Chapter 4: An Accident

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The rest of the day went fairly well after I cleared my mind of the beautiful man from the night class. I enjoyed all my classes and the teachers were nice. At lunch, I sat with Yuuki and some of her friends. They were kind and I enjoyed listening in to their conversations; they were funny and sweet to each other and it made me happy to know that there were people who could get along so well with other and that would be willing to accept me into their group of trusted friends. At home, I was homeschooled. I lived on a farm that was too far away from anything civilized for it to be practical for me to attend school so my mother taught me. None of the other children were close either. I spent the majority of my days in the barn with the horses, riding them, brushing them, feeding them, talking to them… I had no one else and they were excellent listeners. That was part of my fear of attending Cross Academy- the people. I was well aware that the only social interaction I had had for the majority of my life had only been with animals and not human beings and that scared me to death because I had no idea- I still have no idea- how to act around people. But, the girls and boys here seemed to recognize that something about me was off, so they never tried to force me into conversation or asked me if I wanted to participate and for that, I was grateful.

After classes were over, I decided to go for a walk. I had seen a path earlier and it was a beautiful day outside. I ran back to my room and changed into a pair of old shorts that I think used to belong to my father and an old t-shirt that I believe belonged to him too. They were both riddled with holes and I don't think they technically "matched" but I didn't care. They were comfy. I then slipped on my tennis shoes that I had gotten from the thrift store on one of our family's annual trips to town a few years ago. The soles were beginning to come off, but they were still wearable. I tightened my ponytail and walked out the door.

On my way to trying to find the path, I passed the gates and the cross over again, but this time I did not stop to gawk at the night class- I was too excited about finding the trail to even bother… Which is probably why I got trampled. I wasn't paying attention and I walked right in front of the screaming fan girls. I didn't notice that I walked past them because I was too occupied with looking ahead to find the trail. Of course, they didn't know this and they all thought that I was the new girl who was trying to skip line and get to the night class, so they all decided to charge forward in anger and I got trampled. They literally bulldozed me into the ground. I'm surprised I escaped with only a few cuts and bruises… well, physically I escaped with only a few cuts and bruises, mentally, I was beating myself to a bloody pulp for being such an unobservant idiot. Then, I felt him. His presence was unmistakable. I could feel him from miles away, and I would have run if I wasn't in so much pain.

"Ana? Is that you? Are you alright?" I could detect concern in his voice, but I couldn't answer his questions because I literally had a mouth full of dirt. "Hmmm…" He paused for a moment, and then suddenly, I felt myself being lifted from the ground and set up right. I was facing him and as soon as he laid eyes on me, he grimaced. "Are you alright?" he asked again. I held up a finger, signaling for him to wait a moment, and then I turned the other way and spit out all the dirt that had made its way into my mouth. It was absolutely disgusting. After I got out all the substance, though the metallic taste still lingered, I turned back to Kaname and weakly nodded my head.

"Yes, I'm fine. Thank you." His faced showed that he didn't believe me. He reached out his hand, as if he was going to touch my face, but then another hand intercepted his.

"Back to class, Kuran," the silver-headed boy spit. I looked up at Kaname confused. Why was this boy so angry? He had only tried to help me; I didn't understand why he was being reprimanded. I saw a slight smirk forming on Kaname's lips.

"Whatever you say… "Mr. Prefect."' Was Kaname mocking him? I smiled slightly at the thought. He seemed to have a sarcastic streak. I then caught the death glare on the prefect's face and my smile faltered, Kaname's smirk however, did not. "You know, Zero, if you did your job a little better, she wouldn't have been hurt in the first place, and I wouldn't have had to interfere. You should take better care, and you should get Miss Williams here to a nurse." If looks could kill… I swear Kaname would be dead at the hands of the prefect by now, but the silver-haired boy just scoffed at him, repeated his order for him to get back to class, and grabbed my wrist a little too harshly. He literally drug me to the nurses office without a word, leaving Yuuki to clean up the mess from the fan girls.

A/N: Hello again! Long time no see! I am extremely sorry for taking such a long time to update and for not replying to so many messages and reviews... I am a terrible author :( But! In all seriousness, I have been VERY occupied with school work and life and things, but I am on break this week, so I shall have at least a few chapters up and from this point on I will try my hardest to be more interactive. I am also going to try and continue to update once I get back into school because I like writing this story and it's a bit of a de-stress type thing for me. Anyways, I hope you all enjoy this chapter, keep an eye out for the next one, and I shall see you all very soon!

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The Nightmare Before the Dream