The Ultimate Vampire Resource and Directory

Chapter 1



Airiana Spark sat patiently on the bleachers next to her best friend, Zoe Stallion.

Zoe was a cute Native American with a small, upturned nose, high cheekbones, full lips, big chocolate brown eyes and clear chocolate skin. She was going through a goth phase and had been for a while. She wore the whole look, black jeans with a black studded belt, a V-neck dark blue tank top, a black zip-up sweatshirt with gothic crosses on it and a big cross necklace that sat on top of her breasts. She had thick dark glossy hair that fell the same length as her necklace. Her side bangs were pulled to the left side, framing her gorgeous face perfectly.

Airiana could tell that she was antsy and bubbly. “Where’s Mark?”

“Don’t know,” Zoe exhaled, practically hopping up and down in her spot on the bleachers.

Airiana sighed. Our principal better be a good one.

Airiana had thick blond hair that was so blond it looked like white clouds on a bright summer day. It was the same length as Zoe’s, but she did not have any face framing bangs, her part was in the middle of her head. Airiana had skin as pale as a ghost’s and she wore simple clothes, black dress pants and a blue t-shirt that matched her eyes.

A man with black hair and coal black eyes stepped onto the podium. He wore a black suit with a red shirt underneath it.

Airiana chuckled. “He looks like Dracula,”

Zoe shook her head, wrinkling her small nose in disgust. “He looks creepy,”

“Hello students,” he said.

The gymnasium fell silent.

“I am Drake Howard, your new principal and I am glad to be in this position,”

Airiana raised her eyebrows. “Wow, his name is close enough to Dracula,”

Zoe laughed.

The new principal went on and on with his speech, boring the crap out of the two girls, talking about anti bullying, school rules and the different sports the school was offering that year. Airiana could feel herself falling asleep, leaning onto Zoe’s shoulder until she jabbed Airiana with her elbow.

"OW!" Airiana tried to jab Zoe back but Zoe dodged it perfectly, giggling at her best friend.
The principal continued talking and Airiana listened to him half-heartedly, her eyelids slowly closing again, ready to drift into sleep. “…and I would appreciate it if people didn’t budge in the-” Drake’s mouth fell open. Oh…my…! Drake had never seen such a beautiful girl in his life.

Airiana shifted in her seat, suddenly feeling wide awake.

Everyone was looking at her.

Airiana could feel the principal's eyes bore into her. “What’s going on?” she whispered in Zoe's ear, looking around nervously.

“I don’t know, but he sure has the hots for you,” Zoe replied, smirking.

Airiana whimpered. Please, just quit looking at me, uh! She started to blush.

The principal finally regained his composure, slightly clearing his throat. “-lunch line. It is very rude, inconsiderate and stressful…”



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The pitiful speech finally ended and Airiana and Zoe walked down the bleachers linking arms. “He’s no different from the others,” Airiana sighed, “He’s just like every other stupid principal except that was weird, wasn't it?! He looked at me for 10 whole seconds!! What was that all about?!”

“Ever had a teacher crush on you?” Zoe asked, laughing.

“No,”

“Well, now you do.”

Airiana elbowed Zoe. “Not funny!"

Someone tapped her shoulder.

Zoe whirled around first. “Mark!” she exclaimed, taking Airiana with her, their arms still linked.

“WHOA!” Airiana exclaimed, glaring at Zoe.

“Hey Zoe!” Mark embraced her and Zoe finally let go of Airiana's arm to hug him back.

“I missed you!” Zoe exclaimed, kissing him on the cheek.

Airiana rubbed her sore arm in annoyance.

“Me too,” Mark’s hair was the same as Zoe’s only longer and not as thick. He was also Native American and into the goth phase because he was Zoe's boyfriend. He wore black jeans with a white t-shirt that had graphic gothic designs and a big diamond cross on it.

Mark and Zoe started to kiss passionately and Airiana looked around at the crowds. The only people she knew and were friends with were Zoe and Mark. Everyone else was too snub for Airiana's taste. All the other students competed with one another to be the most smart, athletic or popular. Airiana did not care for that, she wanted real loyal friends.

Someone from behind put a hand on Airiana’s shoulder.

Airiana whirled around. “Mr. Howard!” she exclaimed with shock.

Drake smiled. “Hello,”

“Airiana Spark,” she said, introducing herself.

“Oh, is that your name?”

“Uh, duh,” Airiana rolled her eyes but instantly felt guilty for being so rude.

Zoe and Mark chuckled. They had stopped kissing when they noticed he was there.

Drake narrowed his eyes, then smiled. “Nice to meet you. Who are your… friends?”

“Zoe and Mark, why?”

Drake smiled like he was going to laugh but than his smile dropped, staring into Airiana's eyes.

Airiana frowned, hugging herself, feeling exposed and uncomfortable and not knowing why.

“Well, I hope you get into trouble a lot so we can talk more.” Drake winked and turned around walking away to chat with another pair of students.

Airiana shivered and tried to regain her composure.

“Ok, that was weird.” Zoe looked at Drake's back with disbelief.

Mark grabbed Airiana’s hand and squeezed it. “He better not be a pervert, or I swear, I’ll fucking beat him up.”

Greg, an overweight boy who was also in the gothic phase and had obviously dyed black hair that hung over his pale baby face, walked up to Airiana. He knelt on the floor and grabbed her hand as if in a proposal. “Will you go out with me?” he asked mockingly.

Several kids nearby chuckled.

Airiana ripped her hand out of his. “EW! NO!” and whirled around and stomped out of the gymnasium.

Greg looked at Zoe and pouted. “She’ll never like me,”

Zoe patted his head with sympathy like he was a puppy dog. “Don’t worry, she doesn’t like anybody.” she said in a fake high-pitched voice.



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“What do you think of Mr. Howard?” Zoe asked teasingly. She sat at Airiana's kitchen table, resting her smirking face on her hands.

Airiana grabbed two cokes out of the refrigerator and gave one to Zoe and sat down across from her. “He creeps me out.”

“So not any better than the other principals?”

Airiana popped open her soda and looked up at the ceiling thoughtfully. “Actually, I feel like he’s worse.”

Zoe nodded, her smile disappearing. “Me too.”

Zoe had been Airiana’s best friend since the 8th grade. Before then, Airiana was the popular girl but she lost her popularity when she started hanging out with the "weird goth girl" and she did not regret it in the slightest. She was glad to be rid of the popularity and all its fakeness, the constant trying to appease other people and catch up with the latest fashion trends. Now Airiana kept it simple, applying light makeup, wearing simple clothes, all she cared about was getting the highest grades in school that she could achieve and graduating with scholarships.

“You’re in 11th grade now. Who are you going to date?” Zoe asked, she grinned widely, “I know it’s not Greg.”

Airiana sighed. “Probably no one, I haven’t met the right guy yet... besides, I don’t have time for boys right now. All I want is to study and get good grades, you know this.”

Zoe nodded. She did already know this. "I figured one day you'd try it. Your young, live your life." Zoe stuck her tongue out at Airiana.

“I’ll probably go on dates, but I won’t actually date anyone.” Airiana said.

“Would your parents let you go on dates? Now that's the real question.”

“Yes, but it has to be a guy they trust.”

Zoe smiled, leaning back in her chair resting her hands behind her head. “I know I found the right guy,” she said dreamily.

Airiana grinned. “Yes, you did,”

“If I wasn’t dating him, would you date him?”

Airiana laughed and reached forward swatting her friend's arm.

Zoe sighed, leaning forward and put her hands on her face. “I wonder who your guy could be” she peeked through her fingers, smiling at Airiana.

Airiana frowned. She had dreamed of love a couple times in her life, mostly when she was younger and popular but never really thought about it now that she was older and into her schoolwork. Every time she tried to dream of love these days, she could picture nothing, not even a face. Airiana shrugged, "I should study. Stick around if you want to study with me."

Zoe made a fake gag "Ew, no." and stood up grabbing her backpack. "Later." she grinned and left the house.

Airiana rolled her eyes and went into her room. Her bedroom was simple, painted baby blue walls with bookshelves full of books, fiction and nonfiction, along the walls. She picked up her history book and flopped down on the bed, thumbing through the pages. Her bed was faux fur baby blue with big fluffy faux fur pillows and a white princess canopy hanging around it. Airiana dutifully scribbled notes into her one of many notebooks, soaking up her history lesson. Her phone blipped and she frowned, opening it. A breaking news headline had posted on social media that a body had been found mutilated and drained of blood in her town.

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