(There's a few/bunch of places I should have used commas, trust me i know. If any of you know who "Alse" is, she grilled me about it earlier. I will fix the errors later, i just wanted to get this up to see what people think. Then decide if I should continue or not. Also I only own Andy.)
Chapter 1. The Older Ozera
"No love to show towards me, Hathaway?" Adrian Ivashkov said towards a dhampir girl.
I moved forward and grabbed Adrian, pulling him away from the poor girl. God knows she doesn't want the attention. The look on her face said it all.
I sighed, "Adrian, my dear friend, I think you need to relax. You're like a disease to women, especially this one it seems."
The girl looked at me with attitude, placing her hands on hips. But then the look changed to surprise, she looked past me.
"Adrian has friends, now that's a real surprise. The world must be coming to an end." She mocked.
I couldn't help but let out a laugh, "I'm sorry Adrian, but that was pretty funny."
Ms. Hathaway's face lit up in smile.
"Yes, Rose, I do have friends. Quite a few of them. You should know, you're one of my very special ones." He flirted towards her, winking at her.
"Oh, good lord." I thought.
"Not like I," She started, until I interrupted her.
"Rose? Rose Hathaway?" I said excitedly.
She looked at me, quite astonished that I had interrupted her. "Yes, that's me. Why?"
"It's an honor to meet such a talented novice." I extended my arm to her.
For a moment she looked at me like I was out of my mind, which I am a little. But that's beside the point.
"Why the intense show of respect, especially from a Moroi" She questioned me.
"Because dear girl, you have the making of fantastic guardian. The marks are proof enough. Your friend Vasilisa, or Lissa, is very lucky indeed. I'm very impressed by your work, but I do apologize for bringing it up, if it harbors any bad memories." I praised her.
Her facial expression turned upset, but I had no business in her life. Suddenly the upset disappeared and she looked back at me.
"And you would be?" She asked.
"My apologizes! I am Andy Ozera. I've heard for your field experience, you were assigned to my younger brother Christian Ozera." I said with a smirk.
"Oh, good god, you have to be his brother. Who else would have that exact same smirk? You're his older brother? By how many years?"
"Don't forget about me guys! This attractive guy wants attention too!" Adrian proclaimed.
I whipped around and moved towards him, "Well this attractive guy would like to have a simple conversation without being bothered! So shut it, Adrian." I said to him.
The rarest expression was on Adrian's face, surprise. But it quickly went away. He pulled out a cigarette, "Light it?"
"Damn bum." I retorted, but used my fire magic to light it anyway.
Turning back to Rose I walk back to my original spot. "I graduated last year, and before you ask, yes, I specialized in fire. Just like Christian should. And I do know how to attack with it as well. That's where my aunt comes in handy."
She looked confused, "You graduated last year but don't have a guardian? Why – oh wait."
I rubbed the back of head, displacing my dark brown hair. "Yeah, I don't have one because of my parents. Luckily I've only had to fight off one Strigoi, which I did win that fight." I smiled.
"You killed a Strigoi?! Holy shit!" She exclaimed.
Even I heard a noise from Adrian, looking back he seemed impressed. Rose was evidently impressed. Hearing movement behind me I tensed. Then there was a hand on my shoulder. Turning around rather fast, I was ready to set someone on fire; the heat was rising on my hands. But who touched me wasn't a threat.
My eyes went wide, "Guardian Belikov-"
"Andy, call me Dimitri. You know friends are allowed to call me that." He said, with a lightened mood look.
But the look wasn't completely from seeing me; it had to be for the young woman standing behind me. For a split second he looked at Rose with affection but then hide it behind his guardian mood.
"I'm sorry, do lighten up though Dimitri. We're all friends here, and I can bet you're not on duty. Relax."
"I'm not on duty but I have a challenge for you."
"Oh you do now?"
"Still good at hand-to-hand combat?"
I smirked, "Why don't we figure it out."
"Sounds like you accepted my challenge, meet me in the training room." Then he headed off, Adrian following suite.
Rose grabbed my jacket and spun me around, "Are you nuts?!"
I laughed and smiled. "I'm actually quite of my mind. Lead me to this training room Dimitri spoke of?"
Her eyes twinkled when I mentioned his name. She nodded and we started walking that way. Our trip was quiet until my curiosity couldn't take anymore.
"You have feelings toward Dimitri, and he has them in return." I blurted out, ops.
She stopped dead in her tracks for a moment, and then caught up with me. "I—how'd you know? Don't tell anyone!"
"I could see it, I'm not blind. But it's not that obvious. I was taking a shot in the dark, but it proved to be right. And I'm going to go on a limb and say you guys don't express yourself to each other. We Ozera's might be assholes, but we aren't complete jerks. My lips are sealed."
"We are both going to be Lissa's guardians. They, you guys, come first."
I made a noise of protest, "I've always hated hearing older guardians jam that saying down the novices' throats. That's not always true. You also have to think about yourself, because you are a being as well as we are. You guys have feelings and should be able to express them, when you have the time. That saying is bullshit." I said, getting a little angry.
Rose was going to say something, but then we arrived to the training room.
"I'll be back! Don't start without me!" She yelled as she ran off.
"Yes, Miss Hathaway." I called out to her.
I saw her laugh, and then she disappeared around the corner.
Walking into the room I saw Adrian and Dimitri having a heated conversation. I rushed over to them catching the last part of what Adrian was saying, "You need to show your emotions or leave the poor girl alone."
I saw the look on Dimitri's face and it wasn't a friendly look. I grabbed Adrian by the shirt and yanked him towards me.
"What?" He asked coolly
I shook him a little bit, "You need to shake that slight craziness and remember who you were speaking to! He might be a guardian but, his love life is his business. So Adrian for once, just keep your nose out of people's business!" I said angrily.
He scoffed, but didn't speak again. Knowing that he would not win in an argument against me.
Dimitri and I had a conversation about how our lives have been going. He was telling me about the novices, and their field experience. Showing me some of the bruises, which he sustained from them. Some were decently sized, mostly around his midsection and arms. Then he went into detail to tell me about Rose's incident.
"There's no way in hell she froze. I can tell, she's not that type of person. And I've only talked to her for a little time. Those Mojina Marks shows that she doesn't freeze under intense circumstances. Even if it was just a practice Strigoi attack." I stated.
"I know. I don't get it." He said, but stopped talking when the training room door opened.
I wasn't caught off guard by who was walking. But once I saw my younger brother Christian walk in with Lissa, and her "assigned guardian", I completely froze in my tracks.
Christian and I haven't seen each other in many years. It's been almost 7-8 years. But man has he grown up, but I could read the arrogance coming from him. Jesus he was just like me it seemed, but not nearly as skilled in fighting. Or as incredibly handsome like me. Something about how he was back then, than to the Christian in front of me seemed very different. Surprisingly it looked like he was coming out of his shell, not being an asshole so much. He made no attempt to come up to me, I sighed heavily.
"Ready Dimitri?" I asked, getting to a fighting stance.
All of a sudden someone busted through the training room doors, causing me to flinch. But I didn't move from my spot. Only looked to see what the commotion was, it was just Rose making an entrance. I turned my attention to Dimitri once again, but saw his feelings for Rose in his eyes. He must have saw her come in, he quickly shifted back to guardian mode.
He faced me, "I'm ready, no magic" He commanded.
"No promises" I smirked.
We both took our fighting stances, the fun was about to began.