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I have been at this place for only a few months and yet graduation is right around the corner. I guess that would happen if you only just started school at the start of our senior year. To be fair it wasn't my fault. I didn't even know I was a dhampir a couple of months ago. All my life I had grown up believing I was an alchemist. A group of humans who run around and keep the vampire world hidden from the humans. I had trained for seventeen years and was finally ready for my first official mission. I was sent out into the field to clean up a mess left behind by the strigoi, undead killing machines. It was there that I met my mentor and secret crush, Dimitri Belikov. Although I guess it's not much of a secret anymore between us, and my feeling for him have grown from so much more then a simple schoolgirl crush. After I found out what I really was he told the head mistress to enrol me with the senior students. Thanks to the alchemist training I was almost at the level of the seniors and just needed the extra help. Dimitri volunteered to be my mentor and taught me so much that I had caught up to everyone else and now was on my way to being the best.
The more I saw him they more I grew to like him and at the school equinox dance when Lissa was kidnapped I ran to Dimitri and thanks to a lust charm given to me by Victor Dashkov we got into a rather awkward situation. Meaning we almost had sex. Thankfully he pulled off the lust charm in time and we managed to save Lissa and lock up victor for good. To this day my feeling for him haven't gone away. If anything they have grown more. I went to see victor and found out that the charm would only work if he felt the same way for me as I did for him. Then Natalie, Victor's daughter, came out form the shadows and started attacking me. She had turned herself strigoi to free her father. In the end Dimitri had staked her through the heart and saved me. As he carried me to the infirmary he told me the truth. That he loved me but we couldn't be together because we were both going to be Lissa's guardians and we had to protect her not each other.
Now a month has passed and everything is back to normal. It was almost as if it never happened, but not for me. For me the events have ran through my head on a loop.
I sat on a bench staring out as the snow coated field in front of me waiting for Dimitri. Today I had my qualifier. A test where a novice is asked questions to see how dedicate they are and to see if they are ready to be a guardian. If they fail they could be kicked out of the school for good. As usual I was half an hour early, which left me to stare at the sunrise alone. For a vampire this was the middle of the night but my nerves kept me wide-awake.
"You're here." Said a voice from behind. I didn't have to turn around to know whom. "I have been looking for you," he said as he came and sat down next to me.
"There is still ten minutes before you said we would be leaving. I thought I would just sit down and try to get in the zone." I said still not looking at him because I know if I did all my focus would break.
"Nervous?" he asked but there was a knowing hint in his voice almost like he knew and didn't need to ask.
"Almost to the nail biting level. God I can't stop fidgeting," I said looking down at my tapping foot.
"You'll be fine," he said putting his hand on my tapping knee. I turned to look at him surprised at his movement. We were alone but still we haven't made any sort of contact other than in the gym since the lust charm. He moved his hand quickly and turned to look away from me. I looked down and used my hair to cover my blush. The heat from his touch was still radiation from where he touched my knee almost like he had burnt me. After a moment of silence I asked the question that had been racing through my mind since I found out about the qualifier.
"What will happen if I fail?" he turned to look at my but I continued to look down at my now fiddling fingers.
"You wont fail," he said almost certain.
"I know that's what you think but what if I do? I mean I can't get kicked out. I need to graduate and become Lissa's guardian. I can't not be her guardian," I said looking up to meet his eyes.
"What you said just then shows me that you can't fail. Anyone can see your dedicated and that you will do anything for the princess. You can't fail," he said and gave me a small smile.
"You say that Dimitri but I need to know what will happen if I fail. I don't have anywhere to go anymore," I said quietly. He looked at me for a moment.
"You don't need to worry about that. And if Art says anything about the best novice not being dedicated I will talk some sense into him myself," he joked and I smiled before I thought about what he said. Art? Who was Art?
"Art?" I asked.
"Arthur Schoenberg," he said like it was obvious. My jaw dropped and my eyes widened.
"We are going to see Arthur Schoenberg?" I asked. My voice surprised me. It was shaking so much that I almost sounded more nervous of his name then the qualifier.
"Yes. Is that a problem?" he asked. I shook my head from sided to side. Arthur Schoenberg was a legend in the vampire world. Even the alchemist knew of him and while we- they feared all vampires, Arthur had done so much that even they couldn't hate him. He had killed the most strigoi at such a young age and had done such a good deed for the human race by saving them countless times. Arthur was a guardian but didn't have a charge so he went wherever he wanted and saved whoever was in need before finally settling for a Moroi and going into retirement just guardian his charge.
"Wasn't there anyone else?" I asked. If anything this information made me more nervous. Dimitri smiled.
"You'll be fine. Like I said, I'll make sure Art goes easy on you," he said. Art. Dimitri was on nickname basis with a legend. Dimitri himself was growing into a well-known name and was a badass god but still the thought that he was friends with someone like Arthur Schoenberg made him an even more of a badass god.
"Lets get going then, " he said standing up and brushing the snow off his leather duster. I pulled my self to my shaking feet and wrapped my scarf around my neck. I hadn't exactly been prepared for this test so I was just wearing a pair of dark denim skinny jeans and a tight white knit sweater. When Dimitri had found me he told me I wouldn't need to change into anything but he advised I wore comfy clothes it was a long drive. I grabbed my scarf and ran out here to sit and think through what the test would be about.
We walked to the car in silence and started our journey with five minutes head start.
Two hours into the journey Dimitri noticed me picking at the skin around my nails. An old habit of mine that I had grown out of a few years and only came back when I was nervous. I still had the scars from the years when I had to take the alchemy tests. It got to the point where they would be red raw and bleed from the cracks.
"Stop that," he said turning back the road.
"What?" I asked.
"You're making me feel nervous just watching you. And stop picking at your nails," he said. I sucked in a deep breath and sighed.
"You're right," I said and moved to sit on my hands. Then I went back to staring out the window and my foot started tapping.
"Okay that's it," said Dimitri pulling into a diner car park.
"What?" I asked again.
"We have to find a way for you to calm down," he said. "You need to eat something."
"I'm fine," I argued.
"Rose. We are not going to have to go though this again are we?" he asked and I shook my head. A while ago Dimitri had noticed my lack of eating and was concerned for my heath. He took it upon himself to become my dietician as well as mentor. Everyday he would watch me eat and kept track of my weight. I had gained a couple of pounds and was fitting my clothes better but he still watched me. I got out of the car and joined him walking into the diner.
"I'm honestly fine. I had dinner a few hours ago," I argued as we walked through the red walk in doors.
"Your jittering like a drug addict who hasn't had their fix in hours, the only way you're going to calm down is to get some food into you." I rolled my eyes and sucked up my pride.
We sat down and a waitress in a short dress and stilettos came and handed us a couple of menus. I looked at it and decided on a fruit salad. Dimitri gave me a look.
"What?" I asked. "I told you I wasn't hungry." He rolled his eyes and I smiled knowing I had one. When the waitress came over ready to take our orders, I was ready to tell her what I wanted but didn't get the chance because Dimitri had cut me off.
"Hi. We will both have a chocolate glazed donut," he said before handing her the menu. I glared at him. When the waitress walked away Dimitri turned back to me.
"I think what you need right now is sugar. Trust me this will make you feel better. You do like donuts right?" he asked.
"Um I haven't exactly had one before," I said now feeling embarrassed.
"What that is crazy," he said and even though his voice sounded surprised his face was still the same statue like that gave nothing away. If it weren't for his eyes or his voice to give everything away I would think he was a robot.
The waitress came back carrying two plates with a chocolate glazed donut on each. I could smell the chocolate from across the room. God it had been years since I had last had chocolate. My mouth flooded with saliva and I was struggling to keep it into my mouth and not drool. Stupid alchemist was with their perfectionist views. I wasn't like a normal human I had a bigger chest and wide hips and carried a lot of weight growing up. It was frowned upon so I went crazy on dieting till I refused to eat unless I was close to fainting. It was dangerous but it got me to where they wanted me to be. I still had the abnormally large bust but my waist was smaller and I was underweight for my height. After Dimitri found out he explained to me why it was so bad to be as I was. Not only was it dangerous to my health but also it meant I would be taken down easily by any opponent why was heavier then me and even though I was quick I couldn't have the weight on my side to take down a strigoi to stake them. That had sunk in and convinced me to put on the pounds. Honestly I was happier as I was now and I did win most of the matches with my classmates. Still I didn't over eat and I exercised ever chance I got. I guess old habits die-hard.
The waitress placed the donut in front of me. The scent was overwhelming and I craved to taste it but I was still sceptical of what lay on the plate in front of me. Dimitri noticed my hesitation.
"What was my first rule? Don't hesitate. I promise you'll like it. I haven't met a person yet who hasn't," he said. I rolled my eyes. Always with the life lessons even when it comes to food.
Slowly I picked up the donut. It was almost the size of my face. I opened my mouth and bit into a small bit of the donut. The flavours flowed through me like a wave of happiness and the taste was so delicious that it took all my will power not to shove the entire then into my mouth. Even as I was eating it slower then my instincts were telling me to I finished before Dimitri. He looked at me and smiled as he finished off his donut. Dimitri was right; I did like it. I was craving more but of course I would never admit it. I didn't like being wrong.
When Dimitri was finished we paid and went back to the car ready to get back onto the road. I felt calmer but I was still fiddling with anything I could get my hands on. Oh god this was it. Please let me pass. please let me be a guardian.