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What would happen if Lissa and Rose met the Cullens while they were away from the academy? It probably would have went something like this. Rose is a little more trained this time.
Rose POV
Lissa and I were in Portland during our freedom from the academy. I knew that one day, there was a good possibility that the guardians from the academy would try and bring us back, but for now, we tried our best to blend in. It wasn't easy since we didn't have access to feeders for Liss, but I did what was necessary to keep her feeling safe and happy.
I had made sure that once we left the academy, I continued to train myself and managed to get a hold of a stake. During the time here, we hadn't run into any Strigoi, but I had managed to kill a pack of psi hounds. Sure it wasn't easy, but it was necessary to protect Lissa. I had no idea who would have sent them. We hadn't figured out our strange connection yet, or why Lissa felt that she was being watched at the academy, and I wasn't about to go back and find out. So long as I kept her away from that place, she had been much happier. I was glad that she was away from the catty games that the royals played. Even in a school such as ours, politics played a very major role in things.
Lissa and I had been at the campus library. We weren't students here, but we managed to get in with a little 'persuasion'. Liss and I were attending high school and starting our senior year in the human world. It didn't take long for me to build up a reputation at the school and of course Lissa managed to get me in the same classes that she had so I was with her 24/7.
We left the library, headed back to the apartment that we had been staying in with some college kids on campus. It had gotten dark faster than I had anticipated and we had lost track of the time while doing research for our class assignments. I was on alert as we walked the short distance. It was eerily quiet and I kept Liss close to me. We were almost at the apartment when three figures stepped out in front of us. Judging from there posture I would have said that they were guardians, but the red rimmed eyes gave them away and I pulled Liss even closer to me.
"Well if it isn't a little Moroi morsel and her wanna be guardian." One of the Strigoi sneered and I growled, crouching defensively. "Won't this be fun." He said and lunged as the others followed his league. I somehow managed to keep myself out of Lissa's head as I ducked the attack and returned blows of my own. I held my own and I kept Lissa out of their line of attack as I staked the first Strigoi. The second was much easier than the first. He was new and uncoordinated, strange for one who was once a Damphir. I took a hard blow from the third and final Strigoi and it knocked me aside. I felt the claw marks in my shoulder but I pushed the pain away and lunged as he dashed for Liss.
The blow knocked him down to the ground, taking me with him. We wrestled for a few minutes but he managed to get his teeth into my neck. I heard screams and I knew that for a brief moment, one of them came from me. I could feel Lissa's fear but I pushed it aside and finally managed to bring my stake hard into his back, hitting the desired target and his body slumped over mine. I managed to roll his weight off me and my eyes immediately searched for Lissa as I tried to stand. I noticed that there was a group of people running towards us. I didn't trust anyone of course so I took a defensive stance in front of Liss, before I felt a wave of calm surround us both. These people weren't Strigoi, but I still felt uneasy with them near.
"It's okay. We aren't here to hurt you dear. We want to help you." The oldest looking male said and I still felt tense. I felt the calm waves come again and I willed it away. Now wasn't the time for me to be calm. I could still feel Lissa's fear but it was finally manageable.
"Carlisle, I don't know exactly what they are but they aren't human." The copper haired guy said. The guy he called Carlisle looked surprised. I wasn't sure what these people were either, because they sure weren't like the Strigoi that I just killed. I looked at them and sighed, bringing myself out of my crouch.
"Alright look, we can do the 'battle of the species' thing later. Right now though, I need to get rid of the three stooges here and stop this bleeding." I said pointing to the three dead vampires on the ground and then to my arm where the claw marks were.
"Vampires?" The copper haired guy practically yelled, but there was confusion there. I rolled my eyes and kept myself between Liss and these strangers. I dragged the three bodies into an alley. I pulled out a lighter and a can of hairspray from my bag. Since I couldn't alert the alchemists to our location, I had to come up with more creative ways of body disposal in cases like this. Once the three were reduced to ash, I turned and noticed that the group of strangers stood there stunned.
"Are we just standing here all night staring at each other, or do we try to get to the Q & A portion of this little meeting." I said sarcastically while tying a piece of my shirt around the worst of the jagged cuts. Thankfully it was enough to get a reaction.
"Of course. Is there somewhere we can talk privately?" Carlisle asked.
"Not unless you guys have an idea, but I do thing that we should at least know the names of the people that we are talking to." I said.
"Sure. I am Carlisle and this is my wife Esme. These are my children, Jasper and his wife Alice, Emmet and his wife Rosalie and Edward and his wife Bella. Renesmee is Edward and Bella's daughter." He said indicating each of them.
"I'm Rose and this is Lissa." I said plainly. I wasn't real keen on trusting them but what choice did I have.
We walked through the campus and went towards the lot where the students that lived off campus parked. We rode with them to their home, me keeping a watchful eye over Lissa and I studied the group of people. I knew they were different and I could see similarities to the Strigoi, but I also saw more human qualities in them.
Soon after we arrived at their home and I wasn't surprised to see that it was every bit as big as one of the royal Moroi would have. Royals in general, Lissa excluded, tended to go all out with their wealth and had more money than they had sense. Lissa and I followed them into the large lounge room on ground level and we sat down to begin our little discussion, well Lissa sat and I stood close behind her. I was on guard because I didn't know what to expect from these people.
Lissa was nervous and I started to feel her panicked emotions. I placed a calming hand on her shoulder and I noticed that the one that they called Jasper and the one called Edward were watching the interaction with a scrutinizing gaze. They looked confused with the interaction and I wondered what it might have looked like to an outsider.
"Well let's not all talk at once here." I said sarcastically.
"Rose!" Lisa chastised and I rolled my eyes. They weren't Moroi so I didn't feel the need to be anything other than what I was, a sarcastic bitch.
"Alright, our family with the exception of little Renesmee are full vampires. Renesmee was born while Bella was human and Edward is her biological father." Carlisle said and I tensed. I felt Lissa's confusion and fear.
"What do you mean vampires?" I asked. "You aren't Strigoi like those things I killed."
"No, I haven't seen those things in my over 300 years." Carlisle said and I became even more tensed.
"Wait, you are telling me that you guys are immortal vampires?" I asked and they nodded. The big muscled one laughed.
"Are there any other kind?" He asked sarcastically.
"Uh... yeah." I said like he was stupid. Their eyes widened. "Moroi are mortal vampires. They drink blood in small amounts and eat regular food on occasion. I am what our world calls a Damphir. We have human and vampire characteristics. Our job is to protect the Moroi from the Strigoi. Strigoi target Moroi for their blood and they are soulless monsters. They will kill anyone for their blood, but they prefer the Moroi. Moroi don't kill for their blood while the Strigoi do. If a Moroi were to drain a person, they would become a Strigoi. A Strigoi can also turn someone against their will."
"Ok… wow!" They said. We discussed the differences for some time until I could tell that Lissa was getting tired.
"Liss, you need to get some sleep." I told her. She looked at me with a nervous expression. I searched her emotions and found that she was thirsty. Shit. These other vampires had explained that they don't drink human blood, and feeding her wasn't an option with the others here aside from the fact I had already been bitten by a Strigoi tonight, so what would we do? I did the only thing I could think of and turned to Carlisle.
"Carlisle, might we speak to you in private?" I asked and he nodded, confusion clearly written on his face. He led us upstairs to his office and sat down behind the desk, waiting patiently.
"What is it girls?" He asked kindly.
"Carlisle, when we said that Moroi needed to feed, did you not realize that Lissa happens to be a Moroi?" I asked and his eyes widened in realization. "Lissa needs to feed and we don't have access to feeders. Lissa and I ran from the academy we were at to protect her. She felt that she was being followed and with this strange connection that we have, I had to protect her from that." I said honestly.
"How did you manage it before you met us?" He asked. I looked down and sighed, running my fingers through my hair.
"Since we didn't have access to feeders and the academy couldn't know where we were, I fed her." I stated and his eyes widened again. "The downside to that is the high from the bite. Seeing as the Strigoi bit me earlier, it would be unwise to attempt that right now, but she needs blood." I said and he looked like he was thinking about the situation, mulling it over in his head before he looked up.
"Would bagged blood be acceptable?" He asked.
"It doesn't have the same nutritional value as it would from feeders, but it would work for the time being I guess." Lissa said. "I hate that Rose feels the need to feed me that way but we don't have another choice, unless of course we went back to the academy, but I wouldn't feel safe there."
Carlisle went to a small refrigerator in his study and produced a small bag of blood. He whispered something too fast for our ears to hear and then he looked at us.
"The others are leaving to go hunt so that they won't be uncomfortable with human blood. Some of the family still has moments of weakness from time to time." He said handing her the blood.
"It doesn't bother you?" I asked and he smiled.
"No, I make a living as a doctor, ironically enough. I have much more control than the others." Carlisle said with a smile. Lissa finished up with her blood and Carlisle disposed of the bag. We went back downstairs and Esme showed us a room for the night.
When the morning came, we went back to our apartment where we had stayed with the human roommates. We got contact information for the Cullens and went on with our lives. I didn't think much about the Cullens after that and they seemed to disappear from our lives. Everything was going great with our lives….
Until we were dragged back to the academy by a big Russian.