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Enjoy my fantastically amazing story! Here's chapter 4!

Just warning you - her darkness is back *insert maniacal laugh here*

"A MONTH! I'VE BEEN HERE A MONTH?" I screamed at them in shock. Oh, god. What about Lissa? The foggy haze of panic filled my mind. Oh god. Oh god Oh god.

Dimly, I heard the sound of a voice calling my name, but I paid it no heed. All I could think about was Lissa. She was so beautiful. What if someone hurt her? Oh god. That would destroy everything. She was too delicate to be hurt. Delicate like a dove. A dove flying in the sunset. Oh, that would be so pretty. They are so peaceful. It would be so easy just to grab them and put your fingers around their tiny little necks and -

"ROSE!" Finally, the voice pierced through my reverie. I focused my eyes to see a 6'7" Russian god standing in front of me. Did I really just think that? I shook my head to try to clear it of the previous thoughts.

"Are you alright? You kind of drifted of for a moment there," Dimitri said in a concerned voice.

I realized that my rambling thoughts sounded somewhat like Lissa when spirit got to be too much. "Uh, yeah I'm fine. I was just worried about Lissa."

"You just said it yourself to Headmistress Kirova. Lissa is safe." After a moments hesitation he said, "Right?"

Quickly, I looked in on Lissa.

This time, she was standing in a café waiting on someone. Her fingers tapped against the table and her coffee was slowly going cold.

She's been here awhile. I wonder who she was waiting on.

My answer came soon enough.

A dark-haired blue-eyed teenager walked over to her. Lissa's face brightened as he sat down.

Christian.

Mentally, I groaned. Not him again.

He sat down at the table and looked at her with worry.

"What's wrong, baby," he asked softly.

WOAH! BABY? What the hell was going on here?

Lissa was exhausted. Her outfit was meticulously planned and looked perfect, as well as her hair, but her naturally pale, luminescent skin now just looked wan and sickly. Dark circles drooped under her eyes. She was trying to hide it, but Christian somehow noticed everything.

She looked down at the table as tears sprung from her eyes. Christian's face melted into a soft looked that seemed to grace his sharp features surprisingly well. He came around the table and enveloped her in a hug.

"It's okay. We'll find her. She's out there. This is Rose we're talking about. From what you've told me she can handle herself. Besides, she sacrificed herself to save you. She wouldn't want you to get hurt," Christian murmured into her hair.

I got the feeling that I might warm up to the guy - as long as he didn't hurt her. Then, i would have to kick his ass.

Content that she was safe, I pulled my mind away from her's.

Back in the office, Dimitri still awaited my answer.

"Yeah. She's fine - for now." He sighed in relief. "But we need to find her. And soon," I finished sharply.

This time is was Kirova who answered. "We will, Rose. We will."

Several hours later, I was back in the gym. This was my favorite place in the entire school. I was a good fighter - one of the best. This was the place I didn't have to sit in a seat all day and listen to a teacher lecture about the basics of guardian theory. That was Stan Alto's class; he absolutely hated me. The feeling was mutual.

"What are we going to do today, Comrade," I asked.

"You will be running laps," he said with a smug look.

"What? How will that help get Lissa back?"

"It will be good for you," he replied with a zen like answer

"Learning to fight will be good for me!"

"Look, Rose. What happens when there are too many strigoi to fight? What do you do then?" he demanded, looking slightly exasperated.

"You run." no use arguing with that logic.

"Besides, this will teach you good discipline and self-control," he said to further persuade me. All it did was tick me off.

"OKAY! I get it! I need to know how to flee. Jeez."

We went out to the track in the biting cold wind. I forgot how freezing it can get here in Montana. As I did lap after lap, he sat there in his long duster reading a book. God, what an ass.

Finally, he called for me to stop. I slowed to a walk as I neared him.

"How's the book, Comrade?"

"It's just fine, thanks for asking." I laughed when I saw the cover.

"A western? You like Westerns?" I said with a ginormous grin on my face.

"Get inside, now!" he followed after me, shaking his head.

Now I stood facing Dimitri as he showed me an offensive maneuver. "Got it?" he asked.

"Yup." I spun and attempted to kick him while my right hand jabbed out to punch him in the gut, but it never reached its destination. Dimitri had deflected my blow and fluidly moved out of the way. Damn. He had skill.

I pushed out any lingering thoughts as we continued to spar. Finally, I managed to get a few good blows in before he tackled me.

"Come on Rose. You can do better," he said disapprovingly.

"All of those laps tired me out!" I said, offended.

"That is why you need to get your endurance level up. You can fight for longer and not get as sloppy." He always seemed to have an explanation for everything. A day with him - or at least one where I was conscious - and he was already grating at my nerves.

Out of nowhere, an immediate danger grasped at the edges of my mind.

Oh, NO! Lissa!

She and Christian were walking down the street at night arm in arm. Why were they out at night? Are they idiots?

It didn't take long for them to notice that they were being followed. The couple attempted to speed up when a pair of red eyes emerged from the darkness of the shadows. He growled before leaping.

Straight for Lissa's throat.

I screamed in helplessness as I watched my precious charge be attacked.

Right before he could touch her, though, flames grew up around him. They singed his skin making him scream. Eventually, the screams died out as the strigoi was burned to a crisp.

Christian was a fire user.

He just saved Lissa's life.

But it wasn't over yet.

Not by a long shot.

There were more strigoi coming.

And they wanted Lissa.

Cliff Hanger! Haha. Just want to keep you guys reading :)

Please review. It makes me want to write more. Don't want to let my readers down.

Also, send me suggestions about what might happen in the future with Dimitri and Rose and about what happened with Lissa and Christian while Rose was knocked out. :)