Sorry for the long wait!

Here's chapter 3! This will have a lot of explaining that Vampire Academy fans will already know, but this is a story that anyone can read, so the explanation is needed...

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DISCLAIMER: The 'Vampire Academy' world belongs to Richelle Mead. This is just my made-up world crossed with hers.

-Deni

She… just… killed that man.

Then she was introducing herself? What the hell was she doing? What kind of psycho was she?

She looked at me oddly, waiting for a reply. I didn't want to reply, I was too scared to say one word.

She ignored me momentarily and took the corpse and threw it into a huge garbage bin a few metres away from us. Then she took out a match and lit it, and threw it in. A small blaze was coming from the bin, but it went out in a few minutes. I was still incapable of speaking to her.

So I ran. I ran as fast as I could back to my house. I wasn't a good runner though and I could hear Rose catching up to me.

Then she grabbed me and spun me around.

"Denise, everything is ok. Why are you running?" She said, not even breaking a sweat, while I was panting like a dog. Damn my lack of stamina.

"Wha-wha… how do you know my name?" I walked back from her slowly.

"I've been sent to find you." She walked forward, which made me immediately take a step back.

"Why?"

"You're part of something huge that you have never dreamed about."

"I'm what?" I stopped walking. What the hell was she talking about?

"Look, I'll explain it all to you, once we're inside."

We were at the front door of my house. Was I going to let this Rose who was practically a stranger into my home? Curiosity got the best of me. What did she mean by me being part of something huge?

I opened the door and we both stepped in cautiously.

"Is there anyone else in the house?" She asked, looking around.

"No… but there's a guard dog in the backyard that will defend me if you try anything!" I lied… probably unconvincingly. She laughed, which proved that I was right.

"Don't worry, I won't hurt you." She said calmly, acting professional.

"How do I know that's for sure? I saw you kill that man or thing or whatever he was!"

"That thing was a Strigoi." She pointed out. I was plain confused.

"A Stri-what?" I slammed the door behind me and the huge thump made me jump, though it had no effect on her.

"Is there some place we can sit down and talk about this? You might need some comfort for what I'm going to tell you."

"Um… ok." I replied awkwardly.

I led her to the living room and we both sat down on the sofa. I was a comfortable distance away from her. She gave me a weird look, she knew I was scared.

"Don't be afraid of me." She said, still with calmness in her voice.

"How can I not? I witnessed you committing a murder!" I almost screamed.

"I was protecting you. You don't understand."

"Then explain to me! Or I'll call the police!" I stood up from the sofa.

"Only if you calm down." She sounded reasonable, so I sat down, but I was very alert and ready to grab the phone. She sighed.

"Are you ready?" She asked.

"Ready for what?"

"The cold and bitter truth."

"Truth? What do you mean?"

"Your life has been a lie Denise. Are you ready to accept that?"

"My life, a lie? What are you talking about?" I was stunned. Was she serious?

"There are so many things that you need to learn. There are two important races of a species that you probably know. You've heard of Vampires right?" She asked.

"Vampires? They're fictional aren't they?"

"Though it may be hard to believe, since you've been living in a human world, they're real."

"So…" Yup, she was a loony, probably one that ran away from a loony bin, which meant that I was in danger… oh crap.

"What I killed just then, was a Vampire."

"Oh…" Was all I could say? I was too shocked.

"But he was a Strigoi, the kind of vampire that kills without mercy. They're pure evil."

"So… is there like a good race of vampires?" This was really weird; this Rose must've been crazy. There's no such thing as vampires.

"Of course! They're called the Moroi and unlike the Strigoi, they don't kill for blood."

"What do they do for food then?" Not killing humans for blood? That was really weird as well.

"Moroi have human feeders, people who have agreed to serve them."

"But why would anyone want that?"

"Well, vampire bites are addictive. They're like a drug." She said, like it was the most common thing in the universe, in fact she talked about all this like it was just a normal part in her life. Wait, how did she know so much?

"Oh… so what are you?" I asked pulling out of my own thoughts.

"Hmm?"

"Are you a human? You look like a human." Actually, Rose looked like an angel, not a human. She had looks that would make boys go crazy for her, while making girls jealous of her. I was somewhat jealous…

I had jet black long hair which went down a third of my back; she had long brown hair that looked well cared for. We both had brown eyes, but something about hers made me feel jealous. Perhaps it was that they were gorgeous yet they looked dangerous at the same time. Mine were plain old boring! Then she was European, I was Asian. But even so, I had features that most Asians didn't have. My nose was different for instance, it was actually kinda long and straight which my mum thought was the perfect nose, but how wrong I thought she was. Then I had huge ears, ok maybe that's an exaggeration but they were big and they stuck out a bit too. Rose was also way taller than me, and she looked older as well. Ok, I wasn't too short, I was about average height for my age.

"Actually, I'm what you call a Dhampir. I'm half Moroi half human and I'm mortal. You shouldn't judge by appearances Denise, Moroi and Strigoi can look like humans on some occasions, but they have a lot of differences to look out for."

"Like?"

"For instance, vampires are generally pale. Moroi tend to be tall and skinny and Strigoi have red eyes. Then of course, there are their fangs, but sometimes they're hard to see."

"Alright."

"Moroi and Dhampir can be born, but Strigoi can only be made. There are only two ways to become a Strigoi, if you choose to, or if you're forced. Only Moroi can choose to become Strigoi, all they have to do is kill someone when feeding, and that's when they become evil. Or Moroi, Dhampir and humans can be forced, from a Strigoi drinking their blood and then them drinking Strigoi's blood in return."

"Ew. That's beyond weird."

"Yes, weird to you I guess. Is it too much for you to absorb?"

"Nah, I think I'm fine right now. You can continue." I didn't believe one word that she was saying, but hey, I wanted to humour her. It was the least I could do for an insane person, plus I didn't want to make her angry at me.

"Now, the only way dhampirs can be born is if a Moroi gets with a dhampir. I know, weird. You'd think that the offspring would be ¾ Moroi, but no, they're half Moroi half human."

"What if a Strigoi got with a human?"

"Funny you've wondered that. That's never happened, so I don't know the result."

"Oh… ok. What about dhampirs getting together?"

"Unfortunately we can't have children together due to some weird genetic fluke. The only way dhampirs can be made is from Moroi and dhampir getting together now since Moroi have been avoiding humans lately. Dhampirs have advantages from being half human half Moroi, our senses are heightened and we can stay out in the sun. So we dhampirs are trained to protect Moroi. We have to protect them, it's important for our race to survive."

"So you become…. Bodyguards?"

"Yeah I guess you could say that. We're trained as Guardians and we have to protect the Moroi from the Strigoi."

"Why? Are the Moroi helpless?"

"Not really. Being a vampire does come with advantages… and disadvantages. Moroi are kind of like living vampires, so they're only mortal, but each Moroi specializes in an element at a certain age. They acquire magical abilities in earth, air, fire, water or spirit."

"So they can use these powers to protect themselves?"

"Yes they can. It was forbidden until now. Strigoi numbers are growing and we need to do as much as we can to bring that number down."

"What's spirit?"

"Ah, well I'll talk about that later. Anyway, since Moroi are like living vampires, Strigoi are kind of… dead. They lost their souls when they turned so they're immortal which just makes them a huge pain in the ass. They can't specialize in an element, because they can't stand being around life and magic's full of life. But Strigoi still have powers."

"What sort of powers?"

"Strigoi are strong and fast. However, they can use compulsion which allows them to force their will on others. All vampires can naturally use compulsion, but Strigoi can use it to a greater extent, and it's forbidden for Moroi to use it."

"Wow, so how do you kill Strigoi?"

"There are 3 ways. Burn them, stake them in the heart or decapitate them."

"Ouch."

"Vampires have other advantages. They have greater senses therefore dhampirs do as well, but Moroi and Strigoi can't go out into the sun. Moroi can handle a bit, but they can't stay out for long."

"So you said that you were trained to become guardians, where does this training take place? Why haven't any humans discovered all this yet?" Wow, she had a wide imagination.

"We're trained at academies all over the world and we're pretty well hidden. I was trained at one called 'St. Vladimir's.'"

"Wow… ok." Even though I didn't believe her, all these lies were very complicated and were very well thought.

"Anyway, the Moroi and Strigoi have existed for centuries. Strigoi tend to hunt down Moroi more often because their blood gives them more of a kick than human blood. The Moroi have a number of Royal families, and the Strigoi have recently been hunting them down, wanting to finish them off."

"I don't understand. Why am I a part of this?"

"Well you see, I have a royal best friend named Lissa and she specialized in Spirit. Spirit is way different to the other elements, it makes you stronger in compulsion almost like a Strigoi's, allows you to heal living things, walk into people's dreams, see people's auras… all sorts of crazy things. We still haven't found out everything yet."

"Wow… that sounds unbelievable."

"But do you believe it?" I could see a hopeful glint in her eyes.

"Honestly, no. I feel like this is a movie. Am I being punk'd?" I was taking a huge risk… but I needed to get her out of my house… or something…

"You don't believe me? This is real Denise! This is real! Here I have something for you." She was wearing a shoulder bag and she took out a thick book. She gave it to me and closed up her bag.

"What's this?"

"It's a book that explains everything in more detail. Probably better than I can explain it to you."

I examined the book. It was heavy and had some weird looking markings on the sides of the cover. It looked ancient.

"Anyway, what you have to do with this is beyond your imagination. You're a huge part of our war."

"I'm part of the war?!?!" She was starting to really freak me out.

"Well Lissa and I did some research about Spirit and we found out that there were a group of beings called The Ancients. Neither human or vampire, they were the elements, they were the original creatures that specialized in them. They were the first, the only and they were immortal."

"I still don't see what this has to do with me."

"Hang on. Be patient. These ancients existed for centuries, witnessing the war raging among the vampire species. The Moroi didn't have powers yet, they had to use other weapons. The dhampirs also fought with the Moroi but there weren't many of us. The ancients recognised who the good side was and they cast a spell. By spell, I mean big time magic, more powerful than any Moroi or Strigoi even combined. They made the Elemental rings, each one representing an element. This spell allowed Moroi to specialize in the first place. It was completely shocking when Lissa and I discovered this. There was a man called Vladimir who was the first Moroi to specialize in spirit, well that was what most books told us, and they were right, but they didn't say how. We didn't have any records of the ancients at all at St. Vladimir's. In fact we got that book that you have now, that said everything about them, from the Strigoi. We don't know how they found it."

"Whoa. So what happened to the ancients?"

"Well the Moroi started specializing and using their new powers to fight, and you'd think they were winning. But no, the Strigoi were taking over and the ancients were worn out from creating the elemental rings. The Moroi may have had new powers, but they didn't know how to use them instantly and most died from accidents, that's why it became forbidden. They told us that the reason it was forbidden was because they wanted to be peaceful, but that was just a lie passed down through the generations."

"That's a shame. It's like the Ancients did all that hard work, and then the Moroi didn't even use their new powers... until now." She nodded in reply.

"One night, the ancients held a meeting with all the Moroi existing at the time and explained their new powers to them, however the Strigoi ambushed them. The ancients were weak and were easy targets for the Strigoi. Lots of information about all of this was destroyed, luckily I had some connections and that book you're holding, so that's how we learnt so much already. Tales of the Elemental rings, of the ancients, of the war, of the ambush. All of the ancients died unfortunately… except one ancient's body was unaccounted for."

"So one may have survived?"

"That's what we think. The last ancient went into hiding in the human world. Some stories say that after several centuries, he couldn't handle all the running and his powers were deteriorating so he created an offspring."

"He created a child? What? He's a man!" How obvious and ridiculous was this?

"He used magic. He used all the life left in him to create another ancient and sent it to a loving family. So… he died creating the child, he was too weak."

"Oh my god… poor man… So there's an Ancient living among us now?"

"Yes. And we think it's you."

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I created lots of things there using only my imagination.

I own The Ancients… lol not Richelle. XD

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