A/N: Hopefully, this chapter is more interesting than the first one... still pretty short, but at least I haven't given up on this story, right? anyways, please read and review... or at least read my other stuff... thanx! ~Morgaine~
Dead Blood Can Love - Back to School
Dr. Murdoch stood at his desk and quietly observed the four students in front of him. They were not what anyone would picture when they thought of students. Extreme paleness, gothic wardrobe and glaring eyes combined to form the portrait of Dr. Murdoch's night school class. His vampires.
"I'm glad to see all of you have decided to come back to the Experiment for another year. I'm sure you have noticed that one of your number is missing," Dr. Murdoch began.
The four vampires nodded and Marty voiced the question that was on their minds.
"Where's Merill, doc?" he asked in a slightly more concerned manner than usual. The concern spread to the faces of each of the vampires in the room, but Dr. Murdoch didn't seem the least bit perturbed.
Dr. Murdoch smiled his cryptic smile and answered. "Merill has graduated."
The vampires stared at him in shock.
"Graduated?" Carl asked in his usual clueless way.
"I didn't now you could do that," Essie commented. "Hey, Dr. Murdoch, you should have told me, that way I could have designed a super-chic gown for Merill's graduation ceremony... wait a second. How come she didn't have a graduation ceremony?"
"Why didn't she tell us personally?" Drew asked in a quiet voice. His expression seemed to indicate that he was not happy with Merill and obviously thought that he should have been informed.
"One at a time, please!" Dr. Murdoch replied. "Yes, it is possible to graduate. Merill is now off on her own in the world, interacting with mortals normally. The Elders still keep an eye on her, but yes, she has graduated into becoming more human."
"She can never be human," Drew insisted angrily. "None of us can."
Dr. Murdoch glared at Drew and continued. "She didn't have a ceremony because she requested that I keep it silent until the second year starts. I do not know Merill's reason for not telling all of you about her graduation, however you may ask her that yourselves."
Essie brightened. "Does this mean she's coming back?"
"Yes and no," Dr. Murdoch replied with an unfulfilling answer. "Yes, she will be coming back, but no in the sense that she will be back permanently."
"No offense doc, but huh?" Marty said. Carl agreed... he couldn't understand it either.
"Merill will be coming back to--" Dr. Murdoch began to reply. Suddenly, a knock came to the door of his office and interrupted him. "Come in," he said, and motioned for the vampires to stay where they were, as they were beginning to leave. The door opened to reveal another pale gothic person.
It was a girl that appeared to be in her late teens. She had shoulder-length brown hair with blond streaked through it. Her gothic wardrobe consisted of a short black leather skirt, black knee-high boots, a dark red tank top, and a long black sweater over it. Her skin was pale and she wore dark eye makeup and blood-red lipstick.
Following the girl, a boy entered, approximately the same age as her. Also pale, and also gothic, he wore his blond hair short and spiky. Despite it being nighttime, he wore dark sunglasses. He wore black jeans, a navy shirt and a black coat. He, in turn, was followed by a boy that looked exactly like him, except that his blond hair was a bit longer and slightly wavy. He also wore sunglasses and his clothing was similar but he was wearing a dark green shirt.
The three new people stood in the room for a second, then hesitantly nodded their heads to Dr. Murdoch.
Needless to say, the vampires were confused. However, Dr. Murdoch smiled.
"Welcome," he said to the newcomers, "to the Experiment."
A/N: It's a semi-cliffie! welll..... kinda; anyways... yeah, i'm not so sure about the title of this series, so feel free to make any suggestions. Also, I forgot to mention this earlier, but I'm presuming that Sherry died in early May of the first year.... and then this story is starting in early September. I think that's about it. Oh yeah, and if anything is messed up in this story (ie, spelling, characters, etc.) please review and tell me!!!! ~Morgaine~
