Nocturnal Academy 1

Alice Dibble, about to start high-school, is accepted into the prestigious Nocturnal Academy, a school for supernatural creatures. Alice is both overjoyed and horrified to discover that she is a vampire.

To make things even more interesting, her worst enemy, Toby Thompson, has also been selected. He is a werewolf.

But before Alice can even start at the Nocturnal Academy she must come to terms with her new identity, defeat Toby’s old bully friends who have discovered the truth about her, and expose a local coven that wants to raise the Demon-Lord Vladrakov.

Important Characters

 * Alice
 * Toby
 * Janice

Chapter 1

 * Alice is being taunted by Chunky, Toby, and Stan.
 * She wishes she were a vampire.
 * Has an interview with Madam Nocturna tonight.

Chapter 2

 * Interview
 * Madam Nocturna asks a number of questions, which Mrs. Dibble thinks are strange.
 * Alice can see Sylphie, who is Madam Nocturna's assistant.
 * Madam Nocturna edits Mrs. Dibble's memory so that she doesn't think the interview was strange.

Chapter 3

 * Alice briefly talks to Carla about the interview. Toby also wants to talk to her.
 * Alice is accepted into the Nocturnal Academy.
 * All fees waived.
 * There's a fight with paint during art.
 * Goes to see her dad one weekend. They go ice-skating.
 * She meets Janice in the morning, who talks about ghosts in the factory.

Chapter 4

 * Alice and her mom go shopping for a new dress for enrollment.
 * Enrollment ceremony
 * Alice meets Milly
 * Madam Nocturna gives a speech introducing them to the Nocturnal Academy and the world of nightdwellers. She also reveals everybody's aspects.
 * Alice is a vampire.

Chapter 5

 * Alice and Toby talk about enrollment.
 * One afternoon, Toby stops by her house. They talk some more.
 * Movie theater field trip
 * Chunky and Stan are trying to hurt her. She turns into mist.
 * Kevin Wardell, a vampire, explains what happened. He gives her a book and Luminos.

Chapter 6

 * Alice can hear other people's thoughts because she doesn't know how to use a glamour.
 * She goes to her father's house
 * They go ice skating.
 * Desdemona, a vampire at the rink, instructs her on how to use a glamour.
 * Chunky and Stan show up and mock her.

Chapter 7

 * Alice reads the book about vampires that Kevin gave her.
 * Late at night, she hears her dad and Janice arguing.

Chapter 8

 * Alice sees that Janice left Beyond the Portall by William Holloway out. She reads some of it.
 * Janice and Alice go on a hike.
 * Janice talks about the ghosts and Cider Factory. She also reveals that she is part of a Magick circle.

Chapter 9

 * Alice tries to call Desdemona.
 * Toby wakes Alice up.
 * He feels like he's about to change.
 * Chunky and Stan have been a lot more vicious than usual.
 * They walk to the Nocturnal Academy. Mercurio (who was there for the interviews) lets them in for a tour.

Chapter 10

 * They see the compost heap.
 * Mercurio has to let Professor Abbacus through the gates.
 * When Mercurio is about to make them go home, Alice tells him about Holloway's spellbook.
 * Mercurio takes both of them to see Professor Abbacus.
 * Toby changes.

Chapter 11

 * Professor Abbacus sprays Toby with wolfsbane.
 * Professor Longenfang takes Toby away
 * Alice explains the situation with the grimoire to Professor Abbacus, who has been looking for it for fifty years.
 * Professor Abbacus is clearly elated.
 * Alice needs to get ahold of the grimoire.

Chapter 12

 * Toby isn't at school.
 * Alice looks up the Great Appleton Damburst of 1987.
 * Alice's mom has a new job.
 * Alice stops at her dad's apartment during the week.
 * Chunky and Stan harass her, but Janice stops them from hurting her.

Chapter 13

 * Alice and Janice talk. Janice knows that she's a vampire.
 * Janice forces Alice to cooperate with the Magick circle.
 * Alice tries (and fails) to steal the grimoire.

Chapter 14

 * Alice tells her dad about the seance, and how they kicked her out of the apartment.
 * Alice calls Professor Abbacus to explain what happened.
 * He is very worried about what the circle is going to do.
 * He sends Desdemona to watch her. She sets up a link between her and Alice.

Chapter 15

 * Alice tells Toby about the Magick circle.
 * Ghost tour.
 * Inside the factory, Alice loses the link to Desdemona.
 * Janice is holding a seance. She forces Chunky, Stan, and Alice to participate.

Chapter 16

 * Vladrakov possesses Janice.
 * Madam Nocturna, Professor Longenfang, and Professor Abbacus show up.
 * They struggle to defeat him.
 * Toby rips the spellbook apart, making Vladrakov disappear.

Chapter 17

 * Madam Nocturna wipes the Daydweller's minds, making them think they saw an entertaining show.
 * Professor Abbacus is not happy with the loss of the book.