This is my third fan fiction up and I have never done a story like this before so I hope you all like it!

Note: I dont own Pretear!

Prologue:

"Dad? Dad?" A small voice asked coming down the many flights of stairs as quietly as she could.

"Himeno, not now." His raspy voice said, almost scaring her. Never in her life has she heard that tone come from her father. In that moment she knew something was wrong, but didn't know just what.

"Dad...what's wrong?" She asked again, taking a small step closer to him, putting a gentle hand on his shoulder only to have him shrug it off.

"Natsue, she passed away." Karou said taking a long swig of the beer in front of him, only to have Himeno take it away. "Himeno, give it back to me."

"No dad, you know alcohol is never the answer." She said as she tried to put it on the side table, but her father's hand stopped her. "D-dad that hurts." Her small voice said trying to pull her hand away from his grasp, wincing in pain but trying not to show it in fear of what her father would do if she did.

"That hurts!? Do you know what fucking hurts!?" Her father yelled while standing up, hand still tightly gripped around his daughter's wrist. "Losing the two people you loved so much, and having a daughter that wont mind her own damn business!" He said as he rose up his free hand and struck her across the face, causing her to go flying backwards and to the side after her father let go of her. In that moment rage filled his normally calm, serine eyes. In that one moment she ran up the stairs and into her room, locking the door behind her so her dad couldn't come in. Tears began to stream down her cheek, leaving salty streaks on her red cheek. Her tears weren't just for her stepmother's death, but for the fact that her dad hit her. Her dad! The father who wouldn't kill a fly, the same who comforted her when her real mother passed away. As she slid down the wall, burring her head in her hands a small breeze came into her room, forming into a familiar figure that she knew would comfort her.

"Himeno..." Hayate softly whispered as he kneeled down beside her, pulling her into his arms. Showing her that she was safe, nothing or no one could hurt her. If anyone tried they would have to face him first. "What's wrong?" He softly asked her, trying to stay strong.

"M-my dad, he has been drinking and he hit me, all because I tried to take away his damn beer and comfort him." She whispered as she curled up more to the knight.

"Himeno? Why was he drinking, what do you mean?" He softly asked pulling her closer to him, hoping he could find some way to calm down his princess...his life.

"My step mom, she died and my dad he hit me because I took his beer away so I could talk to him about it."

In that moment Hayate's heart seemed to skip a beat and closed his deep blue eyes, resting his cheek softly on her head. Trying to find some way to calm her down, trying to find someway to make her feel safe if only for that moment. If he could he would go back to the time where he was about to hit her, and stop her father, stopped the person who caused her so much pain. "I promise you it will all be okay." He whispered softly trying not to cry himself.

"How do you know?" She asked looking into his dark blue eyes that were flooding with emotions...something else she has never seen before.

"Trust me tulip head." He responded softly kissing her forehead, hoping the comment would lighten up the subject.

"If I wasn't so upset I would punch you or something..." She said giving a small laugh as she softly smiled to him.

"There is the smile I feel in love with..." He whispered as he softly caressed the cheek her father hit. "Always remember, no matter what I'm always here for you."

"Really?"

"Really really..." He said softly smiling as he pressed his lips against hers, his princess.