Different Story

Chapter 20

~Few days had passed since the strigoi took Rose~

Lissa's POV

I was currently sitting and talking with Adrian in his room. We were trying to think of what to do if Rose was really...dead.

We were quiet and then Adran said, "What if she wasn't dead...? How bout if she was undead...? What if she was a strigoi...?"

I froze.

What is she was a strigoi...? What could we do?

I said, "If she's a strigoi... how do you think we could save her...?"

Adrian was silent.

Then he said, "If she were strigoi... we would have to... kill her..."

I got up and said, "There must be another way to save her! We can't kill her!"

"I don't know any other way! She probably wants someone to kill her!" he yelled back.

I sat back down and said, "There should be some other way..."

"Don't worry, I'll look for another way... Now you should probably get some rest..."

I nodded, got up and made my way to my room.

On the way, I bumped into Dimitri. Literally.

"Oh sorry Lissa..." he said.

I smiled at him and said, "Don't worry about it."

He said nothing and began to walk away. But I said, "Hey Dimitri?"

He looks at me and asks, "Yes? What is it?"

"Wh-what i-if Rose was a s-strigoi... what would you do?" I stammered because I was afraid about how he would act.

He looked shocked at what I asked and then he had no emotion on his face and said, "I would have to kill her..."

And then he walked away.

I just stood there.

Was that the only option...? Wasn't there any other option...?

I sighed and continued to make my way to my room.

Adrian's POV

After Lissa had left, I made my way over to the library to find information. If there was information to find...

I got to the library and began to look for books about strigoi.

A few minutes of looking and I found about 7 books about strigoi. I sat down on a vacant chair and began to read.

I just kept reading and reading, until I read something that surprised me.

The title read, "How to turn a strigoi back to a Moroi, Human or Dhampir."

This was interesting... I have never heard anything about this before. I didn't even know it was possible...

I began to read every single line carefully.

Few minutes later, I was done reading.

This is the most... awesome thing ever!

If Rose was a strigoi we could turn her back into a Dhampir!

I closed the book and told the librarian that I was going to borrow the book for a while. She nodded her head and I bolted out of the library and headed to Lissa's room.

Lissa's POV

I was just lying down on my bed when all of a sudden Adrian burst in without even knocking.

I was surprised and said, "What are you doing here?"

Adrian was trying to catch his breath so I just waited until he would speak.

After a few more breaths, he said, "Read this." Then he handed me a book about strigoi.

I looked at him confused and he just said, "Read it."

I flipped through the pages and then I saw the title, "How to turn a strigoi back to a Moroi, Human or Dhampir."

I looked at Adrian with wide eyes and he just nodded at the book, urging me to continue reading.

I read it.

I re-read each line again and again, so that I wouldn't miss anything.

When I was done, I said to Adrian, "Do you think it is possible? If we charm a stake with spirit and then stake the strigoi they would turn back to whatever they were before..."

He replied, "Who knows... but this is the only shot we got if Rose is a strigoi..."

I nodded and said, "Then we would need to practice our staking."

I got up and headed for the door.

Then Adrian said, "Where are you going?"

I looked at him and said, "I'm going to learn how to use a stake."

Adrian got up and said, "I'm coming too."

We made our way out of my room and began walking to Dimitri's room. When we got to his room, Adrian asked me, "What are we doing here?"

I replied, "I'm going to ask him to teach us."

He snorted and said, "Do you really think he's going to teach us?"

"Yes, when I tell him it's to save Rose."

I knocked on the door and then Dimitri answered it. He looked confused and asked, "Can I help you?"

Adrian and I went into his room without being invited in and Dimitri just closed the door.

I sat on the floor and Adrian sat next to me. Dimitri was standing in front of us with a confused expression. Then I asked him if he could teach us how to us a stake.

He immediately said no, but when I told him about what we had read and that if Rose was a strigoi we could turn her back he thought about it for a while and then said he would teach us.

We began to practice by using Dimitri's stake on a pillow. Dimitri held the pillow while Adrian and I tried to get it through.

We did it about 20 times or more before it actually went through the pillow.

Now all we had to practice on was how to charm it.

I tried first, I failed. Then Adrian tried it, he failed too.

We kept trying but it seemed like it wasn't working.

I think that it has been at least 2 hours since we began training with Dimitri, when suddenly the strigoi alarm went off.

We all froze in our spots.

Dimitri was the first to move from his position and he said, "Both of you we need to hurry to the commons."

When he said that Adrian and I snapped out of it and the three of us ran as fast as we could to the commons.

Dimitri's POV

I was running behind Adrian and Lissa when suddenly they stopped. Why did they stop running?

I stopped behind them, then I heard a voice say,

"What? You guys scared of me?"

I knew that voice anywhere.

I stood next to Adrian and just looked at the person. The person was very pale and their eyes were ringed with red.

Roza...

She was here, as a strigoi and looked ready to kill.