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I do not own Vampire Academy or the term 'old souls'.

This counts for the WHOLE story.

A/N: Italics= Vladimir's writing

Bold= Anna's writing

Bold and Italics= Kirstin's writing

The insides of the book were wrinkled and brown, but the ink had not faded at all. As soon as I opened the book I felt almost… comforted, like this was where I belonged. The first page of the book said.

Hello, I am Vladimir Dragomir (the spirit filled old soul). I am Kirstin Ozera (the shunned old soul). And I am Anna Hathaway (the shadow-kissed old soul).

Together we are the spirit bound old souls. Contained in the next page are some very powerful charms. If upon opening this book you felt uneasy please return it to where you found it, because if you don't, turning the next page will either seriously injure you or maybe even kill you. If you, however, feel comforted and at ease when opening this book, please feel free to turn the next page.

And that's all it said on the first page. So I turned over.

You are probably wondering why we threatened to kill people for turning this page. You see, the secrets recorded in this book are very important and could be devastating in the wrong hands. All of the pages in this book (apart from the first page) are charmed to keep anyone who is not a spirit bound old soul from seeing any of these secrets. I did most of the charming myself using all four elements (with help from ME for the fifth).

We are going to try to explain to you about your powers and the people around you. Who to trust, and who to keep an eye on. On this page we will try to explain what being one of the 3 spirit bound old souls (3sbos).

I, Vladimir, am the spirit filled old soul. I am the strongest spirit wielder ever to exist. I am the centre of the group; the spirit that binds us in the term spirit bound old souls. I am bonded to Anna Hathaway (the shadow-kissed old soul) but my love is for Kirstin (the shunned old soul).

I, Anna, am the shadow-kissed old soul. I have kick-ass fighting skills and am one of the best guardians there are. I was bought back to life by Vladimir before he even knew that his element was spirit when our car crashed. I am bonded to him and have sworn to protect him no matter what. I am reckless (a side-effect of being shadow-kissed) and a little crazy (a side-effect of absorbing spirits side effects from Vladimir).

I, Kirstin, am the shunned old soul. I originally thought I had specialised in fire but soon realised that I had also specialised in the other three elements. After some research we found out that the reason I thought I had specialised in fire was because a) that was the element that best matched my personality and b) that was the element I wanted to specialise in. I am the only moroi ever to specialise in all four elements. I am called the shunned old soul because my parents turned strigoi. This meant that everyone shunned me and my family, JUST BECAUSE MY PARENTS WERE ASS-HOLES!

And that was the end of the page. The descriptions of themselves… they reminded me so much of Rose Christian and I. Except the part about specialising in all four elements this book pretty much had us down to the T.

I was starting to think that maybe Rose was right. What is this book really did have all the answers?

So I decided to show the book to Christian. I wondered if he'd have the same reaction I did. I wasn't too worried though. I was much more trustworthy than Rose. The only problem was I didn't have a clue where Christian was. Now that we had all graduated and we didn't have to stay on school grounds he could be anywhere. So where do you go when you need information?… THE LOONY BIN! THE LOONY BIN! The people at the mental institution know everything… EVERYTHING! So it looked like I was going to see Avery. The only problem was that two guardians called Serena and Grant had been stalking me lately and stopping me whenever I wanted to do something stupid or crazy. They might think that visiting Avery was stupid or crazy and they might not let me go. I ditched them by going into the bathroom and sneaking out of the back window. Then I ran outside the wards screaming and flailing my arms like scared people do in the movies and I did this all the way to the mental hospital.