I was at school trying to learn through all the kids who were talking or sleeping. The bell rang saying it was time to go to homeroom (which for some reason wasn't before 1st period) was unusually louder than normal. It made me gather my books and binder and go to the room that was very far from this class....which sucked. While walking to my locker to get my homework and put some books away, I ran into the kid that everyone was afraid of, Derek fraizee. He had short, black hair, pail skin, muscular body, and very nerdy at heart. I remember once he came to a Halloween party dressed as Yoda. Everyone teases him for no reason and it annoys even me, I can always sense a hurt soul and his was obviously shattered. "Sorry, I wasn't paying attention" I said with my voice cracking a bit from his mysterious look he was giving me.

"It is fine you do not have to worry, all fear will be taken away from you soon" He said slowly backing away with no emotion on his face. What was that about, what did that mean? I kept thinking to myself as I rushed quickly to my locker, already at least two minutes late. I flew my locker open and two pictures fell out along with a small box. I took the pictures from the cold school floor and stared at them. They were pictures of me sleeping on two different nights. I shivered from fear all over my body and leaned down slowly for the box. When I opened it there was a necklace that had a fitted rose quartz in it.

"Woow! Who got you that?" My BFF Amber said looking amazed by the stone.

"I'm not sure it just feel out of my locker" I said, put the pictures and box in my locker and got out my books.

"Well that sound like someone has an admirer!"

"I do not. Plus if I did I could easily track them down with my senses" I can also sense secrets and lies. It sounds kind of awesome at first until you realize it gives you killer headaches.

I looked at my phone and panicked at how late I was. Amber waved goodbye for now and ran down the hall to the bathroom. She isn't always a freak with how she looked but every once and a while she needs to know if she is still 'herself' and not an ugly creature. She always looked pretty with her long, black hair that always caught the moon light when we went hiking at night in the woods. Her cheekbones were proudly high and her smile was so bright that it could light up the sky. She didn't like that saying and no one really knows why, even her.

As I ran into the room, a bit tired from running, everyone was looking at my like I had mutated.

"Miss Smith you're late again!" My totally mean homeroom teacher snarled.

"Sorry Mr. Ives,It-" I broke off realizing he wasn't paying a bit of attention to me.

I walked over to my seat that was all the way in the back corner so I wouldn't have to hear anyone as clearly. Everyone was working hard when all of a sudden the fire alarm went off. Everyone looked at me, I can sense danger, and I nodded the get out signal to them and everyone ran out quickly. Having it being the middle of December everyone was shivering as they watched the school slowly start to fill with smoke.

"Crap!" I yelled running back to the school that was now catching flame.

"Lexie! Where are you going it not safe to go in there!" Amber yelled as she ran following me into the school. She caught up to me and stopped me. When she looked at me she looked very worried.

"I forgot the pictures and the box!"

"Who cares about the box your safety is more important. Come on hurry it might fall on our heads"

"There is something up and I need to figure it out. The school wouldn't randomly catch on fire would it?" I had a point because the lunch ladies quit, making everyone pack a lunch. I don't blame them, who would want to be a lunch lady anyways?

We ran too my locker (which was unfortunately the last locker in the hall way). I forced it open and took my backpack, coat, and the items that I came in here for, and we ran out. Still down the hallway running I came to a stop, but Amber was so scared she kept running. I didn't mind, I kind of expected that.

"Hello?" I yelled. "Is someone there?" getting a bit nervous I backed away feeling that it wouldn't end well. I was too young to die. Then a thought came through my head that started to say something that made me shiver. There is someone stuck here. I ran down the hallway to see if there was anyone there. No one, the place was empty.

I turned around and ran outside and fell to the ground from all the smoke in my lungs. Everything went black but I could here muffled voices that were not familiar.

"Will she be alright?" OK I knew that was Mr. Ives.

"She will be fine sir, she just needs some fresh air." A man with a deep voice said that made me want to open my eyes.

I forced my eyes open and heard many people sighing of relief. When I tried to stand I wobbled and the man caught me. He took me to a near truck with many flashing lights that hurt my eyes. The man moved my hair out of my eyes and I heard gasps coming from all around. "What's wrong? Was I burned badly or something?"

"Well uhh why don't you just see for yourself?" The man said handing me a mini compact mirror (why was he carrying that?) and I held it to my eyes.They glowed a dark red color instead of a normal bright green eyes.

I dropped the mirror and thought positives but it was too hard and could only think about negatives. What was going on, and I knew there was danger but didn't know it was pointed towards me! They finished and the fire was out . All the students grabbed there keys that were always in their pockets and left for home. I put sunglasses on and walked over to Amber and told her to get in the car because it was freezing. I hopped into my little black car and drove to my house. At first the car ride was filled with dead silence until Amber broke it.

"What is wrong with you? Why did you go in there to save something that small? Are you stupid?" She questioned me

"Listen I have a had feeling about this and I need the proof to help solve this mystery." I stopped into a diners parking lot. "Hungry?" I took my sunglasses off and stared in her eyes and she gave a slight gasp and turned a bit white. She was scared and sick at the same time.

"Alexia Dawn Smith what happened while you were inside the school alone?" I heard her pain and concern.

"I don't know, when I stopped it was because there was a noise and it scared me. Nothing happened, no one was there."

"But your eyes are-" I stopped her.

"Amber, Something is up but I think it wants me to not be me." She noticed I was uncomfortable and stopped talking to get out of the car and walk into the diner.

We stepped in and every one's eyes were on us...or at least me. As we walked past them they whispered to each other maybe calling me a freak! As if she read their minds Amber yelled at them to shut up and they all got quiet and returned eating. Thankfully my sister, Corey, was working and she took our table to wait.

"Hey, Lexie, how are ya, I heard about your school." She looked at me with a blank face. She yanked me up and pulled me into the kitchen leaving Amber at the table watching the diner closely. I think this has something to do with my eyes.

"Dawn what happened to your eyes they are blood red not bright green!" she said. "Wait, oh god don't tell me they have turned you into one of those horrid creatures!"

"Horrid creatures? what are you talking about?"

"The admirers, they aren't as nice and sweet as you would think. They are, like, vampires mixed in with crossroads demons. If you are one you need to find out where they all live to join them. Sorry sis." She sounded serious and concerned.

"OH GOD! I hope not." I yelled so loudly the cooks looked at me and quickly turned around. "I'm hungry now so get me some pancakes and get Amber a few hash browns." I purposely changed the subject. Corey rolled her eyes at me and made the order.

I ran back to the table and pretended like nothing happened. But Amber knew it wasn't good, she stared at me while I sipped on my diet coke. The food came after a few minutes, distracting us from the awkward silence. When we finished eating we went to my house.

We weren't a rich family but we lived in a big house that had four bedrooms but only two were ever used. Because I like the silence, I took the room in the finished basement that had beautiful wood floors and was filled with the smell of lavender and honey. The house was always filled with some kind of smell, a new one everyday. We walked into the house and went down to my room. It was Friday and Amber was staying the weekend. She looked at me as if she could read my fear and a slight glimpse of panic shot through me.

"You're hiding something from me, Alexia." She kept her eyes on me.

"Amber, I think I'm turning into an admirer. But I am not sure, Corey said I looked like it and she is the person obsessed with creatures of the unknown stuff!"

"That's what I was afraid you'd say" She said quietly to herself but not quiet enough. She shocked me with her next words. "I hope I'm not chosen to kill you."

"What's that supposed to mean I thought you hunted werewolves?"

"I have just been assigned to admirers today, while you were in the kitchen with your sister." Chills ran down my spine as I now found out my friend has been assigned to kill the creatures that I am turning into.

"Don't worry about it, I'll be safe, always." We turned the TV on so the silence was broken.

I walked up to pop some popcorn when my mother was sitting on the stool crying. I ran up to her and asked her what was wrong but she did not answer me. Like she couldn't see me or something. There was a letter on the table that read the most shocking things ever that made me feel sick:

MRS. OR MR. SMITH WE HAVE BEEN INFORMED THAT NORTHERN RIDGE HIGH SCHOOL BURNT DOWN TODAY AND THERE WAS ONE PERSON STILL IN THAT BUILDING. WE HAVE BEEN NOTED THAT THAT STUDENT WAS ALEXIA D. SMITH.SHE WAS REPORTED MISSING WHEN THE STAFF TOOK ROLE OF THEIR STUDENTS. HER BODY WAS FOUND AFTER THE FIRE WAS PUT OUT. YOU CAN GO DOWN TO THE MOURGE AND CHECK OUT THE BODY BEFORE IT IS READY FOR THE FUNERAL. WE ARE VERY SORRY FOR YOUR LOSS. - Northern Ridge Police Department.

My heart raced and I ran down to tell Amber what just happened. I got to my room and opened the door and found that she wasn't in the room and neither were her things. I rushed out the door and ran as fast as I could to the diner, and ran to Corey, who was crying. She was holding the same letter that our mother had.

I ran out back into a dark ally and cried feeling alone and scared. Suddenly, there was a loud crash, I got up and walked forward towards the sound. ACK! What the heck, I fell, over what? I struggled to get up, feeling like this was similar but at a different place.

I glanced at the nearest sign. I was still in my normal California, where no one cared. My home, it's like they know all the things I need to survive and a small California town was one of the things in my survival bag. I got up and noticed that a farm on a hill wasn't familiar at first. Why? I knew it was our farm, the sign is right there! Were my memories fading? I didn't understand the admirers world at all, I needed answers!

I looked around and there was dead silence, until there was a loud scream coming from the barn. I ran as quick as I could to see the danger that was no longer able to be sensed. The barn doors flung open and out ran a little girl who I'd never seen before. Slowly I walked in and there lied my sister covered in blood and sweat. She told me to come over to her and she gave me a note. I took it from her hands and right when she was about to fade I asked her something that confused me.

"How can you see me, Corey?" I asked through my tears.

"I don't know I just can I guess" She said as her eyes started to close her eyes and then all of a sudden she gasped and her memory was gone. She glanced up at me giving me the what-just-happened look. Her eyes were red as if she had just woken up. I gave a blank expression and gave her a rag to clean the blood off.

"What happened to you, why are you covered in blood?" I asked while having a mini panic attack. She did not respond which was kind of expected from a girl who just almost died and had her memories erased. She looked at me like she knew me and then she asked if I was a ghost because I was killed in the school fire.

But I wasn't, I talked to so many people after I got out of the school I remember it so clearly. I got so scared I ran down to some tunnels of the organization for the admirers that popped up out of no where and felt less stressful when I walked in.

"Hello is there a visitor here or am I just going crazy?" A woman at a table said smiling at a new member.

"Uhh, I was just turned into an admirer and I guess I need to like register or something."

"Oh yes you are our newest admirer,can you keep a lover?" She laughed at the joke that took me a few minutes to figure out. I smiled at her motherly nature and she led me down the hallways to show me around. "Did you like the little play we put on for you? The fire, the people you talked to, oh, and sorry about your sister we got carried away on that. At least she isn't dead.

"You did that? I can't believe it! So, uhh am I immortal like vampires or mortal like wolves or do I watch too many movies?"

"Ha, I have never been asked that, well the truth is no one knows really" She laughed.

We walked down the hallway until we got to a room with my name and two others names on it. This is your new home Alexia, good luck, and be cautionary. I kept talking to myself to calm my nerves. I entered the room to two girls, twins, sitting the bed laughing and watching videos on YouTube. They stopped and looked up. They smiled and got out of bed very fast. They seemed like they would scream out of excitement but I just gave them the please-don't-scream look. They calmed down and introduced themselves.

"Hello my name is Abbie Lightshell and this is Lily Lightshell." Abbie said.

"We're twins" They both said at the same time.

"Nice to meet you both, I am Alexia Smith." I said keeping my voice level low.

I looked around the room and it looked very modern with a slight Victorian look. It made it seem like everything is right, renewed, and perfect. Welcome to your brand new lovely life I told myself in my head. Everything of mine was put where it belong and the twins looked at me and asked if I had the necklace. I told them yes and they told me to put it on my neck. They gave me a warning that this might seem nice to me now it will turn into my living hell and to stay safe for now.