Welcome to the Hotel Dumort
"Holy Apollo."
Gennyfer tilted her held back and looked up towards the roof of the hotel.
"Apollo?" Elliot questioned. "Greek god of music." she replied absentmindedly. "Also the sun."
"Knew that." Elliot informed her. "Don't want to meet him." Lily slapped the wall gently. "Then start climbing kid."
Elliot shrugged and sprang up onto the wall, landing about halfway up the side. Gennyfer blinked. "You're joking."
"Nope." Zeke grinned, the run over having finally brought him out of mourning for his shirt. He did a flying somersault from the top of a dumpster, gripping onto the wall just above Elliot. "Unless you want to become burnt toast, you'll climb."
Gennyfer looked around at the three vampires who had not started climbing twelve stories up the side of an abandon hotel. "Really?" They nodded. She groaned. "You'd better catch me if I fall." she told them.
"Count on it." Jez assured her. "It would be no fun for you to burn up before everyone meets you."
Gennyfer glared darkly at Jez, yawned, and started climbing. Elliot and Zeke had already entered the hotel via the roof entrance. Jez spider-climbed around Gennyfer and helped her onto the roof once they reached the top. Raphael and Lily were two seconds behind and together the four of them entered the top floor of the hotel to find the entire clan already gathered.
"Oh boy." Gennyfer muttered under her breath. Of course, everyone heard her. Raphael spotted a few of his people grinning predatorily. Really, it had been so long since they had a new, new member that Raphael was sure that more than a few vampires who had trouble keeping their hands to themselves would be on the receiving end of Gennyfer's unchecked strength before the week was up. He could admit to himself that it would be quite amusing to see some of them thrown across the wrecked ballroom or kicked out of a sixth floor window. Sadly, he probably wouldn't get the chance because it was part of his job to stop fights before they got out of hand.
Raphael cleared his throat and the clan went silent, waiting for him to speak.
"My friends, as I am sure Stephan has told you, tonight we are welcoming a new fledgling." He pulled Gennyfer forwards and she plastered on a brave smile that, though she couldn't know it, would encourage endearment from much of the clan. Raphael waited for the polite clapping to stop. He then continued.
"This is Gennyfer, who is part of our clan by right of blood. She will be treated with the same respect given to all clan members, understood?" Pale faces nodded solemnly. "Good. Now, as the sun will rise very soon, I suggest that everyone retire to their room." he paused. "And someone tie up Stephan so that he doesn't set the building on fire."
There were sounds of affirmation and everyone heard the loud groan from Stephan. In a few moments the crowd had dispersed and Stephan was hanging upside down in the stairwell, trussed like a turkey. The only ones left in the hallway were Raphael, Gennyfer, and Lily.
Lily put a hand on Gennyfer's arm. "It's getting late. You can stay in my room until we can get another one cleaned up." she offered.
Gennyfer smiled and yawned. "Thanks but…" She yawned again and cut herself off.
"No buts." Lily ordered. "We are all getting some sleep, and then we can argue tomorrow."
Raphael kept his face impassive, but he was laughing inside. Very little, but it was still laughter. He watched as Lily sped upstairs with a still protesting Gennyfer, up to the rooms that had been fixed up so that the clan members weren't sleeping on moldy mattresses. Raphael followed after them so that he'd get to his own room before the rising sun made him pass out in the middle of the hallway.
That would just be embarrassing.
Early the next night, Gennyfer approached Raphael carefully. It was so early that Raphael hadn't yet had anything to eat, which made him slightly more irritable than usual.
"What is it?" he asked when Gennyfer was within polite conversation distance. The girl gulped.
"I wanted to know, can we…are we…can I…" She took a deep breath and started over.
"When can I go home?"
A/N: I know this is short, but it felt right to end the chapter there.
In other news, some of my completed stories are on Wattpad under the name CynderFyre. I'd suggest going there just to check out the covers that my friend (Fyre) has made.
-Cynder2013
