This is a really sad one-shot in Lissa's point of view. It is set to the song Hello by Evanescence.

Disclaimer: All rights go to Richelle Mead.

I stared out at the sea of bodies and a shiver ran down my spine. I felt my tears run down my cheeks and they splattered onto the floor. The Strigoi had attacked Lehigh, hundreds of them, and I seemed to be the only survivor. The bell that signalled the end of the lecture rang, but nobody came. It was empty. I looked up into the sky as a dark cloud crossed over the eerie figure of the moon and star-spattered sky. I spotted Rose's corpse amongst the others and collapsed beside it, weeping as I tried to conjure up my healing magic. But nothing happened. She still wasn't breathing. Rose was dead, but this time she definitely wasn't coming back.

"Hello?" I called hoarsely, hoping for some sort of response. I couldn't cope with this by myself. I needed someone. I needed Rose. "Hello?" All I heard was the echo of my sobbing around the courtyard.

The college seemed so dark and scary with no lively students in it. Everyone was lying dead on the ground, fighters or not.

I picked myself up and searched around the school carefully picking my way through the bodies that scattered the floor; Moroi, dhampirs and Strigoi alike. I couldn't believe it. Christian had lost control of his fire magic and it had gotten the better of him. Rose had died killing the Strigoi that had bitten Dimitri. Dimitri had died being killed by Christian. I brushed my hair out of my face and it matted in my hairline where crimson blood was leaking out of a giant gash on my face. I could smell it. It was Rose that had stopped the Strigoi from actually killing me. They lay, broken on the floor.

"Hello?" I cried again. I knew I wouldn't manage this by myself. Wasn't somebody here to help the queen? Where were the extra guardians that should come? Where were the lucky survivors like me? I hid and the cupboard by myself and couldn't stop crying.

The saltwater just kept flowing from my eyes, leaking into the crevices and the corner of my mouth. My eyes drooped and I felt so exhausted. No-one would mind if I went for a little sleep, would they? There wasn't anybody to mind. However, with my eyes shut tight, all I could see were faces of everybody else. Rose, Christian, Dimitri, Mom, Dad, Andre, other guardians and people I may've known. They were all dead. Maybe if I died too, I could be with them. No matter how many Strigoi she killed, nor how many times she broke the law, Rose would still be heaven. That would be a good idea. Calm, peaceful...

I shook myself awake. Stop sleeping, I told myself, Rose wouldn't want you to die. You have to stay strong for them all. You're the Queen of the Moroi. You can't die. I wept to myself and tried not to make too much noise just in case any Strigoi were still around. I rested my head against the wall, trying to regain my composure. Sighing, I squeezed my eyes shut and pulled out my phone.