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I heard my alarm go off, and really didn't want to get up. But I knew I had to get ready and look my best for my first day of school. I was meeting Mason and Eddie in 45 minutes, so that gave me enough time to lightly curl my hair. I had really long, brown hair. I also had olive skin, and noticed that I was probably the darkest person here. But they ran on a nighttime schedule, so it was understandable. I was still screwed up from the time change, but I made it work.

When I was done getting ready, I looked in the mirror. I had to admit, I looked great. I had tight dark wash skinny jeans on, as well as a tight, red long-sleeved shirt, I had a little bit of make-up on, but not too much. My hair looked good too. I walked over to the cafeteria and saw Mason and Eddie. They waved at me when I walked in. I waved back, but went the other way to go get food. I got a bottle of orange juice, some bacon, and a donut. Then I went to sit with them.

They were sitting with three other people. I assumed they were all moroi, because they looked a little different. One was a girl, she had really blond hair and was really pretty. The others were both guys, on had black hair that hung in his face, and he looked a little creepy. The other guy had messy brown hair, and looked older than the others. He also looked like he could use a good nights rest. But he was staring at me funny, and it was a little unnerving.

"Hey Rose! Hows it going?" Eddie said.

"Eh, it's alright. How about you?" I said.

"I'm great! This is Lissa, Christian and Adrian. They were the people we were talking about last night." He said.

"Hi, nice to meet you." The girl named Lissa said.

"Nice to meet you too." I smiled at her. They all seemed so nice, I don't know what dad was talking about.

"So, is it true that you are the daughter of Janine Hathaway and Abe Mazur? If it is then you must be a total badass!" Christian said.

"Yea, it's true. But I don't think I am that much of a badass. I didn't even know vampires existed until yesterday. I have learned a lot in the past 36 hours." I said truthfully.

"Really? That must have been a shocker for you. So you grew up as a human?" Lissa said.

"Yea. It was pretty nice. But I think I will like it here better."

"Hopefully. Just stay away from the people at that table, there." She said, pointing towards a table of people that looked about our age. They were talking and laughing and looked like rich snobs. "They are no good, and will do anything to embarrass you"

"Okay, thanks." I said. "Do I have any classes with any of you?" I pulled out my sheet that had all my classes.

"Well your first three blocks you have with Eddie and I!." Mason said.

"And you have two classes with Christian and I in the afternoon." Lissa said.

"Well, she has three classes with me."Christian said. "We have Culinary Science together as well."

"That's good. So I won't be alone at all." I smiled. "But what is Culinary Science?" I asked Christian.

"It's just a fancy name for foods class. We are making meatloaf today. You can be my partner. I don't have one, and I'm a great cook." He said.

"That's good, because I can't cook. We never had food at our house so I never had anything to cook with. I always ate out or at a friends house."

"Wow. Your mom must be a bitch. No offense." Christian said.

"None taken. She was a horrible mom. That's why I am happy to be here. Well, one of the reasons." Just then the bell rang. "So, time for Advanced Guardian Combat Techniques. What is that?" I asked Eddie while we were walking to the gym.

"It's a pretty cool class. They teach us how to fight properly without hurting ourselves"

"Oh. Well I'm an okay fighter for a human, but I don't know how well you guys fight so I will probably be behind."

"That's okay. Mason and I can help teach you. Are you getting any extra lessons from anyone"

"Yea, guardian Belikov. I have my first session after school today"

"Guardian Belikov? He's a total bad ass Russian god. He will work you pretty hard." Oh great. I am going to be so sore by tonight. "If you need any extra practice we are here to serve." He said with a gallant bow.

That made me laugh. "Thanks, I may have to take you up on your offer depending on how bad today goes."

"It will be fine Rose." Mason said. He had been quiet the rest of the walk here. We were almost to the gym now. "So what did you think of everyone at breakfast?"

"They were all really nice. But that Adrian guy was looking at me in a really creepy way."

"Maybe it had something to do with your aura. He's a spirit user, and so is Lissa. That's why he is here, because they are the only two known spirit users in the world. That is the element they specialized in for their magic."

"Okay. So he can see my aura?" They both nodded. "That's weird. I wonder what it looked like to make him stare at me like that." We were walking into the gym now, and everyone turned to stare at us. Well, me.

The teacher was in the corner taking out some equipment from a storage room. "Ah, you must me Ms. Hathaway. It's a pleasure to finally meet you. I am guardian Stan Alto. Have you fought before?" He was a short man, and slightly balding.

"I took some kick-boxing classes, but that's about it." I said truthfully.

"Really? With parents as highly trained as yours I would think that they would have taught you something about fighting"

"Well, my mom and I didn't really see eye to eye, and I didn't know who my dad was until recently so I didn't have anyone to teach me."

"Alright, so let's see what you've got. Try sparring with Mason. You seem to be friends with him. Go easy Ashford."

We got changed first, and then got into a fighting stance. I was a little better than I told them I was, because I spent most of my free time in the gym practicing. He wasn't doing anything so I decided to make the first strike. I faked a punch on his left side, and kicked his right leg. He didn't see it coming. "You're better than I thought Hathaway." he said, trying to land a kick on my left side, but I blocked it.

"Thanks. You are too, I guess. But do you think I can kick your ass?" I was probably being a little cocky, but it was fun. I haven't had this much fun in forever.

"You can try, but I doubt it"

"Okay, let's see. Try your hardest, and so will I."

"Deal." We fought for a while, and the whole class was around us watching, They must have been surprised at how good I really was, but they were all cheering me on. I was probably winning, and I knew that if I wanted to I could finish this now. But it was too fun to not keep this going. "You're going to have to give up sometime." he said.

"Oh really? Are you so sure I'm going to be the one needing to give up?" I taunted.

"I am absolutely sure." He said, attempting to punch my shoulder and failing. I don't regret those classes I took now.

"How about we make this good. If I win, you get to be my personal slave for a day." I said.

"Okay, and if I win, I get to take you out for dinner." He said with a big grin.

"Deal." I said. Might as well end this now. I wrapped my foot around the back of his legs and pulled him onto the ground. He was on his back, but I grabbed his arm and flipped him onto his stomach. Laying on his back, I leaned down and whispered in his ear, "I win. Now you are my slave for a day. You can still take me out to dinner if you want." I laughed.

"How the hell did you do that? I thought you said you didn't have any professional training, but you just took down one of the best novices in the school." Guardian Alto said.

"I don't know. I had a lot of free time so I went to the gym a lot. I never really fought anyone, so I didn't know I was this good." I was smiling really big now, and sitting on Masons back instead of laying down.

"Do you mind getting off of me now?" he said from below me.

"I don't know. It's kinda funny seeing you on the floor."

"Well let's see how you like it." He was fast, I will give him that. He sat up and twisted us so he was pinning me onto the ground in about five seconds. "Not so big and tough now, are we?" The look on his face was funny. He was trying to look serious and angry, but he was having a hard time hiding his smile. I was laughing at him, and he started laughing with me.

"What is so funny?" Alto said.

"I really don't know." I said. That made us start laughing even harder and I had tears coming down my face.

"Teenagers." he said with a shake of his head. "Alright, everyone leave these two to their insanity and find a partner to spar with." He yelled at the class. After a few more minutes of laughing, we sat up and I dried the tears from my face.

"That was the most I think I have ever laughed." he said.

"Yea, that was fun. So when are you going to take me to dinner?" I asked with a smirk.

"I was serious about that. We usually aren't allowed out of the wards, but I'm sure I could convince one of the teachers to allow us to go to Missoula if we had a chaperone. It wouldn't be as fun, but we could make it work. Do you want to go on Friday?" he seemed serious about this. Was he really asking me out? My dad hadn't warned me about dating dhampir boys, so I guess it was safe.

"It's a date. And now you are my slave for the day. Oh the things I could make you do." I said with a very evil smile.

"To know the things that are going on in your head right now. Are they all rated PG?" he joked.

"I don't know. You won;t know either until later."

"Don't start something you can't finish Hathaway. It's not nice."

"Mmhmmm. Shouldn't we be doing something other than just sitting here? I mean this is a class and everything"

"I guess he doesn't want you hurting anyone and thinks that I can tame you"

"Yea right. I took you down before, I could do it again." I probably could too. Last time was too easy. Fighting must be in my blood, like everyone said.

"You are very cocky, you know that? I should bump your ego down a few notches." He said as he jumped on me. He was bigger and much heavier than me, so he could hold me down easily. No matter how much I struggled or tried to push him off, he didn't move. "Not so great now, huh"

"It's not my fault you're a whale!" I laughed as I was saying it so he knew I was joking.

"That's not a very nice thing to say"

"Oh yea, what are you going to do about it?" I asked.

"Maybe I will tickle you until you apologize." I stopped squirming right away. I was really ticklish, "Oh, will you not like that?" I glared at him. "I guess not. Too bad." And he started tickling my sides.

"Mason..*giggle*...you asshole!...*giggle*..Stop..*giggle*..I will get you back with a vengeance!"

"I believe you. But you still haven't apologized for calling me a whale and I won't stop until you do!" He laughed maniacally.

"Fine! I'm sorry for calling you a whale. Now please stop!"

"Only because you said please." My stomach hurt from laughing so much.

"Are you two done yet?" Eddie asked from a few meters away.

"Bite me." I said.

"Great comeback. And no thanks, I'll let Mason do that."

"Asshole." I grumbled. They both laughed at me.

"Class is almost over." Mason said. That went by fast. "We have another fighting class, and then a theory class. Then we have lunch! The second best part of the day."

"Great, I'm already hungry. It must be all of this fighting."

"It will only get worse. The more you exercise, the hungrier you will be. So get used to it. Come on, our next teacher is guardian Petrov. But it's in the same spot, so we just need to wait for her. She's late sometimes."

"Okay. What should we do while we're waiting? Want to see if I can kick your ass again?" I asked, giving him my man-eater smile. He smiled back.

"Nope, I've had enough ass-kicking's to last me a while"

"You are the first one to beat him in quite a while Rose, you should be proud." Said someone from the class before. He must have the same class as us again. He had brown hair that fell in his face a lot.

"Oh I am very proud. That will probably help my out my reputation a bit, don't you think?"

"Yea, it definitely will. I'm Joey, by the way." He put out his hand for me to shake it.

"Hey, and you obviously know who I am." I shook his hand.

"I think everyone knows who you are. When you arrived yesterday it's all anyone was talking about. No one knew who you were or why you came here. But now we all do. Is it true your mom turned strigoi and left you with your dad?"

Where was he getting this? "That is far from the truth. I was at school and my dad came by to talk to me, because I had never met him before. He offered to take me here, so I said yes. I hate my mom, so I knew this place would be better and it is. Where would you get that she turned strigoi?"

"I don't know. It's one of the many rumors going on about you. Would you like me to tell people the truth?" He seemed nice too.

"Yes, that would be great. Thanks"

"No problem." he said.

The teacher, I suppose walked in and I was surprised to see she was a female. I thought there weren't many female guardians. Huh.

"Okay class. Get in groups of three. We are going to practice near- and far-guarding today. Oh, you must be Rosemary Hathaway. Welcome. This class is about techniques to guard you moroi the best and keep them out of harms way. Why don't you go with a group and they can tell you what you're supposed to do." She said.
I chose to go with Mason, Eddie and Joey. I'm sure we would all become great friends. I really like Eddie and Mason, and I think they like me too. Well, I have a feeling Mason likes me more than the others, and I hope it isn't just because of my body. I noticed I'm a lot curvier than the moroi girls here. There were mostly boys at this school, so I had to watch out for the guys that just wanted me for my body. Mason doesn't seem like that kind of person though. He seems really sweet. I haven't ever had a real boyfriend before, but maybe he could be my first one. I am looking forward to our date, even though he didn't really win it.

The guys explained all about the class and what they were learning. It seemed fairly easy. Class ended soon after that, and we had a theory class that was pretty boring. Our teacher was Alto again. He seemed like a dick head to me. We went to lunch and sat with the same group from this morning. They asked how my day was going, and I told them about how I beat Mason, and I think he blushed. It was great. I had Animal Behavior next with Lissa and Christian, and then we had Calculus. After that I had Culinary Science with Christian. The bell rang for us to get to class.

"Time for Animal behavior Rose! We're going to have a lot of fun in that class." Lissa said as we made our way to class.