Part 13
Star wasn't nervous at all starting school the following morning. She had super powers, after all. What was there to be nervous about? (Well, maybe the fact she didn't know how to use her powers, but she was sure she'd find out sooner or later.)
Star on the other hand, was unusually quiet. Sati guessed she hadn't met anyone last night. Luckily for her, she already had a set of friends. Heads turned as she sauntered down the hall. She was pleased to find she shared maths and chemistry with Arian and Chimaera, English and French with Talaria, study hall with Vincent, and I.T. with Sirius. There were two other guys in particular that caught her eye. One was in her maths class, he was tall with black hair that had a natural blue shimmer. Almost all the class he had seemed vague and distracted (and incidentally, gorgeous). The second guy she saw at lunch when she was sitting in the cafeteria with the new gang and Star had come in with two of the most striking people she had seen outside of Hollywood. The guy was tall (what *was* it around here with all the sexy guys being tall with long hair? Was it some sort of requirement to be classed as sexy? Or was she just noticing because it was her personal taste?) Anyway, he was...she could thinking of a word to describe him. She had to force herself to look away before he caught her going all drooly.
"Who *is* that?" she asked.
"Demios Blackthorn and Galadriel Harman. They're Day Dorks."
"Oh." Star was disappointed. "And the guy with the blue-black hair?"
"A waste of space and time," Vincent said dismissively.
~Another Day Dork from the sound of it~ Sati thought. "So what'd you guys do for fun around here?" There had to be more to this town than met the eye.
"Pretty much what we did last night," Talaria answered.
"Occasionally we go into the city to hunt," Arian said with a cruel smile.
"Hunt?" That sounded slightly more fun to Sati.
"Of course. We have to feed." He grinned, showing perfect white teeth.
Ah. So vampires really did drink blood. She wondered what Dragons ate.
"So if I'm supposed to have tall this super-power, how do I use it?" she asked. "Star said something about blue fire plus black fire equals a Wild Power."
"Keep your voice down," Sirius said sharply. "Do you know what the penalty is to humans who find out about us?" His smile was unpleasant.
Sati frowned. She didn't like him much. There was definitely a creep factor about him that made her flesh craw. "I have the feeling you're going to tell me."
"Death. To those who found out, and those who told."
"Jesus, lighten up," Chimaera snorted. "He's got that Cloud of Gloom thing down pat."
Sirius's eyes narrowed. "If I told you what you had working for you...well..." His lip curled. "I'd better not."
Chimaera glared at him and muttered something rude under her breath.
"Still waiting for instructions on how to use my powers," Sati said impatiently.
"We'll have to experiment on that one," Vincent said, grinning at her. "Info on dragons is scarce."
Sati didn't protest as Arian's arm slid around her shoulders almost possessively. His expression was blank, but...not...in a weird way. She noticed a look being exchanged between Chimaera and Talaria. He was marking his territory?
"They're supposed to be extinct," Talaria explained. "So we can - "
The bell rang. Damn. Sati was annoyed. Just when they were starting to get somewhere. Typical. Sati wondered where Star had gotten herself to. Someone had to know something about dragons. What was the fun of being all powerful if you couldn't use your magic?
Throughout the afternoon she noticed people glancing at her with funny expressions on their face. Most of them tended to avoid her. Sati didn't get it. She had always been a people-person. She didn't like being alone.
"What's up with that?" she asked Chimaera.
Chimaera frowned. "They're the Day Dorks. They know who you are and aren't happy you're friends with us and not them."
"Oh." Sati was disappointed to see Star seemed to have latched on to them rather than the group she had chosen to hang with. She recalled Star and her mother mentioning something about someone coming to pick her up - Garret Redfern and Lareina Keller.
And to think she had thought moving to Kansas would be dull!
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Star wasn't nervous at all starting school the following morning. She had super powers, after all. What was there to be nervous about? (Well, maybe the fact she didn't know how to use her powers, but she was sure she'd find out sooner or later.)
Star on the other hand, was unusually quiet. Sati guessed she hadn't met anyone last night. Luckily for her, she already had a set of friends. Heads turned as she sauntered down the hall. She was pleased to find she shared maths and chemistry with Arian and Chimaera, English and French with Talaria, study hall with Vincent, and I.T. with Sirius. There were two other guys in particular that caught her eye. One was in her maths class, he was tall with black hair that had a natural blue shimmer. Almost all the class he had seemed vague and distracted (and incidentally, gorgeous). The second guy she saw at lunch when she was sitting in the cafeteria with the new gang and Star had come in with two of the most striking people she had seen outside of Hollywood. The guy was tall (what *was* it around here with all the sexy guys being tall with long hair? Was it some sort of requirement to be classed as sexy? Or was she just noticing because it was her personal taste?) Anyway, he was...she could thinking of a word to describe him. She had to force herself to look away before he caught her going all drooly.
"Who *is* that?" she asked.
"Demios Blackthorn and Galadriel Harman. They're Day Dorks."
"Oh." Star was disappointed. "And the guy with the blue-black hair?"
"A waste of space and time," Vincent said dismissively.
~Another Day Dork from the sound of it~ Sati thought. "So what'd you guys do for fun around here?" There had to be more to this town than met the eye.
"Pretty much what we did last night," Talaria answered.
"Occasionally we go into the city to hunt," Arian said with a cruel smile.
"Hunt?" That sounded slightly more fun to Sati.
"Of course. We have to feed." He grinned, showing perfect white teeth.
Ah. So vampires really did drink blood. She wondered what Dragons ate.
"So if I'm supposed to have tall this super-power, how do I use it?" she asked. "Star said something about blue fire plus black fire equals a Wild Power."
"Keep your voice down," Sirius said sharply. "Do you know what the penalty is to humans who find out about us?" His smile was unpleasant.
Sati frowned. She didn't like him much. There was definitely a creep factor about him that made her flesh craw. "I have the feeling you're going to tell me."
"Death. To those who found out, and those who told."
"Jesus, lighten up," Chimaera snorted. "He's got that Cloud of Gloom thing down pat."
Sirius's eyes narrowed. "If I told you what you had working for you...well..." His lip curled. "I'd better not."
Chimaera glared at him and muttered something rude under her breath.
"Still waiting for instructions on how to use my powers," Sati said impatiently.
"We'll have to experiment on that one," Vincent said, grinning at her. "Info on dragons is scarce."
Sati didn't protest as Arian's arm slid around her shoulders almost possessively. His expression was blank, but...not...in a weird way. She noticed a look being exchanged between Chimaera and Talaria. He was marking his territory?
"They're supposed to be extinct," Talaria explained. "So we can - "
The bell rang. Damn. Sati was annoyed. Just when they were starting to get somewhere. Typical. Sati wondered where Star had gotten herself to. Someone had to know something about dragons. What was the fun of being all powerful if you couldn't use your magic?
Throughout the afternoon she noticed people glancing at her with funny expressions on their face. Most of them tended to avoid her. Sati didn't get it. She had always been a people-person. She didn't like being alone.
"What's up with that?" she asked Chimaera.
Chimaera frowned. "They're the Day Dorks. They know who you are and aren't happy you're friends with us and not them."
"Oh." Sati was disappointed to see Star seemed to have latched on to them rather than the group she had chosen to hang with. She recalled Star and her mother mentioning something about someone coming to pick her up - Garret Redfern and Lareina Keller.
And to think she had thought moving to Kansas would be dull!
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