Makala had came back to Hacate in the second semester. She was self conscious now because of the scar burn on her face, a reminder of what Daniel did to her.
She picked up her books and left the classroom when it was over. In the hallway, Faye was waiting for her, smiling. The two were officially dating, the big gossip of the school.
"How was class?" Faye asked, taking her hand as the two walked down the crowded hallway.
"Its still a bit nerve-wracking, you know," she said.
"If anyone is giving you shit then let me know," Faye said stopping in the hallway.
Makla shook her head. The two continued to walk to the cafeteria hand in hand, Makala shook her head when it came to Faye suggesting she could take care of Makala's bullies. The last thing she wanted was for Faye to get suspended from school especially since she was a straight A student.
They sat down on the bench with Makala touching her face. Sous and Tany soon came over with their trays of food and sat down next to them.
"I just...I just wish the scar wasn't so...so blunt," Makala said.
"Well I have a friend that experiments with cosmetics," Tany said. "She may be able to recommend some things."
Makala shook her head. "I don't know...I don't know if I want to take another cloak," she said.
Tany nodded her head, understanding where Makala was coming from. Still, she would see what she could do for her vampire friend.
Sous started her period one day when she had woke up. She was scared, there was blood in her underwear so she ran to the infirmary.
The nurse chuckled at Sous. "You're one fifth human so its expected you'd get it. The question is how often you will get it."
Sous sat on a chair with a box of pads and tampons in her hands. She looked at the items, a slight rose color over her nose.
"Most human females have their menstrual cycle once a month but since you're one fifth or so then, yours will probably be after three to four months." The nurse tapped on the boxes in Sous' hands. "These are pads and tampons." She informed Sous how to use the following two items and by the end of the conversation, Sous' whole body was red.
She threw the boxes on the bed in her dorm room and flopped on her bed. Luckily, she didn't experience cramps like what the nurse said human females go through but the aspect of dealing with this, Sous gave props to the human females.
"I wonder when will I go through rut?" She asked herself as she laid in her bed looking up at the cieling.
"Achooo!" Faye sneezed out a lot of snot while in the courtyard. She tipped up her glasses and blew her nose, and as she was doing that, a letter popped in front of Sous while she was lying on a blanket playing with a ladybug.
She sat up and grabbed it, reading it instantly. It was a letter from Little Poop!
"Little Poop is getting married!" Sous shouted. Tany sat up on the blanket, Makala and Faye turned to look at her, and Randali and Zan ran over to her and plopped on the blanket.
Randali took the letter so she could read it; she then handed it to Zan. "Wow, the rat is getting married."
"To who?" Tany asked.
"Aticus, a human from Conaska just like her. Its so romantic," Sous said, her eyes turning into small little hearts. "They fell in love and then they had an affair-"
"How is that romantic?" Makala asked.
A sweat drop appeared behind Sous' head. She nervously chuckled with her arm behind her head, scratching her hair. She then shrugged and snatched the letter back from Zan.
"I mean, she was never in love with her Alpha...well, she was at one time," Sous explained.
"What happened to the Alpha?" Randali wondered.
"Oh..." Sous started. "She died in the war."
Sous fell to her knees with her hand sliding down the bulletin board. Once again, she didn't make the dueling team. Tany looked at Sous who was practically on the ground in a fetal position. Tany kicked Sous and rolled her eyes.
"Sous, stop."
Sous stood up with snot in her nose and wavy eyes with big bubble tears present. She wiped her nose and sniffed.
"This is ridiculous, Tany. How can I not make the team?"
"Maybe you should give up. You know?" Tany said flipping her hair.
Sous' eyebrow twitched at her witch friend. She shoulder tapped Tany and walked past her. She was going to find that dueling instructor and tell them about themselves.
"I beat demons, I fought mutant wolves, I can cast some spells without my wand, and yet I don't make the team AGAIN!?" Sous shook her head and puffed out her lips. "Hmm hmm, that don't make no sense."
Sous walked onto the dueling field out back of the school. She walked to the team, unsure of who the teacher or the instructor was. They watch her coming with Tany right behind her.
"I demand to know why I'm not on this team," she said to everyone.
Sous and her friends sat in the audience as Alana was about to walk the stage. She had turned eighteen and the second semester had come and gone, her education here at Hacate was over.
When her name was called, the audience roaded and stood upon their feet. Sous was amongst one of them, clapping loudly and furiously for her friend.
After the graduation, Sous met Alana back stage when the students and families began to head out.
Sous ran to Alana and gave her a huge hug, lifting her up off the ground. Alana laughed and patted Sous on the back.
"I'mma miss you so much!" Sous said, almost crying.
Alana smiled and wiped the Alpha's eyes as the tears developed. "You're going to be Alpha of Apex and our kingdom will continue to partner with you." Now it was Alana's turn to start shedding tears. "I want you to know that I say thank you for helping me and my people, and my kingdom."
Alana stood up on her tippy toes and gave Sous a kiss on her cheek. She then proceeded to move her cap's tassel to the other side of her cap, for she had officially graduated.