I'm so sorry for making you guys wait this long! School's really hard for me but that shouldn't be an excuse! Um, for people who read this please read the A/N at the end because I want to say some important stuff. Plus, I'm going to mention this twice but I NEED HELP with something so there is a poll on my account so please go vote!

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I was packing away my heavy school books to study for tomorrow's test (not that I really needed them since I already knew everything about the Napoleon wars) when Hina approached me, her black eyes tearing up as she bowed in front of me.

"Ami, can you help me study for the History test tomorrow?" she gave me puppy eyes and jutted out her bottom lip while giving out a pathetic whimper. "I'll fail if you don't help me! Please!"

I wasn't feeling all that good since sleepless nights have been mounting up on me and I've been fighting off sleep through all my classes. Nighttime is usually spent just gazing at the shadows while they dance across the room as the night progresses and watching the sun burn the darkness away. I sighed tiredly and nodded (not able to tell her 'No'), but an exhausted smile formed on my face when I saw her jump up and down happily.

"Thank you, thank you so much!" she hugged me and bounced over to her desk to grab her books before coming back to my desk. "We can study in my dorm since it's closer."

"Okay," I agreed. But as I stood up to follow her out the class, since Hina had run ahead of me to open the door, a sudden dizzy spell hit me and I had to place an unsteady hand on my desk or else I would've fallen over. After I finally stopped seeing double I found that I couldn't remove my hand off the desk when I tried to leave. Staring at my hand I was horrified to find that it was covered in blood and seemed to have grown monstrous talons that hadn't been there a second ago. I took in a sharp breath as my eyes processed the image and I let out a startled yelp as I pulled my hand out of the pool of blood."Mon Dieu!"

"What?" Hina looked back to find me stumbling away from the blood soaked desk and whipping my hand desperately to rid it of the red liquid. Where did all that blood come from?

"Oh my goodness! Are you okay, Ami?" She ran and grabbed me by my shoulders to steady me since I had begun to fall in my panic.

"My hand Hina! Look at it!"

"What are you talking about? It looks fine to me." she lifted my trembling hand to my eyes so I could see it.

I inspected my hand, turning it this way and that numerous times, and found it to be perfectly normal...

Can't she see the blood?

"Where's the blood?" I looked back at the desk and found it blood free.

"Do you want to visit the nurse, Ami?" Hina put her had against my forehead. "You don't have a fever. Are you feeling okay?"

"I don't know," I took Hina's offered hand and stood up, dusting my skirt off and trying to keep whatever pride I had left intact. "I thought for a second that I saw blo-never mind." I stopped myself before she thought I was a complete nutcase and attempted to change the subject. "I'm fine, we should go study for History before it gets too late."

"Okay," she picked up my bag and gave me a smile. "Come on, I'll take this for you!"

I sighed and gave her a one-armed hug before following her out of class and to the dorms.

As we passed the usual mob of girls outside the night dorm gates Yuki happily waved and quickly ran over since there was still some time before the gates would open.

"Hey Ami!" she hugged me and patted Zero's shoulder as he joined us. "Guess what, Zero's going to make dinner tonight!"

"That's great Zero!" I smiled at him and tried to ignore the dark feeling creeping in my chest. Where did that come from? "I'm sorry but I have to help Hina study tonight so I won't be able to eat dinner with you guys. Maybe I can make dessert for tomorrow night to make it up?"

"That'll be awesome Ami!" Yuki jumped up and down excitedly and hugged me at the prospect of eating my food. She was always begging me to make her something and I couldn't deny her since she was practically the sister I never had. We had a movie night last Sunday, Yuki and I managed to get Zero to watch it with us, and we all feel asleep on the couch during the movie. Even if I did miss my old life, spending time with Yuki and Zero helped put my heart at ease. They really did become my siblings.

"I think you guys should head back. It looks like the girls are trying to build a pyramid." I chuckled pointing out the tower of girls already half way up the wall. They were a determined bunch.

"Hey, you guys are not allowed to do that!" Yuki blew her whistle and quickly ran over to stop them.

Zero was about to follow but I gave him a quick hug.

"Good luck tonight, Zero."

"Why are you saying that?" he sent a quizzical gaze at me. "I'll just shoot those leeches if they try anything weird."

"I just wanted to wish mon Frère luck!" I smiled and began to turn away since it looked like the Night class was going to come out soon. "See you later, Zero!"

He put a hand on my head and patted it."Bye, Ami."

xXx

"Are you all right, Ami?"

I gave Hina a grim attempt at a smile but it faltered as I was hit with another coughing spell. From the first moment that I stepped into Hina's dorm a certain smell was causing my throat to burn unbearably, strangely enough the aroma smelled delicious but was having the opposite effect on me. When my coughing ceased I turned a page of the History book since I was currently quizzing Hina on the chapter. "Yeah," I lied. "I feel like a million bucks!"

"You don't look like it…"

"Just drop it okay?" I rasped, my voice rough with all the coughing. "Tell me in what battle did Napoleon die in?"

"His last one?"

"Very good."

"Didn't you just hear my answer?"

"What?"

"That's it!" Hina stood up and took the book from me. "I don't care if I fail this test! Your health is way more important."

"It's nothing," I argued as she pulled me up and began pushing me to the door. "It's just the smell that's doing this."

"What smell are you talking about?"

"You don't smell it? It's really strong."

Giving me a worried look she opened the door and pushed my book bag into my arms. "Well, it's late anyway. I need to get sleep for tomorrow's test."

"If you say so…"

"Goodnight, Ami." Hina hugged me and closed the door.

xXx

Hot.

It was so hot, too hot in fact.

It's not supposed to be this hot in the winter.

Why is it sooo hot?

….

Chaud.

…..

I couldn't think of anything else as I lay on my dorm bed with the window thrown open to the winter chill. Normally I would have it closed but the cool breeze coming through the window, disturbing the curtains and running across my sweaty skin, was a small blessing in the hot hell I was trapped in. I had taken a cold shower in hopes to cool my over heated body and even walked to the Chairman's house (luckily he wasn't there to ask questions) and back in my pajamas, which consisted of dark blue shorts(that are incredibly soft!) and a black tank top with white stars, for some ice to eat.

ICE!

In the WINTER!

It's been hours since I've crawled into my bed with an unbearable pain in my throat and heat flashes plaguing me.

I can barely breathe right now from the severity of it.

I had been feeling a little under the weather since I got here, the Vampire Knight world to be exact, but I hadn't been immobilized by it until now. It had been like a tiger stalking me waiting for the right moment to strike its unsuspecting prey. The sandpaper quality of my mouth and throat refused to moisten no matter how much water I swallowed.

Something's wrong with me. I'd been avoiding the subject of my failing health the last two weeks but I know something is going on inside me that's starting to get out of control. My teeth would begin to throb with a dull ache whenever I was in class at random moments or I would lay awake in my bed for most of the night and fall asleep during class. But the clearest indicator that something was not normal was when I played the piano in Mrs. Suzuki's music class. If I was feeling worn out that day from not getting sleep the night before and I played the piano the students would automatically demand (in unison) that we take a break then run and offer water or anything to make me 'feel better' when I hadn't mentioned anything about being tired. They would have this weird glow to their eyes too…my guess was that it was from the lighting. It's like I would think something and they would respond as if they were being controlled.

I had even tested my theory earlier this evening by thinking a random thought like 'sing Mary Had a Little Lamb' and they had done it.

All in unison in fact…

I don't know what's going on with me but I was actually starting to get a little scared. I hadn't been given much time to ponder the sudden singing session that had taken place earlier because as soon as class had ended Hina had asked me to help her with studying. After that I had stumbled into my dorm just in time to pass out for about an hour only to be awoken hours later by my burning throat and raging fever.

Clutching the bed sheets tighter I rolled onto my stomach and allowed the breeze to wash over my sticky back.

Drink.

I want a drink.

No, I need a drink.

Getting out of bed on shaky legs I stumbled to the door and leaned on it for a second out of breathe. Staggering into the Sun Dorm's hall and using the wall for support I went in search for something to ease the burning in my throat and completely forgot that I had a glass cup in my bathroom for just the purpose of drinking.

My dorm was in the less occupied side of the building so when I fell into a closed door I didn't have to worry that I had woken anyone inside and continued on in my fevered daze.

"Water." I croaked when I finally made it outside through the dorms back entrance. I had made to take a step to the courtyard, since the cafeteria was on the other side of it, but something on the wind stopped me.

It smelled…like heaven.

Suddenly the burning flared and I choked, desperately clawing at my throat and falling to my knees on the cobble stones outside the dorms at the sheer pain of it. I realized that whatever was sending that scent through the air was the only thing that was going to help me. One word kept coming to my mind as I writhed in pained on the ground.

Blood.

I want blood.

No, I need blood.

With new found strength I jumped to my bare feet and ran in the direction of the scent. If I had been thinking clearly I would've realized that a normal human wouldn't have been able to even smell blood from such a far distance or even run at the speed I had been when I found Aido and Yuki.

They both stumbled back startled as I appeared from behind a tree. I vaguely noticed the two day class girls behind Yuki since all my attention focused on the perfect and the delicious smell coming from her.

"Ami?" Yuki took a step towards me but was stopped by Aido. "Wh-"

"What are you?" Aido growled out as his fingers twitched ready to attack. I saw his every movement as if my vision were amplified by a thousand times. If I focused I could even hear his heart beat and the wonderful blood flowing through his veins. "I knew something was off about you."

"Blood." I hissed shooting my gaze at Yuki. I heard the day glass girls scream and heard their bodies hit the ground as they fainted. "Donne-moi sang."

"A-Ami," Yuki pushed past Aido, since he was too caught up staring at me in shock, moving towards me. "Are you a vampire?"

I hissed when I saw Kain charging at me and almost as if I were on autopilot I threw my hand out and he flew into a tree splitting it in half as he crashed into it, his strawberry blond hair disappearing among green leaves. Somewhere in the back of my mind I somehow knew that I shouldn't be able to throw people around like a-

"Pureblood vampire." Someone growled from behind me and I turned to find Zero aiming his Bloody Rose at me but when he saw who he was aiming at, his gun nearly fell from his hand. "Ami, you're a Pureblood vampire?" he brought it back up but seemed more hesitant about firing it. "But how?"

"That's what I wanted to know." Aido growled out as he sent a wave of ice at me and before it could even come near me I flicked my wrist and it shattered into a million glittering shards. What I hadn't anticipated was Aido using his ice as a decoy to come up beside me and punch my face sending a coppery taste into my mouth.

"J'ai besoin de donner une leçon à vous." I licked my lips clean of blood and hummed as it covered my tongue in bliss. My hand blurred with speed as it slammed against Aido's shoulder and snapped it in a crushing grip. As he cried out in pain I pulled him towards me and sunk my teeth into his neck blood rushing into my mouth and ecstasy blinding my senses.

Okay, something is definitely wrong with me.

But for the first time in weeks I felt better. Actually, I felt as if I could finish Le Tour de France and be in first place! I hugged Aido's shaking body towards me and buried my teeth further into his neck growling as he tried to escape.

"Reste," I hissed and his body instantly stilled beneath my mouth. "Bon." I purred about to continue drinking when a force slammed me into a tree and kept me there.

"Laisser moi lâche!" I howled struggling against my invisible bonds and hissing at a tree where I sensed the person stopping me. "Maintenant!"

"Hanabusa!" Finally recovering, Kain ran to Aido's side just as he was about to collapse and steadied him. "Are you okay?"

"Y-yeah," he offered weakly placing a hand over his neck to stop the bleeding from my bite. "Just a little dizzy from blood loss." he winced as Kain touched his left shoulder that was obviously broken. "I'm having trouble healing without blo-"

Everyone's eyes moved to the tree I had been glaring daggers at as Kaname moved towards me.

My eyes tracked him and I hissed when he got closer to me. "Fils de salop!"

"Kain, take Aido to the infirmary."

Aido tried to pull away from his cousin to show that he was okay but nearly fell as a dizzy spell hit him. "But Kana-"

"Now."

"Yes, Kaname." Kain picked up Aido, who was complaining about being carried around like a princess, and hurried off with the blond vampire.

Once they were gone Kaname turned his attention back to me obviously wondering what to do.

"Kaname," Yuki ran up to him and clung desperately to the sleeve of his uniform begging. "You're not going to hurt Ami, right? She's my sister!"

"I'd never hurt her Yuki." he smiled and gently patted her head but when he looked back at me his eyes had taken on a steely aura. "I just need to find a way of calming her down."

A sudden pain flared in the back of my head as something cold and hard was slammed against it. Blackness stared to consume my vision as I saw a blurred outline of Zero's hair walking away from me and I could hear Yuki's shocked gasp.

"Zero! Why did you do that to Ami! She's your sister!"

"That's not my sister. She's just another blood thirsty leech."

I welcomed the darkness that numbed the pain of Zero's words.

"Mon Dieu!" – My God

"Mon Frère"- my brother

"Chaud"-hot

"Donne-moi sang."- Give me blood.

"J'ai besoin de donner une leçon à vous."- I need to teach you a lesson.

"Reste."- stay

"Bon."- good

"Laisser moi lâche."- Let me go

"Maintenant!"- Now

"Fils de salop!"- son of a b*tch

So for those of you that didn't read my note at the beginning of the fic I'm going to a con in my town in October and I don't know who to cosplay as. I can only cosplay girls because my hair is too long and my bust is *cough* very noticeable if I tried to cosplay a guy. I only have a couple of ideas as to who I could go as but I wanted your help. I made a poll on my profile to help sort things out. Right now mychoices are FemSpain, Hungary, or Vampire Yuki. I'll only be able to attend 2 days so those are my choices.

My school requires a lot of my time or else I'll fail so it's hard to find time to write.

Again, if anyone wants to make any fanart for this story you're welcomed to do so! RengokuAkashi on DA is a friend of mine and she drew some art of Ami!

Omg my cat is trying to get on the keyboard right now! She is so freaking adorable! She kind of reminds of Zero. She's anti-social sometimes and will hiss at me and at other times be all cuddly~

I wanted so say lot of other things but I can't remember them now. Lol

I'll try to get the next chapter out as soon as possible so until then~

Au revoir~ ;)