Part 9
Sati wasn't exactly impressed with what she'd learned of the Night World so far. Vincent had taken her to a club about half an hour's drive away and introduced her to some of his friends, a gorgeous French vampire Arian, a British shapeshifter Sirius, and two witches Chimaera and Talaria.
Hanging out with them was really no different than hanging out with her old friends back home. They all noticeably looked a little better than regular humans. "So who was that girl with you in the diner?" Vincent asked.
"Oh, that was my sister Star," Sati said dismissively. She wasn't exactly sure she wanted to say out loud, how do I be a dragon?
"She seems kind of...aloof," Talaria said, frowning slightly.
Sati nodded. "Yeah, that's Star all over." She paused. "I'm assuming she's on the - "
"Day Dork side?" Arian supplied for her, his lip curving.
Out of the whole group, he was the one Sati liked best, the one she found most attractive. She wouldn't object to getting to know him a little better. Star had mentioned something about a soulmate to be equal to her black fire....
"Why'd you call them dorks?" she asked.
"Because all they care about is getting humans and Night People together," Chimaera said with a snort of disgust. "They're basically..." She smiled angelically. "Dorks."
"They don't understand that Night People are the superior race," Sirius said. To Sati, he seemed like the dark and creepy one of the group.
"Superior?" Sati asked, finding herself liking these people more and more.
"Naturally," Vincent said with a grin.
"We're stronger, more powerful, and better looking," Arian added.
~I see that~ Sati thought, giving him one of her best smiles.
"You ever evaporated anyone with your blue fire?" Chimaera asked.
"Evaporated?" Sati said.
"It's what blue fire does," Chimaera said, leaning forward eagerly.
"I've never even known about any of this until tonight," Sati said. She'd never even really believed Star's story. But now these new people she'd met now...they were really actually Night People. It was all starting to sink in. But if she was this last person to set things in motion....
"You've never killed anyone, have you?" Arian asked, slipping an around her shoulders.
"Not yet," Sati said, turning to him with a flirtatious smile. "But I'm sure you can teach me. Are there any other dragons around?"
"There's that supposed 'witch who isn't a witch'" Vincent said, clearly annoyed that Sati was more interested in Arian than him.
Star hadn't said anything like that to her. "I was told they'd found the third but what's a witch who's not a witch?"
"Oh, when the third was found there was a dragon involved and he said he was woken by a witch who wasn't a witch," Talaria said.
Sati still didn't get it. The dragons had been put to sleep by the witches thousands of years ago. Star had mentioned they'd left one alive because she was so young at the time.
"It seems less than a coincidence, that it has something to do with *you,* Sati," Sirius said, his lip curled.
Everyone else exchanged glances. Sati frowned. She felt kind of small and stupid not really knowing anything. "Um...look...it's getting late. Maybe one of you guys can take me home."
"I will," Vincent said before Arian could.
He and Sati left the club. He drove her home in silence. "So I'll see you in school on Monday?" Vincent said. "You're not freaking out, are you?"
Sati gave him a slight smile. She was freaking in a minor sense of the world, but he didn't need to know that. She kissed his cheek. "I'll see you tomorrow," she said. Sati left his car before he could say anything else. She went in through the back door, which Star had left open for her.
Star was pacing upstairs. She came into Sati's room. "Where the hell have you *been*?" she demanded,
"I met some people. There was this really hot guy there, Arian, though the only downside was he's a vampire, but I can get used to fangs," Sati said absently. "He was just so sexy..."
"Have you lost your *mind?*" Star snapped. "You're not even supposed to know, let alone go hanging around with sexy vampires."
"He was French," Sati said dreamily. "He had this amazing blond hair and he was tall had...just...*wow*!"
"Get *over* it!" Star hissed furiously. "You're meant to use your powers for *good*. Not evil."
Sati was beginning to understand why the others referred to them as Day Dorks. Star didn't get it. And probably never would.
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Sati wasn't exactly impressed with what she'd learned of the Night World so far. Vincent had taken her to a club about half an hour's drive away and introduced her to some of his friends, a gorgeous French vampire Arian, a British shapeshifter Sirius, and two witches Chimaera and Talaria.
Hanging out with them was really no different than hanging out with her old friends back home. They all noticeably looked a little better than regular humans. "So who was that girl with you in the diner?" Vincent asked.
"Oh, that was my sister Star," Sati said dismissively. She wasn't exactly sure she wanted to say out loud, how do I be a dragon?
"She seems kind of...aloof," Talaria said, frowning slightly.
Sati nodded. "Yeah, that's Star all over." She paused. "I'm assuming she's on the - "
"Day Dork side?" Arian supplied for her, his lip curving.
Out of the whole group, he was the one Sati liked best, the one she found most attractive. She wouldn't object to getting to know him a little better. Star had mentioned something about a soulmate to be equal to her black fire....
"Why'd you call them dorks?" she asked.
"Because all they care about is getting humans and Night People together," Chimaera said with a snort of disgust. "They're basically..." She smiled angelically. "Dorks."
"They don't understand that Night People are the superior race," Sirius said. To Sati, he seemed like the dark and creepy one of the group.
"Superior?" Sati asked, finding herself liking these people more and more.
"Naturally," Vincent said with a grin.
"We're stronger, more powerful, and better looking," Arian added.
~I see that~ Sati thought, giving him one of her best smiles.
"You ever evaporated anyone with your blue fire?" Chimaera asked.
"Evaporated?" Sati said.
"It's what blue fire does," Chimaera said, leaning forward eagerly.
"I've never even known about any of this until tonight," Sati said. She'd never even really believed Star's story. But now these new people she'd met now...they were really actually Night People. It was all starting to sink in. But if she was this last person to set things in motion....
"You've never killed anyone, have you?" Arian asked, slipping an around her shoulders.
"Not yet," Sati said, turning to him with a flirtatious smile. "But I'm sure you can teach me. Are there any other dragons around?"
"There's that supposed 'witch who isn't a witch'" Vincent said, clearly annoyed that Sati was more interested in Arian than him.
Star hadn't said anything like that to her. "I was told they'd found the third but what's a witch who's not a witch?"
"Oh, when the third was found there was a dragon involved and he said he was woken by a witch who wasn't a witch," Talaria said.
Sati still didn't get it. The dragons had been put to sleep by the witches thousands of years ago. Star had mentioned they'd left one alive because she was so young at the time.
"It seems less than a coincidence, that it has something to do with *you,* Sati," Sirius said, his lip curled.
Everyone else exchanged glances. Sati frowned. She felt kind of small and stupid not really knowing anything. "Um...look...it's getting late. Maybe one of you guys can take me home."
"I will," Vincent said before Arian could.
He and Sati left the club. He drove her home in silence. "So I'll see you in school on Monday?" Vincent said. "You're not freaking out, are you?"
Sati gave him a slight smile. She was freaking in a minor sense of the world, but he didn't need to know that. She kissed his cheek. "I'll see you tomorrow," she said. Sati left his car before he could say anything else. She went in through the back door, which Star had left open for her.
Star was pacing upstairs. She came into Sati's room. "Where the hell have you *been*?" she demanded,
"I met some people. There was this really hot guy there, Arian, though the only downside was he's a vampire, but I can get used to fangs," Sati said absently. "He was just so sexy..."
"Have you lost your *mind?*" Star snapped. "You're not even supposed to know, let alone go hanging around with sexy vampires."
"He was French," Sati said dreamily. "He had this amazing blond hair and he was tall had...just...*wow*!"
"Get *over* it!" Star hissed furiously. "You're meant to use your powers for *good*. Not evil."
Sati was beginning to understand why the others referred to them as Day Dorks. Star didn't get it. And probably never would.
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