Scarlet Skies, JA.Acero [top 50 books to read .TXT] 📗

Scarlet Skies
I screamed and opened my eyes to morning. I sighed and wiped the sweat off my forehead. This whole week I’ve been having the same dream over and over again. The only thing that kept changing was the color of his eyes and then the different faces. They went from violet to black to scarlet to crimson Aaron to Felix to Brian and Zero. My dream was always placed in the same scene. With red snow and red blood, I no longer considered snow to be white. I went into the bathroom and splashed my face with cold water. It didn’t help the heat that was tingling through my body. Did I have a fever? I placed the back of my hand on my forehead, but I couldn’t feel because of the pounding in my ears.
“I’m getting really tired of your screaming Amy…is the Boogie Monster going to get you?” My roommate, Jamie, yawned.
“It’s just about that really silly dream again…I’m fine,” Jamie gave me a look, “really.” I took my place on the couch and Jamie sat with me.
“You know, you still haven’t told me what it was about? Today would be a good day to start…before the Boogie Monster gets you…” Jamie probed me and of course I gave in, but I blushed.
“It’s about one of the midnight students…” I go to Becton Academy and this school separates vampires from humans. The only thing is, is that only the guards (that we call wedges) have always known that the midnight class students are vampires. The day class students don’t know anything about the whereabouts of the vampire students. I am a wedge that keeps the- too- stupid- to- realize- girls in this academy from getting their blood sucked by the really attractive vampire boys (even though it’s prohibited). The Day class school students are all made up of girls and Midnight filled with boys (Which I think is really stupid). The only guy in the Day class would be my friend Sam, he is also a Wedge, but he always skips his job while I have to handle 50 screaming girls that try to scratch their way to the vampire boys. No the vampires aren’t all white and they don’t glitter or burn in the sun. They are pretty human because they eat human food, but blood was the necessity. The only difference is that they have special powers, (Especially purebloods), and their eyes turn red when they’re thirsty. This is a trait mostly found in purebloods, but is also found in the victims of purebloods. When regular vampires bite humans the humans just get the blood sucked out of them and their minds are erased, but then there are also ones who feed to the death. Purebloods however, have a special type of blood pumping in their veins that triggers the transformation into a vampire. The Midnight class is very controlled and I usually don’t have to report any of them, but that’s mostly because Aaron always helps me. Aaron is the president of his dorm, which is formally addressed as President Kuran. To vampires and humans that know about vampires, he is Lord Aaron because he is a pureblood vampire. Pureblood vampires are vampires that are born from two vampires, but have never tasted human blood. Purebloods only drink each other’s blood or a white tablet that vampires’ put in their mouth to give them the taste, sensation, and smell of drinking blood.
The person that helps me with my job is the guy from the dreams, the one who’s eyes change color. Aaron’s eyes are violet, but turn red when he’s thirsty. Aaron is part of the Midnight class. Sometimes he slips up that he really cares for me, in thin words or he puts his arm around my waist for a couple of minutes. He still treats me like a child though…
“Don’t tell me you turned into one of those girls that faints’ every time a Midnight boy passes.” Jamie shook me, but I just rolled my eyes.
“No, of course not! It was just a stupid dream you know…” I began to get my uniform on when Jamie noticed the red stain on it.
“What happened to you last night?” Did I mention that I patrol at night? I got cut yesterday because I was too reckless to notice thorns on a bush…I’m smart right?
“Um…it was an accident that’s all. Why are you so concerned?” I tucked the red stain under the dress and put on my knee socks. The uniforms where for safety protocols like the Day students wearing black and the night students wearing white (that was my idea!). Just in case one of the Midnight students decides to go for a midnight snack I can recognize them and report them if they don’t bite me first. For the day students I can see them if they sneak out after curfew. I get bit on occasions, but Aaron always comes and punishes them. Sometimes I hear screams coming from the Midnight dorms on the nights I get bit. It’s not like a vampire bites me and then I turn into a vampire. That would only happen if a pureblood like Aaron would bite me, but I didn’t have the courage to ask him. I have to admit, I wonder what it would be like to get bit by him…
“I’ll meet you by the classroom?” I asked Jamie and she rolled her eyes. I laughed and put on my symbol ribbon that showed I was a wedge. I walked down the stairs to the outside. It looked similar to a medieval castle more than an Academy. It had silk flags, iron desks, and more relaxing rooms than I could ever count. Then I saw the usual crazy girls that always crowd around the Midnight door gate that lets the vampires out in the afternoon. Since we all had final’s tomorrow the Day students got to sleep the entire morning in. The vampire guys had final’s tomorrow, but vampires seem to be oh so smarter than female teenagers that are controlled by their hormones, so they still have class today. I bolted over to the moon gate and began to push girls behind the fence.
“Day students should be in their dorms or relaxing rooms!” Then the gate opened before I closed the fence. 48 girls stampeded over me and before I hit the ground strong hands came around my waist.
“Stupid teenage girls.” Aaron chuckled and brought me upright, his face looking smug. There is a difference between fake vampires and real vampires.
Real Vampires

• Don’t have to be invited in
• Have a bond to however they drink from
• Can be out in sunlight; it has no effect on them, it just irritates their eyes, but that’s why they prefer darkness
• The moon’s ray can make the eyes of a vampire turn from their human color to red
• The closer the human is to a vampire the more tempted the vampire to drink blood
I stared into Aaron’s eyes and he smiled. The most dazzling smile I’ve ever seen was planted on his face.
“You should be a little more careful with yourself Amy; these Day students are even more dangerous than vampires…” Sam walked behind Aaron with rage and as soon as he was about to tackle Aaron…
“I’ll see you later then Amy, it seems I’m not wanted here at the moment…” with one last smirk at Sam Aaron stopped and whispered something in Sam’s ear and walked away with the other Midnight students; the 48 girls following after them.
“What is your problem Sam? One minute you’re too busy to do your job and suddenly you’re all protective brother!” I slapped him over and over on his chest and he said “Ow!’.
“It’s wrong how you’re letting him so close to you, knowing what he eats and what he is!” he shouted back at me and I snorted.
“He’s a good vampire, he saved my LIFE! And he actually takes the time to talk to me, unlike you!” I stormed over to the commons where the door to the classroom led to the dining hall. Only for the Day students of course. Sam was sometimes stupid because he knew the midnight students ate the tablets. They obviously couldn’t prey on the girls here, but they had to have blood, that was for certain. I rounded up all the girls into the room and sat all the way in the back. Sam sat at the other side. He looked pained and miserable as if he was getting the life sucked out of him. The suck part was a pun by the way…
“Sorry if I yelled at you too hard over there…I’m just kind of antsy.” I looked over at him. He turned away with a scowl and cupped his face in his hands. Maybe he seemed in pain because I’d hit him too hard.
“Excuse me Ms. Johansen, am I interrupting anything?” Mr. Wright asked again seeming even more annoying than usual.
“No, I’m sorry for interrupting your class Mr. Wright…” I sent an unnecessary yawn with that. He grumbled something under his breath and went back to the front. One thing certain about all teachers, vampire or human, they always want to be right.
“The headmaster disagrees with me, but he also knew I was right so, this weekend instead of wasting your minds energy on the Midnight school boys, you will be here for three hours cramming your head with as much physics as possible. Then two for algebra, L.A., and then it’s straight to the dorms. Not even the relaxing rooms are available to you today. This will be the rule until ALL finals are taken and in the grade books. No one will be made exceptions for, understood, Amylin and Sam, that’s for you too,” Only the teachers call me Amylin, which I asked when the head-master adopted me, to be shortened to Amy. “Since no one, not even the Midnight students will be out, no need for patrol, eh?” Mr. Wright finally took a breath and passed around textbooks and more worksheets than there where stars in the sky. This all means I won’t be able to see Aaron until tomorrow afternoon! When a textbook finally landed on my desk I was already starting to scheme what I was going to do to get out of this. Then like an angel from heaven above the headmaster’s voice went over the head-speaker.
“Please send Sam, Amy, and Aaron to my office! It’s urgent!” I was out of my seat before he even said my name. Sam was right behind me, catching up quickly until I fell on the pavement. My wrist got rasped and was starting to slowly drip blood. Sam stepped back and a choking kind of sound, then ran the to the head-masters office. What’s the matter with him? It’s just a cut and all I need is a bandage.
“Sam! Sam, where are you going?” but he was too far away. Suddenly someone was in front of me. He was blond with blue eyes and a cocky smile on his lips.
“I thought I smelt something good,” I remembered him! He was Felix, part of the Midnight school, but I’ve heard of his reputation. Once I heard the head-master talking about him. I heard him say that Felix had bitten one of the girls late at night while I was sick. Aaron was watching over me, so it was Sam’s job to patrol that day. He didn’t have a choice because there was nobody to cover