Disclaimer: I do NOT own Vampire Knight or its Characters all I own is Bella Cross and any other of my OC's who will come into play soon. *wink* *wink*

.:The First night:.

Belaria's POV

*flash back*

A seven year-old Aria danced around the stark white room, smiling and giggling freely as her feet gently tapped the stark white tiles. Her bright blue eyes sparked in interest, her wavy bronze hair was down to the waist of her white dress as she danced and sang. Her tune was one that was to befit an angel, dancing and praising the lord for her glistening wings. She sang softly, a rich sound full of life.

"The wind will sing

Will sing with me

To welcome a new day

We sing

We sing

Rejoice, rejoice

Rejoice with me…"

The song came to a reluctant end and she stopped, her hair twirling around her waist in the movement of spinning around. She stared at the stark white door and she smiled and skipped over to the figure.

"Hello, Mr. Cross. How much longer must I be here?" Aria asked, her eyes sparking with happiness. The headmaster looked down at the girl and patted her head, nothing but kindness in his eyes.

"Not much longer, sweet child." Aria smiled, liking the new name for her. She spun around the room again and danced and hummed her soft song until the Headmaster coughed to get her attention. "Would you like to meet the rest of your new friends?" She nodded happily and padded gently to meet the two children before her. She smiled warmly at the brown haired one, Yuki, then at the silver haired one, Zero. She wanted to know them; she wanted to know them terribly. Instead she simply smiled.

"My name is Belaria, nice to meet you." She bowed respectfully at them and brushed a strand of bronze hair from her eyes. She looked at Zero and a pain surged through her body faster then a poison reaches the heart. She wanted to know him; she only wanted to know him the girl no longer mattered. She closed her eyes for a second, took a deep breath and tried to erase the over powering urge to read his mind from her own thoughts.

"Ah- nice to meet you too Belaria-san .My name is Yuki Cross." Said Yuki hurriedly, trying to over come her surprise in the girls voice. Aria quickly averted her eyes from Zero and slowly turned her attention to Yuki and slowly entered the girls mind.

'Oh I hope Belaria-san likes me, I would hate to have a sister who hates me. Zero seems to like her though.' Aria turned away from the thoughts in disgust- not liking how fast paced this girls thoughts were- liking only one part of the thought. Zero liked her, thats all that mattered. Aria smiled at Yuki anyway, ready to relieve the girl of her stress.

"Why do you call me Belaria-san? There is no need for such an Honorific- just call me Aria, okay Yuki-chan?" Yuki nodded quickly and smiled at Aria. Aria simply grinned and looked at Zero again who was starring blankly at the Headmaster.

She wanted to know his thoughts- there was nothing he could hide from her in his own mind. Bella tried to tune into his thoughts, to tap in unnoticed but somehow she couldn't get anything. That girl Yuki had been easy to tap into, such a young and panicked young girl- but Zero ALWAYS had to be best at everything. Even blocking a mind readers passage, apparently.

Aria ground her teeth in frustration and focused harder on Zero, the boy who was one year older then she, and tried to listen. She only got meaningless bile- she wanted more then that.

Aria had never felt such a strong need to know what a person was thinking, she always knew but Zero was different. Belaria inwardly cursed.

'WHY does he have to be different? I just want to know you…' The thought banged in her head until finally she simply approached the head master. She tugged on his pant leg and glared at Zero softly. He looked at her and she gave him a big eyed stare.

'Can we tell them now?' The thought was clear and the head master nodded to the young girl. Aria squealed with happiness and began dancing in circles around Yuki- no real reason needed. The headmaster clapped his hands happily.

"If you haven't already guessed, Aria is your new addition to the family. And she's…different…like a lot of us only she's more unique and harder to come upon. She just happens to be able to read minds we don't know what else she can do yet but-." Aria smiled but suddenly there was something, it shined and glinted in the sunlight that entered the room.

"Vampire!" The words were shouted from the lips of the boy named Zero. Aria looked at the gun with little interest but somehow she couldn't help her inner alarm. She wasn't a vampire, she wasn't planning on becoming one, she was simply…special. Gifted, as some called it.

"Vam…pire…?" the words slid meaninglessly off Aria's tongue, having no effect on her at all- not like the paralyzing fear she knew the word had sent into Yuki. Aria didn't like the word, it had no meaning, no flavor. She slowly and calmly walked towards Zero.

"I don't know…what that word means…vampire…truly I dont know what that word means. But I don't think I am as you say. If I truly was a vampire would you not sense it? I mean no true harm. I see that I am not quite that enticing." She chuckled at Zero's look of astonishment. He hadn't expected her to prove him wrong, she hadn't expected it herself but she had done it. Zero thought about it and put down his gun and the headmaster suddenly scooped up Aria in his arms.

"OHH I HAVE A NEW DAUGHTER!" He cried and Aria scrambled desperately to get free.

"YUKI-CHAN SAVE ME!!"

*flashback end*

Aria thought fondly of ten years ago, the first time she had met Zero and Yuki- also the time she was announced an official Cross family member. Aria didn't remember her last name, or if she had even been given one so she had taken after the Cross name. She had become Belaria Cross, Yuki's sister. She refused to call Zero her 'brother' out of frustration she couldn't read his so unreachable mind. She hated that she couldn't read his mind, it was untouchable. So pure.

She wanted it. She wanted it more then anyone would ever know. She wanted his safe mind, to open it to her own world. To let them collide. He wouldn't let that happen, and for that she couldn't let him get to her head. If he didn't share his mind why would she have to share hers? It wasn't fair.

Aria sat on her bed, in the room she was forced to share with Yuki. She didn't like it, but she was Yuki's sister and she loved her like she was a blood sibling. Aria slowly got up from her bed and went to her small writing table with a Chinese new year's lamp above it. Her diary lay on the wooden table, illuminated by the soft light. Aria opened her diary and grabbed her special pen that Zero had given to her for a small birthday gift- crappy but it had sentimental value to her now. She flipped the book to the next blank page and toyed with the small little black bunny at the top, its reddish pink eyes glowing in the night.

Dear diary,

I most definitely have strong feelings for Zero; I just don't know what kind. I don't…lov- god I can't even WRITE the word! It's so absurd, a puffed up word to make it seem worth while. Kinda like how some people put water in their chicken to plump it up. It's so false.

I walked by Zero, I listen to his dreams sometimes too. Their usually filled with Yuki, his fears of her leaving us all for Kaname. Mostly him though- it makes me sad. He loves Yuki and the only thoughts of me he has are of my singing and dancing through a mist covered forest. He loves her, and Kaname loves her.

I've read Kaname's thoughts usually by Zero's command to 'keep Yuki safe' so he says. Kaname has…dirty thoughts. He thinks about Yuki most of the time, sometimes even killing Zero. I just tell Zero 'Zero he's thinking about, this or that.' Yes I lie to him but it's for his own good, right?

I'm afraid. I don't want Zero to tap into my own mind, and I want to desperately to be inside his mind. I wish I never had these abilities, their nothing but trouble and they lead to such moments of divine torment. I remember the day ten years ago when Zero called me a Vampire and tried to shoot me. I wish he had, just to end this.

Oh god- I'm frightened.

I need to sleep, or listen to Zero's dreams. That usually calms me down pretty easily. G'night diary, for all your worth I could be writing on napkins.

G'night,

Belaria Cross

Aria closed her diary and turned off the light as Yuki walked in, pulling out Artemis from in her drawer. Aria smiled at her sister and put her shoes on.

"Hi Yuki, how are you at the moment? Is Zero asleep yet?" Aria's question came out in a rush and Yuki seemed confused.

"Um…yeah I'm okay, I'm about to go on patrol. And yeah Zero's asleep- you going to go wake him up?" Aria simply nodded and put her bronze hair in a messy ponytail and her blue eyes sparked lovingly.

"Night Yuki, I'll be outside on watch soon. I just need to wake up the slacker." Yuki and Aria chuckled and Aria walked out of her room and slunk into Zero's room quickly, seeing his sleeping form.

She wanted to see his dreams again, but there was no time. She had to wake him up before patrol. Aria sighed, slipped off her shoe and threw it at Zero.

"Wake up, we have patrol you slacker." She chuckled as he groaned.

"Go away, Aria." he said sleepily, throwing a pillow at her. She doged it easily and grabbed a water botel from the dresser. She grinned.

She slunk near his bed, hearing soft breathing and snickered. She slowly powered water on him and watched in delight as waves of cold blazed through him.

He turned his head to look at Aria and growled.

"I am getting you back for this." she heard him mumble as he got up. She left the room with a laugh.

"Good luck trying Kiryu!" she called behind her. She smiled, and with that, she lept out the window and onto a tree, enjoying the momment.