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Bitter Blood	By : vampiresskerrigan Category: S through Z > Vampire Academy Views: 3721 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 1
Disclaimer: I, KerriganUnfiltered do not own any of the characters in this story, they are all the full right and property of Richelle Mead and the Vampire Academy series, and I do not make any profit from writing this tale.

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Lissa looked to the headmistress rather shocked with what she had just to her. She looked to her the woman who glanced up coldly from the form on her desk.
"E-excuse me?" Lissa stammered.
"Vasilissa, I wasn't aware you had a hearing impediment. " She stated venom coating her words Lissa frowning, and then cringing when the woman continued.
"You will write the queen a letter of notice of your condition, perhaps that way you might salvage your future career in court Vasilissa. " She stated, watching Lissa blanch at the very idea then looking to the male in the room.
"Guardian Egrov, please escort this miscreants back to their dorms, oh and Vasilissa? Make sure you submit your announcement to me before you send it." She stated watching the two of them leave.
Rose glanced to Adrian, leaning against his shoulder; they were nearing the chapel, a place she'd stayed away from very, very often. It was almost like she though being near the place would get her into the same kind of trouble as Lissa.
"I'm sure Lissa and Christian will be fine, though this new headmistress, I know very little about." He stated glancing to her when she pulled away.
"I wouldn't put it past her to have the same kind of intentions towards Lissa as Avery did…" She commented looking to him, he frowned a little remembering Avery, as cute as she'd been she'd turned out to be crazier than most people thought he was.
"Rose, if nothing else, the Queen will keep anything from happening to Lissa if she can't. My aunt absolutely adores Lissa; I doubt she would let anything horrid happen to her…" He commented slipping his hands into his pockets and glancing up when Viktoria emerged from the chapel, and looked to Rose.
Rose glanced up seeing Viktoria, and smiled faintly "Hey Viktoria, just checking out the chapel?" She stated looking to the other who moved over when she was spoken to.
Viktoria looked to the girl who her eldest brother had loved, who had practically seen him die, this girl who had tried to warn her about Rolan who had only really wanted her for sex.
"Well, something like that, yes…" she stated glancing back to the building behind her, she had taken solace in the familiar place, the chapel had almost reminded her of home, though it didn't quite smell the same as the churches back home she was still glad to be in a familiar place.
Glancing between the pair, she felt that something was out of place here, the air was almost awkward and for a moment she noticed that Rose wouldn't look at her. These two were hiding something? She wondered what Rose would hide from her though as she glanced back to the male she gaped a little.
"Roza?" She questioned almost uncertainly and that familiar nickname had caused Rose to jerk slightly in response, it almost hurt to hear. She glanced to the younger girl
"Hmm?" She hummed looking to the other curiously wondering where these dark feelings were coming from, there was a sudden upwelling of darkness in her. This malevolent ichor that appeared to ooze from her pores, as she looked to the other it was almost too much for Rose.
"What's going on here? Are you two together?" She questioned eyeing the two. Rose glanced to Adrian over her shoulder and sighed softly, she didn't know which would be worse lying to the girl and possibly hurting Adrian or telling Viktoria the truth and ruining the connection she had with the girl.
"Y-yes…" She finally stated hating the horrid tension in the air now, taught as a bow string, the tension did not fall lax as she had hoped it would, and looked to Viktoria who looked almost confused.
"Well, what about my brother? Have you forgotten him already? He died months ago, it hasn't even been a year and already you have another man that you are after. How do you think my brother would feel about this- this infidelity?" Viktoria had started rambling and her volume grew as she spoke, and as she got more and more worked up her English split into broken Russian.
Rose took a step back though she very much wanted to snap back at the other she blinked a little that darkness devouring her. She hadn't thought of Dimitri the way she used to in a long time, not since she had "killed" him out in the Siberian country side.
Rose looked to the other she felt the darkness gathering in her, mustering up the ability before she snapped suddenly.
"Infidelity? Your brother is dead Viktoria, and as much as I loved him, I have to accept that and move on…you think you will only love one person in your life after the initial person you loved is gone? Then you're more naïve than I thought." She snapped looking to the other unaware of where this sudden animosity came from.
Viktoria looked to Rose almost aghast at the sudden display of malevolence, in this girl whom she had thought of a sister, whom her oldest brother had loved dearly and died for (indirectly). Looking to the other who she wanted to hit more than anything else in the terribly tense moment there before the quaint little chapel, she looked to the chapel sighing softly remembering the promises she had just made to god. There was no way for her to go back on those without punishment, so she sighed turning away from the girl she had thought of as an older sister and just leaving the very act of leaving taking all of the power she had in her physical being.
Adrian looked to Rose almost aghast himself though took a moment to delve down into her aura and inspect for his self and confirmed his suspicions. There was an almost vicious upwelling of darkness in her aura spreading like an oil spill of poisonous ichor across the entirety of her shadow kissed aura, almost enveloping it entirely.
"Rose, the darkness in you is getting bad…is this all from recently?" he questioned looking to her frowning. Rose shrugged a little
"I…can't tell if it's recent of a combination of older and newer, but I need to get Lissa to try and heal it out of me…" She commented looking to him and he shook his head.
"Rose, Lissa is probably spending time with Christian right now…give them some time, I can try to heal the darkness out of you instead." He offered, and she sighed softly wondering faintly in the dark recesses of her mind if she would regret doing this later though nodded, moving after him back to his room.
Upon returning to Adrian's room which had a sort of thick heady smell floating about it and he smiled when he caught her expression.
"Incense," he commented offhandedly, looking to the other and moved to sit on the bed patting the spot next to him. "Well come on now Rose, it's not the first time you've been in bed with me…" he teased, trying to lighten the mood a little.
Rose moved over sitting next to him, she almost felt nervous, knowing that this was risky and that it would take a lot out of Adrian. She almost wished that he had a shadow kissed bond mate at this point. Sighing softly and waiting as he prepared to heal her, feeling the warmth of his hands on her cheeks. Not needing to wonder for a moment what if felt like to heal, knowing that already from her bond with Lissa.
She felt the light, sensation of his healing magic flowing into her; she could almost feel the darkness being sapped from her this dark ichor being vacuumed from her very being. She almost felt a slight pull at her shadow kissed soul. The darkness being lifted from her very being was an enormous relief.
She felt Adrian pull away moments later and looked to him. He looked utterly exhausted, his dark hair hanging into his eyes, Rose reaching out to him leaning in giving him a soft kiss, and speaking softly.
"Thank you…" she said, and he smiled, as he watched her for a moment, the healing had taken a lot out of him.
Adrian laid back for a moment on the pillows of his bed, looking to her. "Feel any better Rose?" he questioned knowing already that she did, though she didn't respond, she merely smiled lacing her fingers through his and stretching out next to him and laying her head on his chest.
Rose shifted where she lay, wondering why her bed was so warm, turning over with a soft groan, and her eyes cracking open sharply when she heard a chuckle. She wasn't quite sure why she jerked away at the sound though looked to Adrian who looked to her still a little groggy, though despite that he gave her a questioning once over.
"Rose?" He murmured groggily looking to her curiously. Rose looked at him, brushing hair out of her eyes, and shrugged.
"I'm used to waking up in my room…" She commented glancing around, though as she caught sight of the time on the clock, she nearly gapped springing from the bed, and moving to pull her shoes back on.
Adrian stood stretching a little pulling his shirt back into place, scratching his stomach lazily and silently craving a cigarette. Though watching her move around the room, and watching her dart for the door he seized her by the wrist. "Rose" He spoke her name, before leaning in and kissing her tenderly, his hand cupping her cheek.
When she pulled away she was looking to him curiously. "Adrian?" She questioned, and he grinned shaking his head a little.
"Head to class little dhampir, you're already late…" He commented glancing to the clock and watching as she left.
Rose practically sprinted from the guest housing her hair mussed and her clothing wrinkled and rumpled. Sprinting across the quad and to the main building where lunch was usually held glad that she was coming late to lunch and not an actual class. She rushed in running her fingers though her hair, to smooth it out, and rushed through the line to find Lissa and Christian sitting together at a lunch table on their own. Lissa looked very tired, and stressed, looking to Rose surprised when she sat down.
"Rose, where have you been?" she questioned looking to her bond mate. Rose shook her head a little sighing softly nibbling on a sandwich she had gotten.
"I slept in…" she said looking to the other ignoring Christian's cocky almost all too knowing look.
Though she glanced up to see that Lissa looked rather uncomfortable, though noticing moments later that the table was empty of everyone else who normally sat with them. Glancing around she noticed the air that permeated around her friends. There was a thick uncomfortable tension surrounding them, and she could feel darkness dwelling in her friend. Frowning and looking towards Lissa and Chirstian.
"Did I miss something?" Rose question looking to her best friend; Lissa sighed softly looking to her friend looking rather upset at this point. Lissa shook her head a little glancing around and Christian looked rather irritated by this point. Rose gave him a questioning glance before looking back to Lissa, and around catching sight of two girls eyeing them from their table, whispering and giggling simultaneously.
"Does anyone know?" She questioned looking to Lissa, who by this point had her head in her hands.
"Yes, everyone knows…" She said at this point sounding rather irritated, and Rose felt a little taken a back then felt even guiltier when she spied Viktoria crossing the cafeteria towards a solitary table near a large wall of windows the faces the courtyard outside the cafeteria.
Frowning and looking to Lissa and Christian "I'll be back in a minute" She murmured, getting up and moving off towards the table Dimitri's little sister sat at, geez even thinking that hurt, especially because she was so like him at times. Approaching her from behind, because she already had her back to the rest of the cafeteria anyhow, Rose cleared her throat and Viktoria turned to look at her and spoke "Can I help you Rose? Or are you here to verbally assault me twice in one day?" She questioned icily.
Rose sighed shaking her head, ouch that had hurt, grabbing a seat next to the girl. "Look, I didn't mean to get all up in your face about Dimitri, it's just…well it's actually a little complicated…" She trailed off, though catching the irritated, yet questioning look crossing Viktoria's face she sighed and launched into a condensed version of how spirit worked when the user was linked to a bond mate.
Viktoria nodded as Rose finished "So, you came over here to tell me this why?" She questioned looking to the obviously still angry with the other.
"I just, I guess I wanted to apologize for earlier, it gets hard with all that darkness bearing down on you like a lead weight. You should know that I've seen your brother and he is hardly the same…being "awakened", as they call it…" Rose hesitated a moment, rather shaky over the memory of how changed he had been, how he seemed to have stopped loving her completely after his change, though Viktoria beckoned her to continue, the girl was curious now.
"It really changed him, he is very cold outwardly, he tried to be giving and there could be the real him struggling to get out, there may be a way to save him but…: Rose trailed off making a face the task seemed nearly impossible.
"But what?" Viktoria questioned looking to the girl her attention rapt.
"There is still information I have to gather on it, and I would have to do some research, do you know who Victor Dashkov is?" Rose paused and at the other's nod she continued.
"His brother may know the key to this, the only issue is that we have to get through Victor first and he isn't very fond of me…" She commented
Viktoria looked pensive for a moment before looking to the other and questioning "Well, what will you do if you can't get the information? Or it doesn't work?" She inquired.
Rose sighed, her hands shaking at this point, "I would have to kill him…" She trailed off now cautious of the girl who looked rather alarmed.
"Why? Why if you loved my brother would you do this?" Viktoria practically shrieked looking to the other angrily yet again.
Rose sighed looking to the other "He's already coming after me, and as it goes right now your brother wants me to join him and his undead cohorts. "She commented her voice raising a little the kids sitting nearby were staring and the rest of the cafeteria was turning to look and Viktoria stood jerkily shoving her chair away from the table, and Rose stood cautious of the other taking a careful step back, not really wanting to fight the girl if it came to that.
"You truly are despicable, you would kill him, and you couldn't just let him go…" She spat back at the other.
"He would kill me otherwise! How dare you assume that this isn't hard for me…I did love your brother and I…part of me still does! I can’t help it if I must kill him to get on with my life; to allow him to remain as he is would be an insult to what he was before he was "awakened"; now he is nothing but an empty shell of the man he used to be!" All the training in the world really couldn't have prepared Rose for what occurred next. Viktoria swung, hard and the hit landed striking Rose in the left eye and she fell back against the glass looking utterly stunned, though her expression changed easily and she recovered quickly, now her temper out of control and she swung at Viktoria a blow landing right on her temple, the blow hard enough to actually knock her out at once, and in a moment Rose was pressed right back into the wall, a guardian she wasn't terribly familiar with holding her against it and she thrashed for a moment to get free, though sighed as Alberta approached with another guardian and as the other guardian bent down to pick up Viktoria and carry her to the infirmary, Alberta moved over to Rose looking rather disappointed.
"Hathaway, why is it that you can't be here two weeks without fighting or getting into some form of trouble?" She inquired, and Rose looked even angrier glancing past Alberta to her classmates who were on their feet and gaping like idiots, except for Lissa, who was actually crying, and Christian was trying to console her.
"She actually started it and threw the first punch…we had an argument earlier also I was trying to talk to her calmly and rationally until she got really angry…" She responded as the guardian holding her against the wall started ushering her out of the cafeteria and Rose blinked as they stepped out onto the quad to cross it to get to the headmasters office and nearly swore, he eye socket was really tender, Viktoria had hit her pretty hard, and she was sure that she would need some ice for her eye at least, and she was positive she would have another black eye, lucky her.
They turned, heading up to the building and Rose looked to the other guarding who was solemnly pulling her along towards the building ahead, recognizing him as the Guardian who had escorted Lissa and Christian earlier. What had his name been? Damn, she couldn't remember, though glanced over to Alberta who wore a similar somber expression to his.
Soon enough they were before the headmistress's office and at this point Rose almost missed Kirova, which was excruciatingly odd for her, but Kirova would have been a welcome adversary to this frigid bitch.
They headed in and Rose read the name plated not even liking the sound of the name in her mind, Headmistress McClellan; she made a face at the very idea of it. Though she started at the sound of her voice, it was sharp and almost nasally.
"Guardian Egrov, "That's right! That was his name why did that sound familiar though? Rose sighed wondering as the two spoke and she jerked when Alberta nudged her.
"Miss Hathaway, do you have a hearing problem?" The headmistress questioned, and Rose shook her head.
"Then explain to me what happened exactly" McClellan responded sharply and expectantly.
"Viktoria and I had an argument out by the chapel today, just outside of it actually, and later today at lunch I wanted to talk to her about it, and try to apologize and get us over what we were fighting about except that when I explained it to her in further detail, she got really angry and she punched me in the eye, have you ever been hit in the face?" She explained looking to the other doubtfully as she waited for a response.
"No Miss Hathaway, I'm a Moroi, how often do you see moroi fight?” She responded primly.
Rose though about it for a moment "Not much, "She conceded.
"What's your point?" She questioned eyeing the other.
"Well, you probably don't know this but most people, when they get decked in the face this hard, they can lose their temper and retaliate, violently.”She responded drily.
"I don't appreciate sarcasm Hathaway, "She commented flatly.
Rose looked a little irritated by this point, but she did her best not to have a fit in this office.
"However, seeing as this isn't your first offense, and other punishments don't seem to work, you and Guardian Egrov here will run ten miles at the end of every day until exams." She said her eyes shining with what appeared to be amusement. "If you two could escort her over to the clinic and have the nurse look at her eye, "she commented looking to the two that had escorted Rose to her office.
Rose sighed looking little irritated as the nurse, checked her eyes for what felt like the fiftieth time in an hour to make sure she didn't have a concussion, Rose twitched a little as the final bell rang, and watched the nurse move over to an ice bin and fill a bag with ice, and sealing it shut, wrapping a towel around it before handing it to her, and ushering her out after scolding her for the hundredth time to be more careful.
Rose sighed shaking her head pressing the ice over her tender eye and moving off, to where she knew she could find Lissa and Christian, in the classroom Lissa and Adrian used to practice magic in.
As she walked in Lissa was setting out some potted plants that were more than a little worse for wear. Christian was putting another on a desk next to the one Lissa was standing next to, though when Lissa saw Rose she froze and tears gathered in her eyes yet again and she started crying as she rushed to her friend again, Rose could feel how worried she was through their bond. The two hugged for a few moments, Rose rubbing her friends back lightly and speaking softly to her that she was alright, and that she was sorry before Lissa pulled away reaching for her, and Rose knew what she intended to do immediately. Rose pushed away her hand shaking her head,
"Don't waste your magic on me…" she commented giving a small smile, though starting when a voice sounded behind her.
"What's wrong?" Adrian questioned offhandedly, seeing the look on Lissa's face, as she glanced to him then back to her friend who still had the ice in her hand, however her eye was a mixture or blue and red staining her skin and her eye had started to swell shut.
Rose refused to look at him though as he came around his expression changed rapidly from curiosity to deep anger.
"What happened?" He questioned, his eyes darkening from their usual green to a dark forest green, so dark it was nearly black.
"I got into a fist fight, nothing terribly unusual, " Rose responded trying to play it off, shrugging a little, moving over to one of the potted plants on the ground, and moving to put it on a desk though Adrian followed after her.
"Who did this?" he questioned looking to her, and Rose sighed after setting the plant on the desk looking to him.
"Viktoria hit me, and I kind of accidentally knocked her out…" She commented looking almost guilty, the thought of being hit in the eye nearly made her blood boil.
"Accidently?" Christian questioned from across the room, "It didn't look like that from the outside…" he commented.
Rose scowled a little looking to him, "I don't know what happened really, I barely remember doing it, it's like I just blanked out…" She commented trailing off.
"What did you tell her that set her off anyhow? "Lissa questioned.
"I told her about Dimitri and what I have to do after graduation…"
"We have to do" Lissa commented, not missing how Christian stiffened suddenly, and Rose looked to her friend frowning now.
"Lissa I hate to say this but, you really aren't in the best condition to go and hunt down Victor or Dimitri…" She commented.
Lissa scowled, though she knew it was true, and she knew it could take a long time. She didn't want to lose her best friend again, and the mood in the room had darkened so Lissa decided to shift their attention.
"Alright, So I was thinking that today we might work a little more with healing, just to warm up and then from there I want to practice aura seeing a little more" She commented looking to Adrian who nodded, looking after Rose who moved to have a seat not far from them.
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