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Chapter 16

Rose POV

"Dad?" I said somewhat stunned.

"Ah Rose, I was hoping that you were still here." Abe said and he hugged me tightly and I smiled.

"I guess that you're coming with us to Russia then?" I asked and he smiled widely and nodded. He turned towards the brothers and put on his no nonsense expression he often used for intimidation.

"Aro, Marcus, Caius. How have you three managed with Rosemarie around?" he said and I groaned at the use of my name and he smirked. Aro and the rest of the brothers laughed at my discomfort.

"She has certainly kept things interesting during their stay here." Aro said and dad raised an eyebrow in question and looked at me. I shrugged like I didn't know what he was talking about. "She has apparently bested Caius in the werewolf department also." He said and I heard Caius growl a little at his brother.

"So I take it that the silver charmed bullets worked well then?" Abe asked and I nodded.

"yep. They hurt like a bitch but they did do the trick with the werewolves." I said and Abe raised an eyebrow in question. Shit.

"Care to elaborate my daughter?" Abe said and I explained the whole thing with Robert and he wasn't happy but he soon got over it.

"Why is it that every time I turn around you are getting shot at?" he asked exasperated. I just shrugged. There wasn't much to say about that. He and the brothers talked for a while until the subject turned back to our visit to Russia. We made a plan for the reveal and the others went to pack as I talked briefly with my father. After a little while longer I went back to the room to finish packing the rest that Dimitri hadn't got to and the group set off for Russia after saying our goodbyes to the Volturi and their guard members. Jane seemed to be warming up to me and seemed sad to see me leave.

I had a little trouble with the ghosts on the plane again but it seemed to be a little better this time. Thankfully I reminded the others to feed before we boarded the plane and avoided another fiasco on the plane. When we arrived in Baia, the others went to get a hotel room close by while the rest of the group went to the Belikov home. It wasn't as awkward as Dimitri was expecting and we actually had a good time with them for a few days before the summit started near the court in Russia. Yeva kept sending me knowing glances and I talked to her the night before the summit was scheduled to start. I was sitting on the back porch when she came and sat beside me.

"Granddaughter, you are on your way to fulfilling the prophecy. Trust your instincts." She said and smiled knowingly at me. "You should go and check on the cold ones that came here with you." She said and I nodded. I had a feeling that she knew all about them and I had already planned on it in a sense. I stood and went to leave for the hotel that the others were staying. I walked down the narrow and dark streets towards the hotel when I felt the Strigoi nausea. I tensed briefly and reached for my stake. I never phase first thing and used it for the most part as a last resort. If it was just a few Strigoi, I could handle that with my stake and had no need to phase. I scanned the area before my eyes found roughly a dozen Strigoi sneering at me.

"Look here boys, little Rose Hathaway has come back to pay us a visit." One of the Strigoi said and the others laughed. I figured that these Strigoi had been around when I had been here to search for Dimitri while he was Strigoi.

"Yeah well, can we get to the point here because I am a very busy person." I said and they lunged at me. Three lunged first and I dodged and hit whenever I could, slashing them with my stake and they gave an angry hiss as I stake the first through the heart. I kicked back the other two as three more lunged into the fight. Five against one isn't an easy fight, especially since I wasn't in my wolf form. I lit the five on fire as a distraction and staked them quickly while the remaining six looked stunned and were searching for the source of the fire power. Naturally they assumed that there was a Moroi close by. Getting tired of the fight, I simply froze the remaining six and staked them one by one.

Having destroyed the remaining Strigoi, I piled the bodies and burned them. Once they were ash, I continued to the hotel where Peter, Char, Alice and Jazz were staying for the duration of our stay here in Russia. I walked into the hotel and up the stairs towards their room. I knocked lightly on their door, knowing that they would hear it. Seconds later Alice opened the door and smiled widely until she sniffed the air and a confused look graced her face.

"Rose, why do you smell like you've been burning Strigoi?" Alice said as she opened the door wider waving me inside. I smirked a little at her.

"Maybe because I have Alice. I ran into about a dozen on the way here." I said and she looked shocked. "I'm fine Alice, besides that is kind of my job." I said and I saw her relax just a little. Jasper approached her and wrapped his arms around her trying to calm her swirling emotions.

"Peter and Charlotte will be back in a moment. They went towards one of the larger towns to hunt." Jasper said and I smiled at him. I had no problem with their diet, especially since they didn't kill innocents. They provided their own service in a sense. While I killed Strigoi and cold ones that were evil, they did their part by killing humans that had committed murders and rapes, scourges of society. At least with their deaths, they finally served a useful purpose on this earth.

"I just wanted to touch base with you guys since tomorrow morning we will be attending the summit and since the sun will be out, you guys are probably going to be cooped up at least for tomorrow. I also needed to clear my head before this huge reveal tomorrow and I really have no clue how to broach the subject." I said and they seemed to understand what I meant. Peter and Char came back soon after and we talked for a little while until I needed to go back to the Belikov home. Alice and Jazz were going to hunt so they walked out with me and we parted ways. Getting back to the house was uneventful and I arrived just in time for dinner.

The Belikov's looked at me strangely bar Yeva, but I ignored it and didn't call them on it. Several hours later Dimitri and I went to bed since we had to get an early start in the morning. The Moroi held this summit during daylight hours so that they wouldn't be bothered by Strigoi. I thought back to the time when I was naïve enough to believe that the Strigoi were the only evils that lurked in the night. I couldn't believe that there was a time that I would have had someone admitted to the closest mental facility had they told me that other vampires, werewolves and shape shifters existed. I closed my eyes and started to drift into darkness, hoping that the revelation I was to present tomorrow wouldn't backfire, but something told me that this was what I needed to do.

Morning came very early and we were all preparing to leave the Belikov home and drive the hour into the city where the summit was being held. It was just starting to get bright out when we pulled into our destination and I took a deep breath in preparation for the reveal.

"It will be fine Roza. I won't let the Moroi do anything stupid." Dimitri said and I laughed. Lissa looked at Dimitri and smiled.

"I thought that was my line Dimitri?" Liss said quirking an eyebrow while we all laughed. Minutes later it was time to start the meeting.

"Your Majesty, there have been reports that the Strigoi are getting much stronger and some of them are even immune to the use of charmed silver." One of the Guardians said and I cringed. Here it comes. "These super Strigoi are different and there isn't a know way for us to kill them. Those that have encountered them have not survived the attacks."

"They aren't Strigoi. They are something totally different." I said.

"What do you know of this Guardian Hathaway? Last I was aware, you had taken leave from the royal court and you are suddenly back in your position." The Guardian sneered.

"My leave of absence is the reason that I can say without a doubt that these aren't Strigoi. I have seen them, fought them. There are more immortal beings in this world than you would care to know about." I said and the room bursts into laughter.

"Guardian Hathaway is telling you the truth. Strigoi, as we know are evil, all of them. These others that we have discovered are quite different. They are immortal like the Strigoi, but much stronger and faster. It is difficult to kill them, but not impossible." Lissa said. "They are not the only creatures we are just finding out about."

"Suppose we believe this nonsense, what other immortals and strange creatures are there?" One guardian said. I looked over to see that Eddie had asked the question. Thank you, Eddie for asking the right questions.

"There are Strigoi of course, but the ones that appear to be stronger are often referred to as cold ones. They always kill their victims because their bite contains venom instead of the endorphins of Strigoi bites. Once bitten by a cold one there are only two choices that are available for most being turned or death. They differ from the Strigoi because they maintain their human emotions and have certain gifts, powers if you would call it that. Not all of them are inherently evil." I said.

"How can you say that? They kill others to survive." One of the Moroi asked.

"Feeding habits differ but there are those that do kill innocents and almost all kill humans. There are some that feed on criminals, murderers and rapists and drug dealers. Some even take part in a diet of animal blood." I explained. "But they are not the only immortals besides the Strigoi."

"What else is there then?" one of the Moroi asked.

"Children of the Moon." I said and the room erupted into laughter.

"Werewolves. You expect us to believe in the existence of werewolves?" one of the guardians guffawed.

"Yes there are werewolves. They are enemies of the cold ones and possibly worse than they are. They are ruled by base instincts, animalistic. They have no emotion during the full moon when they are outside their human form." I explained.

"Okay, not saying we believe this crap, but what else is there?" one of the Moroi said.

"There are also shape shifters. They aren't a threat at all but serve to protect their own communities from immortal being like the cold ones." I said.

"How can you prove any of this actually exists? Surely if it did exist then we would have seen or heard of this before now." One of the guardians asked and I smiled.

"Simply put, I have seen all of these beings. I also know that the cold ones have rules just as we do about exposure to humans and such. No normal guardian could defend against the cold ones or the werewolves, but I can. I am part of a prophecy in the Queillute Indian tribe which gives me enhanced abilities of a shape shifter and gifts like the cold ones have. While I cannot prove their existence at this moment, I can prove my own ability."

I stood before the mass of Moroi and Guardians and Lissa stood on the ready with another pair of clothing for me. I phased in front of the room and I heard the gasps as they saw my body shift to my wolf form. The room was in an uproar but Lissa quickly returned the meeting to order. I phased back to my Damphir form under a blacked out shield after Lissa placed my clothes down beside me and patted my head. I rolled my eyes at her. Once I was phased and clothed, I dropped the shield and the room was stunned into silence. Finally, I thought.

After the summit in Russia, the group traveled back to the US and we headed to Forks so that I could finish my training. Lissa returned to court even though she didn't want to leave me again. It wasn't long until I was ready to take on the immortal world and Peter, Jasper and Char were right beside me while fighting the evils that we had located. Caius had been called in to fight sometimes when there were sightings of werewolves and they were near extinction. Cold ones were depleted dramatically and those that were still 'living' either picked less innocent prey or had converted to the animal diet. Even the Volturi altered their feeding arrangements to those less innocent.

I made many visits to court every chance I could and Liss did the same for me. I missed them dearly of course and I took every opportunity to be with Dimitri and my friends at court. After several years, the need for my intervention died down and I often spent months at court catching up on areas where there was a lot of activity. Strigoi numbers were at an all time low and the cold ones were under tight control.

Our hardest fight came in the form of Maria from the south with her newborns. It was difficult just due to sheer numbers but Jasper and Peter certainly took pride in eliminating her. Things calmed down after that and I visited briefly at court before returning to Forks. The Cullen family had moved to another one of their properties somewhere just as the first summer here was ending. We managed to see each other often and Carlisle offered to let me stay at their house in forks when I was nearby. I stayed close to La Push when I wasn't at court. Court wasn't very welcoming for me and I felt at peace at the Cullen house.

I had just returned a month ago from court and stayed in the Cullen home. I started to get rather sick and I had begun to vomit almost daily. I was leaning my head against the cold tile of the bathroom when I heard movement downstairs.

"Rose?" a male voice said. "Rose, are you here?" I finally recognized it as Jake's voice. I groaned and he finally reached the door of the bathroom. He widened his eyes as he saw me and rushed towards me, pulling me up from the cold floor. "Rose are you okay?" He asked and I wanted to say something sarcastic but didn't have the energy. He scooped me up and carried me down to Billy's house at La Push. I wasn't sure why I felt like shit but maybe the others would.