Suddenly the car screeched to a halt, I glanced at my mother in surprise and she sighed then looked over to me.

"Your suitcase is in the boot dear."

My eyes widened in realisation, "You're leaving me now!" I cried, I had at least expected her to come into the school with me.

My mother's face faltered, "No humans are allowed beyond this gate, no matter how closely related they are to a vampire."

My rage subsided and I realised she was upset, not wanting to part on bad terms I leant in and kissed her on the cheek.

"I'll ring you soon." I said.

She nodded, "I look forward to it."

Jumping out the car I quickly got out my black suitcase from the boot with ease, closing it I pulled the suitcase along with me and waved to my mum.

She waved back and I could tell she was fighting back tears, as she blew one last kiss she then turned the car around and drove away.

I don't know how long I exactly stood there outside the gate but I only came back to my senses when the gates suddenly opened, despite their large size they didn't make one sound at all and if it hadn't been for my keen senses I wouldn't have known they were opening.

Two men appeared – scary looking one's – and looked at me as if I was a piece of meat, they didn't seem too friendly, their eyes were a very dark brown and looked nearly black.

I turned around and smiled weakly, "Hi."

The man on the left grunted, "Who are you?" he hissed.

I started at his voice but quickly replied before they could do anything, "I'm Kali, Kali Winters."

At my name their eyes instantly seemed to lighten and turn to a fair brown, both smiled kindly at me and I had to stop and rethink my first thoughts of them.

"In that case let us escort you to the Head teacher." The same one stated.

I nodded and smiled and walked forward with my suitcase however as soon as I reached them the one on the right pried it from my hands and the other had taken off the long black cloak he had been wearing and thrown it over my shoulders.

I quickly turned to look at them and glared at them as I didn't want to show any fear, "What the hell are you doing!" I shouted.

The one on the right clamped a hand on my mouth, "Please be quiet Ms. Winters." He pleaded.

I didn't protest and after a while he removed the hand, I looked at them with curiosity. They didn't seem threatening but thinking back to how they had first looked I knew looks could be deceiving.

The one on the left began to speak, "Because you are a dhampiresa…"

Oh, so they knew what I was…

"…we can't have you going around the school in your own clothes, they are many people in here who would love to kill you and so we are masking your scent with the cloak."

My eyes seemed to pop out, kill me?! They didn't mention that in the school invitation!

"As for your clothes, because they have your scent already on them we are to remove them; once your scent has been taken off them we'll return them to you."

I raised an eyebrow, "Scent taken off?" I repeated.

The man nodded, "We'll spray them with some perspiration collected from various vampires, this will disguise your scent and therefore keep you safe."

I froze.

Perspiration?

Then I really got mad!

"You're gonna cover my possessions in vampire sweat!"

At my outburst the one on the right immediately clamped my mouth however I continued to talk into his hand.

I think the term; 'talk to the hand' would be ironic here.

The man silencing me looked to his partner, "Should we just take her to the Head?"

The other nodded, "I'll sort out her valuables."

At that the one who had silenced me, freed my mouth and grabbing my wrist began to pull me off in another direction.

I was slightly surprised at how strong he was but then again… he was a vampire or at least I thought he was.

It was weird; I had gone from being the strongest in my school to the weakling in a matter of hours.

I definitely wasn't going to like it here.

The school was a long way from the gate, on the left and right sides of the school were some VERY tall trees and I guessed past them was the rest of the fence.

I was surprised to see nobody out but then I mentally slapped myself for not remembering vampires and sunlight, I guessed the turning to dust wasn't true considering the two vampires I had met.

How was I so certain they were vampires you ask?

Well basically they were scary, pale, strong and had weird eyes.

As we reached the entrance we climbed the ten or twelve stone steps and then came to the red wooden doors, I held my breathe.

The guy looked at me as I did so and rolling his eyes pushed the doors open and dragging me inside. As soon as I was in I breathed out with ease, the inside of the school looked like any other – if not a bit gloomy.

Following the man down the corridors that followed the entrance I examined the photo's hanging on the walls. Each one seemed to show a particular person on it, all of them begin pale skinned and beautiful.

Vampires no doubt.

Along the corridors were doors aswell which had a small window within the wood, peering through a few I found them to be classrooms. They appeared to be ordinary with tables and chairs and a teacher's desk.

Maybe… this wouldn't be so bad.

Smiling to myself I didn't realise the man in front of me had stopped till I bumped into him.

"S-sorry." I spluttered.

"In."

I turned my attention to the door he was stood in front of and gesturing towards, unlike the other doors this had no window however it did contain a plaque reading 'Winters'

I anxiously looked once more at him before stepping forward and opening it, as soon as I did so I stood looking inside and noticed a figure sat looking at me.

Before I could examine the figure in the room more carefully, I suddenly felt myself being pushed in and before I could turn around the door had already been locked, fright began to build up again.

I was after all only half-vampire and these were fully fledged one's, and the fact that I was now locked in a room with one didn't too good for my courage.

"Don't worry, Leon is just anxious to go ring the bell."

I turned at the voice to glance at the man who had spoken; he was sat in a chair behind a desk. He gestured towards the chair in front of it and I hesitantly sat down.

"Bell?" I asked

The man nodded, "Yes when the bell signals it tells our students they have only half an hour till they can come out."

As he spoke I observed him, he appeared to be around twenty eight or so which was surprising as I had expected him to be much older considering he was my grandfather, but then again he was a vampire.

He seemed to notice me staring and smiled, "Ah surprised?"

I shrugged, "A bit."

He continued to smile, "I'm Jack Winters but you can call me gramps."

I frowned as he teased me, "Don't make jokes."

Jack sighed, "Fine… anyway for now call me Jack, I don't wish for any of the other students to find out our relationship just yet."

"Why not?" I asked.

Jack's face faltered, "That may lead them to discover what you are."

I bowed my head slightly so my hair covered my face, "A dhampiresa?"

Jack nodded, "Unfortunately not many vampires are fond of your kind so for now you'll just have to pretend you're a full vampire."

I looked up and sighed, "That may be harder than you think."

Jack smiled again, "I'm sure you'll cope, at least you look the part. I can see you inherited my good looks."

I frowned but underneath I was smiling, I had thought I was going to hate the grandfather I never knew but he was alright.

But what he was saying could be true, he seemed to have the same violet eyes as mine only slightly darker. My ginger hair had been inherited by my mother and fell down to my back in waves.

Thinking about this raised a question, "Will I meet him?"

"Who?" Jack asked.

"My… father." I said my voice barely a whisper.

Jack's face remained as it was, "In time dear, let's not rush things."

I sighed, many people would be excited by that but I knew what he meant. Translation: No you won't so please forget about it so I don't have to explain things till ages from now when you bring it up again.

"So…" Jack said continuing, "Tell me, how is Lila?"

I knew he was obviously trying to change the subject but decided to play along, "Yeah my mum is fine, you know about her?"

Jack nodded, "Yes."

I sighed, "So… when will I get my sweat-covered clothes back?"

Jack smiled, "Don't worry, I'll use another way to get your scent out of the clothes which doesn't involved sweat."

"How?" I asked.

"Well…" Jack began.

WARNING: The following paragraph contains scientific and boring explanations; if you are not good with science please skip the paragraph.

"Well, by taking skin samples from some vampires we can then extract DNA from their skin cells and mix it in a solution. We then spray that solution containing the vampire's DNA onto your possessions and your scent will then be covered therefore hiding your identity."

I sat still for a moment having trying to process what he had said, even for me being very smart it took me a while to realise what he had said.

In the end I nodded.

Jack smiled and checking his gold watch on his wrist said, "Well you better get to your dorm before our students come out."

I stood up and nodded, "Can vampires only come out in the dark?"

Jack shook his head, "No but at night we're more lively so during the day when they may be slightly tired we let them relax in their dorms."

"Do vampires sleep?" I asked

Jack sighed, "No now enough questions, Leon will lead you to your dorm and before you ask, no you won't be sharing."

I nodded; I had guessed it would be too risky to let my share with a vampire. Waving I walked out of the room to meet Leon.

He turned towards me and smiled weakly, "Let's go."

I obeyed and followed him down some corridors, as we exited one corridor a little further on we passed across a bridge between this building and another building opposite it. There were around four floors on each building and four bridges joining the two, all the bridges were outside but were incased in glass on the sides and top.

As we came into the next building I suddenly detected some movement, humans wouldn't have been able to hear it but I could faintly. Leon seemed to hear it to as he froze and had some panick on his face.

As I followed his gaze I saw him gazing at a figure at the end of the hallway, as they stepped out of the shadows it turned out she was a girl. She was dressed in what I presumed was the school uniform: a black platted skirt with white edges, a long sleeved white blouse with black edges and black socks. Her blonde hair was tied in a long ponytail and went well together with her pale skin.

Another vampire.

I was so busy staring at her beauty I didn't notice Leon had moved slightly forward till he spoke.

"Lydia why are you out so early?"

I looked back to the girl called Lydia and then realised something was wrong, it took me a while till I noticed.

Her eyes were red.

Suddenly her eyes met mine, her eyebrows formed a 'v' shape and her lips pulled up revealing her teeth, then I gasped.

Two fangs could be seen protruding from her mouth, glaring at me she let out a hiss.

This was no game.

This was real.

As I took a hesitant step back I realised that I was in danger.