Strings of Fate

6th String: Busted

William. A Hunter my father caught.

I glared at him and stood up. Walking to his direction, I felt my fangs start to come back to being ordinary incisors. When I came to him, I unclenched my fist and took my hand off of my mouth. Irritated, I planted my palm on his face, leaving a handprint of blood. He angrily wiped it off of his oh-so-precious face. "What do you think you're doing?!"

I shrugged. "I coughed blood. That's what hap--ummmff!!" I coughed again and my hand automatically flew back to my mouth to check if my fangs elongated. I was relieved when I didn't feel them. I sighed, and flicked my hand to the ground. It splattered on the ground, earning gasps from the students.

They had me figured out now anyway. What more is there to lose? I heard the other teachers come, and I looked over to them emotionlessly. Goodness, why do they have that relieved expressions on their faces when they found my blood? Did they know?

As much as I want answers, someone dragged me away from the scene. Quickly. And by quickly, I meant, with vampire speed. I couldn't help but frown. Is there another vampire here other than me? Who would that- Oh. That prince from the Nyx.

When he stopped, I straightened up and wiped the blood smeared on the sides of my mouth. He looked at me and frowned.. "Why did you do that? Now everyone knows that you're a vampire. The student council and the students themselves will try to get rid of you."

I looked at him. "Student council? Why? Won't the principal expel me already?" Or maybe they want to torture me first and earn a few facts about half humans?

"Huh? The Principal knew," he said and looked at me as if I had grown three heads. I raised an eyebrow at him, arms crossed. The principal knew? What did he mean by that? As if he had a confusion radar, he sighed and scratched his nose. "Your dad and mine asked the principal to accept us as students themselves."

I cocked my head to the side. "How? That's impossible. The Principal is a Hunter, right? He would kill them."

He grinned at me. "Except the Principal had a colorful history with a certain vamp and he was part Fallen."

I gasped. Fallen? As in Fallen Angels? I've heard of them before, but I didn't expect that the Sagittarius' leader was one. I really didn't see that one coming. So... The Leader was immortal? Then why do they still torture vampires? Especially innocent ones? "Oh really? Then why do they kill and torture the good vamps?"

"They don't..." He said.

I scoffed. "Hah! Don't play around with me. I know. I should know!! My friend's mom was killed by them! His mom and his sister and his twin brother! I even saw their tattoos! They had the same symbol as the gate!" I said through gritted teeth. Yes, I was there... And I killed them. Remember when I said I snapped a few heads too? They were six. My only kills. They didn't stand a chance. I had a rage blackout then. But out of hatred and disgust against the Hunters, I didn't drink their blood. I was sure that blood coming from such vile creatures will taste like mixed salt and vinegar anyways. Ew.

His eyebrows furrowed as if confused. Then after a while, he looked enlightened and smiled at me. "It wasn't them."

I stomped my feet on the ground as I glared at him. I said I saw the symbols! "Were you even listening!? The freakin' symbols! They were one and the--"

"They were the Xaviers. They have the same symbol because-"

"Hey, Natalie!" I turned around and saw Uncle JR running to where we were, holding a plastic bag. Even from here, I could smell and see through the white bag. They were red. My eyes brightened up.

Uncle JR stopped in front of me and grinned, raising his hand holding the bag. "I got you blood packets!"

Before he could even blink, I snatched the bag away from him, opened one packet and drank it dry. I opened packet after packet, savoring the sweet taste of blood on my tongue. I felt my fangs elongate as I gulped the red liquid. They were sweet and somewhat salty, just like a tamarind candy. I kind of missed this. It's been a while since I last fed.

When I threw the last packet of blood away from me, the people around me gasped. I was too engrossed with the blood that I didn't know Alex, Armand, and Leonel were here.

"Well? You drink a whole lot for an ordinary vamp." Said the Nyx guy. I gave him a look and he just grinned.

"I haven't fed since last month! What do you expect?!" I hissed. Trying to tear NY attention away from Leonel and the others. But when Leonel spoke, I stiffened.

"A Vampire? Natalie...? Why didn't you even tell me.."

When I glanced at him, I instantly regretted it. He had a betrayed look on his face. And his words stung. They really hurt.

"And here I thought you were my friend."

Then he walked away. I could feel tears streaming down my cheeks and Armand and Alex hugged me comforting me. "Don't worry Natalie. We understand. Calm down. We're still here..." Alex said.

I hugged her back and bit my lip, stifling a sob. I didn't want to cry. Somehow, it felt... New. Unusual. For years I never cried. I just went cold. Numb. I was so used to not feeling anything that when I started feeling again, it stung. It really hurt.

Armand smiled at me. "Hey! Stop crying! That friend of mine will get over it soon. He's just shocked."

I smiled back. But it was forced. I know I should be happy since my friends were still here. Or, at least, my remaining friends. The other one hates me now.

I know I should be glad. But I'm not. For some reason, even Kath was stirring around and sobbing.

I guess it just hurt too much.

×Leonel's POV×

Dammit. She could've told me! I would accept her even if she's a Vampire! I know that she's a good person, and her being a vampire is not her fault. I just... Argh!! Why did I say those hurtful words!? She was obviously going through something already...

I guess I just can't accept the fact that she didn't trust me. I shouldn't feel like this. I should understand. I mean, it hasn't even been a week since we met. And people don't trust someone that quickly.

I knew that what I'm doing... How I'm reacting is wrong.

But I guess it just hurt too much.

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A/N: Hmm... How many chapters should this reach? 20? 30? 40? I'm actually planning for a sequel... And I just can't decide on the number of chaps... Help, please? :)

Anyways, thanks for reading! This not edited okay? ':)

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