Monsters. Monsters of my past are coming back. Coming for me.

Amu awoke in a cold sweat. She looked around the dark room. Her chara's were still sleeping. Her dream bothered her. It was so familiar but, not.

…

A little girl with pink hair was playing in the garden with a little boy with blue hair. The little girl was playing in the water while the little boy talked to her. They looked to be around the same age. The boy was a year or two older than the girl.

"Hey, hey. What's your biggest, deepest, darkest secret?" The little girl asked as she ran her hands through the water.

"Huh?" The little boy's eyes widened, "Why do you want to know?"

"Well, you're my best friend! I just wanna know!"

"What's yours?"

The little girl thought. "I don't really have one. I guess my biggest secret is actually my biggest fear." She paused and shut her eyes. "But, I don't wanna say what that is"

The little boy nodded and tried to change the subject, "By the way, are you going to that overnight camp? It lasts for a week."

The girl made a face, "No. I can't because Mama and Papa say I have to stay and learn how to become a proper princess." She gagged and stuck out her tongue. The little boy laughed. "Oh! You never told me what your biggest secret was!" she remembered.

"You never told me what yours was."

"I'll tell you after you tell me!"

"No, way!"

"Aw, c'mon!"

He looked at her. Her hair was up in a bun, leaving her neck completely exposed. He shook her head and looked away.

"I'm not telling."

"…why?"

"You wouldn't want to know." He whispered. As he muttered that last phrase, he opened his mouth a little too widely and exposed two small, pure white pointed teeth on either side of his mouth.

Vampire.

...

Who was that little boy? She knew that the little girl had to be herself but, she never remembered having a best friend other than Rima. Amu chuckled at herself. That dream and the boy must've been a product of her wild imagination. It was so utterly ridiculous. But, she wondered why the little boy looked so familiar. Shrugging she got up out of her bed and checked the time on her phone. It was 6 a.m. She figured that the maids must be up by now and that she would talk to her friend, Kairi. He was the son of Yuki, an old servant who was like a second mother to Amu and the chef, Kyo. She trailed down the winding staircases to the servants' quarters. There she found Kairi sitting on his bed, reading a book. He looked up from his book.

"Ah, Hinamori-san." He got up and bowed, "To what do I owe the pleasure of seeing you down here?"

Amu giggled. Kairi always talked to formal to her even though they had known each other for three years.

"Hi, Kairi. I was bored and….I had a bad dream" She knew that what she was saying sounded childish. "Anyways, I just wanted to talk to an old friend. Can we go somewhere today or something?" She asked hopefully. Kairi looked at her.

"Hinamori-san, you know it isn't proper to go somewhere with a servants son."

"No, Kairi. I don't want to go somewhere with "a servants son" I want to go somewhere with my friend that I've barely talked to in the past year!" She clarified.

He sighed and put down his book, adjusted his glasses and looked around quickly. "Where do you want to go?"

Amu cheered and ran to hug him. Once she pulled back she smiled. She was about the play matchmaker for her friend. "I want to go see Yaya!"

Kairi blushed at the mention of his crushes name. "Uh, well. I mean, if you want to. But..uh.."

Amu didn't give him any time to refuse. "OKAY! Well, I'll go stop by the workout room and see if I can't find Kukai. Then, we can go, okay! Okay! Bye!" she rushed out. Kairi sighed and sat back down on his bed. He knew that he shouldn't like a princess. It was improper. Besides, it's not like she could ever return his feelings.

Amu stopped in the doorway of the sports room and leaned against the doorway, panting. Her other friend and also ex-royalty was on the treadmill; he was watching a soccer game on the t.v.

"Kukai!" She gasped.

His eyes focused in and saw that he had company. He smiled and leapt off the treadmill. "Yo, Hinamori! Wassup?" He jogged over and gave her a bear hug.

"Ow. Crushing me. Crushing me!" Amu squealed.

"Huh. Oh sorry." He released her and stepped back. "So. What's up? Haven't seen you 'round these parts lately. Wanna lift some weights?" He asked as he gave her a 20 lb weight.

"OOOFF!" she grunted as she hefted the big old thing to give back to Kukai. He lifted it with ease and put it back on the rack laughing.

"No. No. Seriously, what's up?"

"Uh, well…me and Kairi are going to visit Yaya..and we don't have a ride. Because you know…my parents wouldn't let me drive, the chauffer is sleeping, and Kairi doesn't like driving since he only has his drivers permit. Sooo"

"Oh, yeah. You want me to take you guys, I guess. Is that what you're getting at?"

"Um, please?"

He sighed and scratched his head. "Just gimme a sec."

"'Kay, thanks!" She yelled and she ran back up all the stairs to her room and collapsed on the bed. How come everyone but, me is in a happy relationship? I mean Ikuto's great and all but, I barely know him! She paused and thought of last night and then blushed, He's really sweet but, did he know those men? He took off towards them.

"OOOYYYYY!" She heard Kukai call up the stairs. She jumped and fell off the bed.

"Owww.." she groaned, rubbing her head. Amu got up and opened the doors. "GO GET KAIRI! I'LL BE DOWN IN A MINUTE! THANKS, KUKAI!"

"WWAAUUGGHHH!" She heard Kukai groan. Amu snorted. Kukai had always been like a big brother to her. He used to be royalty but his father became a tyrant so Kukai and his mother left for some more peaceful scenery. They thought to come to us because Amu's mother and Kukai's mother were best friends. So now Kukai and his mother were living with the Hinamori's permanently.

Amu thought about this as she slipped on some ripped white jeans and a pink t-shirt with a V-neck. She piled her hair up on her head and put on some lip gloss and her white strappy sandals. If she was going to fit in with the commoners she had to look the part. Though she did wonder what Yaya's parents were going to think when they saw her all decked out in her "day-out-in-the-town" clothing. She would have to hide behind a plant or something she figured.

She threw open her doors and bounced down the stairs to greet Kukai and Kairi. Kukai had no problem fitting in. What with his piercing, his ripped and faded jeans, and plain white shirt. Kairi was wearing dark jeans and a green shirt with The "Black Diamonds" emblem on it. What was with this sudden boom of Black Diamond stuff? She wondered.

"Ready?" Kukai asked.

"YUP! LET'S GO, KAIRI!" Amu shouted as she dragged him to Kukai's convertible. Kukai hung in the back, walking at a normal pace thinking about who would've won the soccer game he was previously watching before he was interrupted. Kairi and Amu got quite a few strange looks. Who wouldn't give them strange looks when they saw the princess dressed in ratty commoner clothing dragging behind her a servant's son?

The drive to Yaya's was relatively short. Everyone chatted and filled each other in on what had been going on lately in their lives. It was a half an hour later when they reached Yaya's family's castle. Kukai told them that he was going to look around the mall in the city over and to call him when they needed a ride back. It had 4 towers and was a little smaller than Amu's family's castle. Built in solid stone on the outside and pretty much an all marble entryway it was magnificent.

They decided to go around back and ring Yaya's separate doorbell and hope that her parents wouldn't come and answer it. When they rung the doorbell it was flung open by Yaya who ushered them inside while munching on a lollipop.

"KAIRI! OMIGOSH! I HAVEN'T SEEN YOU IN, LIKE, FOREVER." Yaya ran to Kairi first and gave him a hug. Kairi turned red and babbled profusely. Amu grinned.

"Hey, where's my hug? I did, after all, just wake up yesterday!"

"Oh! Amu-chi! Sorry, Sorry! You guys want something to eat or drink or..whatever?"

"Uh, no, Yuiki-sama, I-" Kairi was cut off

"YAYA!"

Kairi looked at her like she was crazy, "What…?"

Yaya smiled, "Call Yaya by her first name, okay?"

"Uh, I couldn't call a princess by her first name it would be-"

"Improper" Amu finished mimicking Kairi

"Uuugghhh! Who cares if it's "Improper"? Tell me, does Yaya act like a princess?"

Kairi looked away, not wanting to answer that question. Amu said bluntly, "No."

"RIGHT, RIGHT! So why treat Yaya like one?" She turned to Kairi and grabbed his shoulders. "Say it with Yaya now. Ya. Ya. Now put that together and say her name."

"Okay, then. No, thank you, I don't need anything…..Yaya…"

Yaya look pleased and sat down on her bed. "So, guys, what can Yaya do for?" She took in Amu's raggedy appearance and giggled, "Nice clothes, Amu-chi."

Amu huffed. "What? Whaatt? These are like…great clothes!"

"For a princess, Amu-chi?" Yaya unwrapped a cherry jolly rancher, "Yaya doesn't think soooo."

"WHATEVER."

"So, Yaya" Kairi started, "You're still doing ballet, right?"

Their friend brightened up at the mention of dance. "Ooh, Yeah! Yaya's going to be the prima in the next recital. She worked really hard to get there too!"

"I see you're still talking in third person."

Yaya puffed out her cheeks, "Gotta problem with that?"

"Nope. It's cute." Kairi stopped and thought about what he said, "UH-I mean…"

Yaya smiled and bounced on her bed. Amu looked back and forth between the two. Now, all she had to do was excuse herself. She needed to find an excuse to leave. That's when one showed itself. To be specific the excuse had shaggy blue hair, sapphire eyes, and was ringing the doorbell.

Yaya hopped off the bed and flung open the door for the second time. There she was confronted with a man she didn't know. She turned around not flustered at all. "You guys know this man?" She jerked her thumb over her shoulder.

The man leaned forward. "Amu knows me."

"I-I-Ikuto? What-how-what!" Amu stuttered, surprised.

"Ooohhh, Amu-chi, you know this guy? Okay!" Yaya stepped out of the way of the door.

"Y-yeah…I'm marrying him…"

"Then, you should go!" Yaya shoved Amu towards Ikuto, "GOGOGOGOGOGOGOGOGOGOGO! Kairi can stay here! Go!"

To Amu it looked like she wouldn't need to make up an excuse. One came to her. Yaya slammed the door on them and then they were alone.

"Soo…Ikuto. How'd you know where I was? Amu asked

"Oh, ah..I went to your place looking for you and a maid said that you had gone to your friend, Yaya's, castle. So here I am."

"Uh-huh…aannd? What was such a big deal that you had to find me right away?" Amu trailed after Ikuto as he started walking away.

"I dunno…" He winced and looked away and muttered something like , "I know. I know why I'm here. Shut up, Kazuomi."

"What…?"

He suddenly turned toward Amu. "Hey, Amu."

"Eh? W-what?"

"What's your biggest, deepest, darkest secret?" He asked, a hopeful glint in his eye

"Eh?.." She gasped suddenly. That was exactly what she had asked the little boy in her dream. Her eyes widened and she took a step away from Ikuto.

His face light up with relief but, then realization dawned over his face. He pulled her into a hug and held her. Amu was confused but, she didn't try and pull away. "You remembered." She heard him mutter. When he pulled back she looked at him. Her gaze boring into his eyes.

"Amu. It's time you remembered. Time you remembered everything." He spoke softly but, clearly.

"What? Ikuto, what are you talking about? How did you know-"

Amu's hair was piled on top of her head, leaving her neck completely exposed. "I'm sorry, Amu. This will only hurt for a minute." He leaned forward toward her neck.

What? What's happening? Why is…why….his eyes are turning red. Amu looked into his eyes and became completely mesmerized. She tilted her head to the left as Ikuto bit down on her neck.

"Ow…" Amu said quietly as the world started spinning along with her mind. Memories kept coming to her: Ikuto and her playing in the garden, Ikuto and her talking on a bench, Ikuto and her laughing hysterically, Ikuto telling her that he had to leave for a while, Her learning Ikuto's secret, and Ikuto biting her for the first time. Turning her into a monster like himself.

Amu's eyes flooded with tears as Ikuto pulled back. His eyes returned to their normal color. She reached up and put a hand to his cheek and muttered one word.

"Vampire".