Chapter 10- RPOV

It was Dimitri. Not high school Dimitri that I just had ice cream with, but the other Dimitri. "What are you doing here?" I asked him.

"Oh you know the obvious," I raised my eyebrows and looked at him. His neutral expression didn't change. "Look just tell your mom or whatever your going somewhere. I have to talk to you." He practically commanded me. For some odd reason I did what he said, as if I trusted him and knew he was reliable or something. Chris was surprised but didn't object. Stanton didn't say anything but I had a feeling he knew why I was going. Since I really hadn't been home more than 2 minutes, I didn't have to put my jacket on or find my keys and just walked outside.

I closed the door behind me and turned to look at him. "What did you want to talk to me about?" I asked stuffing my hands in my pockets. "I'll tell you but not here." He said. I nodded, "Where?" I asked. "We can go to a park or café, you choose," Dimitri shrugged. "Ok, but I drive," I told him firmly. Dimitri just nodded.

I decided to go to a small café about maybe 15 blocks from my house. They had the best chocolate doughnuts that I've ever tasted. I actually found it by chance. It was winter and I had parked my car and decided to walk around. Crazy I know but I wasn't that cold and I really wanted to just stretch my legs. Hardly anyone was out and it was peaceful, just walking. That's when I stumbled upon it. I walked into this cute small café, with hardly anyone in it, the smell was amazing.

I smiled slightly, making a turn and parking my car and turning off the engine. I got out of the car and Dimitri followed.

I sat down with my chocolate doughnut and my cup of hot chocolate. Dimitri followed and said, "Ok, where should I start?" He asked in a curious tone. I pursed my lips. "The beginning," I deadpanned.

He chuckled, "I suppose so," he paused. "I was sent by Princess Vasilisa to find you. It actually-" I interrupted, "Who's Princess VA-whatever?" I asked. He answered immediately, "Princess Vasilisa is a royal moroi who is the last of her line." Dimitri stated this simply as if I could understand… Wait what the hell is a Mario?

I hadn't realized I'd spoken my thoughts out loud, until he laughed. Just out right laughed, it was a rich warm sound that made half smile. "It's moroi and a moroi is a vampire. Except that they're not evil and they are born not made. This allows them to use elemental magic." He explained.

"Like my magic?" I asked curiously. "Kind of, but it's from the elements fire, water, earth, air, and-" "Spirit," I finished for him. "Yeah, how did you know that?" He asked me with a weird expression on his face. I just shrugged not really sure how I knew but I did.

Then I realized something, "If moroi are good than there are bad vampires too?" Dimitri looked surprised at my observation. He covered it though as he nodded. "I bet you have a funky name for them too?" I questioned raising my eyebrows. Dimitri nodded yet again, "Strigoi are made not born." He explained once again and I nodded. "There are two ways they are made; by force or by choice. When a moroi willingly drains its victim of blood that is how they willingly turn." He explained a hint of disgust in his voice. He continued, "There are also humans who willingly let strigoi turn them." My mouth had fallen open and I quickly shut it only to open it again, "Why would a human willingly turn into a Sergio?" I asked in disbelief. He chuckled a bit before he shrugged, than continued, "Then there is force. When a Strigoi drains their victim and feeds them their blood. The victim is forcefully turned into a strigoi." He finished and it was clear as day how much he hated the strigoi.

I nodded absorbing the information, and asked yet another question. "How can you tell difference?" He smirked and said, "They have a red ring around their eyes and never changes. Oh and they loose the ability to use magic." My eyebrows furrowed, "Then shouldn't it be easy to kill them?" I puzzled. Dimitri's face turned grim and replied, "When a moroi turns strigoi their senses and strength increase ten fold." That made sense I thought.

A sudden thought occurred, "We should get back on topic," I suggested to him. Dimitri started to explain.

-27 yr. DPOV-

So I told her, about everything. About the Princess and how Vasilisa remembers her. How the Princess sent me to find her, now I was explaining the hard part. "What do

you mean that Rachel isn't my mom?" Rose exclaimed. I sighed, "I know this must be mind boggling but that's the only way it makes sense." I told her honestly. "What do you mean?" She asked, eyebrows furrowing with confusion. I sighed again before saying, "That's the only way it makes sense because you're a dhampir, and Rachel's only human." I explained part of my theory. She pursed her lips, "But I'm a witch." She said confused.

Now it was my turn to be confused I shook my head. "No but I am. I can do the spells and everything." She insisted. "That doesn't make sense you're a dhampir. I can tell I'm a dhampir too." I told her. Rose bit her lip causing me to have a very inappropriate thought. "Not to change the subject but what is a dhampir?" She asked looking at me, making me get rid of my inappropriate thoughts. I cleared my throat. "A dhampir is a person who is half human half vampire." I frowned for a second, but quickly replaced it with my standard guardian mask.

ROSE POV

I frowned, I had caught Dimitri frowning about something but I let it go. "If I'm half human, couldn't a moroi just knock up my mom?" I asked bluntly. He smiled a bit and said, "It's possible but highly unlikely." He told me skeptically. "Whys that?" I asked immediately. He cleared his throat, "Well that's because most moroi think that they are too good for that. Actually most moroi just "knock up", as you put it, they knock up dhampir woman," He finished awkwardly.

I smirked a bit before saying, "So if my mom is not my biological mom who is?" I asked. Dimitri just gave me a dry humorless smile, "That's easy Guardian Janine Hathaway." He stated simply. "Never heard off her," I said with the same dryness and a bit of sarcasm. I could tell he wanted to roll his eyes but he didn't. I opened my mouth to speak but he held up a hand to silence me. "I have a theory if you'd like to here it?" He raised an eyebrow at me. I just nodded, jealous that he could do that one eyebrow thing.

"Ok, my theory is that you are Janine's daughter even though the file said it was a miscarriage, due to a car accident." It hit me knocking the air out of my lungs. Images spilled into my mind, to the point where it was painful. I don't know if Dimitri could tell because I wasn't seeing him any more.

-Flash Back-

It was a little me, I was talking animatedly with this shy little girl. She was blonde and could easily be mistaken for an angle had it not been for the tiny fangs in her mouth, that you could see when she smiled. We were in a big van with 2 guardians. In the drivers seat was what looked like the little girls dad. In the passengers seat was her mom. Next to the guardian next to…Lissa? Yes her name was Lissa; next to Lissa was a teenage boy that resembled her father, so it was her brother.

All of sudden there was a bright light, and a car crashed into the left side of the van. Somehow the other vehicle pushed the van all the way into a huge tree. In an instant the scene changed. No more smiling or laughing instead everyone was out cold. The car itself was just a mass of twisted metal and there was flames erupting from the engine.

Somehow Lissa had managed to regain conscious and managed to crawl out the window, with me. She dragged me a little ways away from the car. There was only one problem though, I was bleeding. There was a huge cut down my arm and on my lower leg, and my breathing was slowing more than it should. Lissa was distressed looking at the van where her family was. When she turned back to me she had tears running down her face and little me wasn't breathing. Lissa apparently saw this through her tears and started to cry some more while she leaned over me, saying "No I can't loose you! You're my bestest fwrend ever!" Some where when she was yelling this, her hands begun to glow. Then it stopped and surprisingly my little body arched as I drew in a loud ragged breath. My huge cuts in my arm and leg disappeared until only the shredded cloth remained. Lissa sniffed and looked exhaustedly down at me, before she passed out. Shortly after that little I lost consciousness too.

-End Flash Back-

I looked up to see Dimitri's concerned face. I drew in a shaky breath, my heart beating wildly, "I think I remembered."