Struggling in an aluminium chair, its plastic ties cutting into her flesh, Selene looks up, her fangs slide out to there full extent, she growls at a blurred Boss smiles and picks up a knife, and throws it at her. She grits her teeth, as the knife slides into her shoulder but she cannot contain her cries of pain. Her mind blank she closes her eyes, willing her body to start the healing process.

'Selene, wake up!' Her Mum shouts up the stairs, 'You'll be late for school!'

Selene's eyes snap open, they quickly change to a cobalt blue colour revealing her true nature, her brown hair soaked through from sweat. She shakes her head, and pulls her slim fingers through her hair and down her porcelain like face. Biting her lip in concentration she tries to get the terrible premonition out of her mind.

'Dry,' She whispers drawing magic from deep inside to dry her hair.

Scared she quickly puts her hand up to her right shoulder; uncertain how she feels no cut, though the dream was immensely vivid, she breathes a sigh of relief, and tries to settle into normality, for the humans. She stares out of her window, hardly noticing as she quickly crosses into another room, she takes a silver bladed knife from the wall and starts to twiddle it around in her hand, hardly noticing her Mum enter. A silvery tear carefully snakes its way down a pale cheek.

'Come on.' Mum smiles, unsure what to make of her daughters current demeanour.

Selene spins away from the window, closes the curtain and wipes away the single soulful tear, smiles at her Mum.

'Nikalos?' Her Mum runs a hand over her daughter's satin soft hair trying to soothe her mental pain. Selene walks out the room but nods as she passes her shocked Mother and grabs her pale blue cloak before she heads down stairs.

***

She cautiously walks into her registration class at All Saint's High School, expecting someone to attack her she tilts her head to get a better look at her classmates, and scowls as they turn to look at her. A mischievous smile playing across her lips, she sits down at the very back of the room ignoring the disgusting looks the humans, her classmates, are giving her as they start whispering to each other about a 'new freaky gothic chick'.

The class teacher looks towards the school's newest addition puzzled by her attitude and clothing choice, 'Miss Cost, it is not, a good idea to be late on your first day and please, try to wear something more suitable, we are not going to a rock concert.'

She snarls quietly and smirks as a boy in the front row throws chalk at the teacher.

'Now for the benefit of our new student, my name is Mr McCauley.' Motioning for Selene to stand up Mr McCauley smiles. Her eyebrows raised in disgust she unwillingly stands up and heads to the front of the class.

'Please, tell us a little about yourself.'

'I, well I,' Selene stutters rather not wanting to do this, only to gather a laugh from the rest of the class; scowling at them she continues. 'Really don't want to be here.' Her voice full of sarcasm and boredom.

'Miss Cost a proper answer is encouraged.'

'Alright. I think they're assholes.' She motions to her fellow students, 'And your too fucking happy!' She answers truthfully, a smile playing on her lips she tries to encourage a reaction from her classmates, 'How's that?'

Stared at in absolute amazement she sits back down, and glances around the class for escape routes, she tries to ignore all the humans looking at her. The rest of the class excluding Lisa turn round in union, many of the boys fall instantaneously for her, enchanted by a beauty far beyond that of a mortal. Lisa turns slightly before righting herself and whispering to her friends, more like cronies, 'Is that bitch insane?'

Walking out the room she spins around just as Mr McCauley steps in front of her. 'Don't.' She exits the class room her cloak sweeping behind her as she pulls the hood up.

'Hey, Bitch! What's with the ears?' Lisa almost screams, the Twins snigger.

Selene has to struggle to stop her hand creeping towards her slightly pointed ears.

Lisa and The Twins shove Selene up against a wall, slightly freaked by Selene's pointed ears, they grab her neck while Lisa digs her nails into the flesh. Starting to change Selene realises her Mum would not be pleased if she got expelled on her first day at school, especially for killing a human.

'You answer me when I talk to you.' Lisa slaps her across the face, not noticing the feral glare in her eyes.

With a neutral look on her face Selene tilts her head at Lisa and realising laughter would not be the best course of action, smiles inside at the child's naivety, and strength. A second sharp slap follows though preoccupied Selene barely notices.

Walking out his classroom Mr McCauley notices Selene pinned up against the wall, knowing she will come to no harm in the first instance he decides not to intervene, rather just to watch, take note even. As he glances back he sees a familiar ultra calm expression on her face, cold anger. Suddenly realising Lisa is in mortal danger Mr McCauley hurries to intervene. Trying to suppress his fear in a hope of saving Lisa, Mr McCauley tries and hopes to get Selene's attention. 'What, is going on?'

Looking up Lisa sees Mr McCauley and reluctantly releases Selene from her grip. Defiantly not wanting to get in trouble with one of the youngest and hottest teachers in the world. Lisa stalks off but turns to engage Selene, narrowing her eyes she draws a finger over her throat, perhaps almost daring Selene to bite her.

'Miss Cost?'

Mr McCauley looks at Selene with puzzled concern. Still an air of danger around her Selene turns to look at Mr McCauley with a not exactly friendly smile on her face, 'My name is Selene.'

'Very well, I'm Luke.' He uses his first name.

Selene looks at Luke, unsure what to say. Suddenly realising what Luke wants her to do, she manages a sheepish smile, then closing her eyes in mock disgust she has a vision of Lisa fainting. Breathing deeply in the hope of not smiling Selene clamps her lips together only to get a stern look and harsh words from Luke, 'And what is so funny?

Her head shakes in surprise as she smiles, then realising that Luke is speaking to her she tries to guess what he's just said but she fails miserably. Over her shoulder, out the window she sees Lisa and her friends walking out the school gates, well almost getting run over. Selene shakes her head in disbelief at the stupid mortal girl knowing full well that even though she's immortal she can still get hurt.

Closing her eyes Selene immediately zeros in on Luke's consciousness and manages to block out everyone else's thoughts just in time to hear a stray thought from Luke; 'Would you just get to bloody class!'

Scowling at Luke, Selene turns and storms off trying to hide her anger at Luke not understanding how he can think saying a couple of words to some pissed off chick's going to help.

Sighing he turns to face Selene addressing her in a calm yet understanding tone, 'And Miss Cost, sorry, Selene, hurry.'

Selene drops her head, slightly deflated she starts to walk off again then turns around to thank Luke but before she can he quickly speaks to her.

'My class, break.'

Scowling once again Selene walks out the door at the end of the corridor and swears at Luke.

'Bastard!'

***

Walking into Luke's room, Selene looks around puzzled that no one's appearing.

'Sir?' Selene whispers so quietly no mortal could hear it, annoyed that he's not here she gives up and turns to walk out the room. Hearing a door slam Luke looks up from his book and walks out a hologram wall.

'Selene,' hurrying out of the room Luke grabs a surprised Selene by the arm, and that is a very hard thing to do.

'Well, now that you're here, follow me.' Unsure, Selene reluctantly follows Luke back into the room ready to flee at the slightest hint of trouble, a slight pause before the wall, she scowls but Luke her sense of adventure overwhelming her fear.

Leading Selene over to a book he has open on a stand called 'Vampyr's, Truth or Myth.' Who looks at the book shocked and starts to back away from Luke.

'Oh! I, I…' Stunned she stutters before turning around and fleeing out the room not exactly sure what to make of Luke possibly and hopefully not knowing who she is. Ignoring his shouts after her she doesn't look back, the now dim hall way feeling like a cage

'Selene.' Muttered like an ancient curse Luke sighed praying to the Dark Gods she would come to no harm.

Terrified for her entire existence, Selene carried on fleeing full knowing in a subconscious level she is away from danger and isn't truly in any but despite this she knew she is still scared. Panicky, Selene decides she must get back to class knowing mortals are dangerous when angry, which Luke certainly sounded. Looking at her watch Selene is stunned to find out that it's lunch time and if she is to fit in with the mortals and their wacky rituals she should at least go for some food.

Grabbing a bowl of chips Selene unhappily sits down and grabbing a newspaper from a boy behind her, she starts flicking through it. Puzzled she can't understand why English is giving her such a problem, sending the paper flying a cross the table it spun round, suddenly realising why English is so hard to read she almost laughs when she sees that she had just been trying to read it up side down, almost laughing at her own stupidity she flicks the paper over and starts to read it the right way. Startled by the picture on the front she almost falls off her chair, a scowl on her face beneath her hair , she's morbidly interested by the sight of the Lycan's feast, that has somehow gotten into a human's paper, despite how unobservant the mortal's are.

Shivering at the thought of the pain the mortals went through she knew despite her fears and anxiety of Luke and all he knew, Selene remembered her one true duty was to the Vampires and mortals regardless of her state. Standing up Selene spins around urgent to get away from all the humans but when she hurries out the Lunch Room and shoves open the door it almost hits Lisa in the face which defiantly is a good thing, from Selene's point of view, anyway.

Anger raging inside of her Lisa jerked a knife out of her jacket, 'Watch it psycho!'

Selene turns around to find Lisa trying to threaten her with a knife, not wanting to show her powers in public she tries to make light of the situation.

'You know, those things are sharp and you really could hurt someone with it,' A smile forcing its way to the surface Selene carries on, partly to see how far she can push the unstable female. 'Most likely yourself, and then you might cry.'

Un-be-known to Selene a rather large crowd is gathering because it's not every day the really hot new chick messes with the school bully. Trying to catch a tiny piece of her shattered ego Lisa throws herself at Selene, but Selene neatly steps aside with immortal swiftness and watches Lisa crash, dazed to the floor. A huge cheer goes up which startles her opponent and this gives Lisa the sudden chance to hit Selene full in the face. Slightly stunned Selene wipes the blood from the cut on her cheek, grabbing Lisa by the neck she slammed he into a plaster wall, leaving a 2inch indentation in it. Lisa falls to the ground, but shivers when she realise Selene is far from finished with her. Picking her back up, Selene blinks, her eyes instantly turning cobalt blue, their true vampiric form. She spins around and throws her into the wall opposite, gathering a gasp from the crowd she crouches by Lisa's side, 'Don't ever do that again!'

Lisa struggles to stand but goes after Selene anyway, not wanting every one to know the new girl, who probably weight less than her by 50 pounds has beaten her. Reaching out to grab Selene's shoulder, Lisa is flung back by an invisible force. Just as she tries to rise from the wall, she panics to find she is bound by the same invisible force that threw her.

The spirit web starts to tighten around Lisa's chest to Selene's utter happiness, but just before she slips into Limbo, the web dissolves leaving her unconscious but alive.

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