Chapter 4

Ok so I was right. I don't like hospitals at all. Can't they see that all I need is a bit of a lie down some aspirin and to get back to my normal life? Well if I knew what my normal life was.

But anyway, apparently I was hit on the head and that fried my memory. I can still get it back, it will just take a bit of time. So the doctors said that I can stay with the Belikov's until I can remember where I came from.

The car ride home from the hospital was short. Olena told me about her other daughters and son. There was Karoline who was the oldest; she had a son called Paul, Sonya who was pregnant, and Dimitri. They hadn't heard from him in a long time. He lived in America and was teaching students at a school over there. He was apparently really happy over there because he was in love with someone. Good for him.

I wonder I was in love with some one? Was there someone out there looking for me? A love? A best friend? A sister? Or even a parent? Or maybe I was just alone and no one even realised I was gone?

Anyway, Karoline and Sonya have gone to America to surprise Dimitri, but the youngest child Victoria was home. We decided that I would go to school with Victoria in a week, but until then me and her would hang out, go shopping and show me around the town.

When we got back Victoria was home from school. She came rushing down the stairs to meet us. "Hey mama, nana you back, where you been?"

"Victoria this is rose she has lost her memory so she will be staying with us until she gets it back" Olena explains. "Cool!" Victoria looks me over and smiles "nice to meet you rose"

ONE WEEK LATER

I walked through the halls of Vicky's school with an air of confidence that I didn't really have. We had arranged it so that I would be in all of her classes because we didn't know what I was good at.

She lead me over to a group of girls who were laughing there heads of at something. "Hey girls what's so funny?" Vicky asked. "Oh nothing Bella just being Bella" a tall Dampier girl with short red hair and green eyes said gesturing to a small girl with long blond hair and blue eyes. This seemed to crack the group up more.

Bella rolled her eyes and studied me curiously "who's your friend?" "Oh guys this is Rose (because rose and Belikov where the only things I could remember then we decided to call me Rose Belikov) she lost her memory so my mum is looking after her" Vicky explained. "Rose this is Beck, Courtney, Bella and Natalie" Beck was a Brunette with green eyes, Courtney was the red head, Bella was the blond and Natalie had black hair with blue eyes.

But when Victoria said the last word something strange happened. The school hall disappeared and standing in front of me was a strigoi she had brown hair and brown eyes (rimed with red) she picked me up and shoved me against the wall.

I snapped out of it with Victoria shaking me and calling my name. "Sorry blacked out there for a moment what where you saying" she shook her head at me and sighed "the bell rang we need to get to class come on"

The day up until lunch was boring. I zoned out for most of the class they where boring and pretty useless.

After lunch we went to the gym for combat classes.

I changed into light grey sweat pants and a red tank top. I then went to one of the mats and started streaking. After I finished I leaned up against the wall and watched the fights. After a while I got bored so when a really cocky guy called Max asked if anyone in the room was dumb enough to challenge him I stepped forwards.

"I am" I said stepping into the ring. A few people looked at me like I was crazy, others looked excited to see the new kid get beaten up, not one of them believed for a moment that I might be able to take this guy.

"Whatever you say sweet cheeks" Max said, cracking his knuckles. I somehow knew that I could take down this guy easily.

Max charged at me ramming his shoulder into my stomach. Or he would have if I didn't jump out of the way at just the right moment. He spun around and his fist sung at my side but I knew that he really wanted to go for my shoulder. I easily blocked him, twisting his arm around behind his back and shoving him to the ground.

"I win!" I say jumping off him and making my way to the showers. The rest of the class stared at me as I walked out. I turned around and flashed them all, my man-eating smile.

All of a sudden Bella grabbed me and spun me around and pulled the hair away from the back of my neck and gasped. "NO WAY!" "What and do you mind letting go".

"You have two molnija marks" she explains "wait what the hell I killed two strigoi" my mind went back to the strigoi that had thrown me against the wall. "Did it hurt" beck asked.

For the second time that day the world around me disappeared and reappeared differently I was in a hall with a crowd watching me I was leaning forwards and there was a sharp pain in the back of my neck. I looked through the crowd and my eyes went to a tall figure in the crowd I couldn't seem to focus on his details but I could see pride on his features.

I brought my shelf back to reality and shock my head. "Yea, yea it did"