Burkins Academy

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Fenton climbs out of the car and leans against it while he looks up at his house. He was thankful for the woods surrounding it, it was out of the way and it meant that here anybody could be themselves. He grins a little and pushes away from the jeep, jerking his head to gesture Alice to follow him. He walks to the front door, walking up a few steps to get there. He pushes the heavy wooden door open and smiles, he could see the back of his aunt in the kitchen, cooking God knows what.

 

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Alice looks around, following him slowly and stepping inside with him. She looks around and then glances at who she guessed was his aunt. She was wondering who's scent she had smelt just before.

 

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Fenton looks at her and closes the door behind them. "You look like you're thinking about something." He mumbles, looking at her with raised eyebrows, before walking in the direction of the kitchen. "Amma." He says, quietly, and his aunt turns around. "Fenton? School doesn't finish for an hour! You best have a- whose this?"

 

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Alice looks at him, "It's weird, everyone has different smells. I can recognise people by it. I'm just experimenting with it," she murmurs to him before looking at his Aunt, "I'm Alice." She says softly, she could also smell that his aunt wasn't a witch, meaning she was human. She looks away from him, a witches blood wasn't at all as appetising as what human blood smelt like but it did the job for a while. So smelling the human scent was driving her mad with thirst. She looks away, holding her breath slightly and looking away.

 

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His aunt looks at Alice for a moment before raising her eyebrows. "Is this what you meant by your text?" She asks Fenton. "I understand that you're new to vampires, but you didn't have to bring one to show off." She says, turning back to her cooking. Fenton shrugs his shoulders, "she's a friend, Amma."

 

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Alice glances at Fenton, an uneasy expression. She bites her lip trying to concentrate. She looks at Amma and then looking away, "How do you know I'm a vampire?" She asks.

 

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Amma looks at Fenton, then at Alice. "Witches are witches, even if they're human." She says slowly, and Fenton raises his eyebrows a little, "let me clear this up. Fenton, is a witch. His mother was a witch. But I didn't get the gene. It skips generations, but I know more about it than Fenton does." She shrugs her shoulders. "I can still feel the danger, the darkness." She turns back to her cooking. "It is a sense."

 

[CrystalSmith]

Alice nods slowly, "so you just can't cast spells?" She asks curiously, bringing a hand through her hair, still trying to focus. She smiles weakly and the looks away.

 

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"We don't just cast spells." Amma says, a little harshly, "We channel elements, earth, air, fire, water, light, and dark." She says, "though some witches channel more of the lighter sides of the four elements, and some channel the darker sides." She pushes her cooking in the oven and walks over to the sink, washing her hands.

 

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Alice looks back up, "Sorry, I'm new to all of this stuff, I only turned a vampire like an hour ago and I'm not a witch." She mumbles, she glances at the women.

 

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His aunt shrugs her shoulders. "It doesn't matter. You'll find it all out in time, Fenton is new too." He looks at him for a moment before washing up some of her baking equipment. Fenton looks at Alice with a smile on his face.

 

[CrystalSmith]

Alice nods and then smiles weakly at Fenton, "okay." She mumbles to Amma, trying her best to seem relaxed and yet every one of her muscles is clenched, trying to prevent her self from moving.

 

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Amma turns and looks at her. "The sun, does it irritate you yet?" She asks, "I can ask Fenton to make you a protection ring. Or necklace." Fenton looks confused. "It's laced with power that prevents sunlight from irritating vampires, able to go out in the day. Some vampires aren't irritated by the sun, though." Fenton nods his head, understanding.

 

[CrystalSmith]

Alice shrugs, "I'm not sure, I only jut changed.. All I know is that I'm half vampire, I'm partly human.. Do you know if there'll be side effects because of that?" She asks quietly looking around.

 

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Amma nods her head. "You won't feel anything by the sun, then." She says, "half vampires are different to vampires. Vampires don't age, but half vampires do. The difference is though that half vampires age at a much slower rate than normal humans, but they still age." She smiles. "There are other things, too."

 

[CrystalSmith]

Alice's nods slowly, "What other things?" She asks slowly, she wasn't bothered by the slow ageing thing, she wanted to grow old eventually anyway. She smiles slightly.

 

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"There will come a time where the vampire gene in you will take over. Don't worry, there's a fifty or so years until that happens, but when it does, everything will be new again. You think you want blood now? Then, it's much much worse." She shrugs her shoulders. "You only have half the things that normal vampires can do at the moment, the rest come in time." She smiles a little, "and it's always handy to have a witch around."

 

[CrystalSmith]

Alice grins slightly turning to Fenton, "What pleasure it was to meet you on today of all days, Mr Witch." She comments, she looks at her, "Well I'm faster and stronger and my senses are heightened, are you saying these will get even better?" She asks.

 

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"They'll get better, yeah." She smiles slightly. "And about the timing... Something tells me it wasn't just a coincidence that the day you meet is the day you turn, but I'll have to look into that, alright?"

 

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Alice nods slowly, "Alex, he's my- he was my friend. He's a light witch, him and Fenton had a fight or something." She says to Amma, looking over at Fenton with a guilty expression for grassing him up. She shrugs slightly though trying to shake off the feeling of thirst.

 

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Amma narrows her eyes at Fenton. "You had a fight. In the middle of school. With powers that you can't control?!" She asks, and Fenton steps backwards, "exactly, I couldn't control it. It just flowed out of me when I was angry!" He bites his lip. "He kept saying that our family is dark."

 

[CrystalSmith]

Alice shrugs looking at the two, "Alex hangs with werewolves and hates me and Fenton now." She comments lightly, clenching her jaw, "He doesn't believe that I feel guilty before feeding." She murmurs glancing at Fenton's wrist.

 

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Amma saw the glance and grabbed Fentons wrist quickly, pulling off the wristband. Aside from old scars from something else, the fresh bite was there, still red. Amma lowered his hand and slapped him round the face. "You've really done it now!" She yells, leaning against the kitchen counter with her hands over her eyes.

 

[CrystalSmith]

Alice steps forward, "Leave him alone. He only did it because I was losing control and there was over a thousand humans that could die instead!" She says angrily, "what does it matter that I fed from him?" She asks

 

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Amma turns to her, "it means that he's tied now! When a vampire feeds from a witch then their blood bonds!" She shakes her head, "light witches have weaker bonds that fade over a few days. Dark witches are for a lifetime."