[sorry guys. I know I sorta changed some of the Host's personalities, but I thought that after a month of being with Sapphy they would have changed slightly. I know they haven't really been in character that much anyway, but please forgive meeeee!]
Hikaru was scared. He was in a black room. There was no light. He had walked around the edges of the room and considering how much time it had taken him, it wasn't that big. He also hadn't felt a door. Hikaru was trapped and he didn't like it. A reddish glow lit up the room. It was the same colour as blood. There were people whispering, laughing quietly. Childlike cries from somewhere far off. Hikaru felt warm breath and smelt something foul. He closed his eyes, terrified. Turning around, he opened his eyes and saw hell.
Hikaru woke up, shivering and soaked. He wasn't shivering from cold though, he was shivering from fear. He sat up and sighed. A dim light was leaking through the curtains. Sighing again, Hikaru got up (careful not to wake his brother) and went to a chair next to the window. He hugged his knees to his chest and listened to the early morning noises, thinking about the little things, the big things... Haruhi. Anything to keep his mind off the nightmare.
"Hikaru?" Hikaru looked up to see Kaoru looking at him. "What's wrong?"
"Nothing. I'm fine, really!" Hikaru added when he saw his brother disbelieving face. "What woke you up?"
Kaoru shrugged and stared at his hands "Dunno. I think it was that bond twins are meant to share. I just knew you were worried about something so I woke up to see what it was. I don't believe in it though, so I don't know." They both fell silent after that. After a few minutes of quiet Hikaru felt better enough to go back to sleep, so he got up and went back to his bed.
"Night Kaoru." He murmured.
"Night Hikaru." Kaoru murmured back. They both fell into a dreamless sleep and woke up a few hours later for school.
A week later...
When the twins walked into homeroom one morning, Haruhi could tell something was bothering Hikaru. She decided not to say anything though. At least until she was on her own with the twins or with the Host Club. Haruhi knew him well enough, that if she asked him in a room full of people, Hikaru would have just laughed it off. Haruhi and Sapphire exchanged worried looks. So Sapphy had noticed too.
In the month and a bit Sapphire Mizuiro had been at Ouran she hadn't made any friends outside of the Host Club. Even with the Club, she seemed distant. As if she didn't want to get too close, like she was afraid. She had made it clear that she didn't like to be touched. Sapphire also still hadn't got the correct uniform. She wore something different each day, but it was always respectable. Haruhi had noticed that the bandage like thing on her left wrist (Sapphy had told her it was an arm warmer or something like that) was never taken off.
At lunch, Haruhi and Sapphy managed to get Hikaru and Kaoru on their own. Haruhi spoke first.
"Hikaru, what's wrong? Don't tell me 'nothing', 'cos something's been bothering you all day. Quite a few people noticed." Hikaru glanced at Kaoru for help and sighed in defeat.
"Well, it really is nothing. It was only a nightmare and not a scary one at that." Kaoru noticed Sapphire's eyes narrow at the word nightmare.
"What kind of nightmare?" Sapphire asked. Her voice sounded strange. Strained somehow, like she was trying to keep some emotion in check.
"No, it doesn't matter. Really." Sapphy grabbed Hikaru face with both her hands and made him look at her. She seemed to be searching for something in his eyes.
"Please, Hikaru. Tell me what happened in the nightmare." Hikaru dropped his gaze. He had been shocked into answering. After over a month of being told repeatedly to not touch her, Sapphire had hold of his head with both hands. He told them everything about the dream. He told them that he had been having this dream every night for a week. Sometime during him telling them, Sapphire's arms had dropped to her sides and she was clenching her fists. After Hikaru had finished, Sapphy was quite for a time. Kaoru could see that she was seething and was stunned by it.
"Have either of you two had this dream?" Sapphire asked Kaoru and Haruhi. She struggled to get out the words and spat out the word 'dream' quite venomously. Haruhi and Kaoru looked at each other then back at Sapphire. She was scary like this.
"I've had something similar. Not exactly like that." Kaoru muttered and glanced at his twin. Hikaru was looking at his feet, clearly upset by all this.
"Yeah. Similar for me too. Some parts were different." Haruhi stared with intensity at Sapphire, trying to find the reason behind all the anger. Haruhi was sure she could see flecks of red in her eyes. It scared her. Haruhi had never seen anyone like this before. She didn't know if anyone had.
"DAMN IT!" Sapphire shouted it so loud that birds from the nearest trees flew off. A few people walking through courtyard stopped and looked around searching for the commotion, but hurried on again once they saw Sapphy. Sapphire spun on her heel and walked a few yards away. She reached into her pocket and dug out a mobile phone. Haruhi and the twins didn't know what they should do, so they just stood there awkwardly trying to work out what had just happened and why a dream should make anyone as mad as Sapphire was then. Sapphy dialled one number and held the phone up to her ear. Almost immediately she was arguing. She was talking so quickly and so quietly that Haruhi and the twins had to listen hard to make anything out at all. They only caught pieces of what Sapphire was saying, but it didn't make much sense.
"...I've been here for little over a month and already... Yes, I do, but... I'm only saying there may be a traitor! I'm not saying..." It went on like this for a few minutes and finally, Sapphy put her phone back into her pocket and stormed off. Haruhi, Kaoru and Hikaru stared after Sapphy for a moment and then raced after her. Haruhi was quite out of breath by the time she caught up with Sapphire, so she struggled to get the words out.
"Saph... where are you... going? Haruhi managed to spit out. Sapphire's eyes had lost the red flecks and seemed different. Raw panic had replaced the anger. Raw panic and worry. Haruhi was confused. Hikaru grabbed Sapphire's arm, so that she couldn't go any further. A new wave of panic flared in her eyes, but she managed to let it drain away. She glared at Hikaru's hand and when it was clear that he wasn't going to let he go, she answered.
"I need to go see the headmaster. I need to get... transfer papers. I have to..." She looked at Haruhi, her eye's pleading for her to understand that she had to go. Haruhi shook her head refusing to understand.
"Bull! What's so bad that you need to go? A nightmare? It's no big deal! People have nightmares all the time!" Kaoru almost yelled this. It surprised him how much he didn't want her to go. He had only known her for just over a month. Sapphire looked at him curiously as if figuring out what emotion was behind the words he just said. She then looked away.
"You really aren't going to let me go are you?" Hikaru tightened his grip on her arm. She looked up and saw three defiant faces staring back at her. She sighed. "Let me go for a second Hikaru. Let me think." Hikaru hesitated then let go. Sapphire closed her eyes and pinched the bridge of her nose. After a while she opened her eyes and let go of her nose.
"If I stay, people will get hurt. You really want me to stay that much?" Sapphire looked at them and they nodded. She smiled. "Alright. I'll stay, on one condition. You'll believe me. You have to believe me when I tell you why I want to go so much. I have to tell all the Host Club, not just you three and I don't want to tell the story twice. I'll tell you all after school okay?" Hikaru opened his mouth to say something, but the bell rang just before he could. Sapphire spoke again. "Sorry to keep you from your lunches. I hope you're not too hungry. Let's go to class." Sapphy walked down the hall to their next class and everyone else followed.
Hikaru, Kaoru and Haruhi had explained the situation to the Host Club and they were waiting for Sapphy to come. They had received their guests and were getting bored of waiting. The door opened and Sapphire walked in.
"Sorry I'm late. I had to phone someone and the conversation lasted longer than I would have liked." Sapphy smiled at them. Sapphire had the same black dress with the fine purple embroidery on that she had on her very first day. She paused then said, "Um. I think it would be best to tell you outside. I can be sure that there isn't anyone listening who shouldn't be, outside." She started to go and then seemed to remember something. She turned around to see the Host Club members standing up to follow her. She smiled uncertainly at them. "I promised I would stay if you believed me. If you don't believe me, then I won't bother you again and no-one will get hurt."
They started walking outside in silence. This worried Honey. He didn't mind the quiet, but this was the type of quiet you couldn't easily break. Not without sounding strange. Honey sighed quietly and looked at his cousin, Mori. Mori looked back at Honey and smiled. Honey smiled back and they walked out into the bright sun. They walked for a little bit more. Kyouya never took his eyes or pen away from his clipboard. Tamaki had started talking to Haruhi and Mori and Honey started talking to. The twins had begun tormenting Tamaki. Finally Sappy stopped walking in a clearing and everyone else stopped too. A gentle breeze blew and Sapphire's hair wrapped itself around her body, protecting her.
"I really shouldn't be telling you this, but about a week after the nightmares start, people start getting ki... start getting hurt." She turned around and looked at them all and started speaking. "There is a hidden world. A world full of magic and wonder. In this world there is a person, who has more powers than most and their soul is pure. Not many people know who this person is, but there is a group of people trying to protect them, and a group of people who want their powers on their side. This person is called the Narulin. The side of... evil, you would say. The bad guys are after me because I'm very close with the Narulin. The Agency – that's the group trying to protect the Narulin – is trying to protect me, but it seems they found me quite early this time. They've been getting quicker, which is why I suspect there may be a traitor inside the Agency." She paused and looked at them all to see their reaction, but looked to her left, suddenly scared.
"Shit!" Sapphire barely had time to say this when she unexpectedly was knocked into a tree, like she had been pushed by some invisible force.