• Prologue


    A young girl was announcing herself to the class. She had short black hair and red crimson eyes. “My name is Night, Night Ookami.” She had said. Many students barely bothered to listen except one person.
    It was another girl close to Night’s age. She too had short black hair but her eyes were a light black color. When Night sat down on the empty desk next to her, she turned in her seat. “Hi! My name’s Ashley but everyone calls me NiNie.” She said with her hand outstretched. Night looked at her hand warily before shaking it with her own hand. “I’m surprised you’re talking to me. Do you know what exactly I am?” Night asked her. NiNie smiled, her fangs slightly showing. “Oh, don’t worry. I’m not exactly human either. Welcome to Yokai Academy. The home for the supernatural.”
    Night smiled, her wolf fangs protruding. “Well, at least I know I’m in the right place.” She replied.
     
    Chapter 1


    Night was standing on the front doorway of Yokai Academy. She hated her family for suggesting that she went there. She remembered the argument just before she entered the gate.
    Night’s mother had been preparing the blood donor for dinner. Night wandered into the house after a long night at the school. “How was school today Night?” her mother had asked. Night sat down at the kitchen table before she replied. “It was fine, I guess.” She mumbled. Her mother turned towards her wary. “Please don’t tell me you got into another fight during school.”
    “Yeah, I did. It’s not my fault that they’re humans.” Night had replied.
    After that Night and her mother got into a heated argument to the point where Night nearly attacked the blood donor.
    “That’s it!!” her mother yelled. “You are going to Yokai Academy whether you like it or not!”
    Dragged back to the present, a lady was walking down the steps. She looked young but Night could sense that she was older than she seemed, far older. She was dressed in red and had red hair. She opened the gate and looked at Night with a smile.
    “Welcome to Yokai Academy. I am the headmistress here. Headmistress Mitsuru.” She said. “Please follow me.”
    Night shrugged and picked up her bags.

    Mitsuru led Night down the winding hallways to her office. Already a boy was waiting there. Night sniffed the air and could place him as a fellow vampire. Night pushed enough hair out of her face and got a good look at him.
    He had black hair with blood red tips. She couldn’t tell what color his eyes were because his hair covered his face. His skin was as pale as Night’s and as smooth as marble. He was wearing a black trench coat and black jeans.
    Mitsuru noticed him standing there and gave him a nod.
    “Ah yes. Just who I was planning to see.” She exclaimed. “Lance, do you mind asking Mr. Doki if he has enough room in his busy schedule to fit Night in?”
    Lance shook his head and looked straight at Night.
    “No, I don’t mind.” He answered. His voice was like music to Night’s ears. It had a melody telling of a dark past and a hopeful future. Lance bowed to Mitsuru before taking his leave.
    “He was nice.” Commented Night in a bored tone. All Mitsuru did was nod before opening the door to her office. Night sat down in a chair in front of Mitsuru’s desk while Mitsuru went through her filing cabinet. “Ah, here we go.” She exclaimed when she pulled out a folder with Night’s name printed on it.
    She sat at her desk and opened the file. “So you are a vampire wolf demon?” asked Mitsuru. Night nodded. “And you also have a problem with humans.” She read out loud. Night’s eyes flashed with anger and Mitsuru noticed. “Are you unable to keep away from human blood?” she asked.
    Night sighed, not really wanting to answer. “Sometime… Only if I hadn’t fed for a couple of days.” Night replied.
    “What is it that you usually feed off of?”
    “Animals, mostly deer.” Night said.
    Mitsuru nodded and jotted that down. “All right. Your roommate’s name is NiNie. She will show you around campus. And to make sure you feed regularly I’m allowing you access to the courtyard. No one will be allowed to go there unless they have your permission.”
    Night nodded and got up to leave. Mitsuru handed Night her school schedule.

    1st period: Demonic History
    2nd period: Weaponry
    3rd period: How to speak wolf
    4th period: Lunch
    5th period: Horse training
    6th period: How to transform into animal self


    Night knew that her third period class would be easy. She already knew how to speak wolf fluently, and it almost sounded like growls and barks to humans.
    Night almost ran into Lance on her way to the girl’s dorm. All of Night’s things went tumbling out of her arms and bags and onto the floor. Lance knelt down to help her pick up her things. “You o.k.?” he asked in the wolf language. ‘He must think I can’t understand English.’ She thought to herself. “Yes I’m fine.” She said in plain English. Lance jumped back in surprise.
    “Well I better report back to Lady Mitsuru. See ya.” He left waving at her while running. Night blushed a little but soon found her stuff tumbling to the ground again. A large scent of werewolf hit her and she looked up. A red haired girl was smirking at her. “Oops, I’m sorry. Oh, wait… No I’m not.” She got up close to Night and sneered. “You best stay away from Lance, he’s out of your league.”
    The girl laughed and walked away laughing. Night was seething and closed her eyes. She hadn’t fed in over two days and she wanted to find her dorm quickly. She gathered her things and started walking past doors that had strange symbols etched into them.
    She found a door that said ‘NiNie’ in the cat language. Right underneath that was Night’s name etched into the wood in the wolf language.
    Night knocked on the door and a large yowl was heard. Crash soon followed and when Night turned to look down the hallways to see if anyone heard, the door suddenly opened. A hand came out of the door and pulled Night inside. Night tumbled into the middle of the room and quickly turned around.
    A girl about Night’s height looked at her with a smile. She had short black hair that covered half her face. Recognition flashed on both Night’s and the girl’s face.
    “What do you know? Well, if it isn’t Night from last year?” said the girl with a big smile.
    “Hey, it’s nice to see you too NiNie. How’s Yokai?” asked Night.
    Ninie smiled and shrugged. She went to a lamp and picked it up.
    “Sorry about the mess.” She said. “I kind of knocked some stuff around when you knocked. I was sort of expecting you at a later hour.”
    Night nodded. Her mother had dropped her off slightly early.
    “That’s fine. I’m going to go feed after I get my stuffed unpacked.” Explained Night.
    NiNie nodded. “Vampire?”
    “Vampire wolf demon.” Replied Night.
    “Cat demon.”
    Night smiled. She shook her head and wolf ears appeared on her head. She snapped her fingers and her tail shimmered into appearance. Her ears and tail were black with blood-red tips.
    She opened her bag and pulled out a stuffed animal.
    “Nice plush.” Commented NiNie.
    Night nodded back at her and placed the wolf plush on top of her pillow. She placed her bags on the bed and closed her eyes. With a flick of her wrist all of Night’s things flew out of the bag and into the appropriate position on her side of the room.
    NiNie stared in astonishment and quickly blinked. She plopped down onto her bed.
    “No wonder you didn’t ask for help.” Said NiNie.
    Night just shrugged and walked to the door. Night turned her head to look at NiNie. “I’m going to the courtyard. You can come by later if you want.”
    With that Night left.