Author's Note:

Recap: Harry has once again done the impossible and survived a Dementor's kiss. He escaped, but his cousin didn't. He went home to find that sometime during the night his relatives had been murdered. He escapes, but is later found by Dumbledore. He is taken the Order of the Phoenix Headquarters and told that he is danger to himself and others. He has Magically Matured which makes him very powerful, but because it happened so young and without training he has no control over his magic. He has to go to a new school, but before he can get there he goes through a 2 month training spree with the members of the Order.

After a test of his powers and knowledge the newly christened Judius Crux is off to the next great adventure. On his first day at school, he gets into a fight with a group of vampires. He wins and in a spectacular move he shows off just how much power he has...that will probably turn out great, right?

After getting introduced to most of his seven roommates he gets dragged away by an upperclassman to talk to Professor Oberon about the strange sight that he sees in the common room. Oberon informs him that the school has accidently taken a piece of his soul when taking his magic. He is on his way back to his room after releasing a large amount of magic when something stops him.

Disclaimer: I don't own the work of J.K. Rowling and never will. In no way will I purposefully try to plagiarize anyone else's work. All ideas about how magic works or the Magical Realm are my own.


Chapter 9: Boogeyman


Within the first seconds on waking up Jude knew exactly where he was. He didn't even have time to open his eyes before he smelled the too sterile air or the disinfectant than always permeated throughout these places. The bright white of the walls and beds only confirmed this fact. He felt sore, but well rested. He couldn't quite remember what lead him to this spot, but it had to be a record for him to get into the Hospital Wing before school even started.

The last thing he remembered was walking down the hall and a red flash. He groaned. That was never a good sign, but the fact that he had ended up in the Hospital Wing certainly was.

"Ah, I see you are awake now Mister Crux. Good, I have better things to do today than wait for you." As soon as Jude heard the Headmistresses voice he jolted up, or tried to rather, because soon found that was a bad idea.

"Ar' toth dissberbing mine patient?" The first thing Jude noticed about this particular creature was his purple skin. The second thing was the antennas that protruded from his head. It wasn't until he had placed his hand on Jude's forehead that he noticed the four fingers and the pink eyes. He was shocked, but tried to contain himself from making more of a fool of himself. "Goud, goud. H'art ya now?"

It took Jude a second to realize it was asking him something. "I'm sorry what?"

"Healer Janis, we have no time for this. It is obvious that the boy is back in shape. Nothing even happened to him besides a little bump on the head. He has things to do today, as do I. You will not convince me to allow him to stay the night, he needs to be in his dorm. You however, do not need another lab rat. Didn't you just get a new intern?" The Headmistress stared down at the bug like creature from her chair beside his bed. It was a talent to look down at someone while sitting, but it looked like the Headmistress had perfected it.

Jude heard, what must have been, the Healer give a cluck and scuttle away. He almost allowed himself to relax before he saw the other person standing at his bedside. The pale vampire from the first night was standing next to her, but looked much different. He had lost the confident posture from the night and seemed to be fiddling with a ring on his finger.

"What is going on?" Jude finally asked.

"Right, Mister Crux I am sure that you don't remember this, but earlier in the day Mister Donkinof attacked you. He tried to throw a glamour over you and failed. This caused an earthquake to erupt beneath the school." Jude vaguely remembered some shaking and a voice, but not much after that. "You were able to focus enough to contain it after a little while, but the East Tower now is crooked." Jude blushed and opened his mouth to apologized, but was cut off by the Headmistress. "This is not as much your fault as you would imagine. The person at major fault is Mister Donkinof." At this she nodded to the boy at her side. Head bowed in submission he looked nothing like Jude remembered.

"I see. What will be done about it?" Jude asked slowly. He had heard to that the school's idea of punishment was much different from Hogwarts, but didn't know by how much.

"Mister Donkinof has already accepted his punishment. He is to serve as your helper for at least a month, or until I am satisfied." The boy flinched and gave a shudder at her words. Jude though was in much more of a shock.

"I'm sorry...what? You can't be serious. You are giving him to me as a... servant?" He was baffled. How could a school even use this as a kind of punishment.

"There is the alternative of him being expelled." The Headmistress stared at him with eyes that could piece steel. Jude scratched his head. "Am I to take from this that you are refusing his servitude?"

"I guess so, wouldn't that be better. I don't really..." Before he could continue he was cut off by the frantic vampire at her side.

"Please, don't reject this. Please!" He fell to his knees. Jude was more confused that he felt he had ever been. There was obviously something that had changed, but he had no idea what was going on. The Headmistress took pity on him.

"Mister Donkinof, explain to Mister Crux exactly why you don't want to be expelled." The boy looked tearful now, but Jude looked away unable to take the look.

"You would be signing my death warrant." He stated. Jude felt his eyes couldn't get any wider. He didn't know if this was some kind of tradition in the Magical Realm, but if so something was terribly wrong about this world.

"I don't understand."

"Maybe you can get Mister Donkinof to explain it to you later. I have better things to do the sit at your bedside, Mister Crux. I require an answer now." She glared at him and pulled out a pocket watch to check the time.

"Why can't you just think of another punishment, or have him serve somewhere else? I don't want a slave, or anything like this." Jude tried to reason with her.

"This is the only way I can be sure that he does not make the mistake again. The humiliation should knock some sense into him. There are only two choices to this punishment. Either he follows you, or he is expelled. The punishment fits the crime, Mister Crux. Now chose." She taped her watch to close it and stood gracefully.

"I...that is to say...there is no other option is there? I accept." A bright light suddenly appeared from the ring around the vampire's finger.

"Good, my job here is done. He has a bed added to your room, though I suppose you can place him anywhere you would like. He will follow you around unless given orders otherwise. However, you cannot just release him, that would not be fair. Have fun." She glided from the room without another word.

Jude sat on his bed for many minutes trying to understand exactly what happened, but still didn't have it figured out when he noticed that the vampire was still kneeling on the floor next to his bed.

"Just, get up alright?" The boy moved quickly into a standing position, his head still bowed. "That's even worse. Can you just act normal?"

"But I am not normal, Sir."

"Oh, Merlin's teeth. I don't need this right now. I don't need you to follow me around. I don't need a servant. I don't know who I pissed off, but I would really like to stop having this happen." He wanted to scream into his pillow, but imagined that would just make him look even more like a nut case. "Just sit down on a bed, okay. Try to relax. Be yourself." The boy looked at him incredulously. Jude had been sure that he was 18 or 19 last night, but he looked younger now. "Just tell me your name."

"I am Mikael Donkinof, sir. I am a turned vampire and is 16 years old." He answer succinctly.

"Stop calling me, sir. You are older than me for Merlin's sake. Are you actually 16 or were you turned at 16 and are older." He blushed when Donkinof stared at him with a look that clearly meant he thought Jude was stupid.

"I am actually 16. I was turned at 8 years old by my father. You should know that a turning will not stop the aging process on a person with magic. It is only muggle vampires that never grow older than the age they were when turned." He stared down at Jude with blood red eyes. The rest of the conversation was interrupted by the Healer coming back in.

"Whysh yoa still heare? Shuff, shuff." Jude moved out of the bed as quickly as he could and was out the door a second later. The vampire boy was only a few steps behind. After they had gotten a far enough distance away Jude stopped.

"Um, do you have any idea where we are?" Jude asked the vampire embarrassed. The vampire gave off a look of exasperation.

"I will guide you back to the dorm hall, sir." He started walking again.

"Oh, not this, sir, thing again. Call me Jude. Alright?"

"I suppose I can do that." The vampire was staring at him with confusion. "Why would you want me to though. I did just try to attack you earlier." He fiddled with the ring a little more. Jude had a feeling that the only reason that he was being nice was because it had been this or death, which he still didn't fully understand.

"You probably won't understand this, but my world is a constantly changing place. Friends can become enemies. Enemies can become friends. It never stays still for long. Sometimes I'm surprised if I find my shoes in the same place I put them the day before. I have to tell you, I don't really have any use for a servant. I already have too many enemies to count, but I could really do with some more friends." Jude gave a little sigh to himself. If he was paying any more attention to the vampire leading the way he would have seen a look of complete bafflement.

Once they reached the first floor corridor Donkinof stopped.

"Before we going inside," He paused to think for a few more seconds before giving a mental shrug. "You may call me Mikael." Jude smiled at him and nodded.

"Great, so how do I get into the common room?" He looked at the wall where the door had been before, now blank. Mikael gave him a look of exasperation.

"You can't be serious. You don't even know how to work the common rooms?" He sneered. Jude didn't know whether to be happy that the vampire seemed to be back to himself or embarrassed.

"I've had a busy couple of days." Jude stared at Mikael until he looked down. "Look, just tell me how to get in, okay?" Ready for this conversation to be over with.

"Place your had on the wall." Mikael told him. Jude stared suspiciously, but did as asked. "Now think of your common room. Some of the upperclassmen add more protections to their rooms like passwords and such, but this is the basic setting." Jude was shocked when a door appeared underneath his hand and back up a little.

"Ready?" Jude waited for Mikael to nod before opening the door.

The room was much different from the last time he had seen it. It was much larger than before with giant windows on one side of the room that showed a vision of the outdoors, but the light only seemed to reach into half the room. The other wall still had a giant fireplace, but it didn't seem to be lighting the room nearly as well as it had before. There were still chairs and tables spaced throughout the room, but the light side had more of the lounge chairs and seating clusters, while the darker side had tables with low hanging balls of light that were obviously made for studying. Jude wasn't quite sure why there was so much space for only 7 people to use, well 8 with Mikael now, but it seemed a little bit much. He noticed Ren lounging on a giant chair near the fireplace that should've dwarfed her, but didn't. She was staring at something behind him and looked more than a little peeved.

"I leave you alone for five minutes and you disappear for a day, only to come back dragging in road kill." Jude winced at the glare that was mutual for the vampire and shadow demon. He knew he had to stop something bad from happening when he heard Mikael let out a growl.

"Enough, stop that, both of you. Don't go starting fights." He directed this to both them. Mikael glared at him for a moment before directing himself back at Ren.

"Don't you know who I am?" He had apparently moved straight back into exactly who he was before. Ren smirked at him in an decidedly unfriendly way.

"Of course I do. I also know exactly what that ring is. A leech on a leash, this day is certainly getting better." Ren bared her teeth to him. Mikael was about to say something when Ren ignored him and spoke to Jude. "So what do you have to do to get yourself a vampire pet?" Mikael glared and Jude blushed.

"It's his punishment. That's what the Headmistress told me at least." Jude shrugged and moved to a couch near Ren. He laid down on it slowly, still exhausted from earlier. Ren stared curiously at Mikael who had taken a seat in another of the giant chairs like Rens.

"Punishment for what?" Ren asked.

"He attacked me again." Jude stated easily while yawning. He was surprised when Ren sprang out of her seat and onto Mikael. She grabbed his throat and snarled. Jude jumped out of his seat at the quick motions. "Dear Merlin, what are you doing Ren? Stop that. I'm fine obviously." He moved over and tried to pull Ren off of the choking boy. She got off of him after a few seconds, but continued glaring mutinously. "What caused that?"

"You are as despicable as your father." She spat the word out like it was diseased. Jude looked between the two even more confused.

"What does his father have to do with any of this?" Jude asked the raging girl. She looked in surprise at him and then realization hit her.

"Of course, you wouldn't know would you?" She smirked at him for a few seconds before continuing. "Your little vampire pet over there has a famous father. Don't you?" She smirked winningly at the glaring vampire. "How is Lord Boogeyman doing?"

Jude was very lost. "Sorry, who is Lord Boogeyman?"

"The parasite's father is a very old and very powerful vampire named Lord Donkinof. He is the founder and leader of his coven. People in the Realm like to refer to him as Lord Boogeyman." She saw Jude's still confused face and continued. "Well, that is the correct word in your tongue I think. The creature that lurks in the shadows and snatches up wandering children. The muggles even have children's scary stories after him." She lost her grin at this point. "Of course, he is very real and much more terrifying than you can imagine."

Mikael was quiet and staring at the fire now. His form more hunched than before. Jude got the impression that Mikael didn't like his supposed father very much. He thought back to Snape's unfair treatment of him and could sympathize. He couldn't imagine what it was like to have a father that the majority of the world despised. Ren continued.

"He is over 2000 years old at this point. The third oldest in existence and by far the most terrifying. He got his start as an enforcer, but later started developing his own following and now has one of the largest coven's in the world and the most secretive. Most of the member's never get let out of his not inconsiderable property. Your little puppet here is the first new face we have seen out of the Donkinof clan in a century. Of course, that doesn't mean that the monster isn't growing stronger, he is just keeping it to himself. Isn't that right leech?" Mikael spun around to bar his fangs at her and start to growl. Jude expected him to jump her and start a fight from the decidedly evil look on his face, but he surprisingly didn't.

"You know nothing of his world, do not speak so casually of it." Mikael spat out.

"I know how his special kind of evil will spread if no checked." Ren glared and turned back to Jude to continue explaining. "He has grown his coven enough that there are now as many members as there are years of his life. Every year he gets to pick one more person to add to his collection, but only one. The First and Second enforce that rule upon him, but can do very little else. Donkinof chooses a child who is in some way exceptional and adds them to his collection." Jude was terrified for a second. That was one of the most terrible things he had heard. Mikael seemed to mistake this look for something else because he soon spat out.

"Don't worry, you're a little too old for his tastes." He glared into the fire again. Ren stood and snarled at him, more upset than ever. Jude didn't understand what he meant, but knew it had to have been bad from the way Ren looked like she wanted to start a war.

"Okay, this is obviously a bad subject." Jude paused and distracted Ren with a tap to her claw like arms. "Did I miss anything today?" She sat down again, but continued glaring at Mikael.

"Mani came over and told us that tomorrow we would get to pick our classes and meet some of the teachers." She relaxed a little in her chair. "That sidhe was also with him, and informed me that you had been detained. If I knew you had been attacked I would have demanded to see you." She said casually.

"No need for that. Just a little bump to the head and a trip to the infirmary. I'm good as new. Pretty normal day." Jude yawned and laid down on the couch again when he was sure that the other two people in the room weren't going to attack each other. He didn't notice when both turned to look at him strangely.

"If that is your normal day I would hate to see an unusual one." Ren declared. Jude seemed a little out of sorts when he answered with a statement that left the other two even more baffled.

"Well, being at the wrong end of your werewolf godfather's muzzle on a full moon wasn't the best day I ever had." He trailed off for a second before shaking his head, not the worst either. He sat up to look around the room. He found what he was looking for in a second. It was a sturdy looking wooden door with a gold handle. Jude knew instantly that it would lead to his room. He stood up a little excited and went over too it. It was only after a few moments he noticed he was being followed and turned to the vampire behind him. "Look this will be the first time in my room and I would like to see it alone first. You understand?" He blushed, but Mikael nodded. "Okay, just come in after a little while okay? Chances are I will be asleep."

He gave a large grin and opened the door to his room and stepped inside.

-MD-

Mikael started with undisguised curiosity as the human that he was supposed to be serving left the room with a smile. He turned back around and sat at the seat near the fireplace again. Ignoring the glare from the girl demon.

"There of plenty of other seats in this room. Go sit in one of them." She spat.

"None are as close to the fire as this one and it is chilly. It also gives good light." He grabbed a book off the shelf and sat back down. He didn't know how long his new master intended him to wait, but it was better safe than sorry. "Also, I don't actually have to listen to you." The book was focused on defensive magic that Mikael still hadn't gotten the hang of. He had been sitting quietly for a few minutes before the demon decided to interrupt his reading.

"You should have been expelled." He glared at the Baccurus girl. There was no doubt about her clan from her looks, but he had been surprised when she knew right off the bat who he was.

"Good that it wasn't your decision to make then." He kept reading until he felt her hands grab his chin and force him to look into her black eyes. He could see the fury raging.

"Don't dismiss me so causally little parasite. I know exactly what you tried to do to Jude, even if he doesn't have a clue." She snarled at him.

"How did you figure it out?" He was unsurprised that someone like her knew what he had tried to do.

"He wasn't bruised in anyway, or had any obvious injuries, that means that you didn't attack him physically. The only other major talent young vampires have is their glamours. You didn't use a basic one, because if you had the Headmistress wouldn't have punished you so much. Which leaves only one option." She squeezed his chin more and looked ready to kill him. "The enslavement glamour is illegal to use on another of the Realm. Did you forget that?"

"He is human." Mikael shrugged. Human's were a food source, nothing more.

"He defeated you without sweat the first day, what do you think could have possibly tipped the scales so much in a day?"

"He was weak." Mikael stated. "He was coming out of some professor's office and he was obviously tired and weak. Myself and three of my roommates were coming back from a hunt largely unsatisfied. The amount of magic he was letting of was mouthwatering and we knew he wouldn't be able to protect himself. Too much of an opportunity to let go." He shrugged. He wasn't going to apologize for attack someone weaker than him. It was his greatest instinct. He couldn't have resisted even if he wanted to. "It was unfortunate for us that someone decided to step in on his behalf." Ren seemed surprised by this casual statement. It was obvious to Mikael that this girl had a prejudice against vampires, but was probably largely sheltered by her family. He could no more change who he was then she could.

She backed away from him. Mikael doubted that she would try to attack again. It was an expellable offense to kill another student on campus. There were so many loopholes that it made the actual rule worthless, but Mikael could tell that she was the type of person who would follow that rule anyway.

"Who was it?" Mikael asked her calmly. She had known just a little too much about how his father worked and only someone with personal experience could know that much. She stayed silent for a few minutes before answering.

"My best friend. We were inseparable for 6 years until one day she vanished without another word. As far as I know, she hasn't been seen since." She looked at him for a second before looking back at the fire. They were both lost in thoughts before Mikael spoke up again.

"She's fine. Kora is one of the few who survived the transformation." He didn't speak after that for awhile. His throat had closed at his thought to tell her more. She looked at him surprised.

"Have you..." She trailed off when she saw him shaking his head. Mikael couldn't tell her anymore than that and he didn't want to know anymore of her past. The people they were before their father came for them were completely different than what they became. You lost parts of yourself the longer you lived in the house. He knew it as well as anyone. Desperate to change the subject he moved on.

"What is the human like?" The demon scoffed.

"You better stop calling him that. You are going to be serving him. How long is the punishment to last?" She asked.

"A month or more, the Headmistress was very upset at me for the attempted glamour." They were quiet again for a little while.

"Have you ever done it before? Successfully, I mean?" The girl couldn't stop herself from asking and he couldn't stop himself from answering.

"Yes, we all have." He didn't have to elaborate and didn't want to.

"Look, I don't like you. I think your kind are a parasite to the world and should all be killed off. That being said, I will leave you alone if you leave me alone. Got it?" The girl demon stalked away as soon as he had nodded. He read the book for a little longer before he couldn't contain his curiosity anymore and went to the human's door. It hadn't disappeared after he had gone inside and Mikael knew that it was waiting for him. He almost groaned at the thought of not being able to sleep in his giant bed for another month. The silk sheets were to die for and it was so tasteful. He pushed those thoughts to the back of his mind and excitedly opened the door.

The first thing he noticed was how disgustingly normal it was. There was a full size bed covered in green sheets. A small fireplace in one corner along with a smaller bed that Mikael could guess was for him, he groaned at the thought of his old bed again. The floor was hardwood with some plush rugs. The walls a swirly green color. There was an attached bathroom that Mikael couldn't see fully along with two other doors that was closed. Mikael guessed the one room was a closet, but his room didn't have one so it was a little confusing. It was a confusing room for someone as odd as the human to have, but Mikael noticed how at peace the human's face was asleep in the bed.

He shrugged and moved to his own tinier bed. He noticed the bed was warmed already when he sat down. Then when he went to take off his shoes he noticed them already gone and lined up next to his trunk. He shook his head in understanding. The room was normal at first glance, but there was something very magical underneath it all. It was very much like it's owner.

That was the last thought in his head as he drifted to sleep in the too comfortable bed.

-JC(HP)-

Jude groaned as the light hit his eyes in the morning. He hadn't remembered seeing any windows in the room last night, but he had been a little out of sorts. He had laid in bed for almost 30 minutes contemplating calling Hermione and Ron. As he lay in bed he started spinning how the conversation would go in his head.

In two days he had been attacked by vampires twice. Started an earthquake that knocked a tower crooked. Lost a part of his soul to the school. Gotten into and out of the hospital wing. Gained a vampire servant. And finally, made friends with a shadow demon. So he laid spinning and in the entire time he had been awake he couldn't think of any way to spin of any of that for the positive. His Potter luck had attacked him again and his was only beginning to realize how completely out of depth he was in this world.

"Good, your awake." There was the servant know. Mikael's head had popped over his as he opened his eyes. It turned out the bright light in the room was from a giant ball of light that appeared over his bed. From Mikael's smirk he guessed that it was his doing.

"Go away." Jude mumbled and rolled over, or tried to, because he soon found himself lifted into the air by two cold hands and dumped into an even colder shower. He yelped pretty loudly. "Oh Merlin! Let me out!" But the vampire was out the door before Jude could say it. He quickly turned the water warm and leaped out of the shower. He sighed at the fact he was now too awake to go back to sleep and decided to take a shower.

It was about 15 minutes before he stepped back of the bathroom with a towel on because he hadn't brought in clothes when being tossed into the cold shower. Mikael was pacing in front of two doors that Jude had seen last night, but had been too tired to explore. He stopped when he spotted Jude and his eyes widened.

"On Morgana's eyes, what put you through a blender?" Jude took a second to realize that he was talking about Jude's rather scarred body. Jude turned back to the bed to get more clothes on when he heard Mikael growl. "What did that?"

Jude knew exactly what he was talking about. The one Uncle Vernon punishment that had ever gotten out of control. It was years old now, most of the scars had disappeared, but for those looking closely it was easy to see. On his right shoulder blade carved in very small letters was the word 'freak'. Aunt Petunia had kicked Vernon out of the house for 2 months after it happened, but eventually took him back with the promise that it would never happen again. After that the Dursley's went back to their regular neglecting.

Jude sighed, but answered. "We have all survived our battles. The past should stay there." He slipped on a shirt and forgot about the word once again. The last time he had spoken of it was to Ron in their second year. He never was the most observant of friends, but he was passionate. He had almost stomped halfway down the hall to tell McGonagall before Harry had stopped him. "Anyway, why did you wake me up so rudely?"

"Where do these doors go?" He pointed to the ones behind him. "I have been up for hours, but I have yet to figure out a way inside. I figured that you could probably open them and woke you up." He smiled.

"You woke me up to open doors for you?" Harry groaned mentally at the answer.

"Well, that and your advisors should be showing up soon to help figure out classes." Mikael answered. Jude sighed but walked to the doors anyway.

"Alright, what is behind door number one?" Jude opened the door and walked inside with Mikael close behind. There were large tables covering all three walls and different tools stacked on each one. He knew instantly what the tools were for, but Mikael seemed not to have a clue. "They are enchanting tools." He answered the unasked question.

Mikael looked at him surprised.

"You know how to enchant?" He asked shocked.

"I know a little. I have been working on some pretty neat ones though. It is more of a hobby." Jude blushed but rubbed his fingers over the tools in the room. Much better than the ones he had in his trunk he almost didn't want to use them. They were master's tools not for someone still learning.

Mikael was still standing at him incredulously.

"You know enchanting is a lost art, right?"

"Yes, I was told by teacher that the more advanced forms of the magic were lost to time when Runes stopped being the written language of choice. It is still useful in warding, spell crafting, and wand making though, so I figured it wouldn't hurt to learn some of the dead magic language. I always did like he described them to me though. 'Jude, Runes are the language of magic. If you want to understand magic you must understand runes.'" Jude couldn't wait to get his fingers deep into room, but there was still another room to look at. Mikael was still looking shocked. "Hey, there are probably some vampire's old enough to know the magic right?"

"Unfortunately, all of the races that are old enough to have memories of the times when enchantments were used widely don't have a type of magic that is compatible to powering the runes. There are some old enough that keep the memories of the skills in case they find someone good enough to use them, but that type of magic is rare." He stared straight at Jude when he said this, but Jude shrugged it off. It was hardly the rarest thing about him. "You are an enigma."

"Um...thanks? Let's check out the other room." Jude went to open the second door, a bit bigger than the previous one and Jude could feel the pulses of magic surrounding it. He opened it and was immediately surprised by the size of it. If this room had existed next to his room in the real world there would not have been any room next to it for the enchanting room.

It was a large gym like space. There was a running track and different size weights and work out spaces to the side. In the middle of the track was a large stage that Jude recognized instantly as a dueling platform. Mikael looked as amazed as he did. Jude knew instantly why the room existed. This school was made to prepare its students for anything that came after it. Jude had to prepare for a war. He could already see some dummies to the sides and different magical devices that Moody and Remus had introduced to him personally. His face got very serious and he nodded before exiting. He would been in here every day preparing from now on. He had to learn how to protect his friends and fast.

"I...have never even heard of something like this before. There are training rooms in the offense and defense classes like these, but for one student to have an entire one to himself." He looked at Jude in amazement again. Jude just shrugged again. The door to the arena closed and left Mikael staring at him was curiosity.

"It is a Preparatory school, right?" Jude left it at that and exited the room.

The rest of the group seemed to be there except for the twins that he hadn't met yet. Mani and Arcadian were sitting at the center of the circle of people and waved them over.

"We haven't been introduced yet. My name is Mani." Mani had a large smiled as he grabbed Mikael's hand and dragged him over. He seemed to be squeezing a little too hard if the look of pain on Mikael's face was anything to go by. "If you ever attack my students again." He paused for effect. "I will kill you. Though, I sure it won't come to that." He released his hand and pushed him onto a chair. Jude followed smiling a little bit at Mikael's expense. Ren didn't even bother hiding her large smirk.

It was only a minute or so before the twins also exited and sat down.

"Now that everyone is here we can begin. Iggy and I will take you to main hall, which is also the dining room where you will take your meals from this point on. There will be some teachers there. They are there to see if people have talent enough to take their classes, but most of the beginner classes don't need a prerequisite talent. However, for something like Beginner Divination you must show that you have the skill to the teacher. Alright. Ready?" He stood not waiting for an answer and walked to the door. "Let's go."


AN: ALRIGHT! Tell me I'm awesome. Cause I totally am, right? RIGHT?

I am finally done with the set up chapters. More than 70,000 words into the story and I am just now getting to writing in the actual school part. I thought I should introduce you all to one of the big bads in the Realm. Mikael's father is an evil, evil sonofabitch. At more than 2000 years old though, no one can really tell him what to do anymore. He has got more than a few aces up his sleeves, but I do really just want to slit his throat and be done with it.

Did anyone else notice that I had exactly 64,000 words with the last chapter? I mean what are the chances right? It was completely unplanned just luck of the draw I guess. Just more proof that I am awesome, right? ;D

Mikael still refers to Jude as 'the human' in his head which I find fun. He gives no excuses for himself either. He attacked Jude because he was hungry and thought he could win, no secret evil reason. Just good old fashioned amorality. He just doesn't see himself as bad.

I loved writing that interaction between Ren and Mikael. Ren who despises all things vampire and Mikael that couldn't really fight back. Jude's unintentional order that will stop him from starting any fights. Fun times, man, fun.

Healer Janvis has a special type of accent, don't compare it to a human one, it won't fit. His race is elder fae. I don't think I got to mention that, just that he is a purple bug man. Fun though, right?

This AN has gone on way to long. I'm going to stop soon I think.

Right, remember to review. I don't know how long this writing bug will last, but I intend to drag it out for as long as possible. Reviews feel it. Feed it...

Peace Out,

~Rain