Just wanna say thanks to my two and only reviewer's ddluzelle and RozaBelikova-x. Thanks for your support :):)

To ddluzelle: I've already written the first seven chapters, and a certain someone notices the way Andre is with Lily. So you never know, you may be correct or maybe she's like a sister to him? :P

To RozaBelikova-x: thank you for the lovely review, but don't forget to update your story too :)

BaMbY

LPOV

First period Advanced Guardian Combat Techniques and my first ever class outside of Court; boy was it different. Just walking into the gym I was amazed at all the novice dhampirs huddled into groups waiting for class to start, it was strange to be around so many people my age.

I had changed after breakfast. I now wore black tights and a light grey top that clung to my body. My boots were replaced with runners and my hair was now pulled into a high and neat pony tail. I defiantly felt ready for training now.

Ivy and I stood to the side; there were still a few minutes before class started so we made small talk.

"Ivy, I see you're keeping the newbie to yourself."

I turned and came face to face with a dhampir guy, tall and muscled. His skin was golden tanned, with wavy blonde hair. His bright lime green eyes and devilish smile were like magnets for girls. Though I thought he was attractive, I could tell he was too cocky for my liking.

Ivy was completely unfazed, if anything she seemed annoyed. "Dylan."

"Ah always the cheerful welcoming one." Dylan grinned before turning to me. "The names Dylan South, and you are?"

"Lilly." all three of us looked up to see Eddie Castile standing in front of us. He stood tall and strong, which is expected from the head Guardian of the school.

"Guardian Castile." I replied, standing straight with respect.

He simply smiled. "Come with me please. I'd like to introduce you to the class." he gestured for me to follow and walked off without waiting for me to reply.

I did as he said and followed him, walking past students whose eyes followed my every move. When we stood in front of the class Eddie stopped and waited for the others to crowd around. Once they were all listening and quiet, he begun.

"Welcome back everyone. I understand you're all excited to get training after the holidays so we'll be getting right to work. First I'd like to introduce you all to Lilly." he gestured to me. "She's from Court so she's not used to being in a class room like this. I hope you're all going to help her fit in.

"Now with that let's get into pairs and start with light sparing to warm up." as the students turned to get into pairs Eddie turned to me. "You'll be partnered with Dylan South. We've had an odd amount of students in the past, and everyone has the same partners from before the holidays. We'll change up at the end of the semester."

I turned to look at Dylan who was leaning against the wall close by, still grinning. After a few moments of looking at him he finally walked towards Eddie and myself. "Well this should be interesting." he grinned, looking down at me.

All Eddie wanted us to do was move lightly and get our bodies warmed up for training, so I found moving around with Dylan pretty easily. After about ten minutes we were finally told to start the real workouts.

Before we started Eddie went through the moves he wanted us to practice. As I watched, Dylan leaned forward to whisper in my ear. "You know I'm the best novice in this school, just ask anyone. So since you're from Court and probably way behind in training, I'll go easy on you."

I just ignored him. I didn't really know if I was going to be behind, or in front. With Dimitri and Rose trianing me you'd think I'd be the best in the class. But then again, I kept on thinking that maybe they went easy on me seeing as I'm royal and their friends. What if I really suck?

Then There was Eddie, who had also trained me, before me came to work here of course. Looking at him now, I wondered if he'd be disappointed once he figured out I suck. Or maybe I won't suck.

God my head is killing me. I groaned.

Once Eddie was done he told us to get to work. It was simple really; all we had to do was use the moves Eddie had shown us and try to tag the other person on their chest. One student played as the Guardian and the other was the 'Strigoi'. Then we swapped.

Dylan was the Guardian first. I did a pretty good job blocking him but he was fast. After a while I learnt how he moved and found it easy to block his moves and by his time ran out I was pumped for my turn.

At first I simply wanted to size him up, see how his defense was. Seeing as I was shorter then him I found my graceful moves helpful to move around him swiftly. Once I was confident I started. I made sure I perfected each move Eddie had instructed. Before I knew it I had an opening for his chest.

Dylan was laughing, neither of us out of breath. "You're pretty good for a newbie, but I would have won if that were a really fight."

"What makes you say that?" I asked, raising an eyebrow. Dimitri had shown me how to do that and it had always annoyed Rose.

"It's just the facts sweetheart." he shrugged.

Apparently Eddie had overheard us. "Maybe you two should spar, no restraints. We haven't had a demonstration in a while; you might learn something new from Miss Ivashkov?" I tensed at the use of my last name.

At first it seemed Dylan was too stunned to reply, then he simply laughed. "Ivashkov? There is no way I'm sparring with an Ivashkov."

"Why not?" Eddie asked, intrigued.

"I don't want to have to deal with her royal parent when she gets hurt. There is no way a sheltered princess is going to be able to beat me." he shrugged as if it was obvious news.

I hated people treating me differently for being royal; it made me want to prove that I was no different from the other novices. "Let's do it." I said with utmost determination.

Dylan looked at me shocked. "Are you serious? I mean if you want to I will, I just don't want this to turn around and bite me on the ass later."

"Dylan, language." Eddie warned.

I nodded my head, ready to prove him wrong. "Let's do this."

Dylan and I stood on a sparring mat, the other students surrounding us. I could see Eddie looking at me knowingly. No one here knew that I was trained by three of the best Guardians in the world, so I guess he thought I wasn't at a disadvantage. Though I still wasn't sure if I was ahead of everyone else, equal or worse.

"Okay it's simple. We're doing the point system. You tap your partner on the chest you get a point, they go out of the boundaries you get a point. If you're lucky enough to get them on the ground and hold them there for three second, you get a point. The first person to three points wins." Eddie called, his voice booming through the room.

I could feel the excitement radiating off the other students. Apparently Dylan was the best in the class. So if he's never been beaten, they're probably excited to see him finally loose, or see the newbie embarrass themselves.

I didn't have much time to think about it though. Eddie signaled for us to start, and Dylan wasn't wasting anytime.

At first I had been nervous, so Dylan had managed to score a point pretty easily. He had done it while I tried to move away from his punch. But I bounced back, ready to go.

We moved around each other, kicking and blocking, punching and ducking, rolling and jumping. I was pretty sure we had been moving like this for ages before I finally got a point. Dylan had moved to punch me again, giving an opening to his chest. I reached out and tapped him before he could grab me.

Before I knew it we both had two points each, which meant who ever got the next point won. I could feel my heart beating; sweat was dripping off of me. But I was not going to give up.

Suddenly he went to punch me; I blocked it and went for my own punch. He blocked mine too and before I could make another move he tried to side kick me. I dropped to the ground and swung my leg out to trip him. He fell and I didn't waste time.

Jumping on top of him, my legs on each side of him, I held him on the ground with my hands holding his arms in place. I made sure I was on any part of his body that could be used against me.

I faintly heard Eddie call out my name to announce that I had won. I stayed there on top of Dylan for a moment longer, both of us out of breath.

"I could get use to this." he whispered do only I could hear, grinning. I realized I was still on top of him I got up, offering him my hand. He took it and I pulled him up. "Not bad Princess. Not bad at all." he nodded before walking off. I watched him go unaware of the other students congratulating me.

Suddenly a pair of hands grabbed my shoulders and turned me around. Ivy pulled me into a hug, smiling from ear to ear. "You have no idea how long I have waited to see someone put him in his place." she pulled away and let me go. "You are my hero."

I smiled back at her as the bell rang, signaling the end of class. Eddie dismissed us and let us go before Ivy and I headed for our next class.

I suck at action scenes. I never know if I should put in a lot of technical terms and go all the way with the combat or just run through it fast with simple description. I myself don't really know a lot of combat words and moves, so reading fight scenes sometime confuses me. I just hope that simplifying it doesn't make it sound stupid :P

I hope you enjoyed, don't forget to review :):)

Love and miss you all xox

BaMbY