Prolouge

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I lay in my bed, empty minded. Except for on thing on my mind:
Blood Lust Academy.
This is the infamous academy my mother Zaleska attended. Her name sound familiar? Well that's because my grandfather is the infamous and most talked about vampire in all Romania. Did you know, that he saved Romania from being over thrown? I don't mean to brag but, my family is pretty famous.

Anyway, I'm laying in my Victorian style bedroom.  The lights dim. I'm just about to close my ice blue eyes for a nap until my mother calls me down.

"Roxie!" She yells from down stairs.
I sigh deeply.
"Coming!" I shout back
I swiftly jump off my bed and head for the door. I walk the long stretch of the hall way to the stairwell
I reach the stairs, walking down them is soooo 1500 hundreds, in stead I position myself so I slide down the handrail. I leap off at the bottom flawlessly and gracefully. As soon as my feet touch the ground, I am greeted by Melvin. I received him as present on my 18,000 birthday. No Melvin is not a human, he is a furry little ball of a kitten, he's black all over with extremely green eyes.
"Mreow.." He purrs and rubs against my leg. I lean down and scratch behind his perked little ears. After that I pick him up and go find mother. I walk into the living quarters. My house is Victorian so most of everything is vintage and dark.
I spot mother sitting on the sofa, reading some kind of book.
"You, uh wanted to see me?" I speak up, still petting Melvin's furry head.
"Ah yes, sit dear. I think you may like this chat." She smiles and gestures to the seat next to her.
"Sorry to interrupt m'lady, but would you like a cup of tea?" Cornelius the butler asks mother.
"Yes, that's fine, thank you Cornelius."
He nods, and then turns to me, "and for you Roxie?"
"I think I'm fine, thank you Cornelius."
He nods in return and turns his back to us and heads toward the kitchen.
Cornelius is a tall, skinny man. Black hair, dark eyes, his nose is pointed outward, same as his ears, at first glance you would think he was Nosferatu. But no, he's sweet old Mr. Cornelius. 
Mother clears her throat.
"Anyway, something came in the mail for you, it's a letter regarding your acceptance into Blood Lust Academy." She explains turning her attention back to me.
"Oh? How do you know it's an acceptance letter?" I say sounding a bit too aggressive. Has she been going through my mail?
"I just have a good feeling." She replays, in a calm tone.
"Where is it?" I ask eager to find out.
"You'll have to look for it." She says, but I can tell she's joking. My mother is always joking.
I frown.
"Don't turn those eyes red. I was joking." She sternly says.
(In vampires our eyes change colour according to mood.
I'm feeling angry and frustrated, so my eyes turn red.
Another example is...let's say I'm feeling romantically interested in something, my eyes will turn violet.
My original eye colour is an icy blue.)
"I'm sorry, I'm just so eager to find out if I got into this academy." I respond sheepishly.
"And I am too darling." My mother says.
She smiles, and hands me a dark envelope. I grab it quickly. I set Melvin down beside me. I look at him.
"Ready to find out?" I ask him, not that he would really understand.
"Mroeww!"
"I take that as a yes."
I peel the read stamp of the flap of the envelope, I carefully reach into the now open envelope. My hands are shaking as I slowly open the tri-folded paper.
I open the paper, and read carefully of the text.

"To Roxie Dracula,
Congratulations! I am glad to inform you, that you have been accepted into Blood Lust Academy!
We will be starting, August 30th, so I expect to see you there! Enjoy the rest of the days, they are counting down fast.

-Head of Students"

My jaw must be hanging open, because mother notices.
"So, are you in or out?" She asks
"I'm in!" I jump up and cheer.
"I'll be starting August 30th."
"That's coming fast, you better start packing."
I start to run to my room to pack. I almost bump into Cornelius who is carrying a tray of tea and biscuits.
"Sorry Cornelius, I have to start packing!"
"I see you've been accepted?"
"Yes, yes I have!"
I run up the stairs, missing two at a time as I stamped back to my room.
I grab my carry-on from my closet and begin to pack everything I need. I look back in the envelope and it has a list of supplies and what uniform I must wear.
The uniform is a strange mix of colours The undershirt is a dusty colour grey while the over coat is a night sky black, on the left beast side of the jacket there is the academy's logo, it is a ruby red heart, with blood drips at the bottom. And a small print under it that reads
Blood Lust Academy. There is a nice pure black tie to go with it. The skirt is a black and red plaid and the trousers are black. The socks must be ankle high and pure white. Finally, the shoes must be shiny black boots.
You can't find this uniform any where else, it is only sold in vampire trade stores around our small town in Transylvania. It's secluded from the humans village.

My bags are all packed and I'm ready to go.
I slide down the handrail and back into the living quarters the materials list in hand.
Again when I get off the handrail I am greeted by Melvin.
"Mother, did you know I needed an uniform?" I say as I walk into the living quarters. She looks up from her book again, and smiles.
"Yes, I did, and I already bought you them."
"Seriously?, oh mother! Thank you!"
She smiles and stands up, comes over to me and wraps her arms around me.
"Anything for my darling daughter. I'm so proud of you for getting into the academy!"
I smile, "Thank you mother."
I look up into my mothers dark eyes.
"I'm going to miss you, Cornelius and Melvin, but I promise I'll write." I say looking deep into her eyes.
"And I, you, daughter. But I know you will write."
My mother goes back to her book. I smile.
My mother is beautiful. Her dark brown eyes complete her look, dark brown hair, so dark that it looks black, she always has her hair pulled back in a bun, with strands of hair fallen curled around her sharp angular face. Her wardrobe is alway silken black robes that wrap around her, and around her face when she's feeling mysterious.
"Love you mother." I say before turning toward the stairs.
"Wait, your uniforms." She places the book down, and goes over to the hidden closet, and pulls out 5 uniforms, one for each day. She hands them to me.
"Thank you." I respond and head back to my room, I pick Melvin up on the way back upstairs.
"Are you gonna miss me little guy?" I ask him.
"Mreooww!!"
"I'm guessing that's an unpleased yes."
I pet him at the scruff of his neck, and he begins to purr and run his head under my chin.

Blood Lust Academy, make way for
Roxie Dracula.

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