Waiting for you

Chapter 1

Chapter 1.

RPOV

Thunk. I felt and heard my stake being shoved into the heart of the Strigoi that stood in front of me. His body froze, and slumped to the floor. I turned around and looked for the next threat. Only, there weren't any. Around Christian and I were piles of Strigoi bodies. I wiped my stake on a nearby body and looked to the sky, which was just starting to turn pink, and a hint of sun was peaking above the thick trees that surrounded the school. I looked to Christian.

“You okay?” I asked. I was still running on adrenalin, and knew he must be too. Sure enough I felt my arms and legs starting to go weak as I saw all the death around me. I mean sure, they were heartless (metaphorically), emotionless, evil creatures who deserved to die, but at the same time, they used to be just like me. They used to be Moroi and Dhampir, and whenever I took a step back after killing a Strigoi, the full weight of that put pressure on me.

“Yeah, just a little tired.” Answered Christian, interrupting my thoughts.

“Rose!” called a voice. I turned around to see Alberta jogging towards me.

“Is everyone okay?” I asked, panicking, immediately thinking of Lissa and Dimitri.

“Yeah they're fine, a few injuries, but no deaths thank god.” Answered Alberta. I looked at her weather worn face and saw that she'd been just as scared as me. A massive band of Strigoi working together was not common.

I glanced over to Christian just in time, as I saw his legs give way. I rushed over to him and caught him just in time.

“Woah, alright there, Pyro?” I asked him, despite my joking attitude I really did care if he was okay or not.

“Yeah, I think I just used a bit too much magic, I'll be okay here in a second.” He removed himself from my grasp and sat down on the ground. He took deep breaths and looked up at me.

“See, all better!” Christian smiled.

“Well, alright but I think we should go inside. Plus, I need to see how Lissa's doing.” Christian immediately stood up.

“Well, lets go then!” He said, starting to walk ahead of me, towards the Moroi dorms. Jeez, he really did only need a second to recover.

Christian, Alberta and I walked to the Moroi dorms, occasionally supporting Christian as he stumbled. He clearly out did himself, but it was worth it. The fire he used was a big help, especially as it was just me and him against twenty or so Strigoi.

We walked opened the door to the dorms, and climbed the stairs to the first level, where we knew Eddie was keeping the Moroi safe.

“Rose! Christian!” A blond whirlwind suddenly attacked Christian and I in a massive hug. “Thank god you guys are okay!” Lissa cried, sobbing a bit.

“Shh..it's okay now! They're all gone!” I comforted her.

I continued hugging her until I could feel her emotions starting to calm down, and went to check on the rest of the Moroi. Eddie was among them, soothing them and telling them that they'd be able to go soon.

When I finished my assessment of the room, I walked outside to get some fresh air. I turned the corner and saw Adrian healing a small boy who had fallen over in the panic.

“See, it's not bad anymore!”He soothed the boy in a soft voice. The little boy sniffled, stood up and ran away towards the elementary side of campus.

Adrian turned around and saw me. His worried face instantly melted into a smile as he saw me.

“Rose! Are you okay? You're not hurt are you? Do you want me to heal that?”

“Heal what?” I asked, a little confused.

Adrian nodded to the top of my arm, where there was a long tear in my clothes, and a cut, which was leaking a little blood.

“Oh, erm, if you want, but don't over do yourself.” I said worriedly, I'd just had to take away all of Lissa's spirit induced darkness, which made me turn into some angry, attacking monster, who (satisfyingly) broke Jesse Zeklos' nose.

“It's fine, I'm doing okay.” he smiled at me, and moved closer. He moved his hand on top of the cut and I flinched at the sudden contact onto the raw skin. I noticed how soft and warm his hand was, and as I looked into his emerald green eyes that were so much like Lissa's, I felt the familiar hot, cold, hot, cold sensation of being healed by a Spirit user. I dragged my eyes away from his sparkling ones, and looked at my arm, which was now fully healed, and just looked a little pink. He removed his hand from my arm.

“Well, I've got to go see if anyone needs my help, so I'll just be off.” He smiled, looking a little wistfully at me, and then started to leave. His retreat was suddenly halted however, by a white light that streaked through the sky, and landed in between us. It was a phoenix that looked like it was made from smoke. Or silk. Or maybe both.

A loud voice boomed out of it suddenly, making both Adrian and I jump.

“Rose, we need your help desperately. He's starting to gain power and is corrupting the ministry. I need your best fighters from the Academy to come here, and help with the war. I haven't said too much in case this message falls into the wrong hands, but I trust that you know of what I speak. I'm counting on you Miss Hathaway.” The voice trailed off and the Phoenix dissipated into nothing.

There was a silence as Adrian and I both stared at the spot where the creature had just been.

“Have I been using too much Spirit, or did a bird made of smoke just fall out of the sky and start speaking to us?” he asked me, looking around like he was expecting someone to jump out and shout “Surprise!”.
“It's a patronus.” I corrected him automatically. “And you're not going crazy.” I hesitated just a second longer, and then my Guardian reflexes kicked in as I ran to the Guardian meeting room, where I knew my mom and the people I needed to talk to would be.

“Rose! Hang on a second!” Shouted Adrian behind me.

I ignored him and kept running. I burst through the doors and looked around at my mom, Alberta, Dimitri and Stan.

I caught my breath and said, “Albus Dumbledore needs our help. Now.”