AN: So I am doing a VA story now. It takes place after Spirit Bound, only Tatiana still lives and Rose is never arrested. Also she was never with Adrian. I hope you all like it and please remember to review.

Prologue

16 year earlier…

Rose in her newborn daughter's nursery that her father, Abe had made for her. The room was cream and gold with a beautiful dark finished crib. The crib had a bed set that matched the room was light purple, cream and gold.

Currently, Rose was nursing her newborn dark haired daughter, watching her with love and fascination. Aaliyah had her father's dark hair and brown eyes.

Suddenly, a knock on the door made Rose look up. She told the person to come in.

The door slowly opened to reveal two of her friends and her mother. Her friends, Eddie and Mia looked shocked to see the tiny baby in Rose's arm, asleep. Janine smiled, seeing her granddaughter finally sleeping.

"Hey, did she finally give it up." Janine asked, quietly. "Yeah." Rose replied softly, "She was hungry."

Janine smiled as she took a turn holding Aaliyah, so Rose could fix her shirt.

"When did you have her?" Mia asked, shocked to know Rose was pregnant.

Rose smiled, looking up at them. Mia and Eddie were the only ones of her friends that still talked to her. Ever since Dimitri had been turned back from being strigoi, Lissa, Christian and him had been too busy to even notice her anymore.

"The night Dimitri was turned back after the raid…I had an illusion ring from a friend in Russia to hide her…please don't tell Lissa or…" Rose said, unable to finish the sentence.

"Or Dimitri?" Mia replied, "I won't." "Neither will I…we are going with you if you leave. Besides, she will need and aunt and uncle growing up, right?" Eddie added.

Rose smiled as tears began to fill her eyes. She had been debating whether or not to leave the court with Aaliyah. Rose was happy to have friends who would stick by her no matter what happened.

"Thanks guys, but how will we disappear without anyone noticing we were gone?" Rose asked.

Janine spoke up, already seeing the choice was made in her daughter's eyes.

"You don't worry about that, your father and I will handle that. You three just worry about getting ready to leave." Janine said.

It was only a matter of hours before Abe had Rose, Mia, Eddie and little Aaliyah in one of his elaborate mansions in the US with all of their belongs with them.

For the first time, Rose finally felt free and happy. She did not have to worry about they come first. The only person that she had to put before herself was her daughter. She was thankful for having Eddie and Mia with her. She was also thankful for them being protective of Aaliyah.

AN: I hope that you all like this story. Please review and tell what you think so far. Also, the only character I own is Aaliyah.