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I stood motionless when I realized that I was in front of a vampire. I looked down at his arm and saw that he was wounded. I absently reached out toward him. He grabbed my arm and pulled me into him. Then forcefully positioned my neck to where it was showing. I tried to wiggle away, but he grasped my body tightly and bared hard into my neck.

I screamed and continued to pull away but was cut off by the vampire covering my mouth with one of his hands. Finally, I rose my foot and kicked him in his shin. With a sharp gasp, he released me and I fell onto the ground, scraping my hands and knees. Standing up, I placed a hand where the bite was and felt my own blood running through my fingers and down my neck.

The vampire looked up at me with anger in his eye and took off at me. I closed my eyes and felt a hand touch my shoulder. At first I thought, "Damn, he caught me."

But then I felt the hand push me and I flew back onto the ground, hitting my head on the ground. I opened my eyes to see Zero standing in front of me holding his Bloody Rose towards the vampire. I stood up shakily and reached my hand out and placed it on Zero's gun.

Zero gave me a surprised look, "What are you doing, Shana?"

I looked at him and fell to my knees. My body sprawled out slightly on the sidewalk and I blacked out. As my mind went black, I heard the distant sound of a gun shoot.

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I woke later on in the night to see that I was in a room with dim lights and one of my friends holding onto my hand tightly. I opened my eyes and my friend hugged me,

"Oh Shana you scared me there for a moment."

I smiled sheepishly and replied, "I'm sorry… I never meant to."

"It's okay."

"What happened to me?" I asked.

"Well, Zero said you were on your way back inside and you missed a step on the stairs and fell frontward and hit your head and scraped your hands and knees."

I thought about what she said and remembered that Zero was there, but I never fell on the steps.

"Are you okay, Shana?"

I shook my head to clear my thoughts away, but the image of the vampire pulling me and biting me kept popping up in my mind. I opened my mouth to say something but shut it again, thinking about the fact that the day class didn't know anything of what I know.

"Yeah I'm okay."

"Good… You need to learn to be more careful," my friend giggled

I laughed, "I'll try." My friend hugged me and left the room. I sat in the bed for a moment and realized that it was getting late and I need sleep. So, I rolled over and fell asleep.

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I woke early the next day to the nurse taking a warm wash cloth to my knees and hands cleaning the dried blood.

"Dear Shana, you should be fine." I looked at her and thought about something to say. "You know Zero… You really had him scared," she continued, "He walked in carrying you in his arms and laid you before me on the bed." I continued to look at her.

"W…Will I be able to return to class today?" I asked shakily

The nurse smiled, "Why yes, if want to. Just let me finish cleaning you up and I will release you to class."

"Okay," I sat up with a yawn and stretched.

"There you go, you should be fine," the nurse said securing the last bandage on my knee cap," You may return to class."

I stood up and felt a little light-headed, but I decided to ignore it. I walked over to the door and waved to the nurse and headed to my dorm to change out of my tattered uniform. I arrived at my dorm door to see a note that had my name on it and was taped to the door. I ripped the note off the door and read the letter aloud softly,

"Dear Shana, I hope you get to feeling better and I also hope to see you in class today looking as "not" ready as usual. He he. Well… Signed, Zero."

I closed the letter and rubbed my eyes, 'I must have hit my head really hard," I thought, pocketing the note.

I quickly rushed in my dorm and changed into another school uniform. I grabbed my notebook and pen and ran out of the room. I ran down the hallway and remembered my encounter with the vampire. I slowed down and when I got to the entrance to the sun dormitory I slowly opened the door and stepped out onto the steps.

I peered out in front of me and flashed back to the attack. I flung myself backward and slammed into the glass door. I held onto my head with both hands, nails digging into my temples, and remembered everything in little clips like a movie. The vampire… Walking… Pulling… Biting… Kicking…Pushing…Black out…

When I snapped back into reality, I heard the gun shot clearly ring though my head. I fell slightly to the side still holding my head. It began to pound, but I knew I couldn't miss class. I began to walk slowly down the stairs, holding onto the railing to prevent myself from falling.

I got to the bottom of the stairs and I felt slightly relieved, no slipping. I continued onto class. Once, I arrived at class and sat in my normal seat. After a few moments class begun. I sat for a few and listened to Mr. Amori but soon fell into a trance.

Tick… tick…tick… silence. All of a sudden, I snapped out of my blank day dream and turned over to see Zero doodling on a piece of white paper. I began to study him as I did almost every day. He glanced over to see me staring at him and I turned away blushing.

I transferred my stare up at the clock and glared over at it and I was ready for the bell to ring.

Finally, the bell rang and I remained in my seat, almost too tired to move. I watched Zero gather his belongings and leave the room, then I copied him and did the same, though I was much slower than he was. I finally got outside and saw Zero heading towards the gate to head into town. I thought to myself that I never properly thanked him for saving my life. Zero was moving fast and I did not have time to return my things to my dorm, so I set them on the stairs and followed diligently after him.