Disclaimer: I do not own Vampire Academy. It belongs to Richelle Mead

I am so sorry for the extremely late update. There's just been so much going on lately with school. My teacher's are heartless so there's like four tests every week and now I finally have time so I'm going take advantage of it and update. Thank you FreakyWritters, pink n pretty Barbie, and clarinetto14 for reviewing and I hope other people review too! So on that note here is chapter 4.

Chapter 4- Lies

Once we reached Adrian's house, no one got out. I think we just wanted to relax and realize that we were fine, that we actually survived. That moment was over for me when I realized that we couldn't just sit here forever. I unbuckled my seat belt and got out. As soon as I got out Dimitri and Eddie followed, their faces pale for the first time.

"What are we going to do?" Eddie whispered to me so that only I can hear.

"We are going to obviously inform the Royal Court. They need ot know what happened here and the dangers it could put Jill in," I whispered back. Eddie nodded. "But first we need to make sure that Adrian is going to be okay. You take Jill inside," I said to him. "Dimitri, can you take Sonya?" I asked. He nodded. "I'll deal with Adrian."

We each walked to the person that we would help. I went around to the passenger seat and opened it. Adrian was leaning back in his seat with his eyes closed and he looked like a mess. Scared and uneasy, I put my trembling hand to his forehead. "Don't worry Sage. I'm alive," he said. Surprised, I jumped back. His voice sounded so pained and tired. "Just a little sore."

"Are you ok?" I asked. "Sorry, stupid question."

"No, normal question. Anybody would have asked the same thing."

"Come on. Let's get you inside." I reached for his hands to help him up when I heard someone coming up behind me. After what just happened, you can understand exactly why I'm terrified and paranoid. Letting go of his hands, I turned around sharply only to meet Eddie making me relax.

"Sorry if I scared you but we need the key to go in," he said apologetically.

"Here you go," Adrian said, his hand outstretched with the key. It pained me to hear how his voice sounded. He was really hurt and somebody needed to help him as soon as possible.

Eddie took the key from him but looked uneasy and worried about Adrian. "Hey are you-" Eddie began but Adrian put his hand up.

"I'm not OK but I will be. Can I just get out?" he replied. I helped him out of the car, but once he was out, he stumbled when I let go of him. Me and Eddie both grabbed his arms and steadied him. We walked slowly up the stairs where Dimitri, Sonya, Angeline, and Jill were waiting with worry written on all of their faces. Adrian had gotten it really bad. Eddie threw the keys to Dimitri and he opened the door. They all made way for Adrian to go in first. Once he got in, he bolted. Confused, me and Jill went after him and followed him to the bathroom where he was puking his guts out. Jill looked really nauseous.

"If you don't feel good watching this Jill, it's okay. I'll help him," I told her.

"It's not because I'm watching it. I'm sort of feeling it too," she said, looking as if she was close to tears. Then one fell and then another and she was crying hysterically. Eddie came up behind her and pulled her into a hug. She was crying onto his chest. He didn't and couldn't say anything to make her feel better. He couldn't tell her that everything was going ot fine because we didn't know. I turned away from them and back to Adrian who was now breathing deeply over the toilet.

"Feeling better?" I asked. He nodded unable to speak. I helped him up and out to the couch in the living room. As he laid down and closed his eyes. I tried to think of ways that I could help him.

Sonya came up behind me and by the looks of it she was trying to heal Adrian. "Is it working?" she asked.

"No," he said. Could I possibly heal him? I don't know how I saved him before but maybe I could do it again. I placed my hands on his head and closed my eyes, trying to summon my magic and wondering if I had healing powers. I felt warmth at my fingertips and Adrian sighed. "Whoever is doing that, don't stop." I didn't and wouldn't until he was perfectly okay. "Thank you," he said and I pulled my hands away.

"Thank you Sydney," Jill said. I smiled and nodded at her.

"I think we should call someone," Sonya said.

"Abe preferably. Or Rose," Eddie said.

"I'll call Abe. If anyone can get to Rose, then please do," I said. Dimitri nodded and pulled out his phone as I pulled mine out and headed to the kitchen.

Abe picked up on the second ring after I called him. "Sage, I just left a couple of days ago. What could you possibly need?" he asked in a lazy voice.

"We have a bit of a problem-"I began but he interrupted me.

"If this is about Ivashkov and Belikov then tell him to suck it up." It bothered me that he automatically assumed that Adrian was the problem. Yes, he would probably be the bratty, spoiled one in a situation like the one he was in but he was actually trying to behave himself.

"It's not about those two. He's actually behaving himself," I said, not understanding why I felt the need to defend him. "If you could just stay silent, I can tell you everything." So he was silent as I told him about everything: Trey, Litars, my mom (who I still needed to talk to), what happened to Adrian, and me. After I finished, Abe was speechless which was a first.

"We're coming," he said after he pulled himself together. Then he hung up. I walked back to the living room where Dimitri was absent, Eddie and Angeline were on each end of the room, and Sonya and Jill were next to Adrian who was still lying on the couch.

"Abe is coming with others but he didn't say who," I informed them. "How are you feeling?" I asked Adrian.

"Much better. Thank you Sage," he said with a weak smile.

"Rose said she was going to talk to Abe and come with extra protection," Dimitri said, coming back into the room.

"I guess we'll just relax here until they come," I said. Turning around, I walked back into the kitchen to call my mom.

"Sydney! Sweetheart, how are you?" she said brightly.

"Mom. How could you? How could you keep something like this away from me?" I said, my voice cracking.

"What are you talking about?" she said, her voice cautious.

"What we are! Mom, why didn't you tell me I had powers?"

"Who told you?" So I told her about everything and repeated the entire story once more.

"This is what I was afraid of honey. Your father and I thought it would be safer for you if you were just an Alchemist. I never would have thought that you would come along one of the most notorious and evil one of us."

"Does this make me a bad person Mom?"

"Of course not but what you have to do is learn how to use your powers and use them for good. I'm going to go call the school I studied at. You will absolutely love it there."

"Mom, wait-" but she already hung up. The tears started to fill my eyes so I quickly went to the bathroom so that no one would see me.

Adrian POV

Everyone had went to the kitchen to get something to eat and Sage was God knows where. Sage. She saved me. I owed her my life. After all the fights, she still hadn't let me die. She was an amazing person. Strong and smart yet beautiful at the same time even if she doesn't believe it. But of course she's off limits or has to be. She's a human and I'm a Moroi. A royal one too. Why couldn't finding the right person be a little easier.

Footsteps sounded coming to the living room. I looked up and found Belikov coming toward me with a glass of water in his hands. "How are you feeling?" he asked, handing me the water.

"Why do you care?" I asked harshly. That might have been a little mean.

"Look Adrian. I know you don't like me and I'm not trying to make you. I understand but please can we just put this behind us? I can't change what happened no matter how much I wish I could. If I could go back in time to change things I would but I can't. All I can say is I'm sorry." He was right and I hated it when people made me feel like a spoiled brat.

"Thank you for the water," I said crisply, taking it from him. He rolled his eyes, frustration obvious on him face, and started to walk away. "Hey Belikov," I said. "You're not so bad." We both smiled and nodded at each other. Maybe the pain will go away soon and things will get better.

The Next Day (Sydney POV)

A knock sounded on the door as we were eating breakfast on the floor in the living room. "I'll get it," I said getting up. I opened the door to find Abe, Rose, and four other dhampirs. Abe sweeped in like he owned the place. The others followed him in.

"Is everyone okay?" he asked. We all nodded. "Good." He pointed towards all of the guardians. "For those of you who don't know these are Mikhail, Hans, Damon, and Aaron. They will be staying here with you." Sonya looked delighted and moved towards Mikhail. So they were together. "We are still trying to decide what the plan is exactly but for now we are all staying here." I was really scared about how everything was going to work out and felt very uncomfortable under the gaze of a certain gorgeous dhampir.

I'm sorry. It is a very disappointing chapter and I feel bad especially because it's been so long since my last chapter. For everyone who is still reading this story thank you for being patient! I'll try to get another chapter up next weekend but there's no promises. I'm doing my best though! Once again I'm really sorry and REVIEW