Hey guys! I know it's been a while since I updated this story and I want to say sorry to everyone for this. I have to concentrate on my studies and all. Fortunately, it all paid off. Now, I have to continue this story! So I hope you still want it… :/ Anyway, no more talking! Here it is! Enjoy! And please don't forget to give me some loves :" namely, reviews hihi…
DISCLAIMER: Again, I don't own the Vampire Academy.
Everything is in ruckus after what happened. Everyone is in motion, guarding the Morois, doing their stance, waiting for another blow as the brunette woman slapped a certain blonde woman. Given the nature of the guardians, they instantly jump towards the scene to protect the blonde Moroi, especially if the said blondie is actually a princess. It is their duty to protect the Moroi from any danger; five other guards attacked the brunette woman in a second. The brunette sighed and in one swift yet graceful motion her attackers is just lying on the ground in another second. The other guardians stop dead in their tracks, shocked in what they just saw. Though nothing worse happened after the scene, the guardians stood closer beside the blonde woman, both women just stood on their ground looking fiercely at each other. Everyone could feel the tension thickening in the air.
Not far from this scene, a certain man with a messy dark chestnut brown hair with deep emerald eyes is watching the scene with such fascination. He watched as how the brunette cut the tension with just a smirk and leaned sideways on her other foot. She crossed her arms, said something to their audience and walked away with her team. As the tension died, he started walking away from the scene, smiling and muttering something to himself.
RPOV/KPOV
"Aweee! Come on! Is that how you treat a guest?" I said and pouted at them. The guardians haven't still moved from their places after I kicked the asses of some guardians. "Oh well…" I shrugged. "I guess that's it?" I asked as I checked my nail polish, worrying that it got chipped in the process. After checking that everything is fine, I looked up again. Everyone is dumbstruck. I sighed. "I think we're done here!" I announced to everyone and turned to face Lisa, the bitch princess. "I have to go now, Princess Dragomir. You know, jet lag and all." I said and bowed gracefully. My team and I started to walk towards the building, heading to where we left our luggage. We asked where we should stay. Turns out, they haven't decided yet where they would put us after the stunt I pulled, still deciding if we're a liability or an asset to them. I huffed in annoyance as we waited in the reception area.
"It's our first day and we've made a loooot of friends already." Tyler said in annoyance after waiting for almost 30 minutes and still no news about our place to stay. Sebastian just laughed quietly.
"Well, we're that good at giving a great impact in first impression." Matthew answered coolly. "You know what they say, first impression counts" he added. The boys except for Michael kept the small talk going. No one talked about the ruckus happened between me and the bitch princess, knowing perfectly well that that is off the limits. Michael, on the other hand, doesn't seem to really care about my border line nor off-the-limits topics right now. He may not be talking but he's making it up damn too well through boring his eyes on me.
"What?" I asked him irritably. Michael just raised his one of his eyebrows and smirked at me. I rolled my eyes at him while the rest of the team grew quiet, sensing another tension coming. I inhaled deeply and sighed. "What am I supposed to do? I finally had the chance to slap that bitch right in front of everyone." I said with a shrug and look at each of them. They are still having giving me their straight face which means it's still not enough. I groaned in annoyance.
"Fine, I'm not sorry for what I did but for all it's worth, I am sorry it caused us this." I said indicating our situation, our asses being stuck in this stupid reception area, not sure if we we're even gonna get a room or sent back to Russia. Everybody grinned at me as I finished my apology, a grin that I'm not much of a fan. This means that I would surely pay a price for them now.
"Oh Kat, relax! This one is simple." Tyler said as they recognize the cautiousness in my facial reaction.
"Yeah. You'll just have to pull some strings and make them provide us a great place to stay here." Michael said as innocent as he could.
I gaped at them. "You really do believe that it's that simple?!" I asked them incredulously. Sometimes they forgot that my father is the one who got to pull the strings not me.
"You'll just have to ask sweetly to your Daddy!" Sebastian said while smiling at me. I rolled my eyes and got up. I stomped my feet, walking towards the exit and make an international call.
Ring. Ring. Ring.
"Hello?" a grumpy voice answered at the end of the line.
"Daddy?" I asked tentatively. I heard a heavy sighed.
"Oh great… You just called me Daddy. You only call me that when you need something from me." Abe said and groaned.
"Come on Abe… Something happened and we don't have a place to stay here. I'm gonna explain to you later. Just now, I think we're not welcome here." I explained hopefully.
"Alright, just promise me you'll all come back in one piece and breathing." He said and hangs up.
They were all waiting for me when I got back inside. I gave them a shrug, indicating that I tried.
"Nah… We'll take that as a yes." Tyler said. I rolled my eyes at him and went back to my seat.
A few minutes later, another guardian came up whom we presumed as one of the leaders of royal court guards. He introduced himself as Charles Smith, second in command. He has a neatly combed blonde hair, green eyes that bores at anything or anyone he looks at. He still has his guardian mask on but he looked ragged based on how his clothes look a little disoriented.
Charles cleared his throat. " Even after the trouble your team have caused," he began, though he obviously doesn't like what he's saying "…you have proved your incredible skills to the rest of the audience earlier which means to say, that we are willing to accept the help from a 'special case'. Please follow my assistant to show you where all the guardians stay." Another guardian appeared by his side and bowed slightly but no one is making a move.
Charles look at us, confused. "What?"
"Oh nothing… we just have a question." Tyler answered nonchalantly. Charles knitted his eyebrows, waiting for our question.
"So… special cases?" Sebastian cringed up his nose while he repeated himself. Charles closed his eyes and breathes deeply.
"Your team are NOT exactly a guardian but NOT completely unpromised guardians as well because of what you DO." He explained and opened his eyes after. I sighed heavily as I heard his explanation. No one said anything afterwards so we got up and walk towards our luggage. Just when we're about to leave, a woman was running towards us.
"Wait!" she yelled as she approached us. "Anton ordered for them to stay at the residential area, east side." She said as she catches her breath.
"What?! But that's for the Morois!" Charles' assistant blurted out. "Are you sure about this?" he asked the woman again. The woman just nodded in return. "Why are they getting such special treatment?!" he asked incredulously.
"Uhh… Cause we're special case?" Tyler answered him with such innocent face. The assistant just glared at him and Tyler just raised his arms in mock defeat.
"Stop your ranting. We got the order." Charles suddenly said in clear voice and started to walk in different exit.
"Come on, man. You should follow your order." Sebastian said as he tapped the guy's shoulder when he didn't make a move. The guy just sighed and followed Charles.
"And that's our cue to leave! Thank you, pretty lady!" Michael said and winked at the woman.
The house is beautiful in its own way. It may not be as grand as the other houses around but it suggests the feeling of coziness and comfort. It's a two-storey house and caused a whining from the guy before he and Charles left us. We went inside and checked the area.
"Wow! Your Dad really pulled some strings. Heard the whiney guy talking about the special treatment and all?" Matthew said in awe.
"Uhhh… guys, there's only four bedrooms here. Two of us would share a room." Tyler said as he got down from the second floor.
"No. We do it just like our hunts. We should take turns and guard the house while everyone is sleeping and change turns every two hours." I said as I looked at everyone.
"But Kat, this isn't like our hunting trips." Matthew groaned. "There are wards protecting this area." He added.
"And there's an upcoming war." I answered back. The rest nodded in agreement, one of the reasons why our team never failed is because we never lower our guards. We might not have an idea on how the strigois would attack the royal court but we can't let our guards down.
"It's settled then." Michael said signalling our routine before we settle ourselves. Everyone moved in to check the details of the house, looking for possible entrance and exits, weakest part of the house regarding security, blind spots, views from the windows, furniture of the house, and the perimeter of the area. By the time we're done, it was almost twilight. We had our early dinner and called it a day. Tyler would normally start the guarding so the rest of us started to retreat in our assigned rooms for tonight.
Michael's POV
As I went to my designated bedroom upstairs, I'm actually hoping that there would be no nightmares tonight though I knew perfectly well that after my fight with Dimitri, that wouldn't be the case. Don't get me wrong, I'm not afraid of him, I just remember someone from him.
"Hey… You okay?" Katherine asked while looking intently at me, gauging my reaction. I chuckled. "Just jet lag. It's not every day that I ride a plane, unlike you." I said as I winked at her and walked inside my room. I know she's annoyed at my answer but I can't deal with it right now. I heard her sighed after a few minutes and went to her own room. I guess I would be sleepless tonight which I'd rather have than a sleep full of my own personal hell.
KPOV/ RPOV
I watched as Michael close his door and sighed. It's no secret that Michael doesn't like any of this. He despises the Moroi community at all. Since the arrival from the airport, he's been acting so weird. There's a gloomy aura around him, not that we can actually see it but we knew him enough what he feels despite his nonchalant attitude. Problem is, we don't know why nor what's the reason but we respect each other's privacy so we kept our mouth shut and wait until he would voluntarily say it himself.
I turned around to face the other side of the corridor where my room is located. I walked inside and got some change of clothes before I go to sleep. I took a quick shower and hope that the exhaustion I feel is enough to get some decent sleep before it's my time to guard the place. I felt my eyes started to droop after almost an hour of just lying on the bed. I guess I'm lucky tonight as the sleep came to me… or not…
I found myself sitting in a park just in front of the building where I used to study. She knew this place by heart. Everything is just the same as it was except, there were no student around.
"I always thought that this place is just as plain and doesn't really portray the beauty it should." A familiar voice said from my back, walking slowly towards me. I smiled instantly the second I heard his voice. "But seeing it from your point of view… I must admit, it is really beautiful." He added as he sat beside me. We just sat in front of the Arts Building in UBC were I finished Architecture. We just look at it for a few minutes, grinning from ear to ear, until we slowly turn to each other.
"Hey Kitty."
"Hey Adrian."
"It's nice to have you back."
TADAAAAAAAAA ! Our summer vacation started! Yeeeey! I also missed Adrian! I'm thinking of creating a fanfic for Rose and Adrian after this story.