Ok so I asked who you guys want as a couple and most of you said Dimitri and Rose and the others said André and Rose so I'm gonna do them both. If you are confused don't worry I will explain in the next few chapters. Sorry for the guys who wanted Stan. I was thinking of making the story about them but to the lack of support I will not.
Song- Masquerade by Ashley Tisdale- don't own it
-Z
Chapter 3
"Hey what the hell-"
"Rose is that you?" asked the last person I expected to recognize me.
Stan Alto.
RPOV
"Stan?" I asked surprised.
"It is you isn't it?" he asked.
I took off my mask, one thing I have never done. For the first time I actually looked at him. He looked sad and tired.
"Stan what did you do to yourself?"
'Isn't it obvious? Since you left almost all the guardians changed. Nobody is happy. Nobody's smiling. Belikov is the same as when he first came here. Lissa's mostly the same as all your other friends. You changed all our lives. You changed my life believe it or not." He said, a smile playing on his lips, which didn't reach his eyes.
"Stan, I –" I was cut off by my walkie talkie beeping.
"We have secured the room. Everybody's safe." Jackson said from the other line.
I took out my walkie talkie and looked back at Stan.
"Good. They're all dead?"
"Yes. What do you want us to do now?"
"Stan, where's the biggest place for a fire?" I asked him.
"Um… on the field where we train."
"OK Jackson, make a big fire on the field. Drag all the bodies there. I'm on my way."
"Rodger. Over and out."
"Stan look, it's really great that someone like you could actually care about me but I really got to go."
"Right. I'll come and help."
I put my mask back on. We walked out of the classroom and onto the field where Anderson and the others had started one huge fire. I could see the guardians finally helping. I counted at least 65 bodies.
"Hey Jackson, there were 70, I only count 65." I said looking around.
We all stopped doing what we were doing and counted them. André looked shocked.
"Do you think we missed 5?" hell I hoped not.
"How could we miss 5 strigoi –"
I was cut off by being sucked into Lissa's head.
She was with Eddie, Adrian, Christian and Mia with the other moroi and dhampirs in the cafeteria. Why were they there? There stood our missing 5 strigoi in a circle around them.
"Well, looks like we hit the jackpot. Little Dragomir princess, looks like that little friend of yours won't be here to save you this time. What was her name again? Oh yes, Rosemarie Hathaway. Man, do you remember the look on her face when I drained the life from her?" he asked the one next to him.
"Oh yes. What a beautiful picture. I can still hear her cries of pain. Man I wished we had taken a photo. Us killing the great Rose Hathaway." He said the last part hard enough for everybody to hear.
"Hey jackass, nice story. Too bad yours won't have a happy ending." A little dhampir novice said. I think she was about 6-7.
I didn't even notice I was running to the cafeteria with my guys following. We stood outside.
"OK, the missing strigoi are in there with all the moroi and novices. I want everyone to get them up against the walls and I want you to stand in front of them, just in case they get by."
"OK, but what about the strigoi?" asked Derik, so I slapped him on the back of the head.
"You idiot. I'll get them. I thought that was obvious."
"Oh… sorry." He said, rubbing the back of his head sheepishly.
"K, get going. Try not to make any noise."
They silently went into the cafeteria and I went into the back and went to Lissa's head again. I wanted to know where I could go in without them seeing me.
"Oh? All the guardians are outside burning my companions. Who do you think will come and save you?"
"She." She said pointing at me as I said 'me'.
I noticed my guys standing in front of the others, telling them silently to get behind them and climb onto the tables and chairs that were stacked against the walls.
"Oh, they send a little girl to do a professionals job. How precious." Said a female. I just laughed at them witch made them angrier.
"Well, little girl, why don't you take of that mask and show everybody who you really are. Oh and while you're at it take off that jacket and drop all your weapons"
"Where's the fun in that? OK I'll take off my jacket and I'll drop my weapons, but I will not, I repeat, will not take off my mask." I said taking off my jacket and dropping everything. What they didn't know, what nobody knew, my heels were actually stakes. They just looked like heels.
"Well, bring it mask girl." She said, jumping forward, running towards me.
Hip Shaker, Dream Maker,
Heart Breaker, Earth Quaker
I can be anything that you want me to
She lunged at me from the left witch I easily dodged. I round house kicked her in the shoulder, making her lose her balance and landing with her head straight into a chair leg.
Coin Spender, Mind Bender,
Jet Setter, Go Getter
Changing up my getup for anything you choose
The other stared at me in wonder witch gave me an opening. I tackled the one closest to me to the ground and snapped his neck, tearing it away from the body and throwing the head in the nearest bucket.
I don't mind trying on someone else
I won't mind seeing just how it felt
I might like changing my disguise
To make you happy
Two down, three to go. I could hear the cheers from my friends and everybody; they didn't even know who I was. Ha-ha. Now they're mad. The one with brown-blonde hair ran at me, teeth extended. He aimed for my neck, leaving his heart right open. Big mistake. I brought my leg up in front of me, my foot right in front of his heart. He tackled me to the ground, not seeing my foot. I looked down. My hell went right through his heart.
Here's my formal invitation
You and me go masquerading
Lose ourselves in this charading
Is this love we're imitating?
Do we want, what we've got?
If not I, say so what
Here's my formal invitation
La la la la
You can be my...
School Teacher, Mind Reader,
Dream Weaver, Just be the
One I can count on to play it up with me
I pushed the body off of me. Standing up and straitening my clothes. Three down, two to go. The one who talked to the little girl jumped on my back, throwing me to the ground, my head hitting the tiles hard enough to make my vision blur for a few seconds.
Hot Waiter, Cool Skater,
Trail Blazer, Pulse Raiser
Naughty or nice whatever you want to be
You wanna try on someone else
You might like seeing how it felt
Do you mind changing your disguise
If it makes me happy?
That gave the strigoi enough time to climb on me, straddling my waist. His hands were on both side of my face, tilting it back for him as he brought his face down to drink from me
Here's my formal invitation
You and me go masquerading
Lose ourselves in this charading
Is this love we're imitating?
Do we want, what we've got?
If not I, say so what
Here's my formal invitation
(Let's go, let's go masquerading)
Wrong move leaving my hands free. I grabbed his shoulders, pushing him up; I used the time to switch our positions. I was now on top, pinning his hands above his head. I put both his hands in one and made my other one into a fist.
We'll make it fun
When it's over and
Done I still want you
To see the real me
No more disguises
Let true love decide if
We should be together
I drew my hand back, ready to knock him out when another pair of hands grabbed mine from behind. I looked back at the smiling face of the other one. Ah, great. I spun around, hitting his head with my free hand, knocking him to the ground. While I regained my balance the one I had pinned had gotten up and punched me in the gut. I didn't even flinch. My hand snaked around his neck and squeezed it. The grabbed my hands, trying to free himself, which didn't even help 'cause I tore his head off of his body. Letting him fall to my feet I turned to the other one.
Here's my formal invitation
You and me go masquerading
Lose ourselves in this charading
Is this love we're imitating?
Do we want, what we've got?
If not I, say so what
Here's my formal invitation
(Let's go, let's go masquerading)
la la la la la la la la
la la la la la la la la
Now for the last trick of the night. I turned around and left. I just left. I could hear all the confusion from everybody. What they didn't know was that this was my plan. I looked back at the strigoi to see that he was staring at me open mouthed.
"Aren't you gonna kill me?" he asked.
I turned back halfway.
"No." was all I said and walked out into the hallway. I heard him following me out into one of the classrooms.
When he was in the room I closed the door and locked it.
"What could you find out?" I asked him.
"Now Rose, no need to be so pushy. Oh and by the way, that really hurt." He said referring to when I knocked him to the ground.
"Sorry, reflex. Now what could you find out Sam?"
Sam was one of my best friends. A few weeks ago I asked him in private to go undercover as a strigoi and find out where all their bases was, what was their plans etc. The others didn't know about it. They thought he was really turned.
"OK, I found out everything you asked but I don't think here's the best place to talk about it."
He said, pointing at the class.
"Right. Let's go, oh and take out those contacts, it's freaking me out." I said as we made our way out of the room.
"Yes mam." He said, saluting me. I just laughed and walked into the cafeteria where they were busy taking away the bodies. They gasped when I walked in with Sam behind me.
"But how…" André said in shock.
"I'll tell you later. Right now we have to clean up here and get back where it's more… private." I said gesturing to the room with kids looking at me in astonishment.
So there it is. I wrote it especially long for everybody who reviewed so quickly.
next question
should Rose and the gang re-unite in the next chapter or should Rose and Dimitri?
please review
luv ya lots
-Z
