Chapter 1: Why Me?

Akane's POV

I heard a scream come from the livingroom. It sounded like my mother, so I ran down the stairs and stared in awe at the scene before me.

My mother laid lifelessly on the floor, covered in blood, and my father was in the center of the room being held in the air by his throat by a pureblooded vampire.

The pureblood was a beautiful lady with long silver hair, and gorgeous crimson eyes. She looked as if she were in her early twenties, but I knew she had to have been much older than that.

"Let him go!" I shouted, clenching my fists tightly.

Her head snapped in my direction, and a wicked smile claimed her lips. Her grip on my father's neck tightened as he gasped for air, and then he gave a final breath and she dropped him to the ground.

Before I could even move, she was in front of me, and sinking her fangs into my neck. I let out a blood-curdling scream and tried to remove her from me.

For some reason, the moment her fangs pierced through my skin, I felt a strange sense of nostalgia.

Not even a moment later, Kaien Cross, a dear friend of my parents, came running into the house and shot the pureblood.

She winced in pain as she clutched the wound, and quickly retreated.

I sunk to the floor, feeling absolutely drained.

I just watched my own father get his neck snapped, and my mother was already dead by the time I arrived... How was I supposed to feel? What was I supposed to do?

Kaien walked over to me cautiously with a sad smile, "Akane, dear... how about you come to my place to stay for a little bit?"

I looked up at him with tears streaming down my face. I sniffled, and nodded my head.

He smiled once more and held his hand out to me, "Lets go."

"Wake up, we're on patrol." Zero huffed, nudging me.

"Alright, alright, I'm up!" I looked away, trying to hide my blushing face.

I had fallen asleep under a tree while patrolling the grounds.

It was time for the Night Class students to exit their dorms and go to class, and all of the Day Class girls were lined up and drooling over them.

Poor Yuuki was trying to keep them away from the gate of the Moon Dorm all by herself, but was failing miserably.

I walked over to the group of girls and screamed, "If you don't want to wake up tomorrow with spiders in your bed, you better go back to your dorms, NOW!"

One girl folded her arms over her chest as she furrowed her brows. "You're all talk, Sasaki."

I rose a brow as I turned to face her, "Wanna test that theory?"

A nervous expression claimed her face as she quickly walked away along with all of the other Day Class students.

Zero chuckled at my accomplishment, and a slight smile claimed my lips. He leaned against a tree and glared as the Night Class students exited their dorms.

Kaname Kuran, the only pureblood in the entire Night Class stopped walking and started talking to Yuuki.

I looked back over to Zero and saw an irritated look on his face before he walked over to where Yuuki and Kaname was.

"Shouldn't you be getting to class?" He hissed, glaring at Kaname.

Kaname glared at Zero slightly, then turned to Yuuki and smiled. "We'll talk later."

Yuuki blushed and nodded. "S-See you later, Kaname!"

Zero continued to glare at the pureblood until he was out of sight.

"Not good enough." Said a voice inside my head.

"I know..." I whispered to myself and walked away.

I laid down beside the fountain and looked up at the sky. It was getting dark, so I should probably start heading back to go patrol the campus.

I couldn't seem to understand how the Day Class girls could fall so easily for the boys in the Night Class. They're all selfish people if it's just because of their looks. Who could fall for someone based off of their appearance?

"If that were the case, no one would ever fall for you." Said the voice inside my head.

I sighed, "I know I'm not pretty, so you can shut up."

"Who are you talking to?" Zero asked, appearing out of nowhere.

I quickly sat up and faced him. "Don't do that! You scared me!"

He offered me his hand, "Get up, we're supposed to be patrolling."

I accepted his hand and nodded, "Right."

The Night Class session had ended, and I was finally allowed to go back to my dorm.

I went into the bathroom of my dorm and sighed as I looked at my reflection.

"Pitiful." Said the voice inside my head.

I ignored it and pulled out my blood tablets. I poured a glass of water and put the tablet in it. I started to drink it, but ended up choking because of the awful taste.

"Honestly," I mumbled, "This stuff is absolutely terrible." I took a deep breath as attempted to drink it once more.

Yuuki knocked on the bathroom door, causing me to knock blood tablets everywhere.

"Akane?" She spoke in a worried tone, "Are you feeling okay? You ran into the room without a word..."

I sighed and began picking up all of the tablets. "I'm fine, just tired, that's all."

"Alright. If you're not feeling well later though, tell me."

"Sure thing." I said as I picked up the last fallen tablet.

I heard her footsteps go away from the door and I sunk to the ground. I hugged my knees tightly and sighed, "Why did this have to happen to me?"