• Chapter 4


    Him. Who was he?



    Cascadia's View




    I stared at the guy who was talking to Kenan. He was weird. Who was he? Why is Kenan talking to him? It's probably not my business. But I'm so curious for some reason. I probably shouldn't bother. But.....-well I have no reason. I have a big flame of curiousity and I need a lot of things to quench that flame. This will be able to put out that flame for a little while, but I'll be building up that flame again.....

    The image of that dream with Kenan flashed onto my mind. While I thought dreamily about that moment, where I touched a real vampire's fangs, that guy was shouting some nonsense about humans and vampires coexisting. I snapped out of my dreamy phase and focused on Kenan and that guy again. Kenan whispered something inaudible and he look stiffly mad..... The guy shook Kenan's hand like he did a great favor. Kenan still looked mad.

    Why? Didn't Kenan just meet this dude? And why was he mad? He just met him and did him a great favor on the spot. He should be proud. Because it could help Kenan lower his scary record. Kenan is the most feared person in this whole area. He doesn't have a family.....but I don't know a lot about him. Why he's scared in the whole school is because his cold, but cool attitude and his dark atmostsphere.

    I ran away from someone like that before... In result my family died trying to protect me. And my sister cost half her face burnt to save my life too. I never thought of vampires real.... I still think of this as a dream but..... My family was killed by a vampire. That vampire's special power was fire. My whole family burned to death. My sister threw me out of the way when he tried to grab me. My sister got slapped and now half her face is burnt. A scar that will last forever... That nightmare haunted my mind. My beloved twin brother, died when he tried to tackle that man from behind. Same with my sister who I mentioned a little earlier. I was the main person in that family. I used to be cold, and cruel. But now I see that my family loved me enough to die for me. I have done so much wrong. If only. I could fix that mistake I did long ago.


    ~Next week~


    It's the second week of the 1st semester in Ouran High School now. I haven't made much contact with Kenan or the new guy yet. Though I try to push myself to say 'Hi' or something to Kenan, one of his friends, or that guy. I'm too late. I want to be Kenan's friend and everything but I guess im too shy. Maybe when I was cold, and cruel....I never knew how to make friends.

    I can't remember anything before I was 5 except that horrifying moment where that cruel vampire killed my family. I remember it visually....and he was after me. I don't know why... But that memory will trigger a very, very bad thing... I don't know what it is.... But it'll be very bad. I think it'll come back and steal more than just my life. It may steal my crush's life... or my boyfriend's. I don't know.

    I have a breakdown or something....like a nightmare that keeps coming back. All I hear is, "I'm scared. That bad vampire will eat me. That scary vampire....". In my child voice from when I was little. I can hear my heart beat and a scene keeps coming back to me. That scene where my family was killed...

    I come back to real life and go to get lunch. I don't have any friends, so I sit alone at this empty table. Scarlette and Charlette, the twins who LOVE to prank people and are also born on the #1 prank day, April Fools, came over and sat with me. "Hey, Cascadia!", they said in unison and in a singsong voice. I blush a little, kind of embarrassed and quietly said, "Hey.", back. I am a little excited about talking to people besides my sister for the 1st time. I want to make friends. =)

    They wanted to play a game with me... And of course... I accepted. Since they were identical in almost everyway.... They played the twin game thats actually very famous for them around the school. Its called, 'Which is Char and which is Scar?'. Scar and Char tell me, "This is Scar.", pointing to the other twin. "And this is Char.", Scar pointing to Char. And now the twins dance around, often switching places while I laugh at their funny song and dance. But I also pay attention to which one was Char and which was Scar.

    They were done with their dance, which had a funny ending. The twins were back to back with eachother, right twin had right hand on hip and the left twin had her left hand on her hip, and they both bended down and used their free hand to pull down their cheek to show their eye and sticked their toungue and made a funny 'Nyaa' noise. It was very entertaining. But now I have to pick which one was Scar and which one was Char. I weighed my options and since they loved to prank...I switched Char and Scar. So what I thought Scar was... I said Char. And vice versa.

    The girls stood up again and then looked up at eachother. They huddled up together and whispered something I couldn't hear. I spoke up and said, "Hello? Umm... Did I get the game right?". They stared at me for a little, then smiled widely. They both ran up to me and hugged me.

    I was sort of freaked out on why they suddenly hugged me... But I was glad that I had the high chance of making friends. I reminded, "Umm... Char, Scar, you still didn't answer my question...", in a joking kind of way.

    "Oh. Hehe. We forgot. Your the 1st one to ever win that game Cascadia. Your the 1st one to tell us apart. And we're happy. No one could tell us apart. Not even our parents. So they dressed us up in different colors.", the twins happily said. I cheerily, " Oh. You guys must be really happy that someone finally figured you two apart!" The twins shouted in unison, " YUP! WE ARE!!". They then pulled me up and danced around. I laughed and had the best time ever.

    Then I felt a stare. It was cold, yet not mean. Very strange. But it had so much force. The twins felt it too. They stopped and stared where I was trying to stare. Then I saw him. The guy that Kenan was talking to. He came up to us, and said, "Hi ladies. What is so happy this morning?". I joked and corrected him, "Actually it's the afternoon right now." The twins giggled a little bit and I smiled. Then I felt his atmostsphere. It was dark, like a vampire, yet also normal, like a normal human one. It was very, very weird. He smiled a little at me, he had fangs. But they were half in size compared to Kenan's. He introduced himself, "Hey. My name is Kaoru. Nice to meet ya!". He was actually pretty nice. I'll try and be friends with him AND Kenan. He's like half human, half vampire. The thing was, what WAS he?? I need to find out. What if he's out to get me? I had a breakdown again... "I'm scared. That bad vampire will eat me. That scary vampire...." The last word faded out as I felt a breeze and started to pass out. All I heard was 2 voices and the twins' scared voices calling my name.......