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I walked through the empty halls towards the commons with Eddie at my side. The squeaking of our shoes echoed off of the walls and we grinned with anticipation. As we made our way through the double doors and the main dinning hall, everything went quiet. I smirked. It was almost like when Dimitri brought Lissa and me back to the academy, except this time I wasn't extremely humiliated. We made our way to where Lissa, Christian, and surprisingly, Adrian, sat waiting. Eddie took a seat while I decided to be spontaneous and jump up onto the table top.
I whistled to get everyone's attention. It was unnecessary though. Their eyes were already glued to me. I decided to go with the cheesy route. "Okay, who's pumped?" I got a chorus of 'woo hoos' and 'yays'. I laughed at the response. Who knew I had so much influence? I continued. "You ready to get revenge?" More screaming and yelling. Man, this is awesome. "And most importantly: are you ready to kick some guardian ass?"
Christian hopped up with me and decided help control our little 'army'. "Well, that's great! I just got out of a conference with Rose and we figured out what's all going to happen. Fire-users go with me and all the rest of the Moroi follow Lissa and Adrian. Freshmen and Sophomore novices go with Eddie, and all you lucky Juniors and Seniors get to follow Rose."
All the Moroi left with Lissa, Adrian, and Christian to discuss battle plans (Man, that sounds awesome!). Eddie and I were left with 96 lethal and hyper teenagers to deal with. "The guardians are probably going to do things extremely organized, and we're going to use that against them. Who knows, though? You never know what they're going think of. The POW camp is going to be in the old 'dungeons' where Dashkov was held. Never go outside unharmed and don't ever leave anyone alone or without communication. There are more of us than there are of them, so we'll be able to use that to our advantage. I say we split off into groups of fifteen to twenty, so all we have to do is get ready and head out. You have twenty minutes to go to the bathroom, eat, change, and do whatever the hell you want to be prepared. See you on the other side."
Everyone dispersed and headed off to their dorms and the kitchens. When I met back up with Eddie, he was wearing a plain, brown t-shirt, faded jeans and camo converse. I went for something similar: tight-fitting white t-shirt, cut-off shorts, and my tie-die Chuck Taylor's. All of the other novices were gathered around the doors leading to the quad when we made it back downstairs. As Eddie and took our place at the front, my phone buzzed in my pocket.
1 New Message From Dimitri
B prepared 2 meet ur doom…
Haha, jk… or mayb not
We r all set here
C u soon (;
I had to laugh at that. He sounded so… un-Dimitri-ish. I quickly typed a reply.
I could b tellin u the same thing :)
Us 2. LUUUUUUUUV U!!!!! 3
I pocketed my phone and glanced towards the eager looking novices behind me. "It's game time. Shane, take 25 others and go scout out the roof tops. Set up a base on one of the main buildings." The first group went out followed by three others. Eddie and his group left with a small wave and grin. It was my turn to go out. Alone.
I sneaked around the far corner of the dhampir dorms just in time to see Stan trying to scale the wall and get to a second floor window. Wow, that was fast. I quickly took in my surroundings and saw another guardian spotting for Stan a mere 7 feet in front of me. I smirked. Now this was going to be fun. I quickly sent a text to Shane and his group, warning them about our little 'visitors'. I stalked up behind the unsuspecting guardian and clamped my hand over his mouth. I quickly applied a nice coat of hot pink duct tape over his mouth and around his wrists, deciding to do the same to his ankles while I was at it. His eyes sparkled, yes; they sparkled, with amusement when he realized it was me.
Stan was almost to the second story when he called out to his out-of-commission teammate without looking down. "Davies?" I glanced at the assumed Davies and smirked as he winked at me. He was having fun. "Davies?" He finally looked down, and his eyes widened when he saw Davies practically covered in hot pink duct tape. What can I say? That stuff is awesome.
I smiled innocently and gave a small wave in Stan's direction. "Hya, Stan. How's the weather up there?"
He snorted at my casual manner and glanced back up towards the roof as if he heard something. "Why don't you come up and see for yourself?"
"Why would I do that when I could just ask Shane?"
He glanced back up just as about ten heads appeared over the ledge of the roof. He uttered a single not-so-nice word just before he was bombarded with balloons filled with tapioca pudding and prune juice. Yuck. I gave a little wave to Shane's group before I continued on with my mission. Mission Find Dimitri. MFB.
My phone buzzed in my pocket once again. Shane informed me that four of his guys had taken Stan and Davies to the POW camp. I responded, telling him to text me when they get back. I wanted to know where everyone was at all times. I decided that I'd take care of Dimitri later. Right now, I need to find the Guardian's POW camp.
Within ten minutes, I found myself in the middle of the dark forest at the north end of the academy. A twig snapped to my right, and I spun around. I squinted my eyes for the source, but even my enhanced dhampir sight couldn't make out anything more than four feet in front of me. There was a shuffling noise behind me, and I spun around again. It was exactly like one of those scary movies. This happened a couple more times until someone came up behind me and clamped their hand over my mouth, just like I had with Davies. I started freaking out until the familiar scent of aftershave filled my nose. I immediately stopped thrashing.
"You made this way too easy, Roza. I'll have to thank you for that later." I shivered. He was making it hard to control myself.
Alberta stepped through a space between the trees with a smile on her face. "Hello, Rose. I hope you enjoy being our prisoner."
"Well, you, not so much, but Dimitri on the other hand…" I trailed off with my mind in the clouds. Maybe not the clouds, more like Dimitri's bed.
They chuckled, Dimitri out of embarrassment and Alberta form amusement. Alberta took a roll of plain duct tape off of her belt and bound my hands behind my back with it. "Oh, come on, guys. Plain duct tape? Where's your creativity?" They ignored me as they led me through the forest. I didn't even bother trying to figure out how they got to their base camp. I'd never be able to find it again.
I was surprised to see that I was being led to the old watch tower Dimitri and I had run to a couple days previously. It made sense though. They could see if any one was sneaking up on them. Alberta retaped my hands in front of me so it'd be easier for me to climb up that ladder. It wasn't easy at all. Dimitri was directly below in case I fell. After I stumbled once he made sure there wasn't any chance of me falling.
"Hands off the ass, comrade. You're enjoying this way too much."
He chuckled, but didn't move his hands. "More than you know, Rose, more than you know."
We finally made it to the top with me a bright red, Dimitri smug looking, and Alberta on the verge of laughter.
This chapter was basically just a filler and I hope to have the 'war' get funnier as the chapters continue, but I REALLY need some ideas for pranks and such. Thanks for reading and please review!
