Blood Promise

Disclaimer: I do not own Vampire Academy or the characters in it, no matter how much I wish I did…

Anyway, this is my first fanfic so…enjoy! ;D And remember to review!!

Chapter one

Dimitri…

I found myself sobbing into my pillow once again, thinking of him. His smile, his voice, the way his touch sent electric currents throughout my body, his eyes. The eyes that held the key to my heart. The deep brown eyes that I would never see again.

It had been two days since I left the academy in my search for Dimitri Belikov. The man I loved. The man who'd been turned into a Strigoi. Some wondered why I had to find him; it was because we sort of made a promise that if we'd been turned into a Strigoi, we'd want someone to kill us--because Strigoi were the evil creatures who prayed upon Moroi and Dhampirs and sometimes humans, but they preferred Moroi blood to others--and I was going to keep our promise.

I thought I knew where to start looking--Spokane. But, when I got there, all I found was…nothing. Everywhere and anywhere that might have had even the slightest possibility of housing Strigoi--hopefully Dimitri, too--had come up empty. It was a wonder that I wasn't getting uber frustrated, but then, that might have to do with the fact that I hadn't been around Lissa for a few days. Lissa was my best friend, but I left her behind in my quest to kill of the man who was made my existence possible. And I had been avoiding slipping into her thoughts, knowing that she'd be distraught after my parting. But I knew she could handle it, she was strong…and she had Christian, her boyfriend, to help her through it. I also hadn't heard much from Adrian--the guy who liked me--for me or for my body, I did not know--whom could dream walk. I was surprised I hadn't seen him yet, even if it had only been two days.

I sighed, laying down on my bed in the hotel I was staying in while in Missoula. I had the idea where I would or should go. With no leads to help me with finding Dimitri, I sagged in defeat, feeling as though I was failing Dimitri in not finding him. However, secretly, I was glad I couldn't find him. Just the thought of destroying my true other half ripped me apart, and, to be honest, I didn't know if I was strong enough. But, I guess I had to be. The memory of the promise flashed through my mind again and I had to blink black tears, remembering back to the happy times before everything was so difficult…and before I had to kill Dimitri. Sure, it was the time when Victor Dashkov was plotting against us, all in order to rule Moroi society, but it was still a happier time. I'd do anything to go back to those moments.

But times have changed, and I couldn't get caught up in the past and lose sight of what I had to do now.

But where to start? I growled at myself mentally. Maybe sleep will help broaden up my ideas. It was worth a shot.

I closed the curtains; it was still light outside and I started sleeping at human's nighttime like I used to when Lissa and I had run away. Sleeping while it was still light outside was harder than it used to be, especially when I wasn't tired. Luckily, the curtains were black so they blocked out most of the light from entering the room, allowing my to sleep with more ease. Slowly, I drifted off into my dreams. Well, a dream.

I was in a meadow. An old house with a white wooden porch appeared in front of me. There were two lawn chairs on the porch, so I walked over to sit in one. To my non-surprise, Adrian sat down next to me.

It was hard to admit, but I really missed seeing Adrian, and seeing him now made my heart ache for my friends. But it didn't matter anyway, I probably wouldn't make it back to see them again. Breaking promises, I guess it was what I did. The only promise I vowed to keep was the one I had made to Dimitri, which is funny because it's probably going to be the promise that's keeping me from keeping all the other promises I made.

"Hey, Little Dhampir." Adrian said, a small smile playing at the corners of his lips. His voice sounded happy, yet solemn at the same time.

"Hi, Adrian." My voice was quiet, and surprise hit me at he sound of it. I hadn't really heard my voice lately, and using it felt somewhat odd.

He cocked his head to the side, curiosity at my unusual silence, no doubt. "Are you okay, Little Dhampir?"

No, of course not! Would you be if you had to kill the person you loved more than anything in the world? I said mentally, verbally, I said, "Yes."

He seemed to be getting frustrated by my lack of words. "Where are you?" He decided he'd just give up on the small talk.

"A place." I loved when I got to frustrate people, it just brightened my day.

"Well, no duh. Where exactly?"

"A place with people and food and streets…" my voice trailed off with the thought, I had more important things to ask. "Adrian, is Lissa okay? And Christian, and everybody?"

His face grew solemn and I knew what he was going to say, "Not exactly. Lissa's trying to cope, but it's really hard for her, you know. It's like without you there to take away the bad stuff, she's getting kind of depressed." I gulped, worry flowed thick through my body.

Lissa couldn't get depressed again. I remembered briefly about what happened last time it got really bad and that it could, no, would, get worse I never saw her again. I wouldn't let her get depressed like that again. "What about Christian and the others?" I asked urgently. As long as she had Christian, I'm sure Lissa would be okay.

"Christian's okay. I guess. He's kind of mad at you for leaving Lissa, and he doesn't understand why you wanted to drop out before graduation," I flinched, but Adrian continued, not noticing. "But he misses you, which you might think is unusual…" I did think it was unusual, but weirder still, I missed him too. "And Eddie's kind of…well he feels like he let Mason down by letting his girlfriend do this." I rolled my eyes at Adrian calling me Mason's girlfriend, but otherwise felt horrible for what I was doing to all of them. But, then I remembered again why I was putting them through all this and was quick to compose myself.

"And you?" He froze, he hadn't been expecting me to ask about him. I looked at him seriously to show him this was no joke.

"I'm…fine, I guess. And, so long as I can see you, I guess I'm better. But I miss you, Rose. So much. Please come back" He pleaded and guilt washed over me. He seemed to let his guard down and looked…vulnerable.

"I can't, right now, Adrian. You know I can't." my voice was almost a whisper and I couldn't look him in the eye. "But, we can keep talking like this for a while, right?" I couldn't believe I was trying to comfort Adrian, but my emotions had been going haywire ever since I learned about Dimitri's Strigoi-ness.

He turned his gaze toward his feet, his expression concentrated. "Right." he said at last. "And, I will see you again. By the way, you never did tell me where you were. I'm not that stupid you know." I had to stifle a giggle.

"I told you, I'm at a place." He rolled his eyes.

"I know you're at a place! But what place?!" he was getting angry and frustrated…interesting.

"Ugh, fine, I'll tell you. I'm in Missoula right now, but I'm leaving after this so don't bother trying to find me." He seemed stunned that I was so close.

Then recognition showed on his face, "Did you check Spokane?" he questioned and I nodded.

"Yeah, I finished checking it out…nothing. So I drove all night at top speed to Missoula and camped out in this hotel for a while." I didn't know why I was telling him this, but I figured he, or anyone else, wouldn't be able to find me before I left.

"I see." He nodded his head for a few seconds, leaning forward and interlocking his fingers. Then he looked up at me, wonder in his emerald eyes, "Are you okay, Rose?" he asked for the second time, but there was a different…seriousness, I guess you could say.

"Um, yeah. Just kinda confused, you know. I don't know where to go and it's hard." I was on the verge of tears; never finding Dimitri was a horror that I hoped I'd never have to face. I had to stay positive, I'd find him. I'd find him.

"Hey, Adrian, why didn't you come the other two days? Why today?" My question wasn't accusatory, just curious.

He looked down for a few seconds, then up again. "I didn't think you wanted company."

"Oh." That stumped me, and this time it was me cocking my head to the side. "I don't really mind it, actually. It's nice to talk to someone and feel civilized every few days, now that I'm on my own."

His face brightened. "So you don't mind me visiting?"

"Not really, just promise not to ask too many questions or I will no longer require your presence."

He nodded, happy that I was allowing him to visit, well mentally at least.

I smiled, happy to see him happy. "Well, I should probably wake up now, lest, the sun should set and I'll be stuck driving through the dangers of night." I announced, standing up from my little chair. Adrian stood up with me, hugging me tightly, and finally, letting go. He smiled at me and then the vision became a blur. I woke up in the hotel room once more and, after a few stretches and yawns, I walked over and opened the curtains--still bright outside. It was only three in the afternoon so I decided I should probably get going. The problem was: where?

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