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FOUR

I didn't have anything to do when I got back to my room I just didn't want to explain my life to Rose and Lissa, Rose especially. As my mind travelled to thinking about Rose and the strange ways she looks at me as if I was trespassing on her property. I guess I was sort of, I think before I came she was the big shot girl around. Being pretty and having the body shape and type that she has I'd say that she's the one all the guys go for. And the bond I have noticed between her and Lissa is exactly the same between Haley and me. She'd be the one that no one wants to mess with. To her I must look like an intruder. Being a female guardian is rare in itself and I wouldn't think that there would be many in the school so me, being a girl would be likely to take some of her attention anyway and new. Anything new gets lots of attention so maybe when I'm not new anymore they will shift their attention back to her. I think it's going to get a lot worse before it gets better because I haven't even had a school day yet. I only got here this afternoon. Out of all the schools I've been to in all the different countries this is the hardest start. I've been here less than 12 hours and already I think I have upset someone that I don't want as a rival.

I know nothing about her but what I have seen I think we are similar. We are both shadow-kissed with bonds to rare Moroi that can use spirit, female guardians, pretty (I don't mean to be stuck up but I'm not ugly and neither is she.) and by her reaction we both know what it's like to run a school and when another hot shot comes along it is a shock to your system. I hate stirring the water but I have to be here otherwise I can't be Haley's guardian. I think we got off on the wrong foot from the start when she walked into the gym and found me legs wrapped around Dimitri hugging like no tomorrow. As I was remembering the memory there was a soft knock at the door.

Dimitri was standing there with a sincere look on his face. He was obviously worried about me when I stormed out of the cabin. "hey." Was all I said plastering a smile on my face and trying to not remember the incident both in the cabin and the near staking.

"Are you ok? You seemed pretty worked up and angry at Christian." He was concentrating on the cabin but I knew that he wanted to make sure I was dealing with what happened before that. He knew I would have been more shaken up with nearly loosing all control than yelling at Christian for something he knows he should say anything about.

"I'm fine Dimti" I used the name I always called him when I was little and couldn't say Dimitri and it stuck with me even when I could say Dimitri. "I know you aren't really worried about how I was feeling yelling at Christian, and I know you know I wouldn't have done it if I wasn't already angry at myself for loosing my control during a training exercise."

"You can't blame yourself for loosing control you've been fighting on instinct every time you engage in contact for 6 years." What he was saying was true but the truth is I should still be able to control myself no matter what. "And I was encouraging it by trying to not be beaten by you, making you really fight like you used to."

"It's still no excuse. I'm going to train with a dummy in the morning and get my mind set right before I go up against my peers."

"That sounds like a good idea I wont be around in the morning or training Rose I'm taking Tasha Christmas shopping in Missoula tonight or today I don't know when ill be back but I'm sure Alberta will make me sleep."

"Oh ok have fun with that can you possibly get me something to give Tasha I wasn't expecting her to be here for Christmas but it makes sense she would spend Christmas with Christian I don't know why I didn't get her one."

"I'll see what I can do. Well that was pretty much what I came here to say and make sure you're alright so I'll see you sometime tomorrow."

"Yeah sure goodnight." We hugged good night and he left. I had a shower and went to bed but didn't fall asleep straight away. I kept replaying the afternoon over and over and I was excited about being here and getting my promise mark but also meeting new people and going back to an academy. I eventually fell asleep but it didn't feel like long before 6 in the morning (human afternoon) when I got up to go to the gym for some mind training.

I got to the door and I could hear voices inside. I thought Dimitri said there wasn't any training this morning? I pushed the door open and walked in out of the cold winter air. It was Rose that was there but not Dimitri. Guardian Hathaway was with Rose, but it didn't look like they were having a nice convocation most mother daughters have. Not that I would really know my real mother has seen me 3 times in my life. Janine saw me first and stoped talking. "Oh Miss …." She looked between me and Rose not knowing what she could say in front of Rose. She along with Dimitri and his family, Haley and Tasha and Christian are the only people who know about me and my life.

"Just Chloe" I supplied. She just nodded knowing I wasn't ready for Rose to know my last name or anything else just yet.

"Chloe how nice it is to see you again it's been so long, even since our last phone call it's been along time between visits." She was one of the people I called when I was in trouble or needed something urgent or even just to talk to someone who weren't Haley when we were off by ourself for years.

"Oh yeah sure just replace your daughter with another one because your first on was a disappointment!" Rose interrupted. It was obvious now what Rose was jealous of me now just because her mum spoke to me. But why Janine was young when she had Rose and just wanted Rose to have a better life, one that she couldn't give her.

"Rose I haven't replaced you with anyone! I have known Chloe for a long time and I don't see her as a daughter, just a fellow guardian keeping he charge safe from strigoi."

"Charge?! She isn't assigned to Haley, she doesn't have a promise mark she isn't even a guardian. If I was Haley I would like a better guardian than Chloe any way." Ok I knew she didn't like me much but now I'm not liking her very much if I go up against her in class ill show her how much of a guardian I am.

"Rose, watch your mouth. You might not think she is much of a guardian but she has the discipline to be one."

"Oh and of course you know how much discipline she has everyone does! Is there one guardian or Moroi out there who doesn't know who she is or has been a friend of hers for 'a long time'"

"You have no idea how lucky you are Rose that your biological mother actually registers that you are alive and exist, so don't criticize her! You could have gotten one a lot worst than her trust me on that." I would kill to have my real mum call me even if it was once every 2 or 3 years. "Umm I think I might just go I didn't mean to cause trouble I didn't think anyone was here Dimitri said"

"He said what? And how did you know he wasn't going to be here this morning training with me? Does he call you every 10 minutes?" Rose interrupted sounding frustrated and annoyed.

"I was about to tell you what he said when you interrupted. He just told me that he will be asleep this morning after last night, so I thought I would do some early training but I might leave and just run some laps or something."

"How do you know about Tasha and Dimitri leaving last night you weren't even there when they said they were going, but the early morning practice would have been a good idea, you can't just come into a final year of school and become a guardian you need to train and learn how to be one first, one year won't let you learn all of that."

"You would know that wouldn't you Rose after your stunt." Janine queried. Rose simply looked annoyed and stormed off into another room.

"Well ill leave you to it ill catch up with you later." With that I left guardian Hathaway and Rose in the gym. I was going to run some laps it always helps me clear my mind.

After a few laps I went to breakfast and grabbed and apple and some toast. I met Haley there. She was nervous about her first day and wether or not anyone nice was in her classes. I tried to comfort her but she just wouldn't relax. "Come on Haley we have changed school countless times you haven't been this nervous since we were like 11."

"I know its silly but here they know I'm a royal and it will reflect on my parents and family if I don't make a good impression."

"Haley your parents can deal with anything they love you that much. Hell they let us run around the world for 7 years! And you could never make a bad impression."

"Thanks, I guess ill relax after the first lesson."

"What is it?"

"Russian."

"Russian, you're worried about Russian. Haley we speak the language! You've lived there for 4 years!"

"I know. I guess you're right I don't really have anything to worry about. Hey there's Lissa and Christian do you think we could have breakfast with them?"

"I don't see why not. Do you think we should tell Lissa and Rose about our bond? Make sure Lissa knows you're here if she needs help?"

"Maybe later once we know them a bit more." We sat down and had breakfast with Christian and Lissa. Christian said sorry about yesterday and apart from that nothing about me was brought up.

My first day of classes. It was weird at the start. My first class was advanced guardian combat techniques. This was the class I was a little nervous about seeing as Dimitri never told me if I was good or not after our fight. I also didn't want to come across all stuck up or too advanced to be in school because I didn't want everyone to worship me like I'm a god because I'm not. I also didn't want them to see how many molnija marks I had. I didn't want to come in all boasting about how good I am or show off. I wore my hair in a pony tail but wore a scarf. Reasonable I thought its winter I'm aloud to be cold. I was wearing blue jeans and a hoody.

I had expected Rose to be in the first classes in the morning because they were all the dhampir classes and I had been put in the ones for my age first so they could see how much I knew but when the message got to us that she had been injured in training this morning, I couldn't help but giggle to myself as I thought of this morning's argument. I must say though I don't really appreciate my mother neglecting me either but my mum wasn't in the same situation as Janine when she had me.

When I first walked into the gym it was really the first time anyone had seen me because I snuck in to breakfast without being detected and the other day in the commons only the people who were there at the time saw me. It was awkward. I walked in and everyone shut up and turned around and stared at me. Some guys I could see from previous experience had that drooling look going. "Take a photo its lasts longer and isn't likely to kick your arse into next week if you touch it!" I said jokingly to them as I walked in.

"Why do all the hot ones have to have a snappy attitude?" A guy with red hair and freckles asked in wonder.

"I dunno but I don't think we need another Rose around here." Added the guy standing next to him.

"Hey I feel sorry for this girl if Rose finds out she has competition this girl will be as useful as an electric light in a black out."

"Hey is it true you haven't been to an academy since you were 6?" How much did they know about me?

"As true as strigoi love Moroi blood." I replied dryly

"Fuck Rose is gunna eat you for breakfast."

"Miss Chloe I take it." The guardian that must be our teacher walked up to me.

"yeah, that's me." I said with a sigh. The adult guardian just grunted and moved off splitting everyone into pairs and ordering them to practice some different manoeuvres.

"I guess you're with me." The guy with red hair came over to me. "I'm normally Rose's partner but seeing as she isn't here you'll have to do." His guy had a cocky attitude but a nice face.

"I guess I will." I replied sarcastically. "So what do we do first partner?" I asked.

"Well I wanna see if you have any skills what-so-ever seeing you wouldn't have learnt much when you were 6. So just try your best not to break anything."

"Don't hold back, I won't." He just laughed and did a basic lunge straight for me. I easily grabbed an arm and flung him around throwing him on the floor. "I said don't hold back." He grunted and got up. The next time he actually tried. I think he thought that just because I was a drop out I knew nothing. The rest of the class ended up just standing around watching us. I felt like I was being studied and was relieved when the bell went and class was over. So they aren't that bad, the novices they still have a long way to go though if they want to be quick enough to kill strigoi.

The rest of the day went easily. I found that I knew almost everything and didn't need much catch up. I still hadn't seen Rose since this morning so what ever guardian Hathaway did to her must have hurt a lot of was pretty embarrassing. I decided to have an early night and start to pack my bags for the ski trip that I found out about today off Mason after class today. I can't say I was really looking forward to going on it because all the royals will me there meaning so will my family. If I stayed out on the slopes all day and in my room otherwise I hopefully won't run into them often and won't have to talk to them. Good thing I like snow and skiing then.