Chapter Five: Walk Through Walls

After I found out that I couldn't drink anything but blood I couldn't sleep. I kept tossing and turning as if I was in the sea. I missed The House of Night, I missed being human, I missed my normal appetite (or at least I let myself think that), and most of all I missed my best friends Zoey, Erin, Shaunee, and Damien. So I got up off the disgusting, raggedy blanket where I slept and went in the kitchen to think. And maybe drink some blood. Anyway! When I got into the kitchen I saw that Kramisha was in there drinking some blood. I don't think she noticed that I came, and it looked like she needed to be by herself and think, so I quietly started to leave.

"Wait," She said, "you don't have to leave." Oh, yeah. I forgot about the mind-reading thing. Kramisha motioned to the fridge with her hand. "Drink if you need to." I walked toward the fridge and grabbed a bottle of blood. Halfway through drinking it, though, Kramisha started to speak. "You're probably wondering what I was doing here in the middle of the night." She shifted her position, ready to explain.

"I was kind of wondering…" Of course she knew that I was. She can read minds. As can I. As can I! I started looking into her mind.

Should I tell her? What if she laughsss… I heard her think.

"I won't laugh. I promise," I said. She smiled at me. The smile didn't look like a sweet, human smile, but it looked evil. I'm sure it was supposed to look like a sweet one, though.

"Well," Kramisha began. "I wasss in here because I couldn't sssleep and I wasss thirsssty. But mossstly I jussst came to think."

"About what?"

"About how to change usss back into normal fledglingsss."

"You can do that?"

"Well that'sss what I wasss thinking about. How to do it." She had a thinking expression on her face. This was nothing to laugh about. This was serious.

"I think I've got an idea…"

"What'sss that?"

"Do you remember when you first died?"

"Not really."

"Well do you remember Neferet giving you a medicine to 'help the pain'?"

"Yesss."

"Well, my theory is that that medicine is what turned us into these creatures. And maybe if we get it into our systems again, we could change back."

"It could be true… But how would we get the medicine? It'sss imposssible to get into the ssschool without getting caught."

"Not impossible…have you noticed that we can…walk through walls?" I smiled.