Once Upon a Vampire's Dreams

Kebabs for One, Please

"So, the Headmaster says you just got here," Yuki mentions as she holds the door open for Claudia as they exit the building. Zero follows her, still scowling.

Claudia nodded.

"Has Kaname given you a tour yet?" Yuki asks as she walks next to Claudia.

She shook her head. Claudia wasn't used to being around a girl who actually talked to her. It was odd, to say the least.

"We can do that while we go on our rounds, right Zero?" Yuki turned to look at Zero, a smile on her face.

Zero just stared at her expressionlessly.

Yuki rolled her eyes. "You're absolutely no help, Zero!"

"Anyway, Claudia, the Day Class dormitory is over there," Yuki said, pointing to a building that looked identical to the Night Class building.

Claudia nodded. Then she saw a dark building out of the way on the school grounds. It looked abandoned. Claudia tugged on Yuki's sleeve and pointed toward it.

"Hm? Oh, that's the old faculty building. It's strictly out of bounds to students, though, so unless someone sneaks in I doubt we'll have to go over there," Yuki answered. Claudia nodded.

Claudia pulled her notebook out of her pocket and scribbled on it. She showed it to Yuki. What exactly does the Disciplinary Committee need to do if the Day Class is supposed to be in their dormitory and the Night Class is in session?

"First, we make sure the transition of the Day Class to the Night Class at sunset goes as smooth as possible since the Day Class girls tend to get a little out of hand," Yuki said. "We'll show you how to do that tomorrow, okay?"

"How's she gonna do that if she's in the Night Class herself?" Zero asked.

"Oh, you're right," Yuki said. "You can help us with patrolling the grounds, okay?"

Claudia nodded. It sounded like the transition time was going to be awful. She was glad she wasn't going to have to help with that immediately. She didn't think she could handle so many people, especially after her walk to the Headmaster's office with Kaname earlier.

"So after we get the Day Class students back to their dormitory and the Night Class to their classes, we go on patrol," Yuki continued. "We have to patrol the grounds constantly since the Day Class, the girls especially, like to sneak out of the dormitory and try to get close to the Night Class."

Claudia was confused. Didn't those girls know that anything that was as gorgeous as a vampire was deadly? Anything that pretty was too good to be true. She asked Yuki as much.

"Well," Yuki began.

Zero grabbed Claudia's notepad and turned it so he could read it. He scoffed. "No, they're idiots. They don't understand that those pretty people they fawn over wouldn't hesitate to kill them."

"Zero, that's not true!" Yuki told him. "The whole reason Kaname and the other vampires are here is to prove that vampires and humans can coexist."

"Hmph. Yet they aren't telling the humans that their classmates are highly evolved predators." Zero said, walking ahead of Yuki and Claudia.

Yuki sighed. "I'm sorry about him. He's a little more negative toward vampires than the Headmaster is."

Claudia nodded. She could understand Zero's aversion to them. They were gorgeous, but most of them only viewed humans as mobile meals at best and blood slaves at worst. She should know.

Zero stopped in his tracks as they rounded the corner of the building and entered a small copse of trees. He held up his hand for Yuki and Claudia to stop. The rustle of bushes was heard and then quiet, feminine giggling.