I'M BACK! Yes, I'm back from the horrible experience that is Duke of Edinburgh. Practically raining ALL week, not impressed when I called my mother to find out it was boiling hot weather back at my home town. Anyway, I'm going to continue writing my fanfictions so enjoy the upcoming chapters!

Chapter Fourteen

"Adrian?" Just as he zipped up his bag Adrian turned his head to hear Dimitri's voice on the other side of his door. "It's nearly time to go. Are you ready?"

"Yeah, just need a second to finish getting ready. You can come in if you want." Dimitri glanced down the corridor before walking into the Moroi's bedroom. The moment the door was shut Adrian moved over to the older man and pushed him up against the wall, planting a kiss onto the soft lips. Dimitri kissed him back, moving his right hand to the Moroi's cheek and stroking it before ending the kiss. "Okay, now I'm ready."

It was time to go to Court to go to Victor's trials. Adrian told the headmistress that Rose, Lissa and Christian were asked to come to the trails as witnesses and that Eddie was invited to come to continue his field experience. Several hours later Lissa and Eddie were told, so the pair ran off in search of Rose and Christian to tell them the news. Adrian was already on the plane ready to go while Dimitri was outside waiting for the teenagers. When Rose saw him she ran over, not noticing Adrian was watching from inside the plane.

"I'm sorry, I'm so sorry." The Russian man turned to Rose, staring at her and wondering what she was talking about.

"Sorry for what?"

"For all the horrible things I said yesterday. You did it - you really did it. You got them to let us go." The conversation they had the day before replayed in Dimitri's mind; how he offered to help her in the church and the brief argument they had at the end of the day.

All he wanted to do was help her and try and figure out what was wrong with her. Adrian had told him a few times that her aura was just getting darker and darker along with Lissa's, causing the poor Ivashkov to have a few more spirit breakdowns. Both the boys wanted to help Rose and Lissa before the darkness took over.

"It wasn't me, Rose. I had nothing to do with it." When Alberta called everyone onto the plane Dimitri walked off leaving a frozen Rose standing still. Adrian watched Dimitri come onto the plane and walk by him, flashing a quick smile before his guardian expression came back and he found himself a seat with other Guardians.

Rose got onto the plane making Adrian look up. Instantly he felt the darkness inside of her. Her aura was the usual black colour it was along with the colour of shock and confusion over what Dimitri had said to her. She didn't know who had managed to allow her, Lissa and the boys to go to court for the trails. He stood up and walked towards Rose, taking a drink from a air hostess as he walked past her.

"Little Dhampir! About time you got here."

Once Rose got over the fact that Adrian was on the plane she found a seat next to Eddie - which happened to be a window seat - and settled down. Adrian sat in front of Rose, watching her carefully. When the plane took off, Rose felt a wicked headache causing her mind to go numb. And Adrian could see it.

Her black aura was all over the place. It was insane. He was starting to get a headache from it all. From the look that Dimitri was giving him when he spotted his younger lover things weren't going well at the back as Adrian tried to see just how bad the darkness was.

"And then a slit up the side to show off what great legs you have. It could go nearly to the hip and have this cute little bow-"

"Adrian!" Everyone went quiet. The black aura around Rose was going crazy, Adrian had never seen anything like it before. It shocked him; the moment she yelled at him her aura turned jet black. No other colours could be seen. "Will you shut up the hell up for five seconds?" Alberta got up and walked over. Dimitri stood up and glanced at Adrian, who was going slightly pale.

"Rose, what's going on?"

"I have the worst fucking headache in the world, and he won't shut up." She rubbed her forehead while gritting her teeth. "God, why won't it go away?" Christian and Alberta spoke a few times allowing Adrian to look at Dimitri and move his head, telling him to come over. Dimitri stood up and stood next to Alberta.

"Where's it at? The pain?"

"it's a headache...I'm sure it'll go away..." She looked at him, seeing the stern look so pointed to the middle of her forehead. "It's like something pushing on my skill. And there's pain kind of behind my eyes. I keep feeling like...well, it's like I've got something in my eye. I think I'm seeing a shadow or something. Then I blink and it's gone."

"Ah. That's a migraine symptom - having vision problems. It's called an aura. People sometimes get it before the headache sets in."

"An aura?" She flashed a look at Adrian.

"Not that kind." A small smile formed on his lips. "Same name. Like Court and court. Migraine auras are images and light you see when a migraine's coming on. They have nothing to do with the auras around people i see. But I tell you...the aura I can see...the one around you...wow."

"Black?"

"And then some. It's obvious even after all the drinks I've had. Never seen anything like it."

Since Rose hadn't has anything to eat that day a flight attendant came over with a banana, a granola bar and some ibuprofen. Once Rose ate and took the tablet she settled down to get some sleep. After what happened no one really wanted to talk, and they also wanted to make sure that Rose was asleep before they started talking.

Lissa walked over to Adrian, muttering something to him that Dimitri couldn't quite hear. But when Adrian nodded his head he stood up and walked over to the two Spirit users.

"What are you talking about?"

"I'm thinking about healing her. Maybe I can get rid of the migraine."

"It's worth a shot. Adrian, can I speak to you in private for a bit?"

"Of course. Wait for us to come back before you try healing her, okay?"

"Sure. Hurry up though."

Dimitri took Adrian away to the back of the plane, through some doors and into an empty section of the plane. Once the door was shut Adrian let out a quiet yet painful sigh as he slumped down into one of the chairs, holding his forehead and gently rubbing it. The Guardian knelt down in front of the Moroi, pulling out an apple he took from the food trolley and some ibuprofen he managed to get off the flight attendant.

The moment Rose got on the plane he could tell that his lover was in pain from the auras. When Rose snapped at him - even though he put on a brave face - he was suffering so much, but didn't want anyone else to know. Adrian ate some of the apple before taking the pills, but wasn't really hungry so Dimitri ended up eating the rest of the apple while Adrian drunk some water to help his headache.

"You feeling any better?"

"A bit. It's just so crazy out there." Adrian weakly smiled at Dimitri. "Dimitri, it's more than a migraine."

"What do you mean?"

"I don't know what it is, but it's definitely not a migraine." Adrian's face expression became serious as he stared at Dimitri. "It's related to Spirit. And it's also related to that bond that she has with Lissa. I don't know what, or why, or how to stop it. But as long as they have that bond, we're all going to suffer."

The Dhampir pulled Adrian into his body, hugging him and allowing the younger man to relax for the first time on the flight. They stayed like that for several quiet minutes, giving Adrian the time to get over the spirit breakdown he was on the verge of and to give Rose some more time to sleep. But they had to get going before the others began questioning where they were, so Adrian left first to see Lissa asking Eddie to move so she could sit next to her friend. Adrian sat back where he was - in front of Rose - so he could get a good look at what was going to happen.

"Rose?" She slowly opened her eyes, and had her eyes fixed on something. That something made her flinch causing Adrian to look at where she had been gazing at. Of course he didn't see what she saw, but her aura was saying something was there that was making her slightly scared. "You still in pain?"

"Yeah, I - oh no." She realised that Lissa was going to try and heal her. "Don't do it. Don't waste it on me."

"It's easy. It hardly fazes me."

"Yeah, but the more you use it...the more it yours in you the long run. Even if it's easy now."

"I'll worry about it later. Here." Lissa took Rose's hand in between hers' just as Dimitri was walking out. He spotted Adrian focused on the girls, and after a few seconds his eyes went wide while Lissa released her grip looking confused and Rose sat there still in pain. "Wh-What happened?"

"Nothing. The headache's still going strong."

"But I...I had it. I felt the magic. It worked." Everyone on the plane were listening, as they all knew about Spirit and Lissa's healing powers. "You don't think the pills permanently hurt my magic, do you?"

"Nah." Adrian tilted his head. "You lit up like a supernova when you were summoning it. You had magic. I just don't think it had any effect on her."

"Why not?"

"Maybe she's got something you can't heal."

"A headache?"

"What do I look like, a doctor? I don't know. Just telling you what I saw." He slumped back into his seat, catching a glimpse of Dimitri who was looking worried. To reassure him, Adrian gave him a smile to receive a smile in return.

Everyone was glad when the plane finally landed at Court where they could relax from the flight there.