Amanda usually liked to be back at the dorms before it got dark. She did love the dark and seeing the stars in the night sky, but she avoided being out too late for safety reasons. After all, she was surrounded by magical beings at this school, and even though her blood probably was not tasty to her fellow vampires, she never knew what kinds of situations could arise.

However, this night, she had to be at the biology laboratory pretty late. She had emailed a professor over the summer expressing interest in becoming involved in a research project, and so she had been running some time-sensitive experiments. Finally, she finished and glanced at her watch. It was already past ten o'clock, and she needed to get some sleep before the next day since she had lectures in the morning. She packed up her things and walked out into the cool air. The night is beautiful, she thought, gazing at the distant twinkles in the sky.