so, my first story (: Let's consider an hypothetical University and airplanes :P this happens before Godric went to the FOTS

Be nice :D (story rating may go M)

A/N: I OWN NOTHING! Just my characters.

Chapter 1 - Goodbye and Hello

She had waited for this day since she could remember; she always dreamt of graduating in the US, and the wait was over. After so many years earning her parents trust and succeeding in school, she had managed an entire scholarship in Dallas and was leaving her country today.

Hopefully, getting a degree there would open doors for her in the future. She always loved Biology since she was a little girl, and nothing would stop her from achieving her dreams (she hoped).

At the airport she thought about the time she would be away from everyone she knew, specially her friends and family… Sure there was internet and phones, but it was not the same as talking in person. The previous night she had had a party with all her close friends, and it had been the hardest thing to do, saying goodbye to all of them.

Still, she didn't want her parents to stress out even more, so she tried to convince herself (and them) that it would be alright.

-Joana's POV

'don't worry mom, I'll be just a click away; we'll talk almost every day. It'll be so frequent that you won't even miss me' I tried to calm my mother, who was at the break of tears; hopefully it would work.

'she is right. And she is a big girl, it's time for her to become more independent; It's her dream and we should let her have it and make it come true' her father said. He was always the one trying to make things look better, but he knew her little girl would be away for quite a while. He would miss her a lot.

"The plane for Texas will departure in 20minutes. All passengers of this flight go to door 34 for boarding" she heard the voice that basically told her it was time for goodbye.

'I guess I should go now' she gave a sad smile to her parents. 'Don't worry, I'll call the second I'm there!' she hugged them, grabbed her bag and watched her parents wave goodbye. "oh god, oh god, oh god, I'm basically going to be alone for the next months. What the hell did I get myself into" she thought walking to gate 34 .

The flight would take more than a couple of hours, she would arrive in Texas late in the afternoon and she would still have to travel to Dallas and find a place to live during the semester.

"well, this in going to take a while, might aswell listen to some music." She thought. Eventually she fell asleep and woke up several hours later, the plane arriving and the airport.

Waiting for her suitcase, she watched (along with several other people) the news. Some Nan Flanagan was arguing with Steve Newlin. She didn't pay too much attention to it, cause she saw her huge bag packed with several clothes, books and everything else she could put in there, appear amongst others. But she knew vampires existed, she had seen their revelation 2 years ago and even met a few back in Portugal. Joana was very interested by them and how they were moving, digesting, burned by the sun and every other aspect of them. She thought she could dedicate some of her internship to studying everything she could about them. But that would have to wait.

'ok first I have to get to the University; then, find a home.' She said to herself. What a day, it doesn't end!

Arriving at the University she didn't even have time to appreciate her future "home", she had to matriculate right away because it was almost closing time and she didn't want to come back tomorrow.

The place was enormous and since her time was running out she ran as fast as she could (considering her bag was right behind). And of course she didn't see someone coming from a corner…

'Ouch!' she said falling on the cold floor.

'Are you alright?' Stretching out a hand, this blonde girl helps me up with a smile on her face.

'Sorry, I'm in such a hurry I didn't see you.' I apologized. 'What's your name?' I have such a strange way to make new friends I'm sometimes ashamed of myself. I let out a laugh. Thankfully she ignored my strange behavior.

'Name's Joy, and you? She winked her eye. 'Do you need help? 'cause you look positively lost.'

'My name's Joana' I said smiling. 'Actually I do, I'm trying to find a place to live during the semester, do you know if there's any adds of rooms to rent around here?'

'You know, I'm sharing an apartment with a friend, she's really nice. And we've got an extra room for rent. You can come and see it today if you'd like; I think we would get along just…' I interrupted her realizing what I had to do before getting a place to live.

'Sorry, can you wait just a minute? I have to sign up for the year but I'll be right back! DON'T leave, please! I said while running; hopefully I would do everything today. I just hope she waits.

20 minutes later I'm back and I find Joy drinking a soda. What a relief.

'Thank you for waiting, I won't run on you now, don't worry' we both laugh and start talking while walking out of the university. I found out she's beginning her 2nd year on geology and Rita, the friend that lives with her is also on the 2nd year but on Biochemistry.

She seems really nice, and I get along with her pretty well. Hopefully Rita will also be this nice.

'How about you? Where you from and what are are you studying? Because I can definitely hear an accent and your tan is not from this part of the country alright' she's got a point.

'Well I'm from Portugal, that's where the tan and accent come from. And I'm starting my first year in Biology. I'm new in everything around here'

'Wow, that's a long way you've came. But you made a good choice. Don't worry. Most people are nice around here, and I'll help you with what I can. I hope we can be good friends'

I smile at her. I guess I'm being lucky, I've already found a friend in such sort time.

We arrive at this small house, and it only took us some 15minutes walking. 'Is this it? Looks awesome! To live here with friends would be great. I hope it's not too expensive…' I woke up from my thoughts as Joy opens the door and invites me in.

It's a small house but I find it beautiful. A very tall girl appears from the kitchen and very happily says hi. They show me the room that is available and I don't think it could be better. It had everything I needed and this huge window from which you could see a small forest. There weren't many house near, so it was silent. The bed was big and there was plenty of room to move around. I ask the price and next thing I know, I'm unpacking.

Tomorrow I would start the semester and I was hoping I could start assisting teachers on the lab, and maybe present them my idea of studying vampire behavior and reactions on my internship.

'It's not that big of a deal, is it?' I thought out loud before falling asleep.

If only I knew the problems that idea would generate in the near future…