Gifted

VII

I walk to an old, beat down, disgusting building named "Preditors Den". The door gives a haunting squeak as I open it. "Great... Just... Great." I mumble, and look around.

There aren't many people, but all of them look shady as fuck. I keep my head down and head upstairs to my room.

"221.... 221.... Ah" I unlock the door and walk in to see a nice, rather roomy living room with a round sofa, a wooden table, and a small television. Walking in and turning to my left leads to a sink and mirror, and further in, a door, which I suppose is the bathroom. There are also two doors. I open the one closest to the bathroom to reveal a nice, unused bedroom. I smile and put what little I brought into the room.

I get out and open the other door to be greeted by a punch to the face. I fall back, holding my face in pain. "Fuck!!"

I feel someone get on me and growl "Who are you? Why are you in my dorm room?"

I groan, to revive another punch to the stomach.

"Wrong answer!" She growls again.

"W- Will you stop??" I cough, looking up at her.

I'm greeted by a terrifying face, silver hair, brown eyes, and... Ears?

She punches me again, making me groan in pain. "Answer me!"

I gasp again, then try shoving her off. "This is my dorm room! I'm a new student!" I whimper, managing to shove her off.

She watches me weirldy. "What kind of preditor has horns?"

I hide my horns nervously. "What? Why did you attack me?" I ask, managing to pull myself up.

She gets up. "I wanted to." She states like its nothing.

I tense up. "You attacked me... because you wanted to?"

She flicks my nose. "Yes. Keep up." She walks back into her messy room and hops onto the bed.

"Excuse me? I don't know who you think you are bu-"

"Ariel Day. Everyone calls me 'Bad Day' though." She looks over and gives me a wide grin, showing her K-9's.

I glare at her before returning to my room. I start climbing into my bed, only to feel a cold liquid all over it. I look down and see my hands RED. I scream, running back out of my room. I look into Ariels' room, my face white and sweating. "What the hell is on my bed??" I ask, shaking.

She just shrugs. "Dunno. I think it might be blood, but it could also be kool-aide. That's why I chose this room." She says, working on what looks like a vinyl player.

I glare at her. "You could have told me before I tried getting on my bed!" I growl angrily, making her smile softly.

"But that wouldn't have been any fun, now would  it?"

She's a fucking bitch.

I leave my things in the small room and go wash off my hands before leaving the room.

'This school is going to be the death of me.'

~~~

With absolutely no help from my 'loving' roommate, getting lost 3 times, getting odd looks from my schoolmates, and cutting my arm on a really big tree, I finally found the office again... only to wait in a long line and endure another awkward talk with Mr. Mad.

'God, that teacher gives me the creeps!'  I think, dragging my mattress back to my dorm. 'And these kids are so mean! Not one has tried to help me!'

I finally get back to my dorm, hating myself for requesting to bring it back today. I walk through the door, only for the mattress not to fit. I scream, kicking the wall beside the door angrily.

"Stupid.... fucking... Agh!" I punch the wall, and just stop. "Oww! that fucking hurt!!" I whimper, jumping around and holding my hand in pain.

I hear laughter approach me, followed by a rather deep, husky voice. "This building has metal reinforced within it. I guess they suspected 'monsters' like us to pummel it to the ground when they built it."

I turn around to see abs. Right there. In my face. I look up to see a pale face, high cheek bones, piercing green eyes, straight, medium black hair, and a bloodcurdling smile. Behind him are two, huge, black wings. He takes my hurt hand -Which I completely forgot about-, and reached behind me.

'Who is this guy? He's hot... and only inches from my face!'  I realize, my face getting warm.

He leans back and looks at me again, that scary smile forming on his face again. "Don't flatter yourself now, dear." He gives a chuckle, wrapping my hand up.

Him saying that makes me blush even more. But what he does next....

He grabs my other hand and wraps the bandage around that wrist too, like handcuffs. "U-Uhm... this hand does-"

He cuts me off by pinning my hands above my head, and leaning in, inches away, his breath hot on my face. He leans in closer to my neck. "And don't tempt me either~" He whispers, before turning away.

I fall down, back against the wall. My face is probably red as hell, my wrists still bounded. I watch him as he easily picks up my mattress and carries it upstairs.

It doesn't even hit me until he's out of the room... "He stole my mattress!" I get up and run upstairs, but I don't see him. I groan, and sulk back to my room.

On the way back, I'm just grumbling to myself. "Fucking dick.... he took my mattress..." I open the door to my dorm to see Ariel dancing to loud ass heavy metal.

She looks at me and smirks "Hope you don't mind!" She yells over the music.

I sigh and yell back, "At least you have good taste in music!" I give a defeated smile back.

She nods and points to my room. "I got you a new bed!"

I look in, and see a crisp, new, red-colored-free bed.

I smile and start dancing.

'Fuck it. Maybe these guys aren't so bad.'