"Ciel huh? I've never heard that used as a name before. It has a nice ring to it though." The brunette sitting across the room from him on a crisply made bed smiled. The boy, who had introduced himself as Florian, was also in room 113. One of his biggest concerns transferring over was having to live in a dorm with others, but Ciel was surprised how easy it was to be around the sunny brunette.

"I know this place might seem like it's just full of a bunch of snobby rich kids, which isn't wrong, but most of them are really nice." Florian laughed, chartreuse eyes lighting up. Ciel nodded silently. He had to agree with that. Most of them were nice, but not all of them. He instinctively ran his hands along the back of his head, a bump hidden under his dark grey hair. Luckily, he made it through his last two classes without having any more run-ins with Alois. Ever since the first time they ran into each other this morning, even before the blonde had even opened his mouth or went after him when mechanics ended, he felt a deep surge of hatred. It surprised him how much he couldn't stand him and it seemed like the feeling was mutual.

"Ciel? Are you okay?" The sound of concern in Florian's voice ripped him out of his thoughts.

"Oh yes, sorry…Just tired I guess. I think I'm going to go to bed now." The boy yawned quietly, stretching his pale arms over his head

"Yeah it is getting late isn't it? I'll help you unpack in the morning if you want." With another bright smile, the brunette flicked the lights off and got into bed. Ciel curled up in his own bed, pulling the cobalt blue comforter tightly up to his chest. Staring off out the window at the bright moon, an uneasy feeling fell over him. He thought back to his cousin and the professors he met today. Elizabeth and her group of girls were all really nice, especially Ember. Florian had a certain brightness to him that was just so affectious he couldn't help but like him. He enjoyed professor Faustus' class quite a lot minus the obnoxious blonde, and professor Michaelis was nice enough to guide him to class when he got lost earlier. Though he missed first period getting his schedule at the office, he looked forward to experiencing it in the morning along with seeing him again. A simple sigh escaped his lips as his eyes fluttered close.

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The wailing of sirens woke Ciel up abruptly in the middle of the night. Sitting up in the bed quickly, he heard Florian scramble to his feet groggily as someone pounded on their door. Flinging it open, a teacher in a long nightgown told them to evacuate immediately.

"Miss Hannah what is going-" The brunette was cut off as she guided them out of the room.

"Please head over to the main building you two. Everyone else is evacuating." She instructed them quickly while brushing loose lavender colored strands out her sun-kissed face. After making sure they were out of their rooms, she hurriedly went over to the room across from them to warn the other students.

"C'mon…. Let's hurry, Ciel…" Guiding him out, together they made their way out of the dormitory. The hallways were flooded with the other students staying in the Sagittarius dorms. Being born on December fourteenth, Ciel of course was a Sagittarius and he couldn't help but wonder if all the others staying in this dorm were as well but it seemed like a bad time to ask. Once they reached the courtyard, Florian asked a few other boys from the other dorms if they knew what was going on, but they seemed to know as much as they did.

Ciel's heart started racing at the sight of the ambulance. A few girls were gathered around the vehicle. Anxiety pulsed through his veins as his sapphire orbs caught a glance of loose blonde curls in the middle of the girls. Without a second thought, he tore off from the group, shoving aside figures in his path. He heard Florian call after him, but it was all a blur in his mind. Stumbling into a blonde, sky blue eyes met his, but his mind barely registered it. The sound of an adult voice telling him to follow the others was ignored as he rushed to the ambulance.

"Lizzy!" He called out frantically, panting harshly as he felt his lungs constrict. A pair of watery emerald eyes looked up at him as well as the other girls.

"Ciel…" Elizabeth whispered quietly, the crack in her voice as she spoke shattering his heart. He wrapped his arms securely around her as more tears tumbled down her flushed cheeks.

"Don't worry. She's okay, kitten." Ember said quietly, her own eyes puffy from crying. "Breathe okay?" She added gently. "Asthma? Just try and relax."

Ciel nodded vacantly. He didn't even notice how bad he was gasping until the redhead pointed it out. Brushing golden curls out of her face, he glanced up at Amber. "...What….. What happened?" He asked in a hushed whisper, holding Elizabeth tightier. A pained look flashed through all of the girls' faces.

"Issy… She….. She…" A pale freckled blonde whose name was supposedly Anna began, lips trembling. At the sound of that name, Elizabeth started wailing again. Amber wrapped her arm securely around the shaking girl.

"About an hour ago, one of the girls headed to the bathroom. The sound of screaming woke the rest of us up." She explained while stroking her golden hair soothingly. "Anna, Rebecca and I jumped out of bed to check out the screaming…. Isabella…. She was found….. hung up by one of the vents in the bathroom…." She finished while biting her lip. A hushed echo brushed through Ciel and the group of girls. A startled look flashed in his cerulean eyes.

"You mean…..She committed suicide…?" He barely recognized his voice as it left his lips.

"It would appear so…" The brunette, Rebecca, added quietly, but there was a hint of doubt in her voice.

Ciel stood there stunned with the blonde clinging tightly to his frail frame. A choked up feeling overcame him as a realization washed chillily over him.

"The girl who found her….." He started out, his voice trembling as Ember nodded. His eyes widen as they scan over his bawling cousin in his arms.

"Lizzy….." The whisper fell from his lips as he watched the shaking girl, the two of them streaked in the heavenly moonlight.

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Thank you all who have kept reading so far! I'm so happy for the reviews left and I'm very happy those of you like it! A special thank you to FoxFire5320 and Kiscia for the lovely reviews! They really mean a lot to me so I hope all of you keep reading and enjoying! I'll do my best to keep adding chapters at least one per week! And Kiscia, I know! I wish my classes were like that as well! And he might how off at a bully at first, but he will become deeply involved and sweeter as it goes on! Thank you all again and please keeping reading and reviewing!

-Cressy Drizzle