New Student

Aiyanna Mortan wondered through the halls in a clear state of confusion. None of the places social services ever sent her had been this confusing. Sure, some of the places had been very big, but this place was ridiculous!

Why humans have to make such big nests?

Apparently her crow familiar, Hisako, thought the same.

Because humans like big things

She sighed, which room was hers? There was no one around to ask. Deciding to start with the door nearest to the stairs, she walked toward it thinking that she hoped this wasn't the one. After all, the last room she had near the stairs didn't work out so well.

((Ha! Bet you weren't expecting that :P))

How Aiyanna managed to stay calm, she had no idea. But then again, she wasn't like other ten year olds.

He no human!

How can you tell?

He don't smell human

Aiyanna swallowed hard. "Yes. I am human." She said slowly, she sensed her crows flying towards her as fast as their wings could carry them, "I don't understand why you said 'questions' when you only asked the one." She heard them, her heart soared with them as the gathered right outside the window, their loud voices filling the room. Hisako flapped her own wings in response to the others.

Let us peck his eyes out Aiyanna!

"Who are you?" Aiyanna asked. Despite her fear, she was very curious. She turned slowly to look up (way up, she wished she wasn't so undersized) at his face. Her first thought was that he wasn't human, Hisako had been right about that. It was something in his face.

150?!

There was no way he could be that old! He looked no older then twenty. But Aiyanna had learned that you encountered all sorts of people here at Starlight Academy.

"They're my crows, they look after me when I'm in trouble. They hurt people who hurt me." She wondered if she should mention those deaths, but decided that he didn't need to know that. He didn't need to know that she was glad for those deaths, that she almost relished it. Aiyanna could rely on her crows a lot more then she could rely on people.

"I talk to them, they talk to me. I think they can read my mind too, they always know where I am." This was a lot of dialogue for her, she didn't ordinarly talk this much.

Peck out his eyes!

His brains! How dare he threaten us!

Aiyanna's head whirled as all the questions pelted her. Who was she to answer any of them? He did say he didn't want to kill her (!!!) But Aiyanna was had a pretty good idea on how grown up minds work.

"I've had Hisako since I was five." She said slowly, "I don't know if they can read your mind or not, they've never said anything about reading anyone elses mind." She paused, wondering if she had said enough, but decided to continue. Very few people had any interest in her whatsoever. "I just got her at Starlight Academy a few hours ago, the social workers put me here because I don't do well anywhere else. And for your last question... I don't know, I haven't met any body yet. Your the first." She bit her lip anxiously, before boldly asking her own questions.

"What are you? Why are you in this room, this is the girls dorm. And what are you doing in Starlight Academy?"

((If you've read my character bio, you'll find that our characters are strangely compatable :D))

Nobody will know if you were to disappear...

How true was that?

"No one would care." She said glumly, "I bet those social workers would be glad I'm gone." Aiyanna reached and pushed the hair that was covering the three scars on the left side of her face back into position. She didn't cry though. She never cried. Not since that day her mother tried to drown her.

Pulling herself together, she looked up the vampire, her fear gone. "What can I do to make you not take my life Elliot." She wondered if he would note the fact that she used his first name. Someone like him would probably not be pleased with it, but so what? If she was to die anyway, no point on dying like frightened prey.