I wandered aimlessly down the hall following a group of students somewhere. I could feel the emotion of their hunger, and guessed they were headed for the cafeteria. I maneuvered my way into the middle of the crowd to blend in a bit more.

            I suddenly spotted Jimena Castillo and Tianna Moore walking down the hall together. Jimena's dark black hair was hanging down freely in curls, and Tianna's long black mane was put up in a loose pony tail. If I had memorized correctly; Jimena had the power of premonitions, and Tianna could move things with her mind.

            They seemed to be having fun and in a hurry to get to lunch. I could see Tianna exaggerating something, her hands were flailing everywhere. I could have easily read her mind to find out what she was saying but it was much more fun to watch her arms flail around like that and guess what she was talking about.

            We all finally reached the lunch room and everyone spread out. As soon as I entered the lunch room my senses became on high alert. I could feel the aura of the Lecta, the chosen one. I would have to be cautious around her. I was not sure of how great her power was but just to be safe I dampened my aura to that of a regular person.

            I couldn't believe I hadn't done that already. I was a walking transmitter beam for anyone looking for me. Anyone, even a lowly follower, could pick up on such a strong aura. Hopefully I wasn't already being tracked. I'm sure I would have already been forced to return home if they had picked up a signal on me.

            I waited for the daughters to sit down. There were five of them sitting at the table. They were all in deep conversation about something important. I walked over there prepared to introduce myself.

            I stood at their table and smiled, "Hi I'm Melanie. Can I sit with you guys?" Their conversation stopped and silence came over the table. They stared at me suspiciously for a moment.

            They all gave each other a look and the blonde, whom I presumed to be Vanessa, scooted over first, "Sure you can sit with us."

            I smiled warmly and replied, "Thanks."

            The only one that I had yet to identify was Serena; I supposed that she was the one with the light brown hair. She was sitting at the other side of the table, but I could feel her aura best over others.

            She was the Lecta, and the key. My father had once tried to turn her. He was actually successful but her sisters saved her. I was relieved to hear that much, if they hadn't I wouldn't be able complete my plan.

            I could also sense a very familiar aura on Serena. It was Stanton, the Prince of the Night. I wasn't sure why father choose him for the title but I supposed he was better looking than the rest.

            I knew of their secret love, Stanton thought it was a secret but really it wasn't. Father doesn't know, I made sure of that. It was fun to tease him about it the first time I met him. It was so cute how he tried to deny it…

            "Melanie? Are you in there?" The friendly voice brought me out of my reverie. I realized they were all looking at me intently, and waited for my response. I had almost forgotten that I had told them my name was Melanie. The name sounded to similar yet so strange to my own.

            I smiled, purposefully turned a shade of pink, and replied, "Sorry, got lost in thought there for a minute. Did you ask me something?"

            "Yeah, we all introduced ourselves, and I asked where you were from." replied Jimena, almost impatiently. I could feel Serena's eyes staring intently on me; she was trying to read my mind. I could feel her buzzing around outside my head determined to get in. I wasn't about to let her though, instead I threw fake memories into her head, of my childhood, and of my day today.

            She finally seemed satisfied, so I returned my attention quickly to the question, "I heard the introductions, but not the question sorry. I'm from around. My father and I move around a lot so I can't really say I'm just from one place."

            "Really? That sounds interesting! Where did you two just move here from?" Vanessa excitedly asked me.

            "Oh, well, we just came back from Greece." I told them nonchalantly and took a bite of my food. They all exchanged a glance and their interest suddenly peaked.

            "What part of Greece?" Serena asked suspiciously. She still didn't seem to trust me.

            "Athens." I took another bite of my lunch and tried not to cringe. This stuff was disgusting! How could they serve this to unsuspecting youth? Oh how I craved for an extravagant meal like those I was so used to having every day.

            "Why do you guys move around so much?" Catty asked me.

            "Oh, um… my father is a businessman. His work takes him all over the world for extended amounts of time." I looked towards Serena to see how my lie would affect her.

            Her eyes showed compassion and she replied, "I know how that feels, except my father leaves my brother and I home alone." Her eyes stared off into the distance as she remembered pictures of her father.

            Jimena quickly changed the subject knowing how much Serena missed her father sometimes, "So how long did you stay in Athens?"

            "For about a year. I thought all the temples were fascinating. What do you guys think about all the Greek gods and goddesses? In my personal opinion I believe that they once did really exist." I gave a friendly smile and gave off the impression that I just making conversation. I really wanted to see what they would say though.

            Everyone stopped what they were doing and stared at me in shock. I was trying so hard not to laugh...