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the ones that introduce the chapters are origonal characters either from my work or stolen ahem borrowed from my daughters work or based on real people
A girl comes out with messy brown hair and green eyes if you look closely her eyes hold secrets of many lifetimes
"Um has anyone seen a black and white tabby or uh a girl with an eye patch?" she spots the pile of clothes "oh i guess Ai has been this way... all characters belong to their respective creators i though belong only to myself and maybe a little to Ai" she leans in to whisper "Ai is the most unusual being here a were person" she looks around "well there is a were-cheesecake seen sometimes but i am not sure i believe in it" she grins her mouth filled with sharp teeth "i am liz by the way... enjoy" she gathers up the clothes and heads for the cafeteria
"vampires in church you guys don't like explode from all the crosses?" a laugh flutters through the room "Carlisle is one of the lay preachers that speak there" "what do the deacons think…" "well the one that is a werewolf is annoyed but they are always annoyed at vampires" I chuckle around the pancakes
the church service is amazing everyone is there because they want to be… singing is heavenly I whisper to esme who is sitting on one side of me "how many here are um like you"
she covers her mouth and chuckles "Christian? I guess almost everyone are you?"
"there was a while after my nana died it was really hard to believe but Jacobs mom talked me through it even when she was dying she kept telling me that for a Christian we run the race as long as god gives us and when we finish we are rewarded, not that we win the race as we see it but that we kept to the course, and death is not a punishment it is a finish line. also life is not necessarily the best thing someone can have happen or death the worst. so I wish to stay the course and if I die tomorrow ok or if I live a hundred or like you guys forever I will stay the course"
esme grins "it usually takes a life time to understand that"
"anyway esme how many here are not… um…. Human" I whisper she shrugs
Edward leans forward his cool sweet breath tickles my neck "one hundered fifteen are not human seven do not know it yet though. And two hundred twenty five humans sixty seven second or third terms know almost as much you do"
"no first term?"
"there has never been a human that understood before being here three months and I bet if I stood up and proclaimed I was a vampire less then half of those hundred fifty odd humans would actually believe and most would soon convince themselves that I was just crazy"
the service was soon over there will be another at noon but we went to the early service
"Carlisle what is going to happen to me? I mean now that I know?"
"the ones who know are helped along in life letting you fulfill your dreams ones like us keep in contact and uh most don't know this but since you will be inner circle I might as well tell you…"
"for thousands of years we have been fairy tales legends and myth but we hope that when the world finds out enough of our students will be in positions of power that you will be able to say 'yea I know that vampires are real and werewolves and all the others they are people just like us'"
"so you think I will be someone in the future?"
"there is one we call the chairman who can tell from just a small sample of biological matter like skin cells or sweat left on the paper how important a person will be and sometimes how to increase that importance"
"so he knows my future?"
"no just like a vague idea where you will sit in importance"
"so I will?"
"don't know but where you will sit is important enough to have risked you by putting you in a dorm section with nine vampires the only full human on that floor"
we get to the tori gate for our dorm I stop "um my dorm?"
"sorry we are headed to kurt and tzsoras place we need to have a little meeting"
"ok I'll…" carlisles head shakes "no bella dear you need to come to"
"am I in trouble?" Emmett laughs "you are the definition of trouble little sister" he tries to mess up my hair I duck under and retreat next to esme and tai lee we walk about a quarter mile till we reach another tori gate with steps behind it we follow the path and cross a second gate I feel a slight resistance as I pass that gate like the air is thicker under the gate a lovely landscaped garden leads to a house and like a dojo building. tzsora is lounging on the pouch she bounds inside and the front door opens
"welcome my friends um I thought I would have to unstick miss swan from the gate"
Maiue chuckles "that spell had no more effect on her then jane did"
"I did feel something as I went under the gate it just didn't…"
"I'll explain a few places around campus I have spells to keep humans out for safety and privacy but… you seem to be exempt"
we sit in a large room I look around mentally measuring the room "may I ask is this house bigger on the inside?" tzsora puts her arm over me "it is you are surprising Isabella most would not notice" I smile at her "sensei it is bella please"
we are lead into a western style meeting room "refreshments?" I cock my head as the vampires all nod tzsora directs us to the table Maiue sits next to me trays of food are brought in and set before everyone I have tea and pocket sushi fresh berries and a covered bowl I peek it is udon
"my husband will have sam and merry for a quorum" "um a quorum? Like an official meeting?" yes bella you have been in the middle of a lot of trouble you discovered us far too quickly for the situation we are not completely sure what to do with you" kurt sam and a sever looking lady in a drovers coat her chest bound with silk cloth and wearing low cut leather pants come in
"first bella the committee… doctor cullen tai lee Maiue represents the vampire, sam uley represents the shape shifters merry represents the fey I represent the others and my husband being nearly unique is the tie breaker"
"um there are no humans on this committee whatever it is?"
"this is the discipline committee until now we were mostly interested in keeping us from hurting humans"
"so I am in trouble?"
"heavens no but if we don't do something some of the more radical students might seek to test you"
"so…. I am to be sent away?"
"no you are being asked to join the committee that should frighten any who might want to test you and it will allow you free access though you do walk right through my spells"
"she what?" the woman in black asks
"she walked through the gate as if she was invited"
"even I cannot do that how"
Maiue answers "far as I have figured out bella has some sort of shield that nullifies mystic and supernatural powers especially if they attack her"
the woman in black stares at me "so if I was to do fairy magic she would see through it or if I attack her it wouldn't work?"
"bella how does merry look to you?"
"oh five ten short dark hair tanned skin she is wearing a drovers coat a cloth wrapped around her chest and low leather pants"
"Maiue how do you see marry" "five ten long flowing brown hair in a nice dress"
"so?"
"I use fairy magic to dress for church"
"I thought fairies were…" I hold my finger and thumb three inches apart
"yea yea I know I can be that small if I wish it is a form change not really magic I am night security kurts assistant" "rough job?" "well I am nearly as strong as a vampire my magic can confuse the senses I am immune to venom or lycan bite I can handle most trouble"
"so merry see what I meant?"
"as much as I hate it yea I vote yes" it goes around the table all yeses "ok bella we will make the announcement tomorrow we will give you an arm band and you have the right to be armed" "what like a gun?"
"if you wish but I would suggest something less lethal"
"I carried a spring baton in my purse in forks would that be ok?" kurt nods "I'll make one that should be a little more effective then a normal one"
I notice everyone is eating and enjoying their meals "um Maiue didn't you say you could not eat regular food?" "tzsora is the best illusionist the food is illusion but it carries the flavor and satisfaction of real food but we can eat it" and mine?"
"is real bella" I taste it delicious sensei tzsora smiles "I have a 'thing' for berries and fruit" kurt chuckles "and tofu and rice and sweet beans it is a miracle she isn't three hundred pounds" "that is because of our special work out" she looks at him lustily "hum yes"
we talk for hours being on that committee I will have the authority to break up fights and administer school discipline we talk through dinner kurt gives me an arm band and a ruggedized cellphone with direct connect we program each other's numbers in and groups
"these work on the island? I thought cellphones were banned here" "a perk of being in our position but no playing around with it regular students only get Skype and landline privileges also it is a internet link you may be called to find a student"
Maiue flips her cell to me "who would you like to find" "angela?" "good" Maiue types in a login and angela weber a few seconds later "she just got dinner at the main hall ten minutes ago" I look at the screen and it gives a short bio on angela
the next day it is announced in first class that I have been added to the discipline committee after classes Maiue shows me how to use my new access and she shows me what they have nicknamed fangbook a facebook clone for the weird and wonderful of the school I have administrative privileges and can read even the private stuff (I don't want to) I call dad and tell him about my position leaving out the whole vampires werewolves and other monsters thing he is worried that it will take away from school and training I assure him that my grades are still perfect and if anything I am training more cy and her friends have this game of water tag they play and are surprised I can keep up in the pool
Monday twilight Aro of the voltari arrives on the Esmeralda II with two body guards felix and demetri felix is almost as big as Emmett and the lok of a gladiator demetri looks like the classic mafia hitman their red eyes sign a conventional diet