CHAPTER 4

So I'm in class with William beside me.  I've never worn a uniform in my life and the idea of even wearing one was a nightmare to me, but to be honest I kind of like this one.

I'm dressed in a white long sleeved shirt,  a black trouser and black shoes.  I've taken of my jacket since I'm feeling kinda hot.

The jacket is black with the school's insignia on its chest pocket. It consists of a cats claw mark,  a crescent moon with stars,  a wolf howling at the moon and three drops of blood incased within a shield.

The classroom door opens and in walks a tall man wearing a blue shirt and black jeans.

"Good morning class"

"Good morning sir " everyone says.

"I'm happy to see you all back at school,  now shall we continue from where  we left of last time"

He turns to the board and writes Algebra.  'Huh' I guess even the supernatural  need to learn math. At least they had normal subjects because if they didn't I'd be in trouble.

He turns around and he's gaze lands on me. "You must be the new student Alex right.  It's an honour to have you in my class"

"Thank you". Okay this I need to do some research on my family this is really getting uncomfortable. I never knew that my family name had such a huge effect on people.

Class begins and time ticks by. After an hour and a half of boring math the bell finally rings.  I take my schedule to see what I got next .History it reads.

I sigh since I never saw the point in learning about dead people and the things they did in the past. Besides what's buried should remain buried right.

Hey Alex I'll see you in chemistry, I gotta go to the library" William says as he picks up his books.

"Yeah it's cool,  I'll see you later then"

So I'm walking down the corridors trying to navigate my at to class which mind you isn't easy. Every inch of this place looks the same to me. I finally reach my class ten minutes late.  I approach the door and knock. "Come in" says a feminine voice from inside. I open the door to find Miss Katherine in a white sweater that compliments her hair and black slacks.

"Late to class on the first day Alex"She says

"Sorry Ma'am  I got lost on my way here"

"Not to worry, it happens to everyone on their first days here now grab a chair we were just about to begin"

The only available seat is beside Sara. I internally groan at this since although I don't hate her we just haven't exactly  exchanged any nice words with each other. I walk over and sit down.

"Now then,today we'll be talking about the events that took place before the binding of blood"

I can see the excitement in everyone's eyes as soon as she says this. 'As we all know"she continues "The binding of blood was a treaty signed five hundred years ago. 

The treaty resolved the conflict between the four major supernatural species. The treaty was signed by the leaders of the strongest group of each respective specie. The witches were represented by the Cages, the vampires by the Vincents, the werecats by the Hatake and the werewolves by the Wolfgang."

The silence in the room is deafening to the point that I can hear myself thinking.  She said the Vincents meaning her family represented the vampires and Wolfgang, so my family represented the werewolves.

"Before the binding of blood there was war and chaos on all sides. The werewolves sided with the witches while the vampires with the Werecats, but all these alliances were rare since each specie loathed the other.

  The humans were the ones to suffer the most. They didn't even have any means to protect themselves from the supernatural. We ate faster,strongerand smarter than them.

They were caught in the crossfire. Villages were raided,tge captives were used as slaves or blood supplies by the Vampira"she pauses to make sure that we understand before continuing.

"The war raged for centuries but it was small scale at first and the humans rarely noticed at all. It was not until three hundred years before the treaty did things get worse."Silence "Now can anyone tell me the reason why all used to fight? "

Miss Katherine asks.

A hand in the front row shoots up.

"Yes,Asia if you may"

"The supernatural before the binding of blood fought mainly due to their way of lifestyle, pride, diet, resources and of course territory. 

The witches considered themselves to be servants of nature so they despised the vampires who killed humans in order to feed by draining the life out of them.

The werewolves despised the vampires too as they considerd themselves to be the protesters of humans. The Vampira saw themselves as the superior race as they for starters are immortal and never age hence they considered the rest vermin"

"Precisely  correct, please continue "

"And finally the Werecats or cat shutters. Another proud specie who took pride in their strength and size in numbers.

But in the end the four strongest clans of each respective faction saw the need to peace and end such rivalry between each other so they convinced their brethren first and decide to make a truce thus the binding of blood, we're blood from each specie was mixed and bonded by a spell signifying the union and peace between each other"

"Well done Asia, glad to see that you've done your homework.  Now this all took place 500 years ago and it brought about the council of light.  A council of elders from each faction headed by the strongest people from each faction"

"Miss Katherine, who are the four leaders..? "Asia asks

"They're identities are concealed in order to prevent an overthrow in power for control of the supernatural world. Not even the council knows of their identity"

A knock on the door is heard.

"Come in" In walks of the three identical sisters with blur eyes.  She walks up to the headmistress and  whispers something in her ear.

The headmistress looks at her as if contemplating what she just heard. She nods to her and turns her attention back to us. "Class dismissed, well carry in next time" then she walks out.

The rest of the other periods weren't as interesting as history with Miss Katherine was.  They were just plain boring as always Geography, Chemistry even English jeez.

As I'm walking through the hallway I hear someone call out my name. I turn around and see Sean walking up to me. "Hey Alex, mind if we have breakfast together"

"No problem, I was getting lonely "

"So how's your first day at school going so far..? " he asks."Well it's okay,  history was interesting though"

"Yes it was. Lessons with Miss Katherine are always interesting,she talks about events as if she was there when they were taking place"

We arrive at the dinning hall abscond Kira, William and Sara already there.

I take a seat grab glass and fill it with orange juice, then I pile my plate with eggs bacon and toast.

"Well someone's hungry"Kira says

"You have no idea " I say as I begin to chow down on my food"So what were you doing at the library William "

"Nothing much, just looking for something interesting "

"So Alex what classes do you have next?" Asks Sara. I grab my schedule from my bag and look it over.  It says Su... Super..Supernaturalis . What in the world is that supposed to be..? " I ask.

"Supernaturals is the biological and physical science of our species. We learn of our  abilities, strengths and weaknesses"Sara replies.

"Well then, this should be fun"

After finishing breakfast Sara, William, Kira, Sean as I head to our next class.  We arrive early  and each take a seat. As the minutes go by the room slowly gets occupied as the Tom gets occupied by more students.

After ten minutes the bell rings signalling the start of the lesson. Standing at the head of the class is whom I presume to be our teacher. He's a talk young man with dark ebony skin, black curly hair and he carried himself in a way that Sean did. A Witch I presume.

"Welcome to class"He  says while turning to me"You must be our new student Alex Wolfgang I presume. You're quite the talk around here I should say. 

Anyway my name is professor Lucas Drake and I'll be with you in Supernaturalis" After introducing himself he focuses back on the class.

"Now today we will be discussing about our biology all together by beginning with the most complicated the Vampira. Born from the shadows of night Vampires have been greatly feared and respected. Vampires can be known by their dangerously beautiful features.

They use this to lure their prey in other words the humans.  They contain large amounts of strength, speed, agility and stamina."

A boy in the back raises his hand.

"Yes Jason "

"Sir, why do vampires drink blood.?"

"Ah yes a wonderful question. Vampires are equipped with long fangs which are quite visible when they're hungry or angry. 

They use their fangs to pierce the flesh of their prey. Now to answer your question, vampires drink blood first of all because their blood is barely able to carry diffused oxygen,thus they need the human blood in their system to do so. Blood satisfies this need especially human blood with its high quantity of

Haemoglobin."

As I'm listening to this first of all I'm like so humans aren't at the too of the food chain we're  on someone else's menu too. Secondly all I can say is yuck!!! drinking blood is disgusting. I mean I've drank my own blood on a couple of occasions when I cut myself for instance and let me inform there's nothing tasty about it. Blood has a taste that feels like you're drinking liquid metal.

"Another reason is that blood strengthens a Vampire. If a vampire is badly hurt and cannot regenerate blood can be used to jump start  their healing factor thus saving their lives"

"So vampires can die"  I blurt out.

"Yes and no"he says as he shifts his gaze to me. "You see they're two kinds of vampires same goes to all other species the pure blooded and those that are turned into one's.

Pure blooded Vampire are born as vampires and age till their mid twenties or early thirties. From then on they do not age unless they choose to do so which even if they do which rarely ever happens they age at a slow rate.

Turned vampires do not age at all they stop and the age that they're turned. Now killing a trained an experienced vampire  is no easy task  trust me so is killing any other of the supernatural.

Only the wolves have had the honour of being the most capable of killing vampires in large numbers but that was before the binding of blood"  He begins to stroll around the class and continues.

"Vampires have the best healing capability of all factions"

"Is it true that they can burn in the sun" a girl sitting in front if me asks.

"On contrary no, vampires do not burn in the sun they can walk just fine in it.Infact they actually love the sun that they sun bathe in it in order to tan their skin since its slightly pale"

"Can they turn into bats..? "Sean asks.

"No Sean they can't, those are human versions of what Vampire might be capable of doing"As professor Lucas goes in with the lesson I can see pride in the eyes of some kids even Sara is smiling.

They must be vampires too that's why. "What are you looking at? "William whispers. "Nothing" I mutter.

"Ahuh I saw that look, you don't fool me" he starts. "What the heck are you talking about what look? "I ask. "I can see you've fallen for Sara"

"Pffff you wish, we just met yesterday"I retort "Yeah yeah who cares,thats why it's called love at first sight."

"Anything you two boys would like to share with the class"Sir Lucas asks as he stands between us.

"No Sir "we say in unison.

"Good,now as I was moving on to the werewolves. "

Brnnnnnnngggggggggggggg .The bell goes off.

"Well would you look at the time. I guess we'll carry on next time"

We leave class and each go to our respective classes.  Lunch comes by and soon after we head to our towers. To say I was exhausted was an understatement. My brain is now filled with knowledge I never thought I would ever posses much less believe to be true. I head over to the bathroom to take a shower. As I'm scrubbing myself I feel a wierd tingling by the nape of my neck.