Hey, I don't own Shadow Falls. Wish I did, but I don't.

When Samantha awoke the next morning, it was about six o'clock.

"Didn't they say something about Holiday being at the office early in the morning?" Sam asked herself. "Might as well go see. I could ask her about my vamp problem before anyone realizes it for themselves."

She got up and put on a pair of shorts and a plain t-shirt with her tennis shoes. She crept out of the cabin and started walking to the office. Sam listened to the sound of nature as she watched the sun's early rays burst through the trees. After about five minutes, Sam reached the office and heard Holiday and Burnett talking on the porch.

"May I talk to you for a moment?" Sam asked Holiday.

"Of course! Follow me." she said as she walked inside.

Sam walked into Holiday's office and sat down. Though she had been there only a day, Samantha already knew Holiday was someone she could trust.

"So what's up?" she asked.

"Read my pattern." Sam said. "It says vampire right?"

"Right."

"I have no supernatural powers. None. The only thing that I can do is read peoples patterns and my eyes change colors. No super strength, no sensitive hearing, I can't even smell that well! I don't know what's wrong and neither does my grandma or mother." she said quickly.

"Hmmm… you're honestly probably just a late bloomer. But if you would like, I could ask my husband, Burnett. He works for the FRU and has to know a lot about every species. Plus he's a vampire too."

"That'd be great," Samantha decided. "but I don't really want to tell anyone because they'll think I'm a freak."

"I understand why you'd feel that way but I wouldn't worry too much about it. If you're that concerned, why don't you wait until Burnett gets the information? In the meantime, you might want to talk to Kylie. She has dealt with what you're going through and might be of help."

Sam contemplated this information for a moment. "I'll talk to her later this week. Thank you Holiday."

"No problem sweetie! You just come back when you need me."

A few hours later, it was time for everyone's first meet your camp mate hour. Henry, the vampire leader, stood on the porch in front of the whole camp. He had a black top hat that he had put names in. Samantha zoned out until she heard her name being called.

"Samantha," she heard Henry say with a dramatic effect, "you're with the amazing Jason!"

Sam looked around to see someone moving towards her. Suddenly, someone behind her cast a long shadow. She turned and saw a tall boy with blond hair. He was a shape shifter. He was cute, really cute.

"Where do you want to go?" he asked as Henry started calling more names.

Oh man he's so cute! Answer him, he's waiting! Sam thought. "It doesn't matter." she said as she gathered her thoughts.

"Good." he said with a devilish smile. Jason took Samantha's hand and started to pull her towards a nearby path. By the looks of it, it hasn't been used in a while.

"Where are we going?" she said after the shock wore off.

"You'll see! Trust me."

"You expect me to trust a stranger?" Sam asked.

"No, but I won't be a stranger for long."

After a few minutes of walking and tripping over fallen trees and branches, the two finally arrived. It was simply beautiful, like something you'd see out of a magazine. The ground seemed to make a perfect divot in the soil and in it was a large creek. The sun hit the water just right so that it looked magical.

"How did you find this place?" Sam asked with energy.

"I'll tell you after I learn a little about you first." Jason said with that same devilish grin.

"Why do you care?" she retorted. "It's not like I have any big secrets or anything." And this is why you don't have any friends. Sam said to herself.

He laughed a little and then smiled. "That may be true, but you seem very interesting to me." Sam could swear that he was flirting with her. "So where are you from?"

"About four hours out, in the middle of nowhere."

"What are you?"

"Can you not read patterns?" Sam asked, confused.

"No, I can. I just think it's more polite to ask than to just invade someone's brain."

"That makes sense. I'm a vampire."

"What's flying like?" Jason asked in awe. "Is it super cool?"

Oh God! What should I say? Can I lie? What do I do?!

"Uh… okay, I can't lie. But you can't tell anyone! And I'm so serious about this!"

"Okay, yeah! I won't tell a soul." he said desperately.

Samantha took a deep breath and tried to hold back tears of embarrassment. "I don't have any powers. There's almost nothing supernatural about me. And no one knows except for my family, Holiday, and now you." Sam turned away so Jason wouldn't see a single tear slip out of her eye. But he saw it anyway, and wiped the tear from her in cheek. She looked at him with blurred vision in disbelief.

"Hey, it's okay!" he said.

"No it's not." Sam responded coldly. "I'm a freak among freaks. Once the others find out in not a vampire, they'll hate me." Sam turned away from him to dry her eyes.

"Just because you don't have any powers doesn't mean you're not a vampire. Your brain pattern says you are a vampire. Patterns don't lie Sam. You'll gifts will come soon."

"You really think so?" Sam asked quietly.

"I know so."

"I really wish I could fly though." she said turning back to him. "It'd be the coolest thing." she said with a laugh.

"You wanna know what it feels like?" he said with a smirk.

Samantha suddenly became very suspicious. "What do you mean?"

Before she could comprehend what was going on, tons of electrified sparkles filled the air around her. Instead of Jason sitting beside her, an enormous, over sized peregrine falcon took his place.

He extended his wings. "Get on!" he said in bird form.

"Is this safe?" Sam asked as she climbed on and gripped his neck. "Shouldn't you be wearing a saddle or something?"

Jason flapped his wings once, twice and then they took flight. They rose up into the air and above the trees. The wind blew Samantha's hair out of her bun but she didn't care. She was having the time of her life! She looked down at all of the gawking campers but didn't care. Jason flew her over the lake and above the cabins. After a few minutes of touring the camp at a bird's eye view, they landed safely behind the office. Sam climbed off and landed on her butt with a thud. Jason once again filled the air with electric sparkles and helped her up. She fell into his arms and looked at him. He was smiling ear to ear.

"You know, your hair is cute when it's windblown."

"Oh no!" Sam gasped as she started pulling her hair into a ponytail while Jason laughed. "That's not funny!" she said while hitting his arm.

"You know, I thought about doing a nosedive. Don't make regret not doing it!" he said teasingly. "Or I can save it for next time."

"You just better hope there's going to be a next time!"

He had a smirk on his face. "Oh, there will be."

That night, Samantha hugged her pillow tightly while she thought about Jason. She couldn't get him off her mind. He even sat with her at lunch and dinner.

Oh my gosh, he seems perfect! He's so funny and cute. I haven't even been here a week and I already have a crush on a guy I've known a day. What's wrong with you Sam? Get with it! You barely know this boy. You don't even have his number… yet. Get your head out of Boy Land, and figure out why you have no powers at all. …But he's soooo cute!

Conflicting thoughts swirled inside Sam's head until she drifted off into a deep sleep.

Hello to my one follower! I posted this just in case someone didn't like my first chapter and, for some reason, likes this one. But at the moment, I'm trying to write chapter nine but it's kind of hard. I hope you guys like this story so far and please follow, favorite, and/or review. Have a great day.