Chapter 27:

Adriana's POV:

"Aw best friend we meet at last." This David guy seems too happy about this. "I was wondering when you would wake up. I assume the Ivashkov Princess is your girlfriend. She is quiet pretty; Prettier than most, with her mother's skin coloring and hair coloring but with her father's eyes and crazy of the wall personality. Quiet a beautiful mix indeed." Luke didn't even look phased when David mentioned Adrian as my father. But there is something in his eyes something that says he was right all along.

"You knew." I say to Luke. A mix of anger and sadness bubbled out of me. I trusted Luke with every secret I had, I trusted him more than I trusted Kat and he knew this. I am starting to learn that there is only so much betrayal a person can feel until they hit their wall and refuse to feel anything more. "You knew about Adrian and you didn't tell me?" I shout at him. If I wasn't currently tied up I would have beat the shit out of him. "Did you know about everything else too? Did you know about a secret society of Witches who are three parts Moroi and one part witch and that I am apparently the next in line to take the throne? Did you know?" Everything that David has said to me, the accident, and all my crazy emotions I feel like I am finally losing control. I feel like I had been walking on a thin tight rope ever since I got to the academy and now I am finally toppling over. Now I am finally letting all the emotions, fears, and worries just take over and all the while the rest of me just shut down. I finally get to go on auto pilot.

"What!? Of course I didn't know any of the other stuff! And I only thought Adrian was your dad. I had no proof so I wasn't going to get your hopes up for anything. It would have crushed you if he wasn't. Plus with everything that has happened recently I don't know if you could have handled it." Luke stares at me while I stare at the floor. Thinking about the past, I should have seen the signs that Adrian is my father. I should have been more detailed focused instead of looking out for my life and having fun. When in my life have I ever gotten to just have fun without a dark cloud looming over? But it is too late for any of that. It is too late for any 'should have' or 'would have'. I can't think about the past because I am in a life or death situation. Focusing on my inner spirit I look for the purple mist that will give me the help I so desperately need.

"Adriana! Can you hear me?" Luke Shouts. But he doesn't realize that the Adriana he is trying to talk to is gone and what is left doesn't care.

"Adriana, this isn't you." Nathan's voice whispers in my mind.

"I need answers, Nathan. I know you have them. So before I die and you die as well, explain to me how I will manage to get out of this one." I think back to him. The only time I can remember communicating with Nathan like this was in the darkness after my accident. He helped pull me out there now he needs to help me here.

Sydney's POV:

"Sydney, why all the lies?" It is a simple question but the answer wasn't. I had asked myself that same question along with many others every night as I tucked my kids into bed. Was it all worth it? I prayed to god that it would be. Adrian however, is still waiting for an answer and I think the only thing keeping him calm is pacing which is making me more nervous with each passing second.

"Adrian, I was scared. I found out that a crazy group of people where after me so I left so you would be safe. Then I found out I was pregnant and there wasn't a day that went by that I didn't want to call you. I needed you so much, but as much as we all needed you safety came first. After said group of crazy found me through Jill, I couldn't risk it. I know that doesn't make up for anything and it sounds like a bunch of bullshit but it is all I have. The lies while they hurt were put in place to protect Max, Adriana, and you." My words fall awkwardly in the air as everyone adjusts to this new reality. Well it has always been my reality; I just never thought I would have to explain myself for anyone except to my kids further down the line. Adrian still pacing, looks at me. His eyes full of anger, sadness, understanding, despair. After three seconds I turn away tears falling from my eyes. I don't think Adrian will ever forgive me for any of this. Not even after we have found Adriana.

"I know this is a lot to take in but Adriana is still out there so can we just go find her." I say barely holding back my tears.

"And how do you manage we do that?" Adrian says angrily "We have no leads, and no one knows where she went. If you had been honest in life we wouldn't be here right now! Sydney this is your entire fault! The reason we can't find her is because you didn't trust me enough to keep all of us safe. You didn't want any of us in your life and now my daughter is missing! My daughter who I only had the pleasure of knowing for six months is lost and we might never find her again! How in the hell do you suggest we go find her! What is your brilliant plan now Miss Sydney Sage!?"

Time stopped in that moment as the room full of people waited to see what I would do next. I am not mad at Adrian, mainly because he is right. Everything bad that has happen has been my fault. I left Adrian. Ii kept Max and Adriana I secret. I kept the Other's and the Witch – Moroi Society a secret. I messed up big time. I messed up and I can't blame Adrian for thinking that I am a terrible mother. In some ways I am I terrible mother. But I will always find my kids.

"Magic."

Adriana's POV:

Colors. All I see is colors; reds, blues, greens, and even some purples. All the colors of the rainbow and more surrounding me. It is like I am not even in the cabin anymore. I am in my own place of happiness and oddly enough it is colorful.

"Adriana!" My name cuts through the blissful colors but I do not try to bring myself back to where I really am. Floating in the sea of auras is better than actually seeing people. You know what they are feelings and thinking to a certain degree. Plus you don't have to talk to anyone. I start to feel the magic pulse through me more and more. Every type of magic pumping through me intermingling with one another and causing more power to be brewed. Once I was told never to mix large amounts of magic together. It would burn you out and possibly kill you. I didn't feel lose to death no in fact I felt more alive than ever before. This is the new me.

Luke's POV:

"Adriana!" I scream for the 100th time! She is slumped down in front of me not responsive. She has been this way ever sense she accused me of knowing she is the next ruler of a secret society. How was I supposed to know that and I would have told her that!

"What did you do to her David?!" I scream at my former best friend. He has been quietly standing off to the side as I yell at her. I want her to tell me to shut up or something but no she just sits there dead looking. "I swear to God, if you laid one hand one her head I will come kill you with my bare hands and make sure you don't come back this time!" If I wanted to I could be scary; I am Abe's son for crying out loud and by the look on David's face I had indeed became scary.

"Could it be the after effects of the spell?" He mused to himself mostly but I picked up on it.

"What did you say? A Spell!? You did a spell on her!" Livid doesn't even begin to describe the anger I feel inside me. David is a dead man.

"Not on her per say just to her. I wanted to find out who she was so I need a modified tracking spell where I drew her mind from where she was physically to where I was to pull all information about her out of her mind but she was too strong. I only got Lord Ivashkov name out and that is how we found her." The realization that her accident was caused by David pushed me over the edge. The reason she stopped acting like herself, the reason she blacks is because David tried to steal her mind.

"I will kill you." I state plainly to David as I stare him down. I can feel David's soul shrink inside of him as he realizes who he messed with. I am not the scared little kid anymore. I am strong, powerful, and I kick ass. Plus David has messed with the girl I am in love with. He should be scared. All I want to do is light him on fire. I want to watch the flesh melt of his skin as he screams for mercy. I want to watch as regret swells up inside of him only to realize that he should have stayed dead. I want to watch him curse himself and beg like a dog for all of it to stop then to put out the fire only to restart it a few hours later. Finally, I want to watch as the life fades from his eyes and his body becomes ashes right before my feet.

I got my wish.

Adrian's POV:

"Is my mom okay?" Sydney has been doing a tracking spell for a few hours now. She looks lifeless but she said that is what can happen sometimes. She is tracking the magic not the person. She said if Adriana is using even a little bit we will be able to get a spot within a 20 foot radius of where she is.

"Yeah, Kid. I believe so." You could tell Max was worried sick that both about his mother and his sister. He had before been pacing but those are the first words he had said to me since I yell at his mom. I felt terrible about what I said to her. Spirit darkness is a nasty bitch but I should have more control over myself than that. I know Sydney was only doing what she thought was best but I couldn't lose my kids now. I have had barely anytime with them. Sydney has had sixteen years with them while I have only had six months. We had to find Adriana and put our weird family back together. I needed her in my family.

"Do you really think all of this is mom's fault?" Max asks looking at me through the corner of his eyes.

"No I don't. What I said was unfair to Sage but I just can't stand the thought of losing you guys. I have barely gotten to know you and I would like to have more time with my kids before you guys become eighteen and want nothing to do with me." That is a fact. When I turned eighteen I hated both my parents even though my mom and I have repaired our relationship, I will never be close or even talk to my father. I wouldn't be able to live with myself if my kids thought the same way about me.

"You are referring you Adriana right?" Wow that is kind of out of left field.

"No I am talking about you as well. Why would you think I am only referring to her?" I ask.

"Because in the end it is always about my little sister. Don't get me wrong I love her to pieces and I want her safe too it's just everyone has always seemed more concerned about her than me. Maybe it's because I look like I have my shit all pulled together and Adriana is just walking trouble but sometimes I feel like everyone just pushes me to the side." You would have never guessed that is how Max feels based on how Adriana talks about him. She is always going on and on about how much she tries to be like Max and how much everyone loves him more and how much she just misses him. The irony is too great that I laugh at it.

"Why are you laughing?" Max asks, hurt lacing his voice.

"Oh my son," I say putting my arm around his shoulder and pulling him close "If you only knew how much her little sister looks up to and how much she adores you. She always talks about you and how she tries to be as smart as you or as funny or just a better person like you are. I believe that your mom is honestly worried more about you because you look like you have everything together. Your mom watches you like a hawk to make sure you don't have a breakdown or something." Max putting all this together starts to laugh as well and we embrace each other building up a father/son relationship.

"What's so funny?" Sydney says breaking out of her trance and looking at the two of us with a mix expression of joy, wonder, confusion, and pain.

"Nothing just bonding. Did you find our little trouble maker?" Sydney rolls her eyes at that but nods. We are all out of the room in a race to see who gets to her first.

Luke's POV:

David literally bursts into flames right before my eyes. Everything I thought is coming true and it is a beautiful sight. But what is causing such a thing to happen? Looking frantically around the room I see all the other guards are on fire as well. All of them have fallen down as the fire begins to eagerly lick away their lives and take them down to hell. I get this twisted satisfaction knowing that they are in fact dying right before my eyes.

I feel the zip ties around my wrist and ankles loosen so much so that I would move. I stand up re adjusting myself to see who is causing this. What I find chills me to my core. Adriana had also gotten out of her bondage and is standing up chanting a bunch of Latin. Everything about her looks the same except for her eyes. Her once beautiful green eyes have become a deep purple. The same shade of purple as Nathan. It is like she is channeling all of the magic she has ever learned to use and control into herself now. What scares me is that Adriana is not in charge of what she is doing. It is the same right after her accident how she would zone out and do things without knowing it. She is being controlled by her magic and that scares me.

I wanted to rush over to her and make her stop but the more I thought about making her stop the more I forgot what she was doing. It was like she had the whole room compelled that if you thought about her you would instantly forget what was happening. You would forget everything but the fact that you needed to get to a safe place. That right now you were alone and where ever you are is not safe. You must leave.

Luke Run! Run you clever boy and remember. I heard her whisper in my head. Get to safety and find my parents. I should go. I need to go. She can take care of herself. She told me that many, many times before hand. She doesn't need me. I start to run out of this huge ass cabin, I start to run away from her when I hear something crack. Looking up I see, the roof starting to collapse. That collapsing roof breaks the compulsion spell and reminds me of Adriana. My Adriana. If I leave now she might not get out. Luke, listen to me for once! Her compulsion is strong but my mind is stronger. Come on Luke fight this and save her. Running through the cabin as the roof and the walls start to collapse around us and the smoke grows heavy, all I can think about is what if she doesn't make it? How can I tell her parents, her brother, and Jill that I let her die? What are you doing?! She screams inside my head making me collapse alongside of the building. Damn she is one powerful witch. Well she has to be if she is going to lead a secret society. Saving you! I think. Finally I see her. She is being protected by this bubble of light. The light is made up of Gold it looks like. The gold is strong and has her protected in a cocoon of sorts. The golden light is coming out from inside her weaving its way all around her. I could stare at her like this all day but if I do then we both die. That realization pushes me into action. Running as fast as I can to her, I need to be able to break the bubble of protection. It takes me four tries to break that damn thing all the while our chances of making it out alive are dwindling. But someone I manage it and scooping her up bridal style I see a way out of this hell hole but it won't be easy. I thank my guardian training for making me able to jump over fallen beams, duck through this maze of smoke and fire.

"Stay with me Adriana!" I scream as I start to feel her go limp in my arms. "Adriana!" I scream once more as the whole snowy wind assaults me in the face.

Max's POV:

As soon as my feet hit the snow all I can think is to run. Run, to save your sister's life. Run, to make sure your best friend isn't dead, Run, to get away from your parents and all the crap that has been thrown into your life. Run, run, and run.

"Max stop!" Adrian says in a stern voice that makes me stop. I realize that I am at the top of this hill while everyone else is just at the base trying to get up it. It is not like they are in bad shape I am just not think straight. Adrian reaches me first and pulls me into another fatherly hug. He really likes hugs.

"She will be okay we will find her. I promise." That sentence is all I am clinging to at this moment in time. If she isn't okay I will kill Adrian for giving me false hope.

"Where are we going?" Adrian asks mom as she gets to the top follows swiftly by Jill, Rose, Dimitri, Eddie, and Marcus.

"We have to go down this hill then turn right and go through the woods it should be in the middle of a clearing and it is huge. We should not miss it." Her voice is firm yet warm. Somehow I don't know how my mother holds it all together.

"Okay then." Dimitri says and is the first to descend the hill. We all follow his trail and soon we are in the woods heading toward the cabin. No one is talking afraid they will miss something or go the wrong way or just break down crying in the god awful snow. It is much better if we all pretend we have it together until we are back at the school all safe and sound. That works for a bit too. We are all alert and ready for action. We all have our crazy under control. That is until we see the balk smoke rising up into the air. That is when I take off in a full sprint with Rose, Dimitri, Adrian, and Eddie right on my heels, Jill falls into the snow sobbing and wailing as the thought of her goddaughter burning to death crosses her mind while Marcus is trying to put her back together, My mom just freezes in her place not wanting to know just how bad she messed up.

Adriana's POV:

"Mom…" The words are out of my mouth before I even form the thought. I don't sound like myself, I sound so far away.

"Tell me about your mom." Luke prompts me to keep talking but there isn't anything to say. I don't know what to say.

"Adrian… Tell Adrian..." What am I trying to say? Everything just sounds so lost and muddled. I just want to sleep. Yes sleep is what I want. Sleep is what I need.

"What do you want me to tell Adrian?" Luke's voice is more strained. Why could that be? I am only going to take a nap. A short little nap.

"Adriana..." This time it wasn't Luke but someone else. Someone I loved yet didn't know it till recently.

"Daddy … I'm sorry." Then the world of colors and bright lights all faded away into a nice dark oblivion.

A/N:

Love it? Hate it? Sorry I have been gone! But I thought a nice long chapter would make up for it?

Also please note that this story is coming to an end but I will more than likely make a sequel. And all you Whovians should get my reference to Clara in this chapter. I left like it worked and it needed to be said. Please if you don't like it I understand, and I am sorry if you don't get it. The next chapter should the last and I will come within the next two weeks because I am having Little- Angry- Kitty write something special for Sydney and Adrian. I am looking forward to it and I hope all of you have read her one shots. I really like them! Anyways I talk too much.

DA