a/n: here is the chapter that introduces Katica and Anton. I thought it would be really cool to have it in her point of view.
I still want to reiterate that I don't own anything of VA, only Katica and Anton. I hope you like it.
Chapter 6: The Lion's Den.
(Katica POV)
I can't believe I am sitting right across this horrible person waiting for my new dhampires to show up. She keeps talking but I don't really care what she's saying. All I hear is "blah blah blah."
"Katica, are you listening to me, this is very important!" She said.
"I really don't care what you have to say to me. I am here against my will. You summoned me for the meeting and you don't need to tell me what is going to happen. I already know. Whatever you have to say to me, say it to Anton." I got up to leave but who dhampires were right by my side and pushed me back down into the leather chair.
"I have not dismissed you yet. And…."
"Dismissed me, (I kicked my chair away from me) WHO DO YOU THINKING YOU ARE TALKING TO. Don't talk to me that way EVER! I am not one of your SHEEP!! DO YOU KNOW WHO I AM!!" I yelled at her. I was now getting really irritated by this wench. I can't believe this.
'she is going to be harder to break than I thought.' Listening to her thoughts, I just smiled because all I wanted to do was jump over that table and rip her heart out. Anton put his hand on my arm, I turned to him and he shook his head. Then he motioned for me to sit back down, I rolled my eyes and appeased him. In his mind he stated, 'fight this battler another time. We are here for one reason, and one reason only. Maybe after the meeting is over you can tell her where she can shove it, but for now behave.' This thought just made me smile because of course he was right, and I just rolled my eyes to it.
"I know who you are, but all the same, you need to show me the respect as THE QUEEN of the vampires. I don't care who you are though, but you are here for one thing only, the meeting. And if you don't fulfill your obligations , you will suffer the consequences." Was she threatening me? No, I couldn't go there at this moment. I just nodded while looking into her eyes, which I knew, this is a sign of disrespect on my end. But hell, do I care.
All of a sudden there was a knock from the far left door. A dhampire named Joe went to get it. I heard thoughts from the people behind the door, but they were so jumbled to understand them. It gave me a headache. Three people walked threw the door. One was my beautiful Adrian, another was this young girl that looked like she had a chip on her shoulder, but her thoughts told me she was scared. Finally Dimitri walked in. I bet he doesn't remember me from when he was a young child. The guys looked at Tatiana and Dimitri gave a little bow while the young girl looked at us in awe. I didn't need to read her to know that she was wondering if we were her new assignment. I looked at her and gave a nod, I saw her eyes get really big. I looked away and saw Adrian kiss Tatiana on the cheek and I motioned him to sit right next to me. He had that hug smile on his face every time I saw him. I looked at him, not caring what Tatiana thought and said, "Hello there, my sweet Adrian. It's been a while since I've seen you. How are you parents? I hope well." He smiled and responded, " Yes, very well. Th….."
"We are not here for idle chit-chat. So let's get these introductions over with so I can do some real work. Katica and Anton, these will be you new guardians Guar…." She started to say but of course I had to interrupt her, "Question, and not offense to you, dhampires. Why can't we keep John and Ivan as our guardians. They know us and we know them." She rolled her eyes at me then gave me a stare that was full of daggers in them. "Because Guardian Nevermore and Guardian Manno are part of the royal guardians, so they are needed to protect the court." I had to start again because it was fun, "So, we aren't as important to have royal guardians at our side. Furthermore…."
"ENOUGH, I said no! Plus these guardians are the best outside the royal court." Tatiana said. I looked over and saw the girl had a proud smile on her face and chuckled a little because on how angry Tatiana was getting me. Dimitri just jabbed her to stop, while he thought 'she is going to be harder to handle than I thought. Plus, I wish Roza would stop acting like a child. She is no longer in school, but she looks too beautiful with that proud smile.' I looked at him in shock, I thought dhampires can't be together with here. My dhampires are allowed to date whom every they wanted, but usually they date the humans in town.
"KATICA, WOULD YOU LISTEN TO ME. I AM TRYING TO INTRODUCE YOU TO YOUR NEW DHAPMPIRES!" Tatiana was yelling at me. Anton and Adrian looked like they were about to duck under the table, because I was just laughing at her getting mad at me. I didn't care. "I am so sorry Queen Tatiana, I didn't realize that is what you were trying to do. Please introduce these wonderful guardians who drove all this way from Montana to protect me." I had my hand on my chest trying to be sincere but I couldn't help but laugh because Anton was. I kicked him in the shin to stop, but he laughed harder. She waved of her hand and said, "Forget it, if you don't want to be introduced to you new dhampires, then I don't care. Either way their names are Guardian Belikov and Guardian Hathaway." And she started to do paper work.
I couldn't stop laughing while I was try to introduce myself, " It's really… hehhehehe… nice…..hehehe…. to meet you. I'm Katica Dragan. You must be Guardian Hathaway. May I be so rude to ask what your given name is?"
"Um… 'should I really answer that. What if the queen gets mad at me. Do I care? Naw.' It's Rose." She answered.
"Well, may I call you Rose instead of Guardian Hathaway?" I ask. She looked at Dimitri, then the queen, and then Adrian. The first two were shocked at me, while Adrian gave a little nod. "My Lady, it would be an honor if you call me by my first name." Tatiana just shook her head in discuss.
"Well, Rose (I got up to shake her hand but she took a step back, not understanding that I was showing her the respect she deserved)It's very nice to meet you." I put my hand down and stepped away from her. So you are Guardian Belikov. What is your given name?" Even though I knew the answer but he still doesn't seem to remember me. "It's Demitri, but please do me the honor of calling me, Guardian Belikov. Rose here is a new guardian, so she doesn't understand the proper ethics of our placement in the world. See, she just graduated over a week ago, but I have bee…." He tried to finish but I cut him off. I turned to Tatiana and yelled, "SO YOU ACTUALLY WANT ME KILLED. YOU GAVE ME A NOVICE!!"
"Kat, calm down, she is great. She has killed many strigoi and rescued Belikov." My sweet little Adrian defending Rose. "Fine, I will allow her to be my guardian. If you say she is good as you claim, then it should work out for the best. Anton, what do you think?" I looked at him. "Whatever." He just shrugged but finished, "But, I know this can we please leave the castle now. We got our guardians and I hate staying here." Tatiana looked up from some paperwork and looked at Anton. She couldn't believe her ears, Anton was being rude to her. "Well, you are to stay here still." She calmly stated with a smile on her face.
"I don't think you understand what Aton is trying to say. We don't want to stay here one more night with you. You have three options: We can leave right now but we'll be back, we can stay at the hotel in a suite that sleeps eight, or give us a villa that has eight bedrooms. Your choice." I told her.
Everyone except for Tatiana looked at me. She got up, so did I, came towards me and pointed her finger on my shoulder, " I don't do threat very well. We can do this the hard way, no, we are going to do this my way. You will stay at the castle, you will show me the respect that you seem not to show me as your QUEEN, and once the meeting is over you will be staying for good. Do you understand me!" She was really pissed off at Anton and I. Looking over at my new guardians, I see Rose with her hand over her mouth, while Dimitri just stood there like a good trained guardian.
"Sit your royal ass down and you listen to me now! You brought me here for one purpose and one purpose only, the meeting. I will do my duty as the holder of the Treaty Scrolls, but I am not doing this at all for you. You will never speak to me in such disrespect again. Anton, pack it up, we are going home. I don't need this stree and the meeting will take place at my castle. I don't need this shit from you, I don't even care if you are the Queen. I am a descendent of Vladimir and will you treat me accordingly. Now do you understand me!" I threatened back. "Plus, You might be the queen, but I can take that crown and that thrown away from you in just one sentence. NOW DO YOU UNDERSTAND ME!!" She sat down and said, "Fine! You can have the villa. I don't think the hotel can accommodate your wishes." She looked defeated.
Anton sat down with a sincere look, while I stated to walk away. "An, aren't you coming? I ask but heard 'hopefully soon enough.' I start to laugh at that thought. Then he continued to say, "No, the queen and I have a few items we need to discuss. But he said to me again, 'she needs to know that you will be doing your job. But she also needs to understand that you are angry how she summoned you here against your will and you're pissed by that. She just needs a calming voice that understands you and that you know your duty, but you need to calm down too. She is the queen, if you want the thrown, just say the words. But don't make idle threats unless you're not going to act upon it.' I just nodded to him understanding what he just told me. I went to him and whispered into his ear and said, "Make sure she understands that I will not stay another second after the meeting is over. I am going home." He nodded back.
Adrian and I walked out with the new guardians in tow. Adrian asked, "Kat, can I come with you and show you were you will get the keys to the villa? And why do you need eight bedrooms?" I replied, "One for you, one for me, one for Anton, one for Guardian Belikov, one for Rose, and the rest for Rose's friends. It's to make up for the rudeness I gave Rosa back in the conference room." I was looked back at her and she had a small smile on her face. She looked at me and mouthed thank you. I just nodded. Then I looked at Adrian and saw shocked in his eyes. He looked at me and was like, "You want me to stay with you." He gave me a wink I just laughed. "Slow down there big boy." We both laughed.
'Nice, maybe he would leave my Roza alone.' Dimitri thought.
'Good, maybe I can finally sleep without him talking to me in my dreams all night' Rose thought. I just turned to Adrian and slapped him upside the head. Both dhampires laughed but he looked and me and said "what the hell?" I just pointed to my head and he mouthed the words "Oh that explains it." He turned around and looked at Dimitri. He just shrugged his shoulders.
When we walked into a building towards a receptionist, she never looked up at us. All she said was "May I help you." I was going to say something but Adrian tried to beat me to it until I hit him across the arm and said, "I can speak for my self. Yes, I'm Katica Dragan, I believe the queen has requested a villa for me."She still didn't look up at me and replied, "If she did, I don't have a reservation for you." She kept doing something on her computer. "Excuse me, I am not done with you yet. " She rolled her eyes looking up at me. All she could do was stare, 'OH MY GOD! She is as beautiful as the dhampir claims she is.' "Yes, what can I do for you?" Looking at Adrian this time. Adrian said "The queensaid she would give Lady Dragan a villa. Now find an eight room villa or I will be speaking with my aunt in about three seconds." He took out his phone. He eyes got huge then did something on the computer and said, "Oh, yes, there it is. Katica Dragan, party of eight. Well, there are all really the two moroi and their dhampires at the villa. Here's a map…."
Adrian spoke, "Now that wasn't to hard, was it. We don't need a map, just tell us what the number on the villa is and will be out of you hair. So you can finish your resume because tomorrow, I bet you will be out of a job. I will be informing my aunt on how accommodating you were just now." With that he dragged me away.
When we got outside, I just hugged him. He said, "Darling, you are with the queen's nephew, I can throw her name around and get whatever I want. Plus, compulsion doesn't hurt too." We just laughed at that. We heard "Ahem," and we turned around to see Dmitri's face full of discuss. "Don't give me that face, we got the villa, or would you rather stay at the castle with my aunt. You wouldn't be able to spend anytime alone with your Roza." I said with Rose's face really red. Then he looked at surprisingly at Adrian. "Don't you blame him. It's written all over your mind. That's all you think about. Don't get so red in the face Rose, it's the same for you too. Just be careful, I don't care what you both do on your time. But when I need you, it should be known that it will be all business." I turned back and locked arms with Adrian. He whispered in my ear, "I can't believe you told them one of your secrets." I looked at him and laughed, "I didn't." And we started to walk towards the villa.
I hoped you liked this chapter. I even hoped I made Katica bitchy enough not to sound like she is whinny. Let me know either way.