((Note to Readers: Sorry for having so many errors in the past few chapters, especially the gender switching errors. I will try not to have anymore in the future.))

Evyon awoke in her bed to an empty room. Looking around the room at the other empty beds, she fell back against her pillows and sighed. I'm so exhausted. She thought to herself wanting to fall back asleep. Ugh... I have to get up eventually. Turning onto her side she pulled her alarm clock closer so that she could read it. 10:00. "Good thing it's a Sunday." Turning back over onto her pillow she fell back asleep.

"Evan... Evan..." Someone was shaking Evyon from her sleep as she yawned and looked up into Kai's face.

"What do you want?" She groaned rolling back over.

"Where have you been?" Kai asked. "You were gone all Sunday."

"It is Sunday," she replied.

"No, it's Monday. You already missed four classes. It's lunch time."

"What?" She exclaimed, jumping from her bed. "Why didn't you wake me earlier?" Rummaging through her chest she was able to find a few pieces of clean clothing. She grabbed the bottom of her shirt about to pull it off, when she stopped looking over at Kai. "Uh... Excuse me." Throwing the clothes onto the bed, she quickly closed the curtains and changed into her school clothes.

As she came back out, Kai was sitting on her trunk. "Can you move? I need to get in there."

"Where were you all weekend?"

"Why do you care?" She countered aggressively.

"Because... you're a member of my team."

Evyon's black eyes watched Kai. Lies...she thought to herself. "Move."

Kai got up off of her trunk and went back to his bed, where he picked up his school bag and left for class.

Evyon looked in her mirror that sat in her trunk to make sure her contacts were both in. She saw Kai leave in the reflection of the mirror. Shaking her shaggy ebony hair, she slammed her trunk closed. He can't do this to me. She thought before grabbing her bag and storming out of the room.

As she continued on her walk to Transfiguration her anger ebbed to a calm annoyance. Entering class late, she ignored Professor Hiert's ranting about tardiness. Sitting down by herself in the back she pulled out her Transfiguration book and began to scan what they were learning that day. Even if I am on a new team now, that doesn't mean that I can't still be a good student. After reading the section, she put the book away only to look up and have the teacher staring at her. "Yes?" She asked.

"Would you care to find a partner and join the rest of the students in practicing the new spell?"

Evyon glanced around the class room at the students, all of whom appeared to be paired up. "I believe there is no one left," she replied.

"I don't have a partner," a voice piped up and Seboyk stood up from his seat to join her. After coming over he sat down and they began to practice on the cup that sat in front of them.

For most of the class the two sat in silence, when finally Seboyk suddenly stopped and turned to Evyon. "So how is it going?"

"Fine."

"Really? Then why do you have bruises all over your body."

"How can you tell? You can't even see them."

"I can sense that you are in pain." Seboyk gave her a knowing glance.

"Yeah, so I got into another fight." Evyon was trying her hardest to avoid his gaze. She hated how Seboyk knew everything.

"That looks like more than a fight. Why don't you tell me? Do you not trust me anymore? Are you truly one of them?"

"I will never be an Efee," she spat at him, her gaze finally shifting to match his. Although when she did, she flinched. Seboyk's gaze was hard, almost cold. "What?"

"I have heard something."

"What are you talking about? What have you heard?"

Seboyk paused, his gaze unwavering. "Are the Efee's creating an army against us?"

Evyon's gaze drop with shame. "I should have told you sooner. The Efee's have asked for the Touline's help to take you out. They see you as a threat."

Seboyk nodded solemnly. "Very well." He got up and began to walk away.

"That's it? No fight back? No scolding?"

Seboyk glanced back at her over his shoulder with a piercing gaze.

He knows something that I don't. Seeing the other students leaving, she quickly grabbed her bag and began to walk out.

"Mr. Keldun, your paper?"

"Of course," Evyon said beginning to search through her bag. "Here," she finally said shoving it into his hand and running out. Something isn't right here. Her dark eyes looked around carefully. Whipping around quickly, she saw no one in particular looking at her, but something made her skin crawl. Is someone following me? What is really going on at this school?

Kicking her pace up, she made it to Dark Arts where she sat in the back. Alone. There was just something that felt weird all of a sudden. Is it Blake? Is he still watching over me? Throughout the entire class she was unable to concentrate on anything. Taking out her journal she began to write down everything that had happened over the weekend.

Suddenly the teacher tapped on her shoulder. "Mr. Keldun, are you okay? Class ended ten minutes ago."

"What?" Evyon replied stuffing her journal away and getting up. "I'm sorry. Tired. Not a lot of sleep." She was short as she got up and sprinted to Potions class. Once again she was late, but this time her teacher simply ignored her. Just as she thought she was about to burst, she saw Rufio and it was like a wave of relief splashed over her.

Finally calm she watched as he assisted her teacher and walked around helping others. "Evan, are you lost?" Rufio asked, finally making his way to her.

"What? No."

"You haven't even started your potion."

"Oh, just a little confused about which is the Belladonna." Evan lied.

"It would be that one," Rufio replied as he pointed to the only green leaf sitting on the table.

"Right," she replied picking it up and throwing it in the cauldron. "I'm just a little nervous. Don't want to screw up."

"Well if you don't try then you won't ever succeed." Rufio reminded her with a smile and continued on to the other students.

Gosh, why do I have to be such an idiot? Evyon asked herself as she finally concentrated back on her potion. Unable to make it anywhere near as far as the rest of the students she put her cauldron away and left the room.

"Hey, Evan!" A voice called out from behind.

Turning around Evyon saw Rufio catching up with her. "Yeah?" She inquired.

"Fight Club is going to be starting next week. Seeing as you like to get into a lot of fights, thought you might be interested. Sign-up is in the grand hall. Usually we sign up with teams."

"Okay, cool. I'll check it out." Evyon called as Rufio continued down the hallway.

Evyon continued back to her bedroom, where she dropped her bag and fell onto her bed. Would this be easier at Beauxbatons? She wondered to herself as she gazed up at her canopy.

The door creaked and looking up, Evyon saw Kai step in. "Hey, we're going down to dinner, want to join us?"

It was at this time Evyon realized she hadn't eaten in a couple days and nodded. Pushing herself off her bed she headed towards the door that Kai had left open for her. As she walked past him, she caught his eye. Is he... worried? She wondered to herself as she exited the bedroom and walked down the stairs.

Kai closed the door behind himself and walked down with her. "Okay, we're ready to go." He said as Ramy and Cairo came into view.

Evyon followed the three guys to dinner in silence, while they all talked amongst themselves. Her gaze was locked with the ground when Kai fell back into step with her. "What's up?"

"Nothing," she replied.

"You sure? You have been flakey ever since you joined the Efee's."

"I wonder why," she shot him a cold glare.

"Look... you will just have to learn to deal with it. That is the way Durmstrang is. If you can't handle it, then go back to Beauxbatons."

"I wasn't invited to Beauxbatons. Durmstrang was the only place I got a letter from." A ting of sadness could be heard in her voice.

Kai didn't say anything in reply. Frankly he didn't care whether she stayed or not. At least if she was gone, then she wouldn't be a threat to him.

Nearing the Grand Hall there was a crowd of boys near the wall.

"What's going on?" Kai asked.

"It must be the sign up for Fight Club." Evyon informed with little interest.

"Great, I'll sign us up." Without another word Kai ran over and wrote all their names down as one team.

Evyon reached out to stop him, but was too slow. Great, now I can draw more attention to myself. Just what I wanted, to make a fool or myself in front of everyone. Sighing she continued into the Grand Hall behind Cairo and Ramy.

Sitting down, she scanned the Hall. Within no time, she found the Malcohr's. After the first day they had stopped watching her with the Efee's, but today they all sat on the same side of the table, staring at her.

Evyon had a sudden urge to run over and sit with them, but she held her ground. I can't screw things up for me now anymore than I already have. She thought just as Kai joined them once more.

"This is going to be awesome! Fight Club starts next week. They will have the times for fights set up and everything. That means that we need to start training now. We will now have training sessions two times every day." Kai said, before looking at Evyon. "So that means no disappearing."

Evyon ignored him as she grabbed some food and began to eat. You can't control me forever. She thought to herself, her anger boiling inside.

"Alright, let's go. Training session now in the room." Kai ordered as he stood up and began back to the common room.

Evyon waited for them to go, not wanting to be a minion of Kai's.

"Evan, let's go!" Kai shouted.

Evyon breathed slowly to try and settle her anger, before getting up and following him out.

"Evan, you need to start realizing who is in charge and listening to me." Kai warned, as Evyon got closer.

Evyon's eyes lifted to meet his with a cold hard stare. "You do not tell me what to do." She warned, before shoving past him and heading back up to the room.

Slamming the bedroom door closed behind her, she sat on her bed and closed the curtains.

Kai stormed in behind her, leaving Ramy and Cairo in the common room. Ripping open her bed curtains he grabbed her by the wrist and pulled her off her bed. "Look! I still own you, because I know your secret. Unless you plan on leaving Durmstrang sometime soon, I recommend that you do what I say."

Evyon watched Kai carefully, his eyes were flickering with rage and she could sense he was restraining himself from turning. Stepping closer, she whispered in his ear, "that secret won't protect you forever."

Before she had time to react, Kai had shifted and shoved her against the bedpost. "Your secret is not what I need to protect myself from you. I can do that all by myself. Stop trying to act like you are as strong as me." His voice was like venom as he whispered back in her ear. "You don't have the strength."

For the first time since she joined Durmstrang, she was afraid. Something was different about Kai this time. Evyon had thought he was serious in their first fight, or even when he charged her in the bedroom, but this time he seemed stronger. Am I missing something? She wondered as she tried to calm herself.

"That's right." He whispered once more. "You're pulse is racing. I can sense your fear."

Evyon's fear only rose more. Her bruises all over her body were screaming in pain. She could feel Kai applying more and more pressure as he held her against the bed post. "For now..." she managed to reply. His grip around her throat was starting to cut off her windpipe.

"I don't know if that is good-"

Before he could finish Evyon blacked out and Kai dropped her to the floor.

When Evyon awoke the next morning, she was still laying on the floor. Picking herself up with some struggle she reached for her alarm clock. 3:13.

Grabbing her throat she could feel Kai's grip about it. I can't keep doing this. Hauling herself up, she staggered to the bathroom only to look in the mirror and see a large handprint across her neck. Was he really gripping that hard?

Evyon grabbed a washcloth and soaked it in cold water, before making it back to the room. Placing the cloth on her throat to ease the pain she drifted into a light sleep.

Waking up to the rustle of clothing, she opened the curtain to find Kio rummaging through Kai's trunk. "What are you looking for?"

Kio jumped at her voice with his fists up ready to fight. "Why do you care traitor?"

"Because you are in an enemy's bedroom. Now, what are you looking for?"

"I'm missing something and I think Kai took it." Kio finally answered, letting his fists drop to his side.

"What are you missing?"

Kio looked away.

"Is it something from your girlfriend?" She finally asked.

Kio's eyes widened as he looked up at her. "How on earth would you know that?"

"Please, I can tell that you really like this girl. Obviously that would be something worth looking for. Unfortunately Kai hasn't taken anything."

"Of course, stand up for Kai."

"Look Kio, I don't want to be with the Efee's anymore than you want me to be." Evyon replied.

"Then why are you with them?"

Evyon paused. "I... I can't tell you." She replied.

"Exactly. You're just lying to me."

"Kio! I have no reason to lie to you, I just can't tell you. I don't know if I can trust you."

"Well I know that I can't trust you." Kio warned and stormed out of the room.

Evyon tried to call out to Kio as he left, but suddenly pain shot through her throat sending her to the floor. What is going on? The pain was as bad as when Kai had actually been gripping her. She wanted to scream, but nothing would come out. After what seemed like an eternity the pain ebbed leaving her heaving for air.

As Evyon lay on the ground in pain, Cairo returned to the room. "Evan, are you okay?" He asked running over to her. Rolling her onto her back, he saw the bruise across her throat. "Who did this to you?"

"Kai." She managed to whisper.

"Here, we need to take you to the infirmary." Cairo got her onto her feet and basically dragged her all the way there.

By the time they reached the Infirmary Evyon was able to breathe normally. Cairo had her sit on one of the beds before disappearing to find the doctor. Finally he came back with a man on his heels.

"Evan, this is Doctor Quine. He will help you." Cairo informed.

Now that Evyon was feeling better, she saw genuine fear and worry on Cairo's face. Does he know anything about me? She wondered.

"Thank you son, now run off to class. I will take care of your friend here." Doctor Quine said before looking at Evyon's bruised throat. "Now when did you get this?"

"Last night."

"And why didn't you come last night?"

"It didn't start to hurt again until this morning." Evyon answered.

"Have you been in a tangle with a vampire?" He asked.

"Y-yes, how did you know?"

"Vampires have the ability to create bruises that continue to hurt periodically. Unfortunately this means that their bruises do not heal very well on their own. Lucky for you, your friend brought you in. I can heal it up in no time, but you will feel pain as it heals." He warned, before pulling out a flask and handing it to her. "Is this the only bruise you have?"

"No," Evyon replied.

"How many more do you have?"

"I don't know. I haven't had the time to count."

Doctor Quine sighed slightly. "Then you are going to be in a lot more pain than you can probably imagine."

Evyon nodded with annoyance. Great, just what I wanted. With that she tipped the flask and drank the entire solution. She handed it back to the Doctor and began, "how long do I-" she was cut off with a scream of pain.

Doctor Quine grabbed her shoulders and forced her onto the bed. "This will take some time, depending on how many bruises you have." He warned.

But Evyon could no longer hear. The only thing running through her mind was pain. Pain came from her throat, her abdomen, her legs and arms. Her face contorted as another strike of pain shot through her spine.

After class Seboyk entered the infirmary and came to sit by Evyon's bed. Reaching out he grabbed her hand in his. Once again she had passed out from the pain searing from her throat, but the bruise was still visible. "Damn vampire," Seboyk whispered. Just as he spoke the door creaked once more and Cairo stepped in.

"What are you doing here Malcohr?" Cairo asked as he walked up to the opposite side of the bed.

"I am checking on my friend," Seboyk replied.

Cairo looked down at Seboyk holding Evyon's hand. "Friend's eh?"

"There are some things that you do not know Cairo."

"I can see that Seboyk," Cairo replied.

"This is Evyon."

Cairo looked at Seboyk confused.

"The boy Evan that you know is actually a girl. Her name is Evyon."

Cairo dropped into the chair behind him and looked down at Evyon. "You can't be serious."

"I am. Evyon was invited to Durmstrang and came to prove that she can't do anything a guy can do."

"Does... Does Kai know?" Cairo asked.

"Yes. That is why she is here now in this shape. He is blackmailing her."

Cairo fell silent as he looked at the fading bruise about her neck. "He should not have done that. He should not have taken advantage of her. It's bad enough that he is a vampire, but she is a girl. There is no way she can withstand a normal fight."

"Well she thinks that she can and she will not listen to anyone." Seboyk warned.

Evyon began to move and her eyelids flickered. "Stop doing that," she moaned as she tossed her head. "You haven't told them right?" She whispered turning her head once more. "Where are we going?" She asked her eyes began to race behind her eyelids. "NEVER!" She shouted and began to thrash around.

Seboyk let go of her hand and watched in pity.

"Isn't there anything we can do?" Cairo asked.

"No. We can't do anything until it is over."

Evyon calmed once more before she spoke again. "... at this rate, everyone in school will know my secret."

She fell silent for the longest time.

"So... Kai did this to her?"

Cairo nodded. "I didn't know it. I never would have let him."

Now it was Seboyk's turn to nod. "I understand. It's not something we expected in our first year, but it has happened." Seboyk stopped and looked at Cairo. "I plan on protecting her. She is my friend and I will be there for her. If you don't plan on being there for her, don't even try."

Cairo caught Seboyk's gaze and listened. "I will take what you said under some thought."

"I have to prove this," Evyon whispered and her bruises faded entirely. Her eyes flickered open and she saw both Cairo and Seboyk leaning over her. "What are you two doing here?"

"We were checking up on you," Seboyk replied with a soft smile.

Cairo didn't say anything, he just watched.

Seboyk helped Evyon into a seated position so that she was propped up by pillows. "How are you feeling?"

"Fine now. How do I look?" She asked reaching for her throat.

"It's gone. Entirely healed."

"Thank you." Evyon whispered looking between Seboyk and Cairo.

Cairo got up and began to walk away.

"Where are you going?" She called after him.

"I have to go to class." He answered shortly before disappearing.

"What happened? Did I miss something?"

Seboyk shook his head. "No, nothing important."

Evyon watched him carefully, before leaning back against the pillows. What the hell has happened?