First Day

We were walking down the streets of Mystery Spell with Drogo and Peter to buy our year books. We played with Lorie until Nicolae offered to take over while we go buy books for classes. Peter and I were talking about music and walking ahead while Aiden and Drogo talked about video games.

We entered a book store after a few minutes. Aiden ordered the list of books needed for the year while me and Peter went to pick some literature books. I even picked a few extra books for my Myths and Legends class. I heard Drogo come behind me.

"Are you taking Myths and Legends?", he asked after seeing the book in my hands. I nodded."I hope you are not like those girls who fawn over the Professor.",he said while sulking a little. I looked at him closely."Are you jealous of the Professor?" I asked him while smirking. He shrugged his shoulders."We have taken Myths and Legends this year for a change.", said Peter as he walked towards us with a few books in his hands."Did you not take it before?", I asked while picking out books."No because the Professor kept glaring at us while talking about vampires so we dropped in the middle of the semester to avoid attention.", Peter explained.

I was too busy searching for books that I didn't notice I was about to ram straight into the owner. Luckily Peter pulled me back by the shoulders just in time but flinched as soon as he touched my skin."Why is you skin even colder than ours?!", he whispered."I told you I am a hybrid. I may be a vampire but my powers are 10 times stronger than a normal one.",I replied while looking away.

I was looking aimlessly through the titles when a certain book caught my attention. I walked over to the shelf and took it out.The title read 'History of Mystery Spell'. I flipped through a few pages and was aghast to see the amount of information in it. I took it to the counter and placed it with the pile of extra books that I chose for background reading .

"Do you those books as well, Lil' Sis?", my brother asked as I kept the book on the counter for billing."Yes for background reading. I want to know more about this town and it's history and these are extra reference books for my studies.", I said pointing to a pile beside that. Aiden smiled and shook his head."My little sister is going to remain a bookworm for the rest of her life.", he said and ruffled my hair.

We paid for the books and headed back towards the Manor. It was already evening by the time we left the store. A light breeze was blowing and sky was a beautiful shade of orange and red. My brother took out our bluetooth earplugs and played the songs by my favorite artist, BTS . I started singing along with them.

"I wanna dance, the music's got me going

Ain't nothing that can stop how we move, yeah

Let's break our plans and live just like we're golden

And roll in like we're dancing fools"

(BTS : Permission to Dance 💃 💜)

My brother was also singing with the lyrics."I didn't know that you guys could sing so well!", Drogo exclaimed."Thanks Drogo. These are our favorite artists!", Aiden replied as I continued to sing.

We turned off the music as we reached Bartholy Manor. The brothers helped us put our books away in our room. As soon as everyone left. I sat down at the piano and started playing the tune from the movie Twilight Saga which was supposed to be Bella's lullaby. Peter knocked on the door after listening to me play. We sat and discussed music till past midnight until Aiden came in and told me to go to bed.

Sunday went by in a blink and soon it was Monday.

Today we start our Senior year at the University. I got up early freshened up before my brother came in to tie my hair. He tied it into a ponytail while I set my bangs in place. We went to Lorie's room after getting ready to wake her up and also to get her ready for kindergarden. Once she was ready, we headed down for breakfast, which was animal blood. Nicolae greeted us and offered a flask of blood in it while asking us if we slept well. Drogo and Peter joined us soon in their school uniforms and we headed for school together.

The campus was filled with students when we got there. Some were talking excitedly while some yawned, trying to wake themselves up. We walked a bit and sat down on a bench.

"Anna! Aiden!", a voice suddenly called out to us. I looked around and saw Sarah running towards us."Good........*huff*.......*huff*........ Morning", she greeted while catching her breath."Wow Sarah did you run a marathon here? Why are you panting so much?", I asked her. "I just got excited to see you guys and ran from my house to campus.", she answered clutching the side of her stitch. She looked at Drogo and Peter and an awkward tension settled in the air.

"I want to call truce with these two Bartholys but how can I say it in front of the twins.", Sarah thought in her head. "Bro, I kept my schedule in the locker. Can you come with me to get it?", I asked my brother looking at him with cutest look I could master. He looked at my face, laughed a little and nodded. I walked off briskly and Aiden followed on my heels.

"What is the real reason for us leave the Bartholy brothers with Sarah? We both could feel the tension in the air.", Aiden asked me leaning against his locker which was beside mine."Apparently Sarah wanted to call truce with the Bartholy brothers on some matter but couldn't say it in front of us. So I made up an excuse to give them time to talk.",I replied while taking out a book."They will be here in 1 minute and 15 seconds.",I added.

Soon enough, the three of them were walking toward us with smiling faces."Told you.", I said under my breath. Aiden smiled as he heard it. We compare our schedules. Most of our classes were same except the film section. Drogo and Sarah had taken up acting while Peter, me and Aiden had music class. Our first lecture was Myths and Legends, something me and Aiden had been looking forward to.

We about to leave for the auditorium when Sarah pulled on the sleeve of my sweater and stopped me."Don't look now but Terrell Williams is staring at you.", Sarah said excitedly. The Bartholy brothers looked up as I asked Sarah,"Who's Terrell Williams?". She pointed towards a guy standing ,diagonal to us, with a few boys. Sweet Mother of Jesus! This guy looks like a Greek God! He had black wavy hair, brown eyes and an amazing jawline. Any man would die for his looks! Our eyes met and I felt a warm tingling sensation at the base of my stomach. If I was a human I would definitely have had red cheeks.He stared at me and I stared back. Then he smiled. Peter pulled me saying that class was about to start and we left.

We got to the auditorium and sat down upfront. Me, Aiden and Sarah sat together. Peter and Drogo sat behind us . We were busy talking when a guy and a girl approached us. The girl had blonde waist lenght hair and blue eyes but she had a cold air around her. Darn! Does she know how much perfume a normal person should apply?! I wrinkled my nose and Aiden frowned. The guy looked at me with a lustrous gaze. He winked at me and smiled. I glared at him which clearly sent shivers down his spine.

"Look Loan, Sarah seems to have made friends like her!", the girls said laughing and clung to the guy's arm. He just smiled stupidly."You two beauties shouldn't interact with lowlifes like Sarah and the Bartholys. Come with us you'll see what real life and fun is. I'm Samantha Guiter and this is Loan Huxley.", she said looking at us and the guy nodded. She reached out to touch my brother's cheek but he slapped her hand away.

The guy winked at me again and leaned toward me while resting his hands on the table. Just then the boy Terrell Williams entered and looked in our direction. The Loan guy moved in my direction again. That's it! I've had enough of their nonsense!

I looked at Samantha and said "Excuse me. Are you dumb or do you pretend to be? Cause you definitely don't have a thing called brain in your system which is extremely important. Can't you keep you trash to yourself? Do you have to open your mouth and spew it out at others? And do know how much perfume a normal person should apply? Just one spray. Not empty the entire bottle!". The Bartholy brothers, Sarah, Aiden and the people sitting around us roared with laughter. Samantha turned red with embarrassment.

Loan chuckled. I turned towards him."And you? You think every girl wants to jump on you because you are so manly and handsome......Well wake up! Have you ever looked at yourself in the mirror? With that face of yours I doubt even a donkey would pay you any attention!", I told Loan. He turned an even deeper shade of red than Samantha. The peopled around us howled in laughter."You two are gonna regret what you just said", Samantha threatened and walked away, dragging Loan with her.

"Anna, that was absolutely fantastic! Those two are the big shots of our school. No one dares say anything to them and you just ridiculed them in front of so many students. Boy, they just got a slap on their ugly faces!", Sarah told me while wiping her eyes. Looks like she ended up laughing and crying at the same time." I didn't know you were feisty, pretty little thing.", Drogo said."Well appearances can be deceiving.", I told him with a grin.

"That was awesome what you did.", a voice said. I turned and saw Terrell Williams standing in front of me."Thanks. Someone had to show them their place. I just did everyone a favor.", I told him. He smiled."Hi! I'm Terrell Williams. You can call me Terry", he said extending his hand."Anna Winter", I said shaking his hand with my gloved one."Isn't it a little too hot for gloves?", Terry asked."Oh...aah....personal reasons...",I replied." Ohhh...OK.......I'll find you later...after class?", Terry asked looking hopeful."Sure", I said and smiled. He smiled and took a seat at the back.

A few minutes later, the professor entered carrying a stack of papers.

No wonder Drogo made that comment the other day at the book store. Our Professor was really something to look at. He had black, shiny hair like Peter. He was clearly around six-feet tall. The most captivating part was his eyes which were hazel in color. He looked at the class. His eyes paused a minute on my brother and me. But he quickly turned away as if nothing happened.

"Good Morning students. My name is Sebastian Jones. Welcome to your first Myths and Legends class. Today we will be talking about shapeshifters. Now can anyone tell me the difference between a shapeshifter and a werewolf?", he introduced himself and asked. Aiden and I raised our hands. Actually, we were the only ones in the class who raised our hands."Yes, Ms.Winter?", the Professor encouraged me to speak."Shapeshifters,from what I read, can change their appearance at will. They tend to recognize the people they know or care around them. So it is like a human who has changed his original form into some animal. While werewolves only phase during the monthly full moon and unlike the shapeshifters they cannot recognize anyone around them. So for unfortunate people who have encountered one, even if it is their friend, the only thing that will stand in front of them is a wild beast." I answered confidentially. " Absolutely correct." Professor Jones praised me. My brother squeezed my hand under the desk while my friend smiled at me.

Professor Jones asked us a few question while teaching which Aiden and I took turns to answer while the other students just stared at us. Professor Jones gave us assignments which were due Wednesday. As class ended, the Professor called out to us,"Mr. and Ms. Winter, could you stay back a minute?". We nodded at our friends to wait for us and stayed."I see you have a good knowledge on supernatural creatures. Can I ask how you know so much about shapeshifters?" he asked us. I dug into my bag and showed him the books that I got for extra reading."Wow! These are pretty high level books ,Ms. Winter. But I am glad to know that you are interested in the subject. I have high expectations from you and Mr. Winter. If you have any doubts regarding anything then you are free to ask me.", he said with a smile."Thank you Professor.", we replied together and left the auditorium. We joined our friends and headed for our next class.

Soon they day ended. We stood at the entrance, said goodbye to say to Sarah and left for the Manor. Today was certain eventful. Now we gotta watch our back because we made new enemies. Conclusion: The day passed without a disaster.

Phew! I was certain something eventful would happen. It did but just not in the way I was expecting it to! "Today was one memorable day.", I thought and continued walking towards Bartholy Manor.

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