So here's chapter 1!

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Chapter 1

"Love fades, mine has…" I whispered. What kind of crap is that? No one's feelings could've changed that feeling, not unless they didn't care and that wasn't what Dimitri was. As I was walking down the hallway, I heard some girls whispering.

"I feel sorry for her…" I glared at her and then slammed her up against a wall.

"I don't need your pity," I growled at her.

"Miss Hathaway!" I turned to the voice and saw Alberta. I let the girl go and she fled with her friends.

"Miss Hathaway, I have strictly warned you time and again to stop picking fights. You've fought three times this week and I will not have you looking for another fight. I know Guardian Belikov is no longer your mentor, but that does not give you the right to act like a wild animal," She lectured.

"Guardian Petrov," She turned to the voice as I bit my tongue at who it was. Dimitri.

"Ah, Guardian Belikov, good timing. Miss Hathway was caught picking another fight. It's been her third time this week," Dimitri gave me a strange look.

"Guardian Petrov, I'll take it from here. Headmistress Kirov is asking for you in her office. She has an errand for you to run," Alberta gave me a sad look before leaving. I scoffed at her. What did she know? As I tried to leave, Dimitri grabbed my wrist.

"You're not going anywhere. Roza, your third fight? It's only Wednesday. What's wrong with you?" He asked me while showing a concerned face.

"Like you would care," I seethed at him.

"Rose, if this keeps going, I'm going to suspend you from student activities…and this isn't an empty threat," He told me.

"Do it. Try me. I don't care. I never cared about the rules before and I don't care for them now. Rules have never stopped me," I spat at him.

"Rose…please don't do that…" He begged.

"Since when did you care?" I yelled at him. He looked at me, shocked and surprised. "Since when did you care what my feelings were? If I hadn't known any better, you never loved me. You led me on and you abandoned me! You brought this on yourself. And you know what, it's high time I turned back to my own self, when no one could order me around. This is my turf, not yours. You have no rule here and you'll find that out soon enough." I told him off. After that, I just left him there as I went to my room, holding back any tears I could, at least until I closed the door. I turned quickly and punched the wall in my room and finally collapsed onto my knees sobbing. Dimitri used to understand me so well and I had my hopes up. But at the end of the day, they were all the same. Suddenly there was a knock at the door.

"Rose?" There was a weak, light voice. It was Lissa.

"Lissa…not now…" I barely spoke out.

"Rose, are you…crying…? Rose, let me in," She told me.

"No…just leave me alone…" I curled up in a corner of my room.

"Rose…is that what you want?" She asked.

"Yes…just leave me alone. I'll be fine…" Finally I heard her footsteps leaving from the doorway. After that, I just sobbed. And after a couple of hours, I just stopped in a daze. I didn't want to move at all but I was really tired. I heard the lock on the door click and saw Dimitri come in.

"Rose? Rose, are you here?" He walked in the darkness of my room. "Do you want me to turn on the lights?" He asked.

"No…" I whispered.

"Princess Vasilisa told me you were crying because of me. I'm sorry," I shivered suddenly, shirking away from him.

"Dimitri…" I whispered.

"It's going to be okay…" He wiped my face and held me gently.

"Get out…" I told him. "Get out!" I yelled, quickly standing up unsteadily, all feelings leaving my legs.

"Careful!" Dimitri steadied me. I pushed him back. "Rose, you have to understand, I can't love you anymore because I've done really unforgivable things. I'm no good for you anymore…"

"Get out!" I pushed him back once more before. "I said get out!" Dimitri sighed and headed for the door just as other teachers rushed in.

"What's going on here?" The teachers asked. "I heard yelling. Guardian Belikov, please leave the premises. We'll take care of her," One of the teachers I recognized was Guardian Alto.

"Please be delicate with her, Alto. If you know anything, I've destroyed her to this state. Save her from me…please…" Dimitri left the scene and Stan dismissed the other guardians.

"Miss Hathaway, it's me, don't freak out. It's going to be okay," Stan approached me with a cautious approach and I tensed. I saw Dimitri looking in the back. "Belikov, I know you're there. What do I do now?"

"I don't know. Comfort her, you know how to do that, don't you?" Stan looked at me and I backed away. Stan instinctively grabbed my wrist and pulled me into a hug.

"Just relax…it's not Dimitri, it's me. It's Guardian Alto," He told me.

"I know. You don't have to do this," I told him.

"I know. And you can make fun of me later for this, but believe it or not, I do care about you. You've done so much for the school and it's unfair for you to be repaid in this form. You don't deserve this," Stan started to rock me back and forth a bit trying to wipe any tears that started to fall. I didn't bother with a snarky remark. I was going to let him go this time. "Look, it's almost dinner time, would you be up for eating with me?" I looked at Stan oddly. This was really unlike him but I smiled at him now. When I looked behind him, Dimitri was gone and the hole in my heart grew.

"Yeah…let me just wash up a bit," I told him in quiet voice.

"Of course. I'll just sit at your desk and wait," I nodded and headed to the bathroom. I looked like a horrendous mess. Images of Dimitri and I swarmed my head and I shook my head to keep from thinking about them. I washed my face and opened the bathroom door. Stan was sitting there still.

"You can go. I'll be fine," I told him.

"No, I'm staying with you for dinner. I just want to make sure you'll be okay. For you and for Dimitri. I know you hate me and there's nothing I can do about that, but how about we call it a truce for now?" He asked. I just went along with it. I didn't have any strength to argue or fight. Dimitri had taken as much as he could from me already. When the two of us walked to the cafeteria, my breath hitched as all the students were staring at me. As they started whispering, I already knew it was about me. Probably about how terrible I was moving from Dimitri to Stan now. "Just ignore them Rose. You know better than to stoop to their level," I automatically stopped moving and looked at him.

"Their level? I was at their level before I become some sort of heroine. And to be honest, I miss that life! You don't have any idea how much I want to turn back time and wished I had never fallen for Dimitri. The only person I trusted with my life and he betrayed me and turned against me. He doesn't even love me anymore! None of you guys understand anything!" I screamed at everyone in the cafeteria. "So unless you do, it's high time I took back my turf. Rose Hathaway is back and things are going to change starting now!" I demanded from them. Everyone stared and quickly moved aside in the dinner lines.

"Rose…"

"Guardian Alto, listen up. You don't have to be with me. I'm fine now. In fact, I know how to fix things. Go to the teacher's lounge," I told him.

"Are you sure?" I nodded and he left. I cut the entire line as the students moved for me. I was gaining back my power at school and if Dimitri could hurt me like this, he wasn't unbreakable either. When I saw Lissa and the others, I went to them.

"Mind if I joined?" I asked them.

"Sure. Rose, are you sure you're okay?" Lissa asked. I nodded at her.

"Yeah, I can't stay stuck in the past forever. What's done is done. Plus, Christian knows that there's nothing I do better than revenge. And Dimitri asked for it," I started to eat my food. Soon, everything returned to normal. Christian and Lissa chatted while Eddie and Mia ate.

"Um…Rose…what you said up there…that was brave of you," Lissa complimented. Or at least I'm quite sure it was a compliment.

"Thanks, but this is only the beginning. Things are going to be the way they were before you and I left. We're going to be top in the school and no one can say otherwise," I told her. "IF that's alright with you, that is," I looked at Lissa. She smiled.

"If that is what you want, then so be it. I'll always be on your side, no matter what," Lissa reassured me. When I finished dinner, I cleaned my place up and left.

"I'm going to sleep soon so text me if you need anything," I told her.

"Alright. Goodnight, Rose," I nodded to Lissa and left the cafeteria. As I headed to the entrance, there were a bunch of students leaving at the same time.

"Ahem," I coughed out. The students turned to see me and quickly scurried to the side, making way for me. Oh how I missed this. This was how things were supposed to be like. As I left the cafeteria, I saw Dimitri making his way to the cafeteria. Guess he was having a late dinner. I held my head up high and ignored him.

"Roza…" He whispered.

"My name is Rose. Not Roza," I told him before I headed back to my room. When I went back to my room, I changed into some clothes to vent off some anger during training. As I headed to the gym, it was empty. Checking to make sure there was no one, I headed to the supplies closet and found the punching bag so I set it up. When it was done, I started throwing straight punches as well as curved ones, a few uppercuts and then some kicks. But as I threw one punch too hard and turned around to hear the door creak, the punching bag knocked me forward, sending me to the ground.

"Rose!" I coughed as I saw Dimitri coming.

"Stay away, Dimitri!" I yelled. He called for Stan instead.

"Look, I know you must hate me by now, but someone needs to look out for you! If not me, then Stan," He told me. Stan was suddenly on his way.

"Rose…Rose!" Guardian Alto came to me quickly with a first aid kit.

"Are you okay? What happened?" I explained to him and he stared at me, muttering the word 'careless.' Couldn't say I didn't deserve it though. When I looked up, Dimitri was leaving.

"Guardian Belikov!" I yelled for him. Dimitri turned to me quickly, almost looking hopeful. I didn't want to do this to him, but I needed this revenge. No one had ever hurt me as bad as him.

"You asked me to choose, right?" He nodded. I gave him a glare. "I choose Alto and do you know why? Because even though I hate him to death, never once has he betrayed me. Not like you. From as long as I've known you, you put a brave front, but when it comes to things like this, you're a chicken…and you're not brave enough anymore to admit it. You're right. You're not the same guy I loved, and until you are, don't come back to me because I don't need you," I got up and wiped the blood from my mouth.

"Rose!" Stan tried to stop me.

"Fine," And that was all Dimitri said before he left.

"Rose, why did you do that? You still love him!" Stan called me out on my lie. I just looked at him with a really sad look.

"I know…and that's why I hate him. Because he took everything I gave him and he threw it all away. And I don't get mad…at least not anymore. I'm going to get even," I walked out of the gym and back to my room.

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