Mermaids and the Vampires who Love Them *my version*

Chapter 5

Bell rings again. Class time! Everyone is in an upbeat mood, i suppose. Everyone's flooding the halls! My class is by the lake, Advanced Landscaping. Technically I'm the Teachers Assistant (Crumpet) so I can ditch any class for his class. It's about systems and reproduction. I do that class ditching every Friday. Advanced Landscaping has some weird obstacles today. "Please set them aflame, Miri." The Teacher is Ms Lana. I blew out a column of gentle flame and immediately they caught fire. "Shush, please," i whispered to the flame, and they died down to halos of blaze, but not big enough for anything to catch fire. "Thank you," i say, and the flames give a small "you're welcome" hiss in return for my kindness. Ms Lana asks us to draw this-flame. There was a fairy in my class, two werewolves, three goddesses and gods, and one half snake half girl. So it's like top half of a girl and the bottom half is a snake tail. She's super awesome. The werewolves and goddesses and gods have their own group. The fairy... She's doing well with her nymph friends that I think come from the lake. I walk over to snake girl (not being rude here!). "Hi! What's your name?"
"My name? Its Slyna."
Slyna is a nice name. "Its nice," i commented. She was wearing a ice blue top with a awesome design. Its a one shoulder and a sleeve, revealing a small triangle of skin. The sleeves reach to her wrists. The ice blue shirt had a golden snowflake design made to look like rope was used to draw it, and it glimmered an array. Love it. "What's yours?"
"My name is Mirianne Sienna Lilly, but call me Miri."
It was her turn to gawk. "That's one long name," she said and we shared a good laugh. "Class dismissed," Ms Lana says, though it was like 15 minutes ahead of the bell. "Wanna hang?" Slyna asks. "Sure!" "I'm a new student and i haven't got a dorm yet," Slyna admits shyly. "Jut because my mom was bad, everyone doesn't trust me. Sometimes you know you just need a friend," she whispers. "I understand," i say. "My mangled roots of my past aren't helping either." That got us laughing. Slyna's shirt wasn't a shirt. It was a dress that would reach to my knees. It was stunning. It looked as if water was twirling around her. Her tail was a sharp blue, like the color of Sapphires. "Lemme ask the Headmaster," i say, "come on!" I fly over to his office, Slyna keeping up. Her hair was blond, with streaks of blue the color of her tail. "Headmaster Crumpet?" I ask innocently, knocking on his door. "Come in," he says I'm a bored tone. He was sitting on his chair, behind him the shelves were on full bloom with unopened toy boxes. It was sad to know he had his childhood snatched from him. "Can I share a cabin with Slyna?" I ask with the puppy eyes. "Sure why not..." he says dryly. "K thanks!" With that, I flew out, Slyna barely keeping up this time. We made it in one piece. "I think I'm gonna change my name," Slyna says, "Cause Sly-Na isn't very nice."