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So, hello to everybody here. This is a translation of a French VK fanfiction named "Le conte ensanglanté". I'm mainly translating it because I thought it would be nice to share with English-speaking people my fanfiction, and because well, it does make me an excellent training for university, so why not?

I've been rather deceived by VK's last chapter, hence a long time where I stopped uploading this fic in French before actually getting back to it, with a whole new plot in head. I wanted to visit the Hunter's side of the VK plot, as well as giving the spotlight to the too-many times forgotten side characters, who I personally love: Senri Shiki, Rima Toya, Takuma Ichijo. I will try to share with you that last story, which already promise to be very long.

But enough talking already: I do not own Vampire Knight, I don't get paid for uploading that story. However, the Darkwing family is my property. A few liberties have been taken concerning the structure of the Hunter Guild.

Have a nice reading!

We never had a choice to begin with.

Anya tried to quicken her pace as much as possible, her rolling chair making the process difficult. She had been sent on a mission as an emissary for like, a week? And this is what happens in her time away?

It was ridiculous. Without warning she entered her father's office, but when she saw him having a phone call, she decided to stay silent, letting him time to finish. The man looked towards his daughter, only rising an eyebrow as a sign of surprise. He just carried on talking, his grand and noble figure pacing around the desk. The dark-haired girl wondered if her father knew why exactly she came to see him.

The ex-Hunter waited patiently. And, finally, her father hung up. Maybe he will have some free time for her now? She didn't wait any longer before speaking:

"Why did you send Sarah on a mission? I thought you wanted her to concentrate on her political lessons…"

Edward Darkwing looked on her quietly. The older twin seemed… furious, that was the word. That didn't surprise him, sadly. Anya had always been very fond of the youngest of her siblings. No matter how matter this affection had cost her in the past.

"I changed my mind. Sarah is safe, don't worry. It's nothing more than a surveillance mission. If everything goes well, she will be back in a year."

Anya nearly choked herself at this. In a year, if everything goes well? And he just decided it at the last minute? She didn't believe one bit of what he said, but she asked anyway:

"And where did you send her, Father?"

Edward looked at her with his dark, green eyes, and he took the time to light up a cigarette. When he smoked, we had the impression that the whole stress of his work fell on his shoulders, instead of fading away. Kind of ironic, since tobacco was meant to help him to relax. White hairs began to appear sooner that expected in his red-brownish hair and beard. Being a king wasn't easy, so it seemed. Anya guessed it was…normal. Carrying huge responsibilities had to affect the body, one way or another. The man took his time to answer, and finally, he spoke up when he sat in the comfy seat of the office:

"At Cross Academy"

Once again, the young woman had a hard time to believe that. At her father's expression however, she knew he wasn't kidding. She brought up her wheelchair until her knees were touching the dark wood of his desk:

"Why, Father? We already have some Hunters into the academy. Why would you send the heiress? Pardon me, my king, but it just… doesn't make any sense."

"We are outnumbered there. And I personally feel better knowing it will be Sarah who will send me reports about the academy's activities, instead of Kaien Kurosu. God knows he is sympathizing a little too much with Kaname Kuran for my liking."

Edward let out a big puff of smoke, before letting the burnt remains of the cigarette fall into the ashtray. His eyes darkened before he set his gaze on Anya:

"If Sarah cannot succeed in this mission, wouldn't it be a sign that she isn't the right person to take over my duty?"

Anya realized that the discussion was over. She narrowed her eyes, staying at the same place a little longer, to stare at him. She couldn't believe him and what he said. Finally, she turned around on her wheelchair and went off the room, not without smashing the door.

She didn't like it one bit. A mission that came out of nowhere and the fact that the King was eager to put his most treasured daughter on it… He must have a plan behind his mind. And you would be a fool to believe that he was only concerned by watching over a project of cohabitation between humans and vampires. A project he didn't have faith in, to begin with.

However the fact that Sarah would be the one who would be sent in Cross Academy was the most surprising thing in all this absurdity. The King has four children, one son and three daughters. Why would he send the one who is the first in line for the Hunter throne? That didn't make sense.

The girl in the wheelchair thought about it while going down the slope that has been equipped here just for her. Maybe she should start to investigate on it.

Sarah was looking at the landscape that passed behind the window of her car. Her luggage has been done quickly, just after she had been called in her father's office that morning. All that mission had been put together at the moment she entered the room, she knew it. And while her mission was far from being difficult, it annoyed her to no end. In fact, it made her furious. She hated unplanned moves.

She didn't even have time to say goodbye to her siblings. The new student put back one strand of her hair behind her ear nervously. Maybe it was better this way for Kai, after all. Sarah sighed and opened the file that had been handed to her by her father when she got out of the Guild and while reading the first pages, she narrowed her eyes.

The Heiress of the most prolific Hunter family coming to Cross Academy? Sounded like the beginning of a very bad joke. Ah. But then, her entire life had been a joke, so she wasn't that surprised. She smirked.

It's not like you were trying to make it better. Stop moping and give us a break, would you?

Hum. Her voice in her head had a point. In fact, she always has a point. It unnerved Sarah to no end. She lifted up her bored eyes. Same old countryside than when she looked by the window … Twenty minutes ago, she calculated. Father's manor, where she had to pick up her things, really was in the middle of nowhere. That's the least he could do to hide his family now. The crimson-haired girl shook her head before checking out again her file. She was in the Night Class. In the Night fucking Class. The last discussion she had with her Father came up to her mind:

"Father, I thought the Day Class was reserved exclusively to humans. Why am I not with them?"

"You know that. You're not human. Kaien Kurosu didn't want to make things more complicated that they already are. Putting another Hunter was already hard to negotiate. It's you we're talking about. He knows our secret so really, we didn't have much of a choice here."

Ah. She really had wanted to tell him she wasn't some kind of monster, that she could control herself. That he didn't have to put careful words to avoid the blunt, hard truth. But she couldn't speak. It's been a long time since the man before her stole her the right to stand against him. It's been an eternity since the paternal figure has left, and instead she found a stranger who calls himself her King. The man who looked around his thirties continued:

"Fortunately, the fast that you'll be among the blood-suckers make your task easier."

Oh? And what about the fact that she wanted to have a quiet time, away from the people who could become one of those days her victims. Didn't it matter to his eyes? No, of course. The mission came before everything else. She controlled her facial expression, so he wouldn't see her frustration at his orders. She asked:

"And what is my mission?"

"Observing and making me a report on the targets I'll give you. No need to tell you they mustn't know a thing about this."

Yes, obviously. A Spy mission? He could have given it to anybody else in the Guild, really. That was too easy. Which could only mean that…

"You will be watching over Kaname Kuran, the Aristocrats that are close to him and the headmaster of the school, Kaien Kurosu."

She really should have seen that coming. She have to restrain herself from cursing him out loud. Sarah had the awkward feeling to be offered as some sacrificial goat sent in the forest full of starved wolves. A Hunter who doesn't have the right to fight on a neutral ground such as the Academy? She will have to keep her guard up all the time. The perspective of a quiet, relaxing time was out of the way. Damn you Edward Darkwing. Damn you and your plans.

"However, you have to remember before anything else that I want you to take care of yourself. Your task is important but it will also be a year-long mission. Be sure to relax a little, away from the Guild."

Copied that, Father. She will be sure to take a nap between two murder attempts on her person. Sarah really wanted to roll her eyes at this moment. Instead, she got up from her kneeling position and headed towards the doors.

"Please. Do not take this mission as some kind of punishment, Sarah. I love you, you know that?"

Liar. He loved her more like a chess player would affectionate his favorite paw in the game than a father would love her daughter. But it was alright. He was King after all. Hard decisions had to be taken and she knew his people, Her people, came before her, his own heiress. If he had no choice, he would sacrifice her. She could understand that. But that didn't mean she couldn't resent him.

"Of course, Father."

And she fled away from his desk as calmly as she could.

An important mission, my ass. He must have something really specific in mind, however Sarah couldn't figure out what. Her father didn't only questions on his final goals. And she wouldn't be the one to risk herself to defy him. Even thought it flustered her to no end.

What the kings wants, the King will have. The worst of all this is that he didn't even have to justify himself.

And now what are you going to do, Sarah?

I don't have much of a choice here. The young girl had to stop thinking of her Father when the car stopped. Already? The travel must have lasted two hours, but Sarah had the impression to have sat in this damn tin can for much less than that.

Shaking her head to come back to her senses, she got off the car, took quickly her luggage before looking up. Before her a stood great and impressive stairway that led up to a couple of building, themselves surrounded by walls. Was that Cross Academy? Right now, the view gave her the feeling of a high-security prison.

Stop moping and start climbing. Those stairs aren't gonna be climbed magically.

The crimson-haired girl let off a very heavy sigh, before she started to move forward. When she took a quick glance to her surrounding, she saw a small mail box standing beside the stairs. Oh?... That was actually nice. She wouldn't have to go down to town every time she would have a report to send.

Maybe I could even stay in touch with Helene, Anya and Kai this way…

A smile made its way on her lips before she started climbing up again. Geez, was it really necessary to make those stairs this long? Only then, she remembered that this Academy was built on the grounds of the old Hunter Guild. You could bet that having your headquarters on a hill definitely could have helped during a military assault.

But it really wasn't an advantage for her small legs. Anyway. When finally she stood before the gates, she pressed the button on the intercom that was built-in the wall beside the gates. She looked around waiting for someone to answer, studying the length and the height of the walls. Impossible to jump above it, even for a vampire…

"Who is there?" asked the muffled voice through the intercom.

"Sarah Darkwing, she answered. I'm here to join the Night Class."

Nah, saying it out loud didn't make this absurdity easier. She barely heard the answer she got, something about a guardian who would come her way. That aura, around the buildings… It was clear that a Pureblood had marked on this territory, putting it under his protection. Maybe it was in order to scare off Levels E… Or the Hunters.

Well, too bad for him if he didn't want to have another Hunter around. Here I come!

She let a smirk ornate her face. Maybe staying a year here won't be that horrible. The opening of the gates made a horrible squeaking sound that interrupted Sarah's train of thoughts. And them came along a familiar scent. She knew it, she was sure of that, but she couldn't figure where she already smelt that fragrance, no matter of accustomed she was to it.

Who she saw when she turned back to the gates really caught her off guard. That scent, that pale complexion, those silver bangs… And those amethyst eyes that were as shocked as she was.

"You?"

"Zero?"

They busted their words at the same time. To find Zero again after such a long absence was the first surprise that Sarah got when she entered the Academy, this very peculiar Academy that was about to change her destiny.

However, that wasn't going to be an easy road for anyone here.

Hell, I've only translated the prologue and I'm already worn out.

Since the text must be filled with horrible grammar and syntax errors, you are more than welcome to point them out if you want. I'm a French girl who really want to improve my English translations and this would seriously help a lot.

Also, I'll try my best to translate the upcoming chapters as fast as I can, but keep in mind that I still have to write the chapters in French and I will probably not be able to update on a regular basis. Be kind and patient please!

Please share your opinion and leave a review, I would love to hear what you think of this prologue.

Well then, I'll be going, wish you the best!