Two Years Earlier
I was waiting at the front of the office waiting for my mom's so called long lost friend who hasn't even tried to contact her in 17 years. After reading mom's dairy I'm just too curious about considering that she died about a year after she gave birth to me but my mom's friend Sydney, an alchemist, took care of me after she died and even buried her too but I'm not sure anyone knows about her death yet.
I was too caught up with my thoughts that I didn't even hear the door open and close. There stood a woman with blond hair in a messy bun in a pink blouse and white skinny jeans and a man with black hair and icy blue eyes, behind them was a boy who looked like he was around my age with blond hair and icy blue eyes like the older man's. Then the woman started speaking, " Are you Rozalia Hathaway?" she asked me.
"Yes I am, who are you?" I asked her but she started having tears in her eyes and started speaking frantically to the man.
"Christian, its her! It's really her! We finally found her!" "Really Liss?" he asked as he started to look at me. "Oh my god it really is her, she looks exactly like Rose!" he exclaimed, wait a minute did he just say Rose? That's my mother's name why would they know it? Unless… I trailed off.
"Is you're name Christian Ozera?" I asked the man, he seemed startled that I knew his name. Huh, it really is them then, I can't believe it they were finally here, after all this time.
"Yeah, my name's Christian but how did you know?" he asked me.
"Your name was mentioned in my mom's dairy, her name is Rose Hathaway, in her dairy she said you were like the brother she never had but always wanted even though she was never going to admit that to you, well at least not to your face," I told him even though mom never would have and then I showed them the diary.
The woman had tears in her eyes and the boy who was about my age looked at his mother then back at me wondering what was happening and as if right on cue Christian started with the introductions. "Okay since you already know my name we can skip that part, this is my wife Vaslisa Dragormir and to my right is my son who is the same age as you and his name is Carter Ozera Dragormir and now its your turn," he introduced.
"Well my name is Rozalia Hathaway," I told them, I didn't want to tell them my full name yet not until the time was right but mostly its because I can't fully trust them yet not even from all the things my mom has told me about them in her dairy.
"Well now that the introductions are over I just wanted to say that's its great to finally get to meet you," Lisa hugged me in a bone-crushing hug that was usually descried in my mom's dairy.
"Um… Lisa…. can't…. breath, "I chocked and then she let me go and apologized.
Then all of a sudden out of nowhere Christian's phone rang, he steppe outside for a minute and then came back with a smile on his face.
"Well, I have some great news, we're all going to Russia and Rozalia can come with us, Aunt Tasha just called and invited us to visit her and the Belikovs since she's going to visit them with Guardian Belikov, is that alright with you Rozalia," he asked me. Well I've always wanted to visit Russia, and this might be my only chance to meet my father in 17 years.
"Sure, I'd love to go with you guys, oh and I almost forgot. You can call me Roza, according to Aunt Sydney, mom used to call me that all the time and because it was the nick name my father gave her," I confessed to them although I'm pretty sure they don't even know who he is.
"That's great, well then everyone, pack your bags we're leaving for Russia in 5 hours, Roza we'll meet you at the airport okay, can you get Sydney to drive you to the airport after you're done packing, we'll meet you there," said Christian and with that we went our separate ways.
We've been on the plane to Russia for about 4 hours now and had only about 2 hours to go. On the way there I got to know Carter better and I found out that he had an older brother who was about a year older than him and he had specialized in 2 elements; one of them was Fire and the other was Spirit.
I told him a little bit about myself too, I graduated early and had gotten my promise mark from Alberta through a few of her connections, though I don't have an official charge yet but I know from Alberta that I'm close to my mother's level or even surpassed her when she was my age.
They were all surprised to hear that but with that we had reached Russia. A few SUV's were there to pick us up; I was surprised to find Grandpa Abe standing next to one of them.
I run up to him and hugged him "Grandpa! What are you doing here I thought you had some business to take care of in Turkey with Grandma," I exclaimed, I was really happy to see him.
"Well, we finished early and I heard that you were coming to Russia with Lisa and the others so I thought I would surprise you and in case you were wondering Grandma Janine's at Mark and Oskana's house," he told me while he hugged me tight. After my mother had died Grandpa Abe and Grandma Janine were the ones who looked after me and had taught me how to fight thus I graduated early.
During our discussing I had completely forgotten that Carter and everyone else was standing there with their mouths hanging down. Oh. Right, I forgot to tell them about Abe and Janine, Oh Well like mother like daughter. During the car ride to the Belikov's house I told everyone about Grandpa Abe and Grandma Janine. They didn't seem so surprised about Grandma Janine being my grandmother but when I told them that Abe was my grandfather they just sat there with their mouths hanging open and stared at us like we had 3 heads or something.
Well after a few hours of explaining and being stared at we finally reached the Belikov's house. As we got out of the car Grandpa Abe dragged me to the side where no one noticed and from the look in his eye it means that he has something to tell me.
"What's wrong Grandpa?" I questioned him, it unusual to see him act this way.
"Listen Ro I need you to stay clear of Guardian Belikov and keep your identity a secret from him," he told me, well this was a first but I already knew that I should keep my real identity a secret from him and I already decided that I wasn't going to tell him until I knew why he left my mother and if he even loved her at all.
"I know what to do already Grandpa. I already decided to not tell him who I really was until the moment is right and I don't think that moment is going to come any time soon and I don't think that I can keep it a secret from him and tell him that I'm his so called soul mate's daughter is such a good idea," I told him, I knew that even if I were to tell him who I really was I don't think he'll ever believe me and I didn't feel comfortable doing a DNA test.
"I know that you've thought about this, I just want you to be careful, god knows your mother never was, I'm just glad that you're a lot careful then she ever was," he joked but I can see it in his eyes, his and Grandma Janine's, whenever they spoke of mom their eyes would be filled with sadness and a spick of anger in it and I know that spick of anger is because of my father.
"I will Grandpa you don't need to worry about me I'll be fine I won't say anything I just wish mom could've seen him one last time before she left," I told him as a lone tear escaped my eye.
"Me too Ro, me too," I answered me and right at that moment Lisa yelled.
"Roza come on the Belikov's and Tasha's at the door greeting us."
"Coming!" I yelled back as we ran to the door but I stopped as soon as I got close and stared at the people in front of me, my other grandparents and father.
"Roza?" he said but it was more like a question but I think its because he was the one who gave that nickname to mom.
"Yes? How do you know my name?" I questioned him, I need to play dumb and pretend to not know who he is.
"What, you don't remember me?" he asked but was replied by Lisa before I had a chance to answer.
"Guardian Belikov, everyone, I would like to introduce you to Rozalia Hathaway," she introduced.
"Hathaway, as in Rose Hathaway's daughter," the old woman stated but it sounded more like a question.
"Yes, nice to meet you but how do you know my mother," I questioned them even though I already knew the answer.
"Well, my son has told me a lot about her when she was his student but they haven't kept in contact after he left and became Natasha's Guardian," she told me, but that wasn't the case at all.
"Oh, I see. Thank you for telling me," I thanked her and she nodded back to me.
"Oh my God you look just like Rose did when she was 17," Tasha spoke for the first time.
"I know Aunt Tasha that's what we thought for the first time, actually yesterday was the first time we met her," Christian informed her.
"Well, we're glad we just found her, it took us 16 long years to find her and we finally did," Lisa told her.
"Well lets all go inside I'm sure you're all hungry by now after that long flight," the old woman lead us inside.
Once we were inside and had lunch all the questioning started.
"So Rozalia why isn't your mother here with you," asked Tasha. God I hoped this question wouldn't turn up but she just had to shatter my hope like she shattered my mother's.
"Um.. My mother's not here with me because.. She's dead," I replied in a small voice looking down at my knees.
"What?" That came from Dimitri.
" She's dead, she has been for the last 16 years," I explained while I looked up everyone stared at me with shock and sadness in their eyes except for Grandpa who chose to still silent throughout this whole entire conversation.
"What… How can she be dead…?" Lisa asked, her voice breaking at the end.
"Mom died a year after she gave birth to me but I don't know what caused it, no one ever told me, not even Aunt Sydney," I whispered.
After that everyone was silent. No one spoke, no one wanted to, not after being told by your best friends daughter that your best friend has been dead for 16 years. After a few more moments of silence, Tasha (that stupid scar-faced bitch) decided to break it.
"Well why don't we all head to bed I'm sure everyone's tired from the trip," she said happily as if the death of my mother was something to celebrate but everyone nodded in agreement that we should head to bed and with that Grandpa spoke.
"Well we best be going Ro, Janine's waiting for us to get back since we stayed longer than expected," he said to me and I nodded my head in agreement.
"Well she can stay here, I'm sure we have an extra bedroom here somewhere right mama," Dimitri asked.
"Of course since Sonya and Karolina got married and moved out they'll be returning to their houses and Victoria is staying at Nikolai's, we have enough room for everyone," Olena told everyone.
"That's alright Olena. Janine is waiting for us at Mark and Oskana's house, and its been a while since Janine has seen her, she would have my head if I didn't bring here with me," he joked but I'm sure what he was saying was true about Grandma having his head.
"Well alright then we'll see everyone in the morning but Abe before you go I must insist that you, Janine and Rozalia have breakfast with us in the morning," Olena smiled.
"Alright we'll be here around 9 in the morning, now that that's settled shall we go Ro," he asked me.
"Yeah okay Grandpa, bye everybody see you in the morning," I said my goodbyes.