Hey guys, my name is Lara and I'm an Aussie who loves writing! :) Although I probably don't want to become a professional writer, I love writing and just do it for fun! I'm also a student, so my chapters might not be put out that quickly as I have to juggle school work and everything.
I've always wanted to read Spirit Bound from Dimitri's POV, and after searching for one for so long, I finally decided just to write it myself!
I appreciate everyone who reads my story and especially would love if you reviewed, I know how some people get a bit touchy about criticism, but I love it! If it's going to help me improve so I can put out even better stories for you guys to read, then awesome! Please let me know how I can improve my writing and if you want me to continue writing this cos there's no point writing it if no ones reading it! :)
I own nothing, everything belongs to the original author of the Vampire Academy series; Richelle Mead. (God bless that woman for bringing us V.A.!)
P.S. As I said above I'm an Aussie (and very proud of it!) so some of our spellings are different to that of Americans e.g. realise/realize, so I promise I'm not a bad speller, we just spell some things differently here! :)
Enjoy! xxx Lara
Light. All I could see was light, I was surrounded by it. By the sounds of the cries I could hear coming from others in the room, they were getting blinded by the light too. Suddenly I realised that the excruciating burning pain I had felt disappeared almost instantly and I had the strangest sensation of waking up, very similar to how I had felt that night when I broke the lust charm.
Then all the memories came flooding back to me; blood, destruction, death, all because of me. The memories that hurt me the most though were the ones with Rose, I remembered every single thing that had happened with her clearer than all the others, she had searched for me so she could destroy the monster that I had become, and I had kidnapped her, drugged her on vampire bite endorphins so she could hardly even form a coherent thought, but worst of all I had tried to make her like me; a Strigoi, a cold and heartless monster. But, being the smart, strong woman I knew she was, she had said no and when she did, I had set out to kill her. To kill the woman I loved. I struggled with my self control to hold back the tears that were threatening to overflow.
Then it was gone, no more light. It went away so suddenly, it made me wonder whether it was really even there in the first place. As I tried to regain my vision, I suddenly realised the most beautiful thing. Although I also felt intense guilt, I realised I didn't want to kill anymore, well except Strigoi, because that was who I was again, a Dhampir guardian, no more cold-hearted monster. Well, okay maybe I still qualified as a cold-hearted monster after everything I did, but I was definitely not Strigoi.
Then I had another wave of realisation, I owed everything including my life to one person. Vasilisa Dragomir, or Lissa as she preferred to be called. She saved me, used her magic to make me a Dhampir again, to destroy the monster I once was, oh and of course, she must have healed my burns when she changed me too, that was why I felt no pain. Well, no physical pain. I then realised she was holding me, and I wouldn't have wanted it any other way. Although I didn't feel in any way romantic towards her, she now and forever would be a part of my life, I needed her in my life, to repay her for what she'd done for me but most of all just because I somehow felt like she's a part of me, like I had some sort of bond with her. I was sure it was nothing like what Rose and Lissa have, but I still loved her, almost like a child loves their mother. And then I got it; mothers give their children the gift of life when they're born, and this is what bonds them so closely. That's what Lissa had done to me, given me the gift of life, bonding me to her for what I knew in my heart would be forever.
Thinking about Lissa and her bond with Rose made me think about Rose and the memories again. This time I couldn't control myself and once I started I knew I wouldn't be able to stop. I let the tears run freely as I lay in Lissa's lap, shielding my face from the person I knew would be in the room, I just couldn't stand to see her, I would surely explode with the guilt that consumed me. Lissa was stroking my hair, whispering something I couldn't hear over the sound of my weeping, though from what I could make out she was soothing me, telling me everything was going to be okay. I knew that was a lie.
I couldn't hold my curiosity back anymore; I had to see what was going on and how everyone was reacting to me. So, I looked up and along with guardians; I saw Strigoi and Christian Ozera, a Moroi I had kidnapped along with Lissa to bait Rose, all standing in the barn with looks of shock and disbelief on their faces, all of them looking towards one thing; me. Then, just as if I was drawn to her, my eyes bore straight into Rose's big brown ones, oh she was just so beautiful. My Roza. She looked shocked but unlike the others in the room, I saw in her eyes that she believed I was a Dhampir again. The trust she had in me was amazing, but then I remembered everything I did to her. I didn't deserve that trust. I looked down in shame and resumed my crying in Lissa's lap.
