Your probably getting bored of all the fluff and some of you are probably ticked that we chose the twins as our romantic targets. However, there is a reason that Charlotte get's Koaru and Rose get's Hikaru… hehe *evil grin* You will just have to wait and see my peoples. (This is Fox by the way)

On with the story!

Well, you can guess why they avoided the school and decided to keep as far away from the maze as possible… if you cant then I feel sorry for you.

No, they all stayed far, clear away from the maze and left the school to go to the twin's house to meet their parents because as it was pointed out by Hikaru:

"If you guys don't go over there, then we can't come to your house. So let's just go before we get bored."

Mhm, whatever. Was Charlotte's thought. She wasn't that fond of the idea of going to the twin's house where their mother and father would be. Human parents always ended up so weird and twisted.

She would have to cope though because Rose had her heart set on the visit. This sickened Charlotte, to see her so joyful. Not that she didn't enjoy a itty bitty bit of happiness from her once and awhile and Charlotte loved to see passion because then the teasing would never end.

It's just that… well, you try being given to a person to whom you were sacrificed to to be that person's servant until death. Now try to be happy for that person's joy and glee.

How did that work out?

"Something wrong Koaru?" Charlotte asked the dazed twin on the ride over. He had obviously taken in the thought of not remembering a kiss pretty rough.

However, since this is third person point of view, I know all so I'll tell you that that is not exactly what was bothering Koaru…

It was that the first girl he liked for real could erase his memory with the kisses he enjoyed so much. Then it dawned on him that this same girl wasn't human and the memory of what had happened in the maze kept flashing and stinging his eyes.

Those red eyes and sharp teeth…

"It's been awhile sense my last decent meal." she had said so casually. "I'll just have to eat you." She had directed those words at him he was sure of it… but why was it so hard to stop thinking about that gentle smile?

Anyway, the devil boy Hikaru wasn't in the least concerned about Charlotte or that she threatened to eat his soul without blinking. He was happy to be next to Rose at the moment… But it was guilt that shadowed him.

He had loved before this… would that be a problem? What would Rose think if he told her that he had once felt something for someone else? For Haruhi?

"We're here." Hikaru said quickly and held Rose's hand gently as he helped her out of the car.

Koaru attempted to do the same with Charlotte but she seemed to have not seen the hand held out to her and she just jumped out of the limo like there was nothing to it.

"That's a big house." Charlotte commented.

"Oh, this is our privet home. We stay here instead of at our parents because well, it's kind of far and their never home anyway." Something Koaru noticed is that when he and his brother were around the sisters, they were truly separate people. There was almost no connection at all. He even felt they looked different from each other in the girl's eyes…

They did. But Charlotte would never mention how more delicious Koaru's soul looked then Hikaru's. It would probably freak him out.

Rose just knew. It was her gift with humans that made her so delightful towards the ones she chose to be delightful toward.

"That's interesting. Do you two share a room?" Charlotte asked.

"Uh…" the twins glanced at each other not sure what to say.

"Oh, you do? Okay." She shrugged it off and the twins sighed. Though Koaru was still uneasy, he held Charlotte's hand as they walked inside.

It had just dawned on Charlotte how fast the relationship between her and a human was growing. She had met him a few days ago and she had tried to kill him for listening in on a conversation when they first met… she shrugged in her head.

It won't last.

It never did.

OOOH! We are going to be together forever and get married and have two kids. A boy and a girl and we will name them after flowers and birds and stuff like that. Then we'll grow old together and then-

Rose cut herself off. What was she thinking?

Charlotte was watching her like always. A frown on her face and ache in her black heart for the truth that haunted the both of them:

Love was impossible.

"You two are starring at each other. Is something wrong?" Hikaru. Always the comic relief.

"Give us a tour of the house." Rose bounced into a happy mood and laughed tenderly.

"Y-yeah, okay!" Hikaru zoomed inside and started babbling on and on about every detail in the house. And considering the size of the place… the tour went of for four hours.

"And this is Koaru's bedroom but he never sleeps here." Koaru fumed and started skulking when Hikaru went on innocently about all the times Koaru had ran into the room trying to run away from monsters in a nightmare.

"Shut up!" He yelled finally.

"Yes. Please. It's no that I don't enjoy the tour," which it actually was, "But I don't want the recap of all these stories." She glared at the room. Yes, she saw the nightmares. They lingered and waited for a target. A host to feed their parasite needs. Well they just so happened to be inhabited to an actual Host… but Charlotte slaughtered the pun as she smiled evilly.

"Delicious." she said under her breathe as she eyed the nightmares.

"What was that?" Rose asked. Koaru and Hikaru had been starring at each other with intense glares. She had been enraptured with the dark energy.

"You three go on with the tour. I need to be alone for awhile." Charlotte did not take her eyes off the squirming nightmares.

"That's out of character for you. But okay." Hikaru shrugged and melted Rose with a real smile. Not the sly kind, and led her out of the room to the next one.

Charlotte didn't wait and check for the coast to be clear. She was starving!

"Come to me children and follow my way." she sang gently and it sounded like a little girl to the viewer of the horror in her eyes that glowed red with insanity inside them.

"Into the world of Darkness and Magic" Koaru shivered and stepped forward. He wanted to go to the world of Magic too.

"With all my power I'll show you the way."

That caught all the nightmare's interests. They started flying toward her.

"To all the dreams. Hopes and elusions." She closed her eyes and brought her hands up to her temple. Placing the frail looking appendages to her brow, she repeated the song unit all of the foolish nightmares had agreed to give her their purpose if she promised to take them to this place.

"Come to me children and follow my way.

Into the world of Darkness and Magic.

With all my power I'll show you the way.

To all your dreams, hopes and elusions."

Her appetite appeased, she greedily searched the room for any hidden nightmares. No. Nothing.

Wait

What was this? A soul ready to give in to her song? Such a young soul. Charlotte loved it immediately and wanted to keep it in a jar for herself to cherish for eternity.

"Are you sure you want this? You can't go back if you agree to my terms." She held out her hand and smiled pleasantly. This really didn't give the soul a choice either way. If Charlotte wanted this soul, she would take it, but something inside her made her think twice. What was this? She knew the soul? Yes, she saw it now. She knew this soul from before when it was a different one.

"I do." The soul reached out as well.

Charlotte almost touched the hand to complete the contract when-

All humanity and sense snapped into her head and she saw the color of earth again. She was holding out her hand to a half asleep Koaru who held his had out too.

Realizing what she had almost done, she backed away as quick as she could and as far away before she bumped into a table and broke a pot. This sent Hikaru and Rose into the room, flying in to see what was wrong.

The first thing Hikaru saw was Koaru holding out his hand like he was a zombie. The next was purple liquid running down Charlotte's mouth and yellow dress.

"Charlotte, what did you do?" Rose asked in a screaming whisper.

"I-I… I need to talk to Mother." Charlotte fell to her knees and looked at her hand. She saw the purple soul blood and starred in disbelief.

"Mother? Charlotte. What. Happened?" Rose stalked to her servant who screamed.

"Get away from me! I'm digesting! J-just let me leave. Something is wrong with me. I can't feel my heart." Charlotte held her chest tight. Her eyes glazed and dead almost. No emotion showed. The disbelief, her fear, her feelings, gone.

"I knew Mother shouldn't have sent us here! Rosalina! I beg you to give me pardon and order me to leave."

It was like starring into dead, brown eyes that had no sanity or life left. Purple everywhere. An emptiness in Koaru's eyes made Rose fear the worst.

"Did you?…"

"No but I almost did. I beg you to just send me away. I will look for the key alone and without this pointless human form. Just slay me and then the key will be yours and we can leave. Let my humanity die Rosalina! Kill me!" She now crawled like a rabid creature of death toward her frozen with horror mistress. She brushed her fingertips to the dress that Rose wore and a dead smile lingered.

"Yes. Kill."

"No! You are staying alive! I am not going to stay here my myself and get…" she looked over at Hikaru who was frozen to where he stood.

"And I don't wan't to be alone. You will stay. And tell your humanity to come back. Because I need Charlotte. Not this."

Charlotte's dead body seemed to color again that instant and the girl suddenly took a deep gasp of air that rasped drearily.

"Y-you idiot! You could have just killed me." Charlotte screamed. Anger showed without any meens of a servant.

"You are wtill my sevant. Till I die or supply an heir for you. Now get up or I will be sure to call you rFather."

"You wouldn't." Charlotte glared.

"Get up." The order was obeyed immediately.

"Now…" Rose stared at Hikaru who starred back. An emotion she hated to see on anyone she cared for plastered to his features. Horror.

"Make sure neither of them remember this. And clean yourself and the ground. Make it as if the last few moments have never happened." Regret scratched the throat of Rose as she tried to tear from her love's eyes.

"Yes, your Majesty."

"Yeah. And this is Koaru's room though he never sleeps in it." Koaru fumed as Hikaru started innocently telling stories about all the times Koaru had ran into his room screaming for help because:

"A monster is going to eat me!" Hikaru squealed like a piglet and started laughing.

"Yes, Haha very funny." Koaru didn't meet Charlotte's gaze.

"Well. The only thing left is the pantry and attack."

"No!" Koaru and Charlotte shouted at the same time, desperate for the tour to just end already.

"Oh? Well look at the time! Eight already. We didn't have dinner! How 'bout you gals? Want dinner?"

"We really should go. We're… not hungry. But thank you. See ya tomorrow!"

The door shut and the ride to the dormitory was silent as was the preparing for the night. And sleep, to an outider was peaceful… but to the girls, their own infested nightmares that cursed them raked at their sleep and tortured them through the night… Mother was angry.

Uh-oh…

Don't worry, violence will be less gory in the future… Maybe.

"Heck! Would you tell me what's going on?"

"Shut up Kyoya. Rose just wanted me to take care of you for the night so…"

"I swear! I should have killed you when I had you in that closet!"

"Help! Rose! Somebody!"

"Shut Up!"