"Raven! Raven get up!"

I moaned and sat up in bed. It was Saturday so we didn't have school, but I had promised Senri I would spend some time with him and some of his friends.

"Raven, get up or I'm coming in!" Senri threatened.

He then began banging on my door and singing at the top of his lungs. I grabbed my pillow and chunked it at the door.

"Will you shutup!" I yelled. "You're gonna wake up the entire dorm!"

I could hear Senri laughing. I groaned and got up to open the door.

"Get in here and be quiet." I ordered.

"Oh come one, Rae." Senri moaned. "I'm a vampire and I can be awake during the day. I don't think it would hurt if the humans got up a little early."

"Nah, Senri." I agreed. "Only this entire dorm would be angry at me and try to kill me in my sleep."

He laughed and flopped down on my bed.

"Just hurry up and get ready." he said.

After I had gotten dressed, we went to the Moon dorm to get Ichijo, Hanabusa, Rima, Akatsuki and Ruka.

"Raven!" Ichijo yelled when he saw me.

"Hey Ichijo." I greeted.

Ichijo was really his last name. His first name was Takuma, but I had never heard anyone call him that.

"You ready for some fun?" he asked.

"Yea." I laughed. "What are we doing?"

"You'll see." Hanabusa said.

I was really curious now.

"Just come on." Senri pressed. "You'll have fun."

With that said, we all made our way off school grounds and into town. The humans were looking at us like we were models or something. It was really cool yet unnerving at the same time. We went to the outskirts of town, where nobody was, and went into this huge, old, abandoned warehouse. We climbed to the top floor, where the roof was mostly gone and the walls were cracked and crumbling. It was really creepy.

"What are we doing?" I asked.

Senri and Ichijo smiled wickedly at each other.

"Magic fight!" they yelled.

I immediately ducked behind a chunk of rubble as fire, ice, rocks and streaks of lighting flew by me. It was a complete free for all. Everyone was attacking anything that moved and they were loving it. Rima dodged her way over to me and sat down.

"Why don't you come join us.?" she asked.

"I'm not very good at controlling my powers." I confessed.

"That's alright." Rima assured me. "In all honesty, it's kinda why we picked this as one of the things to do today."

"What? Why?" I asked.

Rima smiled and pointed at Senri.

"He asked us to." she said. "And quite frankly, we like getting to hang out with you, Raven. You're really cool and fun. Personally, I'm more than happy to help you with your powers."

I smiled, glad that Rima and the others really did like me.

"Alright." I said. "What's the object of this?"

"Hit someone, and there out." she said. "That's it."

"Let's go."

Rima went back to her post and called a time out.

"Hey guys!" she yelled. "Raven's in!"

Everyone hooped and hollered adn we went on with our little game. We played at least eight rounds and I never lost control of my magic. I was so proud of myself. The others were too. They congratulated me and commented on all the things I could do.

"You're really skilled, Raven." Akatsuki said. "I'd love for you to teach me some of your fire techniques."

"Yea!" Hanabusa agreed. "Could you show me some ice stuff too?"

"And mind control?" Ruka asked.

"What about lightning?" Rima put in.

"I'd be more than happy to help all of you with your skills." I said. "But I still have to learn how to completely control it."

Senri's stomach growled, making everyone laugh.

"I think we need to control my stomach first." he said.

We all agreed to go to this really cute cafe in the middle of town. After lunch we went back to the school laughing and having fun. It felt good to just relax for a while. I was around other people like me and they were actually a lot cooler then I'd made them out to be.

"Thanks for this guys." I said. "It was fun."

"Hey, thats what friends are for, right." Hanabusa smiled.

I smiled back and waved as they walked away, leaving me at the Sun dorm. I turned to go inside, but Zero was there, blocking my way. I jumped at his sudden appearance.

"Shoot, Zero!" I gasped. "You almost gave me a freaking heart attack."

"Where'd you go?" he asked.

"Town, why?" I answered.

"With he a bunch of vampires?" he gaped.

"Yes Zero." I said, crossing my arms.

He just scowled and walked away. I went after him, curious as to why it was such a big deal.

"What does it matter?" I asked.

"It draws attention from humans." he said. "They're just like the girls here.

"So." I huffed. "It's nice to feel noticed every now and then."

Zero stopped, causing me to bump into his back.

"It also pulls other vampires to the town." he went on. "Being a Pureblood, your essence draws other vampires to you. All vampires."

He was telling me that I was putting myself in the way of Level E's, without actually saying it. I looked down at my feet and rubbed my hands together.

"Oh."

Zero looked down at me and sighed.

"I'm not trying to scare you, Raven." he said.

"I know. You're just looking out for me." I said.

I smiled at him so he wouldn't feel bad.

"Besides." I went on. "I need to be here on campus anyways."

I turned and started walking toward Headmaster Cross's house. Zero grabbed my shoulder and spun me around, his eyes boring into mine. My mind flashed back to yesterday in the classroom.

"Raven." he said softly.

I felt myself flush as I pushed his hand off.

"I gotta go." I mumbled.

I ducked away and sprinted into the woods. Once I was a safe distance from the school, I leaned against a tree and sat down. My heart was pounding in my chest while my mind reeled with tons of questions.

"What's going on with me? I can't possibly like Zero, can I? I've always thought Kaname was cute. Plus, Zero's my best friend. I can't love my best friend. But, yesterday. I'd never felt like that before."

I rubbed my temples and sighed.

"Maybe I was just caught up in the moment. Yea, that was it."

I nodded to myself and stood up. I decided to go to my room and relax for a while before I had to go on patrol. Once there, I climbed in my bed and closed my eyes. BeforeI knew it, I had fallen asleep, and was waking up to my phone going off. I looked at the called I.D., then hit decline.

"Zero..."

It was already dark, so I changed into my pajamas and went back to sleep.

. . . . .

It was cold and snowing. I looked around and realized I was in town, by the big fountain. It must have been night because nobody was out.

"I've got to be dreaming."

I decided to go to the school, but I wasnt sure how to get there. I'd never been here on my own. I turned to follow the main road when something moved past the corner of my eye.

"It's just a bird or something."

I ignored it and went on my way. I still didn't recognize anything so I stopped to look around. There were footprints leading into the alley.

"Don't go."

I went. The footprints went all the way to a brick wall, then vanished. There were no signs of someone going over the wall, but there were no other trails anywhere. I turned around and a tall guy was right behind me. I gasped and backed up.

"I'm sorry." the guys said. "I didn't mean to scare you. I noticed you wandering around and I thought you might be lost."

He was smiling, gently, his hands clasped behind his back. He looked about my age, maybe a little older. He seemed nice, but his eyes gave him away. They were a blood-stained red, vampire eyes.

"You're a vampire." I muttered.

The guy just kept smiling as he stepped toward me. I ducked around him and ran out of the alley and down the street. I could hear him running after me.

"Don't run." he called. "I'll be nice."

I shook my head and tried running faster, but my legs wouldn't work. I tripped and fell into the snow. Just as I tried to get up, they guy was there, pinning me down. I screamed and fought to get him off, then suddenly, he was gone, and everything was black.

. . . . . .

"What do you think you're doing here?"

I could here voiced and muffled fighting noises. I sat up and cringed. I was really sore. I looked around my room and saw broken glass and blood on the floor. The noise was coming from outside, so I carefully stepped over the glass and looked out my window. Zero was down there, fighting with someone. His gun was lying in the snow a few feet away. Finally I noticed that the guy Zero was fighting, was the guy from my dream.

"So it wasn't a dream?"

I couldn't think long because Zero needed help. I carefully jumped out my window and landed perfectly on the sidewalk. I ran over to his gun and picked it up, taking aim at the guy.

"Zero!" I yelled. "Move!"

He jumped out of the way and I fired two quick shots at the vampires head. I knew I hit him, but instead of turning to ash like a Level E should, he lay slumped in the snow, bleeding. I stood and watched as his body slowly began to crack.

"He was an aristocrat or a noble." I mumbled.

I flinched as his body shattered, leaving behind shining crystal pieces and blood. Zero got up and stood beside me.

"Raven are you alright?" he asked.

"I just killed a possible noble." I said.

"He tried to kill you first." Zero said. " How did you not wake up?"

"I was dreaming." I explained. "And he was in it. He chased me from an alley then tackled me. I wake up because he was just gone all of a sudden."

"He broke in your window." Zero stated. "I had been following him, then he disappeared. I heard you scream so I came here and fought him off you."

I shook my head and looked at the gun in my hands. When I did, I noticed my arms were bruised. Upon further inspection, I observed that my legs were bruised as well.

"Whoa." I breathed.

Zero looked at me with a worried expression.

"I look awful." I stated.

"The bruises aren't the worst part." he muttered.

He looked at my neck and I instinctively reached to touch it. My hand came away red and sticky. I was suddenly really shaky and light headed. The last thing I remember was dropping Zero's gun before I fainted.