CLASH OF BLACK AND WHITE

(..a Vampire Knight AU fanfic..)

CHAPTER 5: Sleeping Dawn

Zero Kiryuu woke up from the loud noise of his alarm clock. He immediately stopped the noise without opening his eyes, not wanting to wake up soon, though he set it at earlier time for his mission today. But he was lacking of sleep.

His lack of sleep was due to the two troublemakers living next to his house who decided to almost burn his kitchen at midnight. Zero was about to sleep when he received a call from Yagari-sensei for his mission tomorrow so sleeping early is necessary. Then he suddenly smelt the smoke coming from his kitchen and learnt what had happen. The two sneaked at his kitchen and used his electric oven to make a cake. And since both of them had no real skills in cooking or even baking, operating an electric oven is out of their league. The end result, they caused damages. He then forbid the two to never enter his kitchen again and he ended up cleaning their mess.

Zero's long reason for lacking of sleep didn't last long when he felt the cold metallic head of Doraemon.

Metallic?

It was supposed to be a plastic head, not metal. He then felt its flat surface when Doraemon's head is circular. He promptly opened his eyes and stared at his alarm clock. It really wasn't Doraemon because it was a square-shaped metallic clock. Only then did Zero realized that he wasn't in his room. But a completely strange room. Again.

Am I in a dream? Again?

He surveyed his surroundings, looking for any of his familiar things but found none. The whole room was decorated in ancient Roman-style designs and the floor was full of different flowers except for the small space like a pathway towards the door. Zero got off the bed and stretched his body, feeling like he has been laying in bed for so long; but he still felt sleepy. He stepped towards the door but got tripped into something. Luckily, he prevented himself on falling face-first by instantly putting his hands in between himself and the floor.

He motioned to stand up but was having a hard time to do so due to his long gown that caused his fall.

Gown?

Only then did Zero realized what he was wearing. It was a blue ball gown with a petal overskirt and a neatly-laced white petticoat. He also noticed his silver hair grown long and wavy that reached to his waist. He reached to open the door when it has been opened from outside instead. Seven tiny fairies came inside the room, going towards the bedroom.

Zero was flabbergasted to the fairies who suddenly entered and flew right through Zero. By through means, they flew right through Zero like he was invicible or ghost. They haven't noticed him at all.

"Oh, how lovely is our Princess Dawn. Though his hair had turned grey, his face is as fair as always and his lips still a color of red rose!"

"How many years has it been since he fell asleep?"

"I think it's been 17 years."

"Oh! Poor poor princess."

"Too bad that the prince didn't came when Princess Dawn ate the poisoned apple."

That statement got Zero's attention after coming to his senses.

Poisoned apple?

Zero turned to them and was totally dumbfounded when he saw a girl laying in the bed that he had previously laid into. She looks pale but her lips is still colored red, she had long wavy silver hair and she wore a pink ball gown. Oh how did the girl looked exactly like Zero! Though their gown has different color.

Still shocked at what he saw, Zero didn't notice when the fairies passed right through him once again. He only noticed when the door was closed. He chased after the fairies but they were already gone.

Instead, Zero saw the vast wide sky and the sun is almost setting to the horizon giving the sky a pale tint color of orange. He went out of the room and walked to the balcony. He looked down and noticed that he was in a tower. There was a massive wild forest below. He went to search for anyone in the tower only to find out that the only room is the one he had exited before. He reached the circular stair and descended downstairs, never knowing how long the staircase was.

Finally reaching the bottom, there is nothing else there besides the door leading outside. He goes out of the tower.

He felt relieved when he saw a man, thankfully not a dwarf or a fairy, who was sleeping under the tree. He approached him and tried to wake him up. But for some reason, he would not wake no matter what Zero did.

"Dammit! Is he dead?!" He checked for the man's pulse but he is not dead.

"The hell! Hey, wake up! What's happening here?!" But it's futile, he was still sound asleep.

Zero looked everywhere but there were no more person in sight. He saw a trail leading to the forest and followed it. It amazed him that the trail has a small light in it despite the pale darkness surrounding the forest.

On the way, Zero saw some animals that were for some reason, asleep as well. Or are they dead? But he didn't waste his time to check them.

Zero has been following the trail for quiet some time. Finally reaching the end of the forest, the sky is already dark. And what he saw next surprises him even more.

There was a palace and it looked ancient. It was made of dark bricks and wooden doors, and had been through the years of decay. The old palace stood on a rugged slope, the walls covered with moss were broken down into half-ruined state. One of the large towers had broken through the roof, leaving debris everywhere. Despite the courtyard being open, the odor and the air are quiet different.

The sight of the old palace gives Zero an eerie feeling. The wind suddenly blows wildly, sending shiver onto the exposed snow-white skin of the silverette. But it is not the cold wind that gives shiver to Zero, something more unnatural enveloped his body, making him quiver and fell on his knees. Then it went away and the hunter followed where he felt it was, turning towards the open door of the palace.

There was a man. A man standing at the door looking directly at Zero and their eyes met. A set of crimson blood orbs stared deeply at him, devouring the very core of his soul.

"That man.. That man is.." Lips shaking, he tried to speak but no words came out.

Suddenly, a flash of beautiful silver hair possessed by not the silverette but by a woman appeared next to the man at the door. The two stood there like a beautiful piece work of art.

The man's lips move as if saying something but the woman covered him with her cloak before a word left his lips. But Zero heard a faint whisper of his name.

"Zero.."

-KanZe_KanZe-

Sweat covered the hunter's skin after waking up from the nightmare that has been haunting him these past few days.

That woman..

And that voice..

Who the hell is that man even?!

God! This is ridiculous.

Why am I even having that damn nightmare?

"Zero.." Again, that cold voice surfaced to his head.

"Zero?"

"Zero, are you awake? The chairman made breakfast." A loud and repeated knocks on the door finally reached to the still confused mind of the silver-haired.

"Yeah.. yeah.. I'm coming! Just stop knocking at my door!"

Yuuki's footsteps faded away before Zero finally calmed himself and rise from the bed. He went straight to the comfort room, did his necessities in the morning, then descended downstairs.

There will be a lot of trouble to fix.

~ChapEnds

So short update again (﹏)

Gomen nasai!!

I'm such a slow writer and I only have little time to check my stories.

I promise I won't abandon this story.

Just SLOW

Ja! (‿)/