Disclaimer; I do not own Vampire Academy or any of the characters inside. Richelle Mead does.

Author's Note; This chapter is short... In fact it is REALLY short. Sorry. D8 But you'll live for now...

Midterms are over so I decided to hop onto the computer and do this chapter. I think you can hold out of a bit. I have a lot of school work to do this weekend so i might not get another chapter done for a week or so. So I'm a slow updater... Blame school. Sorry.

I hope you liked the second chapter. Here is the third. ^^

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Spirit Bound. Chapter 3. Waking Up

I WOKE UP IN A DAZE. Someone was standing over me, but I could not make out their shape. My vision cleared, and I started to focus on my surroundings. Lissa was standing over me with a worried--really worried face.

I could feel the hospital bed beneath me. Great, I was in the clinic. I am literally a regular here. I began to sit up.

"Hey, you aren't fully healed. The doctor says you should rest." Lissa calmly stated even though through the bond I could tell she as worried for my life. I quickly ignored her and sat up.

"What happened?" I asked.

"You were injured, badly, in the arena. You took quite a few hits there. You hand...it's crushed." Through the bond I could feel that Lissa felt guilty, because of the ring she gave me. She truly believed she caused my injuries. She blamed herself.

"It wasn't your fault. Guardian Shostikoff smashed it on the balance beam." I tried to calm her. I raised my left hand too look at the injuries. On my pinky, laid the ring Lissa so helplessly tried to enchant. My hand was all bandaged up leading up to my elbow.

"It was my fault. You shouldn't have worn the ring. The ring I gave you was probably let the darkness seep through." Lissa sighed. "You looked fine when you were running, but as soon as you touched the red ribbon I could see that someone was wrong--terribly wrong. I rushed to your side as fast as I could. I wanted to heal your, but Kirova told me to stay back because they needed to survey your injuries as part of your grading. I told them that I had too heal you. They wouldn't listen." Lissa was crying now. After a few moments she swallowed her tears and spoke again, this time in a lighter mood. "Well, on he upside, you did break the record of the best finishing time by seven minutes."

"Seven minutes." I murmured.

I had never thought that I could actually shave off that much time. During the entire time in the arena, my body was aching--burning almost. It was my will to fight that pushed me forward.

The moment of confidence soon shattered.

"I...fainted...as soon as...I finished. I'll never get my promise mark now." I relization of this shocked me. I was not fit to be a guardian if after ever fight I'll pass out. There is no way!

"Are you sure about that? Take this." Lissa handed me a mirror. I took is graciously and moved in a way that I could see the back of my neck. I was stunned. There was in fact the elegantly draw promise mark right there on my neck with the rest of my strogi marks.

"I am a guardian?" I questioned myself. II had become a guardian, but I might not be able to take care of my moroi--Lissa--for long. Dimitri was coming for me.

And this time it was life, death, or the undead.

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Author's Note;

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Thank you for reading.