A/N: I do not own Vampire Knight or its characters Only Erica and Kevin and Mimi
Chapter 1: First day, Tragic Events
Today is the start of the new semester at Cross Academy. My Father Kevin Cross (although he is not really my father,) is the Headmaster and founder of Cross Academy. My Name is Erica Cross; I'm the guardian of the night class students that live in a separate dorm from the day class students. The school is lovely, in the summer time the grass is a vibrant shade of green and the trees are starting to show that fall is just around the corner.
What people do not know is that vampires go to our school; they are the night class students from the Moon dorm. Ten years ago on a foggy night I was attacked by a vampire and was rescued by Kaname Kuran, who is also a vampire. He brought me to Headmaster Cross's house that night and left me there. Kevin took me in as his daughter, even though we are not related by blood. I wonder why Kaname was out the night I was attacked but I'm too afraid to ask him.
"Erica, wake up! Class is over!" Mimiko called to me. I woke up looking around, watching Zero leave the room shaking his head. I knew I had slept through class again when my best friend shook me and woke me up.
"Sorry Mimi, I had a late night on patrol. Zero slacked off again last night," I replied, yawning, looking around me. I walked out of the classroom, headed to the gates of the Moon dorm to keep the day students from getting too close to the night class students.
"Alright Day Class, go back to your rooms now!" I yelled at them pushing them, back away from the Moon dorm gates.
"Erica, you must not push yourself so hard," a voice said to me from behind as I push the boys and girls away from the gates. I turn around and see Kaname Kuran standing there with a smile on his face. I smiled back, knowing my face was turning red because my feelings toward Kaname are growing. And Zero seems to get more upset lately, He skipped patrols and classes again and I'm getting mad.
"Oh! Hello Kaname," I replied timidly to him, not looking at his beautiful face.
"Come on, Erica! Get back to work!" Zero replied in a harsh tone. He grabbed my arm and pulled me away from Kaname and the night class. Little do people know, Zero has a deep hatred for vampires for his family was killed by a vampire four years ago.
"Okay, Zero, let me go, damn it!" I yelled furiously, struggling against his firm grip on my arm. Then I felt another hand on my arm. When I looked to see who it was, my eyes were covered as a fierce wind cut my partner pretty badly. He was blown into a tree, when my eyes were uncovered, I saw Zero in a bloody heap.
"ZERO, NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" I screamed through tears. I ran to him, held him in my arms, crying uncontrollably. I glared at Kaname and the others in the night class. When my eyes rested on Kaname again, everything was red as blood.
"I HATE YOU!" I said without thinking of what I was saying. I picked Zero up and carried him to the infirmary in the Headmaster's house. I cried as I sat by the bed; the Headmaster came in rested a hand on my shoulder.
"Erica, go on patrol. You still have a duty to this school. Zero will be better soon, I promise," he said softly, pulling me up into a hug. I hugged him back, sobbing. I left the infirmary and went to do my rounds around the school to make sure there were not any day class students out of their dorms trying to get a glimpse of the night class students. Luckily, none of the day class students were out, but a few night class students were, and I was all alone. I had my Artemis, a staff used to shock vampires, but it wouldn't help since there were two of them.