Hello everyone, welcome to my first fanfiction story!

I have been sitting on this story for a while now and have finally built up the courage to post it. I would love to hear your thoughts and only hope that it is worthy of your time!

The first part of the story follows what transpired in Richelle Mead's Shadow kiss which is set in italics, my part of the story starts with Rose's point of view.

Disclaimer: I do not own Vampire Academy the great honour belongs to the one and only Richelle Mead. I will forever be thankful for the amazing charters she has brought into our lives and hope this story does them justice. Enjoy!

What if Dimitri and Rose's roles were reversed and Rose was turned Strigoi in the cave...

Chaper 1

The nausea hadn't left me, which meant Strigoi were still alive. Moments later, my mother's party came tearing down the hall. By the numbers, one more had gone down. But they were so close. Everyone around me tensed up. So close. So, so close. But not close enough. Three Strigoi lay in wait in one of the alcoves. We'd passed them, but they'd let us go by. It all happened so fast; no one could have reacted in time. One of the Strigoi grabbed Celeste, his mouth and fangs going for her cheek. I heard a strangled scream and saw blood everywhere. One of the Strigoi went for Ms. Carmack, but my mother jerked her away and shoved her forward toward us. The third Strigoi grabbed Dimitri. In all the time I'd known him, I'd never seen Dimitri falter. He was always faster, always stronger than everyone else. Not this time. This Strigoi had caught him by surprise, and that slight edge was all it had taken. I stared. It was the blond Strigoi. The one who had spoken to me in the battle. He grabbed Dimitri and pulled him to the ground. They grappled, strength against strength, and then I saw those fangs sink into Dimitri's neck. The red eyes flicked up and made contact with my own. I heard another scream—this time, it was my own. My mother started to double back toward the fallen, but then five more Strigoi appeared. It was chaos. I couldn't see Dimitri anymore; I couldn't see what had happened to him. Indecision flashed over my mother's features as she tried to decide to flee or fight, and then, regret all over her face, she kept running toward us and the exit. Meanwhile, I was trying to run back inside, but someone was stopping me. It was Stan. "What are you doing, Rose? More are coming." Didn't he understand? Dimitri was in there. I had to get Dimitri. My mother and Alberta burst out, dragging Ms. Carmack. A group of Strigoi were after them, skidding to a halt just on the edge of the waning light. I was still fighting Stan. He didn't need the help, but my mother grasped a hold of me and tugged me away. "Rose, we have to get out of here!" "He's in there!" I screamed, straining as hard as I could. How could I have killed Strigoi and not been able to break free from these two? "Dimitri's in there! We have to go back for him! We can't leave him!" I was rambling, hysterical, shouting at them all that we had to go rescue Dimitri. My mother shook me hard and leaned close so there were only a couple inches between us. "He is dead, Rose! We can't go back in there. The sun will be down in fifteen minutes, and they are waiting for us. We're going to be in the dark before we can get back to the wards. We need every second we can get—it still may not be enough."

RPOV

"No I am not leaving him!"

I ran from my mothers grasp and barley heard her scream as I was fuelled by an ever growing rage that was burning deep inside me and in the next moment I felt it. All the consuming power that had been growing inside of me from years of trying to keep the darkness at bay. It all came flooding through my veins and I was a lethal weapon ready to take down anyone or anything in my path. I stormed towards the cave and managed to tear Nathan off of Dimitri. With the power of darkness I must have taken down a dozen Strigoi but I was not invincible.

I managed to save Dimitri but at a cost. While I turned back to look at Dimitri and the damage done I let my emotions for him take over and they overpowered the nausea feeling I usually received whenever Strigoi where near and that is when I faltered. As I made my way over to assess him properly I left my right side vulnerable and another Strigoi jumped up behind me and bit into me with the sole intention of turning me, whispering her plan in my ear as she drained the life out of me.

"It takes a very strong and clever guardian to take down my Nathan, so I think you will definitely be an asset to the team sweetheart. Also Nathan was my man and it is only fair I take you in return for killing him. Don't worry I will let you watch as I kill your big Russian boyfriend over there."

As I looked into Dimitri's eyes I could see the pain and regret as he was too weak and not able to help me. I felt like I let him down. I tried to come back and save him but it had all been for nothing. In the end I was the one being turned and I would have to sit and watch the love of my life die before my very eyes. Before the last of my blood was sucked away, I look up at him and whispered with my very last breath, "I'm sorry" and then I blacked out.

The next thing I realised was the acidic taste burning down my throat and within seconds my body felt as though it was on fire, an indescribable pain, coursed through my body and I was in absolute agony. I was given blood from a red haired female woman that seemed hell bent on making things difficult for me by giving me the blood and then kicking me to the ground.

"That's for killing my man you stupid bitch"

I lay on the ground thrashing about in what felt like an everlasting bout of torture, screaming and tearing my hair out to try and alleviate some of the pain. It all lasted for a few seconds but those seconds felt like hours and then just like that the pain stopped. One moment I was screaming for someone to kill me and the next moment I was still, quiet as my mind and body slowly started processing the full reality of what was happening to me. Before my mind could dwell on all the new senses that lay waiting for me, my head snapped up at that ominous laughter of my new sire. I slowly got up from my fetal position on the ground and stood up straight, stretching my muscles out all the while looking at the display before me which was Dimitri now being held up by the red haired female Strigoi – it seemed that she might once have been human. She was holding Dimitri up by locking both his arms behind his back and was forcing him to watch my transformation.

Now what was strange about the whole situation was not that my love was being held hostage by a red haired psychopathic bitch, or that the man I once revered as a god was looking weak and defeated... No. What was strange was what I was actually feeling. I was not drooling at the thought at the bloodied sight of Dimitri's neck which was covered in his blood, instead I wanted to murder the crazy lunatic that was hurting my man! I wanted to rip that pretty little Strigoi head off of her body and make sure she would never touch my Dimitri again, or anyone else for that matter! So what transpired next was a real shook to all three of us.

"Well look at your pretty little Strigoi girlfriend, I'm pretty sure you want nothing to do with her now! Come over here princess and have your first feed." She did not just call me a princess!

Dimitri had a glazed look in his eyes as he watched me assessing my new surroundings and I could see all glimmer of life and hope leave his eyes in defeat. I could tell even though I had changed that my connection to him was not lost and I could still read him like an open book. I stared back at him hoping to convey my message and praying that he had not given up on me. As our eyes locked on to each other I could see a weak glimmer of understanding as he gave me the slightest nod. Knowing that I still had to play my part I gave Dimitri and the Strigoi my most wicked smile and slowly made my way towards them.

"Hmmmm Dimitri I never realised how amazing you smell" I gave him my most sultry smile.

"Roza please don't do this!" I was so pleased that he was playing his part.
"But Dimitri you are just so desirable"

I grabbed Dimitri by the front of his duster and released him from the red heads hold. I brought him up to my body, adjusting him so that he was kneeling down before me so that I could have an easy assess to his neck. I leaned down and hovered my mouth over his neck waiting for the moment that I could see the Strigoi relaxing her posture behind him and that's when all hell broke loose.

See what this stupid, insolent Strigoi did not expect was for me to turn against her and having dhampir training and being the best of my own kind I flipped myself up over Dimitri with such quick reflexes and ripped the Strigoi's head right off of her body. Other Strigoi that were further down in the cave heard all the commotion and came at us with full force but Dimitri and I, once teamed up managed to fight off the remaining Strigoi...

It seemed a new burst of life filled Dimitri and he was once again the bad ass warrior I new and loved and together with my new strength and speed we were unstoppable. It seemed as though our technique could not be penetrated, when he moved forward I would take a step back, when he needed to stake a Strigoi that was aiming for me I would duck and vice versa.

Once all the Strigoi were dead besides yours truly Dimitri and I faced each other and we were both silent for quiet some time just taking in everything that had occurred and letting the adrenaline of the after battle effects wear off. . It seemed as though Dimitri was in a state of shock and could not understand what had just taken place. I could see the conflict residing within him because to him I had just helped him kill Strigoi and saved him from the fate of death but I could see he was also struggling to accept this information, for I was the enemy after all. So we are a standstill as he held on tightly to his stake while glancing up at my chest ready to strike at me heart.