Dark Night (5 page)

"Yes." He agreed, after that we were silent
for about forty five minutes before Robert spoke.

"Ah, here we are." He pointed outside my
window, what I saw was Wow! A castle, but it certainly was a school
I could tell it was full of students and people or more like I
sensed it. The driver didn't park, but he stopped in front of the
entrance, that was huge. Robert opened the door and I followed, he
got the luggage and said something to the men that stayed in the
SUV, we walked in the school and it was magical from the
inside.

"Are all the schools like this?

"Institutes, yes they are." He corrected me,
I just ignored that.

The walls were a golden color there were no
real lights just many, many lanterns. The lanterns were very old
fashion, but also modern with hardwood floors all the way to the
end. The hall was large and the ceiling was about fourteen feet
high, they had gone with a chapel look. We walked to the first door
on the right and went in without knocking.

Hanging from the ceiling was a chandelier
that looked like it was made from white gold. We were in a waiting
area, Robert told me to sit down he left the luggage with me while
he went to talk to a lady that was sitting in a desk at the other
side of the room. I waited patiently but it was taking him a
while.

"Marissa Italy Annelisse Dawney, we have been
waiting for you." A lady's voice said ecstatic.

I stood up as she
approached, followed by Robert. "I'm sorry. I don’t think I know
you." I was trying to be nice, but it was strange how they knew my
name, my clothes sizes, what kind of music I liked and almost
everything.

"No, you don’t. But I know you my Mia." She
smiled. I shook her hand and felt how cold she was, her long white
hair was shiny and pretty. She wasn't old but she wasn't my age
either. I guessed about forty but with no wrinkles, the kind of
white hair she had, looked dyed like a Barbie's hair.

"Nice to meet you," I said as I observed her,
she wore formal outfit something you'd expect a secretary to wear,
but there was something about hers that made her look elegant and
flawless.

"As it is to see you, come, we have much to
discuss." Robert and I walked side by side while we followed her.
We past the lady sitting in her desk minding her business and we
went through a door that led to another long hall. Finally at the
end there was another door we went through.

It was her office, or I should say house. At
the entrance there was an office, but beyond that I could see the
staircase which led upstairs and I imagined it was where she
stayed. It was weird how it was all connected. "You may sit. You
too Robert,” she sat down. "Where shall we start?" She thought for
a second. "Of Course, I was so intrigued by all of this that I
forgot to introduce myself. I am Goddess Illyanne. I am not a
vampire, but I am a goddess, the first of our kind. A Goddess in
this world has a whole different meaning than yours... We are the
protectors, and guardians for you I won’t tell you how you become
one, at this time it is irrelevant, but basically one is assigned
to each group. A group is you for example, Robert, a roommate and
her or his pick. Plus one or two Gods or goddesses, if you don't
have a roommate than there is only three that are part of the
group, in this case you, Robert and your assigned Goddess or God.
Oh, also if he has not graduated then he will probably have one
too. Which, Robert does and because he's a Lord he has two, I am
one and God Frederick is the other, if you need anything they will
also be available to you. Let me see..." She looked through some
papers. "Yes. Your Goddess is Isabelle, she__"

"I already met her." I said without thinking.
Illyanne just raised her eyebrows at me and glanced at Robert who
was sitting beside me listening quietly.

"Don't interrupt her." Robert whispered
loudly.

"That is something you must teach her, among
other things. As I was saying, yes you have met her. She will join
us Sunday morning you know she has not had a student in a while
well she is one of the best. In a way we are also counselors to
you, like I said we are here to help twenty-four seven... moving
on." She paused and looked at some more papers that sat in her
large desk.

I thought that she had a huge room for an
office and so little in it, her "office" consisted of a large dark
wooded desk, some papers sitting in front of her a laptop that was
closed, a large painting that I couldn't tell what it was, a lamp
that was the only other light lighting the room beside the lantern
that was behind Illyanne and the chairs we sat in.

"Here is your class schedule. Our time is the
same as human's are. We are surrounded by humans, and so our time
must remain the same to have some equality, you could say we
compromised in some things. The night is our favorite time, but
light does not bother us either the heat does. It will not harm you
unless is over one hundred degrees, now for the Rules." She handed
me a few papers.

"They are fairly simple the
most important rule of all is respect for your elders at all times.
Our dress code is not a big issue, we wear our uniforms from Sunday
- Thursday__ oh, that also, our week starts Sundays, and It ends
Thursdays. Most of the other time if you are involved in other
curriculum activities you have other clothing you can wear, other
than that most afternoons and weekends you may wear almost
anything. Just don't walk around in your bikini or anything even
remotely close to that." She paused. "You may leave campus during
the weekends, of course if you need to go somewhere during the week
you need to ask for permission. Slips are in the front office for
that." She stopped talking for a second, when she noticed my
necklace. "Virgo? That zodiac is uncommon we still have classes for
that sign. Not many students have it that is why we combine it with
Libra since it is the closest. Yes, we go by the book technically
since I am a goddess, I need to represent a sign. I do. That is why
when students are picked we base it on their birth that is how it
is." I nodded. " It is fairly simple you will understand as time
goes by, Robert will explain to you anything you have questions on
when you get some rest, you do look very tired. Oh, sometimes boys
and girls share rooms, separate beds of course but our dorms were
not built separately and we have about the same amount of boys as
we do girls. We trust our students, so far nothing bad has
happened, I am telling you this that way you understand us better.
Robert will probably need to share a dorm room with you for a
while." She looked at Robert. "I am sorry Robert, we had to give
your room to someone else, you were gone a while. Perhaps you can
share a room with your charge... will it be a problem?"

"Of course not, Goddess," he didn't smile I
knew how he was feeling just like I was, very unhappy.

"Then you may go, everything is ready for you
both enjoy your stay at Dark Night Institute, Miss. Dawney." The
ancient but beautiful lady said, as she winked at me and made me
feel awkward.

I nodded, and slightly smiled. We walked out
of the room and didn't say a word until we were at the main
office.

"Where's my stuff?" I noticed my things were
gone.

"It's already been taken care of." The lady
said, behind her desk.

"Oh," was all I said.

Illyanne had given the room key to Robert I
hoped he wouldn't lose it. As I followed him, we walked in silence
we were on the main hall that led to many rooms. Suddenly we turned
and to another hall we went, then we circled around a wall where
there were stairs, leading up. Lanterns throughout the castle
"institute" where very nice fixtures, but unnecessary ones, I
noticed the brighter lights coming from chandeliers all through the
hall. We went up and another hall, they all looked the same, I took
notes mentally otherwise I would definitely get lost. There were
only a few doors, but we went through none we kept walking
straight, then he took me through a narrow hall that had no doors.
Then, I saw the big door. It was at the very end, because it was
the only room in this small and narrow hall it almost blended in
with the wall.

He slid the key-card and the door opened. We
went in, and both our mouths fell open.

"My room wasn't even this nice." Robert said
unhappy.

The room was like our own private apartment,
it had a living room area which both beds faced. A very big plasma
TV, also a mini kitchen that included a microwave oven, mini fridge
and a plug in stove top, coffee/cappuccino machine were all sitting
on a counter. There was a chandelier hanging from the ceiling
similar to the one in the office. I kept looking around, I saw both
queen sized beds made, one with dark colors, another with bright
girly colors, I knew immediately that was my bed. I went to the
armoire next to it, when I opened it I saw all the clothes that
were hanging neatly on matching hangers. I wasn't even that bad of
a neat freak, there were more shoes and more space to put more
shoes, which I had. I closed it and looked in the dresser there
were more things in the dresser, accessories and etc. I saw a door
a little further to my side, and I opened it, flipped the switch to
turn the light on and to my surprise it was a bathroom. My own
bathroom, because it followed the same pattern the bed did, I hoped
Robert had his own too cause I wasn't sharing mine. I opened
another door and it was a walk-in closet that had even more
clothes, Wow. I wondered how often they bought clothes for their
students.

I saw my luggage sitting on the floor and
went to it then automatically started putting things up. I forgot
about Robert while I focused on unpacking, but when I finished I
started walking out of the bathroom when I saw myself in the
mirror. I didn't know what I saw at first it was me, except It
wasn't me. It was the new me, maybe a little frightened me...

I shook it off and walked out of the bathroom
closing the door behind me. Robert wasn't in the room anymore so I
made myself at home and sat on the sofa, -which was very
comfortable-and turned the TV on. They had cable it was a miracle,
I had not watched TV in a long time and that felt new. I flipped
through the channels, I saw that the world did look normal. I left
It on the news, while I went to the mini kitchen and looked in the
fridge. It was full of food, I grabbed a coke and looked in the
cabinets which were full too. I saw some hot Cheetos and grabbed a
small bag too-as I went to sit down and was eating-I was thinking
that I had been trying to keep my friends out of my head for a
while, but I wondered if they had gotten caught too, or if they
were still living in the building. If they weren't, where would
they be? How would they be? I was thinking about a lot of different
scenarios when someone interrupted my thoughts.

"You look comfortable." She said in an
annoyed tone.

"Yes. And you are?" I didn't want to be mean
but she looked like a trouble maker, either way I smiled.

"I'm Princess Genevieve." She said with an
attitude. She wore a plaid mini skirt with maroon boots, a matching
tank top, with a white button up shirt on top.

"Can I help you with something, I'm new but I
could get someone?" I offered.

"No. I don't need anything... well, maybe one
thing." She got closer to me, I was standing and had put my Cheetos
and coke down on the coffee table. "Robert is mine. I don't care
that he has been assigned to you or whatever but he is mine no
matter what. Got it?"

That was a shock, looking at her and
listening to what she had just said... it just didn't make sense
but I knew I just had to kick her out before I'd lose my temper
which I was trying to work on controlling. "You can’t be going into
people's room threatening them you know next time you want to talk
why don't you knock? That's what the door is for or didn't you see
it?" She had basically threatened me I wasn't going to stand for
any more of that especially coming from a little girl.

"As a matter of fact I did! But that doesn't
stop me from walking in whenever I feel like it! And who do you
think you are talking to me like that? I'm a princess and you're
just a__"

"No. you're wrong, I think you need to turn
your ass around and go, before I make you." I said taking a step
towards her.

"Ladies," Robert said coming through the door
as if he had just witnessed everything, which he probably did. I
hadn't even noticed if he was standing there before and probably
enjoying all of this.

"Why don't you tell your little girlfriend to
get a life? I don't like either of you. Who knew people were made
for each other?" I was literally pissed off and if she didn't leave
I would have probably done something to make her leave.

"Genevieve." Was all Robert said, and the
little brat followed. She was a brat, she was one of those people
who thought just because she was a Princess she could get away with
talking to people like that. Not me though no way, not anymore. She
was little I'd say about sixteen and small like a twig.

I was calming down, as I sat down and kept
eating my Cheetos and drinking my coke. When I was done I went to
the bathroom and then I watched some more TV, I was tired. Later I
went to the dresser and took out the first set of pajamas I found
and they were black pants and a light pink shirt, they both had the
same dragon design. It was cute. I pulled my hair to the side in a
ponytail and then took my contacts off. Before I went to bed, I
took my cell phone, iPod, and camera out and put them to charge on
the boom box looking thing that charged them all at the same time I
forgot what it was called. I brushed my teeth then decided to leave
the TV on, as I lied down in my new permanent bed, trying to fall
asleep.