Different Story

Chapter 4

Dimitri's POV

I had just finished killing my third strigoi and I was just standing looking around the area.

I looked towards where Lissa and Rose were first. Thankfully, they looked okay.

I then looked at where the guardians were fighting. There were 7 strigoi left. We should be able to handle this.

Adrian and I were so focused on the guardians fighting that we didn't notice that there was a strigoi behind us, until we heard a growl.

We quickly turned around and stared in shock.

Rose was pinning a strigoi down. Damn how could I have not noticed that strigoi!

We were still in shock when she looked at us.

I don't think that was such a good idea on her part because she got hit on the side of her head.

I was still in shock, I couldn't move. But when the strigoi pushed Rose off and headed towards Adrian, I snapped out of my shocked state, went in front of the strigoi and punched him hard on the face. We all heard a crunch sound. I guess I broke his nose.

He cried in pain, then he lunged at me. We began punching and kicking each other. I managed to get a few hits but he did also.

We kept punching and kicking, until he kicked my ankle hard and I fell. I think he sprained my ankle. Then he was suddenly on top of me pinning me to the ground.

I was trying to get him off me, but I couldn't. He then began to try and bite me. I still kept thrashing about so he couldn't bite into my neck.

I heard someone yell, "Help him!"

But I couldn't focus on who it was, all I was focusing on was how to get this strigoi off of me.

Then suddenly someone had tackled the strigoi off of me.

I looked to see who it was. It was none other than Rose.

I watched as the strigoi tried to punch her on the side of the head again, but she blocked it. I then saw the strigoi punch her on the ribs.

When she had gotten punched, I tried getting up. I needed to help her! She practically saved my life!

I was struggling to get up, then Adrian came over to help me.

Adrian was helping me stand by keeping an arm around my waist to keep me up straight and I had my arm over his shoulder.

We just continued to watch the fight. I needed to help her.

"Adrian, I'm just going to help her out." I told him. I tried to remove his arm that was helping me up but he didn't remove it.

"Adrian, let go." I said in a firm voice.

"Dimitri, you're injured. You won't be helping her, you'll just get in the way. Besides, she's got this. She's tough." he replied.

He was right.. I would just get in the way.

So we just stood where we were watching the fight.

Then we saw her do a roundhouse kick and got the strigoi in the stomach. She then pinned him down to the ground.

While she was pinning him down, she looked around for something. What was she looking for?

Her eyes then landed on us. She then yelled, "Give me your stake!"

Ah.. so that what she was looking for.

I threw her my stake and she caught it. She then staked the strigoi, then got off of him and laid down on the ground.

For some reason, I felt like I needed to be there. Next to her. Holding her.

But I couldn't. I couldn't move away from where I was because Adrian was keeping me in place.

Adrian and I were just looking at her. We were so worried about her. She looked in pain.

She looked at us and gave us a smile to assure us that she was okay. Sure, like I was going to buy that. She was definitely in pain.

She looked away and I turned to Adrian and said, "Adrian let me go."

"No, let the guardians handle her, you're still injured." he told me.

I just sighed.

Then Matthew and Jason came to us.

When they were standing right in front of us, Adrian yelled, "Go help her!"

They nodded and went over to where Rose was.

They then began to check her injuries, then Lissa and her guardians made their way to Rose.

Lissa was looking at Rose, then Rose told her something that we couldn't hear.

Then Lissa knelt down next to Rose and did something.

Adrian and I were still looking at them.

Lissa got up first, followed by Rose. What..? She got up?

They then made their way over to where Adrian and I were standing.

They were in front of us now and they didn't say anything. Then a few seconds later, Rose nodded her head.

Then Lissa stood in front of me. What's going on?

She then touched my shoulder and I felt a hot and cold feeling go through me.

She then let go of my shoulder and Adrian let go of me. I put pressure on my leg and it felt better.

What just happened?

I was still in shock when I tested out if my leg was okay.

She healed me. That was why I felt a hot and cold feeling. She was a spirit user like Adrian.

I stopped walking and said to Lissa, "Thank you."

"No problem" she replied.

Then Adrian said to her, "Hey can you teach me how to heal? and I could teach you how to see auras and dream-walk."

She nodded her head and said to him, "Okay"

Then we started to head over to the SUVs.

I was looking at Rose while she was making her way to the SUV they used, to make sure there wasn't any danger around her. I watched her, until she was safely inside the SUV.

Why am I becoming protective of her? Why did I agree to escort her to the ball? What is happening to me?

We then got into our SUV and made our way back to the Academy.