I do not own Vampire Knight nor any of its characters. I do, however, own my own characters situtations and places.
Mina sat in the large front parlor of her family's ancient home on the outskirts of London, she was reading Hamlet when her older brother and father came into the room. William, her father was a tall man who, even in his fifties had a muscular build and a full head of thick salt and pepper hair. He had a matching beard and mustache and piercing dark blue eyes. Joseph, Mina's brother was the spitting image of his father. His body was strong and toned, being twenty-five, he lacked the grey hair that his father had as well as the facial hair. Instead of his father's blue eyes, however, he had inherited his mothers beautiful jade green eyes.
"Mina! The Wellingtons will be here at any moment, go put on something more presentable." Her father admonished. Mina glanced down at what she was wearing, finding no fault in her faded jeans and black tank top, she shrugged and went back to reading her favorite play. "Joseph, make her change!" her father changed his tactics, Mina usually listened to her older brother.
"Mina, why don't you put on that lovely light blue sundress that mother bought for you in Paris?" Joseph gently patted his sister's raven black hair. Dark blue eyes looked up from the book quickly and then back down without any sign of any more movement.
"I'm seventeen, not four. If I don't want to put on a sundress that makes me look like a frilly tart, then I wont." Mina answered dully. Joseph had to smirk at her response but was still not going to give up.
"I will tell the maids where your chocolate stash is if you don't go put on something more presentable." Joseph threatened. Mina quirked an eyebrow and sighed, he had won.
Mina stood gracefully and gave her brother a good hard shove on her way out the door. Rubbing his bruised shoulder he turned to his father.
"You know she will never go through with this." William stood straighter.
"She is my daughter, Joseph, she will do whatever is in the best interest of this family, whether she likes it or not." He took a seat on the couch his daughter just left.
"She is strong willed and very stubborn, she is on the edge of revolution as it is! If we force her into something she isn't ready for, we may loose her." Joseph warned.
Just as William was about to speak, the doorbell rang and a maid swept forward to answer the door. The visitors were ushered into the parlor and William stood to shake hands with his good friend Liam Wellington, his wife Emily and their son Jacob.
Lacking the muscular features of his friend, Liam was a short portly man who had very little hair on his head. His eyes were small and dark, lacking laugh lines around the edges. Liam was a very serious man who, even in his youth, took a no- nonsense attitude. Emily Wellington was a severe looking woman with sharp features and an even sharper tongue. Always the head of the gossip circles, she could make or break a young man or woman's reputation on a whim. Being very rich and influential, the couple had no qualms of stepping on people to place their selves higher in society. Their son Jacob had the good fortune of inheriting only the best features from both parents. He had short dark brown hair and soft brown eyes, he was tall and lithe having not an ounce of fat in any wrong place. He was also exceptionally vain about his appearance and took great care in his clothes, hair, and mannerisms. Being a notorious ladies man, his mother took great care in repairing any hitches in his reputation .
"Wilamina will be down shortly, you know how long it takes for ladies to be sure they look their best!" William joked lightly and the other in the room laughed softly in agreement. "Please let me offer you drinks." He clapped and a maid came around the corner to take drink orders.
"How is dear Ruth? Is she enjoying her stay in France?" Emily asked with her shrill voice as she sipped on her sherry.
"Oh fine, fine. She is having a wonderful visit with her sister and mother. Shopping every day I might add." William nudged Liam and winked.
"Oh do these women know how to shop!" Liam agreed with a laugh.
"Oh stop now!" Emily laughed with a fake blush.
As the conversation carried on, it was obvious that all the members of the room where looking around to find the whereabouts of the young Wilamina. Taking this as a clue, Joseph excused himself to go fetch his sister.
"Mina darling?" he knocked on his sister's door before opening it. The sight before him made him sigh. Mina's room was dark, the paint a deep shade of red with the curtains being even darker. Littered around the room where scattered clothes, CDs, and random sheets of music. Mina was sitting on her bed in the same jeans and tank top, playing a few chords on her guitar before writing notes on a notepad. She looked up at her intruding brother.
"What?" she deadpanned.
"I know you are not fond of the Wellingtons, but it is important to father that you come down and visit." Joseph rifled through her large closet and picked out a long dark blue skirt and threw it at her. "Loose the jeans, keep the tank if you must but come down or I will tell dad where you run off to every Friday night." His voice held no room for argument as he left her room.
"She will be down in just a minute." Joseph smiled to the guests. He took his seat next to the youngest Wellington and joined in the conversation. A few minutes later, Mina walked into the room wearing the skirt her brother had thrown at her head. She gave no smile but shook the hands of the guests dutifully and went to sit next to her brother.
"Wilamina you look ravishing." Jacob winked at her in a sultry manner. She ignored him and took a sip of her brother's gin and tonic. What she wanted to say was, "Bite me pervert." But figured she would probably get in trouble if she did.
"Wilamina dear, when do you start school again?" Emily asked politely.
"Actually I am thinking about quitting school and becoming a rock star, I've also given a lot of consideration into shaving my head and getting a number of tattoos." Mina responded wickedly, keeping a pleasant smile on her face. Emily and Liam laughed uncomfortably, hoping that she was joking.
"You do have such a wonderful sense of humor!" Jacob laughed. Mina smirked, she was only half serious anyway. William and Joseph gave each other tight looks, knowing that if Mina wanted to shave her head and join a rock band, a freight train wouldn't stop her.
"Let us get down to business shall we?" Liam interjected. Mina raised a brow at the turn in conversation. "We should plan the date now; of course the women will have to organize such things as flowers and announcements…" Mina looked to her brother quizzically while Liam was speaking.
"Hold on, what are you talking about?" Mina asked suddenly, cutting Liam off.
"The wedding of course, dear!" Emily laughed.
"Who's wedding?" Mina asked confused. Emily and Liam looked at each other in silent question, Jacob raised a brow, William steeled himself for the fight he knew was about to occur, and Joseph looked as if he was going to be ill.
"Your's and Jacobs of course!" Emily stated, looking around as if to ask why the bride hadn't been informed she was going to be wed.
"I'm not marrying Jacob." Mina said flatly, still unsure of where all this was going. "Joseph, what the hell is this hag playing at?" Mina raised her voice.
"Why I never!" Emily gasped. William stood and walked over to his daughter.
"Do not be rude to our guests Wilamina! It is in the best interests of this family that you should marry Jacob. You will do as you are told." Mina took a step back and looked at her brother pleadingly.
"I wont marry this git. Nor will I be forced to marry any other weak pansy you put in front of me." She steeled her gaze at her father. He in turn slapped her hard on the face. She raised her hand to where her father had just hit her. The room fell silent, and started to get colder.
"Mina, Mina! Calm down!" Joseph grabbed his sister from behind and held her. "You need to calm down." The room kept getting colder, making everyone's breath appear as puffs in front of them.
"Joseph, take me out of here before I kill someone." Mina whispered darkly. Joseph got the message and led his sister out of the parlor and out the front door. He pushed her into his black Mercedes and they drove off toward the country side.
"What the hell did father think he was playing at, trying to make me marry a Wellington?" she vented. "I am leaving, Joseph." She had made up her mind.
"Don't be ridiculous Mina! I'm sure we can talk father out of this stupid idea. He is just thinking about your seat as the future head of the council." He stared out the windshield, watching as the last rays of day touched the Earth.
"I don't want to be the head of the stupid council!" she shouted angrily, making the rear view mirror crack. She took a deep breath and tried to calm herself. "I am leaving tomorrow for a new school. I have already set everything up." Joseph looked over to her quizzically.
"What school?" he asked nervously, already knowing the answer.
"Cross Academy. I've been in touch with Chairman Cross, I want to give his peace a chance." She said with confidence.
"Are you out of your mind?! A school with vampires, run by a former vampire hunter that allows those monsters to attend with humans?" Joseph ran a hand through his short black hair. "Mina, such a peace can never be achieved. Vampires live for human blood, to make peace with them is to put a food stamp on our foreheads and ring the dinner bell."
"I have been in the business of killing vampires since I was three years old, Joseph. I am done." She said with finality.
"There is no way you are going to reconsider is there?" he asked, already knowing the answer. She didn't grace him with one. "What are you going to tell father and mother?"
"That if they follow me, the loose me for good." She responded sadly.
"Yuuki- chan! Zero- kun!" Chairman cross called out to his adoptive children. Zero sat at the kitchen table eating vegetable soup. His golden eyes looked up slightly as the Chairman entered the room. "Ah there you are! Where is Yuuki?! I have the most wonderful news!" Zero thought the Chairman was too cheerful for his own good and wanted nothing more than to hit him. Instead he turned back to his dinner and ignored his adoptive father.
"I'm here!" Yuuki walked in, her hair still wet from the shower. The scent of her made Zero flinch with thirst, but he suppressed it. "What is it?" she took a seat next to Zero and playfully grabbed his chopsticks from his hand, using them to pick a carrot up from his bowl and eat it. Sighing, Zero grabbed his chopsticks back and pointed to the pot of soup on the stove.
"We are getting a new Day class student!" the Chairman said enthusiastically.
"So?" Zero said without care. "Another screaming fangirl, very exciting." He deadpanned.
"Zero!" Yuuki admonished, playfully swatting Zero on the arm.
"She isn't just any girl, she is a daughter from a very prestigious vampire hunting clan in Europe!" The Chairman explained. This piqued Zero's interest.
"Why does a vampire hunter, want to attend a school full of vampires?" He asked quizzically.
"Because she is just as interested in attaining peace as I am." The Chairman sat down, resting his head on his hand thoughtfully. "If she thinks a peace is possible, then we have our foot in the door to the European Council! They are the biggest organization of vampire hunters in the world. If the European Council follows us, then the world will." The Chairman gazed off, daydreaming about a peaceful existence between vampires and humans.
"That's great! When does she arrive?" Yuuki asked with a smile. She was much more optimistic about such a peace then Zero was.
"Her plane arrives tomorrow, she is going to be here around seven tomorrow night." He smiled at his cute adoptive daughter with pride, at least she understood why the visitor was important.
"Good. At least I wont be the only one here who doesn't think the bloodsuckers are wonderful." Zero grumbled. He was pleased with the thought of having a fellow hunter as a classmate, but apprehensive for her to realize that he was also a vampire.
"I am having Kaname come over to meet with her as well, it would be best if she got to know him and see that he wants the peace as much as we do." The Chairman got up and bid his kids goodnight.
"Isnt it great Zero?! An important vampire hunter from another country! How exciting." Yuuki sat down with her bowl of soup.
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"Whatever." He sighed.