The Crazy Adventure We Will Never Embark Upon

Love And Fear Begin To Blossom

(ANANNYA' POV)

I walked awkwardly towards the Science Wing. Beging surrounded by 'monsters' had that effect on you. It made me uneasy, but I tied to forget about it and act normal. I was far from my goal. I could not get the notion out of my head no matter how hard I tried.

A group of Vampires was gathered right infront of the entrance. The rest of the students had passed and I was the only one left. The bell had already rung. Just great. I was having a terrible morning. Waking up late then being late for, breakfast which meant I had to survive on oatmeal. Not to mention, I had to put up with Paris too. And now these guys.

I really wasn't in the mood to interact with them and I would've prefered if I didn't have to engage them in conversation. But I was already two minutes late. Damn.

I'll have you know, I wasn't always like this; anitsocial and cranky. I was more of a random person. I was known for my comical weirdness in my pervious school. I was the person who would perform the Cancan between classes to entertain my friends and then start a conversation about monkey hair with any random stranger. It wasn't like I was all fun. I cared about my grades too. Infact I got pretty good grades. Well, most of the time, math being an excpetion to this fact of course.

I still care about my grades but now I have to worry about bullies and monsters. Before my biggest worries were finishing my homework and getting enough sleep to function at school. They are still the things I worry about, but much less now. I think witches and werewolves with grudges aginst you are bigger problems.

I took in a deep breath and raised my hand to get their attention (a really weird habit of mine.)

"Er... excuse me I need to go through." My voice was unfortunately barely more than a whisper.

"Hey, excuse me." I said, louder this time. No one turned, but I caught a guy looking at me. They'd heard me. Of course they had! They were vampires, they have better hearing than humans! They were ignoring me! I felt irratation seize me.

"Hey!" I yelled.

"What?" A girl barked.

"I need to get through, you people are blocking the way. I've been trying to get your kind attention for a while now, thanks for noticing." I said with false cheerfulness.

They all turned to glare at me, but made way for me." Don't get cocky" said one. All of them stared at me with annoyance, all except one. A boy in a black T-shirt leaning on the wall on the far side of the corridor- Sebastian. His look was blank.

"Thanks for the suggestion" I finally passed through but now I was ten minutes late! Perfect.

In the chemistry class I apologised to the teacher and took a seat at the back. I felt my eyes glue shut. I fluttered them open. This was only third period, how was I going to make it to the end of the day?

Mercifully the bell rang. I was the last one out of the door. I refused to spend another minute with the others. I knew they were harmless but it was impossible for me to be comfortable with them. So instead I satyed back to ask the teachers so e questions.

By the time I exited he Science wing, all was quite. The Vampires were no longer there, I sighed and made my way to the Adminstrative wing.

As I walked back I heard a sound. It sounded like an injured animal. I tried to ignore it but then it occured to me that someone must be in trouble. 'This is a bad idea, I should jsut pretend I never heard it. What if I suffer the same fate as the poor soul?' I though, but my conscience argued 'what if I face such a situation, I would expect someone to help. It'd be inhuman not to. And besides, lookin at how I'm getting along so well with other, I would most likely be in a situaltion similar to this soon.'