Fallen Darkness

This is my 4th chapter; I am having a busy month with all the things that is going on. There's no telling when I could update but I try my best on my free time. Anyway I hope you enjoy this chapter I wrote and would leave me a review! This chapter should be fun and exciting much better than the other 3 chapters I had written, not sad anymore. It should be full with drama and actions (maybe, I'm not sure lol). If you have any request please feel free to tell me, I would try and put it in my story! Anyway that's it for now—

Chapter 4: Raven Ashenberg

"I told you he was hot!" A girl whispered from the corner while her friends beside her checked him out. "Oh. My. God!" her friend squealed silently while teachers passing by shook their heads disapprovingly. "You are right," the other girl nodded approvingly at him and then mutter to herself "I want him so badly." And then heavenly sighs escaped their lips. I read all this as I waited for Natsume, reading lips had been one of my many trainings (not all Dhamphirs learned) and I was just busying myself as I waited. The guy they were checking out was none other Natsume Hyuuga-sama. As smartass as he could be, he had no idea girls around him watched/studied his every move, muscles, and features. They also made kiss noises, bumped into him on purpose, asked him random questions, and even threw erasers at him just to get his attention.

As amusing and funny watching this could be, it got boring after a week and to be more precise this had been happening for two WHOLE months. Yet Moroi girls never seem bored of it, and blushed all the time by just making eye contact with him, if they ever got touched by him they would immediately faint—literally, no jokes. And watching all this had somehow made me bored, I did kill to be in a fight hence, did do anything to get out of here.

As Natsume approaches, I sat straighter. Forgetting my duties was unthinkable, and as my mentor had told me 'They come first', I had always put them as I was told. Anyone, as long as they are Moroi I had to put my life before theirs. As I stare, Natsume heads toward me elegantly like a vampire prince he is. Even as my eyes are fix on him, I can't help but notice and sense the many glares coming from the Moroi girls. But soon my attention is back on Natsume as he spoke in front of me. "I'm going to the library," I nodded and followed him behind.

We had been in the Vampire Academy for two months; it is a school for Morois and Dhamphirs. Two divisions, two dorms, and two very different day schedules. Morois studied more academically, and had lesson on how to use their magical powers (affinity). Dhamphirs studied more about self defense, more physical activities, use of weapons, some academically classes, and the studied of Strogois. Dhamphirs have no problem during daylight so we have classes during the day, and Morois have classes when the sun sets. Of course both Moroi and Dhamphir have some classes and lunch time together. Moroi sleeps during the day, Dhamphir sleep during the night, simple.

The Academy had taken us because Natsume Hyuuga is one of the families in Rozhdestvensky, he is very important, not a single Moroi would reject him. Maybe not even the king. After all Natsume is the heir of the Rozhdestvensky family and will one day take over the throne, everyone knows it; therefore everyone wants to be in his good side. As arrogant and a jerk he could be.

As we passed buildings, I raised all my guards up. Knowing he might attack us like he said he would, but also because I haven't taken my revenge, I won't rest until I kill him. He killed everyone in the mansion…

Once inside the library I catch a glimpse of Hotaru sitting on the leather couch. As Natsume and I headed toward them, I met with Li-Ren's silver eyes. He had his arms folded across his chest, legs crossed as he leaned on the wall; he stood perfectly adjacent to the doors and windows. After meeting with Strogois and knowing how deadly they could be—his guards had increased and so did his knowledge. He was dressed in black jeans, white T-shirt, and a gray Armani sweater. He was going casual but still had a sense of fashion and sophisticate.

The dress code was simple; nothing too revealing, and always have an insignia of the school on the left side of your chest. Simple, as I said. Where areas, Hotaru wore another cashmere dress, a black vest, and another leather black boots yet they both matched. She always wore brand clothes, but matched them perfectly too, and even as rich as she could get, she still prey for money every time. She is cunning, always on business mode; anything that could get her hands on money. I bet her bank is full, but she doesn't have an account, she owns a bank for god sake and none is from her family's money. All hers.

"You are here." Her voice penetrating, her fingers tapping randomly at the couch arm. Natsume nodded, taking the seat across from her. I stood behind Natsume, my back to the wall. It was the best place, I could respond faster if any attacks were to accord, and I could protect him also. My view was perfect; if anything were to happen I would be the first to notice. As the clock ticked away, time passed—they didn't participate in any conversation or even try to interact one. An hour had passed, but I kept my guard up counting each second in my mind.

54…55…56…57…58…59—

"I have been getting a bad feeling," Hotaru stated, her eyes were cold, her expression the same as always, the only thing that actually shown any movements were her lips. Her muscle seems tense and hard like skin build out of cement. I wonder how she can be so neutral; even I need more movement than that.

"So your affinity is telling you something?" Natsume guessed, making himself comfortable on the couch. Hotaru nodded quietly, not even the slightest motion changed much. Her face told us everything, that guy would come back, and as it seems, soon. "When had you sensed this…?" Natsume gesture around nothing in particular just to show his point. I notice Hotaru sit straighter yet keeping it casual. "Since I woke up," she mutters. It only been a few hours since she sensed it, which meant he could be coming—we are in danger.

Hotaru had an affinity for spirit; it was one of the rarest magical powers. And spirit is divided in many ways, not everyone had the same spirit powers. Some could feel people's emotions, others could heal, and a few could sense the coming events. Hotaru was one of those few, she could sense bad/dangerous things coming, and sometimes she could see them in dreams or from objects. And none of them that she felt or saw was good. Although with her powers many people can be save and her life too. But because the affinity is so different from others, it consumes a lot of her energy and makes her hungry (lust for blood). In rare times she has to take medicine because is too much, it could even kill her.

Natsume kept quiet, thinking carefully of what to do next. I watched him, looking as his shoulders tensed and his breathing became deep. Li-Ren also looked pensive. I knew this was bad but is my job to keep composed, to somehow show them nothing can get any worse…but even I wasn't so sure.

Then I heard Natsume say "We will talk more about this, classes would begin soon." And I escorted him to his next class before returning to my own class. During my way, I kept our short discussion in the back of my mind; I would deal with this later.

I knew everyone in the class was staring at me, but I ignored it anyway. For this two very short months, I had showed my physical strength and brains and both had exceed any Dhamphir's record. I heard mumbles, but I didn't bother reading them to know what they were whispering. I had been in the center of attention in the Dhamphir world. It was obvious they were talking about me, so I shrugged off and focused my mind on stretching out.

"Is really amazing that a Dhamphir girl could score higher,"

"She only had six years of training…"

"There's not many Dhamphir girls that would chose to be a guardian."

"I heard she was trained to protect the royal prince,"

I was losing my patience by now, if I heard one more whisper I will crack their necks. But before any of them could actually say more, my instincts had kicked in and I was dodging punches and kicks. What the hell?!

"Natsume please come and explain the mythology of Greek to your classmate," The female teacher said, stepping aside from the center of the room to let Natsume stand. Natsume barely shrugged as he headed toward the middle, where all the desks were set in a circle. He was so oblivious. Most of the students sitting in the front were female, and the teacher had done it on purpose just to hear Natsume's husky and cool voice. As he began to talk about the mythology of Greek which probably will take a whole 15 minutes, the girls drooled and dugged their nails into the desk.

Everyone's attention was on him, their eyes wide, ears perched up to hear every word he said, and holding their will so to not jump on him. Once Natsume had concluded, booming applause was heard and praises were echoing around the room. It almost seem like a concerto in Vienna, were the audience had yelled 'Bravo' and 'Encore', a fervent scene.

I just explained it briefly…nothing to go crazy about. Natsume wondered, not noticing the flushed faces of his female classmates and how guys were gloomy and dark—jealous they seem.

While on the other hand, Hotaru's classroom was freezing quiet, her classmates almost seem dead. The teacher was writing on the board like a robot, every muscle tensed. 37 minutes to gooooooo, her classmates and teacher cried silently. As genius this young lady is, she never seems to care much—rather, she enjoyed the suffering and paled faces of her classmates and teacher. The classroom appeared dark and gloomy; teachers that passed the hallways prefer taking the long way than nearing this classroom. Yet everyone seems to notice today, her aura was specially cold and deadly.

Please God let this class end…I had never wished it so much! Everyone mourned inside, but one remain neutral—the devil unaffected by the death roaming in the room, Hotaru.

Li-Ren stood quietly in the corner of the defense class, preparing physically for the class to begin. Noisy…again with Mikan and her high score. Li-Ren wondered, his gaze on his reflecting image on the mirrored wall. But then his silver eyes traveled to were Mikan's figure stood on the mirror. She was stretching out, ignoring the constant whispers and mumbling around. As Li-Ren studied her, she looked rather impatience and pissed—almost nearing her limits. Her eyes showed death, and he knew that she was probably thinking of cracking her classmates necks any time now.

But then Li-Ren's eyes widen as he saw a dark figure attacking Mikan, it was only seconds and he haven't notice where that figure had came from. He hasn't sensed it either. As Li-Ren's gut told him, he turned hurriedly; his back to the mirror and his eyes on Mikan—which was already reacting to the attack and fighting her way thru. It was impressive he must say, no one could actually been more prepare for a surprised attack than her.

In just moments Mikan is equal to her opponent, she even landed some of her fists on the attacker. Li-Ren kept his eyes on the fight even thought it was hard to keep up; his classmates around were late to react and barely had realized there was a fight. Li-Ren was struck by how Mikan showed coolness, she wasn't confused or taken back by the attack…it was more like she had expected it. As fast as Mikan had recover the attacker had recover with the same amount of speed. The attacker was landing some of the kicks, but most were dodge.

It was an even fight, but once Li-Ren blinks that one moment Mikan had been pinned on the floor and gasping. Yet she showed effort of shaking the attacker off her, though it was nearly futile since the attacker had pushed all his weight on her. The attacker had also pinned her arms above her head, one of his hands were free and ready to kill her but he stopped. Instead of killing her, his free hand caressed her cheek and then a velvet chuckle escaped his lips.

"You have changed a lot; I see the rumors are true. You are strong," and then he stood up pulling Mikan up with him. As Li-Ren kept watching he notice Mikan's face turn into one of realization and a calm smile was replace from her serious glare. "Not at all Raven-san" Li-Ren could tell her voice was more different than any tone she had ever used, it was kind and familiar. He could tell the trust and respect Mikan had in her eyes, but then he noticed that the guy who Mikan call 'Raven-san' still held her hand.

"Class this will be my assistant Raven Ashenberg. He is the toughest and youngest Dhamphir in the commanding position of section one," The defense teacher said proudly, while classmates talked excitedly. It was obvious who Raven Ashenberg was, he is the very first Dhamphir to actually graduate earlier. And he's also the commander of section one, the highest rank division that protects Royal Morois. And he is just 23 this year. Not only the strongest Dhamphir but also a very handsome guy, he had emerald irises, mocha skin color, dark hair reaching his shoulders, and with a height of 6 feet not to mention a very build up body; but not all muscles.

His presence was really strong too, his voice was velvet but tough, and his eyes were the ones that had been in a war and had his many kills. "Is nice to see so many Dhamphirs working their way up," his voice was all business now, even his posture was different. "And I hope my classes won't be too hard for you," everyone laughed happily and yelled back "Nah." "Piece of cake!" Raven no longer held Mikan's hand but the warmth was still around and the nostalgia was building up too.

Who is Raven anyway? Li-Ren ponder as he studied the man.

I'm sure this chapter wasn't that long, but here it is! I hope you enjoyed it and would leave me a review~ as I told you the first chapters are very sad but this chapter and the coming ones won't be as sad but have more action and drama in it…maybe some romance too! I worked really hard on this, and if there is any grammar (which I know there is) I'm sorry, but I usually don't notice much. If you would like to volunteer and help me edit the story and give me some advice or comments please do, it would be a great help!

Right now I am all giddy; this story could possibly be a love triangle, or square LOL. But I would keep it simple and tried not to twist my story too much. Anyway this is all for now, I hope you are looking forward for my next chapter! And if you forgot by any chance (which I doubt it) please leave me a review, it gives me great support~ I would try and update faster but I can't do it regularly since I'm pretty busy for graduation and stuff, but during SUMMER VACATION I would try and make it more regular (is not a long wait since SV is just around the corner XD). Thank you for reading my story, and if you haven't read My Contract with the Grim Reaper you should read it!!!