Walking the tight rope

The start

I sat up quickly breathing heavily and drenched in sweat. I looked over at my alarm that glowed 3:30 A.M., another nightmare. I sighed and stood up; I've been getting them a lot lately was it a sign that something big was going to happen. I thought to myself as I undressed and went into the bathroom, that was connected to my room, to shower. It was still too early to be getting ready for school but I can never get back to sleep after a nightmare, so I got into the shower and washed up. At the same time, I started to think about what I had to do today, take a few tests, go to fencing then karate club, and get the house ready for Alucard's arrival tomorrow. Alucard in a way is like an uncle but were not related to each other. I was actually living alone; I have been since I was 11 years old. My father was murdered in front of me when I was 6 year old, bullets to the chest. It's a memory that I've tried to suppress but to no avail, I fear I will never forget that image of his dead body. It was shortly after my father's death that I met Alucard, he found me wondering the woods covered in blood with no memory of anything. He took me in and raised me until my memories came back. When they finally did come back I went to live with my mom, but I regretted that decision later on. My mother blamed me for my father's death and made it a point to constantly remind me. In her eyes I was a monster that she wanted to disappear and soon after I started to blame myself and started to belief that I was monster. I lived with her for a couple of years while I planned what I would do once I was on my own and free of her torture. Eventually I took my inheritance out that my dad left me and ran away from home. For a while I stayed with Alucard until I bought my dad's old summer home and moved into there. Alucard never asked me any questions about why I was staying with him or for how long I would be staying. Even while all this was going on I stilled went to school and after school clubs, also I maintained straight A's. I was now 16 years old and a sophomore at a prestigious high school named Phantomhigh high school home of the fighting phantoms. After I got out of the shower I dried off before putting on my school uniform. The uniform consisted of a black button up and a red ribbon, for girls and a red tie for guys. The girls have to wear black skirts and the guys wore pants, I ignored that last part and wore pants since I hated skirts. After brushing my hair I went downstairs and turned the TV on before sticking some pop tarts in the toaster. I watched the news while I ate my breakfast apparently there was a murder on the loose that tore up their victims and left the body drained of blood. Sighing I finished eating and washed my dishes before heading out to school. It was a 20 min walk to school and I walked every day to school to stay in shape and not stand out to much in school. It was in the middle of September and there was a slight chill in the air as I walked past the school gates. The school its self was a 3 story building that had the look of an old mansion with a tall brick wall that surrounded the school's property. Shortly after I walked past the gate I was tackled by my friend Kira. Kira was the same age as me with dark blue hair that went down to her but and she had light blue eyes. Behind her stood Yuno who was also our age but had long red that she kept tied back into a pony tail, her eyes were a rich dark brown that hid behind her black metal framed glasses.

"Hello Shiki" Kira said happily.

"Kira how many times have I told you not to jump on Shiki like that," Asked Yuno as she adjusted her glasses. I sighed, no matter how hard I tried to get rid of them they would still follow me around. They claimed to have sworn their loyalty to me and to never leave my side or allow me to get hurt. It all started after I saved them one time after they were surrounded by some drunk perverts. The fight was over in less the a few minute but they had been so impressed by my fighting that they swore their loyalty to me. I had tried very hard to change their minds but they were very stubborn about so I let them do what they want.

"Hey guys" I said as I walked into the school.

"Oh, Shiki avoid the president today he's in a foul mood and will probably take it out on you"