A/N: Hello everybody! this is my first fan fiction so go easy on me. :) I've wanted to practice my writing a bit more and this story popped into my head. Please tell me if you think I should continue. THIS WILL CONTAIN SERIES SPOILERS! Disclaimer: I don't own any of the characters! they all belong to Richelle Mead
Summary: (Post SK) (Dimitri was never turned) Rose Hathaway's life is finally starting to get better, but what happens when she is kidnapped by Strigoi and held captive. Will the trauma of the event change her? And will her friends be able to save her before it's too late?
So it was like they always say, your life really does flash before your eyes.
And there it all was stretching back to my childhood.
I was born into a life of duty. And from an early age, 3 words were burned into my brain.
They come first. The world famous guardian mantra.
Everything I'd done in my life played in my mind like a movie. My death, getting taken back to the Academy, meeting Dimitri, the dead animals, the training sessions, the lust charm, the ski trip, Spokane, the cabin, and so many more things too.
All of these memories, they just bring me back to the same place.
Dangling off the edge of a cliff, bleeding out from the bullet wound in my stomach. Not the way I thought I'd go out.
The only thing keeping me from falling into the water below was Dimitri's hand gripping mine so tightly that I was sure I'd lost some circulation. His other hand gripped the trunk of a nearby tree. And his dark brown eyes held pain, sadness, love, and so much more.
"Roza, hold on. We will get you out of here I promise." He said. I knew that it was a promise he couldn't keep.
I was slipping.
"Di….Dimitri… I love you so much. Please take care of Lissa for me." I said weakly. I was drained, and fading in and out of conciseness. The sky was dark and rain fell from the clouds. Every so often the sky would light up as lightning flashed in the clouds.
"No, no, no Roza your going to be ok Eddie is on his way. Don't give up! Hold on!" He yelled.
Dimitri was trying to get a better grip on my hand when I saw a pair of red ringed eyes behind him.
My heart sank.
"Dimitri beh-."
He barely had time to turn before the fangs bit into his neck.
