Chapter 4: Chapter 2

Recap:

‘I also found a diary from my real parents. That is all I found in my Mother’s purse. Everything else had been broken or damaged. I read it and found a section on my powers…’

Chapter 2

~ Cleo’s Pov ~

The diary was a faded brown colour and had floral patterns on the front cover. The spine was frayed at the bottom from being open and closed so many times. I can just imagine my Mother writing in this. It was in good shape bearing in mind that it is over 250 years old. The first entry dates back to the 18th century.

I looked at the title on the page. My child. It said:

‘July 30th 1764. My baby girl has been born! She is beautiful. She has light brown hair and a cute button nose. We called her Cleo, after my mother who died a few years back. She is all four species of supernatural which surprised both her Father and I. She will be able to use all of the elements and shift into all her supernatural creatures. She will have all of their advantages of hunting prey and staying safe, yet she will also have all of their drawbacks like not being away from water for a long period of time and she will get burned by vervain. I’m so proud of her and I have only met her once. She is the best thing that ever happened to me, after her Father of course!

Signed,

Emily,

Queen of all supernatural creatures’

As soon as I read that I was shocked. I saw that there was a little piece of paper hanging out of the book, half torn. It was a letter from my Father, saying that he loves me and that we won’t see each other again as he owed a favour to the man’s Father that I was being forced to marry. He gave me one present to wish me farewell though. It was a small silver ring with a ‘C’ welded on to the front of it. The letter also said that I should wear this when I don’t know who to trust. It will make me human unless I don’t want to be. That is why I always wear my ring.

Anyways, back to the present. I stayed in my mansion for the whole of the day after my run/fly/swim. I had a lazy day and watched TV and movies the rest of the day. Movie marathons rock! The news came up about the ‘midnight murderer’ as they call him. It is basically a vampire feeding off girls and killing them in the process. Obviously not fully fledged or trained yet.

I have a think about this mysterious vampire killer. They appear every Friday night. Never any other day or any other time. Always in the forest, but it is too big for me to scout through it all. They feed from young girl’s ages ranging from 16 - 24. They have to be a male because feeding from the same gender feels unnatural. He then gets in a car and drives north. I have read every newspaper and watched every TV report on this case. I have to go into town to research this killer. I can’t rely on the press as they don’t have senses like I do.

‘But you will look suspicious if you just come out of nowhere. No one knows who you are…’ Abbie (my angel) countered. ‘Look like a tourist.’ Scarlett (my vampire) suggested. ‘You are all taking this OTT! Act your age Cleo! What do people of your age do?’ Camilla (my wolf) asks.

‘’Err… They’re usually dead by 250 Camilla. You’re not helping.’’

‘No you idiot! At 18, you go to school. If anyone asks, say you just moved here. You heard the news, and wanted to know more. That is why you ask people about the ‘midnight murderer’.’ I nod my head in agreement.

I look up a school that is surrounded by a forest, just in case I lose my temper, and that is a human school so that I won’t be smelt out by any other supernaturals. Or the killer.

‘’I found one!’’ I shout to no one in particular. JF High. Sounds pleasant. I’ll fill in the forms and start tomorrow. But for now, I’m going to bed because I am tired.

~

I wake up to the sound of my alarm. I feel the need to press snooze but I know that I can’t be late on my first day. I get up and dress into a bra, knickers, white blouse, pink skater skirt and my brown sandals.

Hopefully I will fit right in with all the other students at school. I haven’t been to school since the 18th Century.

I take a granola bar from the main counter in the kitchen, say goodbye to Mary and get in my baby. My car. A yellow Ferrari with two thick black stripes down the middle. I drive to school I record time.

I park within walking distance of the school. I take a deep breath. ‘Come on Cleo. You can do this. It isn’t like anyone can hurt you. You are the Queen Hybrid.’ Scarlett says smugly. I nod in agreement.

I step out my car and into the car park. A lot of people notice me and start looking at me. Well, at my ass. I gained all the boys attention and all the girls were giving me glares. How typical.

I walk to the receptionist in the foyer of the school. ‘’Are you new, my dear?’’ she asks. ‘’Yes. I’m new. I have handed in my forms and they all check out. Can I please have my locker key and timetable?’’ I say, hypnotising her with my vampire powers. She types on the computer and then looks at me, emotionless. ‘’Here you are. Have a nice day.’’ She says in a monotonously.

I look at the sheets she gave me. My locker is Z128 and my timetable is:

English - Mrs Jones

Maths - Mr King

Break

Art - Mr Rodgers

Lunch

Science - Miss Pateman

PE - Miss Young

After many enquiries about directions, I finally make my way to English and I knock on the door. The teacher motions with her hand that I should come in. ‘’Why are you late?’’ she questions. ‘’I’m new. Sorry, I got lost.’’ She nods her head in approval. ‘’Sit next to her. I’m your cover for today. Your teacher is ill.’’ I nod and sit next to a pretty girl in a cute top. She has light brown wavy hair that comes to her waist and smiles to me when I sit down.

‘’Hi! I’m Alana. What’s your name?’’

‘’Cleo’’

‘’I can tell we are going to be good friends. Just wait till you meet the others!’’

This is a good start. I need to get to know people so I can then ask about the murders.

The lesson goes fast as I was talking to Alana the whole time. As the bell went for break, I was so happy. Maths was such a bore. I spot Alana at the lockers and she waves at me. I start to walk over but I get stopped by a boy. ‘Player’, Camilla shouts in my head.

‘’Hi. I’m Brodie.’’

‘’Do you need something?’’ I am getting quite irritated of this boy already and I’ve only just met him.

‘’Yea, you see there is a problem with my phone. It doesn’t have your number on it.’’ He shows me his IPhone.

I decide to play along. ‘’Oh. Let me fix that.’’ I plaster on a fake smile and grab his phone and crush it with my bare hands. ‘’Glad I could be of assistance’’ I walk away with a smirk.

I walk over to Alana and she has her mouth open. Obviously she isn’t used to that side of me... She introduces me to Makenzie, Jerri, Faith and Autumn. They all have nice curves and light tanned skin. Makenzie has wavy, ginger hair, Autumn has curly brown hair, Jerri has wavy light brown hair and Faith’s light brown hair is straight.

That’s when I decide to sniff the air to get used to the new environment. Bad choice. The smell leads to Makenzie. Hunter. Shit.

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