Chapter 1
The clouds raced past the moon, it was at it fullest, the light shown in the through the stain glass window of the Night Class. The students of the Moon Dorm talked quietly as they waited for their president to announce the news that every one had been waiting for. They didn't completely understand what was happening, but they had their guesses. Some dead off wrong, while others were so close, still they couldn't fully comprehend what was going on.
Finally the agonizing wait was over, in walked the president of the Moon Dorm, and trailing behind him was a timid looking girl. Her brown hair fell down to her lower back and glissaded in the moon light. In contrast, to her green eyes that was bright and warm. Around her neck was a silk choker, off to the side was a rose; the life had been sucked out of it. Just like the girl. The room grew dead silent, all eyes on the new student. Whispers spread like wild fires until the two got to the front of the class and the President spoke. The girl only reached the President chest; she was fragile and petite, much smaller than the other in the class.
"Let us greet our newest student attending the Cross Academy," said Kaname Kuran. "I hope you will enjoy your stay at the Cross Academy, Suki Amano. Miss Ruka, if you don't mind will you tell Miss Amano how thing work around here?" His shadowy brown eyes sparkled in the moon light. They were like one way glass, he could look out, but you couldn't look in. Smiling back Suki replied "Thank you for your kindness, but I think I can find how things work on my own" The class was quiet while she spoke, for another reason then how she was speaking so quiet and timidly. A new student wouldn't get as much attention as she had, you see, she is different; special would be a better word to describe her. For besides Kaname, she was only vampire at this school who was a pure-blood. She escorted herself to a desk in the back of the class where no one would bother her, just as the teacher walked to start the class.
She walked to the last row that was available and sat down waiting for the class to settle down. She realized that the class was more of a free feral then an actual class; friend chatted to each other, read various books, as they sipped small wine glasses filled with artificial blood. But since Suki was new here she didn't have any friend, she sat in her seat as she drew an illustration into her small sketchpad. Students walked in and out of class freely, but Suki attached to her seat, working hard on this on her drawing.
Finally class was over, the teacher properly dismissed the students, and they start their way to the door, except Suki and Aido. Hanabusa Aido saw that the new girl was still seated, not knowing whether or not she had heard the teacher, and he headed up to where she sat. Hunched over her sketchpad, Suki put the final touches to the drawing, just trying to make perfect before she left. "Um, Amano, I don't know whether you heard, but we can leave now, so come' on. Wow, did you do that? It's amazing." Aido stared in awe at the drawing, a perfect illustration of a rose, with her own little touches. From the rose, the color dripped from it, turning it half white, half red, and a drop of red held onto a thorn.
"You know, I'm also an artist." went on Aido, closing his eyes, trying to come up with a better lie to brag about, "But I haven't done it in a while so…"
And as he ran along with his tall tale, Suki closed the sketchpad, collected her books, silently walking away. By the time Aido had finally shut up, she had left with no trace of evidence, leaving him behind.
