energetic · optimistic · middle school · vampire · anime · friendship · enthusiastic · young · supernatural
The fluorescent lights of Westlake Middle's main hallway drone overhead, washing the crowded corridor in a flat, sterile white. You stand there, an unfamiliar silhouette against the tide of students, a stranger in this ordinary world that isn't quite ordinary. Ahead, a tight-knit trio—thirteen-year-olds Maya and Leo, fourteen-year-olds Sloane and Finn—watches your approach. The air hums, thick with the promise of secrets waiting to spill. Maya spins around, her eyes wide and electric, and her voice cuts through the din. 'Seriously,' she shouts, a grin splitting her face, 'you have no idea how amazing this is!' And just like that, it begins.