(Cecelia)

"Almost there..." the girl said to herself and laid her body flat on the branch. Thank goodness the high branch was strong enough to hold her. Cecelia reached out as far as she could and placed the baby blue bird carefully back into the nest it fell from. The bird was happy to be back in its nest with its siblings. Cecelia sighed with reliefand smiled, watching the birds chirp happily. She crawled back and held onto the trunk of the tree, starting to climb down the tree. She watched where she was stepping, but she wasn't careful enough.The girl stepped on a weak branch and it snapped. Cecelia gasped in shock and tried to grab onto a branch to stop herself from falling or to slow down the drop. Nope, she fell down and braced herself for the worst to come.

Cecelia had her eyes closed shut tightly. She was ready for a painful impact or she wouldn't feel anything at all and die. Her bright green eyes opened to see a boy holding her. Was he an angel? No, it was just Kevin. "Hi Kevin. Um... I was just putting something back where it came from." Cecelia looked up at the branch where there was a bird nest with happy babies in it. The mother bird flew back to the nest and fed her babies. She looked back at Kevin and smiled at him. "Thanks for saving me. Your name is Kevin, right? I'm sorry about the confusion the other day. I guess I wasn't thinking straight. You can put me down now."

Oh, shoot! Kevin was onto her about it. "I have fox DNA in me but sadly I don't have enough to transform." She just lied to one person. It didn't feel right but it felt safe. If Cecelia let it out that she was a human, all of Damian's work to keep her secret would go to waste. Cecelia was put down on her feet, and she nodded to him as if she was saying thank you again. "So, what are you doing out here by yourself?"

Kevin left Cecelia speechless. What could she say to back her lie up? Maybe she should just tell him the truth. Cecelia looked around as if she was looking for someone or something. She was hoping Damian would come in to save the day. Sadly, he wasn't out there with them. "Wait a second.. If you know that Opheilia's a human, then why haven't you told anyone about her? Are you friends with her or something?"

Kevin kept on digging deeper and deeper into the conversation. There was no doubt that he knew she was a human. Cecelia couldn't argue with what Kevin had on her. She let out a sigh and hung her head down in defeat. "Ugh, you're right. I can't do this... I'm a human." She looked up at him and wondered what he would think. Would he turn her in for lying or would he just turn her in since she was a human? She didn't know him and he didn't know her. Surely, he would not keep her secret because they were not friends like him and Opheilia. I'm sorry, Damian... I'm just not the kind of person to keep secrets from others. I will not be like Papa.

Cecelia opened her mouth to answer the boy's question, but then she closed her mouth and refused to answer at the moment. If she told him that Damian knew about her since day one, he might turn Damian in to the school as well. She couldn't let that happen to him. Damian tried his best to keep her secret, but she just let it out. She didn't want to give it away that he knew the whole time that she was a human. "Um... He may or may not know. You tell me."

(Uh... Kevin, Damian took Cece's daggers away and hid them.)
"My daggers? Oh, Damian hid them... I wasn't planning on using them on my classmates! My father forced me to take them with me, and I couldn't just throw them away. My father taught me how to fight after I got kidnapped when I was little. He gave me the daggers, and I practice using them as throwing knives. Never have I ever used the daggers to stab someone. I rarely use them, but my father...." Cecelia caught her breath after saying all of that and she sighed. "What am I going to do with that idiot?" I could ask them if I can transfer to a different school but that would be suspicious. There aren't any other schools for half bloods, right? Oh, gosh.. They would interrogate me without a doubt.

Cecelia was surprised that Kevin picked up on that. She didn't even use any hints that she was separated from half bloods. Her life had nothing to do with half bloods until she found out she was going to a school filled with them. "How did you know? Yes, I didn't know about half bloods until my first day here. Damian told me, and I guess I could tell that there was something wrong when I saw students with animal ears, tails, and wings." It bothered her that her parents kept it from her but it didn't make a difference. They were always keeping things a secret from Cecelia. It was normal that they would hide such a thing from her. She got used to the hidden secrets and just pretended like everything was simply peachy between her and her parents.

"I don't think you guys are freaks. I think what you guys can do is pretty cool! If anything, I'm the freak here." Her father never once spoke to her about half bloods. Oh, no... Could he be on the side of the government? The half bloods didn't do anything wrong. They were just born the way they were and wanted to live like everyone else. Cecelia knew that some of the half bloods would hate it, but she was going to be on their side on this one. "My kind... I guess it's not ready for amazing and powerful creatures like you guys. They are just scared so they use brutal violence to protect themselves. They want to be on top of everything. It's not right..."

Startled, Cecelia jumped slightly and took a few steps back to give Kevin some space. He looked like he was about to punch something with the angry tone he spoke in about what the humans did to the half bloods. The things Kevin said made Cecelia feel awful for being a human, but she knew that she wasn't like the ones that destroyed half blood families. She was sure that she would want to make friends with half bloods if she knew about them when she was a little girl. Her father wasn't entirely a bad man. Maybe he was just worried that a half blood would get out of line and hurt his little girl. But, it still wasn't right for him to keep half bloods a secret from her. Tears formed in her piercing green eyes, and she started to cry a little. It was so sad, and she was crying because Kevin wouldn't.

"Your blaming it on your inner wolf? I'm not going to yell at you and threaten you like most people would. I just want the whole story. Don't leave out any details. I want all of it." Cecelia couldn't believe that Kevin was the one that punched Adam in the face and gave him a dislocated jaw. Like she said before, she wasn't going to point at people and call them the bad guy if she didn't have the full story about what happened. There had to be a good reason that Kevin did that, right? Who knows... She only hoped it was for a good reason, but she hoped it wasn't because she didn't want to say Adam deserved it. He was her best friend... She didn't know what to think of the situation at the moment.

Jet? Who was Jet? And, what did Adam have to do with Jet's eye? Cecelia ignored that at the moment and listened to Kevin tell the story. Kevin had her word. He told her everything, even the bad stuff. But, the bad things Kevin did, was he telling the real reasons why he did those things to Adam? Was it all supposed to be a joke between two guys. "Well, you know guys... They wrestle around and then somebody hits too hard... That's where they cross the line and things get serious." Cecelia sighed and crossed her arms, going back to what Kevin said before. "And, what did Adam do to Jet? Who is Jet, anyway?"

(Let the drama begin! Bwahahaha! )
Cecelia's bright, green eyes widened when she heard about her friend scratching a ten year old boy's eye out. She took a few steps back in shock, telling herself that it wasn't true. "W-What? But, that's not like Adam." What am I saying!? I barely even know Adam... I don't know what he is capable of. She looked down at the ground and her hands formed into fists. Why? Why would he do such a thing to a little boy! Maybe Cecelia didn't know Adam as well as she thought she did. She looked up at Kevin and said, "And, the boy? He's in the hospital, too...?"

Cecelia put her hand over her heart, and her eyes grew soft with sympathy for the kid. "That poor little boy..." Wait a minute! How did she know if it was the truth or not? Kevin could've been making it up to make her angry at Adam for what happened between them. Her eyes narrowed, and she glared at Kevin a little bit. "And, how do I know that you are telling the truth? You could be lying to make me angry at Adam for what happened between you guys." She wasn't calling him a liar... yet. Who knows.. He could be telling the truth. She just didn't want to believe it. "W-Why? I mean, even if the kid was talking bad about him, Jet is a little kid! He doesn't know any better."