Hailie, the next day

'Pass the jam please Serena dear.' I asked sweetly shooting Serena a smile over breakfast. She smiled sweetly back and I held back a gag. She was as sickeningly perfect as ever. I was hoping that all those years in that perfectly vulgar century of hers had rubbed off on her. Apparently not. She'd still charmed the pants off the entire family and managed to impress them in one go with stories of her chosen powers, which I for one, found hard to believe. She'd never been trained, let alone knew of her powers yet she managed to kill 8 Vetlapa within 5 minutes? Highly unlikely in my eyes. Sebastian nudged me and I realized I hadn't thanked her for the jam.

'Thank you Serena. You're perfectly kind.' Sebastian smiled at my manners. I batted my eyelashes at him seductively but as per usual he took no notice. He was too busy explaining the rules to Serena of our school.

'No magic is to be used violently on other people, do that and you'll get expelled.' he warned, those mesmerizing blue eyes, intense and focused on her green ones. Personally, not being arrogant but I found my violet ones so much prettier, though many people found them alarming because they're such an unusual colour.

'Come on Sebastian, you know I wouldn't do that even if I knew how to access my powers.'

'I know I know, you're good.' he smiled at Serena warmly. I looked away, wishing that his smile had been for me. Ugh, why'd she have to come back now? Just when things were getting better with me and Sebastian. A few days with her and he was already head over heels and she was either oblivious or uninterested. Serena ignored his compliment elegantly by dodging it with another question.

'So when do we start school here?'

'Tomorrow, we don't have time to waste. Your mother will be expecting you back in New York in approximately 2 and a half Greek month, so we have to hurry.' he explained as he watched the unimpressed look on her face settle back to it's usual understanding expression.

'I'd be helping show you around but you're attending the boys school. The girls here attend Aphrodite High, only the boys who need to learn to fight attend Neptune. But I guess as you're an exception here you need to learn to fight too so you'll go with Sebastian tomorrow.' I smiled innocently at her, knowing that this little bit of information would not go down well with Serena.

'I'm attending an all boys school?' she cried, all panicky. 'Again Sebastian, another thing you failed to mention.'

'It wont matter. You're not there to socialize anyway, you're just meant to train and learn. You need to be prepared against more Vetlapa.' explained Sebastian calmly. He touched her arm lightly and I seethed on the inside.

'Yeah besides, all the girls at Aphrodite are bitchy anyway. You'd be much better off hanging out with the Neptune boys.' I said calmly while inspecting my nails. 'And I'm sure Sebastian will look after you.' Serena didn't look happy about spending so much time with him. Good. He was mine.

'Excuse me, I have to go meet up with a friend of mine now.' I smiled and departed. I heard Serena whisper to Sebastian 'Does she always smile that much?' as I walked out of the room. I gritted my teeth, and reminded myself to be patient with her, Sebastian would come around sooner or later.

I walked to Camille's house briskly wanting to get far away from my house. Camille was my best friend and she knew all about my thing for Sebastian, she'd know how to handle the Serena situation. Watching him dribble over her made me feel sick to my stomach. I knocked on her door loudly and within seconds it flung open. I saw her long perfectly straight red hair swishing around, looking for all the world like some hair model, before I saw her. Camille smiled brightly at me.

'Hailie! Honey! How are you?' she cooed loudly, sweeping me into her house.

'I'm great thanks Camille, absolutely fucking fantastic.' I said sourly.

'Oooo, what's wrong sweets?' she patted her hand down on the red sofa. 'Tell me everything.' she said in a sugar coated voice.

'It's HER.' I moaned.

'Who?'

'HER. επιλεγεί!' I shrieked and flung myself down upon her couch.

'επιλεγεί? It's impossible! That's just a myth!' squealed Camille excitedly.

'She's EXACTLY as the myths described. AND she killed 8 Vetlapa according to Sebastian.' I spat venomously.

'So she has to lightning powers? And the electric current? '

'She HAD them. Now she suddenly can't control her powers anymore.'

'Of course, I mean she's never been trained.'

'Sebastian is head over heels.' I hissed angrily.

'No way sweetie, Sebastian is definitely yours.' Camille put a arm around me. 'He'd never look at anyone else, even if you two aren't official or anything yet…' she trailed off suspiciously.

'I know. But a few more weeks and he would've been! Now it might never happen because of her. I hate her already. She needs to go. Or at least be taught a lesson about stealing others boyfriends.' I snarled.

'Aw Hailie, really? You're an angel, but sometimes you seem down right demonic.' exclaimed Camille as she fiddled with her long red hair.

'She deserves demonic, that little boyfriend stealing-'

'Hailie! Daaarrrliingg, how have you been?' interrupted Camille's mother as she breezed into the house loftily. She seemed to float 2 feet off the ground and shared Camille's perfect red hair.

'Lovely, Madam. And you too have been well?' I simpered, playing to role of perfect innocent Head Girl to a T.

'Excellent thank you dear, I was just coming down to start on dinner. Would you two girls care to help?'

'Why of course Madam. Anything to help.' I smiled brightly. Camille rolled her eyes at us, then winked at me. She had a plan to teach Serena her place here in Greece and I couldn't wait to hear it.