Disclaimer: Dum dum dum! Welcome to the sequel of The Birthday Present everybody! I hope you guys enjoy this just as much as you did the first one. I think it's going to be great. So, without further ado, here is Romance Written in Blood!
I do not own Vampire Knight!
~ Chapter One ~
There was only about a month left until school started. Summer went by so fast none of us could really keep track of the days that had gone by.
Well, except for that day. The day that practically changed my life forever – my birthday.
How could I forget how it felt to be scared for my life? The feeling of Kaname's fangs piercing my neck and being turned into a vampire, the feeling of going numb and basically falling into a deep, dark hole leaving my friends forever? How could I possibly forget those feelings? It was as if they were imprinted into my brain forever. But I slowly started ignoring those memories after Le had killed Kaname and saved me from going totally insane.
After that, I thought it was all over, that we could all go back to our normal lives and forget that all of that stuff happened.
Well, I thought wrong. It wasn't over. After coming back from the water park with Pen and Le, I received a letter from Cross Academy.
"Well? Aren't you gonna open it?" Pen asked, nodding at the black envelope.
I couldn't answer. The shock was still running through my body, I couldn't find the will to move my head or lips.
"Of course she won't open it!" Le said. "She's scared out of her mind!" She sighed and took the envelope from my hands. "And here we thought all this vampire crap was over."
Le slowly started opening the envelope and Pen walked over to her to see what was inside.
"It looks like a letter," Pen said.
"And it's from the Headmaster," Le said. "Not the Night Class."
They both looked over at me, but I still didn't move.
Le sighed and looked down at the letter. "I'll just read it to you. It says, 'Dear Le, Rae, and Pen. I really hope you three are enjoying your summer. I know you only have a month left before you have to come back to Cross Academy, but I really need you to come by soon to discuss something really important."
"Oh crap!" Pen said. "He knows we killed Kaname! He's going to expel us from school! What do we do?"
"Calm down Pen, I'm sure the Headmaster won't expel us for what we've done."
"But we killed Kaname! And he's a pureblood! That makes it extra bad! We're dead! We're so dead!"
"Pen!" Le said, grabbing him by the shoulders. "I said calm down. The Headmaster wouldn't expel us from doing something like this…I don't think. Anyway, we don't even know if that's the reason why he wants to talk to us. Maybe he wants to discuss something else."
"Yeah, what else could be really important besides the death of a pureblood?"
"I don't know, but we're gonna have to find out now aren't we?" She turned to look at me. "What do you think Rae? You ready to go?"
I sighed softly and got up from off the couch. "Yeah…I guess."
She stared at me and gave me a quick peck on the cheek. "Hey, it's gonna be okay. Kaname's dead remember? There's nothing to be afraid of. We're just going to talk to the Headmaster. That's all."
"I know, I just feel…like there's something else. Like something bad is gonna happen."
"Nothing's gonna happen. I doubt anybody's there besides the Headmaster." She grabbed hold of my hand and gave a small squeeze. "Now c'mon, let's go see what he wants."
When Le walked me over to the front door and opened it, we were stopped by Aido standing on our front porch with his hand in the air getting ready to knock.
"Aido-sempai?" I asked in shock.
"Um…hi…"
"What are you doing here?" Le sneered.
"I came by to talk to you," he said bluntly.
"Sorry, but we don't have time to talk. We're going to see the Headmaster about something important."
"And that's why I'm here. I came here to tell you exactly what he wants to talk to you about."
Le and I swapped glances and looked back at the vampire.
"Well then, come in," I said, opening the door for him.
He smiled and took a step into our home. "Thanks." He turned to look at Le, but Le just glared at him and gave him a small growl. "Oh please, I'm not here to do anything. I just came to talk."
"I don't care. I'm still watching you…vampire!"
Aido rolled his eyes.
"Come sit down Aido," I said, patting the seat of the couch.
"Thanks," he said, sitting down.
"Alright, so what are you here to talk to us about?" Pen asked, crossing his arms.
"Okay, you all know that when Kaname-sempai bit Rae, she turned into a vampire right?"
We all nodded.
"Yeah, but when Pen hit me with the opposite end of his scythe, she disappeared."
"Not necessarily."
I blinked. "Excuse me?"
"What do you mean 'not necessarily'?" Le said, getting irritated.
"What I mean, is that the vampire side of Rae isn't gone. She's still a part of you Rae."
My eyes widened as Aido's words hit my ears. "W-What do you mean? We killed her off! This can't be true!"
"But it is. Do you really think that it's that easy to turn back into a human once you get whacked with the opposite end of a vampire slaying scythe? If that were true, Zero would've done that long ago."
"Well, I guess that is kind of true," Pen said, rubbing the back of his neck sheepishly. "Considering he hates himself for being a vampire."
"So…I'm still a vampire?" I asked, still trying to take everything Aido was telling me in.
"Yes. But not like you were before. You'll still be the same Rae you are now, just…vampiric."
I swallowed hard. After all this time, I've been a vampire since that incident? I thought I was rid of the whole vampire inside me thing! I guess this is what the Headmaster wanted to talk to us about.
"Is that all you wanted to tell us?" Le asked.
"Yeah. The Headmaster's going to tell you everything else."
"Do you know what he's going to talk to us about?" Pen asked.
Aido sighed. "I do, and I'm afraid you're not going to like it."
"What? What's he going to tell us?" I asked, becoming desperate for answers.
But he shook his head. "I can't tell you. You're gonna have to go to him for answers."
"Well then what are we waiting for?" Pen said, standing abruptly. "Let's go!"
Le nodded and stood up as well. "Yeah, let's go Rae," she said, stretching out her hand.
I hesitated for a slight moment before taking her hand. Why did we have to go see the Headmaster when he was going to tell us something bad? Why not just stay here and ignore the Headmaster's request to see us?
But we couldn't. He had answers to my questions and I needed to know what they were.
So, taking Le's hand, we walked out the front door with Pen following behind us and headed back to Cross Academy to hear the bad news.
Well, there you have it! Chapter one! Hope you guys liked the sequel so far, 'cause the next chapter's going to be awesome! So, please review! I want to know what you guys thought of it so far! Love you all! ^_^
