PART I - THE BEGINNING Krulisa 1990 Jan 1st It’s cold and the breeze is freezing, the soil beneath my skin is as cold as ice. What day is it? I wonder. I can hear my people cry. ‘’You are back our queen’’ '’ALL HAIL KRULISA!‘’ Says Borham ‘’ALL HAIL KRULISA!’’ The rest of them follow him. I remember Borham . My only trusted ally who I could rely on. I met him when my own family abandoned me and left me alone in an isolated dungeon. I can’t really remember where it was but Borham was the one who found me, saved me and gave me a new family. Borham is just like me. An immortal. A Vampire. ‘’Borham, once again ….it’s you’’. ‘’Yes my queen, it’s finally the time we get back to what we waited for’’. Says Borham . ‘’Twenty years it’s been, Twenty years since I saw the stars shine this bright..” I say, walking back and forth briskly on the chilly stone floor. “We have all suffered a lot, it’s time we get back what is ours .This world, the huma

Catherine I never had a mortal friend. Nor did I see one. When I was young, mom and dad usually took Melly and Patty to the mortal’s places to check if they were in need of any help or in case there were any vampire attacks. One day while were both gone, I asked Erica to follow them. And when she did, she told me that she saw them kill a mortal who was bitten by one of our kind. I questioned them a lot about that incident though I and Erica were punished severely for sneaking into their business. They would never tell us why they killed the mortal. Until I grew up to realise it myself that the reason they killed him was because he was bitten and soon he would turn into a vampire. A lot of the students in our academy were once humans. After they were bitten by vampires, mom and dad killed them, buried them and finally they were reborn again. As a Vampire. The incident Erica witnessed about the mortal boy mom and dad killed was a mystery for both me and Erica. We neve

Melissa We stand in a row facing the main gate waiting for our last goodbye from father and mother. Ethel stands behind us with almost twenty guards behind him. We stand holding hands and when Ethel sees us he joins in too. Mom and Dad both emerge from the main door and walk towards us holding a sack in hand. ‘’What are they holding?’’ Alicia asks. ‘’Snacks?’’ Ethel whispers. Patricia sighs and looks at him. ‘’Were you always an idiot?’’ She says. Ethel still sticked to dropping another wild assumption. ‘’Just an example, besides it might be. Because Hallsenberg is really a long distance away. We might end up reaching by dawn. We might get hungry on the way. I guess that’s a goose inside.’’ This time both Erica and Catty look at him. ‘’Unbelievable Ethel! You’re more like a kid.’’ Erica shakes her head in disapproval. ‘’Did you go hunting all the way to a place that far away?’’ I have no idea what Catty was talking about. ‘’Well, Reno suggest

Erica. So this is what mortal institutes look like. I have never been to mortal place before. Never in my life! Seeing them today, I came to realise how different we are from them. Their smell, the smell of blood, the sweat that Ethel always spoke about, and the continuous shutting of their eyes after every second. The moment both me and Catty got to the institute, we were approached by a tall young man named Simon. It’s been almost an hour since Simon asked us to wait in the lobby while he would go report the principal that the new students were already here. Are all immortals this charming like Simon? I keep thinking the whole time. ‘’Erica, why does this institute look so much like our Academy?’’ I am pulled out from my thoughts by Catty’s question. ‘’Huh??...W*..wat?’’ I say. ‘’I mean the place we are sitting right now is their lobby whereas it’s the guards room in our academy.’’ I might be lying if I said no. But Catty was right, this place

Ethel We sit surrounding the fire and have our food. Catty lays her head on my shoulder as I crack open the birds chest. Fifteen tiny birds, a tiger and a flask of tigers blood is all that Reno and I bought. Except for the tiger. That was him. All alone. Once we are done, I and Reno pack up the leftovers. Bird’s feathers, tiger skin and a few intestines. We gather them all together and bury them in the forest. ‘’How many more holes will you keep digging every day in order to feed your hungry sisters?’’ Reno says, filling the sand back inside. ‘’I don’t know. Maybe at least for a month?’’ I know I sound ridiculous. ‘’And then what? This place will be a graveyard for tigers and birds?’’ ‘’Maybe.’’ We laugh again. ‘’Why is that you two idiots keep laughing every time I show up to say something?’’ Erica always has a bad timing. She stood before us holding a few more leftovers. ‘’Then don’t show up at all!’’ Reno says rolling his eyes. I sort of love