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

-Deni

"M-m-me?!?! How is that possible?" I dropped the heavy and ancient book onto the floor.

"The Strigoi are after you. They found out about your whereabouts a few days ago and we got one of them to tell us where you were." She picked up the book and placed it on the sofa, next to me.

"What do they want from me?"

"You're an ancient. Ancients created the Elemental rings; therefore you're the only one with enough power to destroy them. The Strigoi came up with this plan ever since Moroi started to use magic offensively again. Bastards." She shook her head at the thought of Strigoi plotting everything. As for me, I was more than freaked out right now. I mean, 'Strigoi' were after me! Come on! Why me?!?!

But then of course, I wasn't sure if this was real.

"Have you met anyone in the past few days?" She asked.

"What do you mean?"

"Have you met anyone new?" She looked at me, as though she was trying to figure out something. Matt floated through my mind. No way was I going to tell her about Matt.

"You mean, like my love life? Pffftt… nope. Do you have a special someone?" I asked before she could question me further. I didn't even know if she was talking about my love life…. My currently non-existent love life… but I hoped it would get her to stop asking me about who I met recently.

"Yes... well, I did." A sudden wave of depression seemed to overshadow her and I got a strange feeling about her, a weird feeling in the pit of my stomach. I gave her a questioning look.

"It's complicated." She said as she scrunched up her face in frustration.

"What was his name?"

"Dimitri… Dimitri Belikov." As she whispered his name sorrowfully, the darkness seemed to engulf her even further. I didn't know who she was, or if she was mental, but I never liked seeing someone upset.

"Don't worry he'll come running back to you." I assumed that he broke up with her and now she was missing him.

"It isn't that simple… even though I wish it was."

"What do you mean?"

"He's… Strigoi."

"You fell for a Strigoi?!?!" Ok, now I didn't care if it was real or not, but she fell in love with a Strigoi?!?! Ok, now I knew she was crazy.

"He used to be a guardian. He was my own mentor at St. Vladimir's, I was his student, and we fell for each other… it was really quite unstoppable." She laughed with no humour at the last part that she said. I didn't really know what to say, I was half sorry for her, half shocked.

"Then we were both assigned to Lissa as her guardians, which meant that we'd have to try and forget the stuff between us, because she was our Moroi after I graduated so we had to protect her. If we had let our feelings get in the way, Lissa could've been killed, or worse, turned Strigoi." And I thought my love life was complicated. I nodded in reply, still unsure of what to say.

"But… we couldn't forget what we had…"

"It must've been really special then." I was feeling a whole heck of sympathy for her right now… but at the same time, I was jealous, because well, I hadn't experienced love yet.

"It was. We figured it all out, how to be together without Lissa getting hurt. He was going to get reassigned to the Royal Court."

"Royal Court?"

"It's owned by Queen Tatiana, Royal Moroi, and a total bitch." She laughed a bit, but still looked depressed. I laughed a bit as well; it was a kind of sad laugh though.

"It's basically her little palace. Ugh." She got a funny look on her face, and this time, I really cracked up.

"Oh gee, sorry." I said sincerely, regaining my composure.

"It's fine. That bitch needs to rot in hell."

"So… how did Dimitri get turned Strigoi?"

"Well, literally right after we got things figured out, St. Vladimir's was attacked by Strigoi. We were ambushed." My jaw dropped. Strigoi ambushing people, was that common?

"What happened?" I asked. The sympathetic side of me just took over and I started to believe that Rose wasn't crazy. Her face was full of emotion, true emotion. She wasn't lying. I could feel it. Wait, I could physically feel it! What the hel-

"Many were killed. It was a horrific night." She took me out of my thoughts. I was feeling something strange… maybe what she was saying was true… what if I had powers?!?!

"But then the Strigoi had to retreat because the sun had risen, but they had taken people as hostages." She continued and I covered my mouth with my hand in shock. I could feel myself getting very emotional, as she was, but what I felt, was probably nothing to what she felt remembering all of this.

"Did you try to rescue them?"

"Of course, but when we were escaping, with the people that we had saved, a Strigoi caught Dimitri and…" Tears fell from her eyes. I couldn't stop myself, but I patted her back, trying to comfort her. To my surprise, she didn't freak out or anything.

"It's ok…" But was it? That was such a stupid response from me. It obviously wasn't ok for her right now.

"The Strigoi sunk his teeth into his neck before I could save him. I had to run back to the academy before any more Strigoi attacked. I regret that decision everyday."

"How did you know that he was Strigoi and not dead?"

"I thought he was dead at first. But… somehow, I felt that Dimitri was still alive, because he was strong, they couldn't have just eaten him. Then a friend confirmed to me that he had been turned."

"Oh… Have you seen him since then?" She didn't reply for a few moments, but I continued to pat her back.

"No…" She cried harder and suddenly wiped her tears with the sleeve of the big black coat she was wearing. She was wearing a black t-shirt underneath it and a pair of jeans. I was still wearing my dance uniform, which I actually thought was pretty cool.

"I'm sure you'll see him again… one day."

"But, I have to kill him."

"You have to kill him?!?!" I jumped and pulled away from her, landing with a small 'thud' on the other side of the sofa.

"It's what he wanted. He told me that he'd rather be dead than Strigoi, back when he was a dhampir..."

"Oh." The mood in the room was depressing. This Rose had a complicated life. I felt guilty for being so lucky, living a 'normal life' away from all her supernatural drama.

"What happened after Dimitri was taken away?"

"I wanted to find him, and kill him. I wanted to get it over and done with. But that meant dropping out of St. Vladimir's, leaving Lissa and all my other friends behind." This was really sounding like some awesome action movie, but no, this was real. And I felt like I was in a dream. I pinched myself. Ok, ouch. No, I was awake. Rose didn't even notice me being weird; she kept staring at the ground of the living room. I somehow felt extremely saddened as well from what she was telling me, was this some 'Ancient' thing? Would I have felt this sad if I were… human?

"But… you didn't drop out." I assumed, considering that she said that she and Lissa had done all this research together recently. If she dropped out, they wouldn't be together. She smiled weakly.

"It's good to hear that you're paying attention. No, I couldn't leave her behind. Besides, she had convinced me to stay. I was lucky that I did, because the next day, news broke out about Strigoi growing in numbers. If I wasn't there, I wouldn't have been notified."

"Then, is Dimitri still alive? Well, I mean, uh, dead?" Ok, this time, she did laugh a bit.

"I have no idea. But, I know he's out there. And if anyone's going to kill him, it's going to be me." As freaky as that sounded, my spirits lifted a bit. It was nice to hear her laughing.

I looked at the clock, I wasn't sure when my parents were coming home, but Rose and I had been talking for… two hours!

How long did a business meeting go for? I had no clue. My parents could be home at any second.

"Um, Rose. I think you might have to go soon. I don't know when my parents are coming back."

"Oh, that's ok. I was about to leave anyway. I think I've told you enough for today."

"So then, I'll see you again?"

"Of course." I couldn't believe it, but, I actually kinda believed her story. But what if she was a loony? She wanted to see me again? I was feeling uncertain about everything.

"Uh… ok."

"Besides, I think that's all you can handle today, and I'm sure I've covered all the hard stuff." Like my life being a lie? Ha, the thought made me feel weird.

I really thought I was being punk'd' now. I expected Ashton Kutcher to pop up any second… if I were punk'd I'd be on TV! I was getting excited in my mind and I didn't realise that I smiled a bit. Rose laughed.

"I guess it wasn't that 'hard' for you then? Well, here's my number, contact me anytime you want." She handed me a small piece of paper that she pulled out from the pocket of her big black coat.

Ashton Kutcher hadn't shown up yet.

But come on, seriously? All this she was telling me, it seemed too… exaggerated, could something like a war between vampires really exist on Earth?

"Ok." I said, looking at the piece of paper she gave me which I held in my hand.

"I'll be going no-"

I heard a car driving onto the driveway in front of the garage door, in front of the house. My parents were home. Rose was still here.

"Oh crap. They're back!" I was panicking. I couldn't let my parents find out that I had a stranger in our house, and most importantly, a loony.

"Is there any other way I can get out?"

"Oh! You could get out through the back door from the backyard that leads into the front yard!"

"That's fine." We both stood up from the sofa and I pointed to the door leading to the backyard.

"I need to get my keys." I grabbed the ancient book, figuring that I should put it in my room and ran up the stairs. I snatched my keys from my dresser and put the book down on my study table. I ran back down, almost tripping, but somehow, I grabbed onto the railing, faster than I ever had before, saving myself from falling down. My reflexes had gotten better. That was odd.

"Hurry!" Rose shouted as I suddenly snapped out of my 'What the hell is happening to me?' phase and ran to the door leading to the backyard and shoved a key into the door's lock.

The security gate in front of the front door was unlocking. My parents were almost in.

Then I realised. I didn't have a key for the door that led to the front yard. It had been padlocked.

"Oh sheesh!" I pulled the key out from the door.

"What?"

"We have to get you out another way." She didn't ask questions, and went with what I said next, which I was grateful for.

"Go upstairs and hide in my bedroom."

She ran, like lightning, and sheesh she was light, hardly making a sound on the stairs. The front door opened and I awkwardly tried to casually lean on the wall next to me.

"Hi guys." My tone was weird, but I tried to shake it off.

"Are you ok?" My dad asked while he moved to the side letting my mum walk through the front door with my little brother in her arms.

"Yeah, why wouldn't I be?" I got off the wall and started walking towards the stairs; I had to check on Rose.

"Denise?" My mum called. I froze, my back was to them.

"Yeah?" I replied, hoping that they wouldn't suspect anything weird.

"Did you eat dinner?" Oh nuts. I forgot about dinner. I didn't have an appetite after meeting Rose anyway.

"Uh, yeah, it was nice. Thanks mum." I lied and started going up the stairs while my heart pounded out of my chest.

My parents then went on to their own things, not questioning me about anything else. Thank goodness.

I got to my bedroom and my curtain was open, the doors that led to my balcony were unlocked. My room's balcony faced the other side of the street. I rushed over to the doors and saw Rose jumping off the balcony. I was worried for a second, but saw that she landed on the ground carefully, and safely. Did this girl have cat reflexes or something?

Wait, I was worried? This was a stranger, but not only that; she was a loony, probably from a loony bin. Yet, somewhere inside of me, I felt that what she had told me, was too detailed and twisted, not to be true. My mind was telling me that she was either crazy or an incredible actress participating in the show 'Punk'd', but my gut was telling me that she was real, and… vampires were real.

Then I realised, I was in Australia. 'Punk'd' was an American show. I slapped my forehead and then rubbed my temples. I wasn't sure what the hell was going on. I locked the doors leading to my balcony and closed the curtains.

I looked at my desk, where the ancient book was lying. Maybe she'd just been telling me about a fictional story, and this was the story book.

I closed my bedroom door and picked the book up. I sat on my bed and took a better look at it this time. It was in a brown leathery cover and was definitely old. It smelt weird. The ancient markings looked a bit like swirls, dots and random shapes, joined together. I looked carefully at the front of the cover. The markings were very detailed and in a way, beautiful. I was staring at them for a long time, when words floated through my mind.

'The Ancient's Sacrifice'… was that the title of the book? Did I just read the markings? Maybe it was just a random thought, yeah; I had an interesting imagination anyway.

I opened it, the pages were a cream colour and there were handwritten ancient markings, all over the first page. I flicked through the book quickly, and they were all written in these markings. How the hell did Rose and Lissa read this? Were they on drugs or something? If Rose really was a loony, the chance of her taking drugs, would probably be likely. I flipped back to the front page and stared at it.

The markings started to move. They started to change. Into English? What the hell? I blinked a few times, not believing my eyes.

This book was weirder than I thought. They were ancient markings a few seconds ago, and now they were the language I used the most, even though I was Asian. The book must've known. Heck, maybe it had a mind of its own?!

That creeped me out, and I dropped the book to the floor.

It opened to the middle of the book, and there was something that I hadn't noticed before. It was a page that seemed to be made out of some kind of brown metal, but it was thin. I picked the book back up and tapped on the metal page with my finger. It was strong, and made an interesting sound when I tapped on it, like it was a note on a xylophone.

I examined the page further. Right in the middle, was a five pointed star and each of the points had their own colour. Green, white, red, blue and yellow... could they resemble earth, air, fire, water and spirit? That would be interesting if it did. There were more intricate markings on the edges of this page, which were amazing. If someone could draw markings like this, they could win an art competition for an abstract painting or something. I wondered why these weren't translated into English, maybe this page was special? There were ten markings, which may have been ten 'words' in this language. Two on top and bottom, while three on left and right. They were all different.

"Wow…" I whispered to myself. Then I looked to the centre of the star which was the shape of a pentagon. It was somewhat hollow, well, sinking into the page like a tiny bowl and was the same colour as the page itself. There were little spikes along the sides of the pentagon, going towards the centre of the shape.

I moved before thinking and ran my finger along the spikes. It tickled at first, but then it stung and I pulled my finger away.

"Ow!" The spikes were sharp, and had cut me. A drop of blood had dropped into the little bowl-like centre of the pentagon. The drop of blood moved into the centre of the shape, and it began to open up. A bright blue-ish light was coming from the hole in the pentagon, which kept getting bigger and eventually filled the whole star.

Then, a strong wind, coming from nowhere surrounded me and made my hair tie break and my long hair was everywhere. The wind continued to blow when I tried to close the book. It wouldn't let me. I started to feel light-headed and weak while I fought against the strong wind.

Before I knew it, I was sucked into the bright blue-light.

I hope you liked it! :D

LOL i just realised that the whole 'sucking into the book' thing reminds me of Harry Potter. :S

I didn't intend to copy anything from J.K. Rowling and so, Harry Potter Fans, please don't hurt me! xD

What i'm doing is gonna be different anyway. :)

OH and for my friends that are reading this, one of you will be featured in the next chapter. ;)

And here's a clue, she's a Harry Potter fan. LOL

One most likely to get angry at me for this small HP coincidence as well... xDXDXD

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