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This is Richelle's VA book but I chose to write it in Lissa's point of view instead. Anyways I hope you like it as much as I do.

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Disclaimer: I do not own any of these characters. Richelle Mead does.

Chapter One.

LPOV

Andre. My older brother lay motionless on the concrete. I already new he was dead; a dream didn't have to tell me that. His face was blank, oh how I wish I could see his eyes again. The pale jade eyes that matched mine were gone. A wrack of pain and loss shot through me. I wasn't able to hold back my tears as I looked around to see if the others had survived the crash. They hadn't. My mother and father were surrounded by blood, they to were not moving. Then my eyes rested on Rose, my best friend, was lying completely still with cuts and gashes all over her body. Surely they all couldn't be dead? I guess it was stupid of me to think they'd just wake up and tell me it was all a joke. As I surveyed my own body a startled cry rose up in my throat. I too was covered in cuts and gashes that oozed blood. Although- I couldn't feel the pain, only the intense feeling of loss and sadness. Tears clouded my eyes as I shook Andre violently, hoping I'd get some response out of him. But no, he didn't move. I slapped him this time, trying to force some sort of reaction. I got none. A feeling of despair clouded my mind as I crawled over to Rose. Her eyes were staring up at the sky but there was no sign of life behind them. I reached out to touch her but before I could even lay a hand on her lifeless body- I woke up.

Shaking violently, I looked up at Rose who was hovering over me, looking concerned. It took all of my strength to speak. "Andre," I moaned. "Oh god." Rose helped me to sit up and I realised my sheet and pillow were drenched with sweat.

"It's okay Liss. You aren't there anymore." Rose murmured soothingly. My body rocked violently and Rose wrapped her arms around me, trying to calm me down. "It's okay," she said gently. "Everything's okay."

"I had that dream," I whispered. Although I'm sure Rose already knew since I'd been screaming in my sleep.

"Yeah. I know." She said and let out a heavy sigh. Several minutes passed and we said nothing. Slowly the shaking stopped and I began to breath normally again. Rose's presence seemed to do that. She shifted to the nightstand and turned lamp on. The dim light caused our housemates cat Oscar to appear. He regarded Rose with a hiss before he came to sit beside me. I chuckled, cats didn't like dhampir's for some reason and Oscar didn't like Rose in particular. He purred at my touch. His fur felt soft to my trembling fingers. And I calmed down even more at his presence.

"When did we last do a feeding?" Rose asked suddenly. "It's been like… over two day, hasn't it? Three? Why didn't you say anything?" I shrugged. I didn't want to feed off of my best friend, it didn't seem right and I'd seen how it affected her.

"You were busy. I didn't want to…"

"Screw that," she interrupted. I felt her arm move as she shifted herself towards me, flipping her hair over her neck. "Come on. Let's do this."

"Rose…" I started.

"Come on. It'll make you feel better." Oscar had already read my hungry expression and immediately jumped off the bed. My hidden fangs became visible once I bared them against her skin. The precious red rubies flowed into my mouth and I felt nothing but pure ecstatic bliss. I heard Rose cry out once I bit down harder. I didn't bother to think about how Rose felt when I drank from her: I already knew when she replaced her cries with soft moans she didn't care to keep in. When I felt no thirst for more I pulled back, wiping a hand across my chapped lips.

"You okay?" I asked.

"I… yeah." She laid back. Pleasure and longing replaced by dizziness. I was afraid to admit I'd taken more blood then necessary. Concerned, I stood up.

"I'm getting you something to eat." I left before she could protest. Downstairs our housemate- Jeremy- whom I compelled for a place for me and Rose to live, greeted me. Relief replaced his worried expression once he saw me.

"Hey Lissa. What are you doing up so early? Rose said you two would be asleep for awhile." I sighed.

"I woke up. I wasn't feeling very well- I had a bad dream." I said, recalling Andre's blank face.

"Do you wanna talk about it?" He asked. I shook my head.

"Not particularly."

"Oh, well… okay that's fine."

"Do you have anything to eat? Rose is hungry, that's all."

"Sure, there's heaps of food in the cabinet."

"Okay, thanks." I hastily made my way over to the cabinets and couldn't help but notice he was studying calculus. I smiled at the thought of him trying to do the hardest math, he wasn't particularly bright you could say. Heavy footsteps pounded down the stairs and I turned to see Rose rushing down, her breathing heavy.

"You shouldn't be up." I chastised.

"We have to go. Now." She eyed me seriously, and then I understood the hidden meaning.

"Are you… really? You sure?"

"What's wrong?" Jeremy asked, confused. Rose's head turned towards me.

"Liss, get his car keys."

He looked from her to me "What are you-" Fear rushed through me and before he could finish I had him locked in my gaze. His face- his mind- went blank. I could feel it. I had him. I smiled proudly as I said my command.

"We need to borrow your car," I said gently and as calmly as I could. "Where are your keys?" He smiled back as he reached into his pocket and handed me the keys.

"Thank you." I said. "And where is it parked?"

"Down the street," he said dreamily. "At the corner. By brown."

"Thank you." I repeated whilst heading closer to the front door. "As soon as we leave, I want you to go back to studying. Forget you ever saw us here tonight." He nodded.

"Come on." Rose said. "We've got to move." When we were outside we headed to the corner like he said. I followed behind Rose but couldn't help notice Rose's uneasy steps. She was still dizzy from the blood loss. I was scared to stop her at this point.

"Rose… what are we going to do if they catch us?" I whispered.

"They won't," she said, determined. "I won't let them."

"But if they've found us…" I trailed off.

"They found us before. They didn't catch us then. We'll drive over to the train station and go to L.A. They'll lose our trail." With her firm words we stopped talking and focused on getting the hell outta here. I was afraid the plan wouldn't work, mostly because guardians were chasing us. Who were trained and ready for anything. We'd gotten away plenty of times before but I was afraid they would be able to stop us this time. I was startled by a sudden shuffling noise.

"Do you here that?" I asked referring to the loud footsteps behind us.

"We've got to run for it," Rose said, taking my arm.

"But you can't-" I tried to protest.

"Run." With that I kept running as Jeremy's green Honda came into view. Only a few more steps and we'd of made it but a tall man stepped abruptly in our path. We came to a screeching halt and I nearly ran into the back of Rose. A man, tall, dark and dangerous took a step towards us. Rose in guardian mode pulled me behind her as more guardians came into view.

"Leave her alone," she growled. "Don't touch her."

The man stepped forward "I'm not going to-" before the man finished his sentence Rose attacked him. But he was fast- oh so fast. He had her pinned before her foot connected with his chest. He through her a couple of feet and she went flying towards the ground but just as fast as he'd thrown her, he caught her before her head hit the ground. He then pulled her to her feet. Rose's hair was out of place making the bite mark visible. He and I both noticed but I think he thought more of it. Realizing Rose was going in for another attack; I reached out and caught her hand, pulling her close.

"Rose," I said quietly. "Don't." She was about to protest but I looked at her levelly in the eye, to show that I meant business. "Enough." I whispered so quietly that I didn't even know if she'd heard, a trickle of compulsion leaked into the order. Understanding crossed her face even though she wanted to prove she could protect me by fighting more. She nodded and returned to my side, no longer in a protective pose. The man noticing Rose's admit to defeat stepped forward once more and swept me a bow.

"My name is Dimitri Belikov," he said. The man was foreign I realized by his slight Russian accent. "I've come to take you back to St. Vladimir's Academy, princess."

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