My head hurt, trying to open my eyes was harder than usual and that started to confuse me. Why would it be so hard to do something so easy. I shook my head but then my head started to hurt just a little more, noticing that shaking my head was a really bad idea. I opened my eyes to see that everything was blurry. I opened and closed my eyes a little trying to focus on one thing.

My eyes focused on the stars that were right above of me. Something's not right. I didn't have stars on the roof of my room. And I certainly didn't sleep outside. I would've noticed. This is really strange. After my eyes focused on the real world and wasn't as blurry anymore I sat up.

There were some trees around me. I looked around and saw that there was nobody by my side. No sign of life. I looked everywhere confused. I had no idea why I was out here. Was I suppose to meet someone out here? Was I suppose to meet Dimitri? What was I doing?

I stood up looking around trying to see if there was anyone that I could ask. I heard some twigs snapping indicating that there was someone behind me. I turned around quickly to see that there stood Chase. I suddenly remembered what had happened it hit me in the face just like Chase did.

"What the hell is wrong with you?" I asked breaking the silence.

"What the hell is wrong with you?" he asked back.

"Don't answer my question with a question." I snapped at him.

He stared at me with those intense eyes. He didn't look like a Strigoi yet. He was still a newborn and it took time for him to look like a Strigoi.

"Why did you turn? Just because I kneed you? Because I didn't want to go on a date with you?" I asked seeing as he wasn't going to answer my question. He shook his head meanwhile.

"This had nothing to do with that." he explained and I rolled my eyes.

"Oh noo." I said sarcastically throwing my hands up for some dramatic effect. He suddenly appeared right in front of me.

"Watch it." He growled at me gripping the top of my arms and letting go as soon as he grabbed me.

I knew better than to irritate a newborn. It just wasn't in my book but I was irritated too. I just wanted him to leave me alone or I wished that I could have a stake and get rid of him once and for all but once again fate doesn't want me to protect myself and that scared me a little.

"What do you want?" I asked.

"Turn around and you'll find out." he answered.

I had no idea what he meant by that but I was weighing my options. I didn't know if I should trust him and turn around or I should run away. Seeing as running away would mean that he would follow me he would just kill me for not doing what he told me to do. But if I did turn around he could just snap my head off without me knowing anything.

Either way I would probably die. So I decided to turn around and see what he was talking about. Once I turned around I looked up to see that there stood Bob.

"Bob!" I exclaimed but my muscles locked into place. I couldn't move.

"Well...well...well... If you look at that. It's Rose." He said walking slowly around me like they usually did in the movies and just like in the movies I didn't move from my place and followed him with my eyes.

"What are you doing here?" I asked with my voice shaking just a little. I couldn't help it. Usually the warmth that he brought towards me wasn't there. I was scared and from this moment on I knew that I couldn't see him as a father. He turned into a monster, even if it wasn't his choice. He was a monster and I had to kill this monster. There was no doubt about it.

"I just came to visit my favorite daughter." He said coldly. He didn't say daughter nicely either he said it with so much venom in that word, that word was like poison and I knew that I didn't need him anymore.

My senses became alert. But I tried not to show it. Physically at least. "So?" I said with a sassy voice.

"Feisty." he said chuckling but that chuckle wasn't filled with love or warmth. It was cold and lifeless. I knew that's what he's become. I sagged my shoulders in defeat but my muscles were alert as well. "I see that this school has changed you." he told me.

"Why'd you change?" I asked him.

He looked down then back at me, still walking around in circles, as if he were studying me or something.

"It was part of the plan." he told me.

I scrunched my eyebrows in confusion. I didn't understand what he meant. Plan? What plan? I had no idea what he was talking about but that word plan really had me worked up.

"Yes, plan." another voice said.

I quickly turned my head to the source of the voice to find out it was David. He was Strigoi too. This town was crawling with Strigoi. It made me realize that keeping our Moroi alive was going to be harder than the academy had trained us for. With me standing here with three Strigoi made me realize that I'm not all that excited to graduate.

"What plan?" I asked, trying to sound confident but it didn't work. The last part of my voice squeaked.

"How'd you think that note and the flowers appeared in the hospital in Spokane?" Bob answered my question. Great I thought Another question to answer my question.

"Answer the god damn question!" I growled frustrated.

"Someone woke up on the wrong side of the bed." David exclaimed, while Bob mmmhmmed and Chase behind me ooooed.

"I didn't wake up on any bed. I woke up here, in the middle of I don't know where, with three jackasses." I snapped.

"Watch it." Bob exclaimed pointing at me from his position.

I put my hands up as a defense gesture. "It's the truth." I mumbled not even doubting that they will hear me. Bob took a deep breath no doubting that he is trying to calm his emotions and David just laughed evilly.

"Can you assholes tell me what the whole plan was since you're going to kill me anyways." I taunted.

My eyes flickered between both of them, they looked at each other and David just nodded. Bob sighed then looked at me. Those eyes reminded me so much of what my 'father' use to be. I missed him so much but there was nothing to do now. He can't be save, and that killed me.

"You killed our cousin Isaiah. You have to pay for that." Bob snarled.

I was frightened now. They both we really mad because I killed their cousins, I didn't kill them on purpose it just happened. But now I realize that this is a small world who knew that Stephanie would be my mom's sister and that Bob and David's cousin was the Strigoi that killed in Spokane.

"Sooo?" I asked dragging out the word.

"So you need to pay." Bob said as if it were the most logical explanation that there was.

"We're you the one that told me not to come back." I asked totally ignoring that explanation. "You're the one that didn't want me to come back and you're the one that wants to kill Lissa."

I turned my head to look at them and they were both nodding their heads like idiots. "I was in Spokane visiting our cousin but when I arrived in the house I saw him getting killed by you." I accused, not that I would blame him. "Then we were driving by going the hotel and I was going to call David. But I saw you walking down the street being in pain. I was going to leave you but I thought that you deserve it. My beautiful Stephanie wanted to help you out and there was no way in denying her anything even if I wanted to.

"I helped you in the car pretending that you didn't kill my best friend. We took you to the hospital but I wanted nothing to do with you. I called up David." He said pointing at David, my eyes didn't leave his face not even once.

"David told me to keep you and no let you come back to the academy because you were one of the best out there. Isaiah was one of the best he killed many guardians and he was even in the invasion of the Badicas and the Drozdovs he was the one that killed Arthur Schoenberg." he admitted.

I stood in shock. How could they be so proud of that? How could they be so calm? How could they take an innocent life and not be ashamed? I felt so bad taking the life's of Elena and Isaiah but not anymore not after all of this.

"If anyone could kill Isaiah anyone could kill any of us. You're the one that could cause the extinction of Strigoi and that would be bad on our part because we want immortality. From the researching that I have done on you I could tell that you would do anything to keep Vasilisa safe from harm so we used her." David finished the story.

I stood there in shock, everything is not what it seems I guess. I looked at Bob and definitely hated him. I hated that he used me and that he used my emotions to kill other people so he could be part of the immortal clan.

I glared at both of them but they seemed really happy at the fact that I was angry. I guess they liked it because they could still get a reaction from me.

"I'll go get the princess and kill her before killing you." David said walking away.

Bob walked up to be making me back up until I was right against the tree. My mind was spinning. I had no idea what to think. I checked the bond to see if they got Lissa yet but from what I got she was still sleeping there was no time to waste.

"How could you do this Bob. I thought we were buddies." I said being over dramatic. I needed time and I needed time to think how I'm going to kill him and how I was going to be fast enough to go get Lissa and protect her before evil creepy man, David, got to her.

"You know I started to like you like a daughter. You had a certain spark in your personality. Something that reminded me of Stephanie when we were younger." he said opening up. If only he knew. I thought trying my hardest not to roll my eyes like I usually do.

"But..." I said trying to distract him. Slowly I felt up the tree trying to see if there was any little twigs or a little bit of tree bark that I could stab him with just so I can got run for help.

"You left me and I knew that I had to do it for my cousin. I was going to talk to you and Stephanie to join me and David in this but you left us so soon. Why'd you leave." He asked totally distracted from what he was suppose to be doing.

"I found out Stephanie was my aunt." I told him.

He looked shocked. I tried not to smile or laugh at his expression I didn't think that Strigoi could even go into shock.

"Wow! Then I guess that I was right about that Stephanie vibe." he told me.

I nodded thinking that this was a good of a time than ever . I quickly stabbed him with the little tree bark that I found in the eye. I knew it wasn't much but it was the best that I could do right now. Chase apparently went with David because he wasn't there.

Bob was groaning that he couldn't see but it wouldn't be long before that passes so I didn't hesitate to run. I ran as fast as I could. I didn't look back just in case he was following me. It seemed really strange that the sun didn't rise.

Suddenly I remembered about having a solar eclipse today and that made sense. This would be as good as time as ever for the three Strigoi that were here to be here.

I kept thinking about that as I ran as fast as I can. I suddenly bumped into something that made me immediately fall and I was really scared that it might Bob, Chase or David. There was no way that I could kill him. Sure I could attack and kick his butt as much as I can but it wasn't the same until I had a stake in hand.

I looked up to see that there stood my Russian lover. He looked at me in total confusion and I stood up as quickly as I could. I looked behind me trying to see if Bob was following me.

"Rose, what's going on?" He asked confused.

I didn't answer I tried to look past all the trees to see if he was even coming. Then I looked behind Dimitri to see if there was a sign of David or Chase. I was looking everywhere shaking. I was so not ready for this. I was scared feeling like a little girl. I felt my body start to shake just a little bit but nothing that I couldn't control. I was strong, I reminded myself, I could do this. I would do this. For Lissa.

Dimitri gripped the upper part of my arms and started to shake me slightly. I looked up to see his deep brown eyes. "What is going on? We need to take you back to your dorm it is way past curfew." he said firmly and he made a move for us to do to my dorm.

"Dimitri!" I squeaked not moving from me.

"Rose, what's going on? you're really freaking me out." he said looking so concerned he really looked worried.

"Strigoi." I gulped. "They're here. They are after Lissa. Help me please. I have no idea what to do."

He froze thinking. He seemed like he didn't want to believe the information that I just fed him but it was the pure truth. I saw them.

"Are you sure?" he asked alert.

"Yes."

"Do you know who they are?"

"Yes."

"Who?"

I tilted my head to the side and looked to the ground then looked at him. He did know who they were. "It's David, Bob, and Chase."

"Isn't David the one that was helping with the track thing. And isn't Bob his brother." He asked putting two and two together.

"Yes."

"Chase too? The student?"

"Yes, I guess they enrolled him here so they could be able to sneak in here." I told him.

"What are they doing here on campus?" He asked. I rolled my eyes in frustration.

"This isn't a time for question and answer. We have to help Lissa. David and Chase are after her." I pleaded.

He nodded.

"Belikov! Hathaway!" a voice called.

We both looked back to see that there stood Stan. He looked angry. But what was I kidding he always looked angry. "Hathaway what are you doing here?" he questioned then he looked at Dimitri.

"I was in my room when I was attacked by your favorite student." I snapped at him.

Dimitri could tell that I was anxious and that I wanted to do something. He looked at me and made some soothing motion to calm me down but there was no calming me down. I was downright pissed and I needed to go protect my friend.

I checked the bond once again and she was still sleeping peacefully. I think David was taking advantage that there was a solar eclipse and that there wouldn't be any sun light so he took his dear sweet time.

"Chase?" Stan asked.

Bingo! So now I really knew that Chase was his favorite student.

"Yes that one. He turned Strigoi and attacked me and now Lissa is in danger." I said making a move to go but I was stopped by Dimitri. I sighed in frustration when I heard that Stan started to laugh.

"What are you laughing about?" I asked completely serious.

"You said that there are Strigoi on campus."

"I'm completely serious." I pleaded. Stan looked at me with serious eyes. He studied mine to see if there was some joking or humor but there wasn't this was completely serious.

"We need to protect the students." Stan stated after seeing that I wasn't joking around with him. Dimitri nodded.

"Lissa is the one in trouble." I told them.

Both of them looked at me. "How are you so sure?" Stan asked, he looked like he really needed to go and that kind of made sense we really did have to hurry up and get going.

"Because they told me that they are after her. " I answered. "Just trust me on this."

Stan nodded. "I'll go warn Alberta and put the academy on alert."

Then left. He ran like I've never seen him run before. Dimitri looked at me with concern. "We need to get you to safety." He said and we ran towards dorms. He was in charge of me and I had no doubts that he will save me but my life was the last thing on my mind. We needed Lissa.

"Dimitri was need Lissa. She's the one in danger." I said to him.

"They are all safe. Once they put the dorm on alert they will go to the secret room and she will be safe. I assure you. My assignment is in the lower elementary. We need to rush there and have them all safe." he told me.

Oh great. I thought. We can't go with Lissa and I can't make sure we are safe but we get to babysit some little kids. That's exactly what I had in mind.

We went into the lower elementary and I remember the dorm. I use to stay here when I was little. He looked around and there was a nice looking lady. I remembered her as well she wasn't much of a guardian but she was a day care lady.

"There are Strigoi out loose on campus and we need to get the children in a safer place." He explained while her eyes went wide.

She had a little girl that was right behind her. She looked like she could be a three year old and she had a little pink blanket with her looking very vulnerable and I vowed right then and there that I was going to protect all of these little kids that are stuck in a situation.

"Help me get all the little kids in the safe ward below the ground." she told Dimitri while he nodded. The little girl followed Michelle, the day care lady. Michelle soon bent down to eye level of the little girl. "Verenice." she said in a whisper. "Can you stay here with Rose."

The little girl immediately knew who she was talking about. She looked up and saw me than at her and nodded. Michelle smiled at her and lifted her off the ground and handed her to me. "You know where the room is." Michelle said and I nodded remembering where it was. I remember that room. It was the room me and Lissa you to hide out. Apparently now-a-days it came in handy.

"There isn't many kids theses day. There's only about twenty and we'll get them down there. You know the secret word."Michelle said and I nodded once again.

Michelle went to the second level with Dimitri to get all of the little kids down to where I was headed. I went down there all the while the little girl just studied me.

After we got down there I locked the door and waited for them to come back. They must be very organized if they knew where they were assigned to and what they must be doing. I sat down on one of the many beds that there was in there with the little girl on my lap, checking the bond.

"Lissa was safe and sound. She was there with Mason and Eddie. Their guardian that was in charge of them happened to be Alberta. I knew she was safe but she was worried about me. I tried to tell her that she didn't have to be worried but because of the one way bond that was impossible.

The little girl on my lap started squirming just a little and started to get a little irritated. She looked up at me and noticed that she had right green eyes and she was quite adorable.

"What's your name?" I asked in a soft voice so I didn't scare her.

"Verenice." she answered in her small baby voice.

"My name is Rose. I think your name is beautiful cutie." I told her. She gripped her blanket tighter and looked up at me with a smile.

"Me like Wose." she stated then she giggled. I laughed.

"What's going on?" she asked me.

That surprised me not many kids would know what was going on. They would just think that this was one big huge sleep over. I would if I were her age.

"We are playing hide and seek." I explained to her. She shaped her mouth in an 'o' shape and then snuggled against my stomach..

"I'm sweepy." she said rubbing her eyes tiredly with one hand and gripping her blanket tightly.

"Go to sleep princess." I told her and she nodded. She stood up in my lap and placed her head on the crook of my neck and curled up in a ball. I placed my hands under her knees and my other hand on her back just in case and I stood up, rocking her slightly so she would be able to go to sleep.

Sooner rather than later I felt her weight being heavier than she really was and I knew that she was asleep. I just kept rocking her from side to side trying to soothe myself too trying to calm myself down. I knew everything was going to be alright. I just needed to have some faith in the guardians that have been teaching me since I was Verenice's age.

I felt a knock on the door and I got up to go get it. I head Dimitri's Russian accent saying Cookie. That was the funniest thing that I've ever heard. I opened the door. There was 20 little three year olds rubbing their eyes tiredly and they immediately headed towards the beds that were right there, not having the slightest idea on what was going on.

"I need to go help Savannah with the infants. There's more than 20 and they apparently need help will you be okay with them?" Michelle asked once all of the three year olds were settled in bed and fast asleep. Dimitri immediately nodded.

"I'll page you once I get there." Michelle said, holding up her walky talky.

She turned around and left locking the door that was there. I turned to the only available bed that there was there and set Verenice down. "How do we know that the Strigoi won't come in here. They can bust the door open." I reminded him, but he was shaking his head at me the whole time.

"There is a special ward in front of the door. It's not completely visible and we can step on it." He explained. I nodded and sat down the little couch that there was in there. In this room there was a TV and a bunch of little kids movies along with snacks and a toilet.

"This is all my fault." I confessed to him.

"You didn't know that Bob would come here looking for you and hurt the Princess." he reassured me, I shook my head meanwhile.

"I knew the consequences for coming back here. I got a note threatening that they will kill Lissa if I came back here. But I didn't know that the Strigoi would be Bob." I told him.

I looked up and he looked shocked. And hurt. "Why didn't you tell me?"

"I didn't want to alarm anyone just in case that it was a hollow threat." I explained to him. I looked up to see his gorgeous, deep, brown eyes looking at the floor. "Are you mad at me for not telling you."

"No. But I am a bit hurt that you didn't come to me and tell me. I thought we could trust each other, you know." He confessed and ran a hand over his forehead.

"Next time I'll tell you." I told him, trying to make him feel better.

"You better." he said playfully.

I smiled at him and he smiled back at me. I stood up from the couch that I was sitting on and I wrapped my arms around his waist and he did the same placing his hands on the small of my back. "Can you tell me the whole story." He asked quietly.

"Apparently Isaiah was their cousin, he was the Strigoi that kept us in the house in Spokane. I was walking for help and Bob saw that I was the person that killed his cousin and took me to the hospital and David who is Bob's brother told him to take me in and make sure that I didn't come back to the academy because I was a threat for the extinction of the whole Strigoi clan." I explained.

"How did they try to keep you away from the academy?" he asked.

"They told me that if I came back they would find Lissa and kill her. I couldn't risk that but I did come back and now they are looking for her." I said into his neck. He nodded and placed a kiss on the top of my head.

"Everything's going to be okay." He reassured. I looked up to him and he seemed really confident. Those eyes I could trust and I trusted in his words. He leaned down placed a gentle chaste kiss on my lips and hugged me closer to him.

I knew that Bob, David, and Chase were going down and they were going to die and I had completely faith that this academy will take them down. I just hoped that my hopes won't fall because I genuinely believe that this is all going to get better.

Hope you guys like the surprise that was in store for them all and thank you guys for the those of you that read my story, favorited it, have a story alert, and/or reviewed. Thank you guys. I won't update in two weeks because I have finals but that good news is that after I am done with the finals I'll probably start writing up the next chapter of this stroy.

Don't forget to get Spirit Bound. I'm so excited it comes out Tuesday.

Don't forget to review too. They mean the world to me. And thanks again for reading. Cya next time. =D