Crystal had never and would never be eager to step into the four walls of the institution called school, not like she would be missed if she did not. To the eccentric students of Harmonia academy, she had always been a freak, loner, and an invisible entity. She wasn’t always like this though, there was a time when she was outgoing and had friends but all that changed once she passed the late stage for showing an ability and she didn’t show one.
All her so-called friends had quickly ditched her one by one once she became the new target of ridicule for everyone in the town. She was soon alone and was constantly isolated which eventually led to her withdrawn personality and it didn’t help that she was an orphan with no clue of who her birth parents were.
She was abandoned at the doorstep of a welfare institution for kids who had either lost their parents from the war or was abandoned. She eventually became numb to their continuous taunts and jeers as she felt that even if she retorted it wouldn’t change anything. She knew that today being her eighteenth birthday wouldn’t change anything, it would just be a reminder that she was still an unknown
Walking into school with her head lowered and with the occasional jeers and shoves, crystal was unaffected and somewhat mechanical. Before she knew it she soon found herself in front of her locker that was covered with numerous foul words that are not supposed to be associated with a soon to be eighteen year old girl.
She only paused for a moment and briefly glanced at the graffiti that the students had used to “nicely” decorated her locker with before opening her locker. As usual, it was filled with worms which had tiffany’s name, the wicked witch, written over it. Among all her haters, tiffany could be said to occupy the number one spot for which reasons are totally unclear to her,
She used a tissue that she always had in her bag to swipe away all the disgusting worms crawling on her books. She picked the books that were meant for the class she was having now which was one of her favorites, History and stuffed it into her bag.
On a normal day, history should be a boring subject to most people but not for crystal because this was one of the that could give her a clue on what she was. She had always held on to whatever clue she could find on her identity or her race and so far, she it had always ended in a hopeless chase but she was never one to give up.
She closed her locker before proceeding to the classroom that was meant for her. As history had its perks for her, it also had defects like the fact that it was a combined course, meaning that anyone could take it. Immediately she got to the class, the bell rung signaling the start of first period.
Stares and jeers followed her as she wobbled to her seat that was in the far corner at the back of the class. Before she got there she was stopped by Tyler, one of her bullies that was also a vampire and he was staring at her intensely.
Tyler stared at the school unknown as he was trying so hard not to jump her and that was not to hit her. A lot of thoughts were running through his mind now but the most prominent was that he wanted to figure out why she smelled especially delicious today.
Today he found crystal’s blood to be especially alluring and fragrant today and that was weird for him because among all the vampires in his grade, he could proudly say that he had the most control. He knew that as he himself was attracted to her today, the other vampires that had lesser self-control than he did would soon be jumping her and that would lead to utter chaos. Even if crystal was an unknown, she was still a student her and the punishment for jumping a student were too severe to bear.
Even with all the emotional turmoil and self-control, he couldn’t help but move closer to the girl to “take a small whiff” he told himself but as he got closer, he couldn’t resist the temptation anymore.
The girl in question was looking back and forth confusedly as she felt that there was way more eyes on her today than usual. Usually they would just look, make a snide comment, and look away but today she felt that the gazes of the vampires were weird.
Concluding that it was just one of their ways to further make her feel like she was the odd one out, she turned her head forward to continue to her seat but had to stop abruptly. She was startled as Tyler Henkins was barely a hair’s length from her.
He leaned towards her, with eyes sparkling strangely as if he was staring at a piece of meat and she couldn’t help but shiver and lean back.
“W…. what do you want?” She stuttered.
She was not a fool as she knew what that glint and expression meant but she couldn’t figure what she had done that he was looking at her like he wanted to take a big bite out of her.
He grabbed her waist and pulled her closer before he leaned towards her neck while she kept struggling futilely. She froze as she felt his hot breath on her neck, then his fangs emerged before he grazed her neck with it.
She could hear nothing but her own heartbeat beating frantically as she knew for sure that the class would be staring dumbfoundedly at her without making a move to help her out of this situation. She closed her eyes as she seemingly wanted to accept her fate but when she felt his fangs pressing on her neck, a sudden rush enveloped her.
She suddenly felt stronger than she had ever been and she suddenly opened her eyes which were now a bright and mesmerizing blend of blue and red. A red mist suddenly emanated from her body like a mist before it gathered around her and suddenly shoved
 
Tyler till he flew and hit the wall.
Time seemed to pause as everyone opened their eyes in shock and looked between her and Tyler who was groaning on the floor.

A loud voice suddenly rung out “What is going on here?”