Setting:

The main setting of the story is the vampire boarding school, Batwing High. It was not always a high school, it was originally the castle of the vampire royalty. It was transformed into a school in 1872 by Sir Forest Batwing, who is still the school principal to this day. The building is very tall and it’s made from a very dark stone. Since the building is hundreds of years old, the stones are cracked in various places and there are vines growing in that space. Some parts of the school are newer, and they’re made from a shinier, white stone, for example the students’ dorms or the classrooms, more and more were added to the building over the years as the number of students increased. In January, the start of the vampire school year, each student must take a test their level of strength. The levels go from 1 to 4, classes and dorms are assigned according to level. The school has a few secret passages that the students and most of the teachers don’t know exist. One of them is in the library, and the entrance is hidden behind a bookshelf. These passages are far from the only secret the school is hiding. Being a student at Batwing High is not always easy, the classes are tough, the teachers are very strict, and not everyone is who they say they are.

Characters:

1) Layne - the protagonist, she’s a first year at Batwing High and doesn’t have many friends. She is trying to find out why her necklace is so important to the school’s mysterious attackers and where it came from.

2) Jake - Layne’s friend, he’s also unpopular but that’s why he gets along so well with Layne. He wants to help her solve the mystery. Layne has a bit of a crush on him.

3) Lila, Sadie and Cora - the popular girls and Layne’s roommates, they don’t like her because she doesn’t fit in but doesn’t care, and because they think someone who was raised by humans doesn’t belong at Batwing High.

4) Jade - Layne’s roommate, nicer to her than the others but very mysterious and almost never talks.

5) Leah - sort of Layne’s friend, one year older than Layne. Wants to help her because her girlfriend, Jenny went missing a few months ago and had a necklace that looked exactly like Layne’s.

6) Brad, Tristin, Erik and Chase - Jake’s roommates. Chase is Lila’s boyfriend. Erik secretly likes a guy named John, but his friends don’t want him seeing John because he’s from a lower level.

7) Mr. and Mrs. Dahlia - Layne’s human parents, they found her in the Wishing Stream. They miss her when she goes to Batwing High, but they support her and want to help in any way they can.

8) Mrs. Summer - one of Layne’s teachers, very strict.

9) Mr. Cedar - another teacher.

10) Mr. Batwing - the principal and founder of the school.

Opening Chapter:

The story starts fourteen years before the main action of the book. It begins at the magical river; the Wishing Stream, where Mr. and Mrs. Dahlia visiting late at night. While they were there, they found Layne as a baby, a gift sent to them by the magic of the stream. Layne was found with a special necklace that also had its own magic.