• Nakasaki Minako, stood outside the in the snow, shivering. She was wet, cold, and hungry and had come a long way, she had no where else to go, all the other places she stopped by seemed to be to dangerous to stay more than afew hours. She had walked for weeks, though it seemed forever to the young girl, who was only but eight years old. Her bright green eyes carefully watched the surroundings around her, wearily. Her wet clothing clung to her thin, fragile body, causing her to be more cold than she already was. Minako rubbed her arms while walking through the town streets, looking for a place that she could stay alittle while before she moved again. Spotting an abandon church, she walked towards it, peeking in through the whole in the wall, she saw nothing. "I guess it would be ok for me to stay here", she thought to herself while walking into the church, she laid in a corner on the floor and curled, thinking about the past events.

    Flashback Two Weeks ago

    "Minako! Come down for breakfast!", yelled Minako's mother, while watching her play outside in the snow. The eight year old made a pout while looking at her unfinished snow man. Minako made a fuss as she dropped the snow ball in her hand. "Aw, but mom, I want to finish making the snow man, please?! Just a few more minutes", she cried while looking at it. Minako's mother went back into the house, the girl guessed that meant a yes, sighing happily she started to work on her snow man again. After ten minutes her mother came out, in snow boots, and a nice warm winter coat. "Maybe I can help you there", her mother said with a smile, Minako jumped for joy as her and her mother began finishing the snow man.

    Minako smiled as her mother picked her up and walked her back in the house, locking the door. She pulled the small girl's boots and coat off before doing the same. The house was very small, much like an apartment. Sitting at the table, Minako looked into the steaming hot food recalling the time when her mother and father were together. Father wasn't very nice, he always beat up on mother, sometimes Minako would find her mom outside her door, crying, face bruised. Minako would gladly let her mother in, so she could sleep in her room for the night.

    "Minako..are you alright", Minako blinked, she had been so caught up in the past she didn't even hear her mother calling her for the past two minutes. The girl smiled and ate her breakfast still thinking about the past. Though out the day she played games with her mother and listened to the stories that were told to her. By then it was night time, and the temperature had dropped yet again. Minako huddled into her bed smiling softly while cuddling a teddy bear.

    End Flashback

    "What did I do...to deserve this", she thought while curling up some more, remembering what happened that seemingly quiet night.

    Flashback...later that night...

    "Minako...wake up...please wake up", her mother shook her, whispering for her to wake. The girl opened her eyes and stared at her mother gasping softly, her mothers forehead was bruised, blood poured down it heavily. Minako was about to ask her a question when her mother covered her mouth. "Minako..hurry and get dressed, put on anything you can find that will keep you warm, ok? Do it quickly, then open up your window, get out and run", she hissed while going back out of her room, closing her door, and locking it from the outside. Minako rushed to do as she was told, putting on snow pants, and boots. She snatched her coat off of a chair and zipped it up, putting her hood on.

    Meanwhile

    "What do you want from me? I was happy without you here and now you come back, to terrorize us some more? What do you want", Minako's mother questioned while staring at her ex husband. He was tall and handsome, medium hair that curled at the ends, his bright red eyes glared at her, not liking the tone she gave. He was a vampire, and he had a young child with this human woman, making Minako a halfling, something that was rare. "Where is she, Akemi", he asked while moving towards her, boots thudding loudly on the wooden floor.

    Akemi silently hoped that that her daughter did as she was told. The vampire looked to Minako's room and kicked the door open and narrowed his eyes at the open window. "So...you've taught my own child to flee from her father", he growled while turning to her and picking her up by the neck. Opening his mouth, Akemi could see his fangs, that was the last thing she saw before closing her eyes and screaming. Minako had gotten several yards from the house, but she still heard her mother's chilling scream. She closed her eyes tightly and kept running, never looking back.

    End Flashback...Minako's P.O.V

    "...Father...your still alive...why did you hurt mom..". Sighing heavily, I got up and walked out of this abandon church. I'd been on the run for two weeks and had to steal just to get alittle to eat. This world was a scary place and what I've seen so far is nothing that a young girl of eight should be seeing at all. This was a nightmare to me, people with red eyes and long teeth, what were they? Beasts, monsters out of scary stories or nightmares, but they never came after me. They would only look at me and then go before I could think of running...what made me so different that these vampires wanted nothing to do with me?

    Maybe I would find out one day, but now all that matters is my safety. I nod to myself trying to keep some remains of hope alive, but after running for two weeks in the snow with below freezing temperatures, how could I keep hope alive? I look now at the homes that are lined up on each side of the rode, people stare at me frowning, causing me to walk alittle faster and soon into a run, when someone comes towards me. "No!", I scream when I see the bright red eyes and the fangs, I run as fast as I can, I have to get away at all costs! I must stay alive, I have to be safe, maybe I should have stayed in the church, it seemed safe for that small amount of time I was there.

    "Who am I kidding...no place is safe for me now", I think to myself sadly as I run into a forest. Looking around I see high walls and rushing water. I just had to get over these walls somehow.

    Normal P.O.V

    Minako looked around, there had to be some way she could get across the walls. The trees were a option, and she was a good climber, juping on one of the trees she started climbing, and got near the top of the wall, and climbed on it. She then jumped on the tree next to it and climbed down, wincing alittle when one of her gloves turned red. She went over to the water, pulling off her gloves and washed her hands. Minako frowned, it still bled alittle bit, though she thought nothing about it. Unaware that her injury would cause her more trouble than she was hoping for.

    "Hey Kain..you smell that...it smells...delicious", Aidou exclaimed while getting up from his seat looking outside the window, determined to figure out what the heavenly smell was. Kain looked at his friend silently and grumbled before speaking. "Hanabusa...settle down..don't you think", he said while looking at him. He had been in trouble with Kaname all day, speaking of their leader, he watched Aidou and narrowed his eyes. Aidou sweat dripped and moved back to his seat by Kain. Kaname then looked back at his book, he could smell the scent of blood in the air. Though it wasn't Yuuki's, this scent was different, sweeter, more innocent. Who could be out there in this weather and hurt? Getting up he ordered the rest of the night class to remain where they were as he walked out of the classroom.

    Minako had wondered through the Cross Academy, marvelling at how beautiful everything here was. She has never seen such a place in all her life, that she had momentarily forgotten about her wounded hand. She continued to walk and noticed that there were three different buildings, she unknowingly wondered near the night class dorms. "This place is nice...wonder if I can get in", she thought as she pulled on the door, it surprisingly opened. Walking in, she closed the door behind her and looked for a place to hide. She ran to a closet, that held coats in it, and closed the door behind her yanking the coats down so they could keep her warm.