Aria

**Aria** ( アリア, Ariā) is a supporting character in Vampire in the Garden series. She used to be a human friend and lover of Fine, wanting to live in a paradise with her.

## Appearance

Aria is a young girl with medium long brown hair. She bears great resemblance to Momo, and she was the first owner of the dark pink-red dress that Fine lent Momo when she went to Fine's hidden mansion.

## Personality

Contrary to what her fellow humans and Allegro thought about her, Aria was a good-hearted person who also more open-minded. Not only she sincerely nursed Fine back to health, but also displayed no prejudice towards the latter, let alone vampires in general. Her passion lies in music, singing and dancing, which she instilled into Fine. Either due to naivety or understood better the pointlessness of the war between humans and vampires, she believed that there must be some people out there who'd rather established a paradise-esque community where everyone able to live in harmony regardless of their nature, a faith that admittedly not misplaced but warranted fury from more bigoted members of her race. She understood very well that both it and her relationship with Fine were major taboos in the eyes of Central Forces and Vampire Kingdom who have forgotten actual reasons behind their war against one another save for hatred. Sadly, in her last moments, she lost her hope for such dream upon being faced by the reality of how far both sides of the conflict had fallen.

## Plot

### Background

Around decades prior to the present, Aria found the injured Fine at the borders of City of Light and nursed her back to health. Her kindness took Fine aback because she lacked bigotry instilled into the hearts of her fellow humans. During or prior to such chance encounter, she received a pamphlet depicting a village where humans and vampires lived in harmony and have worked on recreating it into a large painting in her mansion for quite some time. Despite Fine's doubts, Aria believed it to be the proof that humans and vampires are indeed able to live in harmony despite their nature.

Having a second thought about her life, Fine decided to stay with Aria. It was from Aria Fine learned about music, how to dance, and name of flowers. Before long, their friendship blossomed into something more.

### Death and Legacy

Sadly, Central Forces and Vampire Kingdom caught the wind of their activities one day. A strike team of former faction raided Aria's residence with its commander vandalized her painting in fury. Vampire Kingdom also sent their own attack teams to chase the two. No matter where they went, both sides of the raging conflict always able to catch up with them. Soon, the reality of Central Forces and Vampire Kingdom had since motivated by hatred hence their persistence caught up to Aria that her resolve wavered, losing hope about the paradise they sought. When they finally cornered by the former, Aria distracted their enemies so Fine could escape, sacrificing herself in the process.

Aria's death would haunt Fine approximately for decades to come. Since those who killed her too disgusted to give her a proper burial, it was up to Fine who carry out the task of putting her to rest with only Allegro on her side. The couple's tragedy worsened whatever prejudice Allegro had towards humanity, so much that he took his anger on Fine's second love and Aria's lookalike Momo in their recurring encounter. Still, understanding that Momo was the person Fine needed most, he let go of such fury by sparing her.

Though merely a speculation, it's safe to assume that Aria was just one of many who executed for believing the possibility of peaceful coexistence between humans and vampires. If Fine's statement to Momo where everyone had since abandoned the logic and reduced into monsters was to be believed, Aria's death marked the point where both sides of the conflict had since forgotten actual reasons why they fought each other in the first place save for hatred.

History repeated itself when Fine and Momo bonded despite their rough beginning. When they were cornered once more and the Eden the two sought not like what they hoped to be and certainly destroyed, it was Fine's turn to gave her life to ensure that Momo survived. In her deathbed, Fine acknowledged that, while Momo and Aria are different apart from their appearance and voice, the former turned out much stronger than either of them.