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The bell had just rung signalling the beginning of the new school year. Veronica was calmly making her way to her home room when out of nowhere some kid came round the corner, bumping right into her and causing her to stumble backwards slightly from the impact. She had been texting on her phone at the time, not paying any attention to where she was walking, but of course she wasn't going to accept any blame for the incident. The books that she had been carrying in her arms were now scattered on the floor, mixed in with the books of the other student that she had walked into. She only just managed to catch her phone in time before it hit the ground as well, which was just as well for the other kid's sake.

"Why don't you watch where you're going!?" Ronnie barked at the kid while glaring daggers at him with her bright, ruby red eyes. Her sudden outburst caused most of the other students in the hall to scamper off to their classes, while a few braver students stuck around to watch the scene unfold. Without giving the other kid much time to respond, Veronica grabbed them by the scruff of their shirt and roughly pushed them back against one of the nearby lockers.

Veronica leaned in closer to the boy, gripping his shirt scruff even tighter as she did so. Now that they were closer she could get a good whiff of his scent, which made her gag softly. She hated the stench of werewolves, they were worse than average dogs. "Get a load of this Mutt! Thinks he can talk back to me!" The vampire scoffed while flashing a glance over at the gang of vampires that normally hung around with her. They all began to laugh unanimously, mostly out of fear of what would happen to them if they didn't, but also because they despised his kind just as much as she did. Ronnie began to chuckle along with them as well for a moment, before turning back to the wolf-boy and suddenly slamming the palm of her other hand into the locker right next to his head. "You're obviously new here, so you won't know how things work. But you see these halls? I own 'em. I have earned the right to walk 'em as I please, and everyone else, stays outta my way. That's if they know what's good for 'em anyway." She stated with a wide, sadistic grin, flashing off her pair of pearly white fangs. "Do you know what's good for you, Mutt?" Every time she uttered that word the gang of vampires seemed to laugh even louder, along with a few other students that had remained in the hall.

"The days only just begun, and I'm still in a pretty good mood, so I'm gonna let you off with a warning, Mutt. As a thank you, and to make it up to me, you can get down and pick up all my books, and then you can carry 'em to my class for me. It's the least you can do since you were the one who caused me to drop 'em in the first place." Veronica said before finally releasing the boy's shirt and taking a step back. She folded her arms under her bust and turned her head to either side to look around at the other students that were still lingering around them. "What do you say guys, you think that's fair?" Ronnie asked, loud enough for anyone in the hall to hear her. Most of them muttered a "yes" or a "yeah" in response while the rest simply nodded their heads. "The public has spoken, Mutt." The girl sneered while reaching forward and giving him a pat on the head. It obviously wasn't meant to be affectionate, but rather it was a derogative gesture to further emphasize the fact that she thought of him as nothing more than a lowly dog.

Veronica grinned even wider, she enjoyed watching the boy whimper and cower, he looked so pathetic it amused her greatly. She got a real kick out of tormenting the weak, and it was so much easier when they were new like he was, with no friends and no one to stick up for them and get in her way. "That's a good boy~" Ronnie cooed mockingly in a patronizing tone, before erupting into laughter along with the rest of her gang as they watched the boy kneel down to pick up the books. He appeared to be having a tough time trying to balance her books along with his, but she certainly wasn't going to step in and help him, and she wasn't going to let anyone else do so either. Not that anyone else would dare intervene anyway. She was feared by most of the students in the school, mainly because of her who father was and how wealthy he was, but also because she was so unpredictable, and even for someone as slim and petite as she was, she could still pack quite a punch. Some unfortunate few had found that out the hard way.

When she heard his comment, correcting her on the use for the term Mutt, and introducing himself, the grin on her face vanished and she went back to glaring daggers at him. Boy did this kid have nerves. Who dd he even think he was? Veronica raised one hand up slightly to signal the others to stop laughing, before using that same hand to reach down and yank the boy up by his tie, not caring if he was finished picking up the books or whether her actions caused any of them to fall again. He would simply have to pick them up again. "Is that so? Well, you're a mix of a wolf and a human, does that not make you a mix breed, therefore making you a Mutt?" She asked, although the question was rhetorical. She didn't care whether he considered her use of the word Mutt correct or not, she was going to use it anyway. That's what she thought about all of his kind. Vampires were pure -well those who were born vampires like her were anyway- they weren't mix breeds, so in her mind and that of most other vampires at the school, they were the superior race.

Veronica turned her glare to the others when she heard them gasp at what the werewolf said, and they immediately dropped the shocked expressions they had on their faces. Now her blood was boiling, she was so enraged. Her pupils had become slits, like snake eyes, and her fangs extended to their full length, hanging passed her bottom lip. She hissed at the werewolf menacingly. How dare he insult her like that? How dare he?! Ronnie gripped the boys tie even tighter, while with the other hand she immediately backhand slapped him as hard as she could across the face. Then she threw him to the floor and planted her foot against his chest to hold him to the ground. "WHO THE HELL DO YOU THINK YOU ARE, SPEAKING TO ME THAT WAY!? I AM NOT A MUTT, I AM A PURE BLOODED VAMPIRE! A HUMAN HAS NEVER TAINTED MY BLOODLINE, AND THEY NEVER WILL!" She screamed at him while applying more weight behind her foot, putting more pressure on his chest. At this point, every other student apart from those in her gang had fled the scene, not wanting to be caught up as collateral damage. Although they had stuck around, her fellow vampires had backed off quite a distance as well, not wanting to be caught up either, or get in her way. It had been a while since she had flown into a rage like this, and the last time it had happened, she nearly ended up killing the kid. However, that kid had only been a human, which weren't very difficult to kill anyhow.

The scent of blood in the air caught Veronica off guard somewhat, it seemed that in her anger she had applied more pressure on him than she had intended to. Enough to cause her heel to cut his skin and make him bleed. It was a very alluring and distracting scent. So distracting in-fact that she didn't have enough time to react and catch herself before she fell onto her backside, after the Mutt had pushed her leg off of him. Once she realized what had happened, she was of course even more infuriated with him. That was until she saw his hand outstretched to help her up however, that was a surprise. After all she had just done to him, he was actually wanting to help her? Ronnie flashed him a puzzled look. Normally the people she bullied either cried and ran away or tried to fight back, but he wasn't doing either. Of course she couldn't accept his help, and nor did she want to, because that would make her look weak. So instead, she glared at him and angrily smacked his hand away, in an effort to keep up her tough reputation. "I don't need your help!" She hissed at him while pushing herself back up to her feet and then quickly readjusting her clothes and brushing off any loose dirt or dust.

It seemed that the confusion he had caused with his gesture to help her up had dulled some of her fury, and part of what was left of it was now being directed towards those in her gang. They were hiding like a bunch of cowards, and not one of them had come over to offer her any help like the boy had. Veronica stood there silently for a moment, glancing between the werewolf and her fellow vampires. This was the first time she had encountered such a situation and she honestly wasn't sure what to do. "Lucas!" She finally called out, breaking the silence. One of the male vampires from the group came running over. "Pick up my books, now." She demanded while pointing to the books that were scattered all over the floor. The male frowned, wondering why it was him being asked to do the task and not the werewolf boy. His hesitation to fulfill her command earned him a smack over the back of the head from Ronnie. "Did you not hear me, I said pick up my books, now." Once the task was done, she waved him and the rest of the vampires off, wanting them to leave her and the werewolf alone. This confused the whole lot of them, but after seeing what had happened to Lucas, nobody question her and all did as she told them to.

Once they were gone, Veronica turned her attention back to the Mutt. She stepped forward, closing the distance between them so there was only a couple of inches of space left. Then she raised her fist like she was going to punch him, but instead she purposely missed, hitting one of the lockers beside him and creating a large dent in the door. A warning of what was to come the next time they met. "This isn't over Mutt." She mumbled, before turning and heading off to class herself. She was already late as it was, and if she missed homeroom completely then she knew she would get into a lot of trouble, especially if it was found out that she was late because of a fight. The last time that had happened the school had threatened to call her father, which would have been very bad for her. This didn't mean she was finished with him though, she was just waiting for a better opportunity to teach him a lesson.

"Ah, Miss Stevens. So nice of you to join us." Her teacher's voice chimed as the girl entered the room. "So, why are you late this time? I hope you weren't getting in trouble again." Veronica just scoffed and rolled her eyes, not bothering to give any actual answer to what she had been doing. She took her usual seat at the front of the class, near the window, surrounded by the desks of her friends. Her teacher had her suspicions about why she was late, but as she didn't have any evidence to back up those suspicions, she simply let it be and got on with the class. Until there came a second interruption, another late student. Hearing his excuse of being injured, and the fact that he had arrived not long after Veronica had, raised the teachers suspicions even more, but there was nothing she could do if the boy wasn't willing to speak up about what had happened, so she had no choice but to accept his excuse and let him go to his seat. Hearing the familiar voice had got Ronnie to look up from her desk, to see it was none other then the Mutt! Well, wasn't that a surprise? Albeit an unpleasant surprise, but a surprise nonetheless.

When she teacher had asked him about why he was late, she was expecting him to come out with the full story, and dob her in, and was a little shocked when he didn't. Normally the kids she bullied would have jumped at the chance to get her in trouble, hoping that it would deter her from bullying them again, but it only ever made it worse. Of course this kid was different though, smarter in some sense, if he had turned her in it would only have invoked more of her wrath. The redhead continued to watch him as he walked to one of the empty desks and sat down, before returning her attention to the teacher at the front of the class.

The rest of the morning went by in a blur. Veronica mulled through her classes, with all thoughts of Brixos to the back of her mind so she could focus on her school work. It wouldn't be very good for her to start taking home bad grades, that would only anger her father. Although, whenever she did find herself with the opportunity to mess with him she would. Whether it be stealing his stationary, or purposely bumping into him so he would mess up. All very small, simple things, that brought her mild amusement. Before she knew it, it was lunch time however, and she was finally free to do whatever she wanted. Now the hunt for the wolf would begin, with Ronnie and her gang having split off into smaller groups so they could search the school to find him. It wasn't often that she would actually make an effort to find her target, but this time it was different.

Veronica had searched just about everywhere she could think of inside the school, and had come up with nothing. Normally she liked that the students were able to freely wander about the school during lunch, but now it was proving to be annoying. Because she couldn't find Brixos anywhere. She could only hope that the vampires she had sent to search outside were having better luck. After having sent off the vampires that were with her to continue looking, she decided to go wait in the cafeteria until she received word of his whereabouts. As she waited she listened to music on her phone and sucked on one of her blood lollipops.

Meanwhile, outside the school, Lucas and a couple of the other vampires were searching around the field when they noticed a lone kid sitting down by a tree. They began to make their way over to get a closer look, although they already had their suspicions on who it was. Sure enough, once they got close enough to see, they discovered it was the one they were looking for. Ronnie had given them strict orders to contact her as soon as they had found him, so while Lucas went over to make sure the kid didn't get away, the other two made a call to Veronica. It didn't take her very long to make it out to the field at all, and as soon as she did, she made a beeline for the wolf sitting under the tree. When she got over to where him and Lucas where, she stopped right in front of where he was sitting and knelt down a little so they would be eye to eye. "Well, well, well...Watcha reading there, Mutt?" She asked, right before she reached out and yanked the book from his hands. After quickly reading over the title of the book, she gave a shrug and tossed the book away. "Hey there, did ya miss me? 'Cause I sure missed you."