The Prank

" Good morning mum - dad " Scarlett greets as she walks past the kitchen to the table . She watches as her mother sets up pancakes on her plate along with maple syrup - her mother's pancakes were the best and her favorite .

As she starts having her breakfast , she is reminded of the nightmare she had last night - red eyes , she couldn't forget those eyes even if she wanted to . " Mum - dad , did you guys notice who passed on a letter as gift to me ? I think someone was trying to prank me " Scarlett says thinking about the alphabet that was used to sign off the letter - N . ' Who is this N ?'

She goes to school as usual but there's a eerie feeling that doesn't leave her side . She avoids talking to anyone and rushes past everyone to her locker . She opens her locker only to be greeted by a new surprise - ' A book' .

" Hey , did someone mess with my locker ? " She asks the girl next to her expecting her to have noticed who messed with her locker and kept a book in it . ' The Bloodline '

Just when she took the book out of her locker she noticed a letter under the book which read -

[ Dear Scarlett ,

You must have found the book I left for you . This book is meant to guide you through every point of your life . I hope you find it useful because I surely did .

~N ]

'Another letter signed off with the letter N , just who might this N be ?' Scarlett was left in hysteria . She doesn't know what she should think out of this . She was so astounded , she fails to notice the bell ringing for the first class . Instead of proceeding to the classroom , she walks her way past the stairs to the library .

At this time of the day , there was no one in the library as everyone was busy attending classes . Scarlett saw this as an opportunity to read the book she found in her locker .

The book in itself had a eerie look , marked with blood and every other spine-chilling horror that a person can only imagine . The book turns out to be about vampires , werewolves , fairies , sirens , succubus and every other creature about which we might have heard only in legends and folklores . She now starts thinking it was obviously a prank in order to creep her out and decides to throw the book away . While she was at it , she notices a page almost falling out and opens the book .

This page divided the book into two , the first half consisted of information related to different creatures whereas the other half of the book consisted of information on an academy . Though reading about creatures couldn't keep her entertained , reading about an academy where different types of creatures reside might keep her interested . ' The Bloodline Academy '

She drops the idea of throwing the book away and sits down to continue reading . The academy was a place meant for all supernatural beings . It was built in 1564 by Gregoria Jane during the Great Hunt which had led to the death of innumerable supernatural beings . In 1564 , humans started hunting supernatural beings because they believed that the supernatural beings were defying the laws of nature and they shouldn't exist .

Isn't it basically the nature of human beings - we don't understand something we destroy it , something is more powerful than us we destroy it , if a thing is out of our control we destroy it . Human nature is questionable , all we are inclined towards is destruction . Humans who are supposed to coexist with nature and it's creations , instead destroy everything in nature including themselves .

Humans have been living in this society for a long time without any idea of other beings . The ones who knew about them are already dead or they don't disclose it to every mundane person . The world has been living in harmony ever since a pact was made between humans and the supernaturals . The pact read that the humans would try to forget about the existence of supernaturals whereas supernaturals must make efforts in concealing themselves .

The Bloodline Academy was started as a safe place for supernaturals where every supernatural that escaped from the hunters during the Great Hunt hid .

Gregoria Jane was a very powerful Phoenix and put all her strength in securing the academy . She was also known as " The Savior " as all the supernaturals owed their lives to her .

The Academy was concealed with her magic and it is said that even after her death , the concealment hasn't been lifted . The academy is said to have it's own soul but many believe that Gregoria Jane's soul is the one who's protecting it by residing in the academy , as the academy could be found only when it wishes to be found .

Suddenly there was a loud crash , a guy had dropped all his books tripping over a table's leg . It was then that Scarlett notices the time , it was already time for home .

Though the book wasn't of any use to her , she found it entertaining to read .

She got up from her seat and proceeded to the main gate . ' It's not like the academy could be real , people spin such useless stories these days .'

To Scarlett , such things were nothing more than mere imagination of people . She believed people had vivid imagination and that those imaginations were the root of supernatural beings .

That evening Scarlett spent all her time reading the book in her room . She completed the whole book and was headed to have dinner when suddenly she felt a presence around her . She couldn't see it but she could feel it's eyes on her , watching her every move carefully .

What she didn't know is that the night was just beginning . That night she slept holding her soft toy , Mr.Chipmunk very tightly . She thought about the time when Mr.Chipmunk was gifted to her as a Christmas present .

She was just eight year old when she had sighted a squirrel on the streets and wanted to have him as a pet . Since her parents couldn't get her a squirrel , they gifted her with a huge squirrel soft toy on that Christmas . On seeing the soft toy Scarlett was so ecstatic , she named it Mr.Chipmunk .

She managed to sleep thinking about all the good memories but nothing could have prepared her for the night that was about to come ...