APH: Since I need to get my mind off a few things (coughhomeworkcough), I decided to write this little intermission/drabble. It's nothing serious, just a bunch of random things I think on everyone's favorite chibi vampire. And in case you are wondering, this is BEFORE the school trip, but after the whole showdown on the bridge. It sort of is just random rumbling that kind of develop into a justification for Eva's action I guess...

So instead of rumbling like I usually do, I'll just shut up and let you enjoy. Do leave a review to let me know what you think. It'll help me understand what I should be and what I shouldn't so in the future, I can try to avoid certain aspects in my style of writing.

Disclaimer: Me no own Negima!

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Evangeline AK McDowell is never one to dwell on the past.

For one, it's rather nasty whenever she has her little trip down her cast memory lanes of approximately seven hundred years of them. There are good ones as well as bad ones, but to the vampire, it is mostly filled with scenes of massacres as well as those of darker crimes committer by her bare hands. It is rather depressing, as magical historians tend to remind the populations of today on what she did.

Also, to the vampire with the appearance of a ten-years-old, it simply is a waste of time to take a dive in her vast array of thoughts. It is simply easier if she'd just lock them all away inside a corner of her mind and just enjoy the present. Why worry about the past when it is, like its name implies, in the past?

Of course, that's where the young vampire finds her supposed mistake, as in so many cases, the past tends to come back and bit her in her cute little behind.

One example is a family name she once betrayed, only for a century later, to find the same name trying to cut her head off her neck. They were of no match for her of course, as she easily destroys their spirits and crush their body. Evangeline never found out what happens later, as she simply left the scene, leaving them either to simply die of blood lost or hunger or to have them hope for some kind of miracles that'll save them from damnation.

Another is a certain vampire that's now the caretaker of her once obsession's son, or more accurately, her obsession's family. This vampire had helped her plenty of time in her earlier stage, when she is nothing but a confused girl with no home to go, no place to live, and no family to return to.

After all, what can you do when you'd just killed your last remaining family?

But that older vampire is even stranger, claimer that she has no name, no home, nowhere to go, and… nothing. It'll be a lie if she says she isn't afraid of the vampire, because for someone who has no memories of whom, where, or how they'd come to be, this particular person is strong, containing the power to level armies in a matter of hours. It's truly magnificent. Of course, now that she also had obtain that sort of power, Evangeline wonders if her savior once felt the same as her most of the time: alone.

The next is obviously the most prominent: her obsession came back in the form of a young boy, who happens to be HIS son. The simple, naïve, innocent, but strangely aggravating boy had somehow find a way to plant a little seed of adoration in her heart. Maybe it's that time when he saved her from falling into the river? That is how she'd fall in love with his father after all.

Speaking of which…

"Mistress, aren't you supposed to be in class?" A monotone says from behind her, signaling the arrival of her faithful servant and –thought she'd never admit it out loud- friend, Chachamaru. "Negi-sensei would not be pleased."

"Nay let him. Besides, what can that boya do to me?" Evangeline snarls out in annoyance on having her alone time interrupted. She'll do whatever she please whenever she pleases, and no boy or robot will stop her from doing so! Not even that old geezer of a principal!

"But mistress-"

"-No but! And leave. I wish to be alone."

"…Of course." Chachamaru says, and judging by the noises of ruffled clothes, she turned around and walks off the roof in which Evangeline is currently sky gazing on. As the foot steps of the robot fades away, the Dark Evangel signs before fixing her emerald eyes upon the clouds, floating freely in the sky, completely care free, and certainly no burdens whatsoever save for the water vapor accumulating inside of it. They have no worries, no regrets, and no past to run from.

…She envies them, yet she loves them. It's one of her favorite past time after all… Well, her second, for her first is to scare the hell out of her child teacher. But you got the point.

Just then, a gentle breeze swipe past the entire campus, ruffling the trees as well as creating a melody of peace that drifts into Evangeline's ears. The sound of leaves shaking, bird singing, musical instruments playing in a distance, and the soft whistling of the wind come together to form a symphony of wonder that only a few can hear, not because it's unavailable to the public, but rather because people simply don't stop to listen.

And unlike most people, Evangeline AK McDowell stops to listen. And she had listen for the past three centuries. She'd listen to how the world had changed, shaped under the greed of mankind but also under the influence of certain individuals, who wanted nothing, but to help and ask of nothing in return. She had listen to how wars were made, waged, and solved, as she herself painted a crimson trail behind her out of both necessity and perhaps the greater good. She had listen to how people cries out for salvation, for love, and for happiness when they are doing everything they can to deprive another of the same thing.

She listen to how the world corrupts itself even further, marking the once beautiful land with ruins and scars of battles. And in a sense, it makes her sick of what greed does to people. After all, she is created from greed itself, and so in retribution, she will exercise greed and demonstrate what it does to people. Fight fire with fire, and poison with poison; how fitting isn't it?

She wanted many things, from money, to accessories, to lands, and to men. From one place to another and from one thing to another, she wants them all, and in her mind, she shall get them all. And in doing so, Evangeline is willing to cut down, hunt down, burn down, and tear down anyone in her path to do so, rendering them limb from limb, pulling them apart from head to toe, blasting them into oblivion, draining them of all life, and dashing all their hope of survival.

It must have made her savior rather depressed; to learn that the poor little thing she once rescued, cared, and taught became such a monster. How her pupil commit crimes after crimes with seemly no remorse and no regret. How she murdered and massacred and man slaughtered her way through history and continents, leaving a trail of blood behind her that makes even the hardest warrior shudder. How much she'd hope for it all to be a mistake, with a little tiny hope in her heart that it is all fake, only for it to be dampened with the next news that reaches her ears. And maybe even how much, at one time, that she'd wish to undo all that by 'fixing' the mistake herself.

So after the last Great War between the East and the West, Evangeline decides to settle down for a while. Lay low from the radar of revenge and blood lust and live life as a normal human girl. It WORKED for a few years, until people start to notice how she never grew, how she never seem to get ill, and how nothing seems to be able to make so much as a scratch on her. That's when the hunt resumes, and how it eventually leads to her meeting Nagi Springfield, reunite with her savior, fall in love, and finally, gets imprisoned to this hell-on-earth, Mahora.

And why the hell not? After all, she probably deserved it with all the crimes she had committed and those that she hadn't, but became to scapegoat to anyway. Maybe it helps with some to know that Evangeline AK McDowell is now inactive in the world, thus letting them have some easier time to breath? It certainly keeps troubles off her ass, and the principal is nice enough to let her have a small piece of land to build a cabinet in. It was tough at first, but things get easier as she simply falls into a routine and follows it, becoming what some older Mahora students called 'The One Left Behind.' Because if she had follow Nagi's instruction and did her studies and become a good person, she'd be out and about in the world once again.

But then she would never met Negi, would never gets to see the infamous Princess, would never gets the pleasure of teasing Konoe's granddaughter, and would never have learn what it's like to be normal again.

…Damn, there her mind goes again.

"Who'd knew that cloud gazing can do that to your mind…" The blonde vampire mumbles to herself as she allows her eyelids to slowly slide down. "…Really, it's too bad that… boya… expect so much… from me…" Evangeline whispers, and eventually trail off as she falls asleep in the gentle breeze of spring sweep all her worries away.

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"Mataku! Where is that girl?" Asuna sneers as she marches up the building stairs with a distressed Negi and an amused Sarah in toll. "I swear she never learn! I mean, she is supposed to be IN class, not OUT of it!!"

"A-Asuna-san! Please c-calm down! I'm sure Evangeline-san has a good explanation!" Negi stutters as he tries to pacify his student, friend, and roommate. Past experience indicate that a grumpy Asuna as roommate is bad for one's health (excluding Konoka's. That girl is simply too innocent to be troubled by her roommate's temper).

"EXPLANATION MY ASS!! SHE'D SKIPPED CLASS FOR THE LAST TIME!!" Asuna shouts as her steps take on an angrier march to it. If she is to be stuck in class and suffer, then everyone, and that means EVERYONE, in her class must also!

And so, it is with this mood of atmosphere that the trio walks into a sleeping Evangeline, crawled up like a kitty cat, and gently snoring away. It is a rather cute sight for both Negi and Sarah, but for Asuna, all she sees is red.

"Oh no you F#KING D-MMMMM!!!" The rest of baka red's sentence is cut off as Sarah immediately reaches over and covers the girl's mouth. It is very effective and apparently just the right thing to do as Evangeline only mumbles something incomprehensible and went back to sleep instead of waking up screaming blue murder.

"Now why don't we just go to a café, get some coffee, and relax? After all, it's Friday, so let's just unwind ourselves." Sarah says and beams before she starts to shove both Asuna and Negi towards the stairs. "Now you two hurry alone. I'll be with you in a few moments." And with a final shove, she successfully sent Asuna and Negi down the stairs. No, she did not sent them tumbling down the stairs, only just guide them to WALK down it.

"Now that that's taken care of… I wonder what I should do with you…" Sarah asks herself as her eyes settles on the sleeping girl. It is too cruel to wake her up and it will be a waste too as this is just too cute to be interrupted… Not as cute as that incident with Negi in Eva's bed, but still cute.

"Ah! Sarah-san! I… did not expect to find you here." Chachamaru says while she appears around the corner, most likely there to pick her mistress up.

"Ne, Chachamaru, can you do me a favor?" Sarah asks as she turns around and claps her hands together in a pleading gesture.

"I don't see a reason to refuse…" The robot servant says as she blinks a few times at the gentle smile on the caretaker's face. That smile, apparently is reserved for her mistress, and after seeing that, there is no way Chachamaru will refuse. "Ask away…"

"Well, you see, why don't you just let her sleep here for a while?" Sarah asks as she glances out of the corner of her eyes at the chibi vampire. "She looks so peaceful here."

"…Indeed. It would be a shame to disturb her…" Chachamaru says as she secretly takes a picture of the sleeping vampire. "Very well… I shall stay and make sure nothing happens to her…"

"Great! Thank you very much!" Sarah says as she gives the robot a hug, surprising the artificial girl before skipping down the stairs with a wave. The antic of the caretaker is simply too complex for the robot to understand. She expresses emotions, but her eyes contain an empty quality to them… Maybe it's more of a guard? It was said that the eyes are the portals to the soul. Speaking of soul, it appears that her mistress is really relax today. Her gentle smile indicates it all, for in her short time of accompanying the vampire, Chachamaru had learn that for someone as jaded as Evangeline, smiling gently is like asking for a piece of candy in a graveyard. Maybe it has something to do with her need to be left alone earlier today?

"…Forgive me for such rudeness… but Mistress, you are not as hopeless as you like to believe…" Chachamaru says before she positions herself next to the girl and gently shift the sleeping child –for that is all Evangeline is right now- onto her lap. "…Master Chao said once, that anyone who is capable of smiling is worthy of redemption. Perhaps you should give it a try?" Not expecting an answer, Chachamaru thus finds herself doing a double take when Evangeline's smile got a little bigger while she snuggles into the servant.

Whether it's a sigh of confirmation or simply unconscious action due to dreams, the robot dear not assumes.

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APH: Once again, this is nothing but a short drabble on what I think of our resident chibi vampire. And for those of you that are curious, no, this did not run through MX, so there may contain something that I should be bashing myself about. So please bear with me?

Anyway, again, please leave a review, tell me what you think. Like it? Love it? Hate it? Apathetic about it? Anything is fine.

So in the mean time, HAVE FUN!!! (.)