Author's Note: Okay guys, here's the deal, this is my first FanFic. Ever. Normally I just read them, cause I can't write to save my life, but I decided to go out on a limb and try to write one. If ya'll like it great, if you don't, that's fine too. Just read it and tell me what you think. If you like it I'll keep going, if you don't, I'll stop.
Oh, I almost forgot, in my story, Rose can shape-shift into any animal she wants. With silver claws and teeth, the whole nine yards. I know some of you are thinking "What?! That's stupid!". And yeah, it might be, but I was just thinking one day of ways Rose could have saved Dimitri, and for whatever reason the shape-shifting thing stuck with me.
Disclaimer: I don't own the wonderful Vampire Academy Series, the one and only, talented Richelle Mead does. The only thing I came up with on my own, is Rose shape-shifting.
Okay, with all that said (sorry it took so long, I just had to fill ya'll in on everything) here's goes nothing……. Literally…….
Chapter 1
(End of Chapter 27 in Shadow Kiss)
Tears streaming down my face, I ran.
I ran maybe fifteen feet and came to a halt. The image of the Blonde Strigoi's teeth sinking into Dimitri's neck flashed back into my mind. It was too much too bear. There was one way I could save Dimitri, or so I hoped. Nobody knew that I could shape-shift into any animal I wanted except for Lissa. We didn't know why I could, we just thought is was another Shadow-Kissed side effect.
Turning around, I started running back towards the cave, back to where the Strigoi were, but most importantly, back to where Dimitri was. I didn't know if the other Guardians had noticed my abstance yet, but I didn't care. Only Dimitri mattered. My mom, Stan and all the other Guardians weren't going to hold me back this time.
I jumped, and twisted in midair. My body expanded, hands and feet turning into massive, clawed paws. I landed on all four paws, running. I was in my wolf form. But I wasn't your average wolf. I was huge, almost as big as a horse, dark brown fur that almost looked black, with silver nails and teeth to kill Strigoi with instead of a silver stake.
When I reached the caves, the other Strigoi were still standing at the entrance, waiting for the sun to set, so as soon as it got dark they could make a run for it. When they saw me they froze, a look of pure fear coming across all of their pale faces. Hahaha, I thought, Its about time you all got a taste of you own medicine. I lunged myself at them, sweeping one of my massive paws across some of their faces. The ones I managed to hit screamed and started retreating back with the others, back to the other exit I assumed. I resisted the urge to follow and kill them all. Dimitri, I reminded myself, Save Dimitri.
Something moved beside me and I jerked my head around to see what it was. There in the corner of the cave was the Blonde Strigoi, knelt over something or someone. With further inspection, I realized it was Dimitri. A low and long growl escaped from between my teeth. The Blonde Strigoi's head snapped up to look at me. He stood up and turned around to face me, blood running down the corners of his mouth. Out of the corner of my eye, I saw Dimitri slump over unconscious, onto the ground.
I leapt at the Strigoi, teeth bared. I smacked into him hard, and both of us hit the ground rolling. Jumping up, I attacked him again, except this time it was my teeth sinking into his neck. He cried out in pain, while trying to pry my jaws open so that he could get free. But I wasn't letting go. If possible, I just bit down harder.
He then kicked me in the shoulder, and I heard a loud crack. Yeah, I'm pretty sure he broke it. I whimpered, but didn't loosen my grip on his throat. With his neck still between my teeth, I stepped on his chest to hold his body to the ground. I then twisted his neck in an unnatural position and heard it pop. With his neck now broke, I jerked my head back and forth a few times, then up and his head came off effortlessly. I tossed his head and decapitated body off to the side of the cave.
Limping over to where Dimitri was, I saw that his eyes were open, but his breathing was very shallow and ragged. Blood covered his neck. I whined and nudged him with my nose. He reached up very slowly with his hand, to rest it on the side of my face.
"Roza," he whispered almost inaudibly.
I whined again. I didn't know how he knew it was me, but then again, he just knew me. But at that time, I didn't care. All I knew was that I had to get him out of here and back to the Academy. Looking at the exit of the cave, I saw that it was already dark outside. I didn't have that nauseous feeling anymore, so the Strigoi must have already left.
The only way to get him back to the Academy would be to carry him. The other Guardians wouldn't be back until the sun was up, and I didn't think Dimitri would make it the whole night through without any medical attention. He had already lost a lot of blood and couldn't afford to lose any more.
The only issue now was, how to get him on my back? An idea came to mind. I layed down beside him, looked at him, then looked at my back. I repeated the gesture a couple times. It took him a few seconds, then I saw recognition flash across his face. He slowly got to his knees. I scooted closer to him so he wouldn't have to travel as far. Then he collapsed, halfway on and halfway off my back. He struggled some, then finally he was on.
I waited a couple seconds to make sure he was on alright, then I stood up. I walked very slowly out of the cave and into the forest, towards the school. My eyes and ears were alert for any movement or sound. My shoulder hurt, but I kept going anyway. This was going to be a long five miles.
At last, I reached the broken fence that indicated where the Academy's Wards started. Cautious of my silver nails - I didn't want to weaken the Wards again - I stepped over them very carefully. When I was across, I started loping towards the Clinic, with Dimitri still hanging on.
When I approached the Clinic doors, I layed down again and Dimitri rolled off my back. Standing up, I changed back into my human form. Whoa, I thought. My shoulder was really hurting now and for some reason I felt really dizzy. I knew shape-shifting took a lot of energy, but never like this before. Then I realized I haven't slept or ate for two days.
Getting a grip on myself, I grabbed a hold of Dimitri under his arms and dragged him into the Clinic. As soon as I was inside, I started yelling for help. Dr. Olendzki came out of a room, took one look at me dragging Dimitri, his neck covered in blood, and called some of her nurses.
Two nurses came out with a stretcher, took Dimitri out of my arms and loaded him onto it. Before they took him away, I whispered, "I love you", in his ear.
I watched as they rolled him into the back so that they could attend to his injuries. I hoped Lissa was back there, so she could heal him.
The fatigue, hunger, and pain in my broken shoulder were to much to bear. The next thing I knew, I fainted.
So, what'd you guys think? Was it stupid? Should I keep going or stop? Review and tell me what you think I should do.
-Martina