Authors note: Hey guys, this is my first fanfiction. The main idea is inspired by season one of Once upon a time. I hope you like it.

Disclaimer: I don´t own Vampire Academy

Chapter 1

RPOV

"Her Majesty: Queen Vasilisa Dragomir", someone announced. "Don´t worry Liss, I know you can do this." I tried to reassure my best friend. Even without our bond I knew that Tasha´s trial wasn´t something she was looking forward to. "I hope so." was all she said before putting on a mask of pure confidence. Being queen of the whole Moroi society meant that she couldn´t show any weaknesses no matter how hard a situation might be. I wanted to say something more, just to make sure that she really was going to be okay. But she was already walking through the door in front of us, the whole time making sure to hold her head up high. Like the good guardian I was, I followed her without hesitation as a silent shadow. When she finally reached her thrown I took my place on the wall behind her.

While the rest of the councilmembers were announced I let my gaze glide over the crowed that had come today to find out the true identity of their former queen´s murderer. Well, "find out" wasn´t quiet the truth. It was more like an official confirmation that Natasha Ozera was indeed guilty. The first person who caught my eye was Christian, which was no surprise considering how miserable he looked. I didn´t blame him. Tasha had been Christian´s only family ever since his parents had turned Strigoi. If this meeting was hard for Lissa, it was hell for Christian. Next to him sat Jill who made some desperate attempts to comfort him. It was kind of cute considering that she wasn´t in the best situation either. Though her problems were of a complete different nature. After I had found out that she was Lissa´s long lost sister, Jill had been pushed in the royal Moroi world which she still had trouble getting used to. The fact that Lissa hadn´t made any attempts of sisterly bonding yet didn´t make things any better. I thought about a way to make them feel more comfortable around each other until something else in the room demanded my full attention.

Or rather somebody. Tasha walked through the door. I had to admit that for somebody, who was as good as dead she put on a good show. If I hadn´t known any better, I would have thought that she was celebrating something. She waved her hand at the gathering crowed as if she was some kind of superstar and even tried to start a casual conversation with Dimitri who escorted her alongside Eddie. If anything he seemed annoyed but his guardian mask didn´t allow me to be sure about this. As I watched her, I tried to figure out my feelings about this situation. One part of me, the bigger part hated Tasha for what she had done and wanted her dead as soon as possible. But when I looked at her now, I realised that despite every good reason there also was a little part of me that still liked her. I had always admired her passion to fight for herself and her never ending attempts to knock reason into the heads of some royals. Well, at least I had done this before she had started to murder queens.

After Tasha had taken her seat the trial began. I didn´t really listened to what was said, mainly because I already knew how this was going to end. Instead I observed the room for any possible threats and reassured myself every now and then that Lissa´s emotions didn´t get too messed up. It wasn´t easy without the bond but my instincts told me that she had herself under control. For some reason Tasha took some twisted satisfaction in keeping on her happy act for the whole time. She didn´t even stop when Lissa spoke out the evitable: "Natasha Ozera, you are sentenced to death because of murder and high treason" I knew that it was hard for Lissa to speak these words out loud but Tasha just shrugged her shoulders. "Lissa sweetheart, no need to be so formal around me. By the way, I found out something new about spirit. How about we have a little chat in your chambers?"

What? After her way to happy attitude over the last few hours, I hadn´t thought that Tasha would surprise me even more. I was pretty sure that what she had just said wasn´t true. I mean if she really had new information, she would have told us way sooner. I also had no idea where the hell she could have found out anything that we didn´t know already. However I had a bad feeling, that she was planning something, something I wouldn´t let her get away with.

A shocking thought crossed my mind. …in your chambers Tasha had said. It was the same place where she had murdered Queen Tatiana. Was this a plan to kill Lissa as well? The thought was so horrible that I acted on pure instinct. In a flesh I stood in front of Lissa half expecting Tasha to pull out a gun from somewhere. "Lady Ozera" I said and was surprised about the calm voice I somehow managed to use "As Queen Vasilisa´s guardian I have to decline your offer." "Rose, don´t you think that your friend is old enough to decide this without your advices?" she asked me with a smile that was probably supposed to look friendly. But in her eyes I could see something which I didn´t like. I couldn´t even say what it was except that it made my bad feeling even worse. "You won´t go anywhere near her!" I screamed at her. Every lingering good feelings I might have had for her a few hours ago were blown away now. Before Tasha had the opportunity to answer me, Lissa´s voice interrupted us "This meeting is over! Guardians, please take Lady Ozera to my office." Of course Tasha had to have the last word. "See you later" she said casually before she was escorted out.

After I had given Tasha one last hateful glare, I quickly turned around to follow Lissa who was already heading for the side door we had entered through earlier today. As soon as we were alone Lissa let her confident queen mask drop. "Rose was this really necessary?" She didn´t tell me what exactly she meant because we both knew what she was talking about. Guardians were supposed to protect the moroi but when there wasn´t a real threat, they were expected to minimize the attention they drew to themselves. With my little outburst just a few moments ago I had just done the exact opposite. Suddenly I felt foolish. Lissa hadn´t been in danger at the meeting and even if she decided to talk to Tasha about whatever information she claimed to have there would be enough guardians to ensure her safety. "I´m sorry Liss, I guess the fact that she nearly shoot you makes me a bit paranoid sometimes." I admitted. "It´s okay, I guess I can´t be angry at you for trying to protect me" she said and just like that everything between us was fine again.

Lissa decided that it couldn´t hurt to listen to what Tasha had to say and despite my bad feeling that I couldn´t really explain, I had to agree. As long as there were some guardians around, Lissa would be safe. We reached her office at the exact same time, Tasha, Dimitri and Eddie did. Tasha apparently hadn´t gotten the message that Dimitri wasn´t interested in her and made some seductive comments while I was watching. With every bit of self-control I had, I managed to ignore her. It was not the right time to get distracted by Tasha´s annoying games. We entered through the door and quickly crossed the waiting area.

But just before we could enter the actual office, Tasha suddenly spun around. I stiffened and couldn´t help to move a little closer towards Lissa. "Lissa I´d like to talk to you in private" she said. I needed a second to understand that in private meant without guardians. Did this bitch really think that I was oblivious enough to leave her alone with Lissa? Lissa seemed to have the same thoughts. "Lady Ozera" she began "I´m sure you understand that in spite of the current situation that´s not possible." I noticed that she was in her queen mode again. It was her way to hide the discomfort she felt around Tasha. Tasha didn´t seem to be bothered by that. "Call me Tasha and of cause I do understand your reasons, but don´t you think one guardian will do the job?" she asked. "That´s enough" an angry voice announced, my own I realised. "If you really have to say something, do it now instead of wasting our time!"

Suddenly there was a pair of strong arms wrapped around me. I didn´t need to look behind me to know whom they belonged to. "Roza, there is no need to worry. Lissa is safe and nothing will change that." Dimitri told me in a calm voice. After all this time he still had this strong effect on me that just made me want to forget everything around me. I looked up in those endless brown eyes, which held so much love for me. I knew he was right. Even with only one guardian, Tasha wouldn´t have a chance to harm Lissa. I gave him a small smile, before Tasha´s annoying voice brought me back to reality. "How about we leave these two lovebirds out here while the rest of us goes inside to start our little talk." If I wasn´t mistaken, there was a trace of anger attached to her voice, which was ironic considering she still hadn´t shown any signs of worry about her own death. Did she really care more about Dimitri´s love life than her execution? If Lissa noticed Tasha´s anger towards me, she didn´t show it. Instead she agreed to Tasha´s condition, to only take Eddie inside, probably because she grew impatient to find out what Tasha knew about spirit. I still had this very bad feeling about all this, but some reasonable part inside me convinced me that I was just paranoid. Nonetheless I couldn´t stop myself from giving Dimitri a passionate kiss, just before Tasha left for Lissa´s office in hope of making her jealous.

When the door had closed behind her and our friends, Dimitri and I stood alone in the small room which separated Lissa´s office from the hallway. If we hadn´t been on duty, this situation probably would have led to a hot make out session. But since we were on duty, we couldn´t get distracted. So we tried to put some space between us by not standing guard at the same door. Dimitri took the spot next to the door that led to the hallway, while I positioned myself next to the entrance of Lissa´s office.

While I stood there, I was tempted to just burst through the door beside me. My fears that Tasha would somehow find a way of harming my best friend still hadn´t vanished. Hell, they were even worse than before. I had hoped to at least catch some phrases of their conversation through the closed door, which now turned out to be impossible since it was made out of some absolutely soundproof material. It´s all going to be okay. Tasha won´t get past Eddie if she is dump enough to try anything stupid. I told myself over and over to make sure that I wouldn´t freak out.

My thoughts were rudely interrupted when Adrian burst into the room. Even though he most definitively wasn´t a threat, Dimitri´s guardian instincts made him jump in front of Adrian, so he was blocked from the rest of the room. Ever since we had broken up, I never really knew how to act around Adrian, so I usually avoided him as good as I could. I wondered what he was doing here but didn´t need long to get my answer. "Where is Lissa?" Adrian shouted panicked, while he tried without any success to find a way around Dimitri, who was still blocking his way. "She doesn´t have time right now" was Dimitri´s short answer. "Is she with Tasha?" Adrian questioned further after he had finally given up on getting past my Cowboy. When Dimitri didn´t answer him immediately, he took this as a yes and continued "You have to get her as far away from Lissa as possible! I saw her aura at the trial! She´s planning something!"

His words didn´t have any effect on Dimitri. He probably thought that Adrian was either drunk or had used too much spirit. I however was a different case. I don´t even know, if it was Adrian or just my fears and bad feelings that had already been in my head before. All I know for sure is that in this moment the little self-control that had managed to hold me back to this point, broke into million pieces. With all the power my body held, I pulled the door next to me wide open and jumped inside, expecting to see the worst. I was glad that Dimitri was too busy with calming down Adrian, too stop me. I was stopped however by Eddie, who had been set on alert by the sudden movement. He was ready to fight against everybody who wanted to hurt Lissa, but when he realised that it was just me, he stepped out of my way to give me a good view over the room. I was relieved to see that Lissa was unharmed. I felt safe enough to turn around and close the door behind me without having to fear for her life. After I had done that, I took a deep breath to calm myself down, and investigated the situation in front of me further.

Lissa sat behind a table with Tasha sitting opposite of her. They both were holding onto a silver necklace that lay between them. I couldn´t see Tasha´s face, because she had her back turned towards me, but I assumed that just like Lissa, she was steering into nothing. Back when I and Lissa had have the bond, I had seen myself a few times while I was in her head. The dreamy and absent expression I had worn back then, was now mirrored on Lissa´s face. She and Tasha were both sunken deep enough into their own world, to not even notice my presence. "What are they doing?" I asked, when my bad feelings came creeping up again. "They are…" Eddie never had the chance to finish his sentence, because the next moment the world around us seemed to explode.

It all happened so fast that I will never be able to tell what happened exactly in the next few moments. I felt a strong wave of energy that blew all of us to the ground as if we were nothing. Then there was a blinding light that filled the room. The whole situation reminded me a little bit of how it had felt like when Dimitri was restored from being Strigoi, except that this time it felt so much more powerful. Dark spots danced in my vision, while I was slowly losing consciousness.