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As soon as we opened the door I saw Mum's eyes widen to the size of dinner plates.
"Christa! Oh my God, sweetheart, I was so scared! I thought you'd gone off to find Viktor and…"
She stopped babbling when she saw Christian – It's still strange for me to think of him as my father – leaning against the door frame. Her green eyes met his ice, blue ones.
"Am I hallucinating?"
She walked up to Christian and put her hands on his shoulders, then she felt his face.
"Are you real?"
He smiled, "Yes Lissa. I'm real."
The next thing shocked me just as much as it shocked Christian… she slapped him.
His hand immediately went to the red hand print on his cheek.
"What was that for?" he demanded.
"That was for abandoning me," then she slapped him again, "And that one was for thinking you can just stroll back in here and that I'll welcome you with open arms!"
"Lissa, I'm sorry…" he was interrupted when her hand – once again – impacted his face.
"What was that one for?"
"That was just because I felt like it."
"Lissa, I really am sorry…"
"Will you cut the crap please?" Lissa snapped, "You at least owe me that."
"Mum!" I said, "Just listen to the poor guy will you!"
Her attention was soon turned to me, "How did you come to meet him?"
Those words brought back the memories of what had happened a mere two hours ago. I had been so furious at Christian that I'd been willing to attack him with my new element. Little did I know, he was more experienced with fire than me.
"Don't even bother," he said with a smirk, "I've killed Strigoi. I can take whatever you throw at me."
I soon realised he was right. That knowledge caused everything to suddenly catch up with me. I collapsed into a ball on the ground and started to cry; big, wet tears slowly dripped down my face, staining my cheeks.
"Christa?" Christian asked, kneeling beside me, "I'm sorry. Please don't cry. I'm not used to this…"
"No," I retorted, "You're not! I don't even want a father! Mum, Rose and I are doing fine without you!"
I didn't see much point in calling her Aunty Rose any more… Not now that I knew the truth.
"Rose," Christian said with a sigh, "I should've known she'd stick with Lissa no matter what. Not even Belikov could stop her from doing her duty."
Finally Viktor spoke up, "Belikov? Dimitri Belikov? What about him?"
"What's it to you?" Christian snapped.
"Dimitri is his uncle," I explained, "What did you mean when you said not even Dimitri would stop Rose from doing her duty?"
"Dimitri and Rose were, uh, involved I guess you could say. It was all hush-hush, though. No one except Rose's closest friends knew."
"And you were one of Rose's closest friends?" I questioned.
He shrugged, "We were getting there."
"That explains why he called her Roza," Viktor concluded, with a shiver, "Thinking about my uncle's love-life is gross!"
Christian's eyes widened, "So Rose and Dimitri are Together Again?"
Viktor and I nodded.
"Then it's only fair that Lissa and I are reunited."
"I'm not sure how thrilled she'll be about that…" I stuttered, worried about how my father would react at those words.
"Of course she will!" Christian argued, "I love her!"
Those words stirred up some angry feelings inside of me, "Oh yeah? If you loved her so much then why'd you leave?"
"I wasn't thinking straight," he admitted, sheepishly, "I just needed time to think. I told Lissa I was leaving the Academy grounds and she ran off, without another word. I was so stupid not to follow her! I was feeling selfish that night and I just needed some room to breathe. When I returned to the Academy a day or two later it was too late, Lissa and Rose were gone. It was all just a big misunderstanding! I felt so terrible. Anyway, I spoke to Eddie and Mia and they told me about you, Christa, and said that Lissa and Rose had run off to raise you. Belikov helped me break out of the Academy and I set off to search for Lissa… and to search for you."
There was an awkward silence when his story came to a close. I saw his eyes fill with tears and soon Viktor and I both had watery eyes. I'd always known Viktor was a big softie at heart.
I gave Christian an awkward hug, "It's sort-of nice to meet you."
Christian laughed, "It's amazing to meet you Christa."
I walked away from Christian with a smile on my face and buried my head into Viktor's jacket. I breathed in his sweet, human (well, almost human) scent, "I'm so glad you're not Strigoi…"
Suddenly Viktor stood alert, "What did you say?"
"Viktoria and everyone else think you're a Strigoi…" I trailed off, "Oh no!"
Viktor glanced at Christian, "I think you're reunion is going to come up sooner than you expected. I need to assure my family that I'm safe."
Viktor buried his head in his hands, "I am such an idiot! I should've known that would be the conclusion they'd come to! What the hell was I thinking?"
I shrugged, "Come on. We better get going…"
I soon came back to the present and looked into Mum's wet eyes, "It's a long story…"
"Vasilisa?" Viktor asked, nervously, "If it's okay, I'd like to go home. My Mum thinks I'm… she thinks I'm one of the Lost."
He couldn't bring himself to say Strigoi aloud.
Mum smiled and nodded, "Of course, honey," then she turned to face Christian, "Christian and I have some talking to do."
Viktor smiled and took my hand, "Come on, Christa. They'll be fine."
I nodded and squeezed his hand, "Yeah, they will. Let's go."
I sat at my computer and tapped the keys aimlessly, trying to think of what to write that would sum up the past two months.
I opened my auto-biography folder on the desktop and scanned the documents I had already written. That was when I noticed one document that I hadn't written myself…
It was labelled: 'To Christa, From Lissa'
To Christa,
I'm sorry that most of your life has been kept a secret from you. I really am. I was so sure that the more I kept you in the dark the easier life would be for you. Rose thought it would be better if you were able to live a normal life rather than an action-packed one you would've experienced in the vampire world.
I guess now's the time to come clean to you about my past.
In the world of Moroi I was known as Princess Vasilisa: the last in her blood-line, which is now no longer true. I met Rose at a very young age and we instantly clicked. I was the weak one and she was the one that fought my battles for me; mental and physical battles.
You know that every Moroi gets an element of some type. When I was still at the Academy only four of the five elements were known of. Being equipped with spirit – the unknown element – I was told that I was 'Unspecialised'. With a lot of help from Rose we discovered that that wasn't entirely true.
Rose always had my back throughout high school, even when I decided that I loved Christian Ozera; the outcast. I'm sure he'll tell you all about that someday.
I truly believe that you meeting Viktor was no coincidence. Everything happens for a reason. Now, lots of thanks to you, Christian and I as well as Dimitri and Rose have been reunited and we stand by each other, the way it should be.
Rose is in the middle of writing two books for you that will explain more than this letter ever could. She has uniquely titled them 'Vampire Academy' and 'Frostbite'. I really hope you enjoy reliving mine and Rose's adventures.
Love always,
Mum xoxo
"What are you reading?" Dad asked from behind me.
I smiled up at him, "Just something Mum wrote for me. Do you think you could give me a hand writing my autobiography?"
Dad smiled, "Of course."
"I'll help too," A familiar voice offered.
I looked at the doorway and saw Viktor standing in the middle of it. I ran up to him and kissed him lightly on the lips, before leading him to the computer desk, "You can help too."
So we all crowded around the computer and I had words thrown at me left and right as I typed manically into the computer. Pretty soon Mum and Rose joined us from downstairs. Dimitri followed suit.
After a couple of hours the auto-biography was completed and I smiled in thanks to everyone around.
"Why don't we go out to dinner tonight?" Mum asked, "To celebrate."
Everyone nodded enthusiastically as I shut down the computer.
"We should invite Viktoria," Dimitri suggested, "She'd like that."
We made our way to the car and piled in with smiles on our faces. We were a big, happy family. Everything was well.
Thank you for reading my auto-biography. I've had almost as much fun writing it as I did living these moments. I'm so happy right now and I hope things never change, even though I know they will. Life is amazing for me and no longer full of secrets and lies. And it's all because everyone was Together Again.
