~Hey guys! I have seen a few fanfics of the VA/Bloodlines gang reading Bloodlines, but none really getting past the first few chapters. I plan on doing the whole thing. I hope you guys like it!~
~~Takes place after the Indigo Spell~~
DISCLAIMER: Richelle Mead owns VA/Bloodlines and all these wonderful characters!
~Sydney's POV~
Being woken up and dragged from bed in the middle of the night seemed to be a daily thing for me now. Grogginess settled over me as I climbed out of my bed to answer the door. I was too tired for the fear to settle too deeply.
I swung open my door to reveal a Moroi man and two dhampirs Guardians. I instantly went on the defense, standing up straighter and a neutral mask plastered onto my face.
"Sydney Sage?" The Moroi man asked. His dark eyes studied me. My eyes scanned them, confused. The two dhampirs scanned the area and myself without ever actually making eye contact. I looked back towards the Moroi.
"Yes." I answered flatly. A rustling noise made me look back to my room. Zoe stirred in her sleep, but nonetheless didn't wake. My eyes flicked back to the men.
"Miss Sage, you have been requested to the Royal Court and must come with us," I frowned.
"Why? What's happened?" My mind raced. Had something happened to Jill? Had the laws finally passed? Why would they need me?
"Nothing really. No need to worry. But you need to come with us" He nodded his head towards the end of the hallway.
I was about to ask more questions when something else dawned on me.
"Now?" I asked as I looked down at myself. I was in my Pjs. Pink and orange flannel bottoms and my AYE shirt with fuzzy slippers. No doubt my hair looked horrible too.
Humor sparkled in the man's eyes, "Yes now. Sorry."
"What about Zoe? Is she needed?" I blurted out before I could stop myself. He shook his head.
"You were the only Alchemist requested," He said it like more people were being requested. I sighed. Looking over at the guardians I finally understood why they were here. I was going even if I wanted to or not.
"I can't grab my cell phone can I?" I hoped I could. If I was being taken in the middle of the night for something, maybe, Alchemist related I wanted to be able to talk to Adrian. I almost smiled as I thought of him.
"I believe not. Now," He gestured down the hall. I looked back into my room. Zoe was still asleep in her bed. How, I wondered, is she still asleep through all this? The clock read 2:45. I sighed again and stepped all the way out into the hall, closing the door behind me.
A few hours later I was escorted from the Court's private jet to a building set off to the outer edge of Court. The Moroi's day was just ending so there were very few people we saw on the way. I was very self conscious of my appearance at the moment. Last time I was pulled out of bed to go and do something, I only came across maybe one other person.
I almost sighed in relief when we stepped in to the empty lounge. They lead me upstairs and stopped at a door halfway down the hall.
"So…what is going on? And how long am I going to be here?" I asked the Moroi man as I looked back down at my pajamas. He grinned.
"All will be explained. And all necessities will be provided," The he opened the door and I was pushed inside. The door slammed behind me, making me jump. I looked back at the door then I turned and looked around the room. It was a grand suite with extra rooms connected. This room seemed to be a living room like room. A glass coffee table sat in the middle with a black couch behind it. And Adrian was sitting on it.
"Adrian!" I practically ran to him and threw my arms around him, until I noticed the other people in the room and stayed put. In a love seat near the couch Rose sat in Dimitri's lap. She grinned at me.
"Sydney, I can't believe you wasted such a good reaction on him," She nodded to Adrian, who was smirking at me. I took in who else was here. Jill and Eddie were sitting next to Adrian on the couch. Queen Vasilisa-er, Lissa sat next to her boyfriend Christian Ozera on the floor in between the love seat and couch. Abe and Guardian Hathaway stood in the corner talking in hushed voices, and unless I was mistaken, in flirty tones.
"Hey, Syd, not to be to mean here, but, uh, the bride of Frankenstein called," Rose drew me out of my thoughts and I groaned, knowing where this was going, "She wants her hair back," Everyone laughed and I covered my hair in embarrassment. A blush rose to my cheeks and I was feeling self-conscious again. However, these guys were my friends, well not so much Abe and Janine, and I cracked a smile and relaxed.
"Hey, you sure she was calling for me? Maybe she was calling for Jill," I nodded towards Jill, who also appeared to have been dragged out of bed. I looked over Adrian again. He laughed with everyone at my comment, but not for long, "Maybe Adrian too," He glared, I smirked. Rose and Lissa where laugh so hard I swear they were going to die of oxygen loss.
The moment over I grew serious once more, "So why are we here?" I asked. Everyone seemed to go silent. The guardians all were ready to attack at any moment.
"We were told that we couldn't open it until you arrived," Abe said, sounding very ominous. I mentally cringed. I glanced at Rose, who nodded, then Adrian. He smiled at me and I wanted to kiss those soft, gentle, sweet lips. I shook the thoughts away.
"Open what?" I scanned the room. My eyes fell on a box on the coffee table. Seeing Adrian had completely distracted me from the rest of the world. A goofy grin spread across my face at that.
"Well," Rose stood up and strode towards the box, "She is here now. So now we can open this damn thing," I wondered how long they had been waiting. Knowing Rose, she was most likely being a little over dramatic. I walked next to her and looked at the box. I could probably melt the tape or something, but decided against using my magic.
"Scissors?" Jill asked. Not exactly what I was thinking and I think Jill knew it, but I nodded. She got up and disappeared into one of the connected rooms. Eddie followed behind her. I smiled to myself.
"So, how has Palm Springs been?" Rose asked as she eyed the box like a Strigoi would pop out any second.
"Hot," Adrian and I answered at the same time. I looked back over at him and smiled adoringly. He returned the smile and winked. I giggled. Rose looked at us like we were insane, then she shared a knowing look with Lissa. Damn.
Jill and Eddie returned then, Jill blushing and holding a pair of scissors, and Eddie looking smug. I almost laughed.
"Here," Jill handed me the scissors. I took them and studied the box for a second.
"Why is it only us?" Jill asked suddenly, right when I was about to stab the tape on the box. I missed and the scissors grazed my skin. And damn they were some sharp scissors.
"Son of a bitch," I cried in a hushed voice. My pointer finger had a small cut on the side; it was small and hurt like a paper cut.
"Oh! I'm sorry Sydney!" Jill stared at my finger wide eyed.
I smiled, "Its okay Jill,"
"Are you okay?" Rose asked the same time Adrian stood up and gentle grabbed my hand. He looked worried.
"It must hurt, you even swore," He joked but his eyes were serious. I shook my head.
"No, I'm fine," He wanted to heal me, but this was only a small cut that he didn't need to risk his self to heal it.
"Sage, just let me heal it," He hated seeing me in pain. I shook my head again.
"Aw come on, Sydney, you aren't really still afraid of Moroi magic, are you?" Rose laughed.
I sighed, "Fine. But only so we can move on with our lives," Adrian smirked and brought my finger to his lips and gently kissed it. Electricity shot through my body from his touch alone. Then I felt the hot and cold sensation of his magic and the pain flooded away. I sighed in relief; smaller cuts always seem to sting more.
Adrian dropped my hand and stepped away. I frowned then looked back towards the others. Rose was staring at us with her mouth dropped to the floor. Jill seemed so happy, and everyone else just seemed kind of shocked. I blushed then returned my attention to the box as if nothing happened. In one swift movement I had the box open.
Rose snapped out of her haze and opened a flap as I opened the other. I blinked in surprise a few times. Inside the box sat three books. A red one: Bloodlines, gold one: The Golden Lily, blue one: The Indigo Spell. I stared; my face was on all of them.
"What the hell?" Rose and I asked at the same time. Rose picked up the red one and started reading the back aloud.
BLOOD DOSEN'T LIE…
"No shit," She said. I looked back inside the box. There was a note taped to the inside. I grabbed it and read it out loud.
Hello Everyone,
I'm sure by now you are all pretty confused, especially you Sydney. I am sorry this happened the way it did. Now please, read these books. They hold many secrets that will interest the lot of you. I apologize in advance for any problems reading these books cause. However, you must read them. Everything you will need, clothes, food, bathroom,
I stumbled over the next word
blood, anything. You must stay in this suite. Sorry for the inconvenience. Read the books in this order: Bloodlines, The Golden Lily, The Indigo Spell.
Happy Reading, R.M.
Rose grabbed the note from me and read over it. She started pacing and was grumbling to herself. I picked the red book back up. I read the back. It was a small quote from the book. I nearly dropped the book.
"No," I protested to no one in particular. Adrian walked back over to me.
"What?" He asked and tried to take the book from my hand. I pulled it away and shook my head. No way.
"Sage, let me see it," He demanded. I went into a little panic. From the quote it seemed as if this book was in my POV. No way! I shook my head.
"Sydney," It was all he said, but it held love and passion and I sighed. I wordlessly handed him the book. He opened it and went read the inside cover aloud. I blushed and went to go sit down on the couch next to Jill. Rose finally stopped pacing and listened intently. It seemed out of character for her to want to listen to a book and I really wished she didn't.
"Wait," Christian spoke for the first time, "Are we really in here, just to Read. A. Book. Really?"
Lissa seemed to agree with him, "Yeah. I mean, I am Queen now," She laughed a little. Rose shrugged.
"We all could use a little break," I think she knew the books were in my POV. Ugh.
"I'd have to agree with Rose," Adrian agreed, a mischievous glint in his eyes. Great. He knew too.
Lissa smiled and Christian just shrugged. Abe was grinning now, and that really disturbed me.
"Well then please read us the summary, Adrian," Abe said. I eyed him. Then I watched as Adrian began reading the summary, smirking.
I wasn't free of my past, not yet.
Sydney's blood is special.
"It is not!" I protested.
That's because she's an alchemist-one of a group of humans who dabble in magic and serve to bridge the worlds of humans and vampires. They protect vampire secrets-and human lives. But the last encounter Sydney had with vampires got her in deep trouble with the other alchemists.
"I was right…" Adrian mumbled and Rose looked guilty.
"You got in trouble for helping me?" Rose asked me.
I shrugged, "It passed,"
And now with her allegiances in question, her future is on the line.
Everyone sucked in a breath. I sighed.
"So...this book is from," Dimitri looked at me the back to the book, "Sydney's POV?"
I sighed and nodded, "So it seems,"
"Adrian. Is there more?" Abe asked. Adrian nodded and continued.
When Sydney is torn from bed in the middle of the night,
"Much like now," I mutter.
at first she thinks she's still being punished for her complicated alliance with dhampirs Rose Hathaway.
"Me," Rose said cheerfully. I smiled at her.
But what unfolds is far worse. Jill Dragomir-
"Me!" Jill said. We all laugh.
the sister of Moroi Queen Lissa Dragomir-
"You," Christian said as he kissed her cheek. She giggled.
is in mortal danger, and the Moroi must send her into hiding. To avoid a civil war,
"I would sooo kick some ass in a civil war," Rose said. She had taken her seat in Dimitri's lap again. He kissed her.
"That you would," He smiled.
Sydney is called upon to act as Jill's guardian and protector, posing as her roommate in the unlikeliest of places: a human boarding school in Palm Springs, California. The last thing Sydney wants is to be accused of sympathizing with vampires. And now she has to live with one.
"Was it really that bad?" Jill asked, sounding hurt.
I gave her a reassuring smile, "Not at all,"
The Moroi court believe Jill and Sydney will be safe at Amberwood Prep,
"Wrong," Jill and I said.
but threats, distractions, and forbidden romance
Adrian winked at me and I blushed.
lurk both outside-and within-the school grounds. Now that they're in hiding, the drama is only just beginning.
"And that's it," Adrian said and walks over to me. I scoot over a little and he sits down next to me. He studies the cover for a moment. It was a picture of us. My body seemed to be turn towards him but my head was turn to look back and my tattoo gleamed in the light. While I was looking forward, Adrian was looking at me.
"Little foreshadowing of us, don't ya think?" He whispered in my ear. His breath tickled my skin and I shivered.
"Maybe," I agreed.
Rose was looking at us again, "Please tell me that this book will explain what is going on with you two,"
I blushed and looked down. Adrian went silent for a moment then smiled at her.
"Why don't you read the first chapter and see?" He handed her the book. She took it.
"I will take that challenge!" She opened up the book to the first chapter, a little too eagerly.
I groaned and Rose laughed, "Chapter One," She said.
~Please review and I will update ASAP! Hopefully tomorrow! Bye! ~Koneko-chan :P