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.:HARMONY AND BLOODSHED:.

PART ONE

HARMONY

--PROLOGUE--

Sweet music showered the dark room with light. The light was soft and gentle. Yet no one could deny the melancholy bitterness that hung in the air with every note she played; the sadness that only a few could understand; the sadness that found its way to a girl's heart.

A beautiful girl with golden shoulder-length straight hair stood in the center of a lavish and well- decorated room. She was wearing a lovely blue dress. Her eyes were as blue as the sky would be on a fine day. But her eyes stared at seemingly nothing except an empty space.

She was playing her violin passionately, her heart pouring out on every note. She closed her eyes in the empty space she for so long called her home. It made no difference. Everything remained as black as it was. Her heart ached for the light that most people around her were given; for the light in the dark world in which she was entrapped, with no escape. In her mind, this was all that she desired, all that she yearned. She never wanted any love; that is a different story. First, she wanted to see. She wanted to see the world for its beauty, for its resonance. Still, all she could do was desire.

In the midst of her despair, though, she had a companion; one that never deserted her, one that never left her side. It was the one that always held her up when no one else would dare.

She had her music.

She envisioned herself standing on a big stage in a dome. Her audience applauding after every song she played. Each of her songs was a soulful rendition. The audience continued to applaud her. She was sent roses by her friends. She took it in her hands and held it tightly near her heart.

In reality though, she didn't have any friends. Nor did anyone send her any roses. She wasn't standing on a big stage with an audience watching her. She was alone in the darkness. Yet, she had to smile as she played her favorite part of the piece. She felt her music in her heart, she loved that feeling. Her music was beautiful, but as they say, all beautiful things attract destruction, and so something had to go wrong.

With a gasp, the blonde girl dropped her violin. She felt her whole body tremble. She started to sweat. Her knees dropped to the floor as she let out a piercing shriek of horror.

The door to her room burst open. Two sets of footsteps sounded heading towards the girl. The girl was now clutching her face white as snow; her eyes were in a wide expression of fear.

"My lady!" One voice shouted. It was a soft and low kind of voice with a thick French accent.

"Lady Sara!" another voice cried. This one was high-pitched and with a hint of annoyance. "Please! Don't tell me this is one of those ridiculous matters. Giry, tell her to stop."

The first nursemaid, whose name is known as Giry, went to the young girl's side. She tried to comfort her by stroking her hair.

Tears started to well up on Lady Sara's eyes. She started to sob. "Blood! It… It's every where! I'm so afraid of it…" was what she mustered to say in between sobs.

"There, there…" Giry started to say. But the other had to cut her short.

"For Heaven's sakes, my lady! How on earth are you able to see this so-called blood if you are blind to begin with!" she asked. Then, she held her chin up high.

"Delir! Stop it!" Giry cried.

"Giry, Lady Sara is causing trouble! The others would want to know what is happening. We shall be the laughing stock of the shelter!" the woman named Delir answer. She started approaching Sara to straighten her hair, but before she could get any closer, Sara pushed her away such force, she hit her back on a nearby chair.

"DELIR!" Giry cried. She tried to stand up but Sara pulled her back down. "Lady Sara…" Giry decided she would take care of Sara first. She began to stroke her hair and whisper in a soothing voice. "Dear Lady Sara, do not be afraid. Tell me, tell me all that you see."

"Oh Madame Giry… I'm so afraid… I… It's blood! Can't you see it! It's everywhere!" Sara said, her voice shaking with fear. And with that, Sara let out a final loud scream of fear and terror that echoed throughout the empty space that was her heart.

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Meanwhile, on another part of town, a young man with short light blonde hair which curled up by the front stood outside a beautiful Victorian mansion. Vines crept up its walls up until the second story and the pillars, rose bushes lined its sides. Birds chirped happily as they landed on the tip of one of the dormers of the home.

"CHRIS!" the young man shouted at the top of his voice.

A window on the center of the leftmost dormer suddenly opened, causing the birds to flutter away, to reveal a beautiful girl with flowing silver hair. Her hair flew with the wind, it was as soft as silk. This caused the young man below to stare. He was mesmerized by her beauty every time, of course, he never said it.

"I'll be down in a moment, Borus!" Chris shouted back. She closed the windows.

Chris ran to her dresser and took her blazer that she placed on the back rest of the chair. She put it on and examined herself in the mirror. She was as beautiful as newly blossomed flowers. She straightened her uniform and ran out of her room. She went down the circular flight of stairs, past the living room, the study hall and into the dining hall.

"Good morning, everyone!" Chris announced cheerfully. She took a piece of toast from the table. "Hey, where's Koroku?" she asked, referring to the dog.

Her brother merely shrugged.

"Jacques?" she sat across he brother as she took tiny bites from her toast. She caught his look of disapproval. Jacques disliked noise, she reminded herself. "Sorry, Jacques…" she said sincerely.

Jacques nodded and smiled.

Chris smiled as well and took the final bite of her toast. She dabbed her mouth clean with a napkin and stood up to kiss Jacques goodbye. Then, she ran out the door.

"Sorry to keep you waiting." She said once she got out of her house.

"Don't worry. This is the first time you were late." Borus answered.

"I still don't understand why you have to come and walk with me to school. It's pretty near, it's practically my neighbor!" Chris said.

"Well, you know me; full of friendly gestures…" That was all he answered.

The two started to walk to school side by side. They were on their way to the University of Vinay del Zexey. Another school day has come.

Jacques even passed by with his bike. Chris caught a glimpse of his face even for the tiniest moment. His eyes looked disapproving- again. Chris hated to have her brother's disapproval. He was the closest thing she ever had to a dad, except for Eike their butler, of course. She knew various things that her brother disliked, but they were only a few. Chris looked at Borus for a moment and sighed. She ran.

"What the-!" Was all Borus managed to say, "Hey, wait!"

Chris ran until she reached the huge metal gates of her school. All the while, thinking about her brother. He did not like seeing Chris alone with any guy. Not even his own best friend, Franz, unless he was there along with them. She loves her brother for being protective. She didn't think he was overprotective the least. She had to smile in spite of her breathlessness. She took a deep breath and walked to the front doors. She passed by the parking zone of the bicycles and saw Jacques' bike, she smiled even bigger, like a child in a candy store.

'This day is certainly off to a good start!' she thought.

And indeed it was. But it could get better.


Author's notes: Hehehe... Chapter One's on its way! But first, I have to think of a title for it... Read and review please!