A/N: By the way, if you see H, C, L or K, then it means Hunter, Chloe, Lucy or Kieran. They might start calling each other this . . .

"What?" I asked after a minute of silence.

"I said, the Dra-"

"I know what you said," I snapped.

"Lucky," she said sharply.

"Sorry, but the Drakes? Shouldn't we be preparing ourselves to kill them with stakes or something?"

"We are actually planning to co-operate with them. They said that if a deal was made, then we weren't to worry about trying to kill them. They told us a lot about the Hel-Blar over the phone, so I thought that it would be best to speak to them in person. They said that they would only come if you two were at the meeting."

There was another minute of silence.

"Can I ask you one thing, Miss Bellwood?" She nodded, so I continued. "Can we bring two friends to the meeting?"

"Ms. Cheng and Ms. Wild? Yes, they are quite good at these types of things, but only if they keep quiet."

"Thanks. Where should we be and for what time?" I asked.

"The Grand Hall, 8: 00 pm. You are dismissed."

"Bye," Kieran said, finally. Honestly, he could stake vamps but he couldn't even speak when we were talking to Bellwood. We walked out of her office, Kieran still in shock about the Drakes coming back. I was, too, but I didn't let that show. I put up my bravado brick wall to shield my emotions as we crossed campus. He came back to my dorm room to tell the girls, and we walked in silence.

When I got to my door, I pulled my key out from my bag and unlocked the door. Chloe and Hunter looked up as I walked in, Kieran practically walking on my heels.

"What?" Hunter asked, analysing me. "You look serious. What's wrong?"

C looked over the top of her Toshiba Notebook, looking at my face.

"Wow. It's the shielding look, again. I haven't seen that one since . . . Well, since you came here."

Since the Drakes left me and my parents died.

I nodded and sat down on my bed.

"The Drakes are coming back," I said blankly, staring at the wall, just as Nicholas has when he told me that they were leaving. I really did wish that he wasn't so harsh while doing, though. I could have gotten over him so much quicker if he had have told me why he was leaving and at least talked it out.

H and C stared, mouths gaping open. "For good, or . . ." Hunter trailed off.

"I don't know, Bellwood just told us that we were going to a meeting with them tonight. Speaking of, would you mind . . .?"

"No problem," They chorused. I smiled, letting the mental wall crumble. "What time?"

"8: 30 tonight. I don't think we have to wear formal wear . . . I'm just gonna wear this with more make-up."

"And that's my cue to get out," Kieran said, standing up from the computer chair that I hadn't realised that he was sitting on and heading for the door.

"Tell me, Kieran. When exactly was your cue to get in?" I said, stifling laughter alongside Chloe and Hunter.

"Shut up," he muttered before leaving. He didn't really need to come.

"So, we need to figure out what you two are wearing," I said to my two friends. They just rolled their eyes and went to their closets, letting me choose them some clothes.

IN the end, I went with little red ribbons in Chloe's curly hair, a white flowy top with a bunch of capitals of countries on, cropped leggings, red ballet flats and a black waistcoat all for my computer-loving friend. Hunter had on some light denim skinnys, a white tank, a black blazer with the sleeves rolled up and some black, knee length leather boots on with a black & white scarf on. Her hair was curled into ringlets, like Chloe's but longer. Of course, both of these outfits had a place where you could store a stake or two.

I dressed my girls well, what can I say?

I added some smoky eye shadow to my make-up and did Chloe's lips cherry red, her eyes were eyeliner-ed, mascara-ed and eye shadowe-ed, while Hunter did her own blusher. I gave H light pink lipgloss, giving her an innocent look, with the same eye treatment as Chloe.

I stepped back and admired my work, smiling.

"Done."

My phone sung to life, and on came Good Girls Go Bad by Cobra Starship ft. Leighton Meester (Blair from Gossip Girl), indicating that we should be leaving in five minutes. I told the girls to grab their bags and start to get going.

Slipping back on my leather ankle boots, I threw H my old black and white clutch bag, which was already stocked with weapons. I took my own Ed Hardy bag that I had earlier and grabbed my keys and phone off the side table and set out to try and restain myself from killing the one and only Nicholas Drake.

Nicholas POV

Okay, so I had kind of forced Mom into making an arrangement with the Headmistress at the Helios-Ra academy, but I'd get to see Lucy.

I know that I broke her heart and all, but I still wanted to see how much she'd changed the past few years.

"Nicholas?" mom called. "You better have thought this plan of yours through." I nodded and told her that I had planned it long before today.

You see, I was thinking about . . . Well, I'll tell you later. Now, I need to see Lucy. We were already approaching the academy, and I was getting nervous. I wondered if they were going to try kill us, but then came up with the plan.

We pulled up and got out of the Jeep, Sebastian's car just coming to a stop behind ours. Mom, Connor, Uncle Geoffrey, Solange and I had all gone in the Jeep while Quinn, Sebastian (obviously), Dad and Marcus had gone in Seb's Dodge. There was also Uncle Geoffrey's car, which Duncan drove, with Hyacinth, Isabeau and Logan in. I felt sorry for my brother driving that car; he had half of the girls and Logan to live with on the way here.

The moon was in the sky as all of us Drakes stepped out of our cars and walked into the place where they taught teenagers how to kill us.

I saw a girl with curly blonde hair talking to two other girls in a corner catch Quinn's attention. I rolled my eyes, my eyes straying for one face I'd wish I'd stayed with almost years ago. The girl with the blonde hair headed towards us.

They stalked, swaying their hips as they walked.

That's when I saw their faces.

Lucky.

A/N: Thank you SO much, my lovely reviewers! You're all so nice to give me 36 reviews in the first 3 chaps! I love you all so much! Now, I might not be able to update tomorrow (I'm going ice skating with Hunter Agnes Wild and my friend Alicia, then my friend Ceri's staying over at my house), but I promise to update soon!

I might even update on Saturday/Sunday night . . . But only if you review! Thanks!

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