Under the Gazebo (Open)

Krislyn was under the Gazebo enjoying the small breeze that was around her. It wasn't hot but it wasn't cold either, the blonde vampire wondered if she was going to have to keep running her entire life or was she always going to be safe. She always knew that one day she would have to leave the place that was keeping her safe for now and hopefully one day she wouldn't have to run anymore and she'd be able to settle down with someone that shared her interests and all.

Freya skipped to the gardens again for the first time that day, she always had. To go to the gardens once a day just to be with nature. She made sure she had her sketchpad and pencils with her, also, an unfinished top that she was hand sewing for herself. She walked along the cobblestone path towards her favorite spot: the Gazebo.

Freya wore a simple white sleeveless top, a short pastel pink skirt, and her ankle boots. She pulled her blonde hair in a side sweep and she wore a couple of rings and had small studded earrings. When she got up to the gazebo she stopped for a moment and blinked, someone else was here?

" Oh, hello." She said kindly. " I'm sorry I disturbed you, I'll just go." She added, not wanting to disturb the girl if she wanted to be alone.

Krislyn was pulled away from her thoughts when she heard a girl that she didn't know before her. The blonde vampire looked to the girl and smiled kindly at her. Krislyn wasn't annoyed with her presence and invited her to sit with her. "I don't mind at all, please come join me. It's a lovely day to not sit under this beautiful Gazebo" Kris looked her over and saw that she looked like a sketch artist in her own nature.

Freya smiled and walked over to where the blonde girl was sitting and she sat down next to her, she noticed that she saw her sketch pad. " I like to sketch, I'm not very good at it." She said sheepishly and figured most people would say she was downplaying her sketches.

" I'm Freya by the way, nice to meet you." She said as she extended her hand out to the girl, she seemed to be younger yet wasn't. " I don't mean to sound rude or anything, but you're a vampire, aren't you?" She asked with a tilt of her head, she had seen so many of them that she could pick them out in a crowd.

Kris didn't believe that the girl wasn't any good, but then again the Junior didn't know the other girl very well so she didn't really know what the girl was good at and what not. "Well can I see some of your sketches? I can tell you if they're good or not, I am a blunt person really" Krislyn explained to the other girl. Ever since she went into hiding her whole attitude had to change and she wasn't a fan at first but now she was stuck with it.

"Nice to meet you Freya, I'm Krislyn" the blonde vampire shook the girl's extended hand for her to shake it. Krislyn couldn't help but laugh at the girl's spot on truth. "Yes I am a vampire. I was turned when I was 18 and now I'm stuck like this" the blonde girl confessed.

Freya giggled. " Yeah, I'm glad your blunt. I like blunt people cause no matter what they don't hold back." She smiled as she opened her sketch pad and showed her the sketches. " This is Mr. Vince, he's the Medic here. He used to have a puppy around that he found but he found the student who owned him, so this is him holding the puppy." She said showing her the sketch. " This is Miss Cassandra Taylor, she's the librarian, I caught her in the garden one day and we started talking. This is Mr. Lestat, of course everyone knows him, he's called the 'The Rocker Professor' or something like that." She giggled before turning to the last page. " And this is my mum, well, she's not actually my mum she just acts like one and takes care of me sometimes. But it's Headmistress Boudreaux, Aka, Juliette Boudreaux." She said with a smile.

" I used different techniques with each sketch, to give them personality and difference." She added proudly, she hadn't meant to ramble on and she blushed. " I'm sorry I rambled." She added sheepishly. She listened to the girl and nodded sadly. " A lot of Vampires here were turned young like you, but try not to focus on the negatives." She said with a smile, she put her sketch pad down next to her and shrunk down to a smaller size. She extended her wings and flew up to a nearby tree, she tapped one of the buds and an apple formed. She pulled it off the steam and flew back to Krislyn.

She grew to her normal size and folded her wings back onto her back before tossing Krislyn the apple. " Turn the negatives into positives. You can mentor younger students like my mum does, you can get into politics, you can do whatever you want. But anytime you think of negatives just try and come up with a positive." She said enthusiastically.

When Freya talked about how she liked blunt people, Kris laughed and smiled. "Well then we shall get along just fine" Kris said to her. When she looked at the sketches, she had to admit that they were good, but she could see what Freya was talking about in a sense. "These are great Freya, but if you want my opinion, if you want to make them look better then they do now, make them darker when you color in the scenery and person like you did with the last photo. I've been around for a lot of years, I know a little bit about art" Krislyn gave her opinion. She knew the young girl was talented but she needed to make them a little better.

"Don't worry about rambling. I ramble too" Kris laughed to show the girl she was serious. "Yeah I know that, but it still sucks you know. Hold on to your human life as long as you can Freya. Do things you fear and things you want to do as a human before you make a decision that will change all of that" Kris advised.

Krislyn watched as Freya became a fairy and grew an apple. The vampire was impressed with the young girl and couldn't help but smile at her. She caught the apple when Freya threw it to her and smiled her thanks. "Well you're a wise young woman Freya, cherish that always" Krislyn said to the young girl.

Freya nodded, she could tell she and Krislyn would be getting along just fine. She watched Krislyn look at the sketches for a moment before giving her advice and she nodded. " I'll do that. These are based off my memory though so that could be why they're not good, except my mums, she stayed like that for a while when Mr. Lestat was talking to her about something, they never see eye to eye but get along ok." She said with a smile as she closed her sketch book.

Freya giggled a bit as she said she rambled too. " I'm glad I'm not the only one that does." She said happily. " I know. I live everyday like i could die tomorrow. But I'll take your advice." She said with a firm nod. She knew she liked this girl for a reason. She shrugged when Krislyn called her wise.

" Well thank you. You're very wise too." She said as she walked back over to where she was sitting and she sat down. " So, when did you come to Luna?" She asked curiously.

When Krislyn heard about how these were based off of memory she couldn't help but be extremely impressed now. It was hard to go based off of memory but of course Freya did just that and that was wonderful to the vampire. "For a girl that goes based off of memory, you did an extremely good job here. And one day they'll get along better, they just need to find common ground and all of that. But once again your sketches are good" Krislyn said to the young fairy.

"Trust me, you're not the only one that does" Kris smiled. When the young girl talked about how she lived everyday like she'd die tomorrow, Kris was glad to hear that. "Well you keep doing that, that is a great tactic" Kris replied.

"You're welcome and thank you, I never have been called that except for when my family told me that" she missed her family everyday but now she was in the present and not the past. "I came here last year when I was a freshman, I needed to take sanctuary and this was the best place I heard of. What about you?" Kris asked.

Freya saw nothing impressive about being able to go off memory, she had always done it so she just saw it as normal. " Thank you. There's nothing special about going off memory. Mum and Lestat find common ground occasionally, they're friends and all. They act a bit like siblings if you think about it." She giggled a bit.

" It's a simple tactic. Nothing all that great about it." Freya said innocently. She listened to her speak and she smiled softly. " Well your families right. You are very wise." She said. " I came here when i was 18 years old, I came after hearing about it in my village. Everyone said it gave young creatures a safe haven and humans with special gifts a chance to hone their powers. It sounded like a perfect fit."

She couldn't help but giggle with Freya, she was completely right about the common ground friendship, she had seen it a few times. "Well I am happy for them being friends, sometimes non vampires don't really treat us the way we want to be treated" she exclaimed.

"I've come here for the same reason as you, I am on the run from the man that had created me and killed my entire family in front of me" Kris explained that rough day. She was still remembering that terrible day because it was on an endless repeat in her head and it wouldn't go away no matter how much she tried.

Freya nodded a bit. " Lestat and Mom are both vampires luckily, but you're right. Some non vampires do treat you differently because you are different from them. Same with all creatures, humans are afraid of them because they don't understand them. It's sad really when you think about it." She sighed a bit, she knew that was partially why Ophelia had started up the Unseens was because of how some humans treated creatures.

Freya blinked at what Krislyn said. " Oh my goodness! That's terrible what he did to your family, you're safe here I promise. My mom's part of the Vampire Council, if he's dangerous my mom can tell the leader and have a warrant for his arrest issued if you want?" Freya offered kindly, she could see the pain in Krislyn's eyes from the memory, she gave her hand a gentle squeeze. " So, are you going to the 10th Anniversary Ball?" She asked trying to lighten the mood a bit.

Krislyn understood everything that Freya had said. "Oh I agree, I know when I first became a vampire, I had this best friend that I grew up with and when I told her, she completely freaked out and turned her back on me. It sucks that people don't understand that us creatures are just the same as they are but we just have a little difference in us and we cannot help it at all" Krislyn explained to Freya. A lot of people didn't get that creatures are the same as humans, just a little different.

The reaction that she got was one that Kris got from most people. "Its okay, its my problem to deal with him and that is exactly what I have to do, besides like you said I am safe here and he cannot come and get me here" Kris reassured Freya. "Probably not."