I will probably only be able to update once or twice a week, given my busy schedule (school sucks). I'm so, so, so, so sorry I haven't updated in so long! Thanks again to everyone who reviewed, favorited and/or followed, it means alot! Also, when Lissa sends Rose a message through the bond 'it will be written like this'. Now onto the chapter...

Dimitri POV (yay)

Beep Beep Beep, my alarm clock blared. I smacked it in hopes of getting it to shut up, and lied back down. Five minutes later it started beeping again. I rose out of bed, threw on my guardian uniform. Lazily, I tied my hair back in a pony tail, and walked out of my bedroom.

"Good morning Dimka." Tasha said, in an attempt to be seductive, rubbing my arm as I sat down at the dining room table.

"Morning." I said, starting to fill my plate with food that Tasha had gotten at the cafeteria, and pouring myself a cup of coffee.

"I've missed you not sleeping in my room anymore. You should join me." Tasha said sweetly, smiling.

"No thanks." I grumbled, no longer caring if I hurt her feelings. I got up out of my chair and walked out of the house, leaving my dishes. I walked across the quad towards the gym. The sun was just starting to go down, and almost no one was awake. An orange glint caught on the horizon, and illuminated the trees. It was beautiful, like Rose. Stop thinking like that. You broke her heart. She doesn't love you anymore, she's with someone else. I scolded myself.

I entered the gym and started to set up for todays class. I hung the punching bags, and hung a rope from one of the rafters, and started to build an obstacle course.

"What are you doing to the gym?" I turned around, spotting Rose leaning against the door frame.

"Building an obstacle course." I said, not bothering to add. I started adding a second story with some metal scaffolding from the supply closet. We had weird things in our supply closet. "Do you want to help, or do you like watching me work?" I asked. Rose jogged over and started to help me haul a wooden plank up onto some of the metal beams. We continued with this for a while, until we heard footsteps behind us. We turned around, revealing about 20 novices staring at the obstacle course we were working on, all captivated by the structure.

"Today, we are going to have you trying to get a fellow student through this obstacle course while Dimitri and I act as Strigoi. Your fellow student will be your Moroi. If you can get through it in 2:00 minutes, you go onto the next round. If you don't complete it, you will be help take this thing apart. Am I clear?" Rose started. Where the hell did she come up with that?

"Yes, mam." The students said.

"Any volunteers?" I asked. In the back, a hand went up. Everyone turned around, revealing a small girl with short brown hair.

"Tough chance, Emma." Some of the other novices snickered.

"Come on up." I called. She jogged up to the front. "Who would you like to escort?" I asked.

"Andrew." A boy turned around and the crowd separated, making a path for him to walk up to the front.

"Get ready, when we say start, we come after you." I told them. Emma, the girl, got in front of Andrew, making sure she was protecting him from us.

"Five, four, three, two, one." Rose counted down.

"Start." I yelled, starting to run towards the metal framework. I grabbed something and launched myself onto the first floor. Emma was running ahead of me, grabbing onto Andrews hand, tugging him along. She weaved around the obstacles placed, and jumped onto other planks, always keeping Andrew away from me. Rose ran along the side, catching up to them. This floor slowly came to an end, with planks 5 feet away to the right, and a wall in front of them. Emma looked around, then up at the ceiling, noticing a hole. She bent down, motioning for Andrew to step on her shoulder, so he could reach the ceiling.

After he got in, she jumped up, grabbing onto the scaffolding, pulling herself had a straight shot to the end of the course from there, and had 20 seconds to spare.

I jumped down off of the first floor, hoping to reach the front before they did, and catch up to Rose. Rose was guarding the end, and I got next to her, trying to help. Emma, a story above us, looked back, and jogged back a few steps, telling Andrew what she was about to do. She ran forward, Andrew at her heels, and leaped over us, rolling across the finish line, Andrew having a bit more trouble, but finally making it. I looked down at my watch. she had 10 seconds to spare.

"Good job! You'll make an excellent guardian." Rose said, patting her on the back. The other novices walked over to see the turnout.

"Wow." Some of them breathed. We continued with this for an hour or so longer, until the next class. Then, we did it all over again. We left for lunch at 11:30 pm, and Rose and I hurried across the quad. It was starting to get colder, and the cool midday air was piercing. We reached the door of the cafeteria, and Rose hurried off to Vasilisa. I followed behind, deciding to sit at their table. There was only one seat open, and it was next Alexandra. I sat down.

"Hey asshole." She said. Rose looked at her with a disapproving look.

"Alexandra Katya Hathaway, do not talk like that to other people, especially a teacher." Katya was russian. Weird.

"Right, because you like Belikov so much." Alexandra scoffed. Alexandra was just like her mother. Rose got up and grabbed Alex's hand, dragging her over to the door. I got up to follow them.

"I know you're pissed at him Alex, and I would be too, but you can't talk to people that way." Rose started.

"Mom, but he left you. And he left me. Why should I play nice if he didn't?" I didn't even know who Alex was, or that she existed, when I left. And she wasn't even my child. Why was she blaming me?

"Alex, just try to be nice, please. I mean, he is your father."

To be continued...