The Dragon Diaries

Chapter 8

In the morning, I was disappointed to see that Baal had still not come home and I was freaking out because I do not know how to get a hold of anyone to check on him. I did the daily routine then passed around the house waiting for him and I was just thinking about going out and walking to a public place and ask someone to take me to Baal or Jordana when the door opened and I ran to the door and saw it was Baal, I was going to have a long talk with him but when I saw how tired he was, I decided to have it later “Baal I am so glad you home” I went up to him and kissed him on the cheek because I did not want to start something when he needed sleep. He was gone half the night and half the day so he must be really tired so after I tucked him in bed, I laid down with him and surprisingly I fell asleep too.

I awoke with hypersensitivity and I was freaking out, I did not know how to control this and Baal was still asleep and after how tired he was, I did not wish to wake him plus I was still ticked off with his lack of communication. It is my birthday so if what my parents said was true then I will now be getting heightened senses and slowly getting my dragon powers until I changed into my dragon then if any other power I have has not come out, it would be dormant. I guess I can deal with this heightened senses like the way I dealt with my heightened senses when I became a vampire, it is similar with extras that vampirism did not have but it would all be dealt the same and if I deal with it on my own first, then go to another when I cannot deal with it then I will know that I tried to be independent until I could not do it on my own, unless I manage on my own then I would have accomplished my goal of becoming independent.

I have been managing my new heightened senses for a while when said heightened sense picked up Baal waking so I rushed upstairs because calming down my senses also calmed my anger down so I will just talk to him but I decided to go for breakfast first… or brunch really if the time on the wall is correct, I wonder if the times and all are different in the demon dimension, I wonder what a dimension is… sigh, there is still so much to learn and it is quite overwhelming when I really think of all the questions and stuff that I do not know of as yet. I heard Baal undressing and thought about going in despite not being ready but I can’t tease him when I am not ready so I skipped downstairs again to cook instead, it would be better to have a talk alone at home instead of in front of others. I decided to make scrambled eggs with vegetables and toast plus chutney cream pasta and was just finishing washing up the dishes when Baal came down and he started setting the table then sat down, he was quiet and he did not even greet me so I started getting nervous about our talk since he seems to have something heavy to talk about as well if his mood has anything to go by. I dished out for Baal then for myself and sat myself down beside him instead of opposite him since it was too far away in my opinion and we ate in tense silence, the only noise was our cutlery hitting and scrapping the plate and it just made me more nervous and awkward and I did not know how to bring up our talk that we both wanted. After supper was finished, I watched him through the top brim of the glass as I was drinking and saw he was done eating as well, gosh this is the most awkward experience in my life! “Baal?” he looked up and held his palm up “let me start, I have been offered an offer I cannot refuse but it would keep me away from home for months when I have assignments, I have told them about you and they are willing to train you… but I am afraid you will have to be with them for fifteen years” I was excited but I did not want to show it because he does not seem to be excited. “that does not seem so bad, I will miss you for the months you are not here but we will still be together for the rest of the time, any time is better than none” “you will have to stay with them, you will not see me or anyone you know for the fifteen years while you train… but after that, if you pass that they agreed to put you under me for your first three years of assignments” I did not know what to say to that because it seems like I’m always being shoved away from the people I depend on and love or in Baal’s case, getting to like; that I hope will be love and not only physical attraction. Being taken away from my parents was the hardest thing ever but at least I got them back until this and then I had Baal who is my mate so… yeah, I had him to depend on but now I must be completely alone for fifteen years? I know I said I wanted to become independent but it is a slow process, it does not just happen overnight and although I also know this will push me to have no other choice that I always had before, in the back of my mind I thought that this was the best way for me to find myself that was hidden behind soft clouds so because a small part of me agrees, it is making me more upset because I can’t fight it.

I’m in the room thinking over everything alone because after the announcement, Baal just up and vanished without me having my part discussed but at that moment I did not object because I needed to think even if I know what I should do and I’ll need to give him an answer as soon as he comes back so we can make plans and I want to at least see my parents before I go. The way Baal had said that I will be staying with them and if I pass then I will be given assignments kind of made me think it is a school of sorts so I guess it would be just like normal school but I would just be staying there, a boarding school except I won’t be able to visit or get visits from anyone while I attend there but still, how bad could a school really be? The students will be like every other student in other schools; like I’d be the same girl I was in my school. I’m half asleep when I hear movement to see Baal sit by me and just pulling the blanket over me, I smiled and him and moved from the middle of the bed and gave him room. “I’m sorry, I did not mean to wake you, but you know, you have been sleeping a lot” I laugh “yeah don’t tell my parents and I should wake up now anyway, I don’t need to become lazy before school” his smile wiped out and I almost cringed at that but I made up my mind and before anything, we should discuss this since it affects the both of us. “school?” “yeah…I thought about it and no matter how much it scares me to be alone, I’ve got to do this for myself, for me to finally grow up and be my own person so this chance is like throwing me overboard and expecting me to swim to survive when I never swam before but I need to do this” he sighed and nodded and got in bed. “I will contact them tomorrow with your answer and I understand your decision and hope you learn how to swim fast and don’t let the predators catch you” I laughed but in the back of my mind, I asked ‘are there really going to be predators after me?’

I got up and decided to make something to eat, I don’t know how long I slept but it must be long for me to be hungry again after the meal I made for breakfast. Oh well, it's not like I have things lined up for me to do… I also need to cook for Baal, he just came to the room to get a document before he went back to his office, he must be hungry as well but I think he has a habit of only eating when he is starved so as his mate, it’s my job to look after him. The cardboards are empty! Where there any food kept here or did he just eat out all the time? I guess we have to eat out and I need to get this carboards filled if I have to stay here…well not because I’m staying at school.

“Baal? It is way passed lunch time and there is no food in the cardboards so I thought I would come get you out of the office to eat” he looked up then looked at the time and got up “you are right, I again will say that I have not been looking after you” I rolled my eyes and went to him and we went out to eat.

I was being strangled in heat by the damn blanket alone and again I thought that we should have a talk but just then I heard his toothbrush and relaxed and had the bold thought of how it would be if I was more experienced and confident in our relationship other than being dependent on him and hoping… sigh maybe it would become true after I come back from school and it would definitely be a challenge on the assignments for both of us because we would have to be teacher and student towards each other after not seeing and being together for however long but I guess we will get to that when we get to that and it might seem impossible now but after I learn everything and try my best to ace in school, by the time assignment time comes, I’d probably have super control on my will and if he is as good at not pushing for more of me now then he too will have no problem… and of cause after the assignments will be our moments. The shower came on next and I fell asleep again and when I woke, he was gone and when I used my heightened senses to find him, it was quite and I knew he was not in the house but when I turned to get up, I found a note on his pillow.

Love

I will be coming home late tonight so have dinner without me, I had the cupboards stocked. I have phoned and they requested for me to come and discuss it further with the council but it is just little details, they are preparing a room for you and enrolling you so you might want to pack or if you need to do more shopping than give my sister a call, she has been bugging me to let you out anyways… the school has the whole day to set up so tomorrow will be our last day together and I am sorry to say that they have me scouting out tomorrow so I will only be able to see you in the morning and have dinner before you are taken to the school.

I had hoped to have more time with you before you leave but it is not up to us so I will see you tomorrow

Love Baal

I have never seen his handwriting before but wow it is beautiful… I think it is better to leave early, I guess, as I would only stress and doubt myself the more time I have to think, right? But it sucks to have no time to be with Baal before I leave or to get a chance to see my parents, at least Baal knows where I’ll be for the time that I cannot contact him but my parents think I just disappeared when I was sold to Baal… gosh and now we together, sigh it sounds sick…

I guess it won’t be that bad, we might be mates but I mostly depend on him because I have no choice and the lust I feel is because we mates but I do not know him well to actually love him, I think I like him but how do I know whether who I saw is the real him? He was scary in the forest when I was sold to him… of cause everyone can be scary… but what do I really know about him and how do I know it is true? Am I being naïve and young? Well if so then I need to go and learn what I can at the school. When I got out of the bath, I went to pack what little I bought and decided that I need to phone and get Jordana’s help, I only have one bag full of clothes and another small bag of shoes, I’m sure there are places to buy things at school but I also wanted to say goodbye to the only closest thing to a friend I have.

Jordana thought I needed more than clothes so we spent the whole day going through two malls and I now have three bags of clothes, two bags of shoes and one big bag of makeup, jewellery and other girl things plus the most important thing to me at least, Jordana thought that I should pull back on the chocolatey sweet treats and other junk food but they are a special part of me that helped me throughout my wallflower days at school and the problems they bring and even though I plan to change for the better, from past experience in vampire school, I knew it would take long to learn to be my true self and I would need my junk food to help me through it all. Jordana talked to me about a few things and told me that although she cannot visit, we can use the phone but we only get to go out campus to shop once a month so it would be better to chat once a month so my airtime lasts a whole month and that they have a spell on the school that only allows emergency calls to go through the office so students don’t get distracted. It lifted my spirits to know that I can call my parents, Baal and Jordana but I also know that I could not use up Baal’s money for anything but important needful things. Jordana had to leave me and go home so I was alone since Baal was still away, Jordana and I had supper so I just went straight to the bathroom and went to bed, shopping is a tiring duty and my feet are screaming for a massage but the only thing I did was soak it in salted, warm water.

I woke up to an empty bed and I was truly disappointed but then my advanced hearing picked up noise in the kitchen and smelt burnt toast so I knew it was Baal burning food in the kitchen. I smiled though because he was at least trying so I happily got up and into the bathroom. I raced down the stairs and into the kitchen and bumped into Baal and would have fallen if he did no catch me, I smiled and kissed him, I did not know how much I missed him until I heard him in the kitchen. I looked passed his shoulder and saw the bin filled with burnt bread and eggs and sausages and laughed, it seemed like he finished half of our supplies but I did not mind, I just took over and he looked sulky. “I burnt food too while I was learning, everything in life is a learning curve, you don’t just excel in it” he sighed but kissed me and went to set the table. While we were eating, I could feel him checking me out and I was a bit nervous, does he want to finish the mating? Before I leave? I like him, I really do but I need to love him before I give that part of myself to him.

I was overthinking it like always, we just made out and spent time getting to know each other and our pasts and what we hope our future would be like and then he told me to SMS him or call and tell him how I am doing and talk to Jordana as well, he told me that Dragons have the ability to transport through worlds and dimensions and time so I should not tell my parents my whereabouts but it would be fine to talk to them. After a while, we went up to the room and laid down and made out more and then we slept or at least he did while I laid thinking. I do not know how long I spent thinking but it was long enough that before I finally fell asleep, I felt the bed shift and I thought Baal woke up but I just wanted to sleep so I didn’t bother getting up.

I was being carried somewhere but that can’t be because I was in bed… I struggled to open my eyes and saw that I was indeed being carried but it was Baal so I knew I’d be safe and fell asleep instantly. I was shaken awake and it was then I felt the cold, I opened my eyes to see my mum and dad and Master Hunter? What… is this a dream or something? Where is Baal? I got up and looked around to see that I was in a park and that my parents and Master Hunter are really here and that Baal was setting up a picnic area. Tears in my eyes, I launched myself at my mother and pulled my father into the hug, they too were crying. Baal had contacted them and told them everything besides the location of the school and informed them that only Master Hunter, my parents, and Baal can contact the school if there are any emergencies. Master Hunter was upset at first but understood and as my guardian he had to sign some documentation then said that I should keep him informed on email and call when I can then he left. For my last day here, this was the best present Baal could give me and when we got home, I made sure to show him how much I appreciated it but the day was not over and Baal took me out to dinner and this time, all I concentrated on was Baal and not the others at the restaurant.

When we got home, I was not sleepy and I did not want this day to end yet so I asked him to put on a movie and that I will make the popcorn and bring drinks. He put the new underworld movie that I wanted to watch but did not get a chance to and we both settled on the couch under the blanket, snuggling and halfway through the movie I felt sleepy but I tried to stay awake to watch the rest but then it blanked out. “you too tired and you need to be wide awake for tomorrow so let’s get you to bed, I promise we will finish the movie one day” he carried me up and on the way, I fell asleep.

I stayed in the shower for too long but it was cold so I had an excuse, I’m lucky I packed up yesterday because I overslept and they will pick me up in an hour so I went down with a handful of bags and then went to eat and say goodbye to Baal. I sat on his lap and ate and made out until we heard the bell and I sighed but hopped down and let him answer the door, I went up to bring down the rest of the bags down to see that they took the bags and another guy was there waiting for me and took my bags, he seemed to be in his late thirties and streaked with brown hair and blue eyes, I followed him out but went up to Baal and gave him a last kiss that was supposed to be a peck but ended up being passionate then went to the car.

The drive was long and no one bothered to talk to me so I didn’t ask questions or start up any conversations and it was not an awkward quite treatment so it didn’t bother me. I almost slept, but of cause that is when we reached. Driving through the gate, I saw the big sign ‘draft river estate’ and I was confused because we were supposed to be going to a school right? We passed huge homes, small homes, cottages and apartment flats etc. but they were all stylishly high class. It was about a ten-minute drive when we came to an honest to god castle, well it looked like four in a pentagon shape. I was just looking around that I did not notice that I was on spotlight with every student here and it made me nervous to get out but when the guard opened the door, I had no choice but to get out and I would have high tailed it to the office but I did not know where it is and the guards were taking my luggage so I had to wait for them. I did not look up at the students but just waited with my hands behind my back and my head down.

I was sitting at the office waiting to see the headmaster with my luggage because apparently, there are quite a few places to stay and I had to choose a place I’d ideal since I would be staying there for fifteen years. The secretary has given me blueprints and pictures of the houses and I must say, it is a huge cottage with a huge yard by a waterfall or a huge house with a smaller yard and is surrounded by forest so no troubles with the neighbours, yeah as I am more a loner, the second one is better, the cottage has similar cottages all around that you can see a person through you window etc.

The headmaster was young but I somehow knew he was a non-human species so he might look young but he must be very old and strong to hold this position. He explained the rules and regulations and gave me a booklet then told me about my classes that we do not choose, we do it all and we will not know what classes we will have until our timetable changes in the mornings after our last class, because vampires and other night time people are here, school starts at nine to four. I told him my two choices and why I wanted the house and he kept asking if I was sure but did not say why he was so reluctant to give it to me, maybe because he does not want me to be a loner. He asked me about my life and what and how I became what I am, I know Baal told them all this but he seemed shocked still, I guess they did not believe him but when I showed him my fangs, he had to believe me, for some reason I did not feel like a vampire but I had a theory that it was because I never die to become a vampire which has something to do with being born a dragon shifter. The headmaster said that only the teachers would know what I am, that the students will just think I am a human with psychic powers so it would be up to me to tell them if I want. To me, that also meant that I would not know what they are until they tell me. I think he took half the day to talk to me because when I went out, I saw the sun going to sleep.

I have been waiting for over ten minutes for the guard to come and get me to take me to my new home when he just popped in the office and shocked the s**t out of me. “hi I’m Justen and I’m the traveller in your area, each area has at least one traveller to transport you anywhere you can go” wow ok “I’m Ariella, it’s nice to meet you” he held his hand out to me and I took it reluctantly and next thing I know, I see different coloured lines going through everywhere, we travel on the light silver line and entered a house, my house “because you enrolled late and school opens on Monday, you will just have tomorrow to get settled, we suggest that you at least find out where and how to get to the travellers point so you can get there on Monday morning to be transported to school” he nodded to me then disappeared.

I was a bit overwhelmed walking around the house, it is way bigger than I thought and I was so excited to make it mine but I think I should explore so I don’t get lost. Oh s**t! This kitchen is a chief’s dream! And there is a huge library with a fireplace, oh maybe this time, the school would be more bearable! I went back to the reception area to get my bags and dragged them to the second biggest room upstairs then went to get the second round, luckily all the houses are set up with the minimum furniture’s and built in appliances. I went through the kitchen and saw that they stocked up but only for human needs, I’m sure that after my talk with the headmaster, he will arrange for blood to be sent in the morning… I took out a punnet of mushrooms and chopped it up then fried it with butter and black pepper with a little cheese flavouring, I could not find any white bread but found garlic rolls. After supper, I went up to get my bathroom stuff and set it all in the adjoining bathroom to my room and went to get my nighty and went to start the bath, a soothing bubble bath to think. Tomorrow I’ll have to get up early and set my closet and walk around the estate and hopefully make a friend or just someone show me around, the school seemed to be open on weekends or just to get started for Monday but if they open tomorrow then I’ll go look around so I won’t get lost, though I’d have to get to bed early so I don’t feel sleepy on my first day.

I heard a shrill screaming alarm and got up quickly to put it off, s**t that is not a good way to awaken but of cause, if it is any other nice music then I would just fall asleep again. I put on my silky black robe with green leaves on and went to the bathroom but this time it was a shower. I picked out today's clothes so I could be ready faster so after changing, I went down to the kitchen and made eggs and sausage and had milk then went up to sort out my closet. I started with all the clothes which took hours to hang but luckily they were folded, the shoes were not long to set them up and the last was the make-up and jewellery etc. but did not take long so I went down to have a rest before exploring the estate, I wonder if they have shops in here or if we should get a traveller to take us. I did not get to explore that last afternoon so I took a walk around the yard and saw that I was not without neighbours, that there were two huge houses at the back of my house, we were all surrounded by forest and slightly hidden and I never saw anyone out though so I went back to my garden bench and rested for a while. I must have fallen asleep, damn it! It is still early though so maybe I’ll just find the travellers post and ask anyone there if they willing to show me around, I’m sure there must be a traveller that would help or they can take me to someone that will, having a guide is better than just aimlessly walking about.

I locked up, though if anyone wants to break in, the lock would not stop them although headmaster said something about the houses having a protective shield surrounding the houses only. I walked through the path in the forest to reach the road and hopefully choose the right direction or see any signs that lead me to the traveller's post, is it a house? What if it is not, will there be anyone there or should we had to phone to meet there? Justen would have told me, though, right? The walk to the road is long and I swear I feel like someone is following me but I act like I don’t hear anything because I’m supposed to be human and maybe they will get bored and leave? I walked for a few more minutes when I heard him walk behind me and make noise a human would notice so I did the normal thing and stop and spin around and saw him, he was gorgeous, he had bright red hair and dark green eyes, he wore all black plus a black beanie and I can see a few piercing so he looked like a bad boy punk, just like the guys I like, although there is a softness in his eyes that belies the look. He gave a big smile and I saw fangs! He is a vampire.

“salut jolie dame” (hi pretty lady) I smiled because I know french and he called me pretty “salut…je suis Ariella, Je viens d'arriver ici hier” (I just came here yesterday) “I know” so he does speak English, I thought he would introduce himself but “and you are?” he just smirked, “do you need a guide, jolie dame?” “yes I do and its Ariella” “well let me show you the basic places you need to know” he walked towards me and smirked again “normally new human students get frightened or nervous around vampires or any other supernatural they meet yet I don’t feel any of that around you, that means you are confident in your ability to get away if things go wrong, why is that jolie dame?” he was stalking me, trying to make me feel like prey but although he is a vampire and could be more powerful and older, I was a vampire too and I could not let him treat me like lesser prey, though I’m sure as soon as he wants to fight, my flight instinct will kick in so I’d better not give him a clue that I even have a flight instinct. “ok look, your tactic to scare me did not work and is still not working so if you going to show me around, would you PLEASE introduce yourself and get going” oh my word! How stupid am I? “wait, if you a vampire, how can you be out in the day? Even though it’s a cloudy day?” he grinned “well I am an old vampire, jolie dame, now come on, let’s go” he still did not introduce himself but just walked ahead of me, guess since he didn’t try anything yet and I do need to know my way around… I need to just follow him. He did not talk to me and he was not facing me but I knew I had his full attention so I tried not to do anything that would out me as non-human which since I’m new to being vampire and getting my dragon powers, it’s a gift and a curse because I can pretend to be how I was but to control my non-human abilities is tricky.

He showed me where the most used spots of each supernatural and human groups hang out so I would know where to stay away from and where my place is, that was his exact words and I frowned because a part of me was offended considering that I was a human a few weeks ago. He showed me the travellers post that I would have to go to in the afternoon for school and gave me a number for any other travels though he said that they are grumpy so it would be better to get a car. He showed me the way out of the estate and asked if I wanted an excursion outside but I said I’ll pass, that I would rather have an excursion through our school to which he just laughed and walked to school. I have been walking for most of the day but I did not feel any cramps or pain, I felt tired but my legs and feet don’t pain. After showing me around all five building, which I don’t think I could memorise so quickly, he said that he likes me and that I should look for him on Monday but we should go now because it is getting late and his roommates will wake up and freak when they see him gone since they do not know how powerful or old he is and because he is hungry and my blood and heartbeat is starting to awaken a hunger to feed on the source which is forbidden to do on humans, I could of told him that I am not human but I don’t want to be bitten, I didn’t like the idea off it or at least I haven’t thought of it, plus I only ate solid food and no blood so I was not at full strength and if I didn’t eat as well, I will most probably faint.

I thought he was going to leave me at my door because he was still with me when we walked into the forest path but when I went to the door, he said goodbye and kissed my cheek and walked around my house and as I closed the door, I was thinking again how stupid I am, because of cause, he stays in one of the houses out back since we did meet on one of the paths. While I was cooking, I thought about how he kissed me, I am quite sure it was mostly because he wanted to smell me because I heard the sniff although if I was a human I would not have but I still think I should tell him that I am taken and be extra careful since he must have been suspicious of me to sniff me unless he was smelling my blood because he was thirsty? I really have to ask headmaster to send me blood tomorrow, maybe I’d go to him first thing in the morning because although I can eat solid food, I need blood as well or I will weaken slowly or at least that is what my parents thought and going a day with eating only solid food and no blood, I’d think it was the right assumption with how weak and drained I am and when I was with Baal, he gave me a bag each day but I use to take it to drink alone so I’ve never felt weak or drained then. After supper, I went to pick out my outfit for tomorrow then had a hot shower and regretted it when I had to come out in the cold and tried to change fast then went under the blanket and thanked the spirits that I already took out tomorrows clothes and luckily I’m tired because I need to sleep as much as I can so I can stay awake whole night and get used to the schedule.