those deep hazel, almost green eyes.
"You have hazel eyes as well!" I said quickly, hoping to distract him.
He looked slightly stumped, and then smirked again. "Well, it wouldn't be fair to have to take a nickname from a beautiful girl, so why don't you just call me Sexy instead."
I laughed and shook my head as we entered the library. "Not likely Patrick."
Everyone had their animals with them, and so we strolled the halls, just talking, and then we actually stumbled across an animal. Except this was the worst one possible.
"Meeeeeooowwww." meowed, looking up at us.
Ron took one look at it and cried, "It's Filch's cat, RUN!" and everyone ran after him.
We all ended up bursting out laughing, and I actually started crying I was laughing so hard. I had stopped a few times, and in the end I was laughing because Patrick was laughing because I was laughing because he was laughing... and on it went.
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"Where're we supposed to find animals in the castle?" Malfoy asked snobbishly.
"Well it'd be logical to go and look for them outside, or near where Hagrid is teaching Care Of Magical Creatures." I answered, moving some of my bushy brown hair out of my face.
"Well of course you have an answer, Granger. Know-it-all." Malfoy practically spat at me. Arse.
"Okay, what is your problem? Do you have some personality issues you need to come to terms with? Maybe so abuse or hardship in your past you need to come to terms with? If so, do it on your own time, nobody needs to take your shit." A girl named Gillian said to him, in a way that made it sound like she was complimenting him. Score one for girls everywhere.
When Malfoy walked away with Zabini and Pansy, I turned to her, and smiled. "You didn't need to do that. But thanks."
She grinned back. "You don't know how much I've been wanting to tell him off. It's only been two days! He's such a jerk! Why is he even here?" she asked.
"Probably because his parents bribed the ministry to let him in." I muttered, and Gillian laughed. The group was walking outside now, and the grass was starting to brown. You could just barely see Hagrid, in the trees, and his class that surrounded him.
"I'd believe it. He's snobby enough to be one of those." she said, as if he was his own type. Then again, he did seem to attract people just like him...
We didn't find many animals. We probably repelled them, or at least, Malfoy did.
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I looked around at all the familiar faces from previous Hogwarts years, and smiled at some of them, and then, at the others, I just looked. The boy called Leopardali was in charge of our group, and didn't seem too into it. Not that any of us were to begin with.
"So... erm... are we just going to walk around the halls?" I asked akwardly.
"Yeah I guess Harry. Or, we could go kick some strigoi ass." Analysse said, and then realized that we had no idea what those are. "Oh sorry.. sometimes I forget that not everybody knows what I'm talking about..." she smiled lopsidedly.
"Well if I knew what they were, then I'd definitely help." Dean grinned. "Kicking ass in general is fun."
"It's not as easy as you think, you know." she said, shaking her head. "Rose Hathaway, is the only known novice to ever kill one, let alone two before graduating. She's got the molnija marks to prove it too."
"Woah." Millicent pretended to be interested and then rolled hers eyes.
I glared at her and she shrank back, mumbling a sorry. "So, how're we supposed to get animals?" I aksed, and then realized what time it was. "Crap! We've got to get back, now! It's five minutes to class, and we're nowhere near there!" he cried.
"Want me to cause a distraction? Saw that one of you got hurt, hitting your head on the floor? I could make it to class in time, because of my vampire speed." Analysse asked and everyone nodded.
"Can i have a volunteer?" she asked. Seamus volunteered and came forwards, and she punched him in the jaw, so that he'd have a bruise to prove that he'd been hurt. "Sorry!" she called, running away, to the class.
"What just happened?" Dean asked, looking confused.
"I honestly have no idea." I answered.
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"And Kerstin's group wins!" Professor Lupin exclaimed, just as the bell rang. Everyone ran out, and rushed to get to period two. Who knew school would be so exciting?
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I was rushing down the hall to get to my next class when an alarm rang out, and an announcment sounded.
"All dragon riders, and all elves, please report to the great hall immediately, with your dragons. Thank you."
It's time, Vi. A voice in my head spoke.
Ta-da! End of chapter! 4775 words! Be happy for a week or so! and du-du-duuuuuhhh! What's going to happen? Please review, it makes my day, honestly it does, and I'd be ever so happy it you did. I'll give you a dragon egg!
