Chapter 2. Awakened

I awoke to the smell of something very strong. I don't know what it is, and don't care. I didn't have one of those stupid Adrian dreams-or intrusions. Wait, I didn't have an Adrian dream? Every since I came back to school, I had one dream each night. But, this time, I didn't even have a dream, just nothing.

I opened one eye slowly. Where the heck am I? I thought to my self. I should be looking for Dimitri. His name was like a slap in the face. Now I remember, Dimitri took me the other night and had done something. I opened both my eyes and sat up. I was still half asleep so I blinked a couple of times. I notice that I was in bed in the room where Dimitri kept me in the first time I came to Russia to kill him. I groaned. I had a humongous headache, and felt a little lightheaded.

I decided to check on Lis, it turns out she was wondering about me too.

She, Adrian, Christian, and Eddie were hanging out in one of the lounge rooms in the dhampir dorms watching a movie. Then I felt a flood of emotions hitting me like a hurricane. She wasn't watching the movie, no one was. Adrian had a pain look on his expression as he sat on the chair near a table and had his head in between his knees, Eddie looked pissed off and wanted to kill someone, and Christian was comforting Lissa who was crying. Yea, they're back together.

"It's going to be all right," Christian tried to sooth her. "The guardians will find her." He stroke her hair to comfort her.

"No it's not going to be ok," she sniffled. "They don't know where she is, all they know is that he took her. They probably assume she's dead." I know what she was talking about exactly. "We're supposed to graduate together; we're supposed to be together forever, that's what friends are for." Graduation was only two weeks away at the St. Vladimir's , but considering the fact that I'm stuck in this room for who knows how long, I won't be there with her. This means, I won't graduate and become her guardian.

"They will find her Lissa." Christian said. "Adrian, did you find her yet?" He asked turning toward him. Adrian still kept his head down. Eddie turned towards them as he glared at the window. It was sunrise, which meant curfew was just about to pass.

After a few moments, Adrian lifted up his head and put his hands on his lap. "Nothing." He said grimly. "I can't get into her dreams. She's either awake and I can't reach her, or something has happened." He had a thoughtful expression on his face then turned toward Lissa. "What about you cousin?" he asked her as she let go of pyro and wiped hey eyes. "Can you feel anything from the bond?"

She shook her head and sniffled. "I can't feel her, she can only feel me." Then

Adrian went back to the thoughtful expression that was on his face once again. Alberta came next to Eddie and whispered something in his ear. He nodded and she left. Lissa looked to Eddie and he nodded to her. "We have to go." she got up and gave Christian a small peck on the lips.

As she made her way to the dorms, she caught from the corner of her eye Adrian calling out to her. "Lissa!" he said catching up to her. She stopped in her tracks and looked at him. "Lissa," he said when he came up to her. "I don't think Rose can be reached through her dreams anymore."

She looked at him funny. "What are you talking about?"

"Lissa," he said with unsteadiness. He took a deep breath and said, "I think Rose is a Strigoi, or dead."

I got shot back to my own body within a second. I sat on the bed. I couldn't move, or feel anything. My body went completely numb after what Adrian had said. Dead. I know I'm not dead which means, Strigoi.

I forced myself out to look into the mirror that someone must have brought when I was asleep. I grabbed it of the off the nightstand with hope to see my reflection of tan skin, white normal teeth, and brown oval eyes. But instead I gazed into a reflection of skin so pale that it looked translucent, sharp fangs, and one thing I really didn't want to see…

My bloody, ruby red eyes that were filled with hunger.

I forgot to put this in the last chapter.

Disclaimer: I don't own Vampire Academy, Richelle Mead does. Chapter 3 will be up later on this week. And don't worry to all this Dimitri Lovers out there, he won't be the awful Strigoi in this story. Sorry if u lost faith in him, he won't be mean.