ONE: BLINK OF DARKNESS

It's a new day, end of summer, the beginning of the second semester.

I just got admitted to caveroop highschool in caveroop town, what a weird place, but it was the only place that accepted me anyways.

I stood at the school entrance, dressed in black jeans, a blue T-shirt, and blue sneakers. The school was big and a bit old fashioned. I breathed in and out and put on my head phone, took my luggages out of the taxi and went in.

It's a new day, in a new school, in a new town, with no familiar faces.

How bad can this get?

At least my past has no way of haunting me here.

It feels like I'm on a different planet.

What better place to start over than in a new city where nobody knows your name?

Down the hall, the tune of the music was really starting to get into my head as I began to walk to the vibe before I bumped into this guy...

Average height, with a fair complexion and broad shoulders, you could see the line of his chest through the T-shirt he wore. His lips were well-shaped and pink in color. I noticed a deep dimple on his cheek when he smiled at me.

"Hey, you okay?" His voice was not too deep like men of his stature.

I got up, picking up the things that were scattered on the floor before he could. I hung my headphones around my neck and smiled to appear calm and welcoming.

"I'll be fine"

He stared at me for a while before asking

"New here?"

"Yeah,"

"Well then you better head down to the hall, they're having an orientation, it's going to be long and boring" he said and I chuckled "else you wanna escape with me, let me give you the early tour of our campus" He smiled, which brought out his beauty.

I could see his blue eyes hiding underneath his brown hair.

"What ya say?"

"Erm... Thanks but since I'm new here, I kinda want to attend the orientation" I said with a smile.

Surprised, he looked at me weirdly,

"You know, alot of people would agree to the chance of escaping orientations but you..." He scoffed "You seems interesting"

Oh No!

That's how my nightmare started back in Oxville, I'm not going to let it happen again.

"I hope not"

I was about to walk pass him before he held me back,

"Leaving so soon? Come on, at least let me know your name"

"I'm Terra" I replied "Terra Tunes"

"Oh, double T, mind if I called you double T?"

I scoffed,

"Call me whatever you want" and I left for the hall.

The hall was huge and filled with many students. I swallowed hard and walked in. I took a seat next to a girl who looked unusual.

She stared at me for a while, I just tried to avoid eye contact before the principal came out to address us.

After the long, boring speech, we all retired to our dorms. I have to admit, the dude was right, the orientation was dull.

I walked through the different rooms in the girls' hostel, our names were on the doors of each room.

I saw my name on one door, and underneath it was another name: Pink Spencer.

I opened the door and walked in.

There was already a girl inside, my roommate, I guess. She has pink hair, is fairly beautiful, average in height, and has golden eyes. Weird, right? Her side of the room was all pink, and I'm sensing a bee alert.

"Howdy roomie" she waved gleefully

"You are Pink?" I asked and she nodded cheerfully.

"And you must be Terra, how nice to meet you" she shook hands with me.

I put my bag down on the other side of the room and sat down on the bed, it was soft and comfortable.

"New here? Lucky, you have me, I'll teach you everything you need to know" she said in between giggles as she helped me unpack.

We exhausted the whole day unpacking and decorating my side of the room, she bought us fries and milkshake afterwards and we spend the rest of the day talking about stuff and getting to know each other.

Fact about her is that, she's popular and it's really going to be hard to loss this one.

The next day, I freshen up and got ready for class.

"Nerd alert" Pink said when she spotted me from the bathroom and laughed

I shook my head and asked,

"Is that a bad thing?"

"Well, no" she said, coming out of the bathroom with her pink towel covering her pear-shaped body, "but if you Want to be the centre of attention, then you've got a lot to learn"

"What if, I don't want to be" I said and she laughed, loud enough I think the whole room in this dorm heard it.

"Nonsense, every girl wants to stand out and be admired, we all want to be the centre of attention, that's just our nature" she said drying her body with the towel "and lucky you, you've got me".

She went to her wardrobe to Look for something nice for me and her to wear.

On seeing it, I declined

"Thanks I like what I'm putting on"

"Oh Terra, if I'm to be seen with you, you must be nicely dressed" she said and handed to me the clothes urging me to wear them.

After much thoughts, I put them on.

"Now we look good" Pink said as we both stood before the huge mirror at the centre of the room.

We walked down the hallway in slow motion as we caught the attention of everyone in the hall,  before a very beautiful and elegant young lady, fair in complexion and average in height stepped up and they hugged each other.

"There you are" she whooped, She wore a yellow crop top, black baggy trousers, and a pair of white sneakers.

When they were done complimenting each other, Pink introduced me to her

"This is Terra Tunes, my new roommate" then she turned to face me, "Terra, my best friend, Clary"

"Clarissa Brodway ma'am but call me Clary" she said as we shook hands, "nice meeting you Terra"

"You too"

"Hey girls!" Another girl came by, placing her hands over Pink and Clarys shoulder, she has short dark blue hair and seems a bit off.

She has a fair complexion, is taller than the two girls she is holding, and is wearing dark makeup and dark outfits.

"Hey Eska"

"I thought you transferred" Pink asked as Eska smirked

"Oh, how words flies, well, not until next month, dad's still running a few contracts, who's the new kid"

"Oh that's Terra," Clary replied "Pinks new roommate"

"Hello" we shook hands

After their little get together, we head to class.

We were having math class, and I sat close to Clary in the third row. There were only a few people in the class.

I tried to concentrate, but I couldn't help but notice Clary popping her bubblegum right in my face. Then someone tapped me from behind, smiling.

It was the guy I had met yesterday, damn, he was in the same class as me.

"Hey DT"

Confused, Clary asked,

"DT?"

"Yeah, it means double T," the guy said with a smile "because she has two Ts in her name"

"Seriously, you've started with the nicknames Zack" Clary sneered.

I signed, I'm really gonna have a hard time ditching this two.

When the class was over, we head to the school cafeteria, there we saw Pink and Eska already waiting for us.

I sat between Pink and Eska putting my food on the table

"So how was the class today roomie?" Pink asked sipping her milkshake as I just nodded a reply already munching my noodles.

"Someone's hungry" Clary chuckled as she began  eating her fries slowly.

"Hey do you guys know that Zack and Terra has already met?" Clary broke out 

Eska smirked "Surprised?"

Clary nodded .

"He's a people person, he knows everyone and everyone knows him,"

"No wonder he's the social perfect" Clary muttered

"And he has a super cute brother," Pink said and held my shoulder "he plays basketball, I'll introduce you to him after school"

On hearing this, I nearly choke, I grabed the orange juice near me and drank to my satisfaction then turned to Pink,

"I don't think that is necessary" I said with a small, weak voice.

"Nonsense, you're gonna love him" she said and I knew it was rather pointless aguring with her. So much for flying solo.

The bell rang for school dismissal and I was dragged to the basketball court by Pink, followed by Eska and Clary.

When we reached, I saw a tall handsome guy, super cute like Pink had said, he had short brown curly hair and blue eyes.

He wore a red short and a matching singlet, he was practising with few of his teammates I guess, and he seems to be effortlessly good as none of his opponent could take the ball from his hands.

"Isn't he so cute" Pink said already lost to his charm

Uninterested, I rolled my eyes

"Yep, I think I've seen enough, can we go now?"

"How can you not be fascinated by this" Clary chimmed in before the whistle was blown by an elderly man, I'm guessing its their coach.

He gathered them together and and said one or two things to them before dismissing them.

He walked up to us after spotting us from afar while he was practising, and in a nice and seductive accent, he said

"Hello ladies"

Already lost in his charm, Clary and Pink said softly as they both waved at him,

"Hey Jesse"

He waved back at them and turned to me and asked

"New here?"

I nodded and he smirked his lips and went back to pick up the ball

"I think he's a jerk" I whispered to Eska who stood at my back

"Tell me about it" she said and turned to leave before Pink ran towards Jesse

"Hey, we're having a welcome back party at Clarys place tonight, you're in? Right?" She asked with high hopes.

"I'll try"

He exited to the locker room with the ball.

"A party?" I asked surprised after overhearing it from Pink, and Clary nodded

"That's right"

Great, just great, now I'll be attending parties, what possibly could go wrong?

"One thing you need to know about popularity is to never miss a party" Pink said as her and Clary exited the court.

"Who said I want to be popular" I muttered to my self  dragging my motionless body along.

That night, at Clarys house, we made a grand entrance and got the crowd hungry for a picture with us like celebrities, Pink drew near to me and whispered in my ears

"Second rule of popularity, know how to make an entrance"

The crowd went wild for us, I also had people who I've never met before taking pictures with me, honestly, this isn't what I bargained for.

After successfully by passing the crowd, Clary walked up to us with two pretty damsel at her back.

"Hey Terra," she called, and I shifted my attention towards her, "I'd like you to meet my sister, Annie" she introduced me to her younger sister who, if I'm not mistaken, is a mirror of her but a bit younger and the girl by her side, she said, "and this is her best friend, Alexa Michael" we all shook hands.

"Nice to meet you both" I said quite uncomfortable as they went to meet their friends that came for the party.

Shortly after, Zack and Jesse arrived.

"Thought you wouldn't make it" Pink said as she gave them a glass of wine

"I'll be at the balcony if you need" Jesse said and left.

"Hey DT, hope you put on your dancing shoes, cause I'm in the mood for an all night dance battle" Zack said as they all chuckled

"I'm not much of a dancer" I said

"Well that's too bad" Eska said and they all went to the dance floor.

I stood at the wine table watching them dance till I got bored then I decided to tour Clarys house.

The place was indeed big and very beautiful, well decorated and furnished.

I was walking through the hall way of rooms when I heard moans coming from the last room close to the stairs.

Aha, what did you expect from a teenagers party.

I decided to continue my tour but the moans were now growing loud and I think you can hear it from the stairs.

I summoned the courage to go to the room and tell the lovebirds to keep it down.

I opened the door slightly and peeked in.

My eyes couldn't believe what they saw: a scary-looking dude with pitch-black eyes, black veins across his neck, and, just like in the movies, he was sucking the blood from a fairly beautiful young woman, probably his girlfriend. Her eyes were turning blood red, and her skin was drying up.

I gasped, unable to move. I stood there, frozen with fear. My hands were shaking violently, and I accidentally pushed the door open.

Before the guy could look up to see who was at the door, someone covered my mouth from behind and dragged me out of sight.