Rowan/Penelope POV
Hi my name is Rowan Penelope Fricks, i'm 16 years old and I've just learn two weeks ago that i'm a witch and that all the legends about vampires, werewolf and stuff...are real... My best friend is happened to be one of them, as I am. It's realy strange but I guess I always knew that I was different. My parents always told me that I was special, I guess now I finaly understand what they mean. I don't know if my family was a part of the supernatural world, and I guess I'll never found because they died three weeks ago in a fire accident.
According to the police it was a candle which start the fire but I don't believe them because my parents never burn candles they hate the smell. However what I think is that someone start the fire on purpose. But the question is why. Why all my family burn and not me? Why am I alive? But I know why. Because I wasn't there when it happened. And now I beat myself because I was supposed to be with them, maybe if I was there I wouldn't have lost them, maybe I'd had saved them.
But now it's too late. It's over. I lost everything in this fire. My mom, my dad, my sister, my house. Everything. I couldn't stay there anymore even if my best friend Hailey lives there and try her best to help me. I had to go away and try to start a new life. I lived a human life, which I guess wasn't suppose to be mine. So now i'm gonna try to start my new supernatural life. That's why I'm here, in front of the Salvatore Boarding School for the Young and Gifted in Mystic Falls.
Thanks to my best friend, who saddly accept to helped me because she though that I may have been in danger in Atlanta. She suspected something going on so she made a plan for me. At first I was totaly against it but then I found myself agree because if I was truly in danger then I'd stay away from the last few people I care about to protect them.
So we did what we plan. I fake my own death thanks to magic herbs that Hailey had, they slowed my heart and made me look dead, we called the police who filed the case saying that was a suicide (thanks to Hailey's actress talents). Once at the morgue, Hailey made sure the file was complete by saying that I was cremated so the body wouldn't be a problem anymore. We came back to her house where I lived for the last three weeks, since..well you know.. She cast an cloaking spell on me, so nobody will found me if they search for me with magic. She's the only one who know where i'm going.
I grabe some stuff and made my luggage before thank my best friend with a huge hug and tell her i'm going to be okay. She just nods and cry so I did. After few time the taxi honks and I climb in. I decided to take a new identity to start my new life.
"Hi, my name is Penelope Park, the new student." I said when the tall man approached me with a soft smile, it's wasn't exactly a lie because Penelope is my middle name and Park it's my grandmother's name...
"Hi i'm Alaric Saltzman the headmaster, nice to meet you and welcome to the Salvatore Boarding School for the Young and Gifted. Let's go talk in my office it's early in the morning so their probably no students in the hallways for now." He adds before opening the front door of the school.
We walk in the hallways and actually there was no one yet. When we arrived in front of the office, he opened the door and let me in, gesture for me to take a seat. I sat and started to explain the situation.
When I finish he stand up, walks to the door and tells me "Stay here, be quiet I would be back in a few minute with a student who gonna take you a tour of the school and show you your room." He smiles at me then walk away closing the door behind him.
After fifteen minutes, a beautiful auburn hair girl with the most beautiful ocean blue eyes I ever seen, enters in the office. She seems tired and she's obviously not realy happy to be here. She blinks a few times before softly smiling at me (I guess she sees my sad smile and the bags under my eyes).
"Hey, I'm Hope Mickealson, you're new roomate, welcome to the Salvatore Boarding School." She takes some step toward me, extending her hand to shake which I gladly shake. Her hand was soft, I almost didn't want to let it go. I feel something weird, like a connection, I don't how to explain. But by the flash of surprise which cross her eyes I can tell that she feel it too.
"And I'm Penelope Park, nice to meet you" I add smiling while letting go of her hand which I immediately miss the touch.
"Yeah I know, Doctor Saltzman tells me everything, come on, let me take your luggage you seem tired, and let's take a tour to show you around before breakfast." She takes my luggage and led me across the school, showing me the different areas and explaining a little bit about the school's history. I notice that she looks unconfortable and nervous while talking about the school so I guess it's the first time she's doing this.
After showing me the all the classroom, we were on our way to the library in a peacefull silence when Hope decided to break it:
"So.. Uhm.. I-I wanted to say that I'm sorry for your family and.. Uh if you.. if you need to talk about how you feel or if you just want a shoulder to cry or anything, I'm here." She takes a breath and continues "I know what's feel like to lost the most important people of your life. I lost my parents when I was 13 so..."
I stop and stare at her "I'm sorry about your lost too." She gives me a sad smile. "Thank you for your offer and know that I feel the same. If you need to talk about it, I'll listenning to you."
She looks up at me, opening and closing her mouth a few time before speaking again "Okay." We smile at each other and began to walk towards the library again with small talk about what can we do in the small town, the weather and a little bit of our family.
"So.. Uh.. Can I ask what are you? I mean what kind of supernatural are you? But if you don't want it's totally fine.." I ask while playing with my finger.
"Well, I'm kind of a mix of supernatural.. But I can tell that you are a witch."
"How do you know that?"
"Well, for one, you don't smell like a wolf, for two, you don't have a daylight ring so you're not a vamp, and for three, you're my roomate which mean that you are a witch because my room is in the areas of witches." She chuckles softly.
"Oh.. Okay.. But wait did you just say that you can smell me? So are you like a were-witch ? Part wolf and part witch? Or are you like an heretic? Part vamp and part witch?" I ask confuse.
She laughs "Well, no I'm more than that.. It's a complicated and long story but to be short, I'm a tribrid. Which mean I'm a part witch, a part wolf and a part vamp. But I'm not a full tribrid yet because I didn't turn vampire yet so.. I guess I'm like were-witch like you said" She chuckles and meet my eyes. "Are you afraid of me?" She asks me seriously.
"NOO! Not at all, I think that pretty cool."
"Really, don't you think I am a freak?" She smiles
"No. I think it's badass. But you're the only one of your kind? That's must be very lonely isn't it?" I ask softly.
"Yeah" She gives me a small smile before we continu on our way.
When we finaly reach the library, all the students turned their head toward us. Some students whispering some thing and other just staring at us. I lean over to whisper in Hope's ear (because yeah she's smaller than me):
"Are you like the most popular girl ever or are they never seen a new student before?" I ask making eyes contact with a beautiful pair of chocolate brown eyes.
"Uhm.. Not realy.. I'm more like the lonely girl who doesn't want to have friends and pushes everybody away." Hope whispers akward while scratching the back of her neck.
I broke eyes contact with the pair of chocolate brown eyes to stare at Hope. I can't believe what she just tells me, she's like so easy to talk with and she's so open about talking about her parents death. I don't know why she's so open with me then. We made eyes contact and I couldn't help but be lost in her beautiful blue eyes.
"What's the deal with me then? Why are you so open with me?" I ask genuily curiouse about what she's going to answer. I'm a little bit scary that she'll tell me that she talks to me because she has pity, if it is, I wouldn't be able to look at her ever again.
"I don't know, maybe because you're new and I want you to know me.. Like the real me and not the reputation I have in the school. You seem different, I don't know how to explain it. You just have this aura and this eyes that tell me that I can trust you. I don't know it's realy weird, I've never feel that kind of connection with anyone before.. I think you must be special." Hope adds, I can see sincerity in her eyes which put a smile on my lips. Before I could replay someone tape on my shoulder. I turn my head and made eyes contact with the beautiful chocolate brown eyes again.
"Hey cutie, I've never seen you before, so let me introduce myself. I'm Josie, Josie Saltzman." The beautiful brunette adds with a smirk while checking me from toe to head.