I sighed as my alarm clock whined for me to get up. I slammed the snooze button a little harder than necessary and smiled at the silence. I'm Anya Belikova. Yep, daughter of Dimitri and Rose Belikov. My sister is Elise Belikova. She takes after dad. She had already left our dorm and was out running. Our brother Ivan Belikov was probably asleep also. Ivan is awesome. He's like the perfect blend our of parents. He has long black hair the ends at his chin and is 6 feet tall. Ivan and I are twins.

I pulled myself up and began to dress and shower. You might want to know how to dhampir guardians had a brood of baby dhampirs.? Well dad used to be Strigoi. He really doesn't like to talk about it, and it kinda messed up his DNA. So here we are.

I went down stairs to meet up with my cousin Rosie Ozera. She and Ivan were shareing a bowl of yogurt .

"Mourning twin!" said Ivan. I smiled at him and took a seat.

"excited?" he asked. I wrinkled my nose at the thought. Today was career day. For us we would talk with professional guardians,listen to their stories and talk with them to help us choose our career path. Our parents were among those guardians.

"Yeah I'm so looking forward to the long lectures of boringness." I told him. Ivan frowned and ate a spoonful of yogurt.

After breakfast we both sauntered to guardian Alto's class. We both smiled in the door way. At the back of the room stood our parents. Dad wore his odd duster, his hair was pulled back and his arms folded in a protective posture. There was a smile playing at his lips when he saw us. Mom on the other hand stood still eating her apple and smiling at us. We took our seats in the back next to them and waited for class to start. My friend Bella Handley leaned over to me."you're dad hot!" she said giggling. I rolled my eyes. It was bad enough girls threw themselves at Ivan,now dad.

Guardian Alot had now stood up and began talking.

"Today class we have been graced by the presence of some of the greatest guardians of our time . I demand that you have the greatest respect to each of them as they tell their stories."

One by one guardians came up and told us about their lives and such. I was beginning to fall asleep when.

"Next is guardian Belikov ." I smiled and Ivan sat up straight with pride.

Dad told his story about how he made his first kill. A story we had heard a thousand times.

After every one was finished guardian Alto let us go for lunch and instructed us to return to his class afterward.

I got my tray and sat down with Rosie and Her brother Chris. Ivan was busy with his guitar,courtesy of godfather Adrian.

"Ian,that sounds depressing." said Chris. And I had to admit the tune was a bit sad.

"Hush, this is art at work."

Just then Elise joined us slamming a detention slip on the table. I picked it up and read it.

How do you get PDA and assault on one sheet?" I asked. She shrugged and sat down. "Oh no." she murmured. I turned to see dad striding to us. Mom in toe. Ivan pushed the two chairs away. And put his h rad phones on.

"Don't worry the chair leg was bad anyway." said dad grabbing another . Mom did the same. "Hi aunt rose !" said Rosie smiling fangs and all.

Mom smiled back and hugged her.

"How is school ?" asked Mom.

"Fine." we all said in unison. Suddenly dad grabbed Elise's detention slip.

His eyes narrowed.

"18 laps and six o'clock ." he said folding it and putting it into his duster pocket.

"That's not fair!" she wailed.

"You should've thought about that before you made out with Liam Sarcozy. " he told here.

"Mom!" she pleaded.

" I'm sorry Ellie, but next time don't get caught." she said winking. We all laughed and dad grimaced.

"Speaking of you are you ladies taking to homecoming.?" she asked. I groaned. Against what I had hoped for I had gotten voted onto court.

I sighed. "Can uncle Adrian escort me? At least it'll be fun to watch him stumbled across the gym." I said grinning.

"Anya, as funny as that would be I honestly think it would be better if daddy escorted you." she said. I frowned. I loved dad,but he was always so protective.

And I would look horribly short next to him. But it was better than nothing.

"Daddy?" I asked. He smiled and nodded.

And who are you two taking ? Mom asked looking to Elise and Rosie.

Rosie held up Ivan's hand. Elise got a smug look.

"I'm taking Liam Sarcozy."

Dad opened his mouth to protest but mom pinched him before he could.

After lunch. All returned to Alto's class. From there he lead us to the combat field.

"To day we gave a special treat,each out you will get a 5 minute spar secession with a guardian. Go stand next to the guardian you would like to spar with,there should not be more that 8 to a group."

Ivan had already gone over and attached himself to dads leg.

I shrugged and walked over too. There was already 8 in his group. He mouthed an I'm sorry to me. Moms group was filled also. I finally found. Guardian Mikhail,a friend of mom and dads.

"Hi there Anya," he said smiling. There were only 3 in his group. A boy named Will clan, And a girl named Laya and me. We all warmed up with stretches and began sparing. Mikhail was good,really good. He had flopped Will over in a few seconds. Now it was my turn. I had made a h abut of going on the defensive a lot which wasn't a good idea.

"you've gotta attack sometime Anya." he said.

I reached out to hit his arm.

"Come on now,quicker" he said taking a jab at my arm. Most of the others had finished and was watching us. My dad at the front. His hand on his chin in deep thought.

I had paused and Mikhail struck me. Luckily I stayed on my feet . I really didn't wanna disappoint dad. I began attacking. "that's it!" he said taking defensive moves.

I swept my foot under the back of his ankle and knocked him over.

"Excellent!" he said. Everyone cheered.

"Great job Miss Belikov !" said Alto.

Dad smiled and mom was too. I wade over to Ivan.

"Howed you do?" I asked

He shrugged.

" Dad kicked my ass." he said. Laughing.

Later that day we all met up in the cafeteria for dinner.

" You did great Anya." said dad.

Elise glared at me. She was a year under us and couldn't take the excerpt .

I gave her a look that hopefully told her I was sorry. Ivan and I went to change. His roommate had a sock on the door,so he brought his clothes to mine and Elise's dorm. Behind us Elise came running in breathing very hard too.

"You're not gonna believe this." she said holding a small photo album.

I opened it. The front photo was a picture of Dad…..with platinum blond hair.

Ivan burst into hysterics laughing,I myself couldn't even help it. It also held pictures of him at prom. The last few were of he and mom at their wedding.

"This is blackmail material." said Ivan dropping it into his bag.

The week dragged on until homecoming was upon us.

Aunt Valissa and Mom did mine and Elise's and Rosie's hair.

I sighed as I slipped on my shoes. I couldn't believe I was taking my father.

Dad was wearing his guardian attire ,but mom at least made him wear a purple flower to match my dress.

"Ready love?" he asked as we waited behind the curtain. I spaced out as the names were called.

"Anya Belikova is being escorted by her father Guardian Belikov. Anya's favorite color is loves to dance and enjoys mortal combat." Alberta had stopped at the sudden violence written on my descriptive sheet. I snickered.

"She has hopes of becoming the first guardian to master double staking ."

Dad looked at me side ways and smiled. We took our place by the balloon with my name on it and waited for the others. Dad stiffened when Elise came out with Liam ,which was no surprise.

"And we will now call for 3rd alternate."

I sighed. I knew it wasn't me.

"Natilie Randolph." Everyone cheered.

"For Second Alternate." Short pause.

"Elise Belikova!" I smiled and so did Dad. Mom and Aunt Valissa brought her pink flowers to match her dress.

"And your homecoming queens is….. Lilia Parker." everyone cheered. I was happy for my sister. Dad congratulated her and Ivan and I slipped off when we got the chance.

"I thought it would never end." said Ivan I nodded. We ventured around the grounds. There was always a few couples here and there trying to get away from the supervision. I van and I found a small bench at the back of campus that had a pretty view of the moon and a small cabin.

We sat there quiet for a few moments.

"Anya,"

"Yeah?"

"I know I don't say this much,but I love you. I honestly couldn't ask for a better twin." he smiled at me.

"Me too Ivan." I said laying my head on his shoulder. We were greeted by comfortable silence.

Suddenly I heard a small rustling. I sat up in alarm.

"What?" he asked.I checked for further movement.

"Nothing."

"There you are!" Chris was now venturing toward us.

"I've been looking all over for…."

It all happened so fast. I was knocked over and heard . I began fighting and trying to push him away. Chris' hands lit up with fire and he burned a few of them. One of the Strigoi grabbed me by the waist. Another had Ivan by the hair .

"Chris run!" I told him. Chris ran.

Dimitri's point of view.

I was sitting with Rose, watching as our nieces nephews and children enjoyed themselves. Suddnely Christians' son ran in. His shirt was scorched and he was bruised. We tried to lead him to the table to sit.

"No we have to go!" he yelled.

"Go where?" asked Christian.

"Anya and Ivan are gone!"

"How?" I demanded.

"Strigoi!" he yelped