So this is chapter 10!

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Chapter 10

Everything moved fast. Ever since I got back to the school, everyone was acting so normal. Okay, so maybe they weren't acting, but it felt weird, out of place. Maybe I was the one out of place. Was it because of Ryan?

"Rose, are you okay?" I turned to the voice. It was Dimitri. I quickly stood up and stared at him. "Rose, is everything alright?" I tried to understand him. A screech went through my mind and I cringed.

"Yeah. Everything's fine. I just need some space," I quickly escaped from the cafeteria.

"Oh, no you don't!" Dimitri came after me as if from pursuit. I walked through the hallways quickly. Turns after turns, it got to the point where I had no idea what was going on or what the hell I was even doing.

"Hey, is everything alright?" Someone spun me around and suddenly I was facing Ryan. He looked into my eyes. "Rose, you're freaking out. What's wrong? Tell me," I was in tears before I knew it.

"I-I just…I can't…I…" I stuttered. Dimitri saw the two of us and quickly tried to separate me from Ryan.

"You can't what? I can't understand you, Rose," I saw Dimitri and flinched. "Belikov, she's hysterical!"

Dimitri cradled me and quickly brought me to his room.

"Rose, it's alright. Everything's going to be okay," He wrapped his arms around me. "It's alright sweetheart. Look at me. Tell me what's wrong," Dimitri whispered while brushing aside my hair. Slowly, he laid me down on my side on the bed to get me to relax.

"I know what it is," Suddenly another voice came up and we all turned to the door. My father was standing there. Not Ryan's father, but presumably my father, Abe or Zmey.

"What's wrong with her?" Dimitri and Ryan asked.

"It's nothing that bad to be honest. It simply looks worse than it actually is. It's power withdrawal. She used her powers earlier I'm assuming. Lot of energy, short amount of time, it's short circuiting her a bit. Here," My father handed me over a bunch of pills, the same pills for the arrhythmia. I quickly took a pill and everything calmed. I sat up, gasping a bit.

"Hey, are you alright?" Dimitri hugged me.

"I'm fine now. Dimitri, can I talk to my father in private? Take Ryan with you," Dimitri looked at me oddly.

"Are you sure? Are you going to be okay?" I nodded in response to Dimitri's questions and he kissed me in return. I nodded one more time and he took Ryan out of the room.

"So, kiz, what is this all about?" Did he seriously have no clue?

"Don't call me kiz. Why didn' you tell me that I'm Ryan's sister? Or better, why my own real biological father is trying to come after me?" Abe looked at me, shocked. There was a moment of silence before he sighed.

"When did you know? Who told you?" He asked.

"Is that important? I found out several hours ago by my father. What are you not telling me? Or better, what's left?" I challenged him.

"Rose…you…" He was trying to avoid the word that even I knew I would dread.

"Say it. I dare you," I pushed him more. Abe's face was one of discomfort. When he sighed, I could tell he gave in.

"You were created to be a weapon by Ryan's father, your father. When I found out, I couldn't let him do that. I quickly forced myself to fall for your mother so I could get you outo to safety. Your powers are special. Once you master all elements of magic, you become the world's deadliest weapon and threat. So imagine being with your father. You'd be forced to go into a path of killing. I never wanted that for you. But…all this recently has gone out of hand," He admitted it. I didn't react. To be honest, I had long knew the first time I saw Ryan's father, but I wanted to make sure.

"So I'm just a tool. Couldn't I be on my own? Either you're in charge or my father's in charge. What if I was on my own?" I asked. It could be a solution. If no one were to obtain my powers, everything would stay the way it was, right?

"Then we would have to kill you," That's when my face paled. Say what? Did my father, so to speak, just say he had to kill me? "You're too dangerous to go uncontrolled. You've seen only the start of your powers. Either you can save the world or you can destroy the world. Both your father and I want to save the world. We disagreed on the end on who's in charge simply because you would determine the status depending on who you stayed with at the end. But we both decided that you could not be on your own. I don't want it to come to that though. Kiz, I love you. I can't kill you," He started tearing up and reached for me. Out of fear though, I backed up quickly. He stopped at the same time.

"Would my own father ever hurt me?" I asked. Ryan's father seemed like an egotistical bastard, sure. But, never once has he actually threated to kill me. Abe sighed again.

"No…he wouldn't dare. He needs you for your powers…but he…still loves you in his own way. I'm sure of that," He answered me straightforwardly. I nodded. "But right now, he's trying to catch a bird that keeps flying away…literally." Dimitri suddenly barged in.

"The reason she keeps leaving is because the two of you. If she needs someone to control her, I'll do it!" Dimitri demanded.

"Doesn't work that way. On the day of her eighteenth birthday, her powers will unleash. One wish will be granted to whom she desires. The next round would be when she's twenty-one and then every three years," Abe explained.

"That's Dimitri though. I love Dimitri. I'm not going to betray him just for the two of you," I quickly spoke up.

"Kiz…Rose, but what if you were being threatened say with Dimitri's safety? Would you side with your father then?" I didn't answer because I knew the answer already.

"Zmey, sir, I can control her. I've done it before during her exam," I cringed at that memory. Abe looked at Dimitri oddly.

"You're telling me that you de-escalated her before," Dimitri firmly nodded.

"Back during her exam, I was ambushed as part of the exam. I was roughed up a bit and tied to a tree. Rose had to come save me. That was her exam. But her rational mind was thrown out the window when she saw me. She went all out and the forest that's still burnt is proof of that. But I still calmed her down. Sure, she ended up in the hospital at the end, but I got her to stop," Abe thought about the possibility.

"Maybe Old Lady Yeva was right about you…" He started.

"Sir, I'll train if I have to. I just don't want Rose to suffer anymore, especially all this alone. She's had enough. She'll hit her breaking point if I don't intervene in this matter!" Dimitri started to get impatient. I smiled at Dimitri though. He was really sweet to fight for me.

"Then we're going to have to get working. How are you feeling?" Abe asked me.

"I'm fine now," I told him quickly.

"Good. Dimitri, gear up. We're going to start training now," Dimitri and I looked at each other. This was going to be an interesting turn of events.

"But what is he training for?" I asked Abe.

"He's training on how to calm you down quickly and efficiently. Your powers are only starting to sprout. You have yet to see them at their true potential and I have to prepare Dimitri for that if he is to control you as he says," Abe answered. When Dimitri finished gearing up, we headed to the gym. It was empty as all the students were probably in classrooms.

"Illusion's magic!" Abe yelled. The room suddenly changed and it seemed as if we were outside. "This place is all an illusion. It'll fit for magic training since you can't actually destroy anything here. Pain will still exist so be careful. All your senses still react. Just the setting itself won't be destroyed. It'll still react. Trees will still burn, but it's not like real trees are burning. So, here it goes!" Abe suddenly turned around and punched Dimitri in the stomach. Dimitri doubled over in pain as I watched.

"What are you doing?" I screamed.

"Triggering your powers," He hit Dimitri again and Dimitri fell unconscious. I ran to Dimitri but Abe threw me aside. "Go to sleep for now," I felt something hit my neck as I ended up falling unconscious too.

An hour later…

I groaned as I picked myself up off the ground. "Where am I?" I was in a field of grass. This was the training grounds. I turned and saw a proctor behind me telling the same rules I remembered. What was this? This wasn't an illusion, but a memory. I thought this was an illusion though. If Abe started this, there was no way he saw my exam. He couldn't have remembered this. He didn't even experience this.

"Time's ticking," The proctor told me. I walked through the forest. I remembered the way so I wasn't alarmed yet. As I walked in the direction though, things became unfamiliar. How much time had passed? I turned and before I knew it, I was just as lost as last time. Going through the same strategy though, I was still calm as I jumped onto the trees, looking from above. As I felt time pass, my heart started to pound. I was totally tricked in this. Then, something caught my attention. The rose on the ground was there so I followed it just as before.

"Not so fast, little girl," Someone yanked the back of my shirt and threw me into a tree. What the hell? I looked and saw a Strigoi. Not a teacher dressed as one, but a real one. I quickly backed up, realizing I had no stake though. Wait, this is an illusion. Couldn't I just run through him? I approached him carefully but as soon as I got too close, he struck at me, tackling to the ground. He was very much alive and I panicked. I kicked him off and ran, but as I ran, more Strigoi appeared. How could there be this many?

"Don't you dare get any closer!" I warned them. They had no intention of following my warning.

"Stop!" I screamed. A dark aura burst around me as it created a barrier. The Strigoi attacked, constantly hitting the shield, but they couldn't get to me. "GET AWAY FROM ME!" I screamed and shocks of darkness hit the Strigoi, sending them flying into the trees. But if these were real, then this was no illusion. Was it? Then I remembered the proctor's words. "Time's ticking…" Hopefully that didn't mean Dimitri. I ran past the Strigoi, trying to go as fast as I could. Finally I found the giant tree like last time. Only this time, Dimitri wasn't tied up. He was a Strigoi. My heart pounded and I backed away.

"Dimitri…this is an illusion right?" I started to choke on my own words.

"If this was an illusion, I'd be sad. These powers are pretty cool I must admit. I kind of like it," I shook my head. What was he saying? I didn't have a stake on me, how was I supposed to fight him? Dimitri tackled me into a tree and I cried.

"Stop…please…don't do this…" I sobbed.

"I wonder how you taste," Just as he was about to bite though, he stopped.

"Illusion's magic!" The place dispelled and soon I saw Dimitri again except we were in the gym again. My heart was reacting quickly and as soon as Dimitri moved, my body reacted too. I was terrified and shaking.

"Rose, that was an illusion! Snap out of it!" Dimitri yelled. I shook my head. What was that? I crumbled to the floor in tears.

"Rose…" I hugged myself as Abe just watched all of this. This was the test. My powers were riled up and my body reacted terribly. This was what Dimitri was supposed to fix. Except now I was worried, he couldn't fix it. I gasped and Dimitri came closer. On automatic reaction though, a shock hit Dimitri.

"Don't…please…don't come any closer…" I warned him.

"What did you make her see, Zmey?" Dimitri demanded. He stayed silent.

"You said you could control her. Prove it," Dimitri looked at me, worried. I ran outside now.

"Rose!" Dimitri came after me. I ran out to the field and now I was totally tricked. Did I even get out of the illusion or was this all a trick? "Roza! That's enough!" Dimitri grabbed me from behind and I screamed.

"Get off of me!" I pushed him away. "You…don't you dare touch me. I hate you!" Dimitri froze as I realized what I had said. Darkness started to run through my body and I cringed in pain. It felt like I was being shocked by electricity all over.

"Roza, you have to listen to me! This is me! I don't know what you saw in that illusion, but this is reality!" He turned me to him and out of impulse, bit him.

"Rose…" I was sobbing as I bit harder. I heard him groan in pain since I couldn't give him any endorphins. "Rose…stop…it's me," I didn't release at all.

"Please…don't leave…" I begged him.

"Rose, I'm not going anywhere. I'm right here with you. It's going to be okay…" I released my bite and calmed quickly when things started to make more sense. I looked into his eyes and saw the sweet brown color of them. When I calmed, I stayed silent. I was totally tricked from before. The illusion wasn't for Dimitri, but for me.

"How did you…" Abe clapped his hands in amusement. "Wow, I must admit. You have more power over her than I thought," Dimitri chuckled in an angry way.

"Zmey, if it wasn't for training, you'd be dead for doing this to her. She's your daughter, biological or not!" I was shaking still, starting to scratch Dimitri's arm.

"What's wrong?" He asked me. When he moved his arm closer, I bit deep into it. "Rose!"

"Dimitri, it's alright. Her powers do make her feel like an animal, if not a Strigoi so just let her figure it out from her. Your test for today is done. Get her cleaned up when she's back to normal. I have some researching to do," Then, Abe disappeared just like that. Dimitri brushed my hair as I still bit his wrist.

"You're going to be okay…" He whispered.

"I'm so sorry…" I let go of his wrist. "I got totally tricked, and I just…" Dimitri didn't let me continue. He hugged me instead.

"I know, sweetheart. It's alright. Look, why don't you get cleaned up in my room. I have to go talk to Abe for a few minutes. Are you going to be okay on your own?" I nodded and stood up. "Careful," I stood there as Dimitri left. Thing was, I had no intention of following his instructions. Something was off. I had never reacted like this before so I had to do some digging myself. Giving a few seconds, I started to follow Dimitri from a safe distance. I knew Dimitri's range of sensing people and I stood right outside of it as I followed him. Eventually I followed him to Abe's room. To be honest, he was still my father in a way. I leaned against the door and listened.

"We need to talk. Now," That was Dimitri's voice and from the sound of it, he wasn't happy at all. Probably, especially what I did to him.

"Please, sit. What's on your mind?" My father asked.

"She's not a dhampir is she. Rose, I mean," That caught my attention. I would've reacted but it would've given me away. I heard my father sigh.

"No. that reaction wasn't supposed to happen," What the hell were they talking about? Of course I'm a dhampir.

"What's going on Zmey? Tell me," Dimitri kept up his angry voice.

"…I shouldn't," I heard my father's voice soften.

"Now. Or should I remind you. When Rose was conceived, was her father a dhampir at the time?" Now I knew where he was getting at. I prayed that the answer was a yes. There wasn't an answer and I slowly sank to my knees.

"NOW!" I flinched at Dimitri's voice.

"No! Rose is a half Strigoi half dhampir girl," That right then felt as if someone had killed me then and there. So that's why I bit Dimitri…

"You son of a bitch," I heard Dimitri growl. "You confined the girl I love to death knowing that the added power makes her the world's deadliest weapon. What were you thinking? You couldn't have given her the normal life, could you?" I got up and stumbled a bit. Tears slowly trickled down. When the door suddenly slammed open, my breath hitched. "Rose…" I quickly turned and ran.

"NO!" Dimitri came after me quickly but when he cut me off, my fangs appeared and he flinched. "It's alright…no one's going to hurt you…" Abe walked out too. "Zmey, who else knows this little secret?" Dimitri asked.

"Well, her biological father, might I say his name is Lucifer. Fitting, right? And the other is the headmistress here," I looked at him.

"Kirova knew?" Dimitri asked. I tried to run off but Dimitri gave me a look saying that I'd regret it. I had stopped crying, but to say I was pissed was an understatement. My father didn't talk anymore so Dimitri focused his attention on me. "Listen to me, Rose. If you run, it will be the biggest mistake of your life and you know it. I know you're angry and scared and confused, but I'm still here, aren't I?" He was trying to answer my questions before I had any left. I shook my head and backed up.

"Rose, listen to him. You're half Strigoi but you have nothing similar but the fangs and a bit of blood drinking. But you don't kill anyone willing. You don't have the bloodlust. Rose, please understand that I didn't want to do this to you…" I kept shaking my head.

"Roza…" I turned and walked away from it all.

"Rose!" I turned to Ryan's voice. Out of fury, I slapped him. "What the hell?"

"Did you know?" I screamed at him. He looked at the situation and then looked away.

"Rose…I'm sorry. I had to find out though," Dimitri apologized.

"Enough…" I sighed. Being like this couldn't change anything. Dimitri tried to wipe my tears and I let him but they wouldn't stop.

"Oh sweetheart…" Dimitri wrapped his arms and picked me up a bit to hug him. "It's alright…it's going to be okay. I'm not going to let this happen to you anymore. And listen, if you ever have the urge to drink blood, I'd rather you drink mine then hurt someone else. Is that clear?" He whispered. I nodded and held him close. I hadn't felt this vulnerable since Mason's death.

"Zmey, if you have any more damage to deal, now will the time to get it all out," Dimitri warned.

"No…that's the last bit of it,"Dimitri picked me up and brought me to his room now, closing it before Zmey or Ryan could enter.

"Do you need any blood?" I nodded and Dimitri gave me his wrist. I bit into it and drank the blood. I wasn't used to the taste, but it was neutralizing the pain in my heart in the meantime. I didn't drink much, but just enough so I was calm. Dimitri looked at his now bloody wrist.

"I'm so sorry…" I apologized. Dimitri still managed to smile through all this though.

"Rose…it's alright…this is all new to all of us," Dimitri washed his wrist as I watched. It seemed painful. He was gritting his teeth too while washing the new wound. When I tried to get out of bed, Dimitri gave me a warning look. "Rose, I'm alright. Stay in bed and rest," He came back after dressing the wound and stroked my face. "Go to sleep," I closed my eyes and Dimitri jumped in to hug me. "I can't believe you have to go through all this. You shouldn't have to…" After that, I was completely out since I shut down from the shock of it all.

Oh dear. Poor Rose. Well, don't worry, things will get better! I promise! Hope you guys liked it and please review!