A/N Hey everyone. Well, not much to say now, so I guess you should just read this chapter. Also, if you have any ideas for future chapters, please let me know, thanks. :)

Again, I don't own Vampire Academy.

RPOV

Okay, so maybe (and that's a big maybe) Tatiana isn't as bad as I thought. I mean, she had told me a story much similar to my own, and yes, I understood what she had felt, and that's the scary part. I felt tempted to ask what had happened to Stella, since I had never heard of her, but once the Queen had finished her story, I was told to leave and think about it, so I hadn't had the chance to ask. Oh well, I'll ask next time, I thought. Anyway, I wasn't on guard duty at the moment, I hardly ever was, so I decided to go back to my room. My room was quite close to the Queen's, much to my disgust, and it was twice as big as the room I had had at the Academy. I lay down on the bed and fell asleep.

"Christian…"

"Yes?"

"I want to go back."

"Back where?"

"To the Court. To Rose. I miss her."

"Liss, when you left, you said you were never going back. You said that because, you heard something you didn't like, and you thought that the only way to protect her was to leave. You told me to make sure you didn't go back, because if you did, it would only put Rose in danger."

'Yes but…I feel that the only way to protect her is to give her a choice. You know Rose, if she can't protect herself, then no-one can. She'll figure it out sooner or later, and when she does, I believe I'll have to be there."

"But Liss…"

"No Christian, I don't want to hear it. I'm a Spirit user, and I need to learn to use my magic to help Rose, and everyone I love."

"So now you're going back to learn how to use your magic? Can you just tell me why you want to go back?"

"I want to go back to learn to protect the ones I love Christian! Can't you understand that? I just want to go back…"

RPOV

That's when I woke up. Lissa was in tears, and I couldn't bear to see that. All I knew was that she was coming back, and that Tatiana was right. I had to see her. I got up and sprinted towards her room.

As I got close to Tatiana's room, I realised something. I had been asleep. It all might have been a dream, not the bond telling me what Lissa was doing. I stopped. I still needed to see Tatiana, I decided. So I walked up to the door and knocked.

"Come in Rose," was the reply, so I walked in. "What happened?" she asked.

"I-I don't know exactly, but I think I'm going insane, or…more insane, if that's possible for me." Tatiana raised an eyebrow, which I took as an invitation to continue, explain, tell. "I went to my room after- after you told me, and I fell asleep," Tatiana nodded, "I dreamt that Lissa was coming back. She was having a conversation with Christian about coming back so that she could protect me and learn more about Spirit and protect everyone else. She said I was in danger, and she started crying." It all came out in a rush, so I was surprised Tatiana understood what I had said. "And…" she prompted.

'And I'm not sure if it was the bond or a dream. If it was the bond, I am over the moon, but f it was a dream…I think I'm going crazy." That was the point where I started crying, and Tatiana told me to calm down, everything would be fine, and, just to prove I'm going crazy, I think she hugged me. I mean, in what universe would Queen Tatiana, of all people, hug me? A very good question, in my opinion. I figured I should probably start seeing a psychiatrist to try and cure my craziness, or at least as much of my craziness as was physically, or mentally, possible for me. I chuckled silently at my own attempt at a joke. More proof that I should be seeing a shrink. Apparently, though, I didn't need to see one. "I think I need to see a shrink." I said.

"No Rose. You don't need to see a psychiatrist. This is a common, ah, reaction to this type of heartbreak or loss. If you remember the story I told you, you would probably remember that I was depressed for a while. Well, when I said that, I didn't actually mean depressed, so to speak. No, I actually meant that I didn't feel mentally table for a while. It'll pass with time." Tatiana said. Well, at least now I know the problem, I thought, even though mentally unstable is just as bad as insane or crazy. In fact, they were practically the same.

Just to give you a brief outline of what's happening, here: I'm becoming friends with my enemy, my best friend may or may not be coming back, my true love is gone and I'm wondering how I could possibly be mentally unstable. Yeah, life is good.

A/N Thanks for reading! If anyone picked it up, I tried adding some of Rose's sarcastic nature, but I don't think it worked too well, ;)

Hopefully I'll find time to keep writing, but the holidays are nearly up, therefore school is nearly returning, so I'll update as soon as I can.