ohai!! -Shay-

[Hayley Carter]

A small wind blew through the window Hayley used to leave closed but ever since her return Kenny insisted to leave it open for his own night checkups on her not disappearing again. Hayley sighed as it tickled her nose and woke her up from her favorite dream, she was going out with some hot celebrity and it all was ruined by the wind and her cat ruffling her blankets on her feet. With a sigh she got up and petted the cat.

why does it look like I will end up old and wasted in a house full of cats like some old lady from TV? she whispered to her cat, her cat wasn’t like the most vampire cats, no hers was an actual pet, not some relationship thing. Hayley looked at mr. skittles and sighed, the cat looked at her and right now she felt to make some picture and add a funny quote to it.

Hayley stepped out of bed and stretched her entire body and almost sank back into her lazy position. Her yawns coming every minute or two, and her eyes half shut, the girl made her way over to the bathroom to get washed up before needing to go to her painting duty. Hayley sighed and got dressed and down the stairs to the main hall.

Hayley was too tired to paint but still she grabbed the ladder and her bucket making her wat to the corner where she wouldn’t get hit by doors. She had to rework her night painting, some pieces had gone vague. Hayley climbed up to the top and started with painting the corners. Taking one step higher, the ladder started to get out of balance, with a high squeal she fell back. Closing her eyes hoping she wouldn’t break her neck Hayley curled up as a ball in the air.

[Seamus McAllister]

Seamus woke with a groan and a crack as something in his back shifted out from the crick it was in. Without knowing why he felt it, he had a sudden need to go down into the Rec hall. He didn't know why he needed to but he had this unexplainable drive to do so. So Shay got out of his bed and got changed quickly before heading towards the corridor to the recreational hall. He tried to pinpoint the exact source of the thought, trying to work out if it had come from his Imprint with Night or not, but then remembered that it had been too short a time for their Imprint to be that strong, so he ruled out that idea. Then why the hell am I going down there? He thought. It's not as if I have anything to do there.

As he walked through the door, the young werecat immediately saw a ladder tall enough to reach the roof with someone on the top of it. Thinking nothing of it for the moment, Shay walked around a little to try and find something to do before hearing a yell from the person on the ladder. He spun on one foot to see the person who was standing on the ladder, a girl around the same age as him, falling to the ground.

Shay reacted on instinct and it seemed like time moved like treacle as he ran towards her and, already knowing she was too low for him to catch standing up, slid on his knees and caught her in a way that cradled the curled-up girl in Seamus' arms. He stood up whilst carrying the girl and asked her gently, "Hey there, lass. Are you alright?"

[Hayley Carter]

Hayley had closed her eyes tight, thinking of all the things she'd miss if she died. Hayley though felt arms underneath her tiny body and soon looked at a by. Out of shock seeing his face from up close she literally jumped into the air landing on her feet.

The red head just didnt like the feeling of the touch and bit her bottom. Yes I'm fine, so sorry i bothered you. she said quickly and stepped aside whle the bucket landed as well. She heard that one coming.

Hayley looked the boy over and walked closer to him a bit, not sure why since she never had problem with making friends, he just felt different. None the less she kept her smile up and hugged him, for no reason but a thank you.

Thank you for saving my life. she said pulling back from the hug smiling friendly. snapping her fingers she gave him a set of flowers as a thank you gift. Hayley grew better in this stuff and gladly handed them over.

My name is Hayley by the way, i am re painting the roof, as you can see my old work is kind of fading. she pointed up at the night sky decorated roof. She wished it was enchanted but they couldnt have it all now could they?

[Seamus McAllister]

Seamus watched in a confused then amused silence as the girl jumped out of his arms. He had a sudden urge to start laughing but held it down, instead going along with everything that the eccentric and obviously hyperactive girl did, hugging her back slightly and accepting the flowers she seemingly brought into existence from thin air. He waited until Hayley had introduced before saying, "Me name's Seamus, although everyone calls me Shay. And trust me, love, it wasn't a bother, just a bit unexpected."

Shay looked up at the ceiling to see what the Vampyre was talking about and said, "Looks fine to me, although I wasn't here when it was first painted." He then thought for a second on what Hayley had said before continuing. "Hold on, you did that yourself?" Whilst gesturing towards the roof. "That is pretty cool. Although," he nodded towards the ladder. "You may want to be more careful whilst painting it. I won't always be around to catch you, you know." He grinned at the girl, still unsure why he had come to the hall in the first place. Hold on, he thought to himself. What would have happened if this urge hadn't come upon me? This girl would probably be sprawled out on the ground with quite a few broken bones, one of them being her spine, probably. Could that urge have been on purpose? Well, I have seen weirder since arriving here.

A frown graced his features as he pondered the implications of such a situation but it quickly changed back to a smile when he noticed that Hayley was looking straight at him. The young werecat said, "So, you painted a lot of stuff around the school or is this the only one you've done so far?"

[Hayley Carter]

Hayley felt awkward and really tried to figure things out, she had no clue what she was doing or why she felt so amazing yet so much pressure as she stood there with the unknown werecat. Yes she knew he was one, since kenny's girlfriend is one as well and she sure didnt mind. She loved having different kinds of friends, it made life less boring after all.

Hayley smiled at the boy who called himself Seamus, and his accent said something down Brittan.. maybe Ireland. again thank you for catching me.. i broke some bones before but i might not be able to survive this one without you. I at least owe you a drink. she spoke truthfully and sure tried to be a good person.

Ever since she left on her mission things went wrong and not how they were supposed to go at all. She had to kiss so many people who got in her way, and she got sick again thinking about it. nodding at his questions she smiled and shrugged. its not that hard.. daydreaming just made me lose balance i guess.. probably gonna be one messed up vampyre. she giggled hiding the seriousness in her words.

shaking his head at his next question hayley simply stood there. I only painted the hall, and soon when everyone goes home, I'm gonna do the the rest of the school. she said softly and looked away for a second so she could think for a moment.

This boy makes me feel strange, like i need to be with him all the time.. its not love but its something like a rope pulling me in.. this is weird talk! Think Hayley.. not speculate. she coughed and opened her hand revealing a blue rose.

oh come on! hanging her head in shame. Looking up at shay she sighed. so much for the paint brush... she sighed and blew the rose away, watching it fly through the halls.

[Seamus McAllister]

Seamus smiled at Hayley's offer for a drink and replied, "Cheers for the offer, Hayley, but I don't drink. And anyway, like I said, it wasn't a bother." He meant both parts genuinely, but he left out the fact that he had only come down there because of some unknown attraction that... Hold on, did she just look away for a second? Is she feeling as weird as I am right now?

The Scot laughed slightly at the girl's admission about day dreaming. "Yeah, well, everyone day dreams once in a while, although it may not be the best idea to do it on top of a rather rickety looking and tall ladder. Not exactly going to be good for your health, you know?"

Seriously, why the hell do I feel so weird around her? It's not like my Imprint with Night but... Oh come on, why is this so hard to pin down? I mean it's not as if I'm in love with her or anything so what the bloody hell is it? Shay's thoughts went back to what Zain had told him about coming to the school and Vampyres and things in general that would help them, until his mind settled a single fact that he had completely forgotten about until now. Oh. Hell.

"Umm, Hayley? Hate to ask you this but..." Unsure on how to continue, he hesitated, not wanting to come across as sounding a bit too personal. "But are you feeling a little weird right now? I only ask because, well..." Another hesitation. "I do. I just wanted to know if..." He sighed. "This isn't going well, is it?"

[Hayley Carter]

Hayley couldnt really tell how she would respond to anything right now. This boy who she never met before made her shiver, made her wanna hug him yet also wanna run away. Hayley wasn’t sure how she would handle this situation and after a few moments of deadly silence, she decided to stay and see what this would bring.

Hayley looked at him and smiled when he said he didn’t drink. I didn’t mean alcohol, I was directing at a cup of starbucks.. I could use some she chuckled and snapped her fingers holding two cups of hot coffee. Hayley had a wide smile on her face and holds out a cup for Seamus.

Hayley loved Starbucks and appearing it was harder than anything else she had to appear before. Hayley looked at the cup and took a sip from it. Hayley nodded wisely when he commented on the ladder and looked down at it lying there , so weak and broken.

She wasn’t sure what to say though her thoughts went crazy like they had ten cups of coffee. Its nothing big Hayley, no whining… its just a boy, he cant harm you. [/i] she said to herself and kind of needed a break.. She couldn’t help it but wanting to tell him she needed a few meters distance to see if it even helped.

As soon as he spoke she raised a brow in confusion. He was stumbling , and even though she found it rather cute, she yet had to figure out what he was saying! Hayley kept calm though until he was done talking at all. It is kind of weird I have to admit that.. Like.. I never felt anything like this before and I know how love feels and this aint it… but I don’t know what it is either.

[Seamus McAllister]

Seamus took the cup off Hayley, took a large gulp of the coffee out of nervousness then immediately regretted it.

Idiot.

Quiet you.

He took a number of deep breaths with his tongue stuck out to try and cool down his throat and his tongue before saying, "Bloody hell, that was hot!" The werecat laughed at his own expense then said too the Vampyre, "Guess that was a bad idea, eh?"

Incredibly so.

What'd I say about quiet, Jormun?

If I had shoulders, I would shrug.

Sighing internally, Seamus asked Hayley, "Have you been told about what happens between a Vampyre and a werecat yet? I've been told that each werecat is assigned a Vampyre to protect by Nyx and that the two of them are then drawn together by an unexplainable set of circumstances." He looked up at the roof. "I think these are our circumstances."

Oh Hel, that isn't another person being able to read our thoughts, is it?

No, that's only from an Imprint. Unless Hayley here bites me, which I highly doubt, given Night's fetish for knives, she will not be able to read either of our thoughts, so cool it, Serpent boy.

Hey, I'm thousands of years old. You can't call me boy.

Sure. I'll just call you kiddo, how about that?

...Boy's fine.

Thought so.

[Hayley Carter]

Hayley was staring at her own cup for now. She sure as hell didn’t know how to say this. How to respond to this. How would she be able to feel as weird as he does at the same time? Hayley didn’t even consider him as her type!

With a slightly raised brow she watched him burning his throat. I’m working on ice coffee… its way harder trust me. she chuckled and took another sip herself. She smiled and shook her head. ah well, it happens. she winked and took another sip herself again.

She could feel so much like herself around him, it was almost scary and weird. Hayley smiled at the thought of having a friend, a friend who was more like a big brother. Hayley never met someone like that in her life before so she was very excited to find a person like that. She knew everyone else had one so why wouldn’t she?

Hayley looked at Seamus and his face described an inside battle, like he was thinking but at the same time trying to stay in contact with her. Hayley looked at him and back to her shoes. Hayley bit the inside of her cheek and looked up at Seamus again. So you’re like some protection person? Like a bodyguard?

Hayley was confused and yet she only wanted to know more and know what was wrong with them. I mean I seriously don’t know what this is all about since my teachers never told me about this before. This feeling is odd… but I am not sure if its even normal.. I’m in my last year and I don’t want to hurt anyone if I eventually die in it. she said more spitting it out than knowing what she said.

[Seamus McAllister]

"I think it's more of a big brother type bond, from what I've heard." Seamus frowned at Hayley's last comment and replied, "Hold on, why would you die? For one, why would anyone want to kill or hurt you? You don't seem as if you could be a threat to anyone, no offence. Secondly," he grinned cheekily, "you've got me to protect you."

Oh, you are very smooth Seamus, and I mean that in the most sarcastic way possible.


Shut up.

Shay looked at the girl then asked, "Why have the teachers never told you about this stuff? It's happened to most of the students around here so I would think that they had told you." If it wasn't obvious, Shay was very surprised that Hayley hadn't been told about the fact that werecats were meant to protect a Vampyre assigned to them by Nyx. And here's me thinking it was common knowledge.

Well, apparently not. Might it just be told to kids who are actually given a protector who are told how to deal with it and why it happened?

It would make sense if it wasn't almost all of the students here. If it was only a small minority of us it would make sense to tell them afterwards but I'm pretty sure that there are lessons taught which explain it all.

Hmm...

[Hayley Carter]

Hayley got confused she had to admit that. This was something she wasn’t prepared for since her return to the school. Her coach had her on a mission, so long and yet so hurting. Hayley Was in a stressfull situation since all she could think off was making it through the change and end up a full vampyre.

The red head frowned a bit as he spoke and nodded. A brother kind of bond. Hayley had no siblings, as an only child she could use a brother… but she just met him.. she couldn’t like jump into his arms and see him as her big brother. Her green eyes moved to his face as curious as possible. She knew he was serious about the killing but Hayley had enemies, even though she hated to admit it.

very kind of you Seamus.. but I’m trying to look realistic at my life and as long as I am still in the change, my life isn’t certain at all. Besides even a little red head can be dangerous when she wants to be. My innocence died when I got marked. she said serious now, and every time Hayley got serious she lost her spark.

Her spark of joy and happiness. Reality killed her joy. And she didn’t even tell anyone she did drugs.. His next question was a logical one yet the answer would be as vague as she answered everyone elses. I went out for a year with a grown Vampyre.. It was for school and I think they just wanted me to prove myself but I missed a lot and this is one of those things I missed. she explained and smiled half.

Every time she looked back at the mission she saw those faces. The ugly faces, the death glares when she passed their families. The kills she made. That Vampyre made her do it to get to a threat.. Every single limb in her body started to hurt by the thoughts, the need for blood wasn’t ever so big as she started to murder innocent people.

People who had families.. who had others to live for. Even Kenny didn’t know the full story, she wasn’t going to tell him either, not even when tortured to death. Hayley had a wet feeling on her hands and yet there was nothing on them.. the feeling of blood on her hands made her shiver.. if even the headmistress knew about this.. the man would be hunted down and murdered.. like all those innocent people.

Hayley looked at seamus and all she saw was a boy, a boy who wanted to protect her now. He doesn’t even know how dangerous she is. Hayley just couldn’t bear that thought and shook it off. She was so tired now, tired of this crap.. She couldn’t even go to school or something weird happens…. Again!

The red head sighed and looked at Seamus. She had a grin up her face as she studied his. okay so tell me… are you one of those boys talking to himself or having a voice in his head cause your inside talking is really obvious… your face shows off what you think. she said and shot a picture with her phone.

see?

[Seamus McAllister]

Seamus looked confusedly at Hayley then at the screen. It's that obvious?

[color=Green]Apparently.[/color][/i]

"Well, uh, Hayley, there is a perfectly reasonable explanation for that... Uhmm... There is, uhh... A..."

Oh, just spit it out, dingus.

"In my head I have a Nordic god named Jormungandr who can move things with his mind and can take over my body." He smiled awkwardly and hoped that it sound so ridiculous to the girl that she wouldn't believe him.

Hmm...

Hmm?

She's hiding something.

How can you tell?

I'm mildly telepathic, and she's incredibly hesitant about something. You can see it in her body language.

The werecat thought for a moment as he talked to Hayley, trying to work out what the girl was hiding, even going as far as thinking that it might be something that put her life in danger.

Now where do I recognise her from...

"So, Hayley, how you finding the school since you've got back?" I don't know, where do you recognise her from?/i]

It took a brief second before he replied. Holy Hel.

"Hayley, are you hiding something? I only ask because if you are, it might put both of us in danger if I need to protect you."

[Hayley Carter]

Hayley wanted to know if she could actually trust him. He might have saved her life just an hour ago but that doesn’t mean she can actually trust him right now. He seemed so confused and so in a trance, like nothing around him could see him. Hayley got horrific thoughts about Jeckyl and Hyde or something like that but she shook it off since being a vampyre wasn’t perfect either.

Hayley frowned watching him stumble and trying to tell her what was bothering him. Why did she even care? Sure she felt some kind of chaining connection but that doesn’t mean she would chase him like a puppy dog. She would give him two more minutes to answer her question and then she would walk away and ask herself why she made friends with people half sane.

As he spoke she tried not to laugh or even look surprised. Not sure if she failed that part but she tried and she couldn’t do more than trying. The information had to sink in…. a nordic god… was he serious or did he try to fool her because he might have some weird disease? Whatever… she wasn’t perfect either, she had blood on her hands and it would never go away.

Though when he said the name of the Nordic god, a slightly fearful feeling rushed through her veins. It just couldn’t be that guy.. how did he get to Seamus… just not going to happen. Nordic god huh? Sounds fun? she said a bit unsure of what else she could say about it.. it wasn’t like it sounds normal..

Luckily Seamus had asked her a question that distracted her from her own thoughts. Well it’s different. I don’t think the school changed much, but it feels different. she said softly knowing she is the one who changed. The girl who was a junk.. the girl who always needed a shot, a way to forget her life.

She changed.. drugs didn’t matter anymore, all that mattered to her was keeping her life a secret.

Her green eyes moved to Shay with confusion. hiding something? Don’t we all hide things? But there are things in life I really don’t want to talk about with anyone.. not just you but everyone else. Its nothing huge for other people, but for me its one of the holes I am going to fix myself, something I have to do by myself.

She didn’t want to talk about the burning homes, the murders, the threats and how she was used to kill and steal for the woman’s purpose. Its one of the many weaknesses… the threats of dying or being killed… she made her choice and right now she was lucky to be safe and alive.

[Seamus McAllister]

"Can be fun. More often than not he's incredibly bloody annoying though." He smiled at Hayley whilst he thought, Oh yeah, she definitely recognises your name.

I noticed. Listen, if anything happens-

Let you control, got it.

Seamus tried to make it seem less obvious that he was talking to Jormun then asked, "How does everything seem different, if you don't mind me asking." He asked this because he wanted more clues as to what the girl wasn't telling him when suddenly-

All right, I've worked why I feel weird around her.

Really?

Yep. I don't recognise this girl, but I recognise something about her. Back during the times of the Ancient Greeks, I was sent to Athens to try and stop a woman from killing the King of Athens. Unfortunately, I failed, but I was within a hair's breadth of killing her when she tried to run off. That whole encounter left me with a sense of where she was. I ran into her a number of other times after that, so I know what it feels like and Hayley has that feeling all over her.

So she's that woman you almost killed?

No, it's too weak to be her, but it definitely feels like she's been around Tanya a lot.

Tanya?

That's the name of the woman, dingus. Adding to that, I heard of a lot of assassinations that took place a while ago in Chechnya that bared a remarkable resemblance to Tanya's murder of the King of Athens, but there were details like the familes of the targets surviving that didn't make sense, but now I can see why. She got Hayley to do it.

What?! Chechnya? What the bloody hell was she doing in Chechnya?

It's one of the most war-torn countries in the world. Prime place for her to work.

But why would she need Hayley?

How abouts we find out?

"Hayley have you-" Just as Seamus was about speak, he heard a trio of voices behind him which he recognised all too well. "Oh, not fucking now."

A nasal and condescending voice called out, "Hey look, guys, it's Seamus the Scottish cat! How's the haggis?"

Please let me kill them.

No. "It's going fine, Dan. You done being an annoying little prick or do you still have an inferiority complex?"

The Vampyre sneered. "Well, at least I'm not a stupid cat like you."

"Oh please, kid, you can't even do basic maths. If I'm stupid then you don't have a brain."

Dan pointed towards Hayley. "And what the hell you doin' with her?"

"You see, Dan, there's this thing called 'friendship'. You probably wouldn't understand it given the fact that the two people with you are only here because they feel sorry for you."

"Go fuck yourself, McAllister."

"We've reverted to swearing now, have we? An obvious sign that you don't have anything intelligent to say." Seamus turned back to Hayley and mouthed the word "idiots" towards her before he was sent to the ground by a punch to the back of the head. Your turn.

Jormun held out his hand and sent the paint bucket that Hayley had been using flying into Dan's face at a high speed. The boy fell to the ground, unconscious, before the Asgard noticed how his two friends wanted a fight also. "Wonderful." The first of them ran towards Jormun and straight into his knee, causing the boy to double over before the god kicked him in the side of the head. He looked the last of the trio and asked, "You want a fight too?"

[Hayley Carter]

Hayley wanted to just scream the guilt out of her body, to show the blood she had on her hands, but it didnt work, it wouldn’t happen and she knew it. Hayley sighed and looked at Seamus. She chuckled about his comment and gave him a sweet smile. She didn’t want to hurt him and she loved to make new friends so the worries just had to fade.

As Shay asked a question Hayley thought of the answer. I guess time caught up on me. she shrugged and looked at her own hands for a moment. She didn’t know what to say but she guessed it would be better when they really get to know one another.

A deep silence landed between them and then finally he spoke and got cut off but some jerks. Hayley rolled her eyes and watched the scene. But the HER has a name and slowly anger boiled up from her heart and when they attacked Shay , Hayley grabbed one’s throat and squeezed it tightly , her eyes cold and angry.

While shay was doing his thing she looked at the guy getting no air. She kicked his stomach and smashed his head in with her fist ducking and avoiding the last one. She pushed her fingers into his neck, throat and chest and watched him asking and begging for air.

okay little child that you are we’re going to do this my way now. First of all my name is Hayley not just a girl. Second you can treat my protector with respect and apologize. Did I tell you you will die in 30 seconds starting 10 seconds ago? she said softly and looked at shay with an apologizing look.

Once he said sorry she took off the pinch and looked at Seamus. {color=aqua] I ehh.. had some self defense lessons.. [/color] she shrugged.