Twenty one
"Perimeter four is clear." I spoke into the miniature headset that was tapered onto my ear. God this thing was awesome. If I had known that I'd get one of these things for guarding, I'd probably have started up months ago. My partner confirmed my assessment by stating his own. Yup my guarding partner Raidon Patov. He was cool, a little more serious then what I prefer, but still nice enough to hang around with. He simply does his job and says nothing about it, which I guess is all right, if you like that lifestyle.
Yup but me getting paired up with Mr. Negative over there is just how the system around here works. Really he's one of Christian's guardians. Gee I wonder why? Anyway though, since I along with him are just two of the four guardians that were sworn to protect Liss and Christian, we kind of work together. Or at least for every three weeks, until we switch off with the other guardians. Course, strangely enough it doesn't work that way for me. Since of my bonding with Lissa, I usually have three weeks of guarding and one week of personal time. It's not that I don't mind it, I mean I'm living with my best friend. It's just less time I get to spend with Dimitri, that's all.
My true love, the man I loved, the man who created and fathered my children, the man who I had given my heart to. Since the day I left the academy till now everything has just twisted from the real prediction, I had thought I threw my life into. I thought I was to be the end of Dimitri's existence, but instead I really was just the beginning. A beginning to a happy and awarding future between the two of us. I had given myself to him as he did for me. Now we coveted two small children who are bound to us for life. Okay so maybe not for life, I mean Catherine was starting her life at the academy, in just a two and a half short years. Now you may say that, oh two and a half years that's nothing, not. Catherine's already two and a half years old, and look at everything that has been accomplished since then. Life is short, plain and simple. The only simplicity of my life.
Anyway, speaking of my kids who are with their father that this point. Okay so I'm only going to repeat this once, so if you can't keep up, tough luck. Okay, so being the loving, generous father that Dimitri is, he didn't want to give up the kids just because of his guardian duties. However, in following through, me and Dimitri discovered a way in which we can both share the kids, despite of careers. The answers really easy, okay so maybe I wasn't the one to come up with the plan, maybe it was Dimitri. Nevertheless, both of our darling angels are Moroi, and what do Dhampirs protect? Bingo, the richly Moroi community.
At this moment it's Dimitri's turn to protect of kids. Hah. I know it's a genius plan and I'm thankful for my husband to be the one to conjure it up. Anyway though, the system goes like this. One week I'm protecting the kids and the next week (which is this week now) Dimitri takes over. So technically were not all separate, especially when I have my 'off week' for guarding (which begins today). That's when Dimitri and me are inseparable, if you know what I mean. Okay so it's not what I mean, since usually on our vacations we take the children with us, and let's just say were actually attempting not to have another baby. I'm surprised I got away with the first two even, not to mention how much trouble I'd get in if I had a third one. Maybe so, but I know Lissa wouldn't mind. She loves my kids along with taking care of them while I take care of hers.
"Rosemarie, get your curvy little butt inside." Called Lissa. As I started walking back to her castle/mansion. Okay so it really was just big as a mansion, but seriously the thing looks like it came from a history book. It just looks so medieval with its ancient bricks and classic fixtures. In comparison it's like a fairy tale princess's dream home. Close though, since it actually is belonged to a queen.
"Coming Vasilisa." I screeched back. Passing through the delicate, stained glass doors I rounded the corner to the instant location of my best friend Lissa. "You called, your majesty." I said to her in a formal manner. She glared at me for thirty seconds before responding to the information of her request for me.
"First of all don't call me that, secondly I just wanted to tell you before you leave for… wherever you guys usually go for your time off, I just wanted to tell you that Adrien is making a visit here today." She said calmly.
" Adrien." I blurted out. Ugh even after reacquainting with him and telling him the whole story of my marriage and kids, he still has the hots for me. I'm just glad he's somewhat civilized and doesn't do that kind of flirting shit around Dimitri… or the kids. Course, maybe it's the fact that he really does value his own life, despite his continuous consumption of alcoholic beverages. Why now, why couldn't it at least be tomorrow when I'd be somewhere in Italy? Dimitri hasn't necessarily pinpointed the location for our vacation spot, but I'm hoping for someplace moderately tropical.
But seriously why did Adrien have to come today? Today's the ending of my shift, the day Dimitri picks me up at the Dragomirs and rides me off into the sunset. Yeah I know I'm exaggerating, but that's without a doubt how I'll feel once he drags me away from Adrien, who I might add Dimitri cannot stand. Actually even if the kids were in my protection for this week I'd have enough of an excuse to utterly avoid him. Uhh but why today of all days?
"Yeah, he says he can't wait to see you." Lissa informed after a few seconds worth of an awkward silence that began to form from my mental rambling.
"Uhh… why today?" I groaned. Lissa's only response was a slight shrug before kindly releasing me from my guardian role for the remainder of the day. Of course, I refused until she told me that it was more of an order then a request.
Trudging up to my grand bedroom, I set towards packing rather, feeling that maybe I'll get lucky and the second Dimitri arrives I can be gone on our merry little way. Huh that'd be a first. Usually the first thing that happens when Dimitri gets here is Catherine's rush into finding her best friend, Andre. At least before our final departure that is. Kay so I know I have been a little hard on their relationship before, okay maybe I was over the line. I was obsessing over Catherine marrying him, but at least I can see now that they were just made for to be good friends. Or that's how I hope it will turn out. But an innocent childhood I've come to remember is probably the best thing for her. I mean it's what got me through life at the academy. Perhaps Andre will be to Catherine as Lissa is to me. However, reversal of their powers though, seeing how Catherine's a spirit user.
Speaking of Catherine and her powers, from what I know of she has completely suppressed them, which is basically all I could ask from her. It's not like I want to forcefully take away her gift from her. I just don't want to see her get hurt. Remembering on what Lissa's powers did to her, on what there still doing to her, and me. I just don't want to see the same thing happen to Catherine, no not her, not my baby. I'm her mother and damn straight I'm not going to let anything get in harm's way of her, even her own self.
Finishing packing my generically designed suitcase, I now set myself on my sole dresser, before gliding to the window and to discover if my saviors have arrived yet. Nothing, nothing but a fancy limousine pulling up the extensively long, paved driveway. Damn, Adrian's visit has finally come. But instead of staying in my room and cowering over the fact of Adrian's appearance, I ran down the elaborated staircase to be the first to greet him. I know, I know I'm an idiot, but I still owed it to Adrien for funding my trip to Siberia after the whole issue of Dimitri's capture.
"Oh hello little Dhampir." Adrien openly greeted."You know you've gotten older since the last time I've seen you." He informed me.
"Adrien that was only a month ago." I shot back at him already un-amused to the fact of him actually being here.
"Ahh yes, but a month to me is like an eternity for you." He said.
"What?' I asked already analyzing to the fact that he was slightly drunk due to the fact of his breath reeking of alcohol.
"You look stunning." He whispered to me. Glaring at him I glowered to his flirty, complement he had just given me. "Oh come on Rose." He said to me, slightly slurring his words.
"What?" I asked in reply, hoping he would just go away. No such luck though.
"You know, you still have to pay me back for what happened all those years ago." He said with a hiccup.
"I know." I said.
"What?" He asked, probably hoping I'd had finally given into his stupid game.
"How about some advice?" I said while he stared back confused."Grow up." I told him firmly before stalking off, in desperate wait for my family to show up.
Eventually they did, as the two kids ran into the grand house as Dimitri trailed behind them, he immediately brightening up to the first sight of me.
"Hi." He said with a smile as he placed his lips over mine. Creating an intimate burn between the two of us. "I miss you." He murmured into my ear as he held me closer to him.
"Me too." I whispered back with as much force as I could possible muster due to the prime fact of Adrian's reigning presence.
"What's wrong?" Dimitri asked, seeing straight through me as always.
"Nothing." I mumbled avoiding all possible eye contact from his god like face.
"Rose." He spoke as he lifted my chin and stared right into my dark eyes, possibly staring so far deep he looked straight into my soul."Something's bothering you." He concluded.
"Can we please just go?" I asked reluctantly shaking out of his hold he held on me.
"Not till you tell me what's the matter with you." He spoke broaching the subject I wished to avoid.
"Adrian's here." I huffed in defeat. Dimitri overlook the subject for what might have been just a second, before he finally responded to the information I had just given him.
"Then I guess we should better leave then." He said, confirming my highest beliefs of the issue."Where are the children?" Dimitri suddenly asked, bringing us out of our separate universe that we secretly shared with the other. I shrugged to his comment, not even certain for myself where the kids could have wandered off to. But I knew we would find them, and we did. In the one place we had wished just to avoid. With Adrien.
"Oh hello Rose." Adrien called out in a friendly gesture, already playing ignorance of what happened just a few hours ago.
"Adrien." Dimitri greeted with a slight nod.
"Hi mommy." Catherine called out placed next to the side of her best friend.
"Mommy?" Adrien called out surprised."Really?"
"Adrian seriously, I've already told you that, or at least to the fact of me being a mother." I told him exasperatedly.
"Oh so you aren't aware." Adrien said, he was hiding something, but what?
"Aren't aware of what?" I challenged him.
"Boy Rose I thought this one would have hit home hard, especially for you." He said to me in one of his twisted ways of explaining things, or in his own case, drunk.
"What are you talking about?" I asked him before finally gesturing onto the fact of what he was pushing for. Adrian was a sprit user as well, except unlike Lissa he excelled more at auras then the ability to heal at will. Anyway, he could see auras which meant that he saw Catherine's and must have… oh shit no.
"Why Rose your daughters…" Adrien began
"Don't." I told him warning him not to finish on what he was bound to say. Dimitri looked down at me in confusion, but my main focus was on Adrien who know the one secret I wished to keep hidden from Dimitri. Catherine's spirit powers. Course maybe if the truth were out Dimitri could help me or… who knows?
"Rose." Adrien said slowly enjoying the upper hand he had on me."What is it that you want?" He said while wagging his eyebrows.
"Nothing, now what were you about to say?" I asked him nicely, staying clearly away from the fact of his desires to see me in bed with him. He seemed shocked to my immediate allowance of the truth he was about to reveal.
"Rose you know for a fact, that your daughter has already developed into her powers of spirit. Isn't that right?" Adrian asked waiting for some sort of response to me.
"What?" Dimitri and Lissa called out. Just as Lissa had entered the room and in return heard Adrian's address to Catherine's secret abilities.
"Yes Adrian, I knew okay." But it wasn't Adrian who countered me, it was Dimitri.
"Rose, how long?" He asked not to please with the information that was just revealed to him.
"Aww you didn't tell your hubby about for daughter's…"
"Shut up." I retorted back to Adrian before fully confronting with Dimitri."I've only know for a couple of months." I told him truthfully and instantly he believed me, as he breathed in the freshly leased information I had just let him into knowing.
"Rose why didn't you tell me." Lissa questioned."I'm your best friend."
"I'm sorry Liss." I said apologetically.
"And to think that she's even more powerful then you Lissa." Adrien broke into our delicate conversation.
"What?' Lissa and I shot back to him.
"Really Rose you didn't know this." I shook my head, but recalling of the ideals that Catherine can accomplish I knew exactly of what he was talking about.
"How can you tell?" I asked him curious to the fact of Adrian discovering this particular piece of info.
"Her aura." He said simply. "It's a much more lighter and yet stronger golden color then either Lissa's or mine." He said adding to his recent comment. "And you said she's how old?" He mused.
"Two." I breathed not really comphrending to what I had told him, but as to the fact of understanding the news he had given me of Catherine. She was powerful, more powerful than even Lissa or Adrian combined. Ow my head hurt just from trying to analyze this knowledge.
"Hmm two years old and already and adapting to her abilities she should be receiving in her adolescent years." Adrien reflected over the same thought that was implanted into every else's brain.
"So what do we do?' I asked, openly hoping to seek any sort of answer since the truth was free and about.
"At this point, nothing." Dimitri responded by walking up to me." Right now we need to do nothing, but watch as it plays out and you defiantly need a break from everything." Dimitri told me.
"You work too hard." Lissa said agreeing with Dimitri. Giving her a slight smile, Dimitri swung me into his arms as we left the mansion/castle, children in tow and soon boarded the plane that would take us to our mystery vacation spot in the admirable country of Italy. The home of some of the best pizza in the world.
Lying on top of Dimitri's chest, my eyes slowly began to droop while the sun started to shine from the vacant horizon.
"Don't be afraid Rose." A woman's voice called out to me.
"Who's there?" I stated bluntly. "Lissa is that you?"
"I am not the person who you think I am."She told me wistfully.
"Kay then." Assessing this new piece of data." Then who the hell are you?" Eventually, she came from the shadows in which she dwelled in.
"Seriously, do not be afraid." She forewarned me.
"The only one who needs to be afraid here is you if you don't damn well reveal your face." I stated, feeling the urge of my anger beginning to boil in my blood.
"Fine then." She stated calmly, but at the same time returned the same force that I have thrown into my voice."But don't say I didn't warn you." She finally said, as she stepped from her shroud of hidden protection. At first she looked familiar as I tried to place where I seen her face before, but that's when I realized her face was mine, or at least there was a distinct similarity about it.
"Who are you?" Already wondering if this was some sort of trick that she playing on my mind.
"Jeez, seriously settle down." She stated.
"Hell no I won't, what is this anyway, where are we?" I asked her compensating this information already in my head.
"Well first off we're in a dream." She said."Next the reason why you haven't seen me yet is because I technically don't exist yet, or at least I think I don't." She contemplated tapping her finger against her head as if the information would instantly come to her.
"How the hell should I know?' I asked her, sick of playing along to whatever she was putting me through. She looked confusingly at me but continued anyway.
"Well I'd like to think that'd you'd know, seeing how you were there on the date of my birth." I glared at her not really certain of where she was trying to push me in the direction of. "Ugh, god look at me, you were there the day my birth, do I seriously have to have to spell it out for you?" Wait why all of a sudden was she getting angry at me and what for? Let's see she looks like an identical copy of me, I was there the day…. .God.
"Catherine." I blurted out.
"Oh damn she finally figured it out." She cheered to me recent revelation.
"But?" I asked her confused. However, unable to make any of my thoughts into words, this was way too much."How?"
"How did I get here?" She asked my question in a rhetorically manner."Why mother I'm special, remember?"
"I remember." I told her."What happened to you?" I stated more than questioned her. She seemed bemused by my input, but she still answered me anyway.
"See that is where your wrong mom, see unlike what you think of my 'powers.'" She quoted."Well let's just say nothing happens, nothing's going to happen." She told me confirming her enlightenment on me.
"But Lissa and Adrian...?"I started to rebut, but she had cut me off before I could get another word out.
"Moroi." She explained.
"But you are…." She shook her head.
"I'm not a Strigoi either if that's what you're thinking. With a new breed of Strigoi there was bound to be a new breed of vampire."
"Like what?" I questioned her.
"Like me and Jasha, of course." She told me subtlety. I think I was starting to understand, mostly.
"So." I continued but allowed her to finish whatever that was threatening to escape my mind.
"My spirit powers have no hidden after effect, not now, not well, now." She said gesturing to herself, her future image.
"So why are you here anyway?" Remembering my question from before.
"I'd come to warn you." She stated.
"Warn me?" I countered.
"Yeah, to not suppress my magic, to let me freely use it. There are forces lurking in the future. Ones that only I and I alone can stop, but it all begins with you. What is your choice…. Mother"? She finished as I pursed my lips together in full concentration of my inner thoughts to the subject.
"Alright." I agreed to her.
"You better." She warned."Cause the future rest in the promise you've just given to me now."
"Oh gee that sure makes me feel better." I told her.
"It should, the lives of your own grandchildren rest in the fate of what you do now." She said.
"Wait grandkids?" I asked."Does this have something to do with you and Andre?" She seemed stunned to my assessment, but before collecting herself she winked and blew me an air kiss, allowing my mind to remain vacant to my thoughts only once more.
The day in Italy flew by in a blur. I had no idea truthfully on where we were or rather what we were even doing. My mind was too wrapped up with the dream I had last night with future Catherine. Was it real? Well it had to be real, I mean if Catherine can already now dream skip. I guess her future version could or can skip time periods too. Weird.
Staring down at my little girl who walked by my side. I consider the life that she was destined to have in the years to come. I was completely going to keep my promise to what I told her future self. She would learn to use her powers, she would learn how to control and master the abilities that were given to her. Catherine needed to, for the sake of the future that was supposedly planned ahead.
Lying down on the soft sand I cuddled into Dimitri, finding the support I had needed all along. A loving husband. I know the future meant so much right now, but even I needed a break. A break from life. Everything was motioning as it once did before, except this time everyone was better off. I mean, Dimitri and I began the life of a guardian we were supposed to be and are now living the life we plotted three years ago.
Mary and Ben are comfortably living in a Scottish home of Mary's home country. Supposedly Ben's selected himself to be Mary's protector. Which really doesn't bother me anymore, especially to the fact of the life Catherine will later choose.
Okay so I was right, she does have a thing for Andre that will most likely become something more as she grows up. I'm not denying it, I guess truth be told, I was trying to handle Catherine's life. But really like I thought even at the age of two, already she has everything under control. And I guess instead of being a controlling factor towards her life. I need to be more rather a supporter. The future may not be set in stone, but like hell Catherine won't need some serious protection. She needs to grow up, not to fast though, just enough to support for the cause she's destine to do. Save the world or at least the mystical world.
Right now however, I'm going to enjoy the sunrise with my husband and happily watch my toddlers play on the abandoned beach as the clock slowly tocks to the ending of my tale. The happiest moments are sometimes the saddest, but I couldn't be more glad. I had set out on a death mission only to come back victorious in the end. In the end of my constant torture of lively things, I received an adoring family in the making. With a hopeful bright future set ahead. The story of my life has been complete, but perhaps a new story is underway. One who's name reins the future as I prep her towards the ultimate battle of divine fates.
Note from the author: Well this is it the final ending to my fanfictional story. Umm… I'd like to thank every last one of you who contrived it. It means a lot, seeing how this is my first story and all.
Also I know I kind of ended the story off a little strangely, that's only because I'm going to be trying to work on, sort of a spin off to my first story. Only this time it'll be in Catherine's POV instead of Roses'.
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