(updated version) "I'd rather die than be an enemy to my only true friends!" Ashleigh Knight is a 14 year old girl whose parents were mysteriously killed when she was still in kindergarden. She was adopted and lived most of her childhood and the peak of teenage hood under the guidance of her foster family, the Cross family, and her Aunt cathy. She lived a pretty normal life up to the time she was transferred to Rising Star Academy. Rising Star Academy turned out to have more dark secrets than there were stars in the sky. Ashleigh's thrown into a world of both romance and horror and lots of bloodshed when she meets a mysterious boy and girl by the names of Ethan Kuran and Rebecca Moon. On top of that, she discovers a whole new side to her family's past, one that holds many secrets and dangers. She was destined to become something that she's not. All because of this one little discovery, her entire world is turned up side down. Through all of this she encounters many more people, but are they really her friends? Or are they her foes? Mystery after mystery, even though how dangerous, every mystery she solves, she's one more step closer to finding out everything. But in the end, she's torn between choosing to be with the ones she loves and fulfilling her destiny for the ones who gave their lives up for her. Which will she choose? "I want to do my best to protect you, or die trying."

"The nights gave me visions. Visions that crossed between dreams and nightmares. Things that looked frail and innocent may well have been poisonous and killed me there and then." Meet Elle, a quiet yet sassy teenager who is a strawberry liquorice addict and has a therapist who apparently has the hots for her very-single-yet-attractive mother. She is bullied constantly by the mean girls, even whilst being defended by her best friend Charlie. Of course the best escape to all her problems would be sleep. But when a good-looking stranger has been intruding her dreams since she was five, it seems as if life has not given her a break. And when that stranger arrives at Starling Academy and in most of her classes, introducing himself as Kai, there may be no escape... Elle, being Elle, is always running away from her problems and never willing to conquer them. Kai, however, is going to change all that, whether she likes it or not. Will there be romance in the air or will bitter truths tear them apart? Read on to find out!