Chapter 2
Adrianna POV
"BRI!" I squealed as I entered the gym to find her standing there stretching out her muscles.
Bri didn't say anything as she ran over to me and threw her arms around my neck, I happily hugged her back. I had missed her immensely during summer break and I hated that she didn't live at Court with me. There were only two dhampirs that lived at Court that were close to my age, I think their names were Emily and Stefan but they were in the year below me while everyone else was Moroi.
Bri lived in one of the smaller dhampir communities not far from the academy, she actually lived with her aunt while her mother was the one that was a Guardian. The relationship Bri had with her mother was tense and that was putting it lightly, I would need an extra hand or two to count the amount of times Bri had been in my dorm in tears because of another fight she had with her mum.
Bri had never said so but there were moments when I was worried that she was jealous about my family situation, I knew who my father is and who my mother had been which was another rarity amongst dhampirs. Bri had spent some time with me and my family at Court during breaks and had seen us all together, I might not have grown up with my mother but I had Ellie and I treated her as such.
"Dri how was your summer?" I let out a sigh of relief when she finally spoke using the nickname I preferred.
When Damon first moved to the academy the way he pronounced my name gave me a change in nicknames, he was pronouncing it 'Aid-ri-an-ah' instead of 'A-dri-an-ah' and everyone begun calling me Aid instead of Dri. I don't know and I can't explain why but the nickname Aid didn't sit right with me, it didn't sit that right I had even taught Damon how to pronounce my name properly so everyone would drop the unsettling nickname.
"Well let's just say I spent more time with Rose and Dimitri then my own family" I spoke with a bitter tone and Bri instantly picked up that I didn't want to talk about it.
"I'm so jealous, Dimitri is incredibly hot for his age" I pulled a face at Bri and all she did was laugh. To me Dimitri was another father and I did not see him that way and we regularly had this argument.
"Don't start on this again, not this early in the morning" I gave her a slight shove. "Where is Damon anyway?"
"No clue, that kid is normally here before both of us"
Bri was right, there was a reason why the three of us were the top of our class and it was because of our own training. We put in more extra training than anyone else, we had early morning sessions before breakfast and afternoon sessions once classes were finished. We only came up with this idea because Rose told us that it was those sessions that allowed her to catch up to her classmates after having two years off, we figured it would give us an advantage. I had an extra advantage on top of Damon and Bri and that was Rose and Dimitri. Every chance I got I trained with them, during breaks I was in the Guardians gym with them training and when they came out to the Academy I grabbed them and dragged them to the gym to train. This year I hoped to get the same with Anastas since it was rumoured he was just as good.
"I'm sorry I'm late" Bri and I both grinned at the sound of the English accent, we spun around and came face to face with Damon.
Bri ran over and hugged Damon while I stood there taking in my two best friends, Damon didn't live near any of us during breaks. He lived with his grandmother in Chicago, he said it was boring but I would give anything to be away from Court and see a large city like that.
Damon had dark hair with bright blue eyes and his height towered over both Bri and I while Bri had deep red auburn hair with hazel eyes. All three of us had tanned complexions that was a mix our spending too much time in the sun and our parents, while Bri and I both had curves that a lot of the guys were constantly ogling. There weren't many female dhampirs at St Vladimir's so having females with curves like ours were rare, Moroi's were generally tall and slim something similar to that of a supermodel.
"My, my you two look as lovely as ever" Damon grinned at us and I rolled my eyes.
Damon had been like this flirting with the two of us ever since we both hit puberty, most of the time we just ignored but there were moments when the confidence boost was what we exactly needed. I eventually went over and joined them for the group hug.
After that we made our way through the morning sparring against each other while catching up on our summers, turns out theirs were just as interesting as they usually were which meant nothing interesting happened.
When we finally made it to breakfast I was annoyed to find that Stephanie Collins had joined us at our table. I had nothing against Stephanie, it was more she had something against me. Bri and I didn't exactly get along with the rest of the girls in the senior class, we were all extremely competitive and they didn't like that Bri and I had better grades then them.
Gabi and Logan were Stephanie's two best friends, Gabi and Logan were a little bit hopeless but they would still most likely graduate at the end of the year while Stephanie was much better than the two of them at both our theory and practical classes. Stephanie hated that both Bri and I were doing better than her in class and she couldn't work out why but Bri and I knew it was because of all the time we spent in the time gym, if it wasn't for Rose's advice on spending as much time as we could in the gym we wouldn't be so far ahead.
"Collins" I spoke as I sat down with my breakfast
"Ivashkov" she replied and went back to her conversation with Gabi and Logan.
I was still confused as to why those three were sitting at our table, our senior class was spilt into smaller groups of friends and we had our own tables but it wasn't until Josh came over and sat down that I realised it.
"Morning babe" Josh spoke before he leaned over and kissed Stephanie's cheek.
At some point over the summer Josh and Stephanie must have started dating which was weird considering most of the novices didn't date, they just had sex with each other. I shared a look with Bri and she was as shocked as I was. Josh was Damon's guy best friend, there were moments when Damon needed a guys' advice and we understood and that was where Josh came in.
I looked around ignoring the kissy face Stephanie was sending Josh trying not to be sick in hopes that Izzy and Eric were on their way in. Izzy or Isabella Conta was a member of one of the royal Moroi families and Eric was a part of the Zeklos' royal family. The two of them had been dating since forever, their parents are best friends and growing up everyone believed the two of them would begin dating and when they did no one was shocked.
Normally trailing behind Izzy and Eric were Elliot and his twin sister Caroline, Elliot and Caroline weren't a part of a royal and had it harder than Izzy and Eric. Their parents worked for Eric's parents doing the cooking, cleaning any other household chores that was needed to be and as such the four of them grew up as friends. They became a part of our friend group one when I was in a class without either Bri, Damon or Josh, they had an empty seat at their table so I joined them and the rest was history.
I was met with an elbow to ribs and I turned to glare at Bri but she was pointing in the direction of where the feeders were housed. I assumed she noticed the four of them enter the room.
Feeders were humans who willingly subjected to being bitten allowing Moroi to feed, it was said that the bite of a Moroi was addictive while the bite of a Strigoi was even more addictive but that wasn't something I wanted to think of again anytime soon.
It didn't take long for them to come out and join us and I couldn't help but laugh at how shocked they were at seeing Stephanie and her friends sitting at our table, I'm just glad the table was big enough for them fit with us.
"Will someone tell me what I'm missing obviously missing here?" Izzy spoke, Izzy was stunningly beautiful with blonde hair and these violet eyes that seemed to be a trait amongst the Conta's like Ivashkov's had emerald green eyes, the Dragomir's had pale jade eyes and the Ozera's had ice blue eyes.
Eric had black hair and brown eyes which was weird, it seemed as though not all of the royal families had eye colour traits since brown eyes were as common as brown hair. While Caroline and Elliot both had light brown hair and hazel eyes.
"It appears Josh and Stephanie are dating" Damon spoke as if he didn't really care and it made me wonder if he actually knew the truth about the relationship.
Our Moroi friends were shocked and all four of the managed to spit out their juice, I was annoyed that I got hit but couldn't help but laugh at hearing Stephanie, Gabi and Logan squeal at being covered with spit juice.
"I have to shower, babe are you coming back to the dorms with us" Stephanie spoke while placing a hand on Josh's chest.
"Nah I'm still eating" he brushed her off and I was internally gloating at the look on her face, he wasn't as into her as she was into him.
"Fine then" Stephanie huffed in response. "Come on girls" the two of them quickly got up and rushed after Stephanie.
"God I need to break up with her" Josh exclaimed as soon as the girls were gone and the rest of us burst out laughing. "It's not funny"
"Then why did you start dating her Josh"
"She's good in bed" he shrugged and it was such a guy response causing Damon to reach over and high five him while Bri and I just shook our heads at their response.
Both Josh and Stephanie stayed at the academy over breaks not having family to return too, I felt incredibly bad for Josh not having any family and there was a small part of me that felt bad for Stephanie too but it always went away when I realised the kind of person she was.
"So Aid…." My head snapped in Josh's direction and the glare I gave him caused him to flinch in response. "Sorry Dri, what is the deal with this meeting. They've never cancelled first and second period before"
"Yes because I'm the all-knowing one aren't I?"
"Well there is a rumour that the meeting involves the Queen talking to us and you are…" Josh started but I cut him off
"Practically related to the Queen, I know this Josh but it doesn't mean I know what she is wanting to talk about. I spent more time with Rose and Dimitri" at that sound of their names Josh's eyes lit up like crazy. Everyone idolized Rose and Dimitri and I could see why but yet I had only introduced Bri and Damon to them both for obvious reasons.
"Then even more of a reason you will know what the meeting is about" Izzy spoke and I groaned in response before placing my head on the table not wanting to hear any more about this.
My friends all knew about the close friendship between Lissa and my dad but they didn't really care, something about knowing it wouldn't work in my advantage after a rumour went around that someone overheard dad, Lissa and I getting into an argument after getting into trouble at one point. The rumour wasn't true since Lissa had never yelled at me for getting in trouble since it was normally dad doing the yelling.
I was grateful that my friends knew the rumour was fake since some of the other novices gave me grief about it, thinking I would either get the best placement or the placement I want whether it is good for me or my people.
The bell signalling the end of breakfast and it was time for us to collect our timetables before heading to our dorms to collect our things before coming back to the cafeteria which the teachers and Guardians will then begin transform it so it was more suited for a Queen.
A/N: Thank you to everyone who read, reviewed and set an alert for this story. It means a lot to know just how many of you are curious as to what I've got planned for this different life of Dri's.
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