Hey peps here's chapter 8 ! I updated in 2 days! yay me! oh and thanks to my faithful reviewers olivehope; Nyx's Pinky Girl; This chapter is a bit longer then my more recent ones. well enjoy! and everyone already knows I do not own the H.O.N series, so now on to the story! XD

Zoey

"Ugh, I hate unpacking!" I groaned, as I opened yet another box filled with useless things.

"Tell me about it," Jane sighed from across the room. "Even with two people this is taking forever."

Exasperated, I threw my notebooks back in a box, after spending ten whole minutes trying to shove them into my desk. "That's it. Anything that has paper gets put in this box and is getting tossed." Going through the next five boxes turned into a breeze.

As Jane was going through the last box she broke up the silence. "So Zoey what's up with you and my brother?" Ah hell, I knew she was going to ask sooner or later.

"Well you don't beat around the bush that's for sure." I started to laugh.

"Nope," she simply stated.

Trying to stall I ask, "Wouldn't it be weird to hear me talk about him?"

"I haven't seen him in months. He'd send me letters on rare occasion, but at least from them, I knew he was alive and kicking. And I know you're avoiding my question."

Damn busted. "Nothing's going on."

"You're lying."

"No I am not." Why couldn't she just drop it?

"YES. You Are. And you want to know how I know?" She had that damn smirk again.

"Please tell me how it is you know when I don't." Well here it goes.

"First off, anytime I mention Stark or if he's by you, YOU always blush. And anytime your name's mention or when he's around YOU, he can't stop smiling like an idiot. Not to mention, he walts in here with a girl that no one's ever seen before. A girl who looks to be a fully marked vamp, but then turns out to be a fledgling only. You can't tell me you wouldn't even be remotely curious about said girl. Especially when said girl is the first to get her annoying brother's attention. It's all completely abnormal. So there, that is how I know."

Wow. Either I'm way too obvious with the fact that I like Stark or she was very intuitive. Wait? Did she just say that Stark actually smiles when she talks about me? I puffed my hair out of my face. "Honestly I really don't know what's going on with us." I couldn't help pausing when I said us. It sounded so right. I regretted my next reaction. I smiled.

"See. You got it bad." Telling me in a teasingly voice she did what any other person would have done, she laughed.

Throwing my pillow at her, I busted out laughing. "Whatever, but it really doesn't bother you if I talk about him?" I wondered because if any girl would talk to me about my brother, I sure as hell would run far away from that conversation as possible."

"Well to be honest, you haven't said much. And I've really missed him, a lot." She dragged out the end, this time with her lightly blushing. "It really sucks to have your twin gone."

"Wow." That was really all I could say.

She smirked and rolled her eyes. "If you mention anything I've said to Stark, I'll deny it completely."

Holding up my three fingers I reply, "Scouts honor." She smiled.

"I know I have a lot of questions and I'm probably getting on your nerves, but how come Stark's a fifth former and you're not? Shouldn't you both be fifth formers since you're twins?"

Getting out from the mess of empty boxes, she plopped herself on her bed. "Don't worry about the questions because everyone has them when they first get here. Sometime questions can't be answered right away. Other times they can be. And for question number two, well see it really doesn't work that way. Hell no one really knows what our goddess is thinking."

Well that was weird, considering the fact that I could actually talk with her.

As if remembering my question, she redirected her thoughts to me. "Any way, he was marked a year before me." Pausing, I could see all the agony coating her features. But still, she continued on. "And let me tell you it wasn't pretty. Stark was going through so much after he figured out that he had an affinity. I couldn't help him then. And I can't even help now."

She looked defeated. Every word hit me with a terrible amount of pain. It was even worst to see Jane relive it. I had to fix it. Please Nyx how do I help them? To my amazement she said The elements restore as well as destroy. And so l listened. "Spirit, I know that not all the hurt can be truly fixed, but please relieve some of the sorrow and pain that both Jane and Stark feel."

Astonished by the tingling feeling around me, there was a tiny haze of purple which surrounded Jane. She immediately sat up facing me. Although I was positive that all the hurt and sadness couldn't leave instantly, I could see that there was difference in her. Just by looking at her eyes, I could tell.

Shocked, Jane actually stuttered. "H-h-how in the world d-did you do that?"

I had no clue. I didn't even know where that came from. But likewise with Stark, this was something that felt so natural. It came out rushed in my desperate attempt to try and get her to understand."I–I don't know, I just couldn't bear seeing you feel so helpless. I had to do something."

"But Zoey, what exactly did you do?"

"I asked the elements, well more specifically Spirit, to help. Earlier I wanted to ask you about affinities..."

"Holy crap, you have an affinity for Spirit."

"Well not… exactly."

"What do you mean not exactly?"

Avoiding her question I said, "Ok can, you tell me what affinities are?" I clearly already knew what they were since Nyx herself had told me, but I wanted to know if anyone else could actually explain to me what in the world was happening. I was tired of being weird.

With the new founded peace and interest, she said "Well here are the basics. Affinities are… well kind of like super powers from our goddess. Gifts. Like for example when Stark was marked he figured out that he had -well has- an affinity. It's impossible for him to miss his target, like ever, hence making him a kick-ass archer."

Confused about what she just said I asked "Can you explain a little more, because I do get what an affinity is but I don't get what you mean by 'he can never miss his target'?"

Sighing, she asked herself, "Where's Damien when you need him? He's better at explaining this kind of stuff. Besides, Stark's the only one who can truly tell you about his affinity, but I'll give you a better example."

"Wow there's more fledglings who have powers? Like who?"

"Me, of course." She looks at me as if the answer should be common sense.

"So you have one too?"

"Yep."

"So what is it?"

"I can never be hit."

Not so intelligently I said "Huh?"

Speaking more to herself she said ,"It's kind of funny, considering the fact that Stark can never miss anything. And then when I ended up with an affinity, I became the only exception to that rule. Despite the craziness that comes with having an affinity, I'm glad that this is what Nyx gave me. It was the only way Stark would see me again."

And again all I could say was "Huh?"

"Ok. I know it's all confusing, but you'll get it after you know the whole story. But I gotta warn you, it's really long."

I desperately wanted to know. I hardly knew anything about Stark as it is. This was probably one of the only ways I was ever going to find out. But the question was would Stark want me to know or find out this way?

As if she could read my mind, she stopped herself. "You know what, I think it'll be better if Stark told you himself."

"You're probably right." I said. If I had to know stuff about Stark, then I would have to wait for him to tell me. It was only right.

"Of course I'm right. Duh." Jane really had a sinister looking smile, the kind that could creep you out if you didn't know the meaning behind it.

Opening the door, Stevie Rae walked in. From the look on her face, we were in for some bad news. Jane got straight to the point "Where's Duchess?"

Hesitating, she said "Jane I think ya have to find Stark."

Automatically we both responded "What's wrong?"

"He looked… troubled?"

Snapping at her, Jane demanded. "Stevie Rae, I need a little more information than that."

Totally nervous Stevie Rae said "well… umm when he was walkin' towards that oak tree - you know the one we're always at." I could tell that Jane was going to lose it if Stevie Rae didn't hurry up.

"Ok and..." I needed to take control or this was going to get ugly.

"Jane clam down, breath, you can go sit on the bed ok. Let me handle this." Surprisingly she actually listens to me. "Okay Stevie Rae, just give me the main gist of everything."

Looking over my shoulder, worry coated her big blue eyes. "Jane, I..."

"Stevie Ray, I'm going to need you to focus."

Sighing, she placed all her attention on me. "Well he seemed really upset, but tried to act like everythin' was okay. Cuttin' it short he said he was goin' to the gym and took Duch with him." The moment Stevie Rae said gym, Jane was gone. She basically ran out the door. Something was totally wrong. I didn't know what it was, but I intended to find out.

Jane

Damn it! What the hell did she do to him? I could think about a million ways I wanted to tear Neferet apart. She was reason why Stark hated himself so much. She was the reason why he left. I needed to find him. Goddess only knows what he would do.

So what happened to Stark? Will Jane ever find him and will Zoey ever learn about Stark's past? Stay tuned for the next chapter in Vampyre High which will be coming pretty soon to you!

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