CHAPTER 4: I'M A WHAT!?
A/N: Hey… I'm back again. I'm starting to get interested with my own story. Anyway, thanks to all my reviewers, those who favourited, followed, and also to those silent readers. Hope you enjoy and as a reminder, all thoughts in bold.
DISCLAIMER: I DID DREAM OF MYSELF OWNING GA…TOO BAD I WOKE UP
– Flashback -
"Don't look at me like that Ruka; I'm not going to die." I walked away from them with that. That girl just loves to make me worry, doesn't she?"
– Flashback End –
At around 2 am, when I was sure the others had gone to bed, I went back to that room and opened the door. "Welcome, our prince." Didn't I tell them not to call me that when there are other school students here?
Mikan's P.O.V
The room was totally dark but I could see three pairs of glowing red eyes. "Well, what do we have here?" "Isn't she the daughter of that girl who was forced in here?" "What's your name girl?" Shaking, I answered their question. "Mikan Sakura." "Your real name girl." How do they know that Sakura is not my real surname? But mom told me not to say my real surname unless it's a life or death situation. Well…this is that time. "Mikan Yukihira." "Did you hear that? Doesn't that mean we do have to change her?" "But what if it's just a coincidence?" "We will have to ask the prince." "Umm…may I ask who this prince is?" Their eyes turned back at me. "You will know soon, don't worry about it." "Hey, why don't we take her to the enemy kingdom and sell her?" Sell me? "Won't the prince be mad? She is betrothed to him." I'm what?
The door opened, letting in some light but I couldn't see who it was. "Welcome, our prince." The pair of glowing eyes looked at me then back at the other 3 sets of eyes. "Did you do anything to her?" "No my prince, she is the legendary Mikan Yukihira. We knew that you wouldn't let us do anything to her." "Are you really Mikan Yukihira?" "Yes, why?" "Are you related to Yuka Yukihira?" "She's my mom, but again, why?" "We told you, my prince, it's really her!" Why does this prince's voice sound like Natsume? …No! "If she really is then she will start changing. I'm taking her back." "But my prince, won't she tell people of this?" "If I leave her in here until the change is complete, her friends will worry, so much that they might even resort to calling the higher ups. Let me take her with me. She won't say a thing." "Very well." They bowed at the same time and it all went black, not that it wasn't black in the first place.
I opened my eyes to see Anna in front of me and Natsume in the corner of my room. "What time is it?" "Gosh Mikan, the first thing you ask is the time? It's 4 am." "Then what are you doing here?" "I heard your door open so I came to look. I saw Natsume-kun carrying you so I came to check on you. Hotaru and the others are asleep though." I look at Natsume and smile. "Thank you Natsume." "Hn" "Anyway Mikan, did they do anything to you in there?" "No, they were only talking about stuff I did not understand." Then I mutter under my breath. "Like how I'm betrothed to the vamp prince." "What did you say Mikan?" "I said they were talking about stuff I did not understand." "I see… I thought you had said more." I look at Natsume and I see him smirking. What is that jerk smirking at? Should I still call him a jerk since he saved me? But I did thank him so I guess that's enough. "Do you want something little girl?" I immediately looked at my hands, realizing that I had stared at him for at least a minute.
"I'm going to bed, since I'm only disturbing the two of you." "Anna wai– "And she left at that. I look at Natsume hoping he would say something but his eyes were closed. Finally I decided to open my mouth. "So… are you the vampire prince?" "Yup" "What? You don't even bother to deny it?" "Who ever said that it was a secret in the first place?" "I thought that you guys were supposed to be discreet, not known by anyone that you exist." "Hn" "Then why did you just admit it to me like that?" He opens his eyes… Wait, why are they glowing? And sighs exasperatedly and opens his mouth to speak. "What is the point of me hiding it when you saw all that?" "…" "And besides, you are going to change into one soon." That caught my attention. "What do you mean change?" He gives me another smirk. "I'll tell you tomorrow when it's about to start. I'll be leaving." And he just left, like what we were talking about had no significance to him at all. Well… might as well sleep.
Early in the morning the next day, Natsume had come to wake me up. "It's only 6 am… school doesn't start until 8. So what are you doing here?" "To explain why you are about to change." "I don't even care about that." "Do you really? Have you looked in the mirror?" "Of course my hair is a mess, so I don't have to-" "Not your hair dumbass, your eyes." I walked towards my full length mirror and looked at my eyes. One was the normal colour while my right eye was red. No big dea – Wait…RED? "MY EYE IS RED!" "That's why I came to explain." "Explain what? That you turned me into a vampire?" My words were filled with venom, however, he was still very calm…no, scratch that… he looked calm when he was actually starting to get pissed off. "Why on earth would I change an idiot like you into a vampire? That would totally be the most idiotic thing anyone could do!"
"Meanie." "I'm just saying the truth…sighs…anyway, you were born one. Your mother was the one who was changed and your father was a pure blood. Do you still want to listen or should I stop there?" "You may continue." He smirks, clears his throat and then continues. "You know the story about that girl who was forced into the room…she is actually your mom and the vamp prince your dad. Though the story is accurate, her life never went back to normal. She was hated, deserted by her friends, picked on and…I'm sure you get the picture… only because she was transforming. People stayed away from her because they thought she would kill them, being a vampire and all. Your dad was the only one who didn't leave her, ne instead helped her control her thirst and stuff."
"Thirst…?" "Wanting to drink blood, kinda like when you are thirsty for water but instead for blood." "I'll have to drink blood? But I don't want to!" He looks at me with an I-don't-believe-you kind of look. "Anyway, a whole year passed while she was transforming. The next year, your dad replaced everyone's memories with her being one of the most loved people in the school so people believe she had a normal life since then but their memories were messed with. After her graduation, she suddenly disappeared, having been engaged to your dad."
"She later got married to him and had you." "How do you know all this?" "My mom and yours were best friends ever since your mom joined our society so I often heard these kinds of stories." "But…grandpa said mom and dad are dead." "Your dad is but your mom's still alive." "Do you know how he died?" He looks at his hands with a sad expression. This is the first time I've seen him look like this. "You don't have to answer if you don't want to." "There was a war between our two societies, the vampires and the vampire hunters. We were only four back then. Your dad, being the king, had gone to have a treaty with them so that no more losses would occur. They had agreed to stop attacking on one condition…your mother's, the queen's, head. Of course he refused so they went and kidnapped you. Everyone was worried, including me. I followed them and saw something I would prefer not to remember. Since you were still human, it was easy for them to beat you to near death. Your dad arrived before they could kill you and suggested them to take his head instead."
His breath was getting shaky as he retold of dad's death. "I saw them… I saw them cut off his head; they celebrated the death of the vampire king. Some of the blood had splattered on my face. There was an order to kill you since you are the heir but I had secretly taken you away. You had seen it all…you were so vulnerable. You locked yourself in your room for the next few weeks and refused to see anyone, believing that it was your fault."
By now, his voice was cracking and I think I also saw a tear run down his cheek. "When I got you out, I erased your memory, though it was only a temporary effect. Your mom then totally made you forget of your vampire blood and linage. At first, you would still live with her, then she slowly got you detached from her and one day, you were nowhere to be found. The next time I saw you was when you transferred here."
"Then why are you the heir now?" He looked up and it seemed like he had recovered a bit. "Your mom didn't want to be queen while waiting for you to transform and come back so she handed the crown to my dad, though she still has more authority than my dad. It's only until you come back to claim the throne."
This is too much…why did Natsume risk his life back then to save me? "You don't have to understand it now…all I'm saying is that, be careful. Ah, there is a fang sticking out." "What? How am I supposed to hide this from people?" "Who knows?" "Inconsiderate bastard." "Whatever." And he's back to normal. "You better start getting ready for school; it's already 7:20 am." And the jerk left without another word. Well, at least I know what he meant by changing, but… Doesn't that mean I'm a vampire?!
A/N: No shiz Sherlock. Anyway, how was that? Sorry for the late update though, been busy lately. Please review in the box below. Write anything that you are thinking right now.
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