-note that this is kinda almost exactly like vampire academy i am making for a friend who wanted rose and lissa to be in love so i changed a little but pretty much like a fan fiction if you could say so-

~dedicated to danni who encouraged me to write it

~VAMPIRE HEART~
by~rin unknown
{CH 1}She shook me screaming my name "Issie!! Issie!! Are you okay" I snapped out of my phase. These have been happening regularly lately but she has no idea. I keep this from her. She has too much stress to worry about me. But this time it happened right in front of her. They were everywhere like always huge giant figures like silhouettes. I stared at them for I guess a while because the look on Annas face was full of fright. I shook my head. "Im fine just spaced I guess" I lied. Her face still full of concern for me lightened a little and she smiled. I looked around and realized we stopped in the middle of the hall. I totally forgot where we were going."Come on issie lets go" she pulled my arm eager to get where ever we were going. I followed afraid to sound stupid asking where we were going. I assumed she already told me. Soon we ended up in the main house where master Vasya was standing in front of a huge group. I blinked when I realized why we were here. Earlier today she told us she had a huge announcement for the whole school. I looked around for more people I knew. I soon found my best friend Austen and sat next to him. Austen was cute he had brown curly locks of hair and his smile was gorgeous. Something you get in a toothpaste commercial or something. He was wearing jeans and a white shirt like he always did. He looked at me and smiled then looked back to where Vasya was standing. His expression was obvious he already knew what this was about. he was after all her nephew so she probably already told him. but I had no clue. "As you all know this is the end of the semester" she started. Of course I wasnt paying attention I was too busy watching Anna. She looked absolutely stunning for someone just going to a meeting. Her silk black hair curled hanging off her shoulders, she wasnt wearing a dress but she might has well been. Her Corset fit tightly around her showing off anything needed and her black skirt hung perfectly to her knees. "Isabella Iverson if youre not going to listen to what I am saying then you might as well leave!" Vasyas voice startled me and made me jump. I heard giggles from the back as I apologized and slouched into my chair. I didnt look at Anna for the rest of the time but I could tell she looked at me with discomfort and compassion. For a while I listen but it was like my body was there but I wasnt. I drowned out Vasya with my own thoughts. I really just wanted to sit over with Anna but we werent allowed to sit with Sanguinarious vampires. I hated that rule, how can we protect them if we cant be near them at certain times? I looked over at her on accident and she smiled at me. Ugh I groaned I wanted so badly to be next to her. Did they actually think just because there were so many people in the room that she was really protected? If an attack happened I bet anything I would be the only one ready to fight. I not only wanted to protect her I wanted to love her. I realized a long time ago I felt way more than friendship between us. I would love to tell her my feelings but just the thought of what she, and others, would think of me hurts so much. Id be an outcast I would be shunned. A girl dhamphir liking a girl Sanguinarious its just unheard of. I slouched even lower the more I thought about this and my face grew grimmer and grimmer. "Its not formal but dont look like you just came from a sport meet it is a DANCE" those are the last word I heard before Vasya stopped talking. Not A dance, seriously? I hate getting all dressed up for a thing you move around at. I did love to dance though and I know Anna did too. And we would be close together in crowded room. I liked the sound of that. At that thought I smiled a little. As soon as she told us we could Anna and I left but not fast enough. "Isabella you stay" Vasya exclaimed. Anna looked at me apparently scared for me. I put a hand on her shoulder and nodded. She left and I walked over to Vasyas desk and sat down. "Isabella as a dhamphir you must train to be a protector/guardian for the Sanguinarious. Have you chosen who you are going to protect? If not we must choose" I looked at her as if she was stupid. Like it wasnt obvious I wanted to protect Anna. "Well?" she urged "I want to protect Anna I have always wanted to protect her" I exclaimed in a very subtle tone trying to make it sound like it was only because we were friends. She wrote my name next to Annas and told me I could leave. I found Anna standing next to the door waiting for me. She looked at me with a smile and walked with me. "So what was that about?" she asked. "Just asking who I am gonna protect" Anna looked at me. "I thought you were already protecting me?" I smiled at her I am she just wanted to confirm it we walked back to the dorm Anna stayed two floors down from me so I said goodbye and went up the rest of the stairs by myself. I went into my room and lay down on my bed. I moaned in sadness. Thinking about loving Anna and how it would turn everything into chaos. I wanted to cry but crying was never my thing so I just lay there for hours on end unable to sleep and unable to cry. I wanted her to know how I felt and return the feelings. I soon started to fall asleep when it started to rain I loved the sound but before I could even close my eyes there was a knock at my door. I opened the door where Anna was standing soaking wet and crying her arm was bleeding and she had a few scrapes. I grabbed her and walked inside and ran to the bathroom to get first aid. What happened!!! I asked as I walked back over to her. i-I dont know I was sleeping and I had a dream that I was running out in the rain and then I got attacked buy who knows what. I thought it was just a dream I could have sworn it was but I woke up on my floor soaking wet and bleeding just like in my dream I looked up at her into her tear soaked eyes as if she was making this up. I could tell right when I looked at her she had no idea what was going on. She was shaking a scared out of her mind I could tell. I put my arms around her. Itll be okay. Whatever is going on well figure it out and well get through it I pulled her close to me. I loved the feeling of her, her skin so soft and even though she was soaked she was still so warm in my arms. I never wanted this to end but it did. She pulled away. "What if this has to do with my you know issue" She thought. I actually hoped that was the case. Most Sanguinarious have powers that enabled them to be strong. But their powers were limited they could only do one certain thing. But Anna could do more she had almost every power known except one psychic. No one knew though she wouldnt show her power to the others. Every Sanguinarious is supposed to have psychic powers and one elemental power that they achieve. But Anna has all elements but not even a dose of psychic. I am the only one that knows about her problem and tend to keep it that way. I dont want her anymore stressed than she needs to be. But right now this dream thing has never happened before. "I dont know Anna Im hoping itll go away I dont want you to get hurt" I said to her. She nodded in agreement. I could tell she was very tired so I told she could sleep in my room. Me being myself I gave her some spare clothes and let her sleep in my bed but she refused. She didn't want to feel like she was kicking me out she explained. I made her a pile of blankets on the floor for her. I still didn't feel right letting her sleep on a floor. I would have been fine with her in the bed next to me but asking that would be too much and would show my true feelings. So I snuggled into bed and said goodnight. i woke up but Anna wasn't there. 'early to class' i thought. but when i went to class she wasn't anywhere to be found. i was worried she never ditched class. i was the haughty one the bad ass she was the good one the one who always thought things through and never did anything bad unless i was with her. i had this uneasy feeling in my gut. everything in my body told me to leave my class i sat flicking my pencil against the desk eagerly. i couldn't take it anymore i knew something happened.
so i fled class.
ignoring the yells of the teacher.as i left i saw him pick up the phone. i was so fucked. he was calling annas other guardian. Blake. he was more of a bad ass than i was. though i was 5 years apart from him which means he has more experience fighting. as i ran i could tell he was behind me. he was also my guardian. i was hoping that the teacher knew something was wrong with Anna and told him. he caught up next to me. gods his speed was impeccable i was running as fast as my 17 year old legs could carry me but he still never even broke a sweat catching up to me. sometimes i wondered if he was more than dhampir. i looked him. he looked back and i could tell he immediately realized something was wrong. we made it to the edge of campus i looked around for any sign of her. then i heard screams. without hesitation i ran i didn't really know exactly where i was running but i ran anyway. i soon came up on a clearing and i saw a boy from our school, xander, he was hovering over someone on the ground. i didn't know who it was but my instinct told me to help no matter who it was. i ran in between xander and the slumped body. his breathing was heavy and he was drenched in blood. not his blood. he glared at me since apparently i was in the way of his "prey" his eyes gleamed something was very off about him. though he may be a total asshole everyday he would never even think of killing or torturing someone. i kicked him in the gut and he let out a howl. it was like a screeching in my ears. i cringed to the ground screaming to get the sound out of my ears. i soon realized that the sound was gone. i looked up to see Blake standing over the unconscious body. i looked down his hands were trembling. i could tell he was fighting off the loud screeching too. i moved to the body. it was as i feared. there on the ground covered in her own blood was....Anna.
My eyes widened and i tried to hold back tears but i could feel them falling off my face. I soon felt a hand on my shoulder. I looked up teary-eyed at Blake who though not crying looked saddened. “p-please tell me she n-not dead” i begged like he had all the answers. He looked into my eyes and then looked back down at anna he touched her cheek. He pulled back and without a word lifted her into his arms. Then moved her so she was on his back piggyback style.“no...not dead...yet. But severely wounded we need to get her to the infirmary” he started to run. i followed though not as fast as him i made sure i kept him in sight. when we got there he literally screamed for help. 3 nurses came out and when they all saw her one ran back. She came back with a doctor. They set her down on one of the beds getting blood everywhere. They wiped her clean then realized most of the blood wasn't hers. She had a few cuts and scraped but what looked like severe wounds to Blake and i was actually nothing as bad as we thought. when they bandaged her up i sat on her bed next to her stroking her soft hair while the others walked into the other room. I didn't catch all of what they said but i heard a few things. “why would she be out there”one nurse questioned blake. “attacked by what” the doctor asked. “werewolf...astral..no not astral...look in his eyes” came from blakes mouth. i thought about those eyes i saw.
Blood thirst
the first word that came to mind. I hated those eyes. They frightened me. Astral did drink blood but nothing ever showed up in their expression like in xanders. I know because i had a run in with astral. About 7 years ago. Something i will never forget. It was dark and me being myself i was wandering the streets around the school during off school hours everyone was supposed to be in bed but usually kids like us never listened to that rule and did as we please. I started hearing really beautiful music. It was like it was pulling me towards. I guess if i payed attention in class i would have known that meant nothing good. But i never did so i started to wander over to it. Who wouldn't though at a curious age of ten. I heard someone yelling my name but i was tranced to the music. it wasn't long until i felt a hand on my shoulder shaking me. “issie!!!do not listen to it. Do not go near it. Do you hear me?” it was blakes voice but i saw nothing but black.
i didn't snap out if it.
He kept shaking me but nothing happened. I did though stop in my tracks. The shaking stopped and i heard more footsteps. “whats wrong with her” it was anna this is when my feelings for her started to sharpen in my mind. My eyes moved to the sound of her voice but i still only saw black. “issie” her voice was full of concern. “nothing is working shes already fully tranced” i heard blakes voice admit. There was a pause of silence. Then anna spoke “what if something unexpected happened? Would she snap out then?” she asked. “idk why?” blake asked in confused voice. Gods if only i could see them it would make snapping out of this so much easier. “because think this will help” i was so confused. But i soon felt pressure on my lips and they sure were not blakes. In a blur everything came rushing back in my head. The music the yelling the shaking and the kiss. My eyes started to clear along with my mind and i soon saw anna standing less than a few inches away from my face. I fell to the ground gasping as if i hadn't been breathing that whole time. I looked up just to see blake moving toward where the music was coming from. I looked at anna and blushed. That kiss made my feelings jump. I was so sure now i loved her. Her lips tasted like fruit punch like the kind of lip gloss 11 year olds get. I wanted that taste to stay. But i was jolted from my thoughts as i heard screeches coming from the woods. I stood up,unstably, and ran towards the sound of the commotion tripping every few feet. I saw Blake with his hand through a persons chest but only for a split second until he pulled his hand out holding a bloody ball of a heart. The body collapsed. He dropped the heart and wiped the blood of his hands. I stood in amazement looking at him and trying to compute what he had just done. The thing he killed seriously was not human. He walked over to me and put the, just wiped off hand he used to rip the heart out that thing, on my shoulder. “your lucky” he smiled softly. It was one of those serious smiles. He started to walk back to where anna was. “what..what was that thing?” i asked as i caught up with him. “that...was an astral” he said like it was no big deal. I thought it was my eyes widened. “th-thats what had me tranced.” i told him. He nodded and knelt so we were eye level. Gods for a 15 year old he was such a babe. But my feelings for him were nothing like my feelings for anna. His brown eyes looked deep and solemn. “without anna you would've been dead. You got lucky usually nothing can break a trance as deep as that.” i frowned. His words hurt. They made me feel incompetent. In 7 years i was going to need to protect her not the other way around. I didn't say anything back to him i tried not to show how shitty he made me feel.i just nodded and turned to anna. She smiled her normal smile. That always warmed my heart. I smiled lightly back.
Since that day i vowed to dedicate my life to protect hers.
I felt a hand on my arm. I looked down annas eyes were open. “anna” i almost fell off the bed when i saw her. Her eyes were heavy but her smile made a world of difference her smile always told me that she was okay. I touched her cheek and smiled back “i am so glad your okay.”i felt so weak when i saw her on the ground. Like i couldn't do anything but watch. It was disgrace. Blake soon walked back in only to walk right back to the other room we he noticed we were talking. apparently he didn't want to interrupt. but i soon felt like she need more rest and moved over to a chair not far from her bed. she immediatly fell asleep. i stayed awake for a while talked to Blake. he had alot of sympathy for me and understanding on how i felt. i told him how i felt so weak back there not able to help her. he still kept that smile on his face but he did turn serious. " i believe you did a very good job as a trainee. your exceeding in almost everything you do. i can tell that you really want nothing more than to protect her" he looked back down at his feet. we were silent the rest of the time until i fell into consciousness like anna. i had a really weird dream. people yelling "hurry not she can't stay here" and people running around and i was in someones arms but i had no idea to whose. "we have to clean this up." i kept hearing vasyas voice yelling at the someone who was holding me.
then i woke up.
i looked around off white wallpaper and a ceiling fan turning was what i saw at first. i looked at the bed. black comforters and a bookself at the end.
this was defiantly not my room. i looked around until my eyes lead my to blakes figure slumped in a chair. he was asleep. 'was i in his room' seemed quite obvious but i couldn't help wonder why. maybe my dream was real.
"issie?" i looked up Blake now sat upright in his chair with a concerned look on his face.
i sat up. ouch. a throbbing pain went through my side. i immediatly flinched and grabbed a hold of the throbbing pain hoping that i could just throw it somewhere. blake immediatly knew i was hurting and rushed to my side. "where does it hurt" he asked looking at where i was holding myself. i looked down "my side it stings alot" he lifted up my shirt. i gulped when he did. my feelings for him may not have been as intense for him as there were for anna but still he was cute and i did like him. i noticed a bandage on my side when i looked down. when the fuck did that get there. he started to unbandage me ever so cautiously like i was some kind of porcelain doll. holy shit. i had a huge gaping wound in my side like someone was trying to claw me to death. i started to shake. blake noticed "whats wrong?" he looked in my eyes worried. "how the hell did i get that? what the hell?" i started freaking out. it was like i was in a horror movie where blood just starts seeping out of you. he grabbed my hand trying to calm me.
"you don't remember anything?" he asked. the the hell was i supposed to remember. "no?" i gave him a questioning look.
"whats the last thing you do remember?" he asked. i started to think."um..when i fell into a deep sleep in the infirmary with anna." he gave me concerned look. i didn't like that look. crap i could feel tears starting to rise. gods what was some emotionally broken girl. i held them back as best i could as i tried figuring out what happened.
"whats going on" i asked warily. he looked at my wound then back at me.
"a few hours after you fell asleep you woke up and i walked you back to your room. the next few days you went to class regularly like always. you would always check in on anna until she checked out and joined you back in class. it wasn't until yesterday you didn't show up. i was worried so was anna so we went looking around when we saw xander leap out of your window we both rushed up. you were technically dying on the floor you lost so much blood. he attacked you issie you don't remember that?" he looked at me with such a worried face it made a tear leak out of the corner of my eye. but before it even reached the bottom he quickly wiped it away. i shook my head. "i don't have any clue about this. i had a dream that vasya was yelling at you and the others telling you to 'get her out of here and clean her up' that was me she was talking about." he nodded
defiantly not a dream.
"so why am i in your room?" i was so confused right now.
"your room was torn apart everything in there except a picture and a few little knickknacks were untouched." he handed me a picture. thank god this hadn't been ruined. it was a picture of anna and i like three years ago at the le' miss dance. this really proper dance where the girls ask the guys out and is held in the courtyard. it was kinda like a ball. i asked anna and to my surprise she said yes. one of the knickknacks he handed me was a pepple we found when we were 7 and 8 on our little journey around campus alone. it was blue and clashed with all the other stones it was put in with. i also held a note from one really bad day at school that i kept when she wrote i love you on it. and a hair clip she gave me when i had a bad hair day. to some this was all garbage to me it had a hell of a meaning. i got teary-eyed again. my room was totally destroyed i just realized "what am i gonna do now?" i whispered but loud enough so he could hear. "were gonna get you a new room thats for sure and a new bed and new desk." he said tilting my head up so he could look me in the eyes. the strong emotion in his eyes were telling me to be strong about this. i nodded "but until then your staying here." he finished. i blinked "but i can't thats too much of a burden on you." i shook my head as a sign of rejection to his sweet offer. "where will you sleep." i asked. he smiled his sweet adoring smile. "i don't care but i need you to be where i can keep an eye on you." his smile faded and went back to serious mode. "you have no idea how i felt when i saw you lying there." i looked at him. "how..um..how did you feel" he never took his eyes off me. "i was mortified i was so scared. you were so lifeless and weak i didn't know what i would have done if you were gone." this time more than a tear leaked out i sobbed.alot. he held me. i didn't care if i had stronger feelings for anna his arms were my world right now. i felt so safe in them. like nothing in the world could get to me as long as i was in them. i didn't know if i felt like that if anna held me. but she would never hold me like this i know it. i stopped sobbing and pulled away. "i'll stay but on one condition." he looked at me confused. "if i stay your gonna take the bed and i'll take the couch" i looked over at the couch that was over against his wall not too far from the door it was small kinda cramped but if it meant i wasnt intruding then hell i didn't care. he smiled at me.he let out a small chuckle "well if it means your gonna stay here then i accept"