The Rosen Vampire Knight Series

Thread of Thorns: Chapter 1

Emma

My senior year of Cross Academy. I relaxed on my bed in Moon dorm on the third floor. After Zero's trial, my junior year had been a breeze. The small vacationing time between school years I had spent with Kaito. He had pampered me with gifts of all sorts. A red rose dress from the victorian age, a custom made leather diary, several different types of hair pieces to style my hair with, a beautiful diamond necklace, some new shoes....so many things! Don't get me wrong, I loved the gifts, but I could get along without them. I only needed him by my side to feel loved, not tokens of his affection.

Speaking of Kaito, the double doors opened up to reveal my boyfriend. He was dressed in his newly outfitted Night Class uniform. The school year had technically started two weeks ago, but to my standards, the outfit was still brand new. I swung my legs off my bed and stood up.

We met halfway and I gave him a peck on the lips before pulling back to see what he wanted.

"Emma I.." he began, the checked his neck tie and loosened it. I must have made him twitterpated. "Emma, I'd like to ask you something." Kaito spoke clearly this time, looking me in my eyes.

"Yes? What is it?" I replied when he didn't go on. He was acting very strange, at least for him, but I couldn't put my finger on it. 

Kaito stared at me a moment more, then looked down towards the ground. His hand was fumbling with something in his coat pocket, but I didn't have a clue to what it could be. He took in a breath before gluing his eyes back to mine once more. "Will...." He started, but never got to finish.

The double doors opened up a second time this night and a girl came rushing into my room. I had no idea who she was, but apparently she knew me.

"EMMA!" She cried, arms wide open towards me.

She ran straight across the room and tackled me, knocking me down to the ground. Whatever Kaito had been about to say was lost upon his lips as he stared as the other girl hugged me to death on the floor. She kept repeating my name over and over again and telling me how wonderful it was to finally see me in person. A few seconds later, Toran came rushing through the double doors followed by another stranger in a black tux.

"Sorry, we tried to stop her...." Toran shrugged to Kaito, offering his best apology.

"Mistress, I believe it would be in your best interest to get off of your cousin." The man in the black tux spoke to the girl gentlemen-like. "She looks as if she's in pain."

"Oh!" The girl chirped in surprise, quickly releasing me from her death grip. 

I finally was able to take in a breath, but I didn't get to relax for long. She took me by my arm and dragged me to my feet with her. Her arm remained hooked around my right. I couldn't pull away. On my feet and clear headed though, I could deal with. Plus, I was able to get a good look at her.

My so called 'cousin' as the bulter had put it was dressed in a Night Class uniform. We had the same pale peachy skin, but most vampires shared this trait. What got me was that she had cut her hair so that it was in the same style as mine. The only thing keeping her from looking like a copy of me was that her hair was naturally black. Her icy blue eyes told me she was a member of the Nakamura clan, or in other words, my father's side of the family.