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Vampire Knight- My past 1822 prologue

My name is Emelia Kuran though before I became what I am I was Emelia Brooks born in 1805 to Claudia and Jonathan Brooks of Yorkshire, England. I had two twin sisters Catherine and Caroline, But sadly my sisters lives were cut short at the age of 3 as well as that of my parents in 1820. A fire broke out in my home, I was the only surviving member, the authorities said it was accident but I think otherwise, not long after the fire I was taken in by the Kuran family, My family and theirs have known each other for ages so it really was no surprise when I became their ward. After a year of living with them I took their last name to replace my own and bury my past, and I fell in love with their oldest son ( whom I hate and love at the same time with a passion.) who to my knowledge at that time only saw me as a little sister. If only I’d realized what they were ahead of time I would have never let him do to me what he did and what I now know was a BIG mistake and wouldn’t be in the predicament I’m in now. I remember the night I was sent to my own little personal hell, it was the winter of 1822 I had just celebrated my seventeenth birthday party, and the ball held that night was in my honor. Sort of a coming out party, the ball was held in one of the many estates owned by the Kuran family throughout London and all the crème de la crème of English society was invited and lots of money was spent for the best decorations and entertainment. I was upstairs in my room getting ready, my maid Sara was putting the finishing touches on my hair when there was a rapid knock on the door
“who is it?”
“ I don’t mean to disturb you Madame, but it is almost time for the ball to begin and the master sent me up here to retrieve you.”
I jumped up abruptly and checked my cream and black dress in the mirror to make sure there were no stains on it from the wine I’d been drinking earlier to steady my nerves.” I’ll be out in a second, I have to put on my mask!”

Sara helped me tie on my mask and gave me an appreciative once over with her old almost blind eyes, But I couldn’t help but fidget and fret over my gown, I wanted everything to be perfect
“ Do you really think I look okay?” I asked worrying the beads on my gown
“ You look fine miss emelia , now get out there and wow that crowd!”
And with that said she opened my room door and pushed me out of it, if it hadn’t been for the manservant Kingsley standing there to catch me I would have fallen flat on my face.
“ Are you okay miss emelia?’ he asked setting me aright with concern strong in his voice
“ I’m fine Kingsley, just a little nervous I mean this party is for me after all and I want to be what everyone down there expects me to be.”
‘ And what would that be miss emelia ?” he asked inquiringly
“ Full of poise and grace!” I said proudly
Kingsley regarded me in contemplative silence for what seemed like minutes but was actually a few seconds when he finally said “ But you already have that miss emelia, you don’t have to put on a front just be yourself and I’m sure they will come to love as we do.” he then put his hand on my face tenderly and smiled at me.
“Now lets get you down there before the master has my head on a platter!”
I looked at kingsley and saw that he was serious when he said what he said so I tried to ease his mind “ Oh kingsley the master wont harm you, your so silly!”
Kingsley took my arm gently and led me down the stairs to the grand ballroom on the first floor, when we got to the first floor the double doors opened to the ballroom with a flourish, and the scene she saw nearly stopped her breath. Men and women wore masks of varying sizes, colors, and shapes , the women all looked like poofy butterflies in their multi-faceted jewel tone dresses. As we entered the ballroom a herald standing to the right of me banged his cane on the floor three times to announce my presence to the room, when he did the people and music all stopped “ May I introduce to you the belle of this evenings ball, Miss Emelia Kuran!”
A blast of applause assaulted my ears as if I were a queen and this was my court. Kaname Kuran sat at the head of the room in one of four chairs on top of a dais with his parents, there was one chair vacant waiting for emelia to occupy it, he pitied the women that he saw tonight, they wore at least five petticoats(he counted them from the several women who stopped at the dais to greet him and his parents), I mean lets face it he was bored to tears but being held in high standard by society and the gentleman in him kept him from showing his boredom. This party was for emelia this was her night so the least he could do was pretend he was having a good time for her sake, when the herald announced emelias entry into the ballroom , kaname and his parents stood up to watch her enter. Her silver-white hair was piled artfully atop her head in a riot of curls with a few purposely stray ones brushing her shoulders, the dress she was wearing hung low on her bronzed shoulders showing off her long slender neck that had the vampire in him salivating, she had a neck vampires only dreamed of biting into, it took every ounce of willpower he had to keep his fangs from sliding down. The tightness in the waistline of her dress accentuated the smallness of her as the skirt of her dress flared out making it seem she was gliding across the floor, as emelia walked across the room, she saw kaname on the dais staring directly at her, if she wasn’t wearing a mask everybody would be able to see the telltale blush creeping up her face. When she got closer kaname stepped off the dais and bowed to her
“You look very lovely tonight emelia?”
“ Why thank you kaname, you look very handsome tonight as well.” she said as she gave him one of her best curtsies ,kaname then unexpectedly grabbed her hand and lead her out to the dance floor for the traditional waltz, as they twirled around the floor emelia noticed that everyone else stopped dancing and was watching them with avid interest, especially the women behind their masks and perfumed fans.
“Um…everyone is watching us .” she said nervously
“They are watching you,emelia you do look stunning!”
“You flatter me to much kaname, everyone here looks just as stunning.”
“True, but none of them aren’t as special to me like you are.” he whispered in her ear
Emelia was speechless she couldn’t form a single thought in her head, now she knew the meaning of being struck dumb, kaname spun her around once more, and when she was brought back to face kaname she saw the intensity in which he looked her burning in his eyes that made her heart trip a beat and make it beat faster in her chest, her corset felt tight and her vision was getting fuzzy around the edges. Emelia knew it was the beginning of the visions she had, had since she was a child and if she didn’t exit fast she’d make a fool of herself in front of everyone, so when the song ended she excused herself and ran to the nearest open doors that lead onto the balcony outside. She barely made it to the railing when the vision struck her, there was blood , so much that she could smell the metallic scent and taste the rusty sweetness in her mouth, then the horrific screams started, weaving its was through her ears and circling around and around her mind. She knew they were trying to say something but they were all talking at once and she couldn’t make out what they were saying, couldn’t make sense of their jumbled words, just when she thought it would end a single familiar face filled her minds eye, he had blood on his face, razor sharp fangs and his once beautiful brown eyes were now red with malice and madness. A piercing scream filled her ears and that’s when she realized it was her screaming, she snapped out of the vision to the feeling of arms holding her and a voice she recognized whispering calming words in her ear, emelia opened her eyes and found herself on the ground looking up into kanames concerned filled eyes, a blush creeped its way up her neck.
“ I’m fine now Kaname you can let me up now.”
“ Are you sure?” he asked gently “ I came outside for some air and saw you lying on the ground screaming.
Should she tell him about her vision> would he believe her? She thought to herself, it would nice to confide in someone about the things she’s seen and how the most often of late have come to pass? Those questions wracked her brain constantly and she came to one conclusion…Nope! She wouldn’t tell him, as if he’d believe she had visions he’d probably think she was crazy and have her committed , which would be beyond embarrassing
“ I’m fine Kaname, truly I am I just had a little spell of dizziness you know those corsets do effect you after you wear them for awhile.”
He gave her a wry look that said he didn’t believe a word she said and he didn’t want to call her on it. Yet
“ And what about the screaming? Surly fainting cant be painful?”
“ There was a bug crawling on me!”
Emelia gave a fake but oh so convincing shiver “ I hate Bugs!” She gave a mental shrug, it was the best she could come up with on the spot so sue her. Kaname helped her to her feet, and as she was dusting off her dress kaname snatched her mask off her face.
‘ Why did you do that?!” she asked shocked beyond belief that he ripped it off, and it was such a pretty mask too.
Kaname looked at her thoughtfully before answering “ I like you better without this mask, you are beautiful don’t hide your face.”
I Looked at him for a full second before bursting into laughter “ I wasn’t hiding my face, If you recall the theme of my party is a masquerade and your wearing a mask as well kaname.” I pointed out
“ Your quite right1” he said as he started laughing” But I will wear it no more!”
He took off his mask and flung it into the waiting darkness, then he stepped closer and cradled her face with his hands “ How do you feel about me emelia?”
Emelia’s heartbeat stuttered in her chest when he asked her that particular question.” I um.. Why are you asking me this Kaname?” she asked as she felt the beginnings of another blush forming on her face.
“Because before I give your gift I want to know how you really feel about me.”
For what felt like the thousandth time that night she blushed again, How many times had she dreamed at night he would ask her this, it was a bit unnerving how he was saying the words shed saw in her mind and in her dreams many times over the years. She walked away from him to the railing and stared down into the glittering garden below, to put a bit of distance between herself and kaname.
“ You want to know how I really feel about you? Well, Ilove you to be quite frank and I have loved you for the longest time, But I didn’t and still don’t think you love me in the same way I love you. I’m sure you see me as a sister and love me as one as well.”
After she made her confession kaname didn’t say a word, and in her mind she saw it was a silent rejection and she thought he walked away, she didn’t want to turn around and see if he’d left her there after he heart felt confession. Until she felt strong arms around her and a hard and very male chest in her back, she leaned into his embrace and rested her head on his shoulder, he wasn’t that much taller than her so it wasn’t difficult to do, kaname rested his chin atop her head.
“ I love you too emelia, and I do feel the same way you feel for me. You mean the world to me, Ever since you came to our house that day looking so sad at the death of your parents but you still retained your pride and I knew from that day I had to have you.”
Emelias throat closed and there was a suspicious lump there, as tears threatened to fall from her eyes, But at the same time her heart soared with joy that he felt the same about her now the question was, what was he going to do about it?
“Would you be willing to stay by my side for eternity as my bride?” he whispered ever so softly in her ear
She stiffened visibly, and then turned around in his arms a beaming smile on her face
“ Do you really mean it Kaname? You want to marry me?”
“ Of course! I want you to be my bride.” he said smiling
She looked at him to gauge the seriousness in his eyes and whatever she saw there made her smile and jump in his arms pulling him into a tight embrace.
Emelia closed the distance between their faces and gently laid a kiss on his lips ,he hesitated at first but then he gave in, what was supposed to have been a chaste kiss turned into one of passion.
He slid his tongue along her bottom lip to coax her mouth open, when she gasped he took that chance to thoroughly and possessively explore the inside of her mouth, kaname felt her heartbeat speed up, and her hands clutched him tightly to her, he stopped kissing her mouth only to trace a heated a path with his tongue from her jaw line to the sensitive side of her neck her pulse beat the strongest underneath her delicate skin and his mouth.
A shiver ran through his body at the prospect of tasting her sweet life-nourishing blood , he traced his tongue along her artery and she gasped a tiny moan of pleasure escaping past her lips.
Emelia couldn’t stop the heat from spreading south of her body, any more than she could control the weather, she was about to tell him to stop before they got caught, until he put his mouth right next to her ear, she could hear his breath quickening.
“ I love you emelia, here’s my gift to you. The gift of forever.” he whispered as he licked the delicate shell of her ear.
But before she could ask what his gift meant she felt a searing pain in her neck that made her knees weak, she wanted to lay down on the ground but kaname held her tightly.
She started pulling his hair thinking that If she pulled hard enough he’d let her go, but he didn’t move an inch he only grunted, The blood started to rush in her ears and then she had a startling realization that not only was her blood rushing in her ears it was rushing into kaname’s mouth.
Kaname suddenly let go of her neck with an audible pop, she fell flat onto her back on the ground as if everything was in slow motion, she couldn’t even lift her hand to ask him to help her off the cold hard and very uncomfortable ground. So she opted to look up at him instead which she wouldn’t know that later it would be the biggest mistake of her life, what she saw when her eyes finally reached his face made her throat seize on a scream that was threatening to come out of her mouth with alarming strength. His face just like in her vision was covered in blood only when she saw the vision she didnt think it would be her blood he would be covered in and his normally brown eyes were now a malevolent crimson, and those eyes were staring straight into hers, finally the long awaited scream tore through her body with the force of a storm.
Kaname stared down at his beautiful emelia laying on the ground, the front of her dress was covered in blood and her torn neck was bleeding a slow but steady stream of blood on the ground beneath her. He immediately felt bad for being so rough with her but it had been such a long time since he tasted blood as sweet and as potent as hers, he couldn’t believe she tasted as good as she looked and his once cold body was throbbing with warmth which reminded him so was his cock.
The only other way to consummate her turn into a vampire and their union of master and fledgling was to exchange massive amounts of blood and sex, the thought of entering her body made his cock swell painfully again, So as he looked at her laying there on the ground he wondered what could be going through her mind at this moment, well he didn’t have to wait long because she opened her mouth and let out an ear piercing scream that would’ve put a banshee to shame.
She tried to squirm away from him but she didn’t have the energy, she watched as he squatted down next to her and place his hand on her chest over her heart, to see how slow it was beating by her guess
“ Emelia my love you don’t have much time left to live do you want to die here this night or do you want to live and spend eternity with me? “ He asked her quietly “You’ll never age or die, you wont get sick and you’ll stay at the young and beautiful age of seventeen forever, the only stipulation is that you’ll only have to drink blood as nourishment to stay alive. Do you want this? Blink once for yes and Twice for no.”
Emelia stared at him with a look that could only be described as dumbfounded, how dare he steal her blood damn near killing her and then ask her if she wants to live! Such a bastard , she couldn’t believe that even one such as he could be capable of this type of thing but In the end she did have a choice, so she chose to live -ish and get the strength to kick his ass.
Kaname watched her inwardly battle with her will , and he finally saw her resign and slowly blink once with the answer he hoped so badly that she would give, his heart soared with joy as he lifted her head and turned her neck to the side to finally bestow upon her the kiss of her last and final mortal death.