A sign 'Do not venture any farther.' Hanged above the curtains and clattered against the bizarre wooden frame, lazily. The red curtains broadened and presented as an obstruction. Deep rich orange gears groaned and scrapped the rust that coated the edges for many years. Painted golden frame mingled the blue pipes. The maze of pipes left visitors dazed, confused, and not at least startled to discover that all pipes gathered and linked to a grotesque face, half green with one closed eye while another half was blazing yellow with a cog as an eye. The lips were painted dully, yet half of mouth sickeningly grinned. As soon as the music of ancient gears running and grinding, the cog busted open with life. The visitors gasped yet grimaced at a bizarre display of an entrance for a play that waited to be admired and to be despising by them.

The mask coughed and moaned, "I am very pleased with our new energy for a simple play!" It crackled, "Yet I cannot guarantees that play will be masterpiece. After all, it was supposed to be a cheap, cheap, and cheap play!" The guests, who succeed at taking their seats, pampered themselves, preparing for the play. Several ruffled their clothes and tweaked their masks. With a hunger for a flushed and shabby entertainment to consume their daily distress from life, they leaned forward, watching the face who was speaking with various tones.

Two faced face cannot elude from its' fascination with the anxiously attention the crowd radiated, "Such pompous I am! Send your weak stomachs and naughty pride to home because I have no interests in your rabbles about religious and justice. You came here for a cheap, cheap, and cheap entertainment! Allow your darkest imagination run and watch the play with an eager." The crackle broke and resumed as the seats squeaked along the rumbling from the blue pipes and ancient gears. The curtains drew.

The voice suddenly became compassionate and animated, "A tale about aristocrats and their companions failed to realize that they were mingling into a felony. Now the play shall establish." The stage soon came alive with actors and actresses when the lights brightened the stage. The guests remained unwavering silent.


Author Notes: I do not own any Vampire Knight characters. They are respectly belonged to Matsuri Hino. It was inspired by 's story, Fatum and The Count of Monte Cristo: Gankutsuou. And for the customs, I might would create a AU for characters, then please don't be too surprised to see if some customs from Vampire Knight does not apply to my story. I hope it will be short as possible! The possible pairings would be depend on the future chapters, but I am aiming for KanamexZero~ I hope everyone will enjoy the story (and mention my mistakes also! I don't have a wonderful english, so all feedbacks are accepted)!