I tucked in my three triplets, such beautiful, loving children and kissed my husband's lips softly.

God they're great, I remember him saying as he bent to kiss their foreheads. None stirred but Jaxx who absently reached up and clung to his tie. He smiled and gently dislodged the girl. We walked into our room and curled up to go to bed. When I woke up, hell had reigned. The house was destroyed, the bedside table had been torn apart and faintly reminded me of a chainsaw attack. Glancing at our vanity, I noticed the glass on the mirror had been ripped out and smashed to pieces. Then I turned and my husband's throat had been slashed and as I ran down the hall to my babies' room I remember saying to myself;

"God no! Not my babies!" I grabbed the door frame and swung into the room, diving for the crib. One, two.....no three! Not a sign of Jaxx. Nothing but a card. I grabbed Aiden and Kylie, cradling them to my chest as I sobbed and read the card. The ink on the small ivory paper blurred before my eyes and ran when my tears smacked it.

" Sorry about the husband, I had no intention of killing him, but he woke up. I only need Jaxx, so live well and I'm sure the other two will be fine
-Rumpelstiltskin"

The horror of it all forced a scream from my lips and seconds later, lights were on in the neighbourhood and I could hear the sirens wailing. When they arrived, I was kneeling on the floor with my remaining children in my arms, sobbing. Both the triple--now twins were crying loudly at being woken up in such a unceremonious way. I tried to force myself to care, tried to make myself remember, this was their birthday, you have to find Jaxx or they'll freak out.

That was how it started. A world-wide manhunt for Rumplestiltskin and my baby. But in 5 years we never found anything, and eventually the police gave up. Aiden and Kylie had begun to wonder why I was always sad, but I'd made sure to hide any existence of Jaxxon from them, I couldn't bear the heartbreak I knew I'd see in those pretty eyes if either one ever found out that there had been a third child. So everyday on their birthday I hid myself away to mourn their father and the baby I lost.

"You? You were in a fight, as in actually fist-t'-cuffs?" Headmaster Cross quirked an eyebrow at the most easy going student in the whole school presenting himself with a confession of fighting. When Aiden nodded solemnly he sighed," Who was the fight with?"

"Jonas Wilks. The Night Class boy my sister has been dating." Aiden sighed and slumped into his chair. The headmaster could quite plainly tell he was disappointed in himself, but here he was, waiting on the headmaster to rub it into his face that he'd done wrong. And from the way his body language read, everyone that wasn't his sister did do that. Not Cross. Kaien Cross hated people like that.

And then it clicked. Aiden Hightower had fought with a Night Class student, and won! The vampire Night Class was definitely faster and stronger then the Day Class. But Aiden, who had never even lifted his hand to say that he thought someone was an idiot, managed to beat Jonas, an experienced brawler? A 120 year old vampire who had been fighting his whole life?

"Jonas Wilks? As in, Jonas Wilks?" Aiden nodded morosely and slumped further. Kaien hid a smile at Touga slipping into the room and toting Kaname Kuran with him. Kaname looked severely unimpressed about the tanned hunter's hand on his shirt literally pulling him along. Once they both stood about a meter behind Aiden Touga spoke.

"Congratulations Aiden."

"W-what?" Aiden leaped to his feet and turned to face the two new people. In milliseconds his eyes flicked to assess the man who'd appeared. Dark trench coat, shoulder-length black wavy hair. Cigarette in his face and a cowboy hat on his head. Aiden's hand flicked to his cell phone while his other moved to stop the approaching headmaster," Sir, call security." His tone went from frightened and sullen to serious and determined in under a second.

"Aid-" Kaien opened his mouth to stop him and Kaname shook his head. Cross fell silent at the vampire's request. Obviously Kaname wanted to make the first move to establish dominance. If Aiden was going to be in the Night Class, he'd need to know that.

"Aiden Hightower? My name is Kaname Kuran, and I've brought someone with me they're waiting outside. 2 someones actually, one has orders to take the other and run if I can't control you, so you must calm down." Kaname very subtly pulsed his aura just strongly enough to touch Aiden and put him back into his chair. Then offered his hand to shake, Aiden brought it to his lips and kissed his knuckles. Kaname smirked, he had the natural respect over his own instinct.

Aiden looked like he wanted to laugh," Why'd I do that. Ugh Kylie, she's drummed it into me. Forgive me if I offended you, it's just my nature."

Kaname smiled," Now come." Aiden stood and began walking alongside the pureblood. Completely unknowing of the Pureblood Prince's status, he was merely protecting his sister.

Touga growled," You're just bending to this kid?" He demanded, jerking a thumb in Kaname's direction," You have no idea who the hell he has out there-"

"Yes," Aiden's back went rigid, the annoyed fatigue of being beaten disappearing," I do. And who the hell are you to say any different. Damn it, I can feel her. It's Kylie. Right about now, she's laughing happily with whoever he has with her because that's her nature, she naturally thinks people are good. And I know when I've been beaten, when someone gets Kylie, it's the same as getting my queen in chess. I lose."

"He's right, she's laughing at Takuma, and it is indeed Kylie. Can you really feel her?" Kaname quizzed, his expression shifting to intrigue the moment Aiden nodded," Come with me. Takuma will keep Kylie quite safe from everything and one, and I assure you even Touga can't disagree that he's quite harmless himself." Kaname put a hand on the boy's lower back and glared dangerously at the hunter. They were friends---ish, but he hated it when Touga annoyed people who clearly belonged to him.

Aiden froze by the door," Umm Kuran-san-"

"Kaname, please." Kaname shook his head and reached for the doorknob. Aiden jumped and gripped his wrist.

"Can we not exit through that door. Kylie knows me, she'll very easily spot that I'm worried about her, and then not even I'll be able to calm her, or keep her away." Aiden sighed and frowned at all the speculative glances.

"There's no other exit." Kaien muttered.

"That's wrong, there's a window not two feet behind you." Aiden walked towards it then jumped out. Everyone yelped a protest then Kaname turned and began calling to Takuma.

"Stay there! It's fine!" He called quickly then hopped out the window himself, only to be caught by the wrist, there was Aiden, scurrying down the vines and smiling happily," Why did you jump?" Kaname couldn't resist the question. This boy was intriguing. First he was unhappy, then he's jumping out window, which normally would be a further symptom of his depression, but instead it was merely a means to an end. Kaname kept himself calm as the boy held him dangling above the ground by solely his wrist. Not that fall itself was too dangerous, but the silver-haired hunter he'd be landing on might shoot him.

"I jumped," Aiden tensed his muscles and sent the two of them springing to another branch, using the momentum to swing Kaname to balance on the wall," because I could."

Kaname nodded and began climbing alongside the boy. As he moved, he looked over the boy. Beautiful, vampires put a high price on beauty and this boy had it. High cheekbones and a natural pout adorned his lips, before he began worrying it as he concentrated on his task. Kaname took a second to look at the rest of him, not very tall, just 5'6-5'7 and a slim build, but deceptively so. From what Cross had told the vampire Aiden and his sister were on track, basketball and soccer teams. Aiden did 3 types of martial arts after school, Haikido, Jiu Jitsu, and Tae Kwon Do. His sister did the first two, but gymnastics instead of Tae Kwon Do.

From a brief look at the boy, and the way he wore his uniform, Kaname could tell that this boy was highly organized but very playful. Immediately Kaname's mind jumped to Takuma, and oddly enough they both had similar hairstyles. Though whereas Takuma's was clean cut layers. Aiden's was spiked at the ends and the back layers spiked out as well. And his eyes; my god those eyes had startled Kaname.

Such a smoldering colour, but a stare that made you want to hide. It was litrally like he could see through your act and into what you wanted hidden the most. Vaguely Kaname wondered what his gift might have been had Aiden been a vampire. Then when the boy's mood had changed to defeaten the gold lost it's shine, changing to a duller but still swirling gold.

"Holy Shit!" Kaname bit back a smile when he heard Zero curse. The hunter didn't swear as often as Kaname used to think he might, but he definitely made a show of the few times he did," What the----what the hell do you think you two are doing?!" He barked at them, then glared at Kaname," No crazy antics. And I thought Aido was bad..." Zero's voice was groan and Aiden sighed.

"You're worried about the boyfriend, I get it, but I'm fine so ignore me." Aiden sighed then covered his hands with his mouth." Why'd I say that?!" He gasped.

"Pardon?" Kaname tried to keep his voice level, but it faltered towards the end. Both vampires decided then, if the boy would be talking like that, he needed to be in an area they could control. So Zero snatched him up and the two ran to the Moon Dorms, or more specifically, Kaname's room.

"Oh my-" Aiden's eyes were wide with horror, but instead of falling into shock, his first reaction was the smartest. He grbbaed Zero's gun, grabbed Kaname and put the gun to his head. Clearly recognizing Zero as the larger threat. Though whether or not that was true was a different story entirely

"I assure you, God had nothing to do with it." Kaname managed to sound calm and cool even with a gun he knew hurt very badly, hell a shot into his head like that? It might even kill him. And based on the horrified look in Zero's eyes, that might was about 95% chance of death," Aiden you really have to calm yourself." He held onto the smartest thing he had, his cool composure.

"Shut up. Sir, I'm going to walk out this door, I'll leave Kuran in the building, I'm taking your gun with me. If I see or feel either of you, I put a bullet into you, and I assure you I can." With that, he tugged Kaname backwards from the bedroom and quietly asked him to shut the door.

As Kaname did so, he couldn't help the tug to run to Zero pulsing in his aura. Zero stepped forward once before the door closed. Aiden brought him down into the lounge and tugged off his belt, using it to very quickly tie Kaname's wrist to the couch. Without knowing they were vampires, Aiden was doing fairly well for his first hostage situation.

"I'm very sorry about this Kaname, but I need time to understand what the fuck you two just did. There's a few logical explanations but.." He shrugged then ran from the building, Zero appearing not seconds later.

"Zero, Zero please look at me," The hunter was steadfastly ignoring his red-chocolate gaze as he tore at the belt. Kaname reached with his free hand and gripped his lover's chin, gently guiding his head up to meet his eyes," Zero, I'm fine. Why are you so concerned?" Lovingly and in a vague attempt to placate his lover's concern he kissed him softly," Don't worry."

"My gun can kill you. We both know that, this just put it into a very real perspective," he paused when Kaname kissed his throat, taking a second to breath and get his head back out of the clouds," And then again, I was a little more worried about my second supposed pureblood kill. I don't think the council would stand for it." He chuckled when Kaname nipped his jugular quickly but warningly," Plus, you tied up is kind of sexy, the Pureblood Prince without his natural control? Very intriguing." Zero smirked as he stopped working on the belt and carefully pushed Kaname back against the couch.

The rest of the Night Class wouldn't be back for at least 4 hours. Plenty of time, Kaname reasoned. Then groaned softly when Zero's fangs broke skin without drinking, tempting as it probably was.

Aiden ran, didn't look back and didn't bother stopping to breath. Instead he flicked his cell phone out and dialed his sister.

"Aiden?" Kylie sounded puzzled, and Aiden could almost imagine the puzzled look she'd be flicking towards the room he was supposedly still in," What's wrong?"

"Who's there with you? Never mind I don't care, get away from him, I want you to very calmly stand up and then run into Chairman Cross' office okay darling?" Aiden puffed as the Headmaster's building came into view. And my god was he thanking god for the amount of running track put him through. Initially it had been Kylie's idea but Aiden had excelled at it. Running away, something he was very good at.

"But Aiden-"

"Just do it Kylie!" He snapped before he meant to then spoke again, his tone softer and easier now," I'm sorry darling, I'm just afraid, the man with you is with the same two who just tried kidnapping me." He sighed. The line was quiet, Aiden could hear his sister breathing but nothing more.

"Aiden?" A new voice, male, young but firm," Kylie and I will be going out on a short walk. I'm not asking. Go back to the Moon Dorms tomorrow, Kylie and I will be in the lounge waiting. You will be there promptly at 11:00am. You'll be telling people you don't feel well on your way home and tomorrow you'll be too sick to attend class."

"Wait please!" Aiden called into the phone and breathed a sigh of relief when the man's voice demanded what he wanted," How do I know Kylie will be okay? How do I know I'm not killing us both by going?"

"I'll have her call you every three hours until you're together again? But if she falls asleep I won't wake her up." Takuma's voice sounded weary but seconds later, he hung up. Aiden froze, coming to a dead stop.

In his head he summerized the day's events. Got up this morning, went to the Chairman's office, climbed out the Chairman's window and ended up somehow making it all the way across the campus in about 4 seconds, he took someone hostage and ran away. His sister was in a sense kidnapped and now he was meeting the kidnappers for pretty much lunch tomorrow at 11:00a.m. Wow.

Everything felt so numb. Aiden sighed and leaned back against a tree, almost enjoying the sensation of the bark scraping against his back. At least then he knew he could still feel anything. Glancing around a phrase came to mind," looking but not seeing." Sure he was looking around but he actually wasn't seeing anything, merely making some form of motion to make very certain that people didn't assume he was panicking.

"Aiden? That you?" Aiden forced himself to look up and pay attention. And immediately he recognized Tianna, another one of Kylie's friends and a girl on his track team. She ran the...1500meter. On instinct he noted just how she interacted with him and forced a bored smile to his face before she could see it clearly.

"Yes, this is he. Why Tianna?" He knew she liked being remembered, liked being known. So he knew just how to stroke her ego. Her face lit up in a bright smile at him and she ventured closer.

"I was worried, we have track in 5 and neither you or Kylie is out on the field stretching, even though you two are almost always early." She reached out, gripped his pale hand and began dragging him off. Aiden focused, and remembered his coach yelling at him once. When he'd been so upset he said he didn't feel like running. His coach had cussed him out and told him that 'running is the best thing for a bad day. You pound the pavement and you put all you anger, all your depression, everything into making it over the finish line in the fastest time.'

So that's what he did. He ran like the devil himself was on his heels. Ignoring his disappearing sister, the agony of knowing yet another birthday had passed him by and he was still the same old Aiden. Aiden Hightower, the most significantly insignificant boy alive. He was incredibly special but there was nothing special about him. Sure he was a genius and he was (apparently) gorgeous. But nobody payed attention, they praised him half-heartedly for his successes and people loved him for his looks, but that was all superficial.

Kylie was, in his opinion, the most amazing girl you could dream about meeting. The inner light she carried like a torch and the personality she wore on her sleeve. All of it made her stand out. And then her looks made it worse, guys and girls chased her, she could turn the gayest man straight or the straightest girl lesbian. It was highly amusing for Aiden to see the hopeful fools dash themselves on the rocks having been lured off by her siren's song.

He glanced up and noticed that not only had he finished the race, but he'd beaten everyone by about 3 laps. Horror washed through him, he knew he was quick on his feet and an excellent runner but he couldn't run that fast. That was normal, hell, that wasn't...human. Immediately his mind took him back to when Kaname and the other boy had ran across campus.

"Oh my god," He gasped, then took off. Destination: his and Kylie's dorm room. And within moments, he was there. No one bothered asking him anything. The people who shared his hall knew that whenever he arrived alone and rushing along, he was not to be trifled with, merely ignored. So they did. Some opened their doors to check who it was when he dashed by, and seconds later the doors closed again. It made things easier for everyone if no one cared.

Shaking his head he tugged his shirts off and quickly undid his pants. Leaning on the bathtub to run a shower he had one hand on the tap when a knock at the door made him fall backwards with a yelp; "I'm coming!"

He leaped to his feet and jogged quickly, throwing the door open,"You have my utmost---" He paused. Standing in front of the door was Rima. Rima was from the Night Class, a model along with Shiki Senri. Also the girl Aiden was crushing on, not that he'd ever admit to liking one of the most desirable girls in the whole academy.

"Attention?" Her lyrical voice offered a sutiable word to complete the sentance and smiled when he nodded numbly," You're Aiden Hightower?"

"Yes." He blinked to get his focus back and then stepped aside," Forgive my idiocy, would you like to come in, I'll put on coffee, or tea?" He smiled awkwardly and let her walk in, quietly shutting the door behind him.

"Tea, and as cute as you are, maybe you should fix your pants up?" She grinned and tapped one folding peice of his jeans and giggled when he flushed bright pink. She ran a hand through her hair and wandered into his second her back was turned, he was doing up his jeans and thanking god he wasn't one of those idiots who didn't bother wearing anything beneath their pants.

"Wow, this is the singel most awkward moment in my lifetime. So whats your tea of choice?" He smiled and opened up his cabinet, Rima sauntered up beside him and picked out a tea. He nodded and set to work. "Out of some vague sense of curiosty, what are you doing here?" He quirked an eyebrow.

"I'm here because Kaname wants someone to be with you when it happens." She smiled and hopped up to sit onto the counter, and sipped her tea when he frowned.

"Come again?" Usually he'd be more polite but he couldn't bring himself.

You're a vampire. He jumped and dropped his mug of tea. The glass crashed and splashed tea up onto the bottoms of his pants. The heat of the boiling water made him bite back a yelp.

"What?!" He gasped and rounded on Rima, who only blinked in puzzlement. It was her turn to raise any eyebrow.

"What is it?" She frowned. Woah Cutie is totally freaking out.

"Of course I'm freaking out, justifiably so!" He backed away quickly. His eyes turning from warm gold to swirling, burning molten gold. His heart lept into his throat and simply refused to leave without a fight. The butterflies already in his stomach from meeting Rima, suddenly turned violent, attacking his insides in their panic.

Holy Fuck."Holy fuck." Both Rima's head and mouth said the same thing as he threw open the door pointing at it.

"Get out!" He ordered and she went running. He slammed the door, ran to his bedroom and lay down. Forgetting his shower altogether he breathed deeply, making a fist in the covers on the right side of his body. Shutting his eyes, he made to meditate, ignore the world. But the world didn't want to be ignored.

Woah, Aiden was really stressed out today, wonder if that girl he just sent running has anything to do with it?

This bra makes my stomach look huge, definitely on the no-list for first dates.

That was a radical explosion, nice special effects!

Aiden..Music class...trophy for tomorrow....graduation in 1 month....not hungry right now...super-cute guy in math.....football tomorrow.....Night Class time!

"Shut up!"