Shy's POV

The next morning, I slept in almost 10 minutes late. I had never felt like sleeping in, especially this long.

When I stood out of bed to put on my uniform, I suddenly remembered my dream.

My alarm clock read 12:00 – midnight.

I was officially 16, and my vampire side would begin to show. I walked over to my mirror. My skin was pale, my eyes were no longer mixed, but both had turned amethyst. And I looked more like a teenager than a kid. My hair wasn't brink pink, but was now a cerise pink instead.

Small fangs were growing on my 2 perfect rows of teeth.

I ran outside, at my new speed, faster than I had ever ran before, and almost ran into a tree as I gazed up at the moon.

Just to be sure, I walked over to my mirror, and was relieved to see that I was still my small self.

With a sigh, I through my uniform on and walked over to my dresser to pick out a ribbon.

I tied the gray perfectly in my hair, leaving my brink pink hair in a high ponytail.

I stared at myself in the mirror again, checking myself over when I stopped at my eyes.

Maybe if I put another clip over the hair hanging over my amethyst eye, the others will see I'm no ordinary human like Leigh did..

I shook the thought away and walked out of my room.

As soon as I opened my door, smells of my mother cooking had filled the hallways.

I smell chocolate cake! And... eggs, bacon, toast...I smell grape jelly... is that pancakes? Oh, she's already started cooking dinner for later?

I sniffed. Those ingredients.. Could it be.. mom's making a yakiniku dish?

When I realized something else, I wrinkled my nose and tried not to gag.

Ugh! Somehow, garlic smells really bad to me today! Why would I ever eat something like GARLIC?

Wait.. how could I suddenly smell and identify all of those foods?

Did it have something to do with me becoming a...

"Shy! Come downstairs, sweetie! I'm trying to make a birthday breakfast for you, you know!"

I snapped out of my thoughts and ran downstairs.

"There's my birthday girl!"

My mom ran over to hug me and the first thing I noticed before she approached was that her perfume smelled really loud today..!

Yep. Definitely something to do with me being a "vampire."

My mother NEVER overdid her perfume.

Fortunately, I wasn't thirsty for blood or anything, and I seemed to handle hugging her well.

"Happy Birthday, Shy! You're officially 16 years old!" she said as she pulled away.

She had tied her ruby colored hair in a bun today. I hardly ever saw her wear her hair up.

My mother pulled me into the kitchen.

"Honey, do you think I put too much garlic in this yakiniku dish?"

She shoved a plate in my face and I suddenly sneezed a few times.

She blinked a few times before frowning.

"That's weird... you've never reacted like that to this food.. hmm."

She picked up some left over garlic and waved it under my nose.

I sneezed again and pushed it away, "Mom!"

She pulled the garlic away and placed it on a counter. "That's so.. weird.. Could it be you're allergic to garlic somehow..?"

My heart skipped a beat.

"Uh.. um.."

"You're father was allergic to it, you know, so that makes sense."

"D-Dad was?" I asked softly.

So maybe this was all true. Maybe it wasn't some really believable prank that I was falling for.

I sat down to eat my breakfast.

Leigh's 3rd person POV

Leigh reached up to block the sun out of his face as a cloud moved out of the way.

He checked his watch.

"She's going to be late.."

The small teenager appeared right after the last student made his way in the school building.

Her hair was even long in a ponytail.

When Shy spotted Leigh, her eyes lit up and she ran over to him.

Leigh smiled and held up her bag, "The principal says you dropped this yesterday. I thought you might need it."

Shy gently took it and bowed to him like she had yesterday. "Thank you so much, Leigh!"

We better go, I have to get you to her office quickly, before anyone notices you in the hallway. I'll hide my scent with yours if I have to, so stick close to me, alright?"

Shy nodded and followed Leigh as he opened the door.

The hallways were empty as they made their way down a flight of stairs and to the principal's office, but Shy ran behind Leigh's back when a guy passed us down a hallway.

The student sniffed and Shy clutched the back of Leigh's shirt.

"Hey, it smells kinda like a h-"

"Shouldn't you be in class?" Leigh's voice was cold.

The student sounded scared, " L- leigh Winters? Uh.. I was.. just.. uh..Using the bathroom.. uh.. see you."

Leigh blocked Shy from sight until the student had disappeared.

"It's safe." Leigh said softly, and Shy let go of his shirt, embarrassed.

"I'm sorry! I wrinkled your shirt!" she gasped.

Leigh gave her a kind smile, "I don't mind at all. Oh, and the principal's office is just around the corner."

Shy nodded and they continued on.

Shy's POV

Leigh opened the door and when the principal looked up, her eyes widened.

"Ms. Summers! What are you doing here?" she stood up.

I clutched my bag, "Leigh noticed... uh.. something about me... yesterday.. and uh.."

I think Leigh noticed I wasn't able to explain, so he spoke for me.

"If you will listen, we have something urgent to speak to you about, ma'am."

The principal motioned for us to sit down, and we took a seat in front of her desk.

"What's going on? Did something happen to you when you got home? Are you alright, my dear?"

I nodded silently.

"But why did you come back? It's dangerous."

"I've explained to her about everything." Leigh spoke again.

"Ex-explained? But Leigh, she's a human!" the principal snapped.

"About that, she doesn't seem to be entirely human."

"Entirely? What are you saying?"

"I believe her father is Eliodoro, ma'am." Leigh said simply.

The principal's eyes widened again, "That's impossible, the king of the Summer Kingdom never had children!"

"But he did disappear exactly 16 years ago, didn't he?"

"Yes,but.."

"And this girl has his exact eye color. And we know he never shared it with any other vampire alive."

"But.."

"I think she's a half breed, that would seem why her scent was mixed with ours and a human's."

The principal seemed unable to speak.

"D-Do you have.. another way to make sure that all of this is true?" I asked, looking down into my lap.

It was silent before the principal finally said something.

"Well, I could run a blood test.. and if your blood matches a vampire's, Leigh may be right, and you could transform at any time considering that it's your birthday, am I correct?"

I looked up at her and nodded.

"Are you okay with this?" Leigh asked, and I looked up at him.

"Y-yes, I think we all need to know."

"Mmm, I'm afraid it's time for me to go to class. I'll see you a little later, Shy." Leigh gave me a reassuring smile and walked out of the door.

The principal looked over at me once we were alone.

"Well, let's be on our way to the nurse's office."

We stood up and I followed her out of the room.

Author's Note :

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