This story takes place AFTER the Anime, when Yuki and Kaname and some of the Night students went off to some unknown place. This is what I would like to think happened to them.

Beginning of Dawn

Dawn :n. dawned, dawn·ing, dawns

1. The time each morning at which daylight first begins.

2. A first appearance; a beginning: the dawn of history.

3. To begin to appear or develop; emerge.

4. To begin to be perceived or understood.

The Phone rang in the chairman's office at the Cross Academy for Day and Night students. No one was in the room when suddenly a man with light brown hair tied back in a ponytail burst through the doors."H-hello...!" He said as he lunged for the phone. Just made it he thought, still panting from running up the stairs before it hung up. "This is the Chairman, how may I help you?"

"Chairman…" a girl's voice answered.

"OTO-SAN!" Cross Kaien yelled through the phone, now much less formal and in his "daddy-mode".

"O-oto-san…" Yuuki Cross said relieved that her adoptive father never stopped acting that way every time she addressed him like that.

"Yuuki…" he sighted in an exasperated tone." I haven't heard from you for AGES… and there's been no way for me to contact you, what with you and Kaname-kun moving around all the time and having no address or anything. I've been so WORRIED about you! Are you alright? Where are you? What have you been doing? How are Kaname-kun and the others?"He continued to talk while Yuuki sighed… was the reason why she did not want to call. Her father was ranting on and on so she has no space to reply and tell him why she called in the first place. She had only been away for a couple of months and he was already acting as if it had been years. "I'm FINE dad!" she said. "Really! The others are fine too. We're staying in a sea-side town right now at beach hotel."

"Is there something wrong… Yuuki?" She could never hide anything from him she thought. Even through the phone he could sense that there was something that bothered her.

"Not really… It's just… how is Zero doing?"

"Zero? He's doing fine actually! He's getting along better with the rest of the class now. It's really a relief. "

"I see…" Well that changes things a bit, Yuuki thought. "Thank you chairman, take care of yourself!" Yuuki said brightly. "W-what Yuuki! Aren't you going to ask how I am doing? Can't we talk for a little longer? I miss you so much!"

"Sorry dad, the phone money won't last much longer and Kaname-senpai is waiting for me, I love you too, bye!" And she hung up on him.

"Awwww…" the chairman moaned. This was the first time he had talked to Yuuki in two months and she had only asked him how Zero was. What was worse the conversation had only lasted about 2 minutes. She must really be worried about Zero-kun he thought.

Yuuki went out of the phone booth and went to where Kaname was standing on the pier. "Done!" She said as she smiled up at the pure-blood vampire. "He was fine, no worries." She meant the chairman. Kaname Kuran nodded gravely. He still found it strange that Yuuki would want to call the chairman now of all times but he did not argue with her. She had her reasons. The pure-bloods walked down the promenade in harmony and Yuuki let her thoughts run loose. So Zero was fine after all… There was nothing to worry about. He was fine. So what had that dream been about then? It had been following her every time she fell asleep, creeping into her dreams and haunting her at night and during the day. The dream began with herself and Kaname-senpai dancing slowly together with their music as they used to when she was small. The doorbell rang out loud and clear and cut of their music. Kaname-sempai went and answered the door and a person behind a mask was standing at the door. When Yuuki tried to get close to him, Kaname, the door and the hidden person moved farther and farther away from her. Even when she tried to run and stretch out her hand towards him, Kaname kept moving farther and farther away. She screamed out his name: "Kaname!" And then she would always wake, arms stretched out, towards the nothingness.

There was one more thing that scared her. A voice. A female voice she had never heard before sang:

At sunset the world will be drenched in blood…and your whole world will be shattered forever…

However, in your place, a new girl, a new dorm and a new era will begin. And the sun will rise again at dawn.

Dawn…