I don't own Vampire Academy, the great Michelle Reed does. I own a few characters and the plot. Although some of it does coincide with the books.
CHAPTER 1
MARINNA
Mason and I had been sent into hiding together on the queens orders. After Malcolm had been killed in Spokane, which everyone thought was mason we had been on the run together. He never left my side. Since we were in hiding a feeder only came once a week and i needed more blood than that. Mason had come to my rescue offering me his neck. At first i refused. How could he even stand to look at me? I was the reason Malcolm was dead. The strigoi had been in spokane because of me. After the Badica attack Malcolm had switched places with Mason. I trusted them both but Mason and I were closer. So he had been with me when his friends came to Spokane. We had arrived to late with the guardians, Malcolm had sacrificed him self for rose. He had always had a thing for her. After months of him offering one night i went to him in his room and said "were you serious about me feeding from you?" He gave a me his duh smile and said, "only if you are doing this of your own free will. I want you to be well feed. Not a hungry rampaging crazy lady." I smiled and him and said, "of course i am. You will always care for me." He tilted his head so i could feed, i warned him first. " this may hurt a bit." He nodded and i bent down and released my fangs so i could fees. He inhaled as my fangs broke his skin. I hesitated on drinking. He spoke," Marinna its okay, just feed. I'll be fine." With that i drank. He let out moan after moan as i fed. His blood was sweet. I released my bite and layed him on my bed knowing he would be dizzy. He stared at me. Minutes later he spoke. "Man your bite is intoxicating. Better than any alcohol." I smiled knowing he must have been on cloud nine.
He looked peaceful as he slept. I thought about how amazing his red hair looked strewn across his forehead. He has always been cute but the older we got the more attractive he became. With his big guardian muscles and rugged good looks he looked like a man. The only thing making him look younger were his freckles. They had become less prominent over the years but they were cute. I went to his room where i fell sleep.
MASON
Her bite had been amazing. The loss of blood had drained my energy so I had slept in her bed.
Once I woke up I immediately worried because she wasn't in the room. Damn it had I really lost my charge? 18 years of school learning to guard, and countless hours of extra training to guard her and I was sleeping on the job. I opened the door that joined our rooms and found her asleep on my bed. Not wanting to wake her I went to make breakfast. I opened my laptop and turned it on. Then i set to making sausage and eggs her favorite. A video message popped up on my laptop and I opened it. In front of me was one of the few people who knew of her existence... Mikhail tanner. He checked in with me every so often to get an update. But this was him saying it was time for the new queen, Vasilisa Dragomir, to meet Marinna and be told who she was and why she was important. Mikhail's message finished and the reality hit me: I would have to go with her. All my friends would know i wasn't dead. I would have to tell them that Malcolm was the one they cried over not me. I was pulled out of my stupor by the sound of Beachin by Jake Owen pounding through the speakers in my room. Yup, my moroi was awake. Or whatever she was. Dhampirs are half human half moroi. She was the product of the only fruitful make and female dhampir union. She was more like 80% moroi and 20% human. Like Moroi she needed blood. Like humans she didn't have that stick figure Moroi girls had. She also tolerated the sun really well. She also wielded magic, but she hadn't specialized. We now realized she was a spirit user. We believed her father was shadow kissed and therefor was able to give his wife a child. They were in hiding in another country, Austria i think.
MARINNA
After waking up and listening to Jake Owens Beachin i went to find Mason. He was at the laptop in the kitchen. I spotted the food and broght it over to him and started eating. He looked scared. "Mase" I said worried. He turned and whispered, " I have to take you to meet the new queen." He picked up some food while watching me. I sighed. I knew it had to happen sooner or later. As a child mason and Malcolm had been assigned to become my guardians. Seeing as Malcolm was dead it left only mason. After everyone thought he was dead a private tutor had come with us so mason could still graduate. He had left when Tatiana had been killed. We were alone now. I knew mason would keep me safe, but he had left so much behind for me.
We finished lunch in silence and headed to the basement gym he used to train me. It had taken a year of begging to get him to teach me but i was so eager. I turned on Skrillex and warmed up knowing when he heard the music he would come downstairs. I did my 10 minutes of mandatory bag training while waiting for him to change. It was easy now to do everything he asked of me. When we had first started i was clumsy and uncoordinated. He had been patient though.
MASON
I heard the familiar sound of Skrillex and headed to my room to change. As the music changed to a different song I got downstairs and saw her working the bag. She was extraordinary to watch. I carefully walked to the other bag and started my own work out. Despite being more Moroi than human, she had become remarkably strong. She and Rose would have gotten along. I knew we would have to leave eventually to meet the new queen. I would have to face Rose and Eddie. I couldn't imagine how angry they would be with me. A new song came on and as I looked over I could see Marinna move into position. This is where we spared. We both tensed. I thought about going easy on her but she hated when I did that. I had recently taught her to stake so we used fake ones to fight. She was good countering my moves perfectly. After a minute she could see I was going easy and said, "Mason Ashford you better start really trying or I will kick your ass." I really did start trying I even got her down a few times, but ultimately I ended up staked on the floor with her straddling me with a "stake" in my heart. She switched off the music with the remote. A huge grin broke out on her face. I was shocked she had never beat me before. She got really close to me and, "Now that I have beat you I can ask you out. Because if you hurt me I can kick your ass." I lay there shocked. Had she really just asked me out. " Yes. I would love to go out with you. If I ever hurt you I wouldn't be able to live with myself." She had a giant smile on her face. I added, " I've wanted to be your boyfriend for a long time now."
MARINNA
It was that night that he took me bowling. It was sweet he held my hand and opened doors for me. Paid for the games and food afterward. I had never been so happy in my life. I had always cared about mason and he cared about me. He beat me badly at bowling. We went home and he surprised me with a gentle kiss on my lips. The kiss was my first. Yes at 19 I had never been kissed. I felt a hunger in me I had never known. I deepened the kiss and he was the one to pull away. "Wow" I said.