Carmilla: Moonlight's Guide to Nocturnal Creatures

CHAPTER 1: WHEN SEMPTEMBER ENDS AND SCHOOL BEGINS

"There's a lot of ugly things in this world, son. I wish I could keep 'em all away from you. That's never possible."

Harper Lee, To Kill A Mockingbird

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I don't want to wait anymore

I'm tired of looking for answers

Take me some place where there's music and there's laughter

I don't know if I'm scared of dying

But I'm scared of living too fast, too slow

Regret, remorse, hold on, oh no I've got to go

There's no starting over

No new beginnings time races on

And you've just gotta keep on keepin on

Gotta keep on going

Looking straight out on the road

Can't worry 'bout what's behind you

Or what's coming for you further up the road

I try not to hold on to what is gone

I try to do right what is wrong

I try to keep on keepin on

Yeah I just keep on keepin on

I hear a voice calling

Calling out for me

These shackles I've made in an attempt to be free

Be it for reason, be it for love

I won't take the easy road

I've woken up in a hotel room

My worries as big as the moon

Having no idea who or what or where I am

Something good comes with the bad

A song's never just sad

There's hope, there's a silver lining

Show me my silver lining

Show me my silver lining

"My Silver Lining" -First Aid Kit

(Featured From Laura's Tumblr @laura2theletter.tumblr.com)

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CHAPTER 1

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A little over a year ago...(In a galaxy far far away...)

Silas University was a large brick building that stood tall even at this distance. Water sprung around in ripples from the live fountain that sat in the middle of the University's campus. There was bright green grass that was alive and had escaped the dead of winter that very rarely existed within Austria. The air was crisp of freshly cut grass that was soft below my feet. A campus tour had allowed it to be freely roamed by its possible future students. Only a few areas were kept off bounds.