I felt my whole body shake as I stared at the man supporting my body from falling. I felt confused, nervous and scared all at the same time. Even though my body wanted to scream, even after my shocked gasp, my voice box would not let me. There had been a reason why the man had sounded so familiar. For the man standing behind me, keeping my body from falling forwards, was Kaien Cross.

Kaien Cross was one of the humans in my Vampire Knight manga. In fact he is the whole reason Cross Academy and the Night Class exists. He is the headmaster of the school itself, indicated by how the school is named after him. His role in the story is Yuki's foster father, the headmaster of the school and a former vampire hunter.

Yet why was he standing behind me now, holding onto me? Did this mean I was having a very vivid Vampire Knight dream? His hands, which held me form under my arms, sure felt real enough. At this point of a dream I could usually force myself awake if I was uncomfortable. Yet the room and man around me didn't even flicker out of place.

"Ms, are you alright?"

I couldn't contain my shiver as I watched him speak the question. His voice resembled the English actor that played him which surprised me slightly. Even if he was speaking English I would have thought his voice would resemble the Japanese actor that originally voiced him. However who was I to argue what his voice should sound like? I should be more worried over the fact that I was behind held up by a anime character in a vampire series.

I had no idea how long I was standing there, just staring at the man. It couldn't have been too long; a few minutes at most probably. Also, even though I wanted to look away I found myself unable to turn my gaze away from the concerned face of the Japanese character behind me. Kaien was actually one of the good guys of the series -and down right childish at times- so my fear was more of the fact of what was happening rather than the man himself.

"You don't have to be scared, I wont hurt you. You are perfectly safe here." I was told as the man gave me a kind smile. I did not reply as I felt his arms lifted me until I was standing on my own two feet again. At this point I finally managed to turn my head away from him.

"There you go. Now come back to bed. You should have never gotten out in the first place, you still haven't fully recovered yet." I heard him say scoldingly though his tone unmistakeably gentle; sort of like a father. I couldn't bring myself to look at the man again and found myself just standing in the spot in front of the mirror; at least until I felt a gentle hand touch my right shoulder.

Upon turning to look at the man once again I saw him smiling at me. The smile was warm and kind, his eyes almost shinning behind his thin glasses. The smile was actually very comforting and allowed my nerves to relax slightly. However, at the same time I was still freaking out on the inside. I mean I know I may have made wishes to come to the Vampire Knight world but I had never been completely serious. I've also made wishes I had a pet dragon and that's not going to ever happen.

"Come now."

This time his voice was less scolding and more gentle. Since a part of me still believed this was a dream I wanted to just keep standing there. However, the more logical side of me was telling me to go back to bed. Besides the man seemed to be right. I was tired, weak and clearly not fully recovered yet. So, with his help, I managed to make it back to the bed I had woken up on.

"There we go. Now, how do you feel?" Kaien asked, his voice getting a little chipper from happiness. I simply groaned and touched the side of my head.

"Crappy. I can't remember anything." I grumbled, sitting leg crossed rather then laying back in the bed. I looked up to see the smile leave Kaien's face as it was replaced with more of a sad frown.

"You should feel better by morning but I shell ask you to not swear. As for you amnesia, I don't know how long that will take to cure." I was told. I frowned in discomfort when I was brought down for swearing; I am pretty sure he has heard worse from Zero.

'Wait a minute, in the morning? So that means it's still night here?' I thought as I glanced at the nearest window. The shades were down but I could see very dim light coming from the cracks which told me the sun was setting.

"Sorry." I then muttered and looked down at the bed I was sitting in. I could hear him sigh but didn't bother looking up to see his expression.

"Now, if you don't mind my asking, what is your name?" I heard the man question. Even if I wasn't looking at him I could almost imagine that kind, fatherly smile had returned to his face.

"Ashley, my name is Ashley Parker." I answered without looking up. It may have seemed rude but I was still in the progress of convincing myself I was dreaming and it was time to wake up.

It came as no surprise when, again, the room didn't even flicker out of focus. Either this was of those dreams I have absolutely no control over or, by the freak of nature, I was in the Vampire Knight dimension. A third option could be I was dead and this was just my version of heaven. In that case why did my body still hurt and were was my family? No, I still choose to believe this was a dream I couldn't wake up from.

"Ashley. Now that isn't a name I hear very often." It sounded like a compliment and I finally allowed myself to look back up. As I suspected Kaien was smiling at me again, although this was was a little less fatherly and just more friendly.

"Are you sure you can't remember anything?" The anime character asked me. You know, maybe, just maybe, if he looked more real I'd be less freaked out. Maybe.

"No. I mean I can remember making plans to meet up with my aunt. I arrived at the meeting place and from that point on all I can remember is a voice before I passed out." I answered, touching my neck and leaving out all the running away details he didn't need to know. As I watched him looking thoughtful I gave the bandage on my neck a rub.

Hold on a minute. The bandage on my neck, the gauze on my arms and left shoulder... the cut on my face. Was I somehow attacked by a vampire? That was impossible. Vampires were only real in books, movies and myths. Besides vampire bats the closest thing to a real vampire were normal humans with blood disorders. Well them and sicos that delight in pretending they are vampires and actually killing people for blood.

"Excuse me, sir, but if I might ask, what am I doing here?" I asked as politely as I could. Hell the last thing I wanted to do was offend the man... well either that or witnessed one of his childish moments. As funny as that is in the book and anime I think it'd be annoying in person, and awkward.

"Oh, well yes, that," it seemed that I had pulled him from his thoughts and he pushed his fallen glasses up his nose with a serious look on his face, "You see one of my students found you laying unconscious in the streets. I have experience with your type of injury so they brought you to me. Besides the closed hospital was miles away."

Hmm, obviously he was lying. I may have not remembered what happened to me, or know what was going on, but I was smarter than that. Not only was I counties away before I blacked out but I was also dimensions away as well. The thought of this being a dream still played in my mind. If this truly was a dream lets see if I could choose his next sentence. Sometimes if I focus really hard in a lucid dream -in ones I have no control- I can sometimes control a way a person speaks. Lets see if it happens this time.

"But how is that possible? Last thing I remembered I was still in Canada. Is this not Japan?" I questioned. Now if my trick worked, and if I was really dreaming, Kaien would reply; No, you were never in Canada. You live with a monkey

Yes, very random I know. It was just the first thing that popped into my head. Maybe the fact I was still tired and weak had something to do with the randomness. However it didn't really matter what the cause could have been because things didn't turn out as I wanted them to. Kaien at first looked surprised, which then turned into confusion which them turned into a nervous smile.

"If you would excuse me I think I hear someone calling for me. I will come by later to check on you. Bye." Kaien Cross said rather quickly before he walked rather quickly out of the room. As the doors closed by behind him I sighed tiredly and pushed myself back under the covers.

My head had started to spin again but this time it wasn't just from dizziness. I was confused, frightened and tired all at the same time. Maybe all I needed to do was sleep it off. So, laying my head back on the pillow, and, since my body still hurt I was forced to sleep on my back, slipped away into a dream.

The simple reason as to why I changed the voices is I do not watch the Japanese version anymore. By the way I have a question for you and I ask really nicely, even offline people, to answer this in a review; I'd put up a poll instead but I already made a new poll I want done. So please reply to my question in a review

Do you prefer the anime or the manga?

Now please answer that in a review. You don't need to give a reason why, unless you want to. I like the anime because the manga has gotten a little too dramatic for my liking