A/K OK! another post! and this one is really long for me, just look at my other stories! now, this is pre-Vampire Academy (bear with me, please). i've had a wondorous idea and intend to see it through, so hopefully you will be able to follow :)

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Everyone plz don't get mad at me o.O this is the fourth chapter....i'm so sorry!

Presciliana POV

We were in Algebra II when Kara left. I didn't think much of it at first. She sometimes left to clear her head in the other schools, but when she didn't return I got worried. She never would have been away for that long when she knew there was a chance Strigoi could come and attack me.

"Mrs. A? May I use the restroom?" I asked her, knowing I needed to find Kara.

"Sure. And if you see Kara tell her she needs to return immediately," Mrs. A said to me.

"Yes ma'am."

I took her other pass and left the room, searching the third floor first and then the second floor. I was by the science wing when the lights turned off. When I hear voices I tried to follow them but got lost. When I did find my way, the bell rang and suddenly there were many teens in the hallway.

Angela, the girl I was talking to from homeroom, came out of one of the science classrooms and I rushed up to her.

"Angela! Kara's gone and I don't know where she is!" I was frantic as I gasped out the sentence to her.

"Presciliana, calm down, we can find her. Let me call the rest of my family," she said and pulled out a cell phone. Within the next five minutes she gathered the rest of the family. There were so many of them.

"Presciliana, do you remember me? I'm Jaren, from homeroom?" Said the boy that was flirting with Kara.

"Yes, I remember you. I can't find Kara, I don't know where she could have gone!" I was so frantic and no one seemed to be helping.

"Presciliana, my name is Edward. We are going to find Kara, I promise. Why don't we go outside, maybe she's somewhere on campus," said a boy with golden eyes and very messy bronze hair.

"No, it won't help. You don't get it. Kara would never leave me, ever. So if she's gone that means someone took her. And not just anyone could take her. They would have to be extremely strong. They would have to be stronger than the average human." I didn't know how much I could tell them, but I needed help and they seemed just as good as anyone else to ask.

"Edward, we need to take her out of here. We need to plan, figure this out. We need to get on the same page," said Angela to Edward. I didn't know what they were talking about, but I was sure I wasn't meant to hear the conversation.

"Please, I'll go with you, just help me," I said, desperate.

"Edward, this is not a good idea. You don't know who she is," said a blonde girl, more pretty than the others.

"Rosalie, she's fine. She needs our help. Drop it," said Angela. It seemed the debate was revolving around me.

"I'll call Carlisle. We'll see what he thinks and act accordingly," said a girl with crazy blonde hair. She was standing next to a boy with black hair wearing a look of pure boredom.

"Good idea, Max," said the boy.

"Hello? Carlisle? Max. We met a girl, and she needs help. No. Yes. Ok, we'll be there in five minutes," said Max.

"Well?" asked Edward.

"We need to go. Now."

We left out the front door, walking over to a row of amazing cars.

"Presciliana, ride in the Volvo with Edward and Bella. Everyone else, we're leaving in the usual way. Fly as fast as you can, we're going home," ordered Max.

I followed Edward and a brown-haired girl I assumed Bella to a silver car. Getting into the back of the car, I buckled my seatbelt. When Bella and Edward did not do the same I got curious.

"Aren't you going to put your seatbelt on?" I asked, thoroughly confused.

My question was met by two different pitched laughs and a jolt as the car peeled out of the lot.

We flew down the road, past trees and along the road. Edward pulled up in front of a giant house. It wasn't as big as St. Vlad's but it was big nonetheless.

The outside was brick, pink brick, with the window sills and arches white stone. There were so many windows I lost count, the house so open I was amazed. We walked inside and I froze. Above me hung a chandelier, beautiful and sparkling, throwing light all along the grand staircase looming before me.

To my right was the kitchen, and to my left the living room.

The kitchen was huge, larger than any kitchen I had ever seen. An island stood in the center, sporting a stovetop and stainless steel sink. The refrigerator and microwave were stainless steel as well.

The ceiling was so high up in all the rooms of the house I thought I could hear people's voices reverberating through the house.

I followed Edward into the living room and sat on one of the many couches. They were all black leather, and while I did not like leather, I sat down nevertheless, opting for a seat by the crackling fire. The fire blazed in a grand fireplace, made of the same white stone as outside. I was captured in the dancing flame and did not notice everyone entering the room.

I looked up to the sound of someone clearing their throat. "Presciliana, I am Dr. Carlisle Cullen. I believe some introductions are way past due," said an impossibly gorgeous man with blonde hair.

Everyone stood up and walked over to their respective pairs. "Presciliana, this is Edward and Bella, but you knew that already. Next to them are Rosalie and Emmett. Then Alice and Jasper, Nudge and Jacob, Iggy and Wendy, Max and Fang, Angel, and Gazzy. This is my wife, Esme," said Carlisle.

Emmett was a big man with black hair and huge muscles. Alice was a small girl with spiky brown hair and Jasper had blonde hair and looked like he was in pain. Nudge was African American with black hair, and Jacob looked like he was Native American. Iggy was a tall boy with blonde hair standing next to a girl with crazy blue hair. Fang must have been the boy standing next to Max at school while she was conversing with Carlisle, and Angel was Angela, Gazzy being Jaren.

"Nice to meet all of you. I am Presciliana," I said, suddenly self-conscious.

"We know. Presciliana, do you have a secret you'd like to share with us?" Asked Alice.

"A secret? Nope, no secrets here," I said with a nervous smile.

"Presciliana, what we are about to show you you must not tell anyone," Max said. I didn't know what was going on, but I nodded my head to show I understood.

Max looked to Carlisle, who nodded his head, then she took off her jacket and pulled off her shirt, turning around and spreading out what seemed to be two wings. They were beautiful, white with tips of black, but they couldn't be real.

"Are those real?" I asked her.

"Yes, they are, as are these," said Fang, as he spread out a pair of beautifully black wings.

"No way. What are you guys?" I asked as Nudge, Angel, and Gazzy spread a pair of wings each.

"We are Avian-American hybrids. Presciliana, you're not scared or anything like that?" asked Gazzy.

"No, that's not totally weird," I said.

"Presciliana, that's not our only secret. We are all vampires, with the exception of Jacob, who is a shape shifter. He changes into a wolf," said Jasper.

"Wait, you're all vampires? Really? What elements can you control? Are you Morroi? Or are some of you Dhampire? Who protects who?" I was excited; I had never met another Morroi outside of the school outside of relatives.

"What are you talking about?" asked Wendy.

"Wait, how can you not know what I'm talking about?" I asked.

"I think we all need to explain what we are, because we are obviously not all on the same page," said Emmett.

"Ok, who wants to start?" asked Esme.

"Well…." Started Alice.

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