Chapter 5-3

Halfway into the great dinner, people were walking in between the tables, handing out jackets.

"All first years, please give me your shirt size," a guy said.

"Small," Joy and Bram said together.

"Medium," I told him and everyone I knew gave me a look, "What? Small clothing makes me itch!"

I prefer clothes that are slightly larger than I am because it makes it easier for me to grow fur. Also, I can hide my hands inside long sleeve shirts and smack Bram with the sleeves. The guy handed us the jackets and then we put it on. Each one of the jackets had a red flame with an 'I' inside of it.

"What does this symbol mean?"

"The red flame is the symbol of the Body hall and the symbol inside means that you are a first year."

Before he could explain more, someone stood up at the head table. She was a redheaded werefox that was originally sitting in the middle.

"Welcome and welcome back to Emerald Prep! I am Headmistress Elena Foxglove! I am sadden to inform everyone that the English Professor, Mrs. Michaelis, will not be teaching this year due to having a new bundle of joy. She will return next year to teach and we currently have Professor Jones taking her place for this year. Remember that this is a place of learning and that it has many rules. One of the most important is that during wintertime; do not go near the forest! So far, we have had no deaths for three years in a row, great job students! In addition, I do not care if you do not like someone for what they are, do not cause trouble. I hope that everyone will have a great year learning new things, but now it is time to rest and relaxing."

'No deaths for three years, is that something of shock here?' I thought as she finished her speech.

Everyone grabbed their bags and we went down a path towards the west, I was amazed at the stonework on the walls. I followed into a common room that had a giant window facing west. There was a bunch of comfortable chairs and tables; it looked like a perfect place to rest or study. Then, I saw two smaller hallways facing away from each other.

Nova's father stood in the center of the study room waiting for us. I remember when I first met him, when I was very little; I thought he was a vampire with his pale skin and red eyes.

"Welcome to the Body Hall! I am Professor White, please do not try to sneak off at night because I am a light sleeper and I like my rest! Girls to the left and Guys to the right! Remember, I am always watching you."

"Pervert!" Nova yelled out.

"Boy! Do you want detention on the first day of school again? Just because you are my son doesn't mean I can't punish you! It just means that it will be fun."

Nova was snickering the whole time as we walked down the right hallway. All of the doors had notes on them and people were looking at them as we passed them by.

"Uh Nova, do you know where mine and Ash's room are?"

He stopped in front of one of the last rooms in the hall. There was a small note on the door, but before I could see it, Nova ripped it off. He quickly looked at it before crumbling it up.

"Right here! Its looks like are going to be roomies!" he said as he opened the door.

There were three beds that each had opened curtains, except one was completely black. They had a pile of books on all of them. The room had dim glowing crystals all over the walls. Nova fixed the note back up and reread it.

"This says that the gloomy looking one is yours, Bram. If you look under your bed there is a mini-fridge already stocked with fresh bags of blood. Gross but you drink it to survive." I yawned after Nova said that and then the other two followed along. "Let's get ready to go to bed, you two have orientation in the morning, and Bram has class tomorrow night."

"Nova, what's a mini-fridge?" I had to ask.

"It's used in some parts of the richer Kingdoms to keep objects cold. Foxglove used her own money to make sure every vampire at this school has one."

"Why didn't the Kingdoms give her money?" Bram asked.

"I heard that when she asked, they gave her a box full of wooden stakes and tagged collars. She set the box on fire and then got many parents to donate a little bit to help out."

I was surprised at those words, the Kingdoms told her to kill all the vampires and enslave all werebeasts. A few werebeasts wear tag less collars to show that we are our own masters. My father is one of them, but I never liked the ideas of collars, so I never did that.

We did quick work on putting our luggage away then Nova told us where the bathrooms are. I opened the door and there was the Headmistress with a younger woman.