Even angels go to Hell

by Iruviene-san

What are angels? Powerfull, benevolent creatures, right? Then, I'm an angel. I gave her up in order to keep her safe. I gave him up in order to set him free. But here's the catch: nobody knows, so I'm often characterized as a filthy traitor. But here's another catch: I swore to protect her with my life. And that's not a promise I feel like breaking.

1. Chapter 1

Even angels go to Hell

Chapter 1 – Prologue

My name is Rose Hattaway and I'm a Guardian – well, I used to be a guardian until I "ran away", "dropped out" or "went rogue" as you might say. Why, you ask me? Because I swore to protect the Moroi I was assigned to, in my case, Pricess Vasilisa Dragomir. Leaving her and never see my loved ones again was to price to keep her safe. Just after Dimiri told me that he didn't love me anymore (bastard), my BFF, Dimai Bashir shows up and breaks me the knews. Linam Satire, my brother (in everything but blood), and who was supposed to be dead, was now a Strigoi. The funny thing about my relationship with Linam was the he always protected me, no matter what, I knew he always had my back. And now? Surprise, surprise, he's trying to kill me. Splendid, don't you think? Seems like it's starting to become a habit. How troublesome. Well, anyway, this happened about five months ago. After leaving me and Dimai (a.k.a. Socks) roamed trough America, killing every Strigoi that crossed our way. Very "Buffy, The Vampire Slayer" like, right? Tell me about it. Everything was going smoothly. I kept writing to my parents, no word about any of the others…nothing (not that I'm complaining). Me and Socks traveled to places that beat the crap out of Montana/Pennsylvania. The bright side of having absolutely no Moroi to care about is that you're free to go out in the sun as much as you want. So, as I was saying, everything was going smoothly, until about one week ago, when I got a letter from my mom.

"Dear Rose,

We need you to come back. This lunatic showed up and said that he would start killing everyone at Court until you decided to show up. Plus, he as a freakin' army! All of you senior class, except for Eddie, perished trying to stop him. So, as your mother, I'm telling you to drag your ass back here right now or I will drag back myself. Love

Janine Hattaway"

So, just as I was told, I "dragged my ass back there". Socks and I are almost at the gates now, and I can already see the gang waiting. What a drag.