Alright guys, sorry it took me so long to get this up but this is the final finish of chapter 1! My laptop went haywire on me so it jogged my memory that I still nedded to do this. I'm hopin you all like the end to this chapter. As the story goes on it starts getting intense; i'm curentlyworking on chapter 4 actually.So, I'll do my best to get the next part up for you :D
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“Oh my god, look it’s Idol!!” I heard one girl distinctly squeal with pleasure as another screamed, “I love you Aido! Oh my god, Tori, he just looked at me!”
I had to roll my eyes. What’s the big deal about one guy, even if he was really, really good looking? A few moments later the rest of the night class began emerge from their dorm entrance. The crowd of raving fan girls roared with excitement! A few at a time the students made their way to the gate that enclosed their dorm. All of them were amazingly beautiful! Though some had amused expressions while others were drowsy or annoyed with all of the noise. Yuki wasn’t stunned in the least bit and immediately began yelling at everyone to get back with little success, where as Zero made his point clear to a group of girls with nothing more than an icy glare at them.
The girls continued to scream wildly and crowding the gate in hopes that they might get a chance to talk to one of these beautiful and elite people; or at the very least touch one. I’d never gone crazy and been a fan girl for anything in my life and I had no intention to start now, even with these people right in front of me. Despite my resolves, I was still able to do little more than just stand there and watch as they began to pass by me.
When about half of the class had passed me, I was finally able to regain my composure enough to try and find Yuki or Zero. I assumed one would at least be at the front of the night class and the other would be to the rear. After thinking for a moment, I made my way to the back of the class. That was sure to be the quickest way to find one of them, and right at this moment I didn’t really care which one I did manage to find.
It didn’t take me long before I reached the end of the stream of students, not counting the fan girls that is. I could barely hear myself think over all their screaming, let alone pay attention to where exactly I was going and who was in front of me as I made my way through the crowd. A girl ran into me nearly knocking me over in the process, and as I scowled at her ready to tell her what was exactly on my mind I managed to run into another person. The only thing was that this one was a little more solid than the last and I was on the ground beginning to swear.
“Watch where you’re going next time Miss Ricci,” A faintly familiar voice spoke over me.
I glanced up by instinct only to find Zero standing over me, “Call me Claire, and it’s not my fault that stupid fan girl ran into me and distracted me.”
Zero smiled faintly. It melted my heart instantly, and I had to wait a moment before I could stand up. At the time, I didn’t have a clue that it was a rare sight to see Zero Kiryu smile; that is until one of the girls going wild over the night class stopped and gawked.
“Is Zero smiling? And at a new girl too?!”
I couldn’t help but blush. Was it that apparent that I was the new girl? Of course I suppose it didn’t help that I was still wearing my casual clothes and not the school uniform. But then again it was possible that there were kids who didn’t wear the uniform on occasion, right? Well either way, I wasn’t now and I was probably going to regret it later.
The smile that was once there on Zero’s face disappeared without a trace as he now glared at the girl who had noticed, “Get to your dorm at once. It is past curfew for the day class.”
She ducked her head at the powerful glare he was throwing directly at her and ran off without a word. Heck even I had to back up a little from the power of that look, and it wasn’t even directed at me!
I glanced around a little bit and stood up; no one was any longer around. We were alone already? Man, note to self, don’t incur the wrath of the glare; got it.
“Come on. We need to go find Yuki and see if she was able to handle the front of the class,” he said taking a few steps in the direction the Night Class had gone and waited for me to get up.
“What’s the big deal about those guys anyway? Yeah, they look amazing, but I’ll bet that’s all there is to them,” I stood up and dusted myself off lightly; then, placing my thumbs in the pockets of my jeans, followed after him.
Zero spoke quietly, “There’s more to them that meets the eye. Not only are they beautiful, but they are an elite group of students. I wouldn’t underestimate them if I were you… and stay away from them while you’re at it. We wouldn’t want them to turn you into their little fan girl as well…”
Glancing down I spoke to myself being fairly sure that he wouldn’t be able to hear me, “I’d rather be your fan girl…”
“What was that?” he asked glancing back with a look that I couldn’t quite place; it wasn’t there for long though.
“Huh?” I played dumb, “Oh nothing. I didn’t say anything.”
He easily shrugged it off and continued on his way paying close to no attention to me. He was always so quiet when it came to everyone but Yuki. Was she really that close to him? I couldn’t help but be envious of her relationship with him. I’d liked him since I first saw him in my dorm room before him and Yuki had run off to class; if that wasn’t blatantly obvious by this point.
This guy was gorgeous, seemed intelligent enough, and there was a mystery about him that drew me to him more and more. More than likely I was drawn to him by my overwhelming curiosity, but hey what could it hurt to get close to him and Yuki? At least I’ll have made some friends my first day at this strange new school. Maybe I’d even be able to become one of the disciplinary committee! That way I’d always be with them, and no one would have the guts to mess with me.
In fact now that I thought about it, Zero seemed like he could be a part of the night class. He definitely looked the part. Of course his comment about them earlier, “filthy blood suckers”, wasn’t exactly the friendliest in the world. The name hardly seemed appropriate.
“You should go back to your dorm. You’re pasted curfew,” Zero said just loud enough to hear him.
I cut my train of thought there and smiled slightly at him, “what, you don’t like my company?”
“Think what you want, you’re still out past curfew and it isn’t safe out here,” he didn’t look at me as he spoke.
“If it’s so dangerous then why are you and Yuki out here? Shouldn’t you be in your dorms just like everyone else?”
“Not in the least. You don’t have a clue of the dangers that lurk here.”
“What do you mean? That doesn’t answer my question at all. It’s just as dangerous out here for you as it is for anyone else.”
“Nothing, forget it. We need to find Yuki, and then she can take you back to your dorm. You must be tired after such a long day.”
“Ha,” I laughed a bit, “I took a nap earlier. I’m wide awake. To tell the truth I’d rather stick around with you. Maybe help with a few duties. I’m sure Yuki has already started doing whatever it is that she needs to do anyway. Why bother her?”
“I’m trying to perform my duties as well by having Yuki take you back to the dorm.” He took a small glance at me and then continued to watch straight ahead and made his voice below a whisper talking to himself, “She’s not even close to trust worthy yet. What does Yuki see in this lost puppy?”
“What was that?” I asked in mock cluelessness. People had always hated how superior my hearing was and how easily I could hear them when they were trying to keep me from just that.
“I didn’t say anything,” Zero said, his jaw tightening slightly.
“Alright, well if you don’t want me around that bad then fine. I’ll just find my own way back. Have fun,” I said turning in the direction of which I thought was the Sun Dorms.
“You are hopeless. You don’t even know which way the dorms are. We are going to fi-“He was cut off.
“Hey there guys. Night Class is officially in class. We are good to go for a little while,” Yuki ran up to us with a giddy smile.
“What’s got you all happy? Did Kuran give you some attention?” Zero mock teased her and gave an amused smile as her face turned red, “We were just coming to find you. Miss Ricci needs to be taken back to the dorms.”
“Alright alright, Claire, you ready to go?” Yuki glanced over at me.
“Not exactly, but oh well. Let’s get going. I don’t want to get in the way or anything,” I answered glancing at Zero for a second.
“Well then time for you to go to bed. Catch you in a few Zero. Keep my watch while I’m gone will you?” She said hooking her arm with mine.
“Fine, whatever. You owe me,” He said as I turned in the direction that Yuki was pointing us, but after a few steps Yuki jerked me to the side, grabbed some object off of the ground, and threw it at Zero. The only thing I heard was a small yelp of pain and then a grumble of Yuki’s name.
“What just happened?” I asked attempting to look behind me at Zero, but Yuki was already pushing me in the direction we had already started toward just before.
That was my first night at Cross Academy. The rest of the night was just a slow tumble towards a peaceful, dream filled sleep.
End of Chapter 1.
Next Chapter: Chapter 2: Clues to a Deadly Secret
Stay tuned for the next part of this epic adventure!!
Alright everyone!! This is Officially the first part of Chapter 1 of Ice and Snow!! yays! I have decided to split it up a little more just to keep the suspense and in order to give me a little time to write the next chapters so you all wont get bored! I'll post the next part soon! So enjoy what's there so far!
Chapter 1: The New Girl
“Claire, I’m sorry Sweetie, but you’re going to have to go. There is absolutely no way around it!” my mom said as I stared at her in disbelief sitting in the front room across from her.
“But Mother, I don’t want to go! There must be a way around this. I want to stay with you, and stay here at my old school,” I stood quickly startling her. “Why don’t you make HIM leave instead of me? I mean I was here first!”
“There’s no way around it honey. You’re going to Cross Academy, and that’s final. You’re father and I-” I cut her off before she could finish her sentence.
“MY father is dead! He’s just someone here you decided to use to take his place. I’m not going to that stupid school he seems so intent on sending me to just so I’ll be out of both of you hair! That bastard shouldn’t even be in our lives right now! I don’t care about all these fancy things he has the money for! I’d rather stay the way it was before even if we were struggling to just put food in our own stomachs!”
“Watch what you say young lady! That ‘bastard’ has saved us from becoming homeless or worse. The least you could do is pretend to like him and give him the least amount of trouble you possibly can. You’re going to that school whether you like it or not.” She stood without another word or a glance at me, and left the room with me close to tears.
That was the day that my mother made the decision to make me leave her and my home. She’d just remarried, meaning I now had several new younger siblings; also meaning that she had no time for me anymore.
I had just only turned seventeen, and was going through one of those “phases”. You know the one where you hate your new step parent and think they are good for nothing outsiders, who’s only sole purpose for being there was to destroy everything that you had built with your actual parent? Well, I made the point to be sure my mother knew I disliked her new hubby very much. That alone could have been why she sent me away. She couldn’t handle the issues I was making over the whole thing. Either way, the next day I was packed and on my way to Cross Academy…
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When I arrived I couldn’t help but stare. The school was huge; more so than I could have ever imagined. The Moon Dorms looked like a small castle or mansion, and the Sun Dorms looked remarkably the same. The only major visible difference is that the Moon Dorms had a gate in front and it look incredibly more expensive and better looked after. The main campus where all of the class rooms and the main office were located was at least fifty times the size of what I had originally thought. Of course most private schools were gigantic, but this was beyond all belief.
Despite the size of the place, everything was very easy to find. A girl named Yuki Cross, whom I later found out was the head master’s adopted daughter as well as a Disciplinary Committee Member, showed me to my room; which just so happened to be located right next to her room. I was given the rest of the day off to get situated and settled into my room.
“We are really happy to have you here Miss Ricci,” Yuki said using my last name.
“Thanks, but you can call me Claire if you’d like. I think it suits me a little better than my last name does,” I answered with a smile
“Well, Claire it is then. Get some rest. As I understand it, you had quite the trip here. I’ll see you later after class. If you’d like I can show you around the campus after I escort the night class to their classes tonight?” she said sitting in the door way.
My curiosity overwhelmed me, “Why does the night class need an escort?”
Yuki stiffened a bit and then relaxed, obviously hoping that I hadn’t noticed. There was a short pause as she thought, “Well… I guess I could show you. You’d have to meet me out by my class…. Or well I guess I could come and get you; I’d have to hurry though.”
A smile crossed my face, “Yes! That’d be so awesome! I’ll wait out front for you if you’d like!”
She couldn’t help but smile back at my reaction, “Alright then. Be there or be square. I’ll catch you later.”
Yuki started off out the door, abruptly stopping with a start. Again my curiosity got the best of me; I peeked out the door and caught sight of a tall handsome boy, about the same age as Yuki and myself. He had silver hair, wore the day class uniform (also like Yuki’s and mine), and a band signifying that he was a Disciplinary Committee Member; but the color of his eyes caught my attention the most. They were a vivid violet. I couldn’t seem to take my eyes away from his even though he wasn’t even looking at me. He was looking hard at Yuki, clearing intended as a scolding look. Yuki had an embarrassed look on her face.
I was finally able to take my eyes away from him and find my voice, “Yuki? Is everything ok?”
She quickly looked over at me, “Oh yeah, things are fine. I just wasn’t expecting to run into Zero is all; especially since he shouldn’t be here.” She shot him a bit of a scolding look back.
“Well I’m so sorry for trying to be sure you’re not late for class AGAIN.” He rolled his eyes unaffected, then motioned to me. “Who’s the new girl?”
I bit my lip a little as my cheeks tinted red slightly, “Um… My name’s Claire Ricci. Nice to meet you…”
“Zero Kiryu; Come on now Yuki. We are going to be late, and I’m not going to take the rap for it this time.” He turned his attention away from me again without any concern.
“Oh relax Zero. We’re going to be…” she glanced at her watch and jumped, “Oh my god! We’re going to be late! Sorry Claire, I’ll see you later! Take it easy!”
I waved as I watched her take off. That was the last that I saw of either of them for the rest of the day until the time came for them to escort the night class. I couldn’t get the sight of Zero Kiryu’s eyes out of my head. It was as if he had mesmerized me somehow without even trying to. I did nothing the entire time I had to myself.
When Yuki did finally come for me, the loud nock at the door startled me. I had been fiddling with a small ring that my mother had given me for my fifteenth birthday, and was startled to the point that I dropped it and nearly lost track of where it went.
“C-come in!” I called scrambling to retrieve my nearly lost ring.
Yuki slowly opened the door and peeked in at me as I searched my bed, having realized I’d lost it after all, “Are you ready to go... Is everything alright?” She noted how I was destroying my bed.
“Found it!” I exclaimed coming up for air from my blankets, “Ready as I’ll ever be!”
“Are you sure about that?” she giggled pointing to my hair.
I struggled to get up and ran to a mirror that had been placed in the room before I had arrived. My hair was stuck up in every direction from my little search only moments ago.
“Okay, maybe not. Just a sec,” I said rushing to my bags and began digging through its contents searching for my brush. After a moment I managed to find it and ran back to the mirror, and seconds after that I heard a small gasp come from the door way where Yuki still stood last I saw her.
“Zero I swear to god, you need to stop sneaking up on me!” I heard Yuki exclaim.
Curiously I turned and began blushing instantly seeing that Zero was looking directly at me as he began to speak, “And you need to quite wandering off so I don’t have to keep tracking you down. Let’s go.”
Our eyes locked for a moment and I noticed coldness in his stare that I hadn’t before. I couldn’t help but shiver.
“Oh relax, I’m only stopping to get Claire and then we were going to head straight there. Go on ahead if you’re so worried,” Yuki said rolling her eyes.
“Yeah, I’ll only take a second. I just have to finish brushing my hair,” I added in Yuki’s defense and turned back to the mirror to continue my simple task.
I could just barely hear a faint whisper come from Zero, clearly directed at Yuki and not for me to hear, “Why are you here getting the new girl? The last thing we need is another fan girl of those filthy blood suckers.”
Yuki scowled at him as I stiffened a bit, listening more, “I don’t think she’s going to become a stupid fan girl. Relax a little will you? It’s not like she’s one of the Night Class under cover or that she even knows their secret. I have a feeling she’s going to be more help later on.”
Secret? The night class had a secret? I had a feeling that if I stuck around I’d find out.
“Alright guys! I’m ready to go! I told you it wouldn’t take me that long!” I had cut zero off as he was about to argue with Yuki. She smiled at me not knowing that I’d heard their little conversation.
“Okay let’s go then,” Yuki pushed zero out of the door and then glanced back at me as I followed, “Are you a good runner? We need to hurry.”
“I can keep up,” I answered as we all broke into a run.
Within minutes we were already at the gates of the moon dorms. I now understood why the night class students needed an escort. There were hundreds of fan girls standing in front of the gates screaming the names of who I assumed were night class. Were they really this popular? There was no way so many girls in the day class were obsessed with the night class members. No matter how hot any of them may be.
The doors to the dorm slowly began to open and the face of an extremely handsome blonde boy poked out with a giant smile plastered in place. The entire group of girls began screaming.
Special Feature: Main Characters in Chapter 1
Name: Claire Nicole Ricci (My OC)
Age: 17
Race: Human
Appearance: Long blonde hair down to about her hips, deep blue eyes, petit, normally has a smile on her face, and never wears a skirt or dress except when forced to by the school rules of wearing the appointed uniform.
Personality: Stubborn as a mule, sweet, protective of the ones she loves, loyal, trustworthy, observive, seems to be older than she really is at times, bubbly, is easy to get along with (Zero even seems to like her! GASP!)
Name: Yuki Cross
Age: 16
Race: Human
Appearance: brown hair cropped just below her shoulders, warm hershy hazel eyes, petit, short, and is always seen in her school uniform which she seems to have a fondness for.
Personality: Strong willed, strong, seems to have a crush on one of the night class students, Kaname Kuran, friendly (resulting in her becoming Claire’s first friend at Cross Academy) is always falling asleep in class from lack of sleep caused by her job as a member of the disciplinary committee, loyal, and a hard worker
Name: Zero Kiryu
Age: 17
Race: Former Human
Appearance: Deep violet eyes, silver hair cropped to just above his shoulders, has a fit sculpted body, tall, usually doesn’t smile, and has a commanding presence by using nothing but a glare.
Personality: Very secretive, cares deeply for Yuki (and possibly Claire!), doesn’t get along well with many people, falls asleep in class from his disciplinary duties as well, only speaks when required to or arguing with Yuki or Claire, loathes the night class, is determined to go against his own fate.
