Hypnotized

«WHAT THE HELL IS HAPPENING HERE?»

That was Levannya's thought as she looked at all of the students that were in a daze looking at the sky, they all had a strange shine in their eyes of a quite hypnotizing violet tone but nobody answered her questions and that began to scare her.

She didn't even know why everyone had started walking to different places after president Linae announced the end of the ceremony, also her new friend Natasha had gone somewhere without paying attention to her.

...A few minutes ago...

After everyone who had entered settled into chairs behind a podium where Linae was placed the doors closed and her firm and somewhat scary voice filled the room.

"Welcome to all the students, the director is very grateful to see so many familiar and new faces... As most of you know I'm Linae Rudeger, the president of the student council of this school... with that being said, let's start the ceremony" Linae looked at all the presents accommodating her glasses with one of her fingers, and she began to read and explain the regulations in simple terms to them looking at the papers in the podium.

"Woah... She looked angry"

"Mm? What do you think that Natasha?"

"Well... Linae is the princess of the castle, and when she accommodates her glass with this finger it's because someone pissed her off"

"Really?... She seems pretty patient"

Linae finished with the rules and explain that they had a curfew at 00:00 AM, their classes started at 6 and ended at 10 pm after that they should have was dinner in the dining room and after that, they had an over free until the clock announced the midnight, after that hours not a single student could be out of their rooms or he or she would get a penalty.

"A penalty?" Levannya was troubled there were a lot of penalties for her.

"Yes... They are a little overprotective with the students..."

Linae take her time explaining how much these penalties cost, how many artists and sports clubs were currently available, and if they wanted to form a new one, she gave them the steps they had to follow. She also explained to them the function of the auxiliary course they had to choose and once she had explained all of that, she said starting to say some names to give them their schedule with their group and classrooms.

Levannya felt her head full of information but she just hoped that she could go to the same classroom as Natasha.

They were separating them by year and they started with the third grade, Levannya thought that was the so-called group, but in reality, they were divided into groups A and B, she asked Natasha if she knew the reason for that but she also didn't know.

It was something curious that the students from group A could not ask for their change in group B and vice versa.

While the president gave a name, the member of the council student that has that person's schedule rise his or her hand and they wait for the students to hand out their schedules. When Linae say a certain name, everyone made a strange silence and even Linae's voice was also softer and sweeter when she was saying it.

"Deneb Marlowe"

The girls held their breath before they started to freak out and scream euphorically when they saw Deneb standing up.

"What the hell… what's wrong with them?" Levannya asked Natasha what was happening to all of them but she also looked at Levannya strangely.

"Are you telling me that you don't know Prince Deneb?"

"A prince?" Levannya looked at the opposite with a confused expression and shook her head several times in a negative "Ah… now I understand all these crazy people…" when she understood that this boy was a prince, she sighed, tired.

When Levannya looked at Deneb she reminded the fool of her last school that serves grades felt like a prince for being the most attractive guy there and the one with the highest rank since he was the son of a duke. Levannya frowned at him annoyed, now every time she saw that Maleen or whatever he was called Levannya would remember that stupid guy.

"Levannya… you really are very interesting"

"You can call me Vanya... But why do you say that?" Levannya looked at Natasha without understanding her words

"Anyone would have melted after they saw Prince Deneb… but you are… very different"

"Oh well… I guess it's because of my parents, they taught me that the beautiful appearance or the power of a title is useless if you're trash on the inside"

Levannya's crude words shocked Natasha, she couldn't believe that she was hearing a girl slandering so open at the highest-ranked nobles but she sensed that this would be a very entertaining year.

"Levannya Darleen, Mallory..."

"Oh that was me" Vanya whispered to herself getting up quickly.

Everyone look when Levannya get up but they didn't know what was her name since the president says four names more, but they were following her with their eyes to see which member of the council student she will approach, also Deneb who normally wouldn't be concerned about anyone looked at the girl with curiosity mostly because he had never seen her in the school.

Levannya had to pass in front of the row where the young prince was sitting, and seeing that all the girls thought that Levannya would try to seduce Deneb with her beauty but fortunately, she didn't even give him a look.

"Levannya? Here you go"

A young boy with black hair and eyes confirmed her name while she only nodded before giving him that piece of paper with her classes written on it, Levannya took her schedule and began to read it, verifying that her information was correct, everyone looked at her astonished since the girls just took their papers and left.

"Is everything in order?"

"Yes, it seems so, thank you very much"

With that said, the young girl returned to her seat without looking at the prince at any moment, leaving everyone even more astonished. Were their sight well that night? A new girl who had never seen the great Deneb Marlowe didn't even turn to look at him?

"Looks like we won't be in the same group" Levannya complained when he sit next to Natasha.

"Sorry I forgot to mention that I'm in the second year…"

"Well… we can meet at the break, what do you say?"

"Sounds good to me…" Natasha smiled a little but although she appreciated the other's kindness she knew that her classmates would tell her her secret and she would never speak to her again after that night.

After they finished handing out the schedules to everyone, the president said some strange words that Levannya didn't understand before finishing the ceremony.

The council students with the president left the room first but nobody around them moved, after some minutes half of the students started to leave from two doors near to the stage but the other was still waiting in their seat, Levannya didn't know if that it was normal or not or what she should have to do now so she waited with them, however when she turned to Natasha she saw a strange sparkle in her eyes.

"Natasha? What's wrong?"

She moved her hand a little in front of her starting to worry that she was in a daze. From one second to another everyone started to get up and walk outside the auditorium, Levannya looked at everyone going to different sides of the school with a confused expression, she followed Natasha through the corridors trying to make her wait for her but after a while, Levannya lost her.

…

Levannya walked everywhere asking everyone she saw "what was going on?" and she even shook them a bit but they were all like statues.

«WHAT THE HELL IS HAPPENING HERE?»

That was Levannya's thought as she looked at all of the students that were in a daze looking at the sky, they all had a strange shine in their eyes of a quite hypnotizing violet tone but nobody answered her questions and that began to scare her.

She walked down one of the halls of the castle and she managed to hear someone's footsteps, somewhat relieved she go to where she had heard the noise but she stopped halfway.

This time there were two students, one of them was like a statue as everyone else, but the other… the other was biting his neck?… what the hell were they doing at school?

Levannya was going to yell at them to stop doing something so shameful but the blood that sprouted from that student's neck left her in shock, the student who was biting the other open a little bit his eyes revealing those shining in a red tone.

Levannya feels her body freeze and as quickly as possible she walked away from that place she tried to walk in silence looking for someone who could help her, but when she saw the same red shine in another student's eyes, she knew something was dangerous... Levannya felt the same chill running down his back again and the panic grew up in her heart.

"The people here are really crazy... " Levannya was trembling. How could they bite another student? Just like that.

Terrified, she ran as fast as her legs allowed her to her bedroom, fortunately, there seemed to be no one there, she opened the door with impressive speed and locked herself in her room, being as silent as possible.

She felt her heart in her throat as she slides to the floor listening to the sound of some footsteps outside the room. Her body began to tremble with fear, she really didn't know what was happening in that place but everything was extremely freaky for her. Why were they biting the students? Why was there so much blood? God… Where the hell had she entered?

When the temperature slows down Levannya gets up, and climbs her bed sitting in the corner far away from the window holding her knees with his trembling hands, she looked her father's pocket watch, observing the time passing devilishly slow.

The morning would come at any moment and Levannya was more than determined to leave that school, she didn't know what those students were but if they were biting and drinking the blood of other students that meant they weren't human, but now the mystery was how they had done to manipulate to everyone else? Why she wasn't hypnotized?

She had many questions but any answers.

Levannya stayed awake waiting for the morning to arrive but her eyes surrender from exhaustion and stress in the middle of the night, she unconsciously fell asleep on the First Night of the vampires waiting for the morning light…. that would never arrive

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