More months past and it was my birthday now. It was a Sunday. I ran to the gym to train but once I got there I found Dimitri and some of the Guardians waiting there for me.
"We thought you would be here." Alberta spoke up. I walked further into the room.
"Happy Birthday Sapphire, This is for you from all of us." Dimitri place a box in my hands.
I quickly opened it and I was flabbergasted. There was a pair of beautiful engraved Sias that had a weaved blade and a Sapphire gem in each handle. Before I could thank them Dimitri spoke again.
"I thought they were ideal for you as you fought with them best when we practised with weapons. It's also something as a reward for all the progress you've made." I probably had the most goofiest smile on my face, I knew I had gained rapid progress but I didn't think it was that much difference.
"On that note, we have something to tell you." Alberta paused. "Your allowed to take the Guardian test early, next year with Masons year." I felt stunned, I couldn't say anything.
"I think she's in shock." Guardian Alto chuckled.
"No, I'm fine. Thank you, Thank you all for everything." My chest felt like it was going to burst with happiness.
"You deserve it Sapphire, now we're going to be in the gym having a meeting if you need us. I'll come get you an hour before you meeting with Headmistress Kirova." Dimitri smiled, the first real smile I'd seen him do in a while. I nodded as they all exited the room.
I know it was impolite to ease drop but I couldn't help myself.
"Now straight to business. We still have no sign of Princess Dragomir or Rose Hathaway, we need to find them soon as Strigoi have been more active lately. Has anybody got any idea?" It sounded like Alberta was commanding this meeting.
"I don't but have any of the Guardians around the country ran into them?" Dimitri asked.
"No one has seen them since they left the Academy." Alberta responded. After that they moved on to boring stuff. I felt guilty, I had been working on mind links for months and was getting quite good at pairing with Rose. If I needed to find them I could, there was only one choice for me as Strigoi being more active I had to tell them now.
I waited until the meeting was over before calling Dimitri in.
"What's wrong Sapphire?"
"Okay first off you have to promise that you won't be annoyed at me." He looked seriously now.
"I promise now what's wrong?"
"I can find Rose and the Princess." Dimitri looked more puzzled than anything else. I told him everything after that and he went to get to Alberta. They returned to the gym room.
"Okay Sapphire, Dimitri has told me but are you sure you can do this." Alberta asked as soon as she got in the room.
"I'm sure, as long as I don't say in there for too long I'll be fine."
"Okay what do you need to do?" Alberta questioned.
"Not much, just shake me if I'm in there longer than four minutes." I sat down on the mat and shut my eyes.
I concentrated on Rose and soon found myself with her, she was on a college campus in Portland. Rose seemed to be watching over the princess. Sooner than I thought I was getting shaken.
My eyes snapped open, and I was gasping for breath.
"Sapphire are you okay?" My eyes focused on Dimitri concerned face before me.
"Err. Yeah. I'm okay." I paused before continuing, "They're on a college campus in Portland."
Alberta and Dimitri quickly glance at each other.
"Do you know what college?" Alberta asked intently.
"No. I'm sorry, I wasn't in there for long enough. Do you want me to try again?"
They both immediately shock there heads.
"Thank you Sapphire, this is a great help." What she said next was more directed towards Dimitri than me. "I'll send two of the college Guardian's to find where there approximate location is and then we'll watch them for a few months until we have a full plan before we move in, we can't lose them again. I'll go tell the rest of the Guardians but I'll say we got an anonymous tip."
Alberta thanked me again before leaving me with Dimitri. I looked over to him, I couldn't read his facial expression.
"Why didn't you tell me you were trying this?" He suddenly spoke up.
"I didn't want to say anything until I knew that I could do it without fail. When I started I only got one flash which wasn't much to go on but after a few months I've been able to stay in her head for longer."
"Fair enough but if you try anything like that again please tell me." It was almost like he was pleading. "Now more sociable topics, how is everything in lesson? You and Mason seem to get on quite well now. Have you got any friends in your Moroi class yet?"
"Me and Mason are beginning to be good friends and he even introduced me to Eddie Castile as well." I paused thinking whether or not to tell him about my Moroi classes but trust works both ways. "I made a sort of friend in my elemental magic class. His names Christian Ozera."
He just stared blankly at me. "What do you mean sort of friends?"
"Well, we both get annoyed by the other students so we made a mutual agreement that we would hang out with each other in class but weren't allowed to ask anything about our pasts or who we are. The only thing we know about each other is are names and topics for conversation."
"Did you come up with the agreement?"
"Yeah, when students were annoying him I basically told them to back off."
"Ohh, That was the incident that your teacher told me about." He laughed. "So do you want to train for a while, I had a message that your meeting with the headmistress has been changed to a later date."
"Yeah sure, Maybe I'll actually beat you this time with me being older and everything." I joked.
"Maybe." He chuckled.
Five months past after that, me and Mason become best-friends whereas Christian and I were still only talking to each other in the one lesson but I started learning more about him. I was almost unbeatable in my Guardian combat techniques class and I had learned more spells in my elemental control class. Overall I had been doing great even in my lessons with Dimitri I was improving, I beat him at least twice a lesson which was unheard of.
I was relaxing on my first Sunday off In a while when there was a rap at the door. I quickly opened in to see Dimitri standing there, I gestured for him to come in and he did so.
"We are going to move in on Princesses Dragomir and Miss Hathaway in two days."
"But that's not the only reason you came here was it?" It was easy to read him now I've gotten to know him.
"No, Headmistress Kirova has asked for your presence in her office. There is another person waiting to talk to you. They have a message from the Queen."
"Let's not keep them waiting then."
I was secretly hoping that I wasn't going to be told to go to another party of hers, I had already been to three in five months and that was enough for me. We soon arrived at her office, Dimitri waited outside talking to Alberta in hushed tone so it was harder for me to hear. The door to the office soon opened.
"I'll leave you two to talk in peace." Kirova said and shut the door behind her. I inspected the room and saw a shadowy figure come out of the corner. It was Mystique, One of the Queens Faters. They are Moroi that go through all the old documents to see is there is any prophecy's about various Royals or Me.
"Hi Mystique, How are you?"
"I am fine Sapphire, I have come on behalf of the Queen. There has been some progress with certain documents and we believe they contain you." She paused for me to take in the information before speaking again. "We believe that you have to protect Princess Dragomirs to be Guardian Rose Hathaway, it'll be your duty from now on. You will taken out of your lesson even the one Guardian Belikov. You must make sure you are not known by either of the two so you'll have to protect them without noticing you. Alberta and Belikov are the only two that know and Alberta will be talking to the student that was told about you to ensure you are not compromised." She finally stopped and I felt like everything was shattering, after all this time I've started to get a amazing friend and now they are being taken away.
"Fine, I accept my duty." I agreed knowing that I didn't actually have much of a choice in the matter. She nodded and walked me out. Dimitri walked me back to my dorm but stepped in front of me halfway.
"How are you dealing with this?" He out a hand on my shoulder.
"I'm peachy. I've been given duties before I even finished my education. How is Mason taking it?"
"He's upset but knows it's for the best. Do you always think about others before yourself?"
"You know me. Don't worry about me I'll hit the gym tomorrow afternoon and burn my emotions off. Just go get them so I can start my duty and try not to annoy her too much, she can be a little over-protective of Lissa sometimes." I smiled.
"I think she'll annoy me more by what others have said."
"Yeah that's probably true." I giggled.