Disclaimer: All characters are from the Vampire Academy series and belong to Richelle Mead.

*Spoiler Alert* This story contains spoilers from all the VA books (I think?)

Chapter 1

It all started when Lissa and her guardian crew (including me) took a trip to New York.

Apparently, there were some important royals Lissa had to meet.

Unfortunately, we never got to meet them.

When our three vans jam-packed with guardians reached the house located on the outskirts of New York, it was about 10 o'clock at night. Our crew walked up to the front of the mansion, and the door swung open, and that's when my nausea hit me. Instead of finding Moroi, we found that we were facing a whole house of Strigoi.

Damn, I thought. The Strigoi in the doorway smiled at us, showing off his fangs. The guardians at the front sprang into action and attacked the Strigoi, but he was too fast and disappeared into the house. They didn't dare follow in case there was a whole nest in there.

The rest of us formed a circle around Lissa, and turned back towards the vans, only to find all the tires completely flat.

We must have been tricked and led into a colony of Strigoi, because dozens of Strigoi were coming at our circle from every angle now.

One made the mistake of coming too close to me. My stake whipped out and stabbed him in the heart. One down, a few dozen left to go, I thought. I really do hate it when Strigoi form colonies. I personally preferred it when they stayed individual.

At a signal from what appeared to be the leader, they all surged forward at once, and total chaos broke loose. My two instincts were to protect Lissa at all costs, and to kill any Strigoi who were stupid enough to get in my way.

A female Strigoi who I vaguely recognised came at me, and my badass guardian skills kicked in. We exchanged blows for a few seconds before my stake found her heart. She crumpled to the ground and I turned just in time to block a fatal blow from another Strigoi. This one took a little longer to kill, but I finally got an opening and finished the fight.

At first, we guardians seemed to have it in control, but more Strigoi kept coming out from around the house. The front of the house was now littered with bodies. I hoped that they were all Strigoi. The sounds of battle continued around me, with screams of rage and insults.

This could be it, I thought grimly to myself. Eight Strigoi bodies lay dead around me, but I wasn't sure which ones I had killed and which ones I hadn't. I found myself wishing that Dimitri were here fighting with us, but he was back at court with Christian.

I had just killed the I looked over to see if Lissa was still okay, but just as I turned to look at her something hard knocked me on the back of the head, and my vision went black. The last thing I remember was Lissa screaming my name, and being dragged into the mansion. Even if the any of the other guardians had noticed my disappearance, they wouldn't have been able to do anything since they were too caught up with their own battles.

When I finally came round, my head hurt like a herd of elephants had stampeded over it. I wasn't sure if I had been out for days, or just hours. I took in my surroundings and came to the conclusion that I was in some sort of a cell. The ceiling, walls, and floor were all made of the concrete, and there was a metal door at one end of the room.

Then I remembered what had happened. The Strigoi must have kidnapped me, and were now holding me in a cell...but why? Wouldn't it have just been easier to kill me out in battle instead of dragging me into their lair? I hoped that the other guardians had managed to get Lissa to safety. I tried not to think of what else may have happened to her. If only the bond were still there, I would be able to know.

At that moment, the door opened and I tried to jump to my feet, but my limbs wouldn't co-operate. A Strigoi woman entered the room, and I instinctively reached for my stake. But, my hand wouldn't move, and I realised that they wouldn't be stupid enough to leave it on me anyways.

"Finally wake up?" she said sweetly, flashing me a grin that showed her wickedly sharp fangs.

"Yes. Now why don't you kill me now and get over with it." I replied. My body still wasn't co-operating with me.

"Kill you? Why, we're not planning on killing you - you're much too valuable, Rosemarie Hathaway. You've earned quite a big reputation for killing us, now you're going to repay that by killing guardians."

Oh shit, oh shit, oh shit, I thought. They're going to turn me into a Strigoi. I also realised that they must have drugged me. That would be why I was unable to move. I prayed to God that Dimitri would be able to kill me before I went on a manic evil killing spree.

Panic coursed through me as the woman bent down beside me and prepared to give me the bite that would change everything.

Sorry if it's a little short! It's my first story...

I'll try to update in a few days.