Mellia Je Zanna awoke with the sound of pouring rain at her balcony window. She closed her eyes again with a sigh remembering being waken up at 5:30 in the morning by her older sister that has been raising her since she was tweleve years old that she was called into work early. Meaning she would have to walk to school in the rain. Mellia's sister, Ellie Je Zanna, works as one of the best Childern Psychiatrist's in the state of New York. So she always busy with mentally ill children and keeping up with the bills and rent.

Mellia yawn softly as she crawled out of bed. Stumbling a bit as she walked to her too big of an over size closet. She found a pair of faded blue cut-hole low rider jeans that were tight at her thighs and flare out passed her knees. Just like most of her jeans and how she like them. Ellie would sometime get mad because she would purpolsy cut holes in her jeans and make them fuzzy. Sometime Mellia would wear fish net stocking underneath but today she didn't feel like it. She put those jeans on and looked for a long sleeve black and red strip shirt that always reminded her of Freddy Krueger. If only she had the real claws she would scratch most of the students at schools and claw their chest open repetadly till they bleed to death and cry out for forgiveness. She grabbed her black hoodie off her desk chair and slipped it on as she put on her Sketchers and walked out of her bedroom. Her back pack was down stairs.

As she enter into the kitchen she found that Ellie had bought blue berry muffins from the bakery down the streets and left a note. She pick it up. Reading and then placing it down with a sigh. The note bascily read she wont be home till 9 tonight and that she left thirty dollars in the cookie jar to buy pizza if she wished for dinner. The cookie jar was Ellies way of hiding money in case their was a robbery. Mellia grabbed the blue berry and eat it and heard her one and only best friend Mason Spence walk into the house with a sneeze.

"My God its raining like cats and dogs out there" he said walking into the kitchen soaking wet. Mellia gave a slow nod as she looked out the kitchen window near the kitchen table. Mason looked around. "I noticed your sisters car wasn't here but I was hoping it was at the garage."

"Nope. She got called in early at work. One of the children must of had a violent episode I assume," she said grabbing her back pack swinging it onto her left shoulder. Mason sigh.

"Well we should hurry then before it gets worse?" she nodded.

"Aww but Im starting to get dry" he pouted. She grinned.

"And Im gonna get wet and besides school is only 20 minutes away from here."

"Yeah well Im the wicked witch of the west. Im gonna melt" she couldnt help but chuckle softly. Thats one of the things she loved about Mason was his sense of humor. He knew when to use it.

"You'll live"

By the time Mella and Mason got to Serenity Haven High School, they were soak along with many other students that had to walk to school. She pushed her hoodie to the side as she enter into the building of Hell as she called it. Too many fights happen in this school. Too many drug dealers and bullies and whores and preps were here as well. Out casts. Nerds. The Geeks. The Goths. The Freaks. And what borther Mellia Je Zanna the most was that she was on of the very few out casts, the only freak and she is the victim of being bullied and not taking any more of it and decided to fight back. Thus she became one of the fighters in school.. Though the girls learn not to fight with her any more. After she threw a chair at a girls face for calling her dead mother a whore. Breaking the girls nose and causing her pretty face all damange. Then smashing a girls head into the concret floor of the hallway. Mason and the body guards had to pull her away from that fight. She got gang up once by three girls and kick all three of their butts with her martial arts move that no one knew she had. Of course Mellia got in trouble. Being in the courts and almost going to jail. Now all Mellia is waiting on are the boys to pick fights with her.

Mellia paused as she took in a deep breath slowly walking passed the office. A group of girls and a couple of gay guys and some guys hovering around the area. drolling and whispering and all giggling and she knew the look on their faces. All giving the "flirt look". Meaning new student. But in this case consdering that there are boys and girls and gay guys, must mean more then one student. "Oh my god the tall one is so hot" one girl said. "Oh that one i would totally do him in the girls bathroom" another said "Are you kidding me girl, Im going to be the first girl he asks out." One guy was arguuing with his buddy who he was gonna bang the girl first and then one of the two gay boys said in their girly voice, "Oh my god look at his abs, im gonna bend him over and" then the bell rang. Mason laughed as he looked at Mellia.

"You look disgusted"

"I am. These girls are so immuture. The boys are such perverts and even the gays guys are such...." she just shooked her head.

"Excuse?" Mellia turned around to hear a deep accent of that sounded Ukraine. The kind she hears on foreighn tv shows. She almost lost her breath at the sight of the most beautiful human she has ever seen. The boy must have been around her age. He he was about 6 feet tall with light fair pale smooth skin and startling pericing sliver eyes. She knew they couldnt be real. No bodys eyes couldnt be so sliver then again they seem so real. He had long dark chocolate color hair where his bangs curved to the side. She didnt check the rest of him out because she could feel the rest of her body heat up. And it dawn on her that he was one of the new students and he was one of the boys the girls were all drowling over.

"What?" she said sounding annoyed that he came walking towards her.. Mason snickered lightly as he watched the two of them.

"My name is Loki Le Viathan and Im new so I dont know where all my classes are. Could you help me?"he asked with such poiltness.

"Couldn't of you ask one of the girls who wanted you in the bathroom?" she said nonchanatly. Loki smiled at her amuse which caught her breath for some reason.

"Actully I wanted someone who's eyes weren't all over me" her cheeks heated up. Not liking it she just shooked her head to shake it off. With a sigh as she looked down as he handed her the schedual. She took it and read it.

"Looks like you got two classes out of four classes with me plus lunch with me and Mason. Your other two classes you have one with Mason and then your last one your on your own." Loki looked at Mason with a smile.

"Good because Chemsitry I have with my sister and I believe thats the one with Mason?" he asked looking at the paper and nodded. His accent was deep and it made Mellia wonder where he was from. Mellia then grinned to herself at the snotty looks she was getting from the girls that were passing them.

"We should go before you get into trouble for being late" Mason and Loki both nodded. Mason waved to Mellia as he headed the oppisted direction from where they were going. Mellia looked at Loki. "Look Im only helping you because youre new. So I suggest you wait five minutes after I walk into the classroom that you walk in after and tell the teacher you got lost" she said as they got to History class. She walked in as Mr. Kaio said,

"You're late again, Mrs. Je Zanna" Mellia rolled her eyes. Mr. Kaio was famous for his built body and charming blue eyes. All the girls flirt with him but he knows better and he says he has a wife. But Mellia is the only one that realizes the minute he was new to school and he said that their is no wedding ring on his finger. Maybe they got a divorce and it was a targice one. Or maybe she died.

"Arent I always Mr. Kaio?' she walked into the back of the room into the far right and sat at her desk and brought out her drawing note book. Begging to draw when the girls started whispering with soft flirty giggles as Loki walked in. He handed the teacher his peice of paper. "Sorry. I got lost"

"Ah Mr. Le Viathan, welcome to Serenity Haven". Mellia looked hearing something different in both their tones. Something other then Mr. Kaio's normal happiness and jollyness. It was no doubt that Loki's voice was emotionless. Mr. Kaios eyes had darken for a quick second that only Mellia had caught as he watched Loki and him stare at each other before Mr. Kaio said and pointed to Mella. "Please take a seat next Mellia" she sigh heavily and rolled her eyes as she sunk into her seat but then lower her head and contuine to draw pictures of things that she sees in her dreams.

"Interesting drawing," Loki said in whisper. Trying to have a converstaion that Mellia was trying to avoid since the moment he ask her to show him to classes. She nodded her head.

"Thanks"

"Do you draw things like that all the time?" he asked. His deep accent filled with curiosouty. She didn't know what to say so she changed the subject.

"Where are you from?" she asked a bit curious. He looked at her for a minute.

"Czech"

"From Ukriane?" he nodded slowly as though he was unsettle by his answer. "So exchange students."

"Me and my sister and my best friend are from there. We came to America to get away from our parents---"

"Runaways?" he looked at her for a minute. Not sure what she ment. "Never mind go ahead." she said caught up in his story.

"Umm not much said. We live together with..." he was thinking. Why? Was he nervous to say who he was living with? "A pen pal but shes travels around the world on bussiness tri[s and said we can live with her." Mellia just nodded and went back to her drawing. She was interested but two girls a couple of rows in fornt of her were whispering about her. This turn her attention away. She just rolled her eyes in frustartion. Pushing harder on her pencil till the lead broke. She grip it harder till she heard a crack when she felt his hand on hers. She flinched when she felt how hot he was and how he sent a strange warm senstaion that made her shiver from head to toe with pleasure. She turn to look at him with wide bright emerald eyes. Loki looked down at his hands on her and quickly pulled away. Paincking a little as though he did something wrong. In this case to Mellia he did. He touched her hand without premission and did something that she normally doesnt feel. She looked away as well. With warm cheeks.

For the rest of the period it was silence between the young two. She had closed her drawing note book and stared out the window. Trying to pretend that he wasnt there but couldnt help but feel his pericing sliver eyes on her every now and then. Once bell rang she stood up and grabbed her back pack and took his schedual out of his hands. "Art class...with me. Try not to sit next to me." she said sounding mean. He looked at her for a moment. Understanding what he did and knew he shouldnt have but not understanding why she would act like this. He nodded slowly as he stood up.

"Ill try. No garantee if I can" he said with a smile that caught her breath in her throat. She watched him walked towards the door. For a minute she watched as he and Mr. Kaio gave each other what seem like a look of hatred. Strange. Do they know each other? Impossable. Loki just move here. Could it be one of those judgemental things that teachers do to new students when they come to a new school? Must be. But Mr. Kaio isnt normally like that.

Mellia ignore the looks she got from some girls but most of the girls were too busy stopping Loki to say hi and introduce themselfs. He was polite and said hi back and introduce himself. His accent the girls love. Who wouldnt? An Ukraine teenage boy with pericing sliver eyes? And yet Mellia yet hasnt had the guts to check the rest of him out.

Loki easily caught up with Mellia so they could go to Art class with Miss. Malcom. Mellia sat at her normal seat near the window. Loki hestaited. Their was a seat next to her and he wanted to sit next to her but he listen to her words and sat next in the middle of the class room where a group of girls sorrunded him.

"Okay class today we are gonna contuine learning clay" said Miss. Malcom with he rbright smile as she brought out out six differnet colors of clay. Miss Malcom always let Mellia do what she wanted because she was always silent and her art work was always interested. She did her pantings on canvas boards.

During art class Mellia was finishing up her painting. The back ground was black and then their were flames at the edges of the canvas looking like as though the canvas was starting to catch on fire. In the middle was two hands with sharp long black claws holding a ghostly white sleeping baby boy with a black long tail and black horns. With a tear drop of blood on its forehead. She named the painting "Baptism by Blood". But every now and then she couldnt help but peek over her canvas board just to see what Loki was doing. Well whatever he was doing, he seemed to be enjoying it because he ignore all the girls. She grinned lightly and went back to art.

Bell rang for lunch and Mella stood up moving her painting towards the back of the class room so it could dry and bring it home after Miss. Malcom gets done grading. Art class is the only class she ever mange to get an A+. As she turned around Loki was standing behind her. Starring at the picture was with one eye brow raised. Studying it.

"You have an unqiue taste in art. Where do you get your ideas from?" he asked. She just ignore him as she walked passed him. He grinned and follow her. "I made you this" she looked at him and was startled when he held out with both hands a red rose with extreme detail made out of clay. Even the two leaves had great details.

"Wow. Its looks almost real," she said softly as she stared at it then shooked her head fast. "I cant take it" he looked at her with a confused look.

"How come? I made it for you."

"I have nothing to give you"

"Dont need to. Its a thank you present for showing me around" he still held his hands out with it. She sigh. Usually she wouldnt accept anything ebcause it would mean a trick or a nasty joke or just to be funny. She took it and said thank you lightly.

"A smile would be--"

"Loki?" they both looked up as Nurse Nancy and Miss Malcom stood behind him. He turned to face them. Mellia and him both felt as though something was wrong by the Nurses voice. Mellia knew she never comes out of her office unless something is wrong. "May you please come with me"

"Whats wrong?" he asked softly.

"Its your sister, shes very sick but she refuses to let me call some one to bring her to the hospital and--"

"Never bring to the hospital" he said ver angrily. Mellia looked at him. Shes never heard someone sound so angry at having someone go to the hopsital. This wasnt her bussiness so she left but she waited by the door because the sound of his voice ment he was hiding something. And it made her very curious.

The nurse walked out and Loki followed her. Mellia noticed his body was tense. She slowly followed them but kept a long distance and then hid behind the corner and waited. Ten minutes passed before she could hear Loki and a young girl walking out of the nurses office whispering softly to each other. She turn her head slowly around the corner just enough for her right eye to see. The girl had the same color hair as Loki. But it was long down to her shoulders. She couldnt see her eyes but her skin was an utterly pale and she was shivering. Loki had his arm wrapped around trying to keep her balance. She was rocking on her heels. She looked like she was about to pass out. As they were whispering. Mellia listen closely and all she heard was faintly,

"What happen?" Lokis voice worried.

"The humans." was all she could answer with a fragile voice as she held her head..