Miss Fortune

Chapter 14: Campus

Sylvie sighed as she began to wake up looking at herself in the mirror in front of her. She had trouble recognizing herself at first before shaking her head. It was times like this she was forced to come to terms with her reality. There were still some nights she thought that when she woke up she would just be back in her old bed. Never having learned of this new world or the people in it like her friend Jason.

Part of her still yearned for that old life she had, for the life that she was forced to give up. Sylvie looked at herself in the mirror and her appearance once again began to change. The strawberry blonde hair that she had been using to disguise herself returned to its natural bright red, and her dark green eyes returned to their former bright blue. Being able to change her appearance at a moment's notice was nice.

But this was the appearance she was used to. The appearance that she had known for all her last save for the last few months. Then again given that her looks could change on a dime, but even this had been taken away from her. A look she thought was unique to her was nothing more than a disguise that her parents had been using for most of her life. Sylvie then once again changed her appearance.

This time letting it change to what she truly looked like, her hair now a dark ashy gray, her eyes now a dark crimson red, and her skin a mix between grey and blue giving it a dark purplish hue. Sometimes she felt disgusted with herself, other times she was happy to be able to live in this world. And then there were days like today, where she wasn't entirely sure how she felt about the situation.

Part of her wanted to return to that simpler time when she didn't have to worry about whether or not she was going to be attacked. Not having to worry about her family possibly dying while she was away. Then again part of her was happy her life changed and went down this new route. After all, who wouldn't like the idea of suddenly finding themselves in a new world? Knowing that they weren't human but were instead something much greater.

'I wonder if there's a monster equivalent to a therapist I can talk to about this?' Sylvie wondered as she looked at herself in the mirror. She never did properly work out how she felt about the matter. In fact for the most part she was just thrown into this world and expected to just go along with it. Even her parents didn't comfort her that much on the subject, and merely just answered any questions she had.

Well her mother did at least, but as she learned that was somewhat expected. She was a vampire, and as such had that natural sense of superiority that afflicted most of them. Her father on the other hand tried to comfort her but like most fathers didn't know-how. But at least he tried and at times that was all Sylvie asked for. Sylvie said as she looked down at the ground and once again began to get dressed.

It had been a while since she just had a day that she could relax, so that was what she was going to do today. Sylvie then walked over to the small closet that she had and began to get dressed for the day. Today she wanted to keep it fairly simple wearing a light blue shirt with jeans. After she was dressed Sylvie walked to a small desk and picked up her cell phone. She took a moment to look through her contacts before settling on a name.

As she called she walked back and forth through her room. "Hello?" She heard a familiar and slightly groggy voice from the other side of the phone.

"Hey Jason, do you want to hang out today?" Sylvie asked as she looked at herself in the mirror.

"Yeah, sure. What did you have planned?" Jason asked through the phone.

"Uh, nothing really. Just gonna walk around, and see what happens. Like the old days you know?" Sylvie asked through the small device.

"That's it? Uh, yeah sure I guess I don't mind that much," Jason said through the phone. She could hear him groan a bit with something being rustled in the background. A clear indicator that he was stretching. "So when do you want to meet up?" Jason asked as his voice became a bit less groggy.