Vampire Knight Fan Fiction ❯ Before I Wake ❯ Prelude ( Chapter 1 )

~Before I Wake~

Author:
Danaeyl Panthernopaeus.

Theme:
Alternate Universe.

Storyline:
If I die…

Warnings:
Horror themes, violence, slight language and out of character-ness.

Disclaimer:
Vampire Knight and its characters do not belong to me. This is a fan-based, non-profit story.

Author's Note:

This is my first time in the Vampire Knight fandom. I have read the manga but am most likely to still get things wrong. I ask that you overlook this and try to enjoy the story. Also, there are no original characters in this story, aside from Koori, who will only ever be mentioned after the prologue. One last note, if you are looking for a Kaname/Zero story, I'm sorry to say, this is not the story for you. This is a story that involves those two characters, mainly.

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Prologue:

The cracking was getting louder. It was almost at the point of deafening. She couldn't stand it anymore. It had been going on for too long. Day after day, the cracking and screeching of glass. Night after night, the dreams. Week after week, her friends and family going to hospital. She was alone. She had nothing left. Nothing except that.

Tears fell from her eyes as she sat in a corner. She pulled at her hair until clumps of it were tangled around her fingers. She screamed, as loud and as long as she could. Nothing was working. The noise was continuing and she knew it didn't matter what she did. The voices joined in on the straining of the glass. She had never been able to understand what they were saying. She didn't want to know what they were saying. It didn't sound promising.

“Now I lay me down to sleep…”

“No!” she screamed, getting to her feet. She took hold of that and shook it roughly. “No! No! No! Stop it! Just shut up! You're not getting me! Leave me alone!” She threw it to the floor and walked away, leaving the bedroom.

She knew that wherever she went it would follow her, like a lost puppy. There was no escaping it and death had been a frequent thought in her mind. She wasn't going to allow it to win, though. She would find a way of stopping it. There had to be a way of stopping the torment she was going through. She had to find who had sent it to her. Unless she was a random pick.

“Koori…Where have you gone, Koori? Are you leaving me?”

“Shut up!”

She ran to the kitchen and tripped over something. Looking over her shoulder, a cry left her mouth. The dead body of her cat. The white fur of the animal was matted with blood. She turned around and crawled over to her beloved pet, picking it up and cradling it in her arms. She looked up and saw it standing there, smiling at her with lifeless eyes. Getting to her feet, she kicked it away and ran back to her room, the cat still in her arms.

She backed herself into a corner, her eyes darting back and forth frantically. There had to be an escape. The window beside her head shattered and she screamed, turning away from it, trying to shield her cat. She was already responsible for his death. She didn't want to be the one to be responsible for it being hurt. She muttered an apology as she went over to her bed, the shards of glass cutting her bare feet. She placed her cat on top of the white covers and stroked his fur.

“Wait here,” she whispered to the deceased animal. “Wait right here, Shiro. I'll come back for you, I promise!” She wiped the drying blood off her hands on her skirt and got to her feet.

It had gone too far. She could handle losing her friends. She could handle losing her family. But taking her cat away from her was going too far. She stood at the foot of her bed and looked at Shiro, a smile on her face. She would come back for him. He was the only reason she was determine to find an escape and she was certain she had found one now.

“Koori…”

She looked at her bed and saw it beside her cat. It stood there, motionless and she knew that it would never move while someone was watching. With a growl, she picked it up and shoved it back into the glass coffin, closing the lid. With a sardonic smile, she went to her desk and picked up a small black envelope and a small piece of black paper and a pen with silver ink. In her neatest calligraphy, she began writing. “Dearest receiver…”

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End Prologue.