Young Writers Society

Plot

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Deep within the countryside, a school called the House of Night resides. Within it's walls under the rule of an ancient Manticore, Zombies, Vampires, Werewolves and other creatures are taken in and taught the ways of their kind. All lessons begin at sunset and finish in the early hours of the morning.


Keeping rivals within the confines of one building for five years was never going to be easy, and recently the peace between the groups was destroyed by the death of a student during a fight. All factions are at war now. The House has become a place where you should trust no one, and where everyone is your enemy. Pranks have become more sinister and the fights more bloody. Students run riot and few teachers can control them.


Now that the human government has discovered the House, they have decided to take action to save the lives of the humans. The humans are planning their attack and the House does not have long left before they launch their operation: destroy everything inside.


The House of Night is on its last legs, with corruption within and enemies not far from it's doorstep, action must be taken. The students will either have to find a way to work together, or be taken out by their greatest enemies forever.

Characters


These are the type of students you can use for your character. The number of spaces available in each type is the number in brackets.


Zombies:


Not the kind you see in movies. In fact, the movies got it all wrong. Zombies are fast. Faster than humans. You ever wondered why they always caught up with the people in films? That's why. They're also strong, much stronger than any Vampire could hope to live up to. They are incapable of feeling physical pain. Their wounds take a long time to heal, hence the appearance of zombies in TV. And by night, their eyes glow an eerie orange. Their noses are very sensitive to the scent of fear. Smelling such a thing will set them off in a mad killing frenzy. Their bite is venomous to humans, and will only cause a lot of pain for any non humans.


Werewolves:


With unparalleled senses, brutish strength and a mean bite, Werewolves are pretty on par with the other species at the House.
Werewolves can phase whenever they feel like but phasing by moonlight is not something they can control. If they phase during moon shine they become more animal than human, growing savage and nearly impossible to control.


Vampires:

Rival of Zombies and enemy of the Werewolves. Very keen senses, and the second fastest species at the House of Night. They have strength to match a Werewolf, and with those teeth, are a deadly opponent in a fight. They are venomous and a bite has the same effect as a Zombie's. Their eye colour varies, from pinkish when not thirsty to crimson when parched. Their pale skin is like a sheet of armour and is hard to penetrate with blunt weapons. Their spit can also heal wounds.


Demons:

Mischievous, meddling annoyances that go out of their way to irritate the hell out of everyone in the house. They switch sides often, causing mayhem on all sides. All demons have an elemental gift (Fire only), which they use on their hell raising expeditions to ruffle the feathers of the other groups. Not to mention their demon form. Having a demon on your side isn't always a good thing. They think it's hilarious to turn on you and switch sides quicker than you can say 'traitor.' They are all rounders in strength and speed, but are stronger in their proper demon forms.


Alans:

Humans with the wings of a bird. It is natural instinct for them to dislike Vampires, with them being cold blooded and snake like. They're the fastest species at the house. They require on speed for most attack, but they have an additional weapon. Their long, bird like talons are stronger than steel and can cut through almost anything. Their powerful wings pack a painful punch and can break bones, while the crush force in their fist can be devastating. They also have a keen sense of sight.

Rules

-No God modding
-No sex scenes
-Swearing and gore is permitted, however, don't overdo it
-No power playing
-Post at least every three days, or your characters will be killed
-If you have two characters, they must be different species.


A note: To save introductions and such, all the characters will know each other to some extent. Also, please try to keep species numbers even and balanced.

Character Stencil:

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Name:

Age: 15-18

Gender:

Species:

Appearance: ( Don't forget, for alans, state their bird counterpart. They will share characteristics of this bird. For example, a raven counterpart could result in black wings and hair, short, with ice blue eyes. Also, state wolf appearance for werewolves.)

Personality:

History:

Likes/Dislikes:

Bad habits:

Strengths/weaknesses:

Other:

Name: Isaac (Zac) O'Conner

Age: 18

Gender: Male

Species: Alan

Appearance: He is similar in appearance to his bird counterpart, the eagle owl. For a start, he is huge. Not overly muscular, just insanely tall. His eyes are an eerie, reddish orange. He has long, bony fingers and each one of his talons are a hard, onyx black. His hair is dark brown, wild and disarrayed. He usually dresses in scruffy shirts over t-shirts, with jeans. His wings are beautifully speckled with black, brown and white on the outside, while on the inside, are a creamy brown. Quite a skinny frame but not completely devoid of muscles.
Eagle owl:


Personality: He is infamous for his cocky, confident attitude and is the resident bad-boy of the House. He thinks of himself very highly and loves to mess other people around. He is the arrogant, stubborn, sarcastic, type who fancies himself as a bit of a ladies man. His temper is easily flared but he rarely lets others see him angered, instead smiling wryly before proceeding to beat the heck out of the person who caused it. He thinks he's invincible, and is fearless when it comes to fighting. He is nearly always seen escaping from detention or ripping up the school corridors. His name is well known in the House and his encounters with Vampires are legendary. If you happen to be a Vampire and be in the same room, a fight will be inevitable. He is bold, blunt, and simply tells you how it is... except in a slightly more mean way.

History: Not much to say. His parents dumped him on the House's doorstep when he was twelve, due to the huge wings beginning to sprout from his back. Due to his hurt from his family's abandonment, he went off the rails and refused to obey the school's rules ever since. The school is at their last tether with him, but cannot expel a pupil as it would only spark retaliation from the government as they do not want the 'freaks' on the public streets.

Likes/Dislikes: He enjoys hurting people, annoying them, causing discomfort to others in any way possible, eating, intimidating others, beating up the vamps, getting into trouble, risk taking, fighting.

Bad habits: He smokes sometimes. Also has a habit of scoring his talons across surfaces, mostly to intimidate others. Forgetting people's names. Flirting.

Strengths/weaknesses: He knows how to worm his way out of trouble. His talons and wings also make a deadly weapon against those who dare to cross him. His weaknesses are that he is headstrong and and often rude to people without realising.

Other: Up for love, though he's not really a believer in it.

Ooo, I'll join.

Name: Lilith "Lily" Jaymison, referred to as Lily when calm, Lilith when anything else

Age: 17

Gender: female

Species: demon

Appearance: long, straight, blonde hair almost always held in two braids. She is pretty tall for a girl and looks to be semi-muscular. Always dresses fashionably, but tends to favor dark reds, purples, and black.

Personality: One of the more...interesting residents in the House. She has rather maniacal tendencies and adores causing trouble. When she gets going she is hard to stop, and can leave a path of destruction in her wake. Though she is a bit of a handful, she is completely calmed by classical music and usually has an ipod stuck in her ears blaring the stuff to keep her calm. Is also a big fan of yoga, which also helps to calm her.

History: never really knew her parents, as she was dumped at the House before she can remember anything else. All she has known is the House and she is perfectly fine with that.

Likes/Dislikes: Loves to cause mischeif and adores adventure. When the House is at war in itself is her favorite time. Though she does find herself content when she is calmed. She dislikes having to study, and not being allowed to do what she wants.

Bad habits: Letting things affect her too much, a thrill-seeking nature, and can be bossy from time to time.

Strengths/weaknesses: A force to be reckoned with when over-emotional (angry/upset), though purposefully avoids such incidents upon her own desires, and the fact that she has caused more property damage to the school than any student in the history of the House.

Other: Up for love, as long as that someone can stand her two extremes. Haappens to have currently misplaced her ipod.

Age: 17
Gender: Female
Species: Alan
Appearance: Her bird counterpart is a raven. Her skin is pale with a grey tint. She wears a long black dress that hides her feet. She likes to keep them hidden, they are bird talons. Black skin, with black claws. Her dress has no arms. Instead of arms she just has wings. When they are folded down and not in an attack position her black feathers look much like sleeves. Her hands are black with black claws. Her eyes are ice blue. Her muzzle sticks out slightly, and from the side looks slightly similar to a beak. Her hair is long and black, it goes about mid back.
Personality: She is rather… sharp. Her personality is sharp, most of the time she’ll follow the rules, but she still owns the area. She will disobey anyone, or anything if she feels she must to maintain control. She is very protective of her best friend of Maia. She doesn’t know how to respond to flirting because no one really has flirted with her. She will not show it if she is flattered.
History: Up until she was seven years old, she was the only Alan family in a land of humans. She was a rich child. Then another family moved in when she turned seven. They were all Alans. They had a child just a year younger then her. She then went to spy on the young one every chance she got. Then one day she got caught. From there the two of them were best friends. They were both sent to this school. And that’s her history.
Likes/Dislikes: She likes using advanced strikes, kicks, and logic to confuzzle, and hurt people. She dislikes those who are annoying, getting pain inflicted, and dealing with people.
Bad habits: She tends to judge people before meeting them, she also grips things with her foot talons.
Strengths/weaknesses: She is great at fighting in the air and on the ground, just not from a distance.
Other: Her name is Loren, and though she will resist, she is up for looove.

Age: 17
Gender: Female
Species: Alan
Appearance: Her bird counterpart is a raven. Her skin is pale with a grey tint. She wears a long black dress that hides her feet. She likes to keep them hidden, they are bird talons. Black skin, with black claws. Her dress has no arms. Instead of arms she just has wings. When they are folded down and not in an attack position her black feathers look much like sleeves. Her hands are black with black claws. Her eyes are ice blue. Her muzzle sticks out slightly, and from the side looks slightly similar to a beak. Her hair is long and black, it goes about mid back.
Personality: She is rather… sharp. Her personality is sharp, most of the time she’ll follow the rules, but she still owns the area. She will disobey anyone, or anything if she feels she must to maintain control. She is very protective of her best friend of Maia. She doesn’t know how to respond to flirting because no one really has flirted with her. She will not show it if she is flattered.
History: Up until she was seven years old, she was the only Alan family in a land of humans. She was a rich child. Then another family moved in when she turned seven. They were all Alans. They had a child just a year younger then her. She then went to spy on the young one every chance she got. Then one day she got caught. From there the two of them were best friends. They were both sent to this school. And that’s her history.
Likes/Dislikes: She likes using advanced strikes, kicks, and logic to confuzzle, and hurt people. She dislikes those who are annoying, getting pain inflicted, and dealing with people.
Bad habits: She tends to judge people before meeting them, she also grips things with her foot talons.
Strengths/weaknesses: She is great at fighting in the air and on the ground, just not from a distance.
Other: Her name is Loren, and though she will resist, she is up for looove.

Name: Chris Langley

Age: 17

Gender: Male

Species: Alan (Wedge-tailed Eagle)

Appearance: In keeping with his counterpart, Chris is simply enormous. He stands easily over six feet, and, while not as heavily built as a werewolf, he seems to radiate strength in the manner of a true bird of prey. He has long, slightly ruffled hair that is a very dark brown, almost black. His eyes are also a deep brown colour. His wings are the same dark brown as his hair, speckled with pale golden flecks, and each feather seems to be large and distinct. A wedge-tailed eagle

Personality: There is nothing Chris enjoys more than flying, and he doesn't need a good reason to take off and just soar for hours on end. As typical of his species, he is proud and aloof, rarely even deeming even many Alans worthy of his attention. He is highly adaptable when it comes to a fight, and, if pressed, will often implement any number of strategies to try to isolate opponents. He is not above working together with similar Alans, although he does demand respect, and will rarely accept anything other than a leading role. He has claimed some part of the school as his 'territory', and will often be seen lounging around in a tree or some other high place where he can keep an eye on it, reacting to the presence of Vampires, Werewolves or Zombies with intense hostility.

History: Chris comes from a long line of Alans, nearly all wedge-tails like him. He was sent to the school because of his excessive pride, even choosing to ignore his own family often enough, and they believed he needed to learn to get along with other people. He is not hugely rebellious, playing by the rules as long as he doesn't see a reason not to.

Likes/Dislikes: He likes showing off his superiority, being lazy, flying, 'hunting' other students, getting himself involved in any business that interests him a little, and music. He dislikes being questioned, too much work, and needing help from other people.

Bad habits: Highly stubborn, lets challenges get to him to easily, skipping classes to fly.

Strengths/weaknesses: He has excellent vision, ranging from infrared to ultraviolet, and this enables him to spot living things more easily, and even thermal currents in the air. He is also quite strong. However, while intelligent in terms of problem solving, reverse-psychology (when applied right) can work wonders on him.

Other: Up for love.

Name: Maia Smatts


Age: 16


Gender: Female


Species: Alan


Appearance: She has wings and talons like this bird's: http://viewfromtheisland.files.wordpres ... _eagle.jpg


Personality: Friendly, but not very quick to trust. She's not overly-chatty or too quiet. She doesn't like killing, but she's willing to do it. It goes the same for breaking rules. She's very observant and thinks on her feet.


History: Moved into a new house at the age of six, and caught another Alan spying on her. This Alan and her became best friends. They were both sent to this school as soon as they were old enough.


Likes/Dislikes: Hates lazy people, Vampires, fashion, popular music, and being hurt. Likes good weather, wind, flying, and a challenge.


Bad habits: She chews her nails when she's thinking or under pressure.


Strengths/weaknesses: She's deadly when fighting in the air, but somewhat clumsy on the ground.


Other: Up for love, best friends with Loren.

Might join with a zombie, werewolf, or vampire since we have none of those yet.

I like this, I'll join!

Name: Serena Levesque

Age: 17

Gender: female

Species: vampire

Appearance: She has dark brown hair cut in bangs that she always wears in a complete disarray. Her eyes are greenish blue but in a very light tone. When she's thiry they become bluish white. Her skin is very white, ivory white and she has a thin face with high cheekbones.

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Personality: She is quite and shy but a good friend. She is a very controlled vampire, not many vampires can control her theirs thirst as she does. But when thirsty is like if her alter-ego came out. She becomes this evil and mean creature who fangs grow oversized, a creature she calls Orszebet. But most of the time she is very calm and friendly, she likes being around people and thanks to good fortune she one of thos vampires who can go into sunlight.

History: She was born in 1896 to a family in eastern England. IN that time and place, the vampires were reigning the city, they controlled about everything. So when she reached seventeen and became a young beautiful girl, one of the most powerful vampires spotted her and decided to catch and turned her into a vmapire. So when the opportunity came, she was changed. The tranformation lasted about five days, even though most only took two. But when she was changed they saw it was worth it.She was excruciatingly beautiful and powerful, extremely controlled for such a young vampire. She tried to go back to her family but they rejected her, and thought her a demon. So she joined he vampire kingdom for a while until she got bored and looked for a palce where she could live.

Likes/Dislikes: She is an avid reader and musician, as the years passed and music transformed, she became an excellent pianist. After all, she is a teenager and her favorite electronic device is her ipod and cell phone. Althugh she hate depending on them like most rich girls do. And that's one of the things she hates, people who are braggy and spoiled.

Bad habits:plays too much with her hair and bites her nails. Tends to talk too much about litarature and when nervous, sttuters.

Strengths/weaknesses: Very strong and fast, keen senses like no other one of the best. Very controlled and patient for a vampire. But her biggest problem is Orszebet, she is wild and uncanny, she does not care about anything. So that's why she tries to control her thirst.

Other:Up for love, if somene can control her two personalities.

Name: Andreana *Andy* Valdespino

Age: 17

Gender: female

Species: Demon

Appearance: Short, curvy, tan, black eyes, long black, almost purplish hair (curly), and a great smile. She often wears black or red, and pays attention to how she looks. Has an old leather jacket she is very fond of, and she will not hesitate to set you on fire or rip your head off if you touch it.

Personality: Andy finds herself to be simply hilarious, but gets on everyone else's nerves. She has a nasty temper, and acts before she thinks, most of the time. She is smart, and loves toying with people. She's a huge flirt, but would rip your arm's out of their sockets and whack you with them before she would kiss you.

History: Andy was born into a nice Cuban family (her great-great-great aunt was a demon, as well), but her grandmother was a "witch" and soon found out about the evil that resided in Andy's soul. The grandmother shunned her when she started lighting things on fire and beating people up and sent her off to America when she was just 7, and Andy found herself at the school by the time she was 13.

Likes: Loud things/places, fire, hurting people, metal (music), clothes, teasing boys, fire, moshing, dancing, and fire. ^-^

Dislikes: Nice people, doing what she's told, whiny, stupid music, pink, and losing.

Bad Habits: Chews her nails, loses her temper often, and catches most things around her on fire without meaning to (not that she minds when she does), skips classes for reasons unknown to anyone else....


Strengths: Normal demon strengths, can sing really amazingly, great fighter (duh!), can control fire really well once she lights something, great fashion sense.

Weaknesses: Bad temper, sore loser, has a general hate for living things, sometimes (secretly) feels completely and utterly alone.

Other: Up for love. You'll just have to work a little


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Is that ok???

Name: Alanna

Age: 17

Gender: Female

Species: Vampire

Appearance: She's got dark brown hair, pale, and sickly looking. Her hair is nearly always plastered against her skull. She's slender, but bony.

Personality: Alanna is fiery and passionate, but also supremely aloof. She can be disdainful when she wants to be, and downright snobby and cold if she is annoyed. She throws herself into what she thinks is right, and can take things very personally. She despises change, and enjoys a physical challenge. She is of average intelligence, but enjoys the act of learning new things. She is a great researcher and planner, when she is feeling patient. (Sadly, those moments are few and in-between)

History: Her father was a vampire, and her mother was a human. Alanna's father left when Alanna was barely a year old, and her mother was left to raise Alanna alone, with hardly any knowledge of how to raise a vampire. Alanna's mother, although she tried, was never able to meet her needs. Alanna grew up very distant from her mother. Finally, Alanna's mother heard about the House, and sent Alanna there, thinking it would be better for Alanna.

Likes/Dislikes: She likes respect, planning, research, raw nature, rain, and just being by herself. She dislikes crowds, and people she deems 'obnoxious' (which is a blanket term for quite a number of people)

Weaknesses and Flaws: Because of her fiery temper, she jumps to conclusions and doesn't let go of them. She doesn't make a dependable partner, as she tends to get frustrated quickly and will often opt to go it alone. She looses her temper explosively.

Strengths: Even though she will often abandon projects, she never gives up the general idea. Once something becomes lodged in her head, she won't let go. This tends to backfire into lots of grudges, but occasionally is works wonderfully at getting the job done.

Other: Up for love.

Saving spot for a female demon!

I want to be a werewolf.


Name:Sabina Ilanski

Age:17

Gender:Female

Species: Werewolf

Appearance: She stands 5'10" and has a larger than petite frame. Her hair is pitch black so dark you could almost lose yourself by staring at it. She keeps it in two braids that goes all the way to her lower back. Her nose is turned upward a bit; she has a smooth, thin pink lip, and her skin is without a blemish. Her eyes are a bit disturbing and hypnotising, they're white with small black triangles circling the pupil. She has sharp black claws, but they're not ugly they look like black nail polish. She has her k-9's on her top and bottom teeth just like a wolf. Her usual clothes (Hmmm...let's see) a white t-shirt, skinny leather pants,and black wristwatch. She doesn't wear shoes because of her claws (toe nails) and also because of the pads on her feet let's her walk soundlessly. When she is a wolf she has black thick fur and a black nose. She's four times larger than a Tundra Wolf.

Personality: She likes being alone. She likes being in the shadows .She likes being invisible. Not because she's shy or depressed she's just comfortable being alone and also she learns secrets in the shadows. She doesn't talk to anybody, she has a sharp tongue but only uses it when necessary. If someone makes fun of her, if they can actually find her (Which would probably only be at lunch reading a book), she has a way of making them think that they're a higher status than she is and once they're sucked deep into their ego she easily slips away. She's very intelligent. She reads and goes to her classes. Because she studies all the creatures, when in battle or a fight she knows all the possible moves they make. All creatures have a pattern she says to herself. The only thing is when she fights she fights for death not cuts and bruises. the thrill of the fight gets in her deep, too deep, in fact, that she loses control. She fights until someones death. Even hers. That is why she doesn't get into fights.


History: Her father's cousin was a werewolf. He was her only living relative. Her father died before she was born and her mother died giving birth to her. She lived with him in Russia, she looked at him as a father figure. At age 7 she showed that she had werewolf blood. He sent her to the House immediately; he couldn't train a young werewolf at his old age. When she got to the House she was informed that he had died watching her plane lift-off.


Likes: Books, shadows, wristwatches, darkness, the cold, meat, and most of the time she creeps around the House to go outside and stare at the stars. She loves the stars.

Dislikes: Thunderstorms, vegetables, warm days and nights, people in general. Haircuts; she's never taken one and never will, other wise death.

Weaknesses and Flaws: If you cut her nails she weakens a bit, she's ticklish. If someone caught her going outside she would think that she would die and she goes in deep depression she doesn't talk at all and she doubles her reading. She not good at making friends. She tried for two years at her arrival and gave up.

Strengths: When she runs she can give a fast sprint but only for a short time, she goes 130 miles per hour in wolf form. She can see in the dark because of the wolf side.

Other: Everything she does is silent example: scooting a chair she'd do softly, her movements are all silent her steps it's as if she's walking on air. Up for love? If you can find her.

No more Alans, please.

And thanks to everyone joining.

Nick101, just a quick note. Alans are the fastest race in the house so would therefore have the fastest reflexes. Just to let you know. I'm trying to keep every race even with their own special powers, so stick to what it says up in the first post.

Also, any more takers for werewolves/zombies?

Name: Jonathan Schuster

Age: 18

Gender: Male

Species: Zombie

Appearance: Straw colored hair, eyes are a warm brown (you know, when they're not glowing orange). He's tall and slightly thinner than average. Looks a little sickly, though that may just be from being undead. Usually is pretty bandaged up as he accidentally hurts himself a lot, being unable to feel pain and all. Wears jeans and t-shirts usually.

Personality: Generally speaking, Jonathan is a very laid-back guy. He doesn't like having to work hard at things he's not interested in. This includes his studies, but he's smart enough that he still does well in school. However, if he has a project he's genuinely interested in he can be relentless in its pursuit. It's hard to make him angry, but when you do he just kind of snaps and lashes out at people. Overall he's a like-able enough guy.

History: Jonathan was bitten only a year ago. He locked himself in his room when he realized what was happening, afraid that he'd become a mindless monster like the ones in the movies. His parents found out as much as they could about his condition and to their relief found out that he was going to be alright for the most part. He's still uncomfortable with being a zombie and is very cautious about being in circumstances in which other people could get frightened around him.

Likes: rainy days, steak with mashed potatoes and gravy, food in general, a good story, talking with friends, assorted types of music, and science.

Dislikes: Hot days, flies (which refuse to leave him alone), people who pick on other people, having to work to understand/achieve something, and being around scared people.

Weaknesses and Flaws: He's... not exactly lazy, but not used to hard work either. This makes him easily frustrated. Jonathan can be a little scary when you make him mad as he switches from just fine to ready to rip someone's throat out faster than you can say Hyde. He's also a little nervous when he first meets new people, even at a place like House of Night where nobody's human. He is afraid he'll hurt someone.

Strengths: He's got all the zombie strengths, is good at a great variety of school subjects, and is usually easy to get along with.

Other: Up for love, though it won't be a 'we talked for five minutes and fell in love' sort of deal. Also, at the moment his left forearm is wrapped in bandages up to his wrist, and he's got a patch of gauze on his temple. He's also got a few minor scratches, bumps, and bruises.

Name: Alex Jones

Age: 16

Species: werewolf

Appearance: 5'9", pale, naturally white-blond hair (currently blue), gold eyes, muscly but thin. Often wears skinny jeans and whatever shirt he can find.

Personality: Alex is a real happy-go-lucky guy. He loves to laugh, and doesn't lose his temper very easily. He hates fighting, but will if he needs to. He gets super defensive when threatened, but other than that he is really nice and fun to be around. He talks a lot and always has some form of candy on his person.

History: Alex was born into a long line of werewolves, so it's nothing unusual. He was sent off to the school (as every other family member of his has) to learn how to properly live as a werewolf and to get a good education.

Likes: Sunshine, smiles, laughing, candy, people, talking, hugging, running, music, and hair dye.

bad Habits: Indecisive about most things, talk even more when nervous, blushes a lot.

Dislikes: Fights, the full moon, mean people, veggies, cats, uniforms, and boring stuff.

Weaknesses: Doesn't like to fight, has a big mouth that often gets him into trouble, is a total sucker for puppies, overreacts when threatened.

Strengths: Is a werewolf, knows how to fight, knows how to get someone on his side.

Other: Up for love (he's bi)