Authors note- Richelle Mead owns Vampire Academy,, My story contains spoilers of stuff from the first two books so ONLY READ IF YOU HAVE READ VAMPIRE ACADEMY. And PLEASE review at the end :)
Chapter 3:
My alarm clock woke me up early since it was Wednesday and the bus for the trials left at 5 o'clock.
I got dressed and headed to the cafeteria where all the novices would be waiting.
When I got there Novices were just sitting around or standing talking to their friends. I scanned the room looking for Eddie.
I spotted him sitting on one of the tables talking to some of the other novice boys that I knew from my combat training classes. I walked over and sat next to him.
He turned from his conversation with one of the boys. "Hey Rose."
"Hey Eddie, so you pumped?" I asked smiling.
"Hell yeah" he smiled back. I laughed.
The room stopped to look as Alberta started yelling for everyone's attention.
"Will all novices please make their way just outside the gates where a bus will be waiting." With that said she walked out and all of us followed.
On the bus I sat next to Eddie we talked the whole way about different stuff mainly what we were about to do and also a bit about Stan's class since there is always a lot to talk about when it involves grumpy ass Stan.
"Do you even know what we do in this test thingy?" I suddenly asked Eddie once our other conversation had died down a bit.
"Actually, no, not really it's probably a lot like the normal trial experiences that novices usually do." He said. "But I guess we will find out."
The bus stopped and we walked out into the busy city it was late in the afternoon (human time) so most humans were leaving from work and such. Alberta along with other guardians like Dimitri, Stan another I recognized as Yuri and a lot of others waited until everyone had hoped off the bus so they could start talking.
"Alright listen up." Alberta said trying to get everyone's attention since there was still a lot of talking going on.
"She said listen up!" Stan yelled.
"Opps and there goes Stan's temper." I whispered to Eddie who was standing next to me. He chuckled.
"Okay today will go as follows." Alberta began. "This field test will be done without Moroi since it is dark and is then too dangerous. This isn't your most important field test but I do expect that you will all take it seriously and will work to the best of your abilities. As you will notice some of the guardians are dressed in mostly white or coloured clothes while others are dressed in all black. The guardians dressed with white or coloured are your Moroi." There were a few laughs at that.
She continued. "While the guardians dressed in all black are the Strigoi, with the amount of novices compared to guardians you all will be paired up." There was more talk from the novices. "Don't get too excited, we will be choosing your pairs." I sighed I hope I didn't have to work with a jerk I would most likely be working with a boy since there is about 30 boys here and only 6 girls.
"You and your partner will both be given a fake stake." Alberta kept explaining. "You will be walking around the area with the 'Moroi' you are protecting and if any 'Strigoi' attack you are expected to 'stake' them. Any pair of novices who fail to protect their 'Moroi' will be taken back to the bus where they will have to wait until the 3 hours of this test are done. Are we all clear?" she asked.
There was a murmur or 'yes's' "Ok then Guardian Alto will read out the names of who you will be paired with and also which Guardian will be being you Moroi today. Also on that note the Guardian acting as you Moroi will be doing exactly that, they will not be fighting."
Then Stan stepped forward reading off a clipboard. "Ryan Aylesworth and Bradley Robinson you two will be paired and will be protecting Guardian Frasier." He continued calling out like that I unfortunately wasn't paired with Eddie since he was already paired with Meredith. "Dean Barnes and Rose Hathaway you both will be protecting Guardian Swayze." Ugh! Dean Barnes was a serious jerk and Guardian Swayze I didn't really know her I think her name was Jean or something like that.
Stan called out a couple of more groups and then Alberta gave us last words. "Ok now that you all know who you are with, you must take your 'Moroi' where they would like to go and make sure you are on the lookout for those of us dressed in black. Make sure you find your group and then grab your stakes from Guardian Belikov."
Everyone did as told and I found my group easily..well actually Dean found me and I wasn't too happy at his enthusiasm.
"So, Rose looks like we will be spending a lot of time together" he said leaning near me. I reacted by leaning away.
"Unfortunately yes, but its only 3 hours and don't muck up because I would rather not be sitting on that bus with you." I told him sternly. Weird for me, but Dean was one of those idiots that didn't really take much seriously so good luck to him in becoming a guardian he can fail all he wants but he's not taking me down with him.
"Why not? We could have some fun on the bus" he said wiggling his eyebrows.
"I don't think my type of fun and you're type of fun are going to be the same thing. Come on." I said leading him to where Dimitri was handing out the stakes that we needed. Dimitri was wearing all black so he was playing 'Strigoi' which was good since with his moves and his body he could never be acting as a defenceless Moroi.
He saw me and handed me and Dean a stake. "Good luck" he told me.
I smiled at him. "Thanks Comrade, I will look forward to kicking your ass." I teased, I hoped that I got a chance to fight Dimitri although it would be hard.
He stared straight into my eyes where I saw a hint of a smile playing on his lips but he had to snap out of it as he handed another novice a stake. I must have been lost in my own world (that involved Dimitri) because Dean tried to get my attention in the worst possible way since I felt him pinch my butt.
I quickly turned to face him. "Did you just do what I think you did?"
He laughed. "Why? You want more?" he asked going to touch my ass again, I hit his hand.
"Touch me again and see what happens." I challenged giving him my best death stare. I got the pleasure of seeing him flinch.
"Mr Barnes, if your already not going to take this test seriously I suggest you just sit out now and deal with the consequences of failing." I turned my attention back to Dimitri who just spoke he would have seen him touching me because the way he looked at him was a hundred times worse than my death glare.
Dean nodded his head really fast. "I-I will take it seriously...uh Rose ill go get Guardian Swayze" Dean said to me before quickly walking away.
Dimitri was done handing out stakes and bent done so only I could hear him. "If he touches you or anything tell someone." He told me.
I looked up at him. "But if he gets sent on the bus wont I?"
He looked into my eyes. "I'll make sure you won't" he said and then turned to walk away.
I smiled to myself when he had completely gone. I knew Dimitri felt protective of me and I could see that it pissed him off when guys acted like that around me.
I got myself together and walked to where I could see Dean and Jean haha Dean and Jean thats funny.
"There she is....what's so funny?" Dean asked me. Oh was I laughing out loud?
"Nothing" I said trying to act serious and not so immature.
"Okay." Jean – Guardian Swayze said. "I am now becoming your Moroi and you both are my guardians. It has already started so good luck." She said.
Around us all the Novices and Guardians had already walked off in different directions. I chose to take long guard while Dean took close guard as Guardian Swayze lead us around the shops that she pretended she wanted to go to.
I concentrated hard, no way was I failing this.
I will be updating very soon but what do you think so far? Rose will get the chance to fight in the next chapter and I dont own any Characters like Dean Barnes since he is an actual character of Richelle Meads.
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