Alone (re-mastered)
By: RavenL0221 (originally by animated vampire, but I am her)
Summary: Lissa is forced into being strigoi one night and Rose and Christian are left alone. How will they cope with Lissa's death and who will win Rose? The Wanna-be strigoi or a man who's experienced a loss just as strong?
So I took this from a previous account and decided to remaster it, I thought it'd be fun because of how young I was when I wrote it. To be honest I sucked back then...oh well, let us carry on! Oh and btw if anyone wanted to see the original it's under Animated Vampire.
I woke to the sound of thunder outside my bedroom door. It was still early in our world and I couldn't imagine why anyone would even be awake at this hour. On a Saturday. I glanced at the clock...7:30...I turned over, covering my head with the pillow.
"Rose...open up," the familiar snark was nowhere to be found, he actually sounded terrified. I ripped the door, completely ignorant to my pajamas. His eyes were wide and frantic and he only managed a single word.
"L-l-Lissa..." he sobbed. I grabbed him around the top of the shoulders and shook him.
"What about Lissa!" I demanded. He winced in pain as I nearly broke his weak moroi bones.
"Sh-she...strigoi..." I never seen him so shaken, this wasn't a joke. My hand found his wrist and I drug him behind me. The sun had only recently gone down, how could a strigoi have gotten to her so quickly? Had she changed of her own free will? I quickly dismissed the idea, she could never. I checked my bond the feel nothing. Absolutely nothing. She'd recently learned how to block me out of her mind so I used that as a half hearted consolation as I nearly flew across campus to the moroi dorms. Christian stumbled pitifully behind me, but I had no time for him to catch his breath. I kicked her door in; under any other circumstance I would've felt badass and invincible. Then I looked up to see a strigoi I recognized, there was Dimitri, who stood well over six feet. He was the only thing that made me feel as weak as Lissa. He was also there, forcing his blood down Lissa's throat. I had no time to waste on conversation; her life would not slip through my fingers. She was far too important to me for that. I ran at him with all my strength, hoping that I had a chance. My stake was on my bedside table and in my haste...I'd forgotten it. He was distracted for a moment, making knocking him over that much easier, but it was too late.
"Rose…"I spared a glance to see she'd gone pale...paler than Christian, paler than snow. I swallowed the bile that had risen in my throat. She sighed, passing on gracefully.
"How could you!" I shouted. He smiled at me; the smile I'd loved so much earlier was bitter and turned my stomach. I backed away as Lissa opened her eyes. I prayed to see the beautiful pale green that I always envied. I counted my blessings as I saw them...until I noticed the red rings around them. Dimitri spoke in a voice that wasn't his."Alas! The last Dragomir defeated!" Then my body performed actions that I'd never known they could. I let loose a battle cry and ran toward Dimitri at full speed. I instantly grabbed the stake on his hip aiming for his heart. We toppled over and he went back to normal."R-roza..." He chocked. Blood spurted from his mouth as the stake slipped deeper, "please. We can be together...now..." he gasped. I almost removed the stake when Lissa's eyes flashed in my mind's eye. This wasn't my Dimitri. Still, he could be forgiven right?
"No," said a male voice when I went to withdraw the silver. His pale hand pushed on the stake and it plunged deeper into his chest. Moroi or not his strength was greater than mine and I lost. Dimitri's essence left him and I felt the tears come. I pushed them away before anyone could see. Christian ripped the stake from my hands, slicing open my palms. He turned and forced the stake into Lissa's heart. She screamed and it tore me apart. The look on Christian's face was traumatized and once she was dead he dropped to his knees. The stake dropped and dozens of officials ran in. Much too late...they noted the two bodies and looked at me for an explanation that Christian offered.
"Dimitri snuck in...He changed Lissa so I staked her." Some guards stared at the moroi in shock, others in disgust. How dare the potential strigoi KILL the last Dragomir princess and how did he know how to use stake anyway?
"Rose, did..." I ignored them as my head began swimming. Lissa was DEAD Dimitri killed her. How...why...could...My hold on my control slipped away much too quickly and the next thing I knew I was sobbing into Christian's chest. He'd grabbed me when the first of the tears began to show. He rubbed my back soothingly. I could tell that him having me be the first to cry comforted him. It gave him something to be strong for. Alberta dropped her head in sorrow; after all she'd gone through hell with the both of us. I broke away from him, a hint of that Rose Hathaway attitude shining through. He stood with me as I wobbled out the door. Eddie chased after me and grabbed my shoulders.
"Rose...Rose...ROSMARIE!" I jerked out of my mind and stared at the boy who'd ripped me from my happy place. The place where I was alone and nothing could touch me! Nothing could hurt me in the back of my mind so why would he pull me out of it. He saw me lapsing back and shook me. A grateful expression covered his face as Christian jogged toward us. His bangs hid his eyes and he had crawled into his mind as well.
"What is up with you two?" He demanded. He didn't know. Christian shivered and I tried to run back into my mind. Eddie grabbed both a little harder than necessary but I couldn't bear to speak to him.
"Lissa was attacked..." Christian whispered, "She changed and I staked her..." Eddie let us go and my inner voice screamed for me to run. My sense had been stripped from me and now I could see no other option. Christian and Eddie chased after me. They slipped into my room before I could lock the door."Rose..." they hugged me tight. I was practically the meat in a man sandwich. We all sat on my bed huddled in a ball until we fell asleep on each other. My head on Eddie's shoulder Eddie's head on mine, Christian's head on my shoulder.
I hope you enjoyed my revisions! If so I will totally do more...juuust for you!