Different Story

Chapter 24

~1 week later~

Dimitri's POV

It was pretty awesome being a strigoi. I have never felt so powerful.

Right now, I was sitting with Roza in the abandoned building we had been in a few days ago. We came back after I had awakened. We were just sitting down so I said, "Do you want to spar?" She grinned at me and said, "Hell yeah!"

We both got up and stood in a fighting stance. It felt like back at the academy but here we were free and we were much much stronger and faster now. I attacked first and she easily dodged it. Then she threw a punch to my right shoulder. I let her hit me and then grabbed her arm and threw her onto the ground. Then I pinned her.

She tried to get out but since I had just awakened I was still stronger than her. I smirked and said, "You lose."

She narrowed her eyes at me and said, "I just let you win."

I said, "Sure you did." I got off of her and helped her up.

Even as strigoi I could still beat her.

Adrian's POV

It has been one week since we had last seen Dimitri and Rose. One week! I was beginning to lose it! Not having the bond really sucked... I could feel the darkness piling up in me when I practiced charming the stake with spirit.

Lissa has improved. She could finally charm the stake with her spirit. It took her a while but she finally managed to do it. We still practiced now and then because without bond mates, we both could feel the darkness stronger in us.

I didn't have anything to do, so I began to make my way over to Lissa's room to see if she wanted to practice a bit. I got to the front of her door and knocked. I heard shuffling inside and the door opened. The person who opened the door was Christian.

When he saw me, he said, "Hey..."

Christian wasn't doing good as well. He thought of Rose as a sister already even though they only knew each other for a short time. Let's just say everyone's miserable about what had happened to Dimitri and Rose...

I said back to him, "Hey.. Can I come in...?"

Christian nods his head and moves a bit so I can get into the room. When I get inside, I see that Lissa is on her bed crying. I sat next to her and put a comforting hand on her shoulder. She looked at me and I said, "Don't worry... We will save them."

She looks at me and just nods her head. I get up and just lean against the wall.

Then suddenly, the strigoi alarm goes off. I freeze in my spot. Then I look at Lissa and Christian, they are both frozen too. Then I say, "Did the strigoi alarm just go off...?"

Christian says, "Yeah..."

And then Lissa's room door bursts open and Eddie and Mason enter. Mason says, "C'mon! We gotta get to the cafeteria, everyone's going to go there."

We all rushed out of Lissa's room and we just run for the cafeteria, with Eddie leading. We kept running and running and just as we were about to reach the cafeteria's door, someone just appeared in front of us. We all froze in our places.

I just looked at the person in front of us. I knew this person anywhere... He was my best friend after all...

I was the one who moved first. I walked took out the stake that was in my pocket and then ran towards Dimitri. I yelled a battle cry and then stuck out the stake in front of me. Just as I was about to hit Dimitri in the chest where his heart is, I was knocked on my side and I was sent flying into a wall. I groaned in pain and looked at the person who had just attacked me.

The person I saw was Rose.

They were both here... This was our chance!

I got up ignoring the pain in my back and yelled to Lissa, "This is our chance!"

Lissa looked startled and then she understood what I meant. She took out her stake from her pocket and yelled, "Hold them both down!"

After she had yelled that, Eddie and Mason jumped at Rose and Christian put flames around Dimitri, so he couldn't move.

Rose's POV

Mason and Eddie came at me and I jumped out of their reach. I turned to Dimitri and saw that I couldn't really help him because he was surrounded by fire. Then I looked at Christian. If I injured Christian he wouldn't be able to use his fire.

I made my way over to Christian but didn't make it far because Eddie jumped onto me and I stumbled forward and then Lissa came out of no where and plunged the stake into my heart. It was painful and I collapsed onto the ground. Then everything around me faded and I was pulled into the darkness.

Dimitri's POV

I couldn't do anything. I was trapped by a ring of fire. I yelled in frustration. I looked around at what was going on. Adrian was still standing there looking at me and Rose was making her way towards Christian, but she didn't get too close to him because Eddie had jumped onto her back.

I saw Rose stumble forward and then Lissa just appeared with a stake in her hand. Then she did what I never thought she would ever do.

She staked Rose.

I saw Rose fall onto the ground and I yell, "Roza!"

And then suddenly the fire disappears. I look at Christian and he looks tired. I smirk and make my way towards Lissa. She is going to pay..

I began to run towards Lissa, but then I was stopped by someone grabbing my arms. I slightly turned my head to the side so I could slightly see who was behind me. Then saw it was Mason. Damn.. I forgot about him.

Mason had pulled my arms behind my back and he managed to get me onto my knees which shocked me. I just looked straight ahead and it was only now that I noticed that Adrian was standing in front of me with a stake. I smirked at him and said, "What are you gonna do kill me...? I doubt you could do that. I'm your best friend. You can't kill me."

Adrian shook his head and said, "I'm not going to kill you... I'm going to save you..."

My eyes grew wide. Then I said, "I don't need saving."

He didn't respond and he just brought the stake over to where my heart was and plunged it in. Then I was sucked into darkness..