A.N- Okay. One of my friends pointed out both Clarissa and Christian would both be CPOV, so unless I say other whys CPOV is Christian. (Is whys even a word???)
SPOV:
It was November now. It was time for me to be shipped off to the Academy (For some reason we started school in November). I was dressed in a pair of purple-skinny jeans and a yellow tee shirt that had writing all over it. I stood next to Christian, my brother, and Rose, my mentor. Rose was wearing a sweater-dress, which hid the small baby bump we all knew she had. We were at the airport in North Carolina. We were waiting for the black private jet to pull up. I would be boarding it alone.
I walked over to the chairs and sat next to Lissa. She had Clarissa, a little blonde toddler (technically, she is only a few months old, but looks like a toddler) in her lap. Jade, Clarissa's twin was more independent. She was toddling around, being followed by her dad.
I looked over at my brother. Rose and he were standing at the front desk. I could tell Rose was getting annoyed with the lady. I didn't want to know why, because when Rose gets annoyed, you don't want to be near her.
Christian turned and walked towards me. Rose stayed where she was.
"Saffs? How would you feel if me and Rose went with you?" Christian asked, kneeling so he was at eye-level with me.
"That would be great!" I exclaimed.
RPOV:
"Listen. I am three months pregnant. I cannot go back to school to train other kids!" I exclaimed.
I was facing a middle-aged moroi. She had just told me Kirova asked for me to return. The moroi didn't know why, but when she told me this, I assumed that was what was going on,
"Ma'm," The women said.
"Do NOT call me that." I said in a quiet but deadly voice. Piss Rose Hathaway off, you got trouble. Piss off a tired three-week pregnant Rose Hathaway, and I hope you know your blood type.
"Sorry." She said, annoyed, "Kirova's orders."
CPOV:
"Rose. Listen to Kirova. I'll come with you, okay?" I said, rubbing her back. This seemed to relax her.
"Fine." She said.
I turned and walked over to Saffron.
"Saffs? How would you feel if me and Rose went with you?" I asked, kneeling so I could look into her eyes.
"That would be great!" She exclaimed. She ran over to Rose and hugged her around her stomach. Rose hugged her back, chuckling lightly.
I sat in a black airplane seat. I was sitting in the isle seat, next to Christian. I watched Saffron, who was leaning against the window watching a movie, just like I had when we were traveling to Christian's house.
"Fuck!" I shouted, doubling over in pain. Call me crazy, but I think I just felt four hard kicks, all at once, from inside me, "Please no!"
"What?" It was Christian, who had been sleeping.
Adrian was walking down the hallway. "Little Dhampir! You are positively glowing. Wait… Oh shit." He started to hustle down the isle.
I got up and jumped on him. I brought him to the ground, I pinned him down, "Never say 'Wait…Oh Shit' then walk away. 'Oh shit' what?" I asked.
"Well you know how I can see auras?" He asked slowly and after seeing my expression he sped up, "Well I see three different ones coming from you. The usual black. A green, which is around most dhampir babies. Then I see a blue. Blue rings can only be created by very powerful people."
"What do you mean?" I asked cautiously.
"First of all, Congrats! You are now the proud mother of twins. The first one, the dhampir, is a boy. A blue ring surrounds the other one. I have only read myths of these. In those myths, they are all about the same man. His name was Jonah. He was the only person able to control all elements as if he specialized in all of them. This child will do amazing things. Wait…the color is shifting. Oh my god. It turned to pure gold. The child is a pure moroi. And it's a girl."
My head was spinning. All the it will do great things and Jonah's story, I could take, but "The child is a pure moroi." How is that possible? I walked back to my seat, dazed. I couldn't stop thinking about my son and daughter for the entire ride.
CPOV:
"Fuck!" Rose shouted, waking me up. She was doubled over; clutching her stomach, "Please no!"
"What?" I asked trying to get my bearings
Adrian was walking down the hallway. "Little Dhampir! You are positively glowing. Wait… Oh shit." He started to hustle down the isle.
Rose jumped out of her seat and jumped on him. She brought him to the ground and pinned him down, "Never say 'Wait…Oh Shit' then walk away. 'Oh shit' what?" I heard her asked, quietly.
I strained to hear the rest of the conversation, but they were speaking to quietly. I managed to catch a few words like girl, boy and dhampir. I couldn't tell what they were talking about.
Rose got up off Adrian and walked over to her seat. She collapsed into it. "Rose?" No answer. She just stared into space. I turned to talk to Adrian but he wasn't there.
I assumed he knew what gender the baby was and wouldn't tell Rose and she was trying to figure it out. At least that was what I hoped it was. I was pulled out of my thoughts by a little body climbing up onto my lap.
"Uncle Chrissie!" It was Clarissa, I knew since she used the nickname she had for me. Jade called me Pyro, having been taught by her wonderful father. When she told me 'Daddy taught me.' I went Pyro on him.
"Hey Clairy." I said. That was what she insisted I called her, "What's up?"
"Mommy said you were going to be a daddy, will it be a boy or girl? I hope it's a baby girl. I want another sister." She continued on and on about what it would be like to have another sister, and I didn't have the heart to tell her she wouldn't be getting one, not from me and Rose anyway.
After a while I notice Clarissa had gone to sleep. I got up and brought her to Lissa. Some how Lissa had convinced me to let them tag along (compulsion much?), so there sat Lissa and Adrian, in one row (The front part of the plane were two seaters, the back were three seaters) and two car seats in the row across the isle. The one on the window's side held a sleeping baby girl. I placed Clarissa in the seat next to her twin. I turned to leave and received a mouthed "Thank You" from Lissa.
"Ladies and gentlemen, we will be descending into Saint Vladimir's Academy shortly. Please buckle your seat belts."
I sat in my seat and buckled a sleeping Saffron's seatbelt and then my own.
"Ah. Guardian Hathaway!" It was Stan. So he was the greeting committee
"Guardian Alto." I nodded back, "I would like to introduce you to you newest student. Miss Saffron Ozera. I believe you received a letter earlier this year from Mr. and Mrs. Ozera, explaining her circumstances."
"Yes. Welcome Miss Ozera." He said to Saffron.
"Thank you Guardian Alto. And I know I'm royal and all, but could you please call me Saffron." She said. She was the image of cuteness.
"Of course Saffron." Stan spotted the twins and their parents, "Princess, Lord Ivashkov and who are these two?"
"These are the heirs to the Dragomir thrown. This is Princess Jade and her sister, Miss Clarissa." Adrian said confidently indicating each of the sleeping children.
"Ah, they are beautiful." Stan said sincerely, "Prince Ozera. Can I help you with those bags?" I turned and remembered all the bags we had had rushed to the airport. Adrian and Lissa were holding their babies and in a way I was too, (I had tried to take a bag and Christian almost yelled himself hoarse, saying I shouldn't be exerting any unnecessary energy. Exerting any unnecessary energy, my ass!), Saffron carried her backpack and two small suitcases. That left Christian with all the bags.
"Yes please." Christian said. I had never heard him say please to anyone other than Lissa, Saffron, the twins and me.
"Guardian Hathaway, you should help with the luggage you know." Stan said, chastising.
"First of all Guardian Alto, call me Rose, please.And second, do you really think I got this fat on my own." I said cradling my stomach.
"Oh my god." Was all Stan could say.
"Auntie Rose!" A little body ran into me. I recognized that voice and that brown hair.
"Paul?" I asked confused.
"Yeah it's me!! I go here now! I want to be a guardian just like you and Uncle Dimka!" He said enthusiastically.
"Honey, what about Aunty Vikki?" I asked, I knew Vikki, Dimitri's little sister and Paul's aunt, was training to become a guardian.
"Rose. This is for you." Paul said serious. He handed me an envelope.
On the front in carful handwriting it read: Roza.
I hesitated but opened the envelope. Inside there was a note it read:
"Dear Roza,
If you are reading this you have followed Kirova's orders. First of all congratulations, you have finally obeyed orders. Second of all thank you. When you killed me you hit me just so. You hit my heart at an angle that only killed off the part of me that craved evil. I am still a strigoi, but I do not thirst for blood and can walk amongst the sun, I thank you for that.
I am sorry I can only leave you this note, but I am now on a mission. I had come home to tell everyone of the good news. When I got there I discovered that a band of Strigoi had killed the entire village. There was only one survivor, and that was Paul. I have already killed a good amount of the Strigoi who killed my town and family (they were still there and it was the only way to save Paul.). I ask you to raise him. He can remain at the school for most of the time, but please, become his guardian. I know this is a lot to ask, but you are the only one I can trust to do this job.
Thank you, as soon as possible I will come to reclaim my nephew. Thank you once again.
Love,
Comrade.
P.S. That name has grown on me."
I hadn't realized it, but Paul was crying, and I myself had tears running down my face. I handed the paper to Christian, who had been relieved of the bags by a few guardians.
He read it quickly. He knelt down to look Paul in the eye. "Did your Uncle tell you in this letter?" He asked Paul in a grave voice. Paul nodded, "Okay. Then you will understand when I give you my answer." He said this frowning. Could Christian possibly not allow me to take Paul in, "Welcome to the family." He said in the same voice.
It took Paul and me a few moments to figure out what he was saying. I understood the meaning when Christian started to smile.
"Come on bud. Let's go check out the dorms." He started walking towards the cafeteria.
"Um, Christian." I said, "The dhampir dorms are that way." I pointed in the opposite direction in which he had been heading.
"I knew that." He said turning and walking back the way he came and off towards the dhampir dorms, Paul trialing after him.
"Come on Saffs. Let's make sure they don't get lost." Me and Saffron laughed as we ran to catch up with the boys.
"Oh. My. God. Saffron! You got the best dorm ever!" I exclaimed. We were at the dhampir dorms. We had just gotten Saffron and Paul's room numbers.
I ran up the stairs, Saffron following me. I came to a stop in front of the last door on the right on the fifth floor. I opened the door.
There weren't too many faded spots on the walls, like most of the rooms here do. There were bight red walls and a white carpet. In one corner was the closet, in another there was the door to the hallway, which we stood near. The third one had the majority of the faded spots were.
"Why is this room so awesome?" She asked.
"You don't know!" I faked a gasp, "This room, room 546, belonged to the school badass. She escaped the school, bringing a royal moroi at age 16 only to be dragged back by a rather hot Russian Guy, don't tell your brother I said that, Then managed to kill two Strigoi while getting a bunch of moroi out of…"
"Spokane. I know. Congrats badass. I seriously got the same room as you?" She said, cutting me off.
"Yes little, miss sassy." I said.
"Rose!" I heard Christian yell from down the hall. The yell was out of fear.
I took off sprinting down the hall. There stood three, rather large dhampir eighth graders. All of which had hated Christian.
"Okay. I suggest you all back away from my charge now." I said.
They turned. The all had smirks on their faces.
"Former Saint Vladimir's Badass Rosemarie Hathaway at your service. Now I suggest you leave now." I said. None of them moved. Their smirks faltered, but only for a moment.
They ran at me, all three at a one time. I grabbed the first one's arm and flipped him over my shoulder, he flew down the hall and down into the stairwell. I grabbed another one and pinned him against a wall. I kick my leg up and dug the heel of my boot into his back, right on the pressure point. He crumpled.
I turned to face the third boy.
"I'm Jeremy. Can I have your autograph?" The boy asked, holding out a pen and a piece of paper. I looked at Christian, we both started laughing, I took the paper and signed, "Hope to see you out there Jeremy. Rose Hathaway. Badass."
JPOV:
"Look it's Ozera!" Tommy shouted. Pointing at a rather buff-looking moroi. I recognized this moroi, he was Christian Ozera. He had just graduated and he was a disgrace to the moroi world, "So Ozera!" Tommy called. Christian turned and saw us. Tommy started to walk towards Christian menacingly, "Who got stuck with you as a charge?" Christian didn't respond. Tommy drew nearer. Christian pressed up against the wall.
Since the school's badass, only known to the lower grades as Badass Hathaway, had graduated, the title for badass. From what I heard Badass Hathaway had been respected as well as feared. He was supposed to be like a god.
I realized Tommy was about to punch Christian.
"Rose!" Christian yelled. Tommy stopped.
"Aw how cute. Ozera's calling for his girlfriend." Tommy said.
"Okay. I suggest you all back away from my charge now." A female voice said from behind us.
We all turned. I kept my smirk on my face, though I recognized this girl. Belikov the same guy who had trained the badass had trained her.
"Former Saint Vladimir's Badass Rosemarie Hathaway at your service. Now I suggest you leave now." She said. I knew my friends had put it together. The badass wasn't a boy. And Belikov hadn't trained two novices at once. He had only trained one. And that novice was standing in front of us. In black high-heeled boots, black tights and a bright red sweater dress. I felt my smirk falter, but snapped it back into place. She was a girl, in high-heels and a dress, and by the looks of it, she had gained some weight.
Tommy ran at her, Jacob and me followed. She grabbed Tommy's arm and flipped him over her shoulder, like he weighed nothing. Tom flew down the hall and down into the stairwell. I stopped and watched as she grabbed Jake, who continued even after the leader had fallen, and pinned him against a wall. She kicked her leg up and dug the heel of her boot into his back, right on the pressure point. He crumpled.
She turned to face me.
"I'm Jeremy. Can I have your autograph?" I asked. I held out a pen and a piece of paper. She looked at Christian, they both laughed. I would have laughed too, but she took the paper and signed, "Hope to see you out there Jeremy. Rose Hathaway. Badass."
Christian walked passed me and said, "Oh and tell your friend Rose Hathaway got stuck with me as a charge." He grabbed Rose's hand and together they walked down the hall, hand in hand.
JPOV:
"So she seriously was begging for mercy?" A skeptical Arianna Zeklos asked.
Tommy had told the entire school that the badass was female, and he had fought her. He was somehow able to turn getting thrown down the stairs by the Rose to throwing the badass against the wall and threatening to stake her.
"Hell, yeah!" Tommy shouted.
"Class?" Mr. Morrow said, "Class?" I looked up and shut up. Standing next to him was Rose. After a few attempts of "Class? Class?" Rose took over.
"Shut the fuck up!" She yelled at the top of her lungs, "Oh and thank you Jeremy, I saw you were quiet. Might I suggest laps for every dhampir in the room, except for Jeremy, novices should behave better and listen to the teacher."
"Yeah, we listen to them like you did!" Tommy said acting tough. I think he may have actually forgotten what had really happened.
"Oh. Well when you can beat me in a fight, I will let you bend some rules."
"Hah! Aren't you Rose? Hah! You wouldn't fight a guy, unless it was tongue fighting. My brother told me all about you!" Arianna said, laughing.
"Who is your brother?" Rose asked.
"Jesse Zeklos." Arianna said.
"Ah…Jesse. Who is his guardian?"
"It's actually that Mia girl. She kicks butt, even though she is a moroi."
"Oh! Mia! I love Mia. I feel so bad for her! If you will excuse me." She walked into the hall way and made a phone call.
After a moment she walked back in. "Arianna, your brother would like to speak to you." Arianna reached for the phone.
"Nope. He said speaker phone." And so Rose turned it on speaker.
"Hello brother." Arianna said tentatively.
"What the hell Arianna! Rose called Mia and told her what you said I said! I am currently locked in the bathroom, with Mia trying to claw her way through the door!"
"Mia! That's enough." Rose said.
"Okay Rose." A sweet voice said.
"Arianna, I would never say that. It's not true. Rose is not a slut by any means. In fact she was the hottest girl in school, but she remained a virgin until… Rose? Are you still a virgin?" He directed the last part to Rose.
"Nope. Three months pregnant actually." Rose said. That makes sense why she looked fat.
"Oh congrats! Anyway she graduated high school as a virgin. And Arianna, I bet she is move selective than you are. See ya Rose. I gotta go, sorry for what she said."
"No prob, Jesse. See ya!" she hung up, "Now that that's settled…."
"Wait. You said 'when you can beat me in a fight, I will let you bend some rules' Tom already kicked your ass!" Arianna pushed.
"Is that so. Okay class. Do you all believe Jesse can kick my ass?" Everyone raised their hand but me, "Okay Tom. Let's fight. You win, me and Jeremy will run ten miles each. In fact I'll run fifty. You lose, the entire class except Jeremy runs ten miles each. The winner is the one to pin down their opponent first."
"Deal!" Tom said. Yup. He has seriously forgotten how that fight really went.
Tom walked to the front of the class. "One. Two. Three. Go." Mr. Morrow said.
Tom ran at Rose. Rose picked him up off his feet, threw him down onto the floor and pinned him down. The fight lasted less than ten seconds.
"Mr. Morrow, May I have a class list?" He handed her a list with all our names, "I expect to see you all at the gym today after school in work out cloths. Those who are not there by 3:30, will be forced to run twenty miles and serve a week of detention." She began to walk out, "Oh I forgot, why I was here!" She walked back into the room, "If you are planning to go complain to Kirova, don't bother, she resigned. The new headmistress is Princess Vasilisa Dragomir. Also I will be the new gym coach. I will run all training sessions, until next January."
"Why are you leaving in January?" A small moroi girl asked.
"I will be moving on to bigger and better things in January."
"What?" the girl asked.
"In January I will be Queen." She said.
I looked at her ring finger, as did the rest of the class. Sure enough there sat a ring. It was a large diamond, which was surrounded by gold, like the band that surrounded her finger. Along the gold that surrounded the diamond were much smaller diamonds. The large diamond in the center had a reddish glow in the center.
She saw everyone staring at the ring, "Oh and if you notice, there is a flame in the middle of the larger diamond. Anyway, now here is the larger reason I'm here. Two new students will be joining your class. I suggest you don't mess with them. The first skipped a few grades, Princess Saffron Ozera." A small girl stepped into the room. She had the same eyes and hair as her brother, but her skin was tanned. She was a dhampir, "I am her mentor. So if you mess with her, she knows how to kill you in fifteen different ways, without magic, stake, knife or any other kind of weapon. The second is Guardian Dimitri Belikov's nephew. Now Dimitri trained me. I am not related to Dimitri, imagine someone trained by Dimitri Belikov from the time he was able to walk, plus it runs though his blood." A small boy stepped in. He was bigger than the girl but not by much.
"I will see you all on the track at 3:30. Jeremy if you want, you can come, but you don't need to." And with that she left.
A.N. -
Okay long chapter. Let's have a recap:
Saffron went to school.
Rose, Lissa, Adrian, Christian, and the twins tagged along.
We find out Rose is having twins, one boy, one girl, one dhampir one moroi.
The Belikovs were all killed *tear*.
Paul is now Rose and Christian's adopted son.
Paul and Saffron skipped to eighth grade. (Paul should be in fifth, Saffron should be in third)
Christian and Rose are going to get married (Yay!!!!)
I know I'm moving this a little quickly, sorry. Get over it. My story my rules ;-D. JK. I will slow it down now. I just wanted to get to this point. I might speed though the pregnancy if I can't think of anything 'Fun' to happen *hint, hint*
*cough* ideas??? *cough*, during that time period. Until next time!