I don't own any of the original VA characters because I wasn't not cool enough to write them first. Mead was and bravo to her :). The only person that i do own is Lux and i hope you enjoy her snarky attitude and personality as much as I do!

My name is Lux. Lux Gracen Hathaway. Yep, that makes me the daughter of Guardian Rosemarie Hathaway and granddaughter of kickass Guardian Janine Hathaway and Moroi-born, mobster Abe Mazur. Nice powerhouse of a family if you ask me.

Being Rose's daughter means just that. I have her looks, attitude, fighting skills, and recklessness. I am pretty much a mini-Rose if it weren't for two minor details. My eye color and the fact that I can lift one eyebrow and my mother can't. Those were inherited from my nonexistent father.

Not having a father really didn't bother me. I knew I had a dad somewhere out there and that's all I really cared to know. Mom always used to ask if I wanted to know who he was and I refused saying that Uncle Adrian, Uncle Christian, and Uncle Eddie were all I needed. I knew my dad left Mom and I before I was born. Mom told me that much and that was enough for me to not care to find him.

I grew up at Court with my mom, Uncle Christian, Uncle Adrian, Aunt Elena, and Aunt Lissa. Those people were all the family I needed. My "uncles" were like fathers to me and Elena, Adrian's wife of four years, and Lissa were like second and third mothers. When they had children, they were my cousins and I babysat them when I was older.

Summerlynn and Seth Dragomir-Ozera were the middle cousins. With me being seventeen, Seth came in at age twelve and Summerlynn close behind at eight. Seth looked just like his mother, fair hair, jade eyes, and the ability to feel compassion for every person that roamed the earth. Summerlynn was a mini Christian. Her black hair and ice-blue eyes definitely made her an Ozera. Both had the tall, thin body and the pale skin of a Moroi and had even specialized when they were four. Seth was an air user while his sister inherited her father's firepower.

Adrian and Elena's daughter, Katherine, looked so much like her father it was scary. She had the same emerald eyes and messy brown hair that fell into ringlets at the ends. Rine was the youngest of us cousins at age three. She was an easy one to take care of seeing that she inherited her father's laziness.

Babysitting the kids was great, but I had a life outside of my family. Since my mother was Lissa's personal guardian, I went to a small school for dhampirs so that I could train to be a guardian when I graduated in the spring. I had other friends that went to school with me that kept me occupied as well. My best friend was a non-royal Moroi named Alexi Barton. She and I were inseparable since our mothers dropped us off at school when we were six. Every since then, it's been Lexi and Lux and boy weren't we a force to be reckoned with!

This morning, the amazing Lux was to take on the entire school yet again in another episode of, Court Academy. Mine and Lexi's joke made me laugh out loud.

"Lux, you up? You're gonna be late," my mother hollered up the stairs.

My mom and I had a small condo on the outskirts of Court. It was small enough for the two of us but big enough to be comfortable. Personally, I loved it, but sometimes I thought I saw regret in my mom's face when she looked around our little house, probably wondering if she could have done better for us.

"Yeah I'm up," I mumbled.

I hopped out of bed and went to take a shower. When I got out, I changed into a pair of blue jeans and an orange tank top that set off my tan perfectly. I towel dried my extremely dark brown hair and watched as the long locks started to take their natural curl.

My grandmother and grandfather were the main reason for my outrageous looks. My Grams was from Scotland. Short, curly red hair, and lethal, Janine Hathaway will always be my hero behind my mother. Abe was from Turkey. My mom and I inherited our dark hair, and skin-tone from him and working outside.

I snatched my backpack, work-out clothes, and sneakers on my way downstairs. I dropped my stuff off in front of the door and made my way to the kitchen. I inherited Mom's appetite so naturally I was starving.

"Hungry? Of course you are," Mom laughed. She passed me a place that was loaded with pancakes, strawberries, and blueberry syrup. Yummy!

"Thanks. Hey you coming to Aunt Lissa's tonight? Pizza night at six," I asked.

"I don't know, maybe. I have meetings all day with new guardians that are coming in from Germany. I might be able to grab a slice after," she answered.

The thing with my mom was that since she was head Guardian, she had to do all the boring jobs unless we're going outside the wards. Her life, especially after I turned eleven and was able to stay at home by myself, was full of meetings, dinners, and other things that had to be brought to her attention because of her position. I never complained about it, in fact, I loved that my mom was a badass. The other guardians became my friends and I was able to train with them without them getting yelled at by some overprotective mom. (Trust me, it's happened!)

I inhaled my food and ran out the door. Mom left after she served me so I was on my own. I ran to the school to start my day at Hell's Academy. (Mine and Lexi's personal name for the school)

Classes seemed to drag on forever. I half slept through my math, history, and English classes. When the bell rang for us to go to our last class, I all but ran to the gym. I was one of the lucky ones and had my training class at the end of the school day.

After changing into my shorts and sports tank, I jogged into the gym while tieing my ridiculously long hair into a ponytail. The other novices were standing around wait for Coach Croft to tell us what to do.

"We're sparring today so I'll set you up into pairs and you can have at it," he said bored.

I turned to my friend Marshal Winters and snorted, "Ten bucks I can kick whoever is the poor fool I'm against's ass,"

He eyed me and gave me a goofy grin, "Your on Hathaway," he slapped my open hand and we shook on it.

"Hathaway! You and Barnes," Croft yelled.

I walked onto the mat in the middle of the gym and smiled into the crowd. Gauge Barnes walked up and stopped in front of me with a cocky grin on his face. He was a good deal taller than my 5'8" and far more muscular than me. I gave an innocent little smile at him and took my stance.

"Watch everyone! Hathaway might have met her match!" Gauge's sidekick Austin Harrison shouted.

"We will see," I muttered to myself.

Coach Croft stood by to watch, forgetting that he had a whole twenty-two students left to pair up. He walked over to us and stood in between.

"Ready. Set. Spar!" he announced and leapt out of the way.

Gauge went to the offensive while I took the defensive. Gauge lunged and threw a punch to my right shoulder. I easily dodged it and spun around him so that we switched places. Gauge turned and tried to kick me but I caught his foot in my hand and twisted it. He shrieked in pain and then roared in anger.

"You're gonna pay for that Hathaway!" He yelled.

"Then let me have it," I taunted.

He threw an illegal punch to my face. I caught his fist and locked his elbow. His eyes grew wide realizing that he was in deep shit. I punched him in the gut, brought my knee up to his chest while still holding onto his arm. I released it and brought my left elbow into his back with enough force to make him fall onto the mat like a rag doll. I put my foot on his back and bent down so he could hear me.

"I told you to bring it. You obviously didn't have enough to take down this Hathaway," I said.

I stood up and helped Gauge up off the floor. I turned to the rest of the crowd and notice Marshal hanging his head in defeat. Everyone else was shocked. Gauge was the biggest guy in the class and one of the best fighters. They honestly didn't think that I would win.

"Nice round Hathaway. Barnes! No more illegal shots in this class! You do it again you'll be thrown out of here so fast that your head will spin," Croft said.

I pranced over to Marshal who sadly handed over a ten dollar bill.

"Thank you," I chirped.

"I swear I thought he would win!" Marshal said in distain.

"You can never bet against the amazing Lux Hathaway," I announced and put my hand on my hips like Superman.

"Get off your soap box before I push you off," Marshal laughed.

I laughed with him while I ran off to the locker room. I showered, changed, and ran home to get ready for dinner at Aunt Lissa's.

I stood staring at my closet and decided on a pair of jeans, a jade green button up and converse. I rolled up the sleeves of my shirt, brushed my hair, and ran down the stairs to see a note on the fridge from Mom.

L,

Had to run off the grounds for a bit with the other guardians. Might not be back in time for dinner. Save me a pizza!

Love, Mom.

Classic Mom to ask for a whole pizza. I laughed at my mom's appetite and grabbed my house keys and phone and ran off to my aunt's.