So I know, it's been like what? More than a month? Wow, thats bad ! im so sorry. School... it kinda got in the way. :/

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Chapter 6.

"Lissaaaaaaaaa!" I squealed in excitement as jumped down out of the car and ran across the tarmac at the airport. Lissa jumped the last couple of steps to the ground and bolted toward me, squealing in very much the same way I had. As soon as she got close enough to me, she threw herself into my open and waiting arms, gripping me in a vice hug. She was strong for a Moroi.

"Jesus Christ, Liss, you're gonna squish the hell out of me," Lissa immediately released her hold on my middle and stepped back.

"Ooops," she grinned sheepishly. "Sorry Rose."

"Never mind, you're here now!" I never liked going long without seeing my best friend and my charge, and even a couple of days was torture. I was her guardian, so I was the one who was meant to be looking after her, and being away from my charge always put me a little on edge. It wasn't that I didn't trust my colleagues with Lissa because I definitely did. It was more to do with the fact that I felt it was my duty to be there for her on a constant basis as I had since we were in kindergarten. It was merely a naturally inbuilt instinct. They come first. "Speaking of you being here, would you care to inform me as to why you're here exactly? I mean, you, as the queen of the Moroi world could hardly fly across the world just to see me, your fabulous and wonderful best friend." I flashed a golden smile in her direction. Lissa giggled.

"I'll tell you later." I frowned at her.

"Buuut Lissssaaa!" I complained.

"Stop whining and get in the car, Hathaway," a deep voice with a very pronounced Russian accent travelled to me. I turned around to face the familiar person, a grin already spreading across my features.

"Keslav!" I shouted. "Now there's the man I've been looking for. How are you doing pal?" I loved to tease Marko Keslav. He was a stoic and very serious guardian who worked as part of the Queen Vasilisa's royal guard. I had known the man for over a year now and not once had I ever seen him reveal even half a smile. I gave him credit for his seriousness about his work, but he needed to let lose a little and live every once in a while. "Miss me so much already that you just had to get on a plane and come and see me?" I gave him a wink along with my award winning man eater smile. His composure never cracked even the tiniest bit. How boring. Standing at 6'8 with blue eyes and blonde messy hair, along with a lean and muscled and tanned body he could have been cute if he lightened up a little and smiled. I knew he would have a breathtaking smile if I ever got to see it. I made a little pact with myself that I would one day get him to smile if it was the last thing I ever did.

"Guardian Hathaway, please get into the car, Queen Vasilisa isn't safe in the open and she needs to get to a safe and secure location."

"Ay ay Captain." I saluted him military style and grabbed Lissa's hand and dragged her in the direction of the black SUV. "Hey fireboy," I called over my shoulder to Christian. "Can you grab the bags?" I saw him scowl and pick up a suitcase in each hand. He struggled for a moment before Guardian Alekzandr ran to help him, relieving the stumbling Moroi of his luggage burden. I hid my giggle but Lissa knew exactly what I was doing and why I was doing it.

"Rose," she said as a warning. "Be nice to him. I wanna keep this one." I outright laughed at that.

"God, Lissa, you make him sound like he's one of many expendable boys. Like, maybe I'll keep this one for a while then get a new one when I get bored." Lissa simply sighed and shook her head at me.

Once all the bags and people were loaded into the SUV, Dimitri – who once again would not let me man the steering wheel – started the car and pulled out of the busy airport.

"Hey, Comrade," I peered over his seat from my own right behind him – Keslav was sitting in the passenger seat. I know! I didn't even get shotgun. Shattered. "Why didn't we just get the plane here instead of in St. Petersburg?"

"We landed in St. Petersburg, Rose; because I wanted you to actually get to see the beautiful sites the city has to offer this time. Last time you were there..." he trailed off. I knew what he was thinking. St. Petersburg was one of my stops through to Siberia where I was hunting him when he was Strigoi. Dimitri cleared his throat a little uncomfortably before continuing. "Well, I gather you just passed through quickly."

"Mhmm," I nodded. "Sydney and I were only there for a few hours." I turned around to face Lissa. "So, Liss, tell me why you're here, not that I'm not glad you're here cause I am. I just need to know why!"

"Okay, okay, I'll tell you." I could see she was fighting back a smile. She was happy about something. Extremely happy. "Well, I've just passed a new law." A new law?

"What kind of law?"

"Moroi are going to have the opportunity to learn combat." Her grin spread across her face.

"Finally! That law should have been passed when Tatiana was in power. No, it should have been passed years ago. Why give Moroi powers if they can never use it to their advantage." Moroi fighting had been a frequently shunned idea in the past. For a Moroi to use their powers was considered immoral. But this was something that Lissa was passionate about. "How did it go down? I mean, how many people voted in favour of it?"

"Well, my family of course, and then there was only one family who didn't vote for it."

"Wow, almost everyone. Who didn't want it?"

"The Ivashkov family. Of course, Adrian was all for it, but since he's not the Ivashkov Prince, he doesn't exactly get much of a say."

"Ahh, of course." I nodded. The Ivashkov family would have probably seen it as going against Tatiana's wishes and what she wanted and what she had always thought was the right thing. "So what about this law brings you to Russia?"

"Well, I've decided to start the MCA programme at St. Basil's Academy here in Russia."

"MCA? What's that?" I asked.

"MCA stands for Moroi Fighting Association. Of course, not every Moroi will be fighting. That would be a suicide mission. Only those who wish to partake and learn and fire using Moroi will be able to learn to use their fire in a defensive way. That's part of the reason why Christian is here. He is going to be in charge of teaching fire using. And, I also wanted to ask you about how you would feel staying here a little longer and teaching combat with Dimitri and other guardians?" It sounded like a question.

"Of course! Wow, that will be so much fun." Lissa's enthusiasm was contagious. My own excitement started to bubble over. "What do you say Comrade?" I said turning to Dimitri. "Feel like training up some vampires?"

"Of course Roza. I taught you remember? Teaching Moroi should be a piece of cake compared to that." He smirked. I feigned offence.

"I'm cut, Dimitri," I said putting my hand to my heart. I couldn't keep a straight face and cracked up laughing. Lissa and Dimitri joined in with me.

We were soon getting out of the car at the Belikov's house. After introductions were made, Lissa and I retired to my room. Dimitri was in the spare room with Christian as he is his guardian. Lissa and I talked long into the night about project MCA. She was so keyed up about starting it tomorrow at St. Basil's Academy. We went over plans for the teaching and how we were going to select students as this was technically just a trial run to see how many Moroi would take to learning combat and possibly one day fighting alongside their guardian against Strigoi.

We finally stopped talking at around 11 o'clock and crawled into bed, awaiting the prospects the next day would offer.

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