The Academy in Danger

After a long moment of awkward silence, I felt the need to break it.

"What?"

Yeah, that was all that really came to mind, but I was in shock.

"I mean exactly what I said, Anna. The World War III has started."

"How? It hasn't even been more than a month!"

"We expect pureblood involvement. The world is in absolute chaos. There are sides, no rules, just fighting and death. Only a bored or an insane vampire would have any reason to start such a war."

"Let me guess? Kaname Kuran," Zero said.

"Exactly," said my Uncle.

I, however, was stuck on the 'world in absolute chaos' part. It never occurred to me to ask who the heck Kaname Kuran was and try to make sense out of all this.

"We think his ultimate goal is world domination," said the Headmaster.

At this I was jarred back to reality.

"Whoa, world domination? Does not compute, does not compute!" I said.

The headmaster sighed and stood up, "the academy is in danger, I think it's best to evacuate everyone."

"Where are we going to go?" I had to ask, I needed to know.

"We will be flying to Dartmouth High School, in Southern Arizona. It's a kind of a neutral zone at the moment. No fighting, no war, and it's by a military town. We'll be perfectly safe there."

It took me about a good thirty seconds to process that we were going to my old high-school.

"What! I used to live there, and now you're telling me you're dragging me back?" I shouted.

"There's no need to shout, but yes," said the headmaster.

"I don't want to go back! Everyone's going to hate me!"

"I wouldn't be so sure about that, Anna. And besides, you really don't have a choice. You're going even if I have to drag you on the plane. You have twenty minutes to pack then we're leaving for the airport. I suggest you both hurry."

I saw that as a dismissal and ran out the door, various curse words being suppressed. Zero followed me, at a more leisurely pace, but right now he was the last thing on my mind. I was being dragged back home, which meant I would have to face everyone. All of the questions I had been avoiding, all of the hurt and anger. It meant I would have to face HER. I was not looking forward to it.