Authors note:

Hi everyone! It's been a very long time since I've uploaded a story, and I'm sorry for that! It's been a couple of crazy years for me, but now I'm back in the swing of things, so I decided that it was time to get back into my fanfiction writing!

This story is set after Last Sacrifice and the Indigo Spell, and BEFORE the Fiery Heart (note: Indigo Spell and Fiery Heart are books from a VA spin off series called Bloodlines).

But yeah, there's not really anymore to say than that, so enjoy! :D

Disclaimer: I do not own Vampire Academy, nor any of the characters. They have been created by the brilliant mind of Richelle Mead.


Vampire Academy: Broken Bond

Chapter one:

WHEN I WAS YOUNGER, MY favourite toy was a yoyo I had stolen from the kindergarten toy box. I would spend hours playing with it. But one day, the string snapped and the yoyo fell to the ground. I tied the strings back together, but it was never the same again. No matter how many times I tried, the knot formed from me tying the two parts back together, would stop the yoyo from unravelling properly. It was broken, and there was nothing I could do to fix it.

But that was just a toy. Humans were different. That's what I used to think anyway.

"Come on Rose, you can do better than that."

"You could try and be a little more encouraging Comrade," I said as I readied my body.

"I'm telling you the truth; how is that not encouraging?" Dimitri smirked as he fixed the strapping on his gloves.

"Because I already know my fighting has been off lately, I don't need you rubbing it in my face!" I snapped, suddenly wanting to punch a hole in the wall. I looked up to see that the teasing smile on Dimitri's face had now vanished. Concern now filled his eyes.

"Roza-"

"Look I'm sorry. I didn't mean to yell, I just…" I let my eyes fall to the ground. A pair of feet suddenly entered my vision, and I found myself in the best place on earth. Dimitri's arms.

"You've been on edge for weeks. What's wrong?"

I buried my face into the nape of his neck, enjoying the intoxicating smell of his body.

"I'm just tired, and out of practice after being bed ridden for so long."

I both felt and heard Dimitri sigh. His hands grabbed my shoulders, and pulled me back so his eyes met mine.

"That was a reasonable excuse a few months ago, but not now. There's more going on here than just exhaustion and your training regime."

"Look, I'm just having a bad week. I'll be better tomorrow," I said stubbornly. Knowing that there would be no more training, and just some more zen talk, I started to take my sparring gloves off. Dimitri stopped me.

"You keep saying that, but I don't believe you anymore. Just talk to m—"

"Guys!"

We both spun around to find Christian standing in the door way. "Lissa needs you."

In an instant, I was at Christian's side. It was times like this that I hated not having the bond.

"What's happened, is she okay?" I asked, quickly ripping off my gloves and tossing them to the ground.

"Lissa is fine, it's Adrian."

"What about him?" Dimitri asked, still ready to pounce into action.

"He's been arrested, and brought back to court," Christian answered as we followed him outside the building, and started heading towards the throne room.

"What on earth for? Isn't he supposed to be helping protect Jill?"

Christian appeared to not know how to answer my question, and instead focused on getting us to Lissa as quickly as possible.

Now that Lissa had become Queen, she could only spend some of her time at Lehigh University. It all depended on her schedule as to when she could leave Court, and right now things were too chaotic with Tasha's looming trial to even consider finishing off an assignment, let alone jet off to campus. It may take her ten times as long, but Lissa was determined to finish her studies. I actually liked the times we got to go to university, as it meant I got to hang out with my best friend more, despite the fact I was on duty at the same time. But right now, all that had to be put on hold.

Tasha's trial would have occurred earlier, but all trials had to be put on hold so that Lissa could try and get some of the laws changed, which took a lot of time and effort. It was a right that all new Rulers had the opportunity to do, but all new laws had to be passed. The vote for the death penalty was coming up, and Christian was on edge. He still loved his Aunt and didn't want her to die. Lissa had stuck by Christian's side the entire time, despite what everyone was saying around Court. I hated Tasha for what she had done, but Christian was a good guy, and I was glad those two had each other.

With things already so intense, the thought of anything else going wrong made my stomach turn. Hopefully Adrian being arrested had just been some misunderstanding, but I had a feeling that it much more than that.

When we entered the room, I expected to see Adrian in hand cuffs, and a hoard of Guardians. But instead I found Adrian and Lissa in the middle of the room, having a full blown argument. Only two Guardians were nearby, while the rest where outside.

Upon spotting us, Adrian froze, but only for a second.

"Great, the Calvary has arrived."

"What the heck is going on?" I demanded, gesturing to the scene in front of me. "I thought you had been arrested?"

Lissa answered before Adrian had the chance to open his mouth.

"It was more a measure of restraint, so that the Alchemist's didn't take him into their own custody." Lissa turned to the remaining Guardians, and asked them to wait outside.

"Alchemists?" Dimitri questioned once the doors had closed behind the retreating Guardians. His eyebrows knitted into a frown. "Is Sydney okay?"

At the mention of Sydney, Adrian's face dropped and his fists clenched.

"No, she's not! The Alchemists took her, and have her imprisoned! We have to go get her out of there before they send her to this freaky brain washing place she had warned me about!" Adrian growled, his eyes were now back on Lissa. "But she won't do anything."

Christian snickered at his remark and started to move forward, towards Adrian. Lissa, sensing that a fight was about to break out, moved in front of Christian and then turned to Adrian.

Her voice was calm, yet firm. "It's more complicated than that Adrian, and you know it."

"Did she do anything to cause this action?" Dimitri asked, stepping forward to try and diffuse the tension.

"No! She did nothing! It was my fault, I shouldn't have… we should never have…." Adrian mumbled, unable to finish.

"I see."

I looked up at Dimitri in shock.

"You do? Cause I sure as hell don't."

"Probably because you haven't spent enough time with both Adrian and Sydney, like Sonja and I have. I'm right, aren't I?"

Adrian nodded.

I still had no clue what everyone was on about.

"Right about what? Can someone please tell me what's going on?"

My focus was on Dimitri, as I assumed he would be the one to tell me. But to my surprise, Adrian answered.

"I'm in love with Sydney Sage."