I sat at the back of the archaeology class with Maya, both of us staring at the teacher with confused expressions.
On our way in here, we'd passed Mr G, who'd told us that we had a sub for today. Now I couldn't have cared less about it, a sub meant an easy class, but this sub was seriously strange. Her name was Miss Lucia, and her clothing style was very...eccentric. She was obviously from Europe or some place, because she had an accent, one that I'd never heard before. And the main problem of our day; She was gorgeous. So in short, our boyfriends were more taken with the sub than me and Maya, resulting in two hot, but very pissed, vampire teenage-girls.
As Miss Lucia drew strange symbols on the black-board, I turned my head to face Maya. She was staring at the board, her head tilted and eyes narrowed in confusion. It was actually quite amusing to see her look like that "What is she saying?" Ethan asked, glancing back at us.
"Shush, I'm trying to concentrate" Rory replied from the row in front of Ethan and Benny.
"You understand her?" Benny asked. Rory turned in his seat.
"She's talking? I didn't notice" He sighed, turning back around with a dazed smile on his face.
"If he keeps talking like that, I'm gonna kill him...again" Maya whispered angrily, pouting as she fell back in her seat.
A light knocking sound reached my ears and I turned my head, finding Sarah and Erica on the other side of the door. They both stared through the small window intently, gesturing Ethan towards them. My brother quietly rose from his seat, making his way towards the door before facing the girls. While he talked to the seniors, I turned back to face a still-angered Maya "Try not to let it bother you" I whispered.
"I'm trying. But you know how our emotion-control thing works, it's a little difficult to not fang-out right now" She replied, crossing her arms.
Miss Lucia rushed towards the classroom door, interrupting Ethan and whatever conversation he was having with the girls "All warriors must get to work, the hour of judgment approaches" She said, slamming her hand against the door. Ethan nodded, smiling before returning to his spot on Benny's right.
"Hour of judgment? What the heck is that?" Maya asked, more confused than angry now.
"You tell me" I sighed, doodling on the desk with my blue-pen.
"What did Miss Lucia mean by hour of judgment?" Ethan asked nervously, glancing between Benny, and Me an' Maya.
"She's talking about a test" Rory sighed.
"Yes, you will all be tested" Miss Lucia declared, turning to us with a glass-skull in her hands. Benny's hand shot up into the air.
"Ooh, test me first! Is the question, are you pretty? Answer" He nodded frantically, a large smile on his face. My eyes flashed gold for a moment and I growled, crossing my arms in annoyance.
"Don't worry Emma, just try not to let it bother you" Maya teased. I shot her a small glare, shaking my head as I turned back to the teacher.
"Now, who will help me?" Miss Lucia asked.
Every single hand in our class shot into the air, and it was no surprise that they were all guys. It was pretty weird, with me and Maya being the only girls in the class, but the boys had persuaded us in joining the class, one of the main reasons being that there were no girls. I mean, girls didn't care about hidden artefacts, or ancient gods, that kind of stuff. Maya and I actually did. Which is how we ended up in a class full of boys, which for a while was quite cool, with them flirting all the time, and our boyfriends being in the same room, but with Miss Lucia here, it was just irritating.
"You have no idea yet what I ask" She pointed out.
"Pick me, I have even less of an idea" Rory begged.
"We must make an altar, on which to heap offerings to the light" She announced. I narrowed my eyes in confusion, again.
"I don't think we can do that. Last time I tried putting a hot-tub in the science lab..." Rory paused in his story as Miss Lucia stared down at him. But he suddenly shot to his feet a few seconds later "Your altar shall be most awesome"
"How lame was that?" Ethan chuckled, glancing at Benny.
"I'm in too!" The spell-master exclaimed, jumping to his feet.
Before I knew what was happening, all the boys in the room, minus Ethan, made their way towards Miss Lucia. Some carried tables, some carried chairs, but all appeared to be in some kind of trance. It was like they were completely hypnotized by her. I mean, Benny and Rory may have been new to the girlfriend scenario, but they weren't so oblivious that they didn't know what and what not to do. And openly staring at another girl was on the 'not-to-do' list, and I was pretty sure both boys knew that.
Maya and I sat at one of the circular tables near the school exit, Erica and Sarah sat opposite us.
Class had ended a few minutes ago, and Miss Lucia had decided to give the boys a homework list. But as soon as that bell rang, Maya and I flew out of the class quicker than anything. Saying my best friend was pissed would be an understatement; She was one dazed-smile away from murdering her boyfriend. He hadn't paid attention to her since this morning, before the archaeology class, before he saw Miss Lucia. So Maya wasn't in the best of moods this morning.
"I mean, you'd think he'd know what he's doing!" She exclaimed, shaking her head in annoyance.
"This is what happens when you date nerds" Erica shrugged, resting her arms on the table.
"Look, I might be Rory's first girlfriend, but he knows not to check out other girls. I can't help but feel like something strange is going on" Maya sighed, her mood calming slightly.
"I get you, Benny's exactly the same. And so is every guy in our class, something weird is definitely going on" I agreed.
"Why not ask the geek-squad yourself?" Erica suggested, nodding towards something behind us.
We both looked back to see Ethan and Benny descending the stairway, a piece of paper in each of their hands. I rose from the table with Maya, before approaching the boys, Erica and Sarah trailing behind "You girls have any blood-stone? It sounds vampire-ey" Benny said, his eyes narrowed in thought.
"All outta blood-stone, but I can make you bleed with a rock" Erica replied, slightly snappish.
"So your freaky sub gave you freaky homework and you're not freaked?" Sarah asked, her eyebrows raised in disbelief.
"Hot teacher, frozen brain, done" Erica teased.
"My brain is not frozen, I just..." Ethan paused in his sentence as Miss Lucia passed by, and I could've sworn his eyes flashed a different colour. But as soon as it happened, it was over "Have to find frog hearts, yeah" He finished with a dazed sigh, quickly following Benny out of the school.
"Am I nuts, or did we just get blown off by nerds?" Erica asked angrily, shaking her head.
" I think I agree with Maya and Emma, something weird is going on" Sarah said.
"Well we've got her next period, you can find out then" Erica shrugged, storming down the hall.
"I'd better stay with her, later girls" Sarah waved, jogging away to catch up with her best-friend.
"So, what do you wanna do? The boys have gone on some dead-animal parts scavenger hunt for their free period, so we have nothing to do" I sighed, turning to face Maya.
"Well, in all honesty, I wanna go tear my boyfriend a new one" She admitted. I rolled my eyes.
"Have you eaten today?" I asked, tilting my head at her. She pouted.
"No"
"C'mon, you need blood, and not Rory's" I sighed, taking hold of her arm. She groaned, reluctantly letting me drag her out of the school.
Later on, I once again found myself in near the school exit with Maya, Erica, and Sarah. We'd been discussing the days events, and boy had they been weird. Sarah and Erica had been asked to ditch class, Ethan was acting crazy and looking for gold, none of the boys from my archaeology class had turned up to the other classes, and Mr Hicks was letting Miss Lucia use him as a throne. So yes, today had been a pretty strange day for us girls.
Loud chanting broke us out of our discussion, causing each of us to turn our heads towards the source. Lucia stood a few feet in front of us, watching proudly as about a dozen boys marched down the stairway, shirtless might I add. I recognized the boys as the ones from our archaeology class, unsurprisingly including Ethan, Benny and Rory. Though to my surprise, Mr G was also included in the strange troop. They all had strange swirls painted in the middle of their bodies, covering most of their upper half.
The finally paused as they reached Miss Lucia, quieting as Mr G raised the glass-skull in the air "The sun King is pleased, he will soon return to us. You may cheer" Lucia declared.
"Hooray! Hooray! Hooray!" The boys shouted.
"Soon the final ceremony will demand the ultimate sacrifice. Who among you is worthy to be my chose one?" Miss Lucia asked. The boys eagerly rose their hands, begging for Miss Lucia to pick them, before suddenly breaking into the chant again, and marching outside through the doors.
"That Lucia thinks she's so hot, it makes my blood boil" Erica snapped. I nodded I agreement and a sizzling sound reached my ears "Ow!" We looked to see a puff of smoke rise from Erica's arm, the arm that had been against the window.
"Wait, I thought vampires didn't burn in the sun" I said, my eyes narrowed in confusion.
"We don't, it's obviously something to do with Miss Lucia" Maya sighed, shaking her head.
"This sun is turning my skin into human-fondue. If I find that sun king I am going to knock his teeth out" Erica said menacingly.
"And I'd be happy to help" Maya added, crossing her arms.
"You guys we need a plan or something, we can't just stand around and do nothing" I sighed.
"Emma's right, now think. What would Ethan and Benny do?" Sarah asked.
"No offence, but that's a really stupid idea" Erica replied.
"You know saying 'no offence' doesn't make it any less mean"
"Why think like nerdlings when we can kick butt like vampires" Erica shrugged, making her way upstairs. I sighed worriedly, chasing after her with Sarah and Maya close behind.
Erica rushed into the archaeology room and I sighed, reluctantly following her. As we entered, I noticed the troop had circled their way back to the classroom, and were shoving god-knows-what into a pot on what looked like an altar "Okay, where's what's-her-face?" Erica asked.
"The queen prepares for the sun king's return" Benny replied.
"I'm gonna be the chosen one" Rory added.
"Whatever, I'm not leaving without smashing something" Erica shrugged, looking around the room for something to smash.
"I second that!" Maya exclaimed, crossing her arms.
"Well, she seems to like that skull" Sarah pointed out. Glancing behind the boys, I noticed Mr G was staring intently at a glass-skull on the table in front of him.
"We will die in defence of the sacred skull" Ethan said, all three of the boys stepping forward "Especially Rory"
"Whatevs" Erica sang, about to go for the skull. Sarah placed a hand on the vampires shoulder, at the exact same time the boys got into a defensive stance.
"Erica, wait. They're under a spell, we need to retreat and come up with a better plan" Sarah sighed. I nodded in agreement.
"Sarah's right, we can't hurt them if they're not doing this willingly" I shrugged, backing towards the door. Erica snarled at the boys, causing them to flinch, but they remained in the same position.
"Fine, but we'll be back" She warned, coming towards the door with Maya and Sarah. Though we all paused as the boys started chanting again, staring at them with confused and worried looks.
"If they're not under a spell then this is the worst glee club ever" Sarah shuddered. Maya rolled her eyes and we exited the archaeology class.