Four years later, the Great War ended and to make peace, they allowed werebeasts to take jobs that they could not before. Then, two years after that, Emerald Prep was built and it became the only school in the Four Kingdoms that allows were-beasts and half-breeds to attend or become teachers. Many people still wanted mages and werebeasts to be in chains for their whole lives, while a few others still wanted death to all non-humans.
When my mother finally showed off the fact that she had half-werebear children, the whole town despised her even more than when they thought she was a wed-less mother. My sister was kicked out of school because they found out that she was a half-breed mage, even though she looked completely human. She accidentally attacked some bullies and they had to send for some specialty medics to heal them. That caused the village to hate her even more even though she was only ten when it happened. I was bullied a lot by her ex-classmates, and one time, a girl used magic to help me, and ever since then the two of us have been best friends.
The end of summer that I turned fifteen was the greatest ever because it meant I would finally go to school for the first time in my whole life. My brother and sister were going as well but in their second year there. I know that it will be hard and full of trials. However, I have my best friends with me and I know that we will support each other.
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I was sitting with my friends on my front porch, and we were watching the stars. It was our favorite pastime to do together at night. My house was the favorite to go because I live on the higher outskirts of town. I am sure that it must have been so rowdy inside, but we were in our own little world outside. The stars looked so free and distant that we always wished that we could go see them.
"Can you believe that by tomorrow, we will all be first years?!" I said while jumping in my seat.
"So? It is not that different from regular school. You deal with stupid kids and stupid adults while learning stupid things," Joy said.
Joy Ravenwing, a wonderful friend to me since we were ten. Her name sounds sweet and girlish but she is the total opposite. She can be quite blunt at times but she never lies. Compared to most of the villagers, she looked very different with her tan skin and long chocolate brown curly hair. Rude with a bad mouth plus her ability to create dolls that could control people made many people scared of her. However, both Bram and I know how to calm her fury by giving her apples and tomatoes. Even though she tries to hide it, there are moments when she gets feminine with flowers and candy. She may insult us most of the time, but I know she means well and I would trust her with my life.
"Well, I don't know anything about regular school because this dumbass village doesn't allow half-breeds to go to school," I said while pointing at my ears. "I just want to leave here so badly!"
I started kicking the air in a fake sulk. Joy did a small smile at my childishness. I stuck my tongue out at her, and then she growled at me.
"I just hope that they have a good blood supply for vampires," Bram said as he opened a blood bag.
"I hope they have lots of painkillers if they don't," I said while rubbing my neck, "or you could remember to not bite so hard." I playfully smacked his arm.
"Sorry about that. You know that I cannot control myself if I get that hungry. Getting blood to drink these days is starting to get harder and harder. Ever since most of the villagers found out, they have been trying to destroy any shipments that come in."
"Just bite one of them, I won't miss them at all," I told him.
Whenever Bram accidentally runs out of blood, I am somehow constantly the target and each time my neck gets so sore. However, he has never gotten close to killing me, not even when he reaches blood rage mode. After the war ended, I stopped hiding my bite marks from the village. Now, most of the villagers dodge me for six different reasons.
"Bear boy, Fangs! Look up! There is a shooting star! Let's make a fucking wish."
We looked up and saw the trail of the falling star. I closed my eyes and made a wish.
"I know that you're not supposed to say it but I think it's fine if it's just us," Bram said as I heard him open our ice cooler.
Due to how poor the village was, the three of us saved up some money to get an ice cooler to help Bram's parents so they do not have to spend money every day for fresh blood. The only problem now is that they keep forgetting to buy him some more when he runs out. It was so costly because we had to get the ice cooler from Silvermine and the blood from Duskwell.
"Pass me a tomato, Fangs." She said as I opened my eyes. "My stupid wish is that we stay together, no matter what happens at school. Because everyone else is losers and you two are actually not assholes."
Bram passed me a drink after giving her a tomato.