"I've been informed that you have breached the school dress code, Alucard."
Ceres watched her Master's face as she sat on her bed with two of her new friends. He was emotionless as he listened to Walter on the phone after she had given it to him. Suddenly he handed her the phone and she hesitated, giving him a confused look.
"But you haven't even said anything yet."
"Exactly, so he won't know if it's me he's talking to or you."
She took the phone and he went to his bed.
"Alucard! Do you know how long it took to….!" Walter continued to speak loudly and his voice rung in Ceres' ear. Wincing, she held the phone away from herself with a miserable expression on her face. One of the girls heard the voice and she glared at Alucard who ignored her. She snatched the phone out of Ceres' hand and smiled at the growl she received from Alucard.
"Your daughter gave the phone to her roommate." She continued to give Alucard a smug look, waiting for him to show more annoyance. She flinched when he howled with laughter.
She heard the line go silent and then a stuttering voice resume. "W…well." Cough. "Alucard is not m..my daughter." The girl heard a voice and a short laugh in the background. "Do you know why h…she wanted to change her uniform?"
The girl smiled again, losing her lost look. "Probably because she ended up flashing the whole quad." Alucard's face deadened to indifference and then morphed into twisted humor. The girl heard a loud thump and then an alarmed voice.
"You might have just killed Walter." Alucard snickered from the bed and the girl paled.
"Hello? HELLO?" she gazed at Ceres with desperation. "Oh my God."
Somehow the voice must have heard her for it suddenly came through the speaker of the phone.
"He just fainted. What happened? What did you say?" The harsh voice intimidated the girl into repeating herself.
"Alucard ended up flashing the quad because her skirt got caught in the wind."
There was a pause.
"Oh." The voice was more like a groan of disgust and there was more silence.
"Oh no! Are you okay? You sound ill!" the girls confusion was making her panic and she glowered at Alucard as the silence persisted. "It's not my fault! How can you disgust even your mother this much?"
"I AM NOT HIS MOTHER!"
Alucard practically giggled with delight at the sound of his Master's voice. "I'm glad you feel so strongly on the matter."
He had taken the phone and now stood before the unnerved girls.
"Is Walter alright?" Alucard said with a smirk as he read the concerned look in Ceres' eyes.
"With some therapy." Integra muttered darkly.
"Oh, come now. Don't be so dramatic. I would make a cute daughter."
"Don't give me nightmares, Alucard. I need my sanity." Integra sighed on the phone.
"That's just rude."
"Give the phone to Ceres, Alucard. I'm done talking to you." Integra barked and Alucard continued to chuckle and he handed the phone to Ceres.
"Mommy wants to talk to you." Ceres grimaced at his corrupt smile and took the phone. Her face molded into an expression of pity when she heard Integra's response to the additional comment.
"I'm sorry Sir, just think happy thoughts."
Integra groaned again. "I keep picturing Alucard, the real Alucard, in a dress calling me that…or the wind…." The voice was cut off as Integra shuddered and Ceres' face paled.
"Ew."
"Hey. No inappropriate thoughts." Alucard cut in and Ceres glared at him.
"It's your fault."
"It always is, isn't it? I'm just a bad child." Alucard threw himself on his bed, fluffing up his pillow before tossing it on the floor with a sickened expression.
"The woman on the phone called you a guy."
Alucard glanced at the girl. "Hm."
"You don't care?"
"I prefer it."
The girls gasp, except for Ceres who was still on the phone, but she looked at them in confusion.
"You want a sex change or something?" the girls' eyes were wide.
"No." the vampire responded flatly. "Just forget it. You're annoying."
"Well, so are you." a voice returned sharply.
Alucard chuckled darkly making her recoil. "You sound like Walter."
"Was that the man on the phone?"
Alucard nodded with a flashing smile. "You sound like an old man, but then again, he said the same thing when he was younger."
"What?"
Alucard ignored their confusion and turned away from them and closed his eyes.
"No. Nothing yet." Ceres answered Integra's question on whether they had found the vampire or not. Integra sighed and then told her to watch Alucard before saying goodbye.
"Bye."
The phone clicked when she put it on its charging stand. She looked at her Master and paused. The girls watched her walk over to Alucard and they followed, hesitantly.
"Wow. She's really pretty when she's not being annoying."
Ceres didn't look at the girl as she watched Alucard sleep. "Maybe I should get some sleep to. I didn't sleep at all last night and I stayed up all day."
The girls gave her their sympathy and left the room. Ceres decided to leave Alucard alone and began to change into her pajamas though the sun was not supposed to set for another two or so hours. She jumped when Alucard spoke.
"We'll search the grounds around midnight."
Ceres scrambled to throw her clothes over herself and she whipped around with a trembling frown.
"Master!"
He gave her a bored expression. "What? All I saw were polka-dots, police girl. Nothing that interesting."
He smirked at her indignant expression and flushed face. Her teeth clenched in suppressed anger.
"That's mean."
"Get some sleep."
He fell back on the bed again and Ceres climbed into hers, taking the liberty of claiming her Master's discarded pillow. She smiled when she brought the covers over herself and nestled into the soft fabric, quickly willing away any possible nightmares.