Hello.! Im backk sorry for the late chapter I've been super busy with summer homework

and cheer practice.. and sheer lazyness. So i apologize on this late chapter I will try and get the

fifth chapter up within a week. but hey no promises.(:

So here is the fourth chapter!


Everything was so confusing. I was in Russia searching for a man who was once Aunt Lissa's Gaurdian... Mom's comrade... but he turned strigoi a long time ago.. now he abducted mom and left my dad lying there in critical condition? Then it turns out the people who are taking care of us now here in Russia are this Dimitri guy's family!

'It's a small world after all...' I silently sang to myself. I stared at the ceiling of the room they had given us. I was allowed to rest and boy didI need it. We had a lot of planning, plotting, and moving to do. I had to find my mom. But first I needed some answers, why did it seem as if my mom and Dimitri were connected in another way other then comrades? My thoughts were abruptly interupted by Emma's snoring. I rolled my eyes and placed my hands behind my head letting my thoughts wonder until i found myself drifting off into a painless slumber.

I was surrounded my cherry trees.. I had on a silk dress my hair up and the nazaar dangiling from my kneck. I knew this was one of dad's dreams long before he appeared, groomed healthy and whole again.

"Little flower.." He said with such tender love I ran and hugged him, he was whole here I could be with him here it was our favorite place to meet I didn't have to hide anymore.

"Daddy... are you mad at me still?" I looked up searching his face for any sign of emotion.

I felt my body shrink and I was again a little girl with pig tails, he lifted me up and put me on his shoulder.

"Daddy whyja do that for?" I asked my voice sounding little and babyish. He laughed, and threw me in the air I couldn't help but laugh uncontrolably.

"I missed this... you being my little girl, my little flower who needed me as much as i need her, who never would leave her dad all alone, and who wouldn't run off to some far away country while I lay here helplessly and wonder if your alive and well." He smiled sadly and I reached my little hand up and caught the first tear as it began to fall.

"Daddy... I'm still that little girl but now..." I felt my body stretch and I no longer fit in my dad's arms. I sat at his feet and laid my head in his lap.

"Now I'm starting to find my own path I no longer have to follow mom, I'm slowly and gradually maturing, and growing. This is a part of life dad that you must accepct. It will happen whether you want it to or not. This decision was the first I made that was mine alone. No influnece what so ever from the people around me." I slowly stood and kissed his cheek.

"I love you daddy I'll always be your little girl." I walked away as the dream slowly began to fade.

"Iris Cherie! GET UP YOU LAZY ASS!" I felt a huge pressure on my body as Daniel jumped on me.

"You have less then three seconds to get off of me before i shove my foot where the sun dont shinee.." I threatend.

"Awww calm down. Olena and Emma went out to the store and I was feeling lonesome Josh and Sonya are sleeping." He pouted and layed his head on my bed. I raised my right eyebrow and rolled my eyes with a sigh. I threw back the covers, totally forgetting I slept in nothing but spandex and a sports bra.

"Ah Ah Iris!" Daniel quickly turned away with a furious blush I looked down and smirked. Might as well have some fun. I walked slowly and draped my arms around Daniel's kneck and pressed my self closely to his back.

"Does what I'm wearing bother you Danny? I thought you would like it... Well I guess I'll just take it off..." I whispered huskily in his ear. Breathing down his kneck as I gradually got up and slowly began to remove what little clothing I had as I walked towards the bathroom.

"Your really going to be the death of me IrisCherie Hathaway." He murmured as I silently laughed to myself and changed into practice clothes.

I had washed my face and brushed my teeth. My hair was up in a high ponytail I had on a tank top and shorts and running shoes.

"Come on then Daniel.. we're going to practice." He groaned an incoherent response but still did as I said. We stepped out into the brisk Russia air and began running up and down the street. We ran 10 times non stop we were both panting but my mom had always drilled into me it was crucial to have good stamina. So we didn't complain then after we did some combat moves and Danny was too easy to take down.

"Iris at least give me a damn chance to lay a hit on you." He whined. I scoffed and brushed my bangs out of my face.

"Danny it's going to take more then right hooks and double jabs to take me down." I winked and walked away. I then heard the sudden fall of footsteps and turned abruptly as Danny made his move to take me out I smirked and dodged it not a second to soon. He went sliding on his face.

"Tsk,Tsk, not guna lie... that was a nice try." I laughed.

"Iris can you not destroy Danny's pretty face... it's the only thing he has going for him." I turned to see Emma carrying bags of grocceries and Olena smiling behind her.

"Let me help you Olena.." I said as I grabbed the bags from her hands,

"Thank you konfetka." She said and took a breath of relieve, when i took the bags. We walked inside with a grumbling Danny as he repeatdly rubbed his face. Josh woke up with bad bed hair and his eyes went wide when he saw Danny.

"Whoa dude.. what happened to your face?" Me and Emma looked at each other and laughed. Danny shot us a look of annoyance,

"I don't want to talk about it." He said as he stomped off to his room.

"Aww.. Iris I think you hurt more then his face.. I think you hurt his ego." Emma shook her head in mock sympathy. I shrugged my shoulders and began taking the groceries out of the bags.

"Dont just sit there Josh come and help us!" Emma scolded as she arranged the boxes alaphabetically to the best of her knowledge of the Russian alaphabet. He smiled, and began taking the food out and putting it away. I looked at the scene and couldn't help but smile, and wonder if we were normal teenagers would it be this easy to live together? Instead of hunting for my mother? If we were normal would I have such friends as I do now? I shook the thoughts away and hummed lightly to myself.

"Soo.. how do we get to No..vor..i.. place!" Emma asked her head in her palm. They looked at me... as if I was suppose to know! I rubbed my temples hoping an idea would come to mind.

"Why don't you go with Mark and Okansa.. they plan on going there tomorrow." Olena suggested and I looked at her, it was perfect.

"Are you sure? We would hate to be a bother..." Emma said, I tried to hide the roll of my eyes, I mean sure it was rude but this is my mom.

"Im posotive they leave tomorrow night you can all head over there whenever you wish." She smiled and her eyes stayed staring into mine. I smiled half heartedly I mean she has done a lot for us. Some strange kids who she really knows nothing about. She knows my mom, but who knows I could be completely different from her.

"Well let's all head to bed then... we have a busy day tomorrow.. we have to plan what to do when we get go to bed all of you." I said as I stood up Emma rolled her eyes and waved good night to the others. Josh nodded at the others and smiled at me. Danny stood up straight and saluted to me, and bowed to Olena before walking away like a nazi. I couldn't help but chuckle.

"Iris.. could we speak for a moment?" Olena asked I tilted my head slightly in confusion but complied and sat down across from her at her kitched table.

"yes Olena? I'm sorry me and my friends have been such a bother... we really are greatful for your hospitality." I said, hey I can be polite too. When neccessary. She smiled and shook her head.

"It was no problem, your mother ment a lot to Dimka... but I want to ask what do you plan to do if you find Dimka and your mother? What if she is dead or a strigoi?" She asked with a serious face. I let my face harden. I never really thought of that possibility nor did I want too.

"I don't really think you understand what my mother is capable of, she is the best at what she does, there is no possibility that she is or will be dead or strigoi. What I'm worried about is your son, He might have to die." I said with the most serious face and tone I could muster as my heart beat fast. Her smile faltered a little and looked at her clasped hands.

"My son died already the day that he became a strigoi..I'm sorry to have angered you. Please let us end on a happy note. Be safe and take care of your friends they look up to you a lot more then you realize stay strong and udacha konfetka." She stood and kissed my brow. I sat there silently and waited for my heart to calm down. Was it possible that my mom was already dead? Have we wasted too much time here? Doing absoultely nothing? My breath began to hitch and I saw visions of my mother dead or worse deathly pale with abnormal reflexies and red rimmed around her beautiful brown eyes. I stood up abruptly, not noticing I had dozed off for awhile. The time read 4 am. They were going to kill me but we needed to leave now. I first awoke Emma who gave me a hard time but noticing my tone she quickly dressed and began packing what little things we had.

"Em can you make us something little to eat I don't know when our next meal will be." She nodded and quietly walked toward the kitchen. I headed for the boy's room. I knelt next Josh's head and smiled, i gently shook his shoulder.

"Josh.. come on wake up...Josh.." I whispered. He opened his eyes and then was up quick in a fighting stance. I couldn't help but try and muffle my giggle.

"Calm down and pack up... we're leaving now.." He nodded and pointed at his already packed bag.

"I had a feeling we would be leaving early." He smiled.

"Then go help Emma in the kitchen, clean whatever mess you make or Emma will go off and I don't want to wake the others." He nodded and left the room. I sighed and looked at Danny, his hair was a mess but he looked so at peace and dare I say it handsome. I felt a smile creep across my face and then knelt next to him. I opened my mouth to say something when he suddenly moved, I gasped and quickly covered my mouth.

"...i..ri..sss.." He hissed, my heart skipped a beat. I knelt closer cause surely I didn't hear right. He didn't just say my name. But I got too close and came so close to falling on him when he pulled me down, I don't know if it was purposefully or he was sleep moving but I couldn't stop the blush that made it's way across my cheeks. I tried to pull his arm off of me but he tightened his grip around my waist.

"A little...longer..." I looked at him, and his face was just as peaceful.

"I...want..to hold...you..." I smiled a full blown smile and for once let my gaurd down and melted next to him and closed my eyes.

Normal POV

"Well aint it about time?" Emma peeked through the door. She smiled at the scene before her of her best friend in the arms of Danny who has been crushing on Iris since he first got layed out by her. She shook her head and looked at the sulking Josh.

"Oh come on be happy for them." She chided, and grabbed Josh so they could leave the sleepy teens to dream happy dreams.


I hope that you all liked it! I wrote it within an hour so please excuse the grammatical errors, punctuational errors.

It's not my best writing but I really wanted to write so again I apologize.

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