A/N: BEFORE YOU READ THIS CHAPTER OR THE AUTHOR'S NOTE PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU HAVE READ ALL OF THE BOOKS AS VITAL INFORMATION IS BEING GIVEN AWAY HERE!
I have just finished the VA series so apart from the whole Jill being Lissa's sister and the loss of the bond I will try to make this as up to date as possible (I started writing this when I was at the beginning of the 5th book spirit bound)
"I would like to see Avery and her psychopathic friends please" I told the guy at the front desk. But before he could answer me he got a phone call and was talking for about an hour. Finally he responded.
"Hello how can I help you?"
"I would like to see Avery and her psychopathic friends please" I repeated.
"OK if you would like to sit on those chairs over there and I'll be with you in a moment"
If he counted half an hour as one moment then yes, I only waited one moment.
"Next please" I walked up.
"Hello how can I help you?"
"I would like to see Avery and her psychopathic friends please" God I swear I already explained that.
The man looked at his watch.
"Oh look at that! It's time for my lunch! You'll have to wait over on those chairs until I get back"
The man had the longest lunch break ever known to man. Who get a two and a half hour lunch break? Now I know why he does this job! When he finally came back I walked up to the desk.
"Hello how can I help you?"
"If you don't let me see Avery right now I will pull out your intestines and knit a scarf with them!" I was getting sooo irritated
"Let me check our computer to see which section she is in." Thank god! Finally some co-operation.
"I'm sorry but there is nobody in this institution named Avery"
"Yes there is! Avery and her creepy friends live in this institution! This institution is called 'Happy Face Homes' is that correct?"
"No. I'm very sorry. This is 'Smiley Face Homes'. 'Happy Face Homes is about four buildings down the road".
Darn! I'd come to the wrong loony bin!
"Oh. I'm sorry. Thank you for your help".
So I went to the right mental institution.
"I would like to see Avery and her psychopathic friends please" I said to the woman at the front desk. She took me down a corridor where I found the other spirit user.
"Avery, you know everything right".
"Right" she said.
"Do you know where Christian is?" I asked.
"In his room"
Well that's boring. I was hoping he'd be in Peru learning how to bull fight. I didn't say this to Avery though, she was being helpful.
"Thank you Avery" I said, and with that I trudged back to St. Vladimir's.
I knocked on Christian's door and sure enough he was there. He looked sad, which was odd. Maybe someone had just called him boring. I know that I was about to.
"Do you ever do anything interesting?" I asked.
"Like escaping the guardians and flailing your arms and screaming all the way to the wrong mental institution?" He was so snarky.
"NO! Like learning how to bull fight in Peru".
"Because I don't like bulls or Peru".
"But you do like fighting". I pointed out.
"True. Maybe we'll go next year".
Yessssss! Score one for me.
"Christian, I have something to show you and it is very, very important".
"I don't want to see your Tinkie Winkie collection Lisa"
"It's not Tinkie Winkie! It's Dipsy and that's not what I wanted to show you." He is so offensive.
"What is it then?"
"This!" I pulled out the book which I had been carrying for the whole journey.
"I don't want to help you play voodoo with Rose either, you remember what happened last time." Stupid purple zebra.
"It's not for voodoo, it's a book"
"I'm not in the mood for reading Liss"
"You're never in the mood for reading"
"Actually I'm not in the mood for anything at the moment, I'm in mourning"
"Technically it's evening for us, but yes I suppose its morning for the humans"
"Not that kind of morning Lissa, like crying over the dead mourning"
"Who died?" That's why he looked so sad. Darn. I hate it when people die, nobody is allowed to wear anything colourful and everybody's sad and depressed.
"Most of my family".
"When you say most… who's left, I know there's you and probably Tasha considering she's in prison, who else?"
"That's it, just me and Aunt Tasha, that's all that's left of the Ozera family. Tasha's facing execution soon anyway so I guess it's just me"
"Your family is pretty big, how can all of them die at once?"
"Family reunion. I didn't want to go, my family are really snobby, they were in a place with wards so they didn't feel that vulnerable. Strigoi attacked and killed every one of them"
"You can't be the last of your line, that's my job. OMG! Rose was right; they are picking off the royals aren't they. Why would they do that?"
"I don't think they are picking off the royals Liss"
"They must be, why would they have that list of families in that hidden hall back in Spokane"
"Liss-"
"And that message on the mirror in the Badica house, god what can I do, I really hate all of this queen stuff, everything is now my problem and-".
"LISSA SHUT UP FOR TWO SECONDS!" Whoa! Christian was angry. He had always been snarky, and rude but Christian never, ever yelled.
"What is it?"
"I really hate to say this but I'm absolutely sure they aren't going for the royals. There was a message written in blood on one of the mirrors just like in the Badica house. It said 'We're coming for you next Hathaway, and we know your secret'. I don't get what secret their talking about, but I know that Hathaway isn't a royal name".
"I know the secret their talking about. I think you'd better read this book".