I will be following the books as I write these, but with my own twist on the story of course, the script will most likely be the same with a few differences, and the descriptions might be similar to those of the books, but I will make it my own, if you decide you don't like the way that is portrayed I understand completely. And as much as some people may dislike, my character will have more of a relationship with Dimitri than Rose, although I love them completely, I haven't decided whether or not there will be a love triangle between them, so feel free to vote. All rights go to Richelle Mead apart from my character Lily-Rose.

Connected - Lily-Rose

I laughed as I watched my sister Rose and my best friend Lissa sing along to Fleur East's Sax, they were dancing as much as they could in Lissa's parents car. I glanced over at her brother Andre.

"What's the matter Andre not feeling it?" I laughed and he laughed back.

"Whatever you say Lil."

I watched from the mirror and saw that Lissa's mom was laughing with us.

"Please turn it up!" I heard Rose yell from the other end of the car. It was a wonder we all managed to fit in this car in the first place, I may as well have been sat on Andre's lap.

Lissa, Rose, Andre and I began to dance in the back of the car as Lissa's Mom clapped along looking in the mirror, and her Dad reached over the front of the car and turned the knob of the radio up louder.

And that's when it happened. I saw it out of the corner of my eye, headlights came towards us and my eyes widened.

"Look out!" I screamed as I tried to hold my arm in front of both my friend and my sister, but all I saw was black.

I gasped as I awoke with a start. I ran a hand through my dark tresses. Her nightmare ran through me and I shivered, if this was happening to me, I could imagine it was happening to Rose too. All of the images ran through my mind, Rose, Lissa, Andre, Me, Lissa and Andre's Mom and Dad, him turning up the radio, me screaming.

I jumped up out of my bed as I remembered Lissa.

I ran into Lissa's room and saw Rose already there and I breathed a sigh of relief.

"Liss, you aren't there anymore." Rose helped her sit up as I leaned against the door.

"I had that dream." Lissa replied.

"We know." Rose answered.

We were all silent for a while, when Rose and I felt Lissa calm down and she reached over to switch the light on and she jumped as Oscar, Lissa's cat jumped up on the bed, I laughed slightly and Rose glared.

"When was your last feeding Liss?" I asked, I studied her just incase she lied, even though she couldn't because I could still feel her emotions, but she didn't fully understand how that worked. I noticed her dark under eye circles and tiredness and I swore under my breath.

"It's been more than two or three days Liss, why didn't you tell us?" Rose asked.

Lissa shrugged her shoulders as she slumped against Rose. Rose looked up at me.

"I'll do it." I replied to Rose's look.

Rose shifted Lissa into a better position and I kneeled in front of her.

"Lil-"

"No arguments, it's my turn."

Rose rubbed Lissa's shoulders. "Come on, it'll make you feel better."

I tilted my head back and threw my hair over my shoulder, baring my neck to her. I noticed she hesitated but she was too hungry to argue. A starved expression bord her face and her lips parted baring her fangs, as she neared my skin I felt my heart skip, I was glad Rose couldn't feel my emotions although I knew she felt the same when it was her turn to feed Lissa, as many times as we've done it whilst being away, I was always gripped by the feel of fear and anticipation.

Her fangs bit into me, hard, she couldn't resist the hunger anymore, I whimpered at the slight moment of pain and then it turned into a wonderful feeling, it was better than getting drunk or high, even better than sex. It was a pure rush of pleasure that encased me completely.

I felt Lissa pull back the feeling almost strange as I felt her fangs retract from where she penetrated the skin, she wiped her hand across her lips as she studied me.

"You okay?"

I breathed in silently, my eyes still closed. It took me a minute to get back to reality.

"Yeah, I'm good." I felt slightly dizzy from the blood loss. Rose reached out to me, her hand on my shoulder. My eyes opened and I took in her worry.

"I'm okay Rose." I took her hand in mine and squeezed it.

"You sure?"

"Yes, you know how it is." Rose peeled her hand back. She knew how it was that's why she was worried, but she knew I would be fine in a while.

I took a bottle of water from Lissa's side table and took a gulp of it.

"I'm going to get you something to eat." Lissa was up before I could stop her.

"You know how she is." Rose laughed.

I laughed with her as I got up from my position and laid on Lissa's bed as the feeling was still inside me. I heard Oscar growl and I sat up a little too quickly, my hand flew to my head. I saw Rose by the window and she gasped and pulled back quickly.

"Rose-" I warned.

"We've got to go. Now." I knew that tone of voice and I ran into my room and pulled on a pair of jeans and threw on one of my sweaters and a pair of shoes and ran into Rose as she had done the same. Rose grabbed her and Lissa's coat and I grabbed mine, and we both ran downstairs.

We found her in the cramped kitchen making what smelled like a grilled cheese for me. My stomach growled in hunger but I pushed the thought of food out of my mind.

"What are you doing? You shouldn't be up." Lissa chastised.

I shook my head.

"We got to go."

Rose grabbed Lissa and pushed her coat into her hands. I felt Lissa fill with fear.

"It's gonna be fine, we've outrun them before."

"Lissa, grab his keys." Rose nodded towards the boy sat on the table in the kitchen, he had his headphones in so thankfully he didn't take in the commotion around him.

Rose and I watched as Lissa rushed over to Jeremy, one of the other students that shared the apartment with us. I felt Lissa's fear again along with the complete and utter faith that Rose and I had this under control, Lissa felt safe with one of us around, but with both of us she felt better.

Lissa gazed into Jeremy's eyes and smiled. He stared, confused at what was going on and then I watched as the thrall overtook him. His eyes became glazed over with adoration.

"We need to borrow your car." She said with a voice so gentle. She was angelic. Her pale blonde hair and bright blue eyes added to the feeling. "Where are your keys?"

Reaching into his pocket, Jeremy handed her over a set of keys.

"Thank you, and where is it parked?"

"Down the street, at the corner by Brown." He replied dreamily.

Damn it. That meant we had further to go than I anticipated.

"Liss, we've got to move." Rose warned Lissa.

We all stepped outside, heading towards the corner he'd named. I was still slightly dizzy from the bite so Rose had to hold me and pushed Lissa further making sure she kept moving.

"Rose? What are we going to do if they catch us?" She whispered.

"They won't" She whispered fiercely and I swelled with pride. "We won't let them." I could stand on my own now as I could feel the aftermath of the bite fade a little.

"Rose is right. We won't let them catch us."

"But if they've found us-"

"They found us before. They didn't catch us then and they won't catch us now." I replied.

"We'll just drive over to the train station and go to L.A. They'll lose the trail." said Rose.

She made it sound so simple, she always did when it came to Lissa. Even though there wasn't anything simple about being on the run from people we've grown up with. We've been doing this for two years, running away and hiding as much as we could, attempting to finish high school. She didn't say anything else and I felt her faith in us flare up once more. This is how it's always been between the three of us. Rose and I were the ones that took actions, sometimes more reckless than the other but we got shit done. Lissa was the more reasonable one of course, the one who thought things out before she did things, but this time we didn't have time to hesitate.

We had all been friends since kindergarten, Rose and I were together always because we were sisters, but the teacher paired Lissa with us for writing lessons after she was the odd one out. Trying to get the three of us to try and write our names was beyond cruel, try writing Vasilissa Dragomir, Rosemarie Hathaway and Lily-Rose Hathaway when you're five years old, granted the other two were more difficult but I wasn't exactly the smartest. It was like Rose and I had thought exactly the same thing, we both chucked our books at her and called her a bitch after she told us off because we were spelling them wrong, we obviously didn't know what that word meant, but we knew how to hit a moving target, besides, we worked well together as a team.

All three of us had been inseparable ever since.

"Do you hear that?" Lissa asked suddenly.

It took Rose and I a few minutes to realise what she was talking about. Footsteps. And they were moving fast. I grimaced, we still had about two more blocks to go.

"Lil, we've got to run for it." Rose glanced at me and I nodded, we both knew how to make important decisions, we really weren't that different from each other, one more rebellious and impulsive than the other, only just, we could've been twins. I was only a little older than her, people sometimes got us confused with each other because we both looked similar and acted the same. Only certain people could tell the difference.

Rose and I caught Lissa's arm.

"But you can't-

"Run" We both gripped Lissa's arm and we ran like hell.

It took a lot of power for me to not just pass out on the sidewalk. My body wasn't agreeing with me after losing blood, but I pushed as much as I could, Rose's pace was keeping my legs going.

The pursuing footsteps grew louder and louder, they knew we were running. Ahead of us I could just about make out Jeremy's stupid green honda. If we could just go a little bit faster-

Only ten feet from the car a man stepped directly into our path and both Rose and I pulled Lissa back. He was older than us, maybe mid-twenties and tall, he had dark shoulder length hair pulled up into a ponytail, the girl inside me swelled with hormones but my protectiveness over my sister and Lissa were at the forefront.

The footsteps behind us slowed down, and I knew then our pursuers had caught up. I swore under my breath. I looked around for any kind of escape route but found none, Rose had the same idea but we both found nothing. Jesus. They had sent almost a dozen guardians to retrieve us. Panic swelled within me, inside a part of me knew we couldn't defeat this many guardians but I wasn't about to give up. No way. Rose and I acted out of instinct and we pressed against Lissa keeping her as far away from them as possible.

"Leave her alone." Rose warned.

"Don't you dare touch her." I growled, my eyes beginning to rage in front of me, we were so close to that fucking car!

The guardian in front of us took a step too close and Rose and I sprang into action, she was the first to make a move, and I latched my hands onto Lissa to keep her in place, I could feel her grab me back in fear. She attacked him, leaping into offensive mode, he was a skilled guardian, that move was a reckless maneuver that she hadn't used since we first ran away, I tried to persuade her to go to a gym like I had, granted I always got strange looks just because I was a girl but she needed to keep up and not lose her strength.

Man was he fast. I had almost forgotten how quick guardians could be, I watched as he slammed into Rose and sent her backwards into another car.

"Rose!" I shouted, I could feel she wasn't passed out and I pushed Lissa towards her. "Go to Rose." I watched as Lissa ran towards her, checking if she was okay and they both stood up on the defensive, I noticed a scratch of blood on Rose's cheek and my mood turned malicious. I stalked up to him, and glared into his eyes, I noticed him taking in my body language and he stood in the defensive.

I was the first to throw a punch but he dodged it effortlessly. I was now glad for all the time I spent in the gym while it was Rose's turn to protect Lissa. I growled in impatience as he blocked another one of my punches. He seemed to notice I was stronger than Rose and turned to me and he tried to grab for me but I blocked him by kicking him in his chest, I managed to push him back but he was too quick and he grabbed my leg, before I could pull it back in time. I knew exactly what he was going to do. He twisted my leg and I rolled in the air, it was like it all went in slow motion. I saw the ground underneath me and noticed the way I was going to fall, straight on my side, I knew it was going to hurt. I braced myself for the impact but just as quickly as he grabbed my leg the man reached out and pulled my arm, keeping me upright, I threw my legs to the ground to keep me steady. I felt myself begin to feel weaker, my eyes closed and I threw a hand to my head as I felt my dizziness come back. I felt my legs begin to fall beneath me, but the man caught me around my waist and picked me up back on my feet.

Still disoriented, I noticed he was staring at me- or, more precisely at my neck. I reached a hand up to the side of my throat and lightly touched the wound Lissa had made earlier. When I pulled my fingers back, I saw slick, dark blood on my skin. I panicked and pulled my hair around to cover it up.

The man's dark eyes lingered on the now covered bite a moment longer, then met mine, my anger from earlier turned to embarrassment at the fact he had seen the bite, I returned his look and my feeling turned into those of annoyance, we were so close from escaping from them and they ruined everything. I stepped forward and threw another punch but he blocked it again and threw a punch into my ribs. I doubled over in pain, I felt him grab me again, but this time he turned me around with my hands behind my back and against his body, I struggled in his hold but he was super strong. My eyes turned to my sister and Lissa, Rose saw the dizziness was starting to get a hold of me.

"Let her go!"

I felt my head fall back against my captor from the nausea, and my struggles ceased, if it wasn't the fact I had lost a lot of blood I would've fought back, even from his hold. The guardian seemed to notice my weakness.

I heard my name being called before I passed out.