Unlocking the Gates
Disclaimer: I do not own Vampire Knight. If I did then Zero would smile more and be happy!
'Why? Why did I have to come to this school?' a teenage girl thought as she sat in the backseat of my family's car. 'I can't deal with being around so many people at once; doesn't nii-san know that?' Sighing she turned to look out of the window at the forest, just a blur of green through the glass.
"Arianna-sama, we will be at Cross Academy shortly" the driver said nervously.
"Hai" she said simply, slightly upset at the nervousness evident in his voice but not showing it. She had never done anything to him, but that didn't stop him from being afraid of her just like everyone else.
'People fear me because of my refusal to express any type of emotion.' She thought 'I do it for their safety, because if I show these emotions that I keep hidden deep inside I could harm anyone close to me. I have to keep my emotions stable otherwise my powers will slip from my control. That's right; my powers are linked to my emotions, meaning I have to keep strict control over them to keep them from harming anyone or anything. It happened when I was a child I think. Something terrible must have happened to link my powers to my emotions in order to protect me. I still don't recall anything but that's because I was very young. It was before okaa-san adopted me and brought me into her family.' she thought sadly as she turned away from the window.
"We have arrived Arianna-sama" said the driver as he opened up his door. In the time that she had been thinking about her past they had arrived at Cross Academy.
Getting out of the car she looked at her new surroundings. 'It's beautiful' she thought in awe. 'I had always loved gothic structures like the architecture of this academy.' she thought inwardly smiling.
"Ari!" shouted a familiar voice in the distance. Turning around she saw her brother waving while walking towards her with a blonde girl behind him.
"Hello nii-san" she quietly said, knowing that he would be able to hear her with his enhanced hearing.
"I'm glad that you decided to come to Cross Academy, Ari. I've missed you while I've been away from school." He said calmly, returning to his normal self after the excitement of seeing his younger sister.
"This is Rima, my modeling partner" he said turning towards the blond girl next to him and gesturing towards her.
"Hello" Ari said emotionlessly hoping that Rima wouldn't think that she was being disrespectful of her when Ari gave her monotonous answer.
"Shiki" said Rima quietly looking towards him, "don't forget that we have to take her to meet the chairman before we go back to the moon dorms."
"Un" said nii-san while looking at the girl, Rima, Ari reminded herself.
'She is obviously someone important to him since he brought her with him to greet me.' thought Ari with surprise. Nii-san had never mentioned her before.
"The chairman's office is this way Ari" said nii-san with a nod of his red hair in the direction of the biggest building, "we need to take you to get your uniform and to meet him. He'll want to tell you all of the rules of Cross Academy."
"Hai" Ari said emotionlessly once again as they headed toward the direction of the big building but inside Ari was nervous, wondering what kind of man the ex-vampire hunter turned chairman was.
'I may refuse to express my emotions but that doesn't mean that I don't feel them, I just keep them bottled up inside.' she thought regretfully. 'Nii-san knows that I do this and he doesn't like it. He keeps telling me that one day I'm going to explode from the pressure of keeping everything inside.'
Ari kept thinking of all the different types of man the chairman could be while they walked into the building, careful to keep her expression neutral and not let Shiki-nii or Rima-san know of my thoughts. After a few minutes of walking they finally reached the chairman's office and nii-san knocked on the door. They were immediately let into a spacious room with a desk in the middle by a window. Sitting behind the desk was the man Ari supposed was the chairman, who defied all of her expectations of him. He was swathed in layers of blankets resting on his shoulders and seemed cheerful and genuinely happy. Then she noticed who sat in front of the desk, Kuran Kaname. When she saw him her heart skipped a beat. Ari had expected to see him here, just not so soon.
"Kaname-sama" Ari murmured bowing respectfully towards him. Turning she bowed and acknowledged the chairman also "Chairman" she said monotonously.
"It has been a while, hasn't it Arianna" said Kaname-sama calmly, looking into her eyes.
"Hai, Kaname-sama" Ari said thinking back to when she last saw him.
"Remember to always keep your emotions in check Arianna" said Kaname looking straight into her eyes to make sure she understood how important what he was saying was.
"If you do not, it could cost the lives of everyone you love and care for" and with that he turned around and left.
Kaname-sama had been the one to teach her to control her emotions so that her powers did not escape her control and because of that she has always looked up to him.
'He's the one who saved me and everyone I love from myself.' she thought sadly as she remembered who she once was.
"It's very nice to meet you Arianna-san, I hope you enjoy your time here at Cross Academy" said the chairman happily, excited to have a new student.
"Hai, arigato for letting me come here" Ari said tonelessly "I am very honored"
The chairman didn't seem to be affected by her monotone so Kaname must have warned him about it.
"Now, here is the uniform for the night class students. Why don't you go try it on in the bathroom through the door to your left?" said the chairman smiling.
Nodding and looking off at the old wooden door to her left she walked towards it and into a small bathroom to change. Looking down at the shirt, jacket and skirt she inwardly sighed in disgust.
'White, just perfect, I hate that color.' she thought angrily. 'I always manage to spill something on myself. I'm a vampire for crying out loud, how do I manage to spill things on me? I'm supposed to be graceful and poised, whatever.' she sighed inwardly once again.
Ari put on the uniform and walked out of the bathroom and back into the main room with the chairman. She noticed that Shiki, Rima, and Kaname had left while she was in the bathroom leaving her with the crazy chairman.
'Great, just great' she thought dejectedly.
"Squeee!"
'Shit! What the hell was that, some kind of rabid animal?!' she thought getting ready to duck if anything foaming at the mouth came after her.
Then the chairman came running towards her babbling something about being cute.
"You look so adorable Arianna!" He said loudly an octave higher than what Ari assumed was his usual tone.
"The white really makes your hair and eyes stand out!" the chairman said excitedly.
Turning and looking in the mirror across from her she realized that he was right. Her sapphire blue eyes and should blade length raven black hair contrasted nicely with the white of the uniform. The uniform also made her pale skin look even whiter.
'I don't know if that's good or not, but there's nothing I can do about it.' she thought resolutely. 'I can't tolerate sunlight at all! Every time I go into it I have to wear dark sun glasses and carry a dark umbrella with me as well as cover up every exposed part of my skin.'
"Now that we've got your uniform I can tell you about the rules of Cross Academy." said the chairman happily once again.
At this point Ari tuned him out and stared out the window behind him.
'The good thing about always having appearing emotionless is that no one can tell if I'm paying attention to them or not. They're usually too afraid to confront me about it.' She thought with a small bit of happiness.
Realizing that the chairman was finishing up his speech she tuned back in and listened to the end of his lecture.
"Now remember that you are NOT allowed outside while the day class students are out. Just as the day class students are not allowed out after nightfall." he said, for once sounding absolutely serious.
Nodding her head in understanding he smiled glad that she accepted the rules.
"That's all then" he said while still smiling at Ari. "You may go to the moon dorm now. Do you need someone to escort you there? I can have my cute daughter Yuuki come help you find your way there" he said hopefully.
"No, I can find my way there on my own, arigato for the offer." Ari said while getting up to leave. The chairman nodded his head in understanding.
"I hope you enjoy Cross Academy Arianna-san" he said as she walked to the door.
"Hai" and with that Ari left the chairman's office to go to the moon dorm.
So… what do you think? This is my first fanfiction so R&R please! I would like to know whether or not I should continue this story.
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