The Lost Princess

When Sara woke up again, she was in a limousine. She sat up and squinted, the light hurting her eyes hurting her. Her head had been resting on someone's lap and she turned her head to him. It was a dark young man and he was another pureblood
"Who are you? Where am I?" the small girl panicked. She saw another young man sitting there.

"Calm yourself, Princess, you're safe. You're fiancé won't hurt you now." the young man said. Sara was still weary of the two young men and she scooted away from them. "I'm Kaname Kuran and this my friend, Takuma Ichijo. Please don't look so worried." Sara's tense body was beginning to relax. "We're curious as to why you did not defend yourself. You are a pureblood too after all."

Sara frowned. "I don't know...Might it ever have occurred to you that...I might have been scared? He had me by the throat..." Sara said quietly. "Er...may I ask where we're going?"

"We're going to Cross Academy, a school for both vampires and humans. There is nothing to fear." Kaname said. But, Sara suddenly passed out as Kaname was about to tell her something.

"She must have been through a lot." Takuma said. Kaname nodded.

"I wonder how she'll react when we tell her the gravest news of all." Kaname said gravely while stroking her pale cheek lightly. Takuma gazed at Sara for a while, feeling sorry for her. She looked so innocent and peaceful when she had her head on Kaname's knee.

When they arrived at Cross Academy, they took Sara to the headmaster's office. It was a full two hours before she woke up. When she did, she turned her head to see a girl about her age kneeling beside her. Sara sat up.

"She's awake!" The girl said. Sara gave her a cold look but turn her head to see a man who looked like a badly dressed transvestite in a shawl and a ponytail. "Hello, I'm Yuuki Cross and the headmaster, Kaien Cross. I hear that you are a pureblood vampire. You're so pretty!" Yuuki smiled. Sara nodded and swung her legs down so that she could sit up.

Sara looked around at her surroundings. She saw books on a bookshelf, wanting to be read...mostly by her. She loved to read. She stood up slowly, recieving questioning looks from father and daughter. Sara put a finger to a book and ran it along the rest of them across the shelf. "Have you read any of these?" Sara asked. Cross cleared his throat and shook his head. "May I read some?" Sara asked.

"Yes, please do." Cross said. Sara smiled slightly in gratitude and turned back to the bookshelf. Yuuki looked surprised that Sara went from being unconscious to looking at books on a bookshelf. When Sara finally chose her books, she was about to turn around when she felt something cold against her temple. She almost dropped her books in fright. She make it out to be a gun and she could feel a strong grip on her arm, holding her in place.

"Eh...?" Sara managed to look at the person holding the gun to her head. He had silvery tresses, a little like her but her's was like pure snow. He had angry lavender eyes, which were staring her down and intimidating her. "Please let me go...I mean you no harm...please put it down." Sara begged. She tried to tug her arm free of his iron grip.

"Kiryuu-kun, please...she's just been through an ordeal. This isn't helping and she's just choosing books."

Yuuki kicked him in the shin and punched him in the arm. "Zero, let go of her!" she shouted. Zero let go of Sara roughly. Sara hugged herself and tried to make herself small. Cross got up, removed the books from her grip and put them on the table. He sat her down on the couch.

"Please don't mind him. He's been through some ordeals himself."

"That's not a reason to put a gun to my head." Sara muttered.

"Zero, you big jerk!" Yuuki shouted.

"You should calm down, Zero. She means you no harm." Cross said. He turned back to the frightened pureblood girl, "Kaname Kuran, the young man you were riding with in the car, has requested that you become a student of this academy."

"But I have to go home! If my parents return and I'm not there, they'll be worryed!" Sara protested. Cross shook his head.

"We cannot let you go back there. I would be failing in my duty to protect you, so no, you cannot go back."

Sara sighed in defeat. But quite suddenly, bloodlust took hold of her body. Her eyes were glowing and her breathing was ragged. Sara, rather unexpectedly, reached for Zero. Being a pureblood, she was actually stronger than him. She threw him to the ground and straddled his waist. She pinned his arms down and the two vampires stared at each other. Zero glared at her hard. He tried to struggle, but she was stronger than she looked. Sara leaned down and licked his neck before he could do anything and sank her fangs into his neck.

Zero struggled to get the girl off him. He notice that she must have lost blood because there were patches off blood all over her delicate silk dress.

However, Sara regained her senses. She pulled back and gave him a panicked look. "I'm so sorry!" she jumped off him and ran towards the door, blood still dripping from her mouth. Yuuki made a dash for her, hoping to catch a girl who was running at vampire speed.

"Tsukina-san! Please come back!" Yuuki shouted. However, Sara was out earshot and was running blindly. She ran into the school stable and hid in the corner, causing somewhat of a disturbance. The fiercest of the horses, Lilly, was the horse whose compartment Sara was in. The horse turned it's head and gave her a glare as only a horse could. Sara, realizing that this wasn't a safe place to hide, stood up, keeping her back to the wall.

"Oi. You shouldn't be in there. It's not safe." Sara's head snapped up to see Zero glaring at her. Sara was beginning to wonder which was the better option: an angry young man with his shiney gun or an horse with a killer glare. She edged towards Zero, not keeping her eyes off the horse and Zero pulled her out once she was close enough.

"For someone who wanted to kill me, that was...heroic." Sara commented. Zero just glared at her. "Are you a vampire, Kiryuu-kun? I know my bite would have made you vampire, but, you already are..." before she could say anything else, Yuuki appeared.

"Tsukina-san...are you all right?" Yuuki took out a hankichief and gave it to her. "It's to wipe your mouth. You've got dried blood all around your mouth." to clarify, she made a circular motion around her own mouth. Sara nodded silently and wipped the blood away. "Let's get you back to school and get you into a uniform." Yuuki gently guided and coaxed the frightened young vampire back to the school building.

Once Sara was given her uniform and then she was taken to the Moon Dorm: the home of the Night Class. Sara felt apprehensive about going in. Yuuki guided her in, telling her not to worry. Zero walked in behind them, making sure Sara didn't run away. Sara had remained silent for most of the time, only saying please and thank you when necessary. Kaname sensed her presence and walked out to meet them.

"Ah, I was wondering about you." Kaname said. Sara felt intimidated by his presence. She was taken into his room. Sara stood before his desk. "Sara-hime, you are now a student of the Cross Academy Night Class. I want you to know that you are welcome here and that you will be protected at all times." He gestured to door and two young men walked through the door. "This is Takuma Ichijo, whom you met in the car, and that is Hanabusa Aidou. They will be your body guards for the rest of your time here. I'm sure they will pander to your every need." Kaname said. Sara turned her head to see them and then turned back to Kaname.

"I'm sure they will." Sara whispered.

"Now, there is a of rule that you must adhere to: you cannot drink humans and you must stay away from them at all times. Is that clear?"

She looked him straight in the eye. "Crystal."

"I also have news on a delicate matter."

"Just spit it out, Kuran-dojo; I am in no mood to stand about." Sara said coldly. Kaname appeared to be unaffected an carried on.

"I will ask that Yuuki and Kiryuu-kun to leave the room and stand guard. Ichijo, stay and Aidou, you stand guard with Yuuki."

Every one who was told to leave, went and Kaname turned back to Sara, who was patiently waiting for Kaname to continue. "Now, when you were attacked, you're parents, Lord and Lady Tsukina, were traveling out of your estate, am I correct?"

Sara nodded and looked up to meet his gaze. "Yes, but i don't see what this has that got to do with anything?" she asked, with only a hint of exasperation. Kaname sighed.

"Your parents...while in their carriage...were ambushed...by the people who tried to kill you. Unfortunately, they didn't survive." Kaname said gravely. Sara looked up at him, her eyes wide. She looked down at her feet.

"Oh..." she said with little emotion in her voice. "It will have been...my...ex-fiancé. Hours before the attack...my engagement was broken off. Let's just say...it was broken off for details I would rather not discuss." Sara said again, with hardly any emotion.

"Forgive me, Sara, but it would be better if you did." Kaname said. Sara looked back up at him. She nodded gravely.

"My fiancé is a murderer. He has murdered a human family and lots of other lesser vampires."

"Can you specify?" Kaname asked.

"A couple of Level Bs, a few Level Cs, lots of Level Ds and now, two purebloods: my parents." Sara suddenly went a deathly pale and she went down like a ton of bricks. Takuma caught her limp body before she touched the ground.

"Take her to her room, Ichijo. Guard her with your life and see to her every need." Kaname said with an emotion that Takuma couldn't read. Takuma nodded and lifted Sara's limp body up into the bridal position and took her from the room. Yuuki, Zero and Aidou looked up and their eyes widened.

"What happened?" Yuuki asked. Takuma sighed.

"She fainted."

"Yes, we can see that, but why?" Aidou asked. Takuma didn't answer for a moment.

"Stress...it must be the stress of everything that has gone on." Takuma clarified.

Yuuki gave her a sympathetic look but Zero just continued to glare.

"Come on, Aidou, let's go. Yuuki-chan, Kiryuu-kun, you should both leave. It's not safe. We'll see you soon." Takuma smiled and he turned around with Aidou in tow. Yuuki and Zero made their way out, eager to leave.

Once Takuma and Aidou had made it to Sara's suite, they went to the bedroom part and lay her on the bed.

"She looks so innocent, doesn't she?" Takuma said, clearing a pure white strand from her face.

Aidou nodded. "Yes, she's been through so much. We can only hope everything calms down."

"Come on," Takuma said, "Let's go."

Aidou looked affronted. "No, we've got to guard her! One of us stays here and one of us at her door. Is that okay?" he whispered.

Takuma nodded. "Fine, I'll stay in her living room and you can stand outside. Go on." Takuma gave him a nudge and Aidou gave him a glare, before walking out to his post. Takuma smiled and walked to his post, knowing that Sara would be safe.