Okay so this story is about Rose being a badass from the beginning. There are certain things I didn't like in the book, so you may see some changes. Once I complete this story I am going to re-write it in Dimitri's POV. I really hope you will review, and I prefer constructive criticism. Hope you enjoy(:

I DO NOT OWN VAMPIRE ACADEMY. RICHELLE MEAD DOES!

I felt her fear before I heard her screams.

Lissa was having a nightmare, and it was bleeding into me through the bond we shared. I saw the twisted metal of the car wrapped around a tree, and there was the scent of burning flesh. I knew I had to get myself out of this nightmare, so I could go and wake Lissa up. I started to focus on my own body lying in my own bed, and soon enough I was back in my own body.

I scrambled up from my own bed, and made my way across the room in two long strides. I stood by Lissa and I gently started to shake her awake. Eventually I was her eyes flutter open, and was staring into her beautiful jade green eyes.

I helped her sit up, and moved her platinum blond hair out of her face. I could see silent tears streaming out of her eyes.

"I had that dream again." She said in a voice that was barely above a whisper.

"I know."

"The accident happened forever ago. Why do I still dream about it?"

"I don't know Liss. I don't know," I told her. I knew she hated have these dreams. They always made her think about the crash that killed her parents, and older brother Andre. The crash also killed me, but she used her element spirit to bring me back from the dead. I was now something you called shadow kissed, and I could sense whenever there was a strogoi around. This had come in handy in the past.

Lissa and I had run away from St. Vladimir's Academy when we were fifteen. We had been on the run for two years now. During the first few weeks all we did was party, but after we ran into a strogoi, and almost got killed I started training again. We had barely made it out alive. If it wasn't for Guardian Drake then we probably wouldn't have lived. We were lucky that he didn't follow the system, and he offered to train me. We stayed with him for a year and he put me through the most brutal training I had ever gone through. Now I was a badass, and had killed up to 23 strogoi so far.

I looked Lissa over to see how she was doing, and I noticed that her skin seemed paler than usual. "When did we last do a feeding?" She wouldn't answer me, so I checked the bond, and realized she had gone four days without blood. That was almost unheard of for a moroi.

"It's been four days? Why didn't you tell me?"

"You seemed busy and I didn't want to-"

"Screw that," I said, and I put out my wrist. I hated that she had to feed off of me. It was an excruciating pain that lasted for a few hours. If I wanted she could compel me to forget the pain, but I didn't want to lose myself so I just sucked it up. I saw her lean closer, and I felt my lip tremble in fear. She quickly bit down, and I gave out an ear piercing shriek. I quickly bit my lip to keep from screaming, and I could taste blood from biting so hard.

Soon enough she pulled away, and it was the greatest feeling in the world. The whole thing had taken less than a minute, but it had felt like it took years.

"I'm gonna go you some food, and an Advil." Then I felt the bed shift, and she was gone.

I gently took my wrist in my other hand, and had to blink back tears. I got up and walked over to my side of the room, and grabbed the ice pack that I kept in the little mini freezer for when we did feedings. I made my way to the window to let in some fresh air, and tried taking my mind off the pain. As I looked out I saw the moon high in the sky, and I felt the cool breeze wash into the room. I looked down at the street, and I could almost feel the blood drain from body.

Standing across the street was man, and he was close enough that he could have seen everything we had just done.

I quickly jumped up, and ignoring the searing pain in my wrist grabbed mine and Lissa's wallets, and ran down stairs.

"Lissa we have to go. Now."

"Why do we- Oh no they found us."

"Grab his keys, and hurry up."

Lissa ran over to our roommate, and starred him in the eyes. "What are yo-" his words trailed off as Lissa began to talk in a sickly sweet voice. "You are going to give me your keys." He gave Lissa the keys, and I left the room to get our shoes. When I got back I saw him sleeping on the table.

"Where's his car?"

"2 blocks away on Brown St," she said.

We ran out the door as fast we could. It took everything I had not to collapse on the sidewalk from the burning pain in my wrist. I wasn't sure how many guardians they had, but I was pretty confident I could take them. I was only 17, and I had killed more strogoi then guardians ever seen in their life.

We only had one more block to go when the man I saw standing outside our room stepped in our path. He was tall, really tall. He had brown hair that was tied up in a ponytail at the base of his neck. He had the hottest body I had ever seen. Then next thing I saw was his eyes. They were a deep brown, and I could feel myself getting lost in them.

I skidded to a stop, and pulled Lissa behind my back. The action made my wrist throb with pain from Lissa's bite.

"Stay back." I said in a voice filled with hate. I hated anyone or anything that tried to harm Lissa.

"We aren't going to hurt you. We just want to take you back to the Academy." I could hear a slight Russian accent in his voice, and it sent shivers down my spine.

"What makes you think we want to go back?" As soon as I finished talking he took a step closer. Too close.

I swung my foot out, and aimed the kick right in his chest. My foot made contact, and you could tell he was surprised by how strong it was, and it sent him stumbling a few feet back. The guardians started to take a step forward. I took a defensive stance, and counted how many there were, 12 in total. This would be easy.

Before I could strike the tall Russian was in front of me again. This time he was in a defensive stance just like mine. In my peripheral vision I saw all the other guardians start to relax. They were confident that this guy could beat me, well I was about to prove them wrong.

I sent a kick flying out to his chest again, but this time he knew it was coming, and dodged it. He sent out a kick of his own, and then our deadly dance started. We kept exchanging blows until I saw my opening. I went for a kick in his leg, and right as he was about to block it I sent my fist flying towards his face. It made contact, but he kept his balance. I wasn't able to pull my arm back in time, and he grabbed my wrist.

I let out an ear piercing scream, and dropped to my knees. I saw black dots dance in front of my eyes. My body was numb with pain. I didn't think it could get any worse until he tightened his grip. My body exploded in fire, and I had to hold back tears, and bite my lip from scream again. This was worse than Lissa actually biting me, and all I wanted to do right then was give into the blackness, so this excruciating pain could end. In the background I could faintly hear Lissa screaming. "Let go of her. She's hurt!" I then felt him let go, and I forced myself to my feet. I stood in front of Lissa ready to fight again. I would do anything to protect her, and no matter what these guardians weren't going to touch her.

"No Rose. I won't let you fight anymore. We're going back."

"Lissa I'm fine. I can fight them. Let me protect you."

"Rose you can't fight them all with your wrist in this kind of pain. We are going back." This time she talked through the bond, so only I could hear her. I thought about it for a minute, and was about to fight again when I heard her say, "I want to go back." It was as if a switch had been flipped. I dropped from my stance and you could see all the guardians visibly relax as well.

"Fine. We'll go back."

The tall Russian relaxed to and introduced himself. "My name is Guardian Dimitri Belikov."