A/N: So I was planning to update tomorrow, but you can all thank MissXMagic for encouraging me to update sooner! I'm almost at 100 reviews! So close! I'm really excited! Also, I'm going to start editing each chapter, and remove mistakes, and maybe add a little in some parts. At 100 reviews, I might post the next update in a totally different part, to start fresh! Like think of this as the ending of book one, and onto book two. "One Freakish Love:_". What do you think? If you like it, fill in the blank. If I like it, I may use it! But, enjoy your update!

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Disclaimer: I only own Ronnie, and that's all. The amazing other characters known as Cassie, Kade and Amius belong to MissXMagic, RoxyPony and EllieRanesburg66

I sighed, pinching the bridge of my nose between my two fingers. I had looked into the eyes of death many times, but knowing my clumsy self, I was afraid. I made stupid, obvious mistakes, all the time. And if these trials were something you couldn't mess up a little bit, well, I'd be royally screwed.

"But do not worry," Arrow began "Ronnie, Kaydee-" he started and then paused, realizing what had come out of his mouth, his face began to turn a light pink and Mika, who was still gazing at me with the same blank stare let out a snort. I looked over at Kayden, who was sending him a glare. Apparently, I was the only one who was able to call her by the godforsaken nickname.

"Kayden," he corrected quickly "Will be helping you with training. And Vanez with yours, Darren." We both gave a weak nod in response.

"You will have a month before you start training, due to the fact we need supplies. But that still is a very small time to train, so it will be harder than it normally would be, even for a full vampire. And then start your trials then, luckily in between you will have a break because of the Festival of the Undead." Paris answered, that man really interested me. It seemed as though the lines on his face were filled with stories, that I was dying to learn about.

"Your done here." Mika barked, waving us away with his hand. Kayden reached me at the exit, tapping her foot impatiently. She grabbed me by my wrist, something she did regularly, dragging me out of the flow of people out of the hall.

"Alright, you're not going to die on my watch. You're passing those trials." She said, her eyes narrowing into slits with determination. I nodded my head, as Darren came up to us.

"Hey." He hesitated, putting his hands into his pockets. I just looked to the side, still angry at him and gave him a nod letting him know that I was listening.

"Uhm," he faltered, biting at his lip, "Can I just talk to you, later?"

"I guess," I scoffed, "Meet you in my room in fifteen minutes." He nodded his head and turned on his heels to walk away. I swiveled my head back over to look at Kayden, whose eyes were wide and sparking with curiousty.

"Oh, you're a bitch," she thundered, "I like it... a lot."

I shrugged, my eyes angling down at my shoulder,

"If I have a reason to, he was being borderline retarded!" I mewled.

"Fill me in!" she upbraided. I was really happy to have a friend like Kayden, she listened, hanging onto every word as I ranted about my fall out with Darren. The only time she interrupted me was to comment about how I used my hands to talk, excessively. We were extremely alike, from the way we talked, to our attitudes, kind of like we were sisters. It was good to have someone I could connect with so well, especially not having Cassie here. It was easy to feel alone, being the only girl amongst hundreds of testosterone filled males.

"Damn!" she noted, "You definitely were right, but if he apologizes, you definitely need to forgive him. You guys are way to valuable of an item! Now go to your room, and lay down the law! But, go easy on him!" she dictated, turning my around by my shoulder and giving me a rough shove towards my room. I walked slowly, looking down at my feet as I did so, thoughts running through my head. I let out a rough grunt and I was stopped by a large body, none other than the vampire with the stone cold gaze.

Mika.

Cassie shuffled through her belongings, Amius stood in her doorway shooting down any of the reasonable outfits that Cassie would hold up.
"No, you cannot wear that, you'll freeze." he marked for what seemed to be the hundredth time. No matter what Cassie chose, it was unacceptable. Well, sometimes you have to sacrifice a little to look good. But according to Amius, that wasn't the case. Cassie had to throw a fit to be able to wear the light teal vans that she had borrowed from Ronnie, and well, 'forgot' to return to her.

"Those will stand out in the snow like a sore thumb, if we're being watched, that's a dead giveaway." he condemned, trying to be as nice as possible. It was bad enough that she was even wearing shoes, but for being a human, it was necessary, if they walked without shoes, their feet would be so damaged to the point they would have to be amputated. It was mainly summer time, but there were still some cold patches, so instead of boots the wretched brightly colored sneakers would have to do.

Cassie finally got on her outfit, and nodded at herself in approval in the mirror. It was hard to say goodbye to everyone at the Cirque, but thankfully she had Evra with her. She held his hand squeezing tightly, every time they said goodbye to someone. It was terrible to see Evra, he was trying hard to keep strong for Cassie, but there was difficulty when you're saying goodbye to the people you've known your whole life, for a long time.

"Goodbye, Cassandra." Mr. Tall said, taking Cassie's hand and kissing it lightly.

"Thank you for everything Mr. Tall." She leered respectfully with a bow of her head.

"You're about to start a very hard journey," he drawled, "you need to stay strong, for yourself, for Evra and Veronica, there's a rough path for her ahead... and you may be the one thing that can keep her from-"

"We need to leave, now!" Amius trumpeted, busting into the tent. "Anastasia is coming, and she's not alone, we need to get out of here, or else we'll have no chance for your survival."

"But wait! Mr. Tall! Keep her from what!" Cassie bellowed, trying to take a grasp on anything that he had just said, all while Amius pulling them out of the tent. Mr. Tall only stood there, his fingers intertwined and his thin lips pressed into a line. Thoughts raced through Cassie's head, but there was no time to dwell on that now, as they made their way out of the camp she smiled to herself, Evra had never let go. His hand was still firmly gripping hers, and now they were on their way to Vampire Mountain, even though they weren't vampires, it had to be done. They would be the only two there that weren't apart of the vampire clan, just the snake-boy and the different girl.

A/N: Heheh, sorry for the cliff-hangers! I couldn't help it! And I hope you like the clever reference at the end, lets see if you catch it ;) Now, **REVIEW REVIEW REVIEW**