Shadow High

Chapter 15

                                                                         Flashback

                                                                             Zuko

      She kissed me… She… Kissed… Me… Jeez. I should have been the one to make the first move. Though it seems she was doing this as a publicity stunt. To show that Vamps and Wolves can get along, even date. As I drove home on my motorcycle I thought that maybe she, like me, is being pressured to be an example to vampires like I am for werewolves. Pulling into my garage I parked and closed the garage door.

      Entering my home I found Ezio and Mace playing video games on my PS4. “Breaking into my house again?” I said using my Alpha voice. They both jumped and turned to look at my stern face. They were terrified. I let the silence continue for a few moments and just when they were about to explain I burst out laughing. “You guys should have seen your faces.” I managed to get out between laughs. They both glared at me then shared a look with each other, turned back to me and tackled me to the ground. “You are so dead!” Ezio exclaimed, Mace just growled. I pushed the two of them off of me and we started to brawl. Ezio charged at me and I dodged and stuck my foot out so I would trip him. The moment he lost his balance I pushed him in the back so he would tumble to the ground. In doing that I turned my back towards Mace, which in retrospect was not a good idea. Mace grabbed my arm and flipped me 180 degrees in the air so that my chest hit the ground with a smack knocking the air out of me. He then jumped on my back grabbed one of my arms and held it further upward that it should go causing me a whole lot of pain and forcing me to tap out. Releacing me Mace said “Never turn your back on one unharmed opponent. In this situation you should have quickly turned around after you pushed Ezio to the ground then deflected my attacks. You probably would have won if you had done that since you are the better fighter,” “I know man its just…” “Something that could get you killed” Ezio cut in. I sighed “We are at peace now does it really matter?” I asked “Yes” they both said. “We have other enemies than Vampires” Ezio said.

                                                                 Present time

                                                                        Zuko

    Oh how right he was…

    After Hobomock whipped me I was taken by two men wearing the same robes as the woman who had come in. They had thrown me into the silver and titanium cage I now was doing push-ups in. I was trying to get myself back into fighting shape mentally scolding myself for not listening to Ezio and Mace. My back screamed in pain every time and by the time I had finished my 200 push-ups my arms were killing me. None the less I hopped up and grabbed the bars above me and slipped by legs through hanging from them and doing 200 sit-ups.

      I was at 159 when I heard someone coming I quickly hopped down and laid down on the cold metal which kind of soothed my inflamed back. It turned out to be the usual women who brought me food. She was carrying a tray of the disgusting smelling food that I would eat anyway to keep up my strength even though they only gave me enough food to feed a human. A werewolf eats a lot more than that.

                                                                              Sia

      Convincing Val had gone exactly as planned. It definitely helped that I have years and years of experience convincing people they had not seen what they had seen. Yes Vampires can compulse people to forget but there was always a chance that the act of compulsion could damage the fragile mind of the human. Compulsing werewolves is near impossible for you have to compulse the wolf and the man otherwise the wolf will snap the man out of it (applies to woman too). Val being the strongest werewolf is completely impossible to compulse. So being able to convince him I was cooperating was no simple feat. It got me permission to not only go to school but also after school I could go to my house and pack some clothing and bring over one of my cars. BONUS!!! I squeeled in my head.

      We (Ezio, Mace and I) had just finished school and I was guiding Ezio (who was driving) to my house. Once there I hopped out excited and Ezio’s and Mace’s jaws hit the floor looking up at my huge medieval castle. “Oh close your mouths or you will catch flies” I taunted. They both snapped their jaws shut and glared at me only to drop their jaws again when we entered my house.

      There were black out curtains on every window cause vampires like privacy not because we burn or sparkle in sunlight. As I mentioned in the prologue we Vamps are only mildly annoyed by sunlight. The furniture was all Victorian in style with all the elaborate wood carvings and plush cushions. An elaborate Victorian grand piano sat in the living room and paintings of my family were throughout the house. We had a family painting for every era we were alive for. When they were killed I stopped the tradition because I thought it would be silly for me to get a painting done when I was the only one in it. There was a large ornate fireplace in the family room as well as smaller ornate fireplaces throughout the castle. Due to the fact that it didn’t always have electronically controlled heating and cooling. Even though vampires didn’t need to be heated up or cooled down our guests (when we ever have guests) do. There was a large library due to my love of books. Also in the family room was a 98” TV with all sorts of gaming consoles attached to it. Along with a DVD, VCR, and TV player.

      Seeing Ezio’s and Mace’s puppy dog eyes I said “It will take me a long time to pack so you can go ahead and play games while you wait” I had barely finished my sentence when they raced to the TV. After helping them turn it on I went upstairs to my room.

      My room had a Victorian style bed (no surprise there) with a plush mattress covered with an ornate, blood red, bed sheet. The under sheets were black silk. There was (you guessed it) Victorian style Nightstands, Dressers, Chairs and tables as well as a Victorian style makeup desk. I have another desk for doing homework at. Put all that together and you can guess it I have a large room that also has an En-suite walk in closet. I also have a lot of jewelry including… (drum roll please)… Crowns! Sighing to myself I thought “I have a lot of packing to do so good thing we have two cars.” I made a mental note to bring my weapons and stylish fighting outfits designed to help the wearer to resist magic. Why stylish? Well why not? I can look amazing while I am kicking someone’s butt.