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Chapter Four

I woke up early, around 6. I was lying on my bed, someone's arms around me. Turning slowly, I saw Dimitri looking at me, his concern for me showing.

I gave him a half smile. "Hey comrade." my voice was hoarse.

"Rose, are you alright? Yesterday... do you remember?" he asked me.

I frowned slightly, and then the memories flooded back to me.

"Lissa!" I shot up.

He sat up and covered my hand with his. "Lissa's fine- she's in the clinic- she is not allowed to have visitors." He told me.

I got up and walked to the door. I was still in my clothes from last night, so I didn't end up barging into the clinic in pj's.

"To hell with that." Was all I said as I left the room.

Of course- he followed me.

"Rose. You're-" I cut him off.

"Do any of you even know why she did this? No- I'm her best friend. I'm one of the few that do." It was obvious- spirits side effects. Something had upset her... she must've tried to use her powers. I ran out of the building, straight towards the clinic, Dimitri on my tail.

They must have known I would do something like this, because as soon as I entered, Alberta- the head guardian had stopped me from sprinting through to Lissa's room.

"Rose you are out of line. No one is allowed to see the princess until further notice." She told me, not particularly mean.

I squirmed out of her grip and ran down the hallway. She must've been surprised- I'm pretty strong for a Moroi. I found her room- third door on the left. I opened it slowly, and looked in.

Liss... my best friend was hooked up to heaps of machines. I could see the faint rise and fall of her chest, faint, but still there.

Guardian petrov, Dimitri, and the doctor came up behind me. "She's in a very unstable position. She lost a lot of blood." the doctor said quietly. She was hiding something. I could tell. I'd already seen her- so they didn't bother dragging me out of the room.

She was so pale, so delicate. Her blond hair was splayed across the pillow, and she was wearing one of those horrid hospital gown things. My face drained of colour, seeing her like this. She looked peaceful, like she was asleep- I knew she wasn't.

I turned around, and ran out of there. I didn't stop- I ran out to the gates, beyond that. I could hear the guards calling my name, but at that moment I didn't care. When I was out of breath, I stopped. I sat down on the side of the road. I needed to think- Liss... she could die. I knew that was what the doc was trying to hide from me.

"Rose!" I heard.

A very pissed of Dimitri sprinted up to me. "What the heck were you thinking? You cannot run out of the wards without a guardian, no matter what has happened."

"You should listen to the dhampir more often Hathaway. You never know when bad things just pop out at you." Said a voice suddenly.

Oh, shit.

I stood up, and Dimitri came closer to me. He had his stake out, ready.

We were surrounded by Strigoi, around 12 of them. Even Dimitri wouldn't be able to stop them.

Quickly, he stalked one of them by surprise, causing the others to move at him. He stared to fight one of them, blocking all of his attacks. I had to admit... Dimitri was amazing. He killed two of the Strigoi with lightning speed, but that still left us with nine. An idea occurred to me, and I had to try. Putting my hands up, I concentrated on the Strigoi Dimitri was currently fighing, and felt the warm rush of magic through me. A small blaze of fire appeared in the palm of my hand. Inspired, I threw it at the Strigoi, and got him in the head. It abruptly lighted up, and a very surprised Dimitri quickly staked him. Dimitri looked at me, and I smiled at him.

This was gonna be fun.

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