Chapter 3 The Students

R.P.O.V

Beep…Beep…Beep… "Ugh!" I slammed my hand down on the alarm clock. Shit! Adrian had just bought me that one a week ago. "Adrian wake up you have to teach Spirit class with Lissa in 30 minutes!" I said gently shaking him awake. "Urmmmgraa!" he groaned while rolling over and burying his head in the pillows. Adrian is the one person I know who is harder to wake up than me. I leaned over and shoved him out of bed onto the floor. "Adrian get up we are running late!" He crawled into the bathroom and slammed the door mumbling something about someone waking up on the wrong side of the bed. I had to bite my fist to keep from cracking up.

I decided to skip getting a shower so I would have time to see Liss before her class started. I hopped up and grabbed a light blue thermal shirt and a pair of yoga sweats. Next I ran a brush through my hair and whipped it up into a messy bun on top of my head. I put moisturizer on my face and some lip gloss and headed out after telling Adrian bye. On my way to find Lissa's room I stopped in the Guardian lounge and grabbed three donuts and crammed them down my throat on the way.

I walked into Lissa's classroom to see that she was writing on the board. She looked nothing like a teacher I had ever had! She had her hair down and straight and had a skirt and 4 inch heels on! "Jeez Liss do you have a death wish? Those heels are killer!" "Oh hey Rose shouldn't you be picking out who your going to mentor?" "Yeah Liss but I have to wait till classes start, plus I think for first period I might stay here and see how you do with your kids," I said with a smirk. I had picked up earlier that Lissa was nervous and thought she would intimidate the kids since she was the Queen and really she just wanted them to be comfortable with her. "Fine stay as long as you like you can sit at my desk if you want." Ding! Ding! The warning bell rang and about 12 kids entered the room. Lissa and Adrian had searched far and wide to find all the students they had. Altogether they had 54 moroi with the power of spirit to teach. In this class there where 4 girls and 8 boys they all sat down at the desk and looked at Lissa with fear and respect in their eyes. I noticed a lot of the boys where checking her out one kid in particular so I cleared my throat making him look my way. I wanted to tell the kid to get a life but Lissa spoke up.

"Alright guys my name is Vasilisa Dragomir and I am currently Queen of the moroi, but that doesn't mean anything in this classroom. In here I'm just another teacher. I'm here to teach you to master Spirit and I want the atmosphere in here to be calm and relaxing." "Any questions?" she asked. "Yeah," said the kid who had been checking her out he had blue eyes and light brown hair, "Who is she?" he asked pointing to me. "This is Guardian Hathaway she is my bond mate." A couple of the girls gasped and a few other kids looked afraid. Apparently I already had a reputation among them. "But she looks harmless!" said the same kid. Man I really didn't like this guy. I growled in his direction and turned around showing him my neck. It was covered in molnija marks that went all the way down under the collar of my shirt. Last time I had counted I had 63 molnija marks going all down my neck and spine and 2 battle stars. I had the most marks of any Guardian I know. "Yeah I'm totally harmless Blondie," I said while smirking in his direction. He looked like he wanted to piss himself and I had to hold back a laugh. "Look Liss I changed my mind I'm gonna get going, but I'll meet you for lunch." "Kay Rose me and Christian will probably be down on the quad, see ya!" she called as I walked out of the classroom.

I walked into the nearest Combat Class to start looking for my two students I would mentor. As I entered I realized this was Stan Alto's old classroom. Memories came rushing back to me and I recalled how many times I had been kicked out by Alto. I leaned up against the wall and waited for the class to begin. As I watched the novices interact one girl in particular caught my eye. She had light brown hair with blonde highlights and a deep tan. She was sitting on a black haired novices desk and he was laughing at something she was saying. I decided right off the bat that I liked her because she kind of reminded me of myself. I mean she was sitting there flirting with three guys and it was obvious she was pretty confident about herself. I looked up when someone cleared their throat from the front of the room. Oh my freaking god! Could I not get away from this guy! Dimitri stood at the front of the room looking at the novice chick sitting on the guy's desk. "Andra would you mind getting off of Max's desk?" he said in a stern voice. "Yeah sure Mr. Belikov." She replied with a glint in her eye. I had to bite back a laugh at the look on Dimitri's face. She cracked me up dropping his Guardian title like that. This girl obviously had balls. Apparently I couldn't keep my laughter contained though because I sort of snorted. Dimitri and the rest of the class looked up at me and I had to smile at the look that Dimitri gave me. He looked like he had just been tazered! "Hello Rose I didn't see you there." "Yeah because I didn't want to be seen," I replied in a smartass tone. He gave me a look that told me he didn't think I was funny but I just flashed him my man eater smile. "Class I would like you to meet my former student Guardian Rose Hathaway." he said. "Whoa you mean the Captain of the Royal Guard Rose Hathaway!" asked the black haired kid Max. "Dude!" said a kid with shaggy blonde hair in the corner "Can we see your neck? I heard you had like a hundred molnija marks!" I laughed. "If I had that many they would reach all the way to my butt!" "Do they?" asked the girl I liked, Andra. "No they go right below my shoulder blades and to show you all of them I'd have to take my shirt off, which I'm not doing." A kid in the corner of the room with red hair and hazel eyes spoke up next he said "Well I don't know about everybody else but I wouldn't mind seeing you with your shirt off!" I cracked a grin at the kid but wiped it off my face at the sound of Dimitri's voice. "Mark you do not speak to your superior like that!" he barked at the kid.

"Hey, Dimitri do you mind if I borrow Andra from you? I wanna talk to her real quick." He looked surprised that I wanted to see her. "Rose can I speak to you in the hallway please?" I followed him into the hall and crossed my arms over my chest. "What do you want?" I spat at him. "I was just wondering if you where planning on mentoring her?" "Yeah I am," I replied. "What's it to you?" "I just wanted to warn you that she has a reputation as a rule breaker and she flirts with the other novices a lot she may not be the best choice," he said. I couldn't believe this! He was trying to persuade me not to pick her. "Yeah I noticed that, it's part of the reason I want her because she reminds me of myself when I first came back to the academy," I said. He raised his eyebrows in surprise, but didn't say anything else. I took that as a sign of him relenting and stuck my head in the classroom. "Andra come with me." She looked around kind of nervously before getting up and pulling her bag with her.

We walked out of the building and I started leading her to my new office when she said, "Look Guardian Hathaway I swear I didn't start the fire, I mean I didn't stop it either but I was kinda busy at the moment please don't expel me!" I turned to her and burst into giggles when I saw her face. She looked like she wanted to piss herself! "Andra I'm not even gonna bother to ask what you are talking about but I'll tell you right now that you are not in trouble." I said. She sighed in relief and we kept walking. Once we got to my office we both sat down and I pulled her file up on my computer. Before I asked her if she wanted to be mentored I needed to check up on her. She had mediocre grades in all of her class that didn't involve something physical. In her combat classes she was reported as having lots of power and strength but not the refinement and control she needed to be the best. What really scared her record was how often she got in trouble. "Alright so I'm just gonna get straight to the point Andra. I am going to mentor two kids from the senior class and I would like you to be one of them if you want." She blinked and said, "Wait why would you want me? I get in trouble all the time!" "Yes well actually that's part of the reason I like you. You actually remind me of myself when I was younger. Me and my best friend Lissa ran away from the academy for 2 years and when I came back I had to catch back up. It was really hard and I was a major smartass with anger issues but I ended up becoming a pretty decent Guardian and I'd like to help you." "Okay so what would I have to do?" she asked. "Well we would train for an hour every morning and an hour after school, but you won't be the only one. I will have one other student and Guardian Belikov will also be training two other students alongside us." "Okay I'll try it out, but if I don't like it can I quit?" "Of course I'm not gonna make you do anything you don't wanna do!" I said. "Okay then it's a deal I'll meet you after school today in the practice gym," she said with a smile. "That's fine but do not be late Andra."

With those final words she walked out of the room. One down one more to go.

D.P.O.V.

Good Lord! Rose wanted Andra to mentor? Why on Earth would she want her? I thought to myself as I sat down at my desk after 2nd period. Andra was impulsive, had control issues, a temper problem, and she half assed everything she did! I sat there pondering it for a few more seconds before the answer came to me. Of course she'd want Andra she acted just like Rose had when she and Lissa had returned to the academy! I had to laugh at that when I realized Rose would be pretty much putting herself through the exact same thing I went through with her, well except for the attraction because I'm pretty sure Roza still likes guys.

Me on the other hand, I already had my students picked out. They both had decent grades and where decent in their combat classes. One was a girl named Melanie Ryder and the other was a kid named Josh Breves. They got along with each other okay and we where supposed to meet today in the gym after school. I wondered if Roza would be competitive with her students, trying to get them to surpass mine. I couldn't wait to see who else she dug up!