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Updated on 6/12/2013

Chapter Three- Roses' History

Rose felt the similar sensation of being pulled into Lissa's head. She hated that feeling. Why couldn't she not feel when it happened? Or maybe a nonpainful way of telling her it was going to happen, so she could at least prepare herself.

Lissa was sitting in her room, surrounded by Rose's old friends. They had just been given the word that Rose just disappeared. Christian, Mia, Eddie, Adrian, Jill, Tasha, and Dimitri were sitting in various spots around Lissa's dorm room. Some of their reactions were different from each other. Some had plastered fake concern on their faces. While others looked like they were genuinely upset about Rose up and leave without giving them any goodbye.

"So why did, Rose, take off without a single trace?" asked Adrian, as he took a sip from a non-alcoholic drink. He wanted to stay sober for this meeting, especially if it had something to do with his little dhampir.

Adrian recently returned from the Moroi Royal Court in Pennsylvania. He was there visiting his aunt and parents for the past week. They wanted to make sure he was okay from the recent attack on the academy. He didn't even know Rose was gone until they told him several minutes ago, the same time everyone else found out. Although he did have a good feeling he knew why she left, he just didn't want to say anything if he was wrong.

Even though Rose was looking in Lissa's head, she wasn't able to feel any of her ex-friends emotions. She tried several times to find them, but without any success. So, Rose just decided to keep quiet and watch them for a while.

"She just left with no word," said Christian, worried. They recently became best friends with each other. Christian thought of Rose as a younger sister.

"She said something about going to California to become a belly dancer," said Lissa, but she was lying through her teeth. Rose noticed that Adrian was looking at Lissa, probably trying to see if she was lying through her aura.

Tasha moved closer to Dimitri, placing a hand on his arm. He wrapped one of his muscular arms around her skinny waist. Rose flinched at the sight, whether it was physically or mentally, she didn't know or care.

Adrian also noticed the closeness of Tasha and Dimitri. Now, he knows that there is a reason Rose left. "It seems like you two are very cozy with each other."

"We're dating," said Tasha, as she was radiating happiness. "I'm so happy that he finally agreed to go out with me."

Adrian raised an eyebrow at them. Dimitri was obviously tense as it was. "Funny," Adrian drawled on. His emerald-green eyes bored into Dimitri's brown ones. "I wouldn't have thought that Dimitri, moved on from one person to the next so quickly."

"What are you talking about, Adrian?" asked Jill. Jill is Roses' younger half-sister. She, unlike our mother, saw me as a person and not an object to become talked about. She looked more like a mixture of both of our parents. She was also protective of Rose, as she was of her.

Most of Roses' friends, if Rose was able to call them that, turned their heads towards Adrian. Half of them didn't know what was going on, and the other half was wondering if there was an actual reason why Rose being missing then become a belly dancer as Lissa said.

"Simple," said Adrian. He was wondering how many people couldn't tell that Rose and Dimitri, fell in love with each other. Adrian looked over at Dimitri. In return, Dimitri was glaring back at him. "This fucker over here," he said pointing to Dimitri, "was going out with Rose for a while. They both were in love. But now that Natasha," Adrian spit out the words, venomously. "Obviously has something to do with it, as seeing that they're incredibly cozy with each other."

"No, that is not possible," Lissa muttered underneath her breath. "She's my best friend. She would have told me about something big as that. Which she didn't, so there is no way that's true."

Lissa didn't know whether Adrian was telling the truth or not. She decided that he was lying for the simple fact that Rose didn't say anything to her. What Lissa didn't know was that Rose didn't want to tell her.

"It's true," Adrian protested. "I should be aware of seeing I caught them several times in inappropriate conversations with each other. Let me tell you what I think happened. Rose found Dimitri and Tasha having sex, and Rose up and left heartbroken. So say Dimitri, is that how it happened?"

"No," Dimitri said, through gritted teeth. He was lying. He indeed slept with Tasha. But not for the reason Adrian thinks.

"I rest my case," said Adrian, with a smug grin on his face.

"Stop lying, Adrian," commanded Lissa. Lissa was severally angry at him. She apparently didn't think nothing was going on between Dimitri and Tasha. "Dimitri would never ruin his career by sleeping with a seventeen-year-old. You're just mad that your little dhampir lets without giving you any idea where she went."

"If you don't want to believe it, fine then I will leave," said Adrian. "But when the truth is out in the open, and I'm right, I don't want to hear it from any of you pathetic losers."

Rose went back to her head. This was the first time that she and Lissa were apart. This was the first overseas bond experience. She shook her head, trying to get the mental images of Dimitri and Tasha out of her head.

The others in the room didn't know what happened. To them, it looked like she was staring at the wall. They noticed that some tears fell from her brown eyes and landed down her cheeks. Everyone one was now concerned for her, including Severus.

"Rose," said Lilly. She moved closer to the teenage girl. She knew for a fact that her father was having a hard time seeing her cry. "What's the matter, honey?"

"It's complicated," Rose responded, then sighed. "I might as well tell you my story."

"Sure," said Sirius, eager to hear about Roses' past. "Start from the beginning."

"Okay," Rose said, sighing. "You might want to get comfortable. This will take some time."

The group nodded their heads. The ones that weren't already sitting down in a chair, grabbed a spot on the couch or a dining room chair.

"When I was four years old, my mother dropped me off at St. Vladimir's Academy. I have met my best friend, Vasilisa Dragomir, at the age of four." Rose paused for a moment as all the good memories hit her at once. All the adults could see the pain in Roses' brown eyes. Rose shook her head before continuing with her story.

"We became best friends and were inseparable. I have one half-sister named, Jillian Hathaway. She is three years younger than me. She is a Moroi, and I'm a dhampir, so we were always treated very differently." Roses' voice turned dark for a moment, which scared the others.

"Almost all the summer vacation from school, I always spent with the Dragomirs,' one of the royal Moroi family. When I was fifteen, I was in a car accident with Lissa, her parents, and older brother. The way the car hit, Lissa was the only one who was not hurt. All the doctors said they didn't know how I survived."

Rose paused for a moment. She noticed that they were also getting into her life's story. "I noticed something different about Lissa. I thought that it was from missing her parents, but that was not the case. We decided to run away from the academy. We were gone for two years, without anyone following us. Then, one day we did get caught. The school wanted to kick me out, but then one guardian made sure that I was able to go there with some boundaries."

Rose ran a hand through her hair. "His name is Dimitri Belikov. I had to take extra practice sessions with him before and after class. Then around Christmas time, Christian Ozera's aunt showed up. Unfortunately, she was hanging around us since Christian is Lissa's current boyfriend. She was after Dimitri."

"Why would it be a problem if she was after Dimitri?" Molly asked. Molly thought she knew the reason but just wanted a confirmation.

Rose took in a deep breath. "Before Christmas, Dimitri and I, have gotten very close. We fell in love with each other. But we couldn't do nothing about it."

"How old is he?" Sirius asked his only daughter. He was hiding his anger very well. All he wanted was to hunt down the guy for hurting his little girl, even though this is the first time that they met.

"Twenty-four," Rose muttered. Sirius', Remus, and James' eyes hardened when Rose gave them her ex's age. "Anyway, Tasha offered him to become his guardian and to start a family with her. She was able to give him the one thing I can't, kids. He was starting to ignore me around Christmas time. Since Lissa was hanging around Christian all the time; I was hanging out with one of my close guy friends, Mason Ashford."

It was very hard for Rose to mention Mason's name, many of them thought. They also noticed how her eyes would tear up.

"Around that time, Strigoi attacks were happening a lot more. Dimitri gave me some guardian information on where some of the Strigoi was now located. I got very mad at him and told my best friend, Mason. He in return got angry with me. So he and Eddie, another friend of mine, and Mia, an ex-enemy; decided to go out searching for Strigoi. I noticed that they were gone, so I went to Christian, and we left together to find the group and bring them back."

"We made it to them; unfortunately, we got lost. Then, we were now taken by several humans that were working for Strigoi. I have no idea how long we were in there. I came up with a plan to use Christian's fire power. I got us out of the tied chairs, and up to the first floor. I told Mason to get the other out of the room."

"He did, but he came back for me. The one Strigoi broke his neck. I got furious that they killed my best friend. By the time the Guardian came, I had decapitated the two Strigoi with a blunt end sword," said Rose. "That didn't even happen to long ago. Dimitri decided that life was too short, and declined Tasha's offer. Things were normal for a while until I started to see Mason's ghost. At first, I thought I was going crazy. Which lead me to find out that I'm shadowed kissed."

"What's shadowed kissed?" asked Remus.

Rose had a small smile on her lips. "In that car accident, I died, and my friend brought me back to life. So Lissa and I, are now bonded to each other. But the bond is only one way. I can feel her emotions, tell where she is, and I can get inside her head."

"So why did you leave?" Bill asked.

Rose breathed slowly. "Several weeks ago there was a major Strigoi attack at the academy. Before the attack happened, I lost my virginity to Dimitri. I also saved him from the caves, when we went in search of some of the captured people. Four days after the attack, I went to the gym, as seeing I was having several nightmares."

Rose closed her brown eyes. "I found Dimitri cheating on me with Tasha in the middle of the gym floor. So I went back to my room, and felt through the bond that Lissa knew that they started seeing each other a day after the attack."

"So you felt used and betrayed?" Lilly asked. She felt concern for this teenager.

"Yes," said Rose.