The Dragon Diaries

Chapter 5

I awoke when I felt something being put on me. It was Michaela putting a blanket over me. "hey, I did not mean to wake you, but I heard that you were looking for me during the day? " he lifted up an eyebrow and I decided to be careful "yes, I was hungry and I did not know if I could eat and well... I just wanted to know what being a vampire is or what the rules are if any and well anything you can tell me, I just need to know my new life but I could not seem to stay awake so I fell asleep here instead of the room, sorry I couldn't make it up and breaking in…" “that is no problem, there are quite a lot to learn so I will just say the basic until your vampire father or mother can teach you” “I’m sorry? Vampire father or mother?” “you see, since you underage, below 20, you will have a new parent to help teach you the way. So here are the basic. You will not bring attention to the supernatural race. You will notify the council if you wish to make a vampire. You will call ahead to the master vampire of the city if you wish to visit their city. You will not reveal any resting places of any vampire. Sunlight is deadly. You need an invitation to enter a private home. Sage burns us. Compulsion is harder to work on those who have a strong will. An older master vampire can compel you. If you have a vampire father or mother, you should do as they order. failure to do so, disobey or ignore the rules without a valid reason will be punished. Now I have work to do, please” I smiled and left the office and went to my room. I wonder who I would get as my vampire parent and if they would be a good patient parent or a rude cruel parent and if they will allow my real parents around.

Laying on the bed just thinking and my thoughts have just been driving me crazy! The wait on what’s to come is a frightening thought and it just gets worse the more I must wait. It would be better to just meet up with my new vampire coven and get settled and then I think it would be too much pressure and I get scared and wish the moment does not come since I am already comfortable here and think, what if they hate me or use me.

Night is slowly lifting and that is when I hear a knock, it was the first so I was shocked for a while before I shook myself out of it and called them in “hey there, sorry I did not come sooner but I had to run an errand tonight, Master Michaela wants you in his office” I just smiled and nodded but I was a bit hurt so I just kept quiet and followed her to Master Michaela’s office.

My heart was beating like drums, apparently, my mom and dad came through, I am to be sent to Master Hunter Thorne and the council accepted his offer so by their order I am being sent to him. Mum and dad did not tell him everything apparently because he was shocked when the council told him I was a minor and that I needed a vampire parent but since he did not have anyone in mind, the council has given me to him temporally until he did. I will be leaving tomorrow night and it will be a terribly long plane ride but I would probably not feel it since I was so damn nervous and scared.

After the of meeting, I went to pack a few things for my time on the plane because after that, I will meet up with and have a meeting with Master Hunter Thorne and my parents then go shopping after. I was just about to get my clothes for my bath when my tummy pain started and that’s when I remembered that I had not had anything to eat or drink since the restaurant so on impulse I went to the office. “hi sorry for interrupting but I am really thirsty” he just looked at me in an offended way and I had no idea why then he contacted someone and told them to bring in some bags, I was confused but just left it. ”I would have them bring some blood bags to your room and if you have any questions etc. ask the maids first or make an appointment as it is very rude to barge into my office and ask for a drink” “I am so sorry it is just that I did not find the kitchen and I did not know who else to go to” I felt so shitty and like a spoilt brat, but he and Melody are the only vampires I know and the maids showed me their fear in the day. I left in a hurry before I burst into tears in front of him and show him how weak I am to cry for a small reprimand and embarrass myself.

I went up to my room to await my dinner before washing and dressing warm and slipped into the bed but I could not sleep which was frustrating because I knew I won’t sleep well on the plane but I stayed up for a while before I finally did fall into dreamless sleep.

I woke to the thought that this is my last day here and that I will be on a plane for a few nights but that was almost not the first fright, it was meeting the new vampire family that frightened me deeply. I’m not strong willed, I know that and I’m submissive by nature so I’m afraid that I would be taken advantage off because I care what people think of me too much, more than what I think of myself and I don’t have the will for it not to affect me. I try not to let people run all over me but it was only in my head, in reality, I just froze and let them. I’m scared that I might like them but they would reject me like so many did before. It is much easier to seclude myself than put myself in a spotlight and get rejected full force.

I put my bags in the car that would take me to the airport and ran inside to find Melody and I did not have to go far, she was with Master Michaela who I should also thank.

“hi, I just wanted to thank you both for everything that you have done for me and well I hope I will see you again sometime and I hope I was not too much trouble” “you are very welcome child, it was part duty and honour to serve one’s kind” well Michaela is quite formal, more so than I have ever seen him, wonder what’s changed? “it was a pleasure to meet you, Ariella, I too hope we will meet up again” Melody said it all pleasantly but I don’t know why but I felt a bite behind her words, what did I do to her, to make her so…chilly? I walked to the car to my new life and figured if this is truly a new life with people who never knew me then I can start by improving myself, remake myself from the start even though the real Ariella will always be peaking but I’ll need to be strong to survive in this new world.

The drive to the airport was quick and even though it is a long ride to St Louis, the butterfly’s in my tummy just buzzed around like they were shoved in a tornado. I entered the private plane like I should have known he would have a private plane but it was somehow still a surprise that I would have the whole plane to myself. I settled myself on the seat of the plane and set myself up for a long wait so I reclined the seat and waited for the flight attendant to bring me a bag of blood.

It was a long ride and I had to stay on the plane for the day to pass, no one disturbed me in the day, thinking I was probably out for the account. I cannot hide this from Master Hunter Thorne as he probably has day workers and I am so not going to stay awake in my room for no reason but I will change my times to stay awake at night and sleep in the day as much as I could. Reading made me tired so I decided it was the best option since I had nothing to do to take the day away but sleep.

I was woken up by a flight attendant and was ushered outside to a black limousine and waited till my bag was put in the boot then we took off. I saw Champaign and I was just thinking how careless it was to leave that there when there was an underage person getting into the limousine but when I picked it up to pour and saw it was zero percent alcohol, I was a bit disappointed but I was thirsty so I poured and it was an apple flavoured drink and It was really good. I was trying my damn hardest not to be nervous or scared and it worked while I was in the limousine and could not see anything but as soon as we stopped and the door opened and I was ushered out, I was terrified again.

St Louis is a city with a lot of tall building and a great big Arche but I looked to the lady coming to me and I felt self-conscious because she was so beautiful with her beach blonde hair that fell in waves and the palest blue eyes I have seen with an upturned small nose and full lips while I look totally the opposite with dark reddish black hair with greenish grey eyes and thin lips and nose. With freckles along my nose and cheeks. I probably look like a disaster by the way of shock and disgust she her look gives me. “hi, I am Bella and I am one of your new clan members, I will show you to your room to settle then we will go to Hunters office” she smiled but it was an empty smile so I just gave a tentative smile back and followed her, she is going to be a problem.

The ‘room’ that I was given was kind of like a cubical with cupboards and a fancy coffin bed. I saw no bathroom and when I questioned her, she gave me rude reply about not being a tour guide and that I should be patient, so I just ignored her and left my bag in the cupboards. “is that your only bag? I knew it, you going to use Hunter” somehow I was not surprised but I just left it and followed her around the mansion like a puppy.

She just told me to wait outside while she spoke to Hunter and left to go in the room and shut the door in my face. I did not even turn around before the door was opened and a guy pushed Bella out and mentioned me to come in. I saw the glare she sent me and I really had no idea why she hates me so much when we only met each other a few minutes ago, the guy that pushed her out glared at her so she went away so I went inside and reminded myself that I had to watch my back and that the least I could do is learn how to fight and defend myself. The guy waited by the door and pointed me to a chair and that is when I saw Master Hunter Thorne for the first time and wow, I am speechless, he is absolutely gorgeous with his long black hair and black eyes, he has a strong jaw with a straight nose and full lips and the way he carries himself, he has a confident, hardworking feel to him plus the powerful vibrations that overtake the room and his badass vibe just wow…

“Miss Ariella? Have you heard what I just said” I blinked in confusion because I did not “sorry your hotness distracted me” oh my gosh what the hell Ariella, s**t that is so embarrassing “I mean…” he just smiled then laughed. “no that is fine Miss Ariella, it is quite nice to hear that, normally vampires are jaded and keep to themselves and well, honestly is just lacking in general, you will see what I mean soon enough I am afraid, please, take a seat” I took the seat in front of the desk and saw that there were a few documents and I guess I have to fill and sign. I looked up to see him on the phone with someone “Ariella, I did not manage to speak to your parents as I was in a hurry before they came so they just told me that I had to take you in and I promised I would and I so I did but before we continue, we will need to have a meeting with your parents so, in the meanwhile, I would like you to read this, they will be here in half an hour” he went back to work so I took the documents and went to the couch and sat.

There was a lot of documentation to go through and if there is one thing I hate, it is to sit and read rules that I will probably forget. The first document is a vampire registration sheet, asking for full name, the reason for becoming a vampire and my history with the law and my background etc. I went to the next which is the laws and regulations of vampirism and it was stapled in a thick load of sheets. The third document was about registering to this clan and more rules and regulations. The fourth was the basics of vampirism and I will learn more at night school. Why did I not think of that, of cause, there is a vampire school to teach us our ways plus to finish school if you turned before and did not finish, like me. I wonder how many students are in the school and what they like if I will be the same wallflower I was or… this school can teach me to change for the better.

I was just thinking that I rather go through the rules and regulations of vampirism again when there was a knock on the door and the door guy opened and let my parents in, I left everything and ran into their arms. I missed them so much and I’m so glad to see them again. Sobbing, I pulled back to see tears in their eyes as well and although wiping my tears was useless, I wiped away moms. We went to the front and I took the couch while they took the chairs and the meeting began. After a few changes in the plan document, I signed as well as the others but we filled in the unknown as parent’s species and that I was given to them since we did not want to lie in paperwork. Master Hunter Thorne said that the clan keeps its own secrets so that I need not worry. After the meeting, I was getting ready to say my goodbyes when dad asked if I had enough things, I told him no so he offered to take me shopping so I looked at Master Hunter who has more power over me than my real parents do and he gave a nod and said be back before twelve so we left and I was just too happy to be with my parents.

The first place we went to was a café and I caught them up on everything that has happened after I went missing and we cried some more then they told me that as soon as I turn seventeen that I’ll remember everything so that I should not worry and just be careful. I asked how they knew vampires existed and they explained that they are part of the supernatural community and that mean they will be able to feel who is human and who is not and if you live long enough then you can learn what species they are and that they had friends once that were vampires. I did not ask what happened to them as I saw a saddened gleam in their eyes and a little fear. Because I am not fully vampire, I can eat and drink the regular stuff, I think… so I ordered hazelnut coffee and a pancake. I of cause drowned the poor thing in syrup before eating it. Pancake without syrup is just flower paste that is not done yet.

We walked around and I bought a few underwear and clothes, I forgot to ask if I needed to get a uniform for this night school. Oh well then, I guess I would have to go with mum and dad again, means more time with them. I was really in pain after the long hours shopping, I could not stand it, mum was looking in every section of the shops and I was always “mum please let us go”, but nope all I ended up with was a playful glare that turned to an annoyed glare the more I pleaded. Dad was not helpful at all; all he did was tag along like he was not affected by the nights long shopping spree. I asked him if he could get mum to stop but all he did was laugh and said he did not want to get burnt by her dragon’s fire. Stupid, making jokes at a time like this but eventually we went back to have something to drink before going home? Sigh, I can’t believe I will not be staying with mum and dad anymore when I’ve never stayed at anybody’s house before so this is a first.