"Um, if you don't mind me asking, who are you and where are you taking me?" I asked as I walked through the halls with the older student.

"The name's Laxus Dreyar, and I'm takin' ya to the roof to see Shadow." He said. I frowned and crossed my arms.

"Wait, what for and why didn't he just tell me to go when he came to see me in the classroom?" I asked, slightly annoyed. Laxus shrugged.

"Don't know, all he said wes to bring ya to the roof." I nodded before something clicked in my head.

"Wait! Did you say your name was Laxus Dreyar? You wouldn't happen to be related to Ivy Dreyar would you?" I asked. Laxus looked over to me with a small smirk.

"Yeah, she's my little sister, It's been a while little Ver Ver, Ivy says hi by the way." My mouth dropped open as I stared at Laxus. He did look sort of familiar now that I thought about it, and now that I know who he really is, he looks TOTALLY familiar.

"So wait, this is where you go to school? So all this time you were going to a school filled with monsters and demons? Hm…. wait if you're here then you must be a monster or a demon right? Which means Ivy's a demon or a monster too." I said, wondering why I was going to a human school with a demon/monster.

"Nope, me and Ivy are both human." Laxus said. I cocked my head, completely confused.

"Human! But what about what happened in the classroom you were surrounded by all that electricity earlier?" I asked. No normal human can do that.

"That was my magical power radiating off my body." Laxus said, speaking like it was the most obvious thing in the world.

"Magical power? Are you some kind of wizard?"

"Yeah, I'm a wizard. I use a mixture of lightning magic and dragon slayer magic." My eyes widened.

"Dragon slayer magic? Wait, dragons are real?" Laxus looked like he was getting annoyed with all my questions.

"Yup just as real as me and you. Anyways, we're here." Laxus said as he opened the door for me.

"What? That was fast! Huh...wait there's nobody up here? Where's Shadow?" I looked around the empty roof. Laxus seemed to get even more annoyed.

"Tch….Get out here now you bastard, Lightning Javelin!" I jumped slightly as Laxus aimed a lightning bolt looking thing at his shadow.

'What the, way is he attacking his own shadow,...huh there's something's come out of Laxus's shadow' And out of Laxus's shadow, came Shadow.

"Damn, you're just as powerful as ever antioch Laxus." Shadow said as he wiped blood from his lips.

'What the hell! Shadow just came out of Laxus shadow. how the hell did he do that?'

Would ya stop slinking around in other people's shadows? It's creepy." Laxus said as he crossed his arms over his chest. Shadow just smirked and shrugged.

"What can I say? It's just too much fun bugging you." Laxus' eyes narrowed as lightning started to spark around him again.

"ARE YOU TRYING TO PICK A FIGHT?" Laxus roared. Shadow seemed to start to loosen up and turned to Laxus, a dark aura beginning to surround him.

"Bring it on, lightning rod." I decided that now would be the best time to step in.

"Now now guys. Let's not fight, okay?" Both males turned to me before sighing.

"Fine." They said in unison. Then I remembered the reason I was here instead of eating my lunch… drinking my lunch? Whatever.

"Oh right! Hey Shadow, why did you call me up to the roof for anyways?" Shadow turned to me with a cocked eyebrow.

"Hm….Oh right. I wanted to ask you how your first day was going and if you need any help with your classes?" Shadow said with a smile. I gave a small one back.

"Well everything's okay except for…" I trailed off as I looked off to the side.

"Except for what, Veri?" Shadow said, sounding concerned.

"Huh… it's nothing don't worry about it." I said, quickly dismissing it.

"Veri…you know-"

"Sorry butt in, but the next class is about to start." Laxus said, looking at the clock tower.

"What? I'm going to be late!" I cried, quickly turning to go down the stairs when Shadow caught my arm.

"Veri, promise me you won't believe everything you hear about us okay." Shadow sounded very concerned before he released my arm. "Now then, move your ass to class before you're late."

"Crap!" And I ran down the stairs. 'What did Shadow mean when he said not to believe everything I hear? I just wish he'd stop being so cryptic.' I was out of hearing range when Laxus started talking to Shadow again.

"Shadow, you know you're gonna have to tell her eventually, right?" The larger male said, arms crossed over his chest as he looked to the vampire next to him. Shadow sighed.

"I know, but now is not the time. It's much too early for her to know and besides, if she knew, she'd only hate herself and I don't want that to happen." He said, watching the door to the stairwell close.