A/N: Set right after the last and final book of the Vampire Academy series ended (Last Sacrifice).

Rose POV

Chapter 1: The Pain Has Yet to Vanish

As soon as the coronation ended, we were led into a massive ball room to eat dinner. I had never been inside this room before and absorbed the sights around me. There was a gigantic chandelier in the middle of the room and a long rectangular traditional dining table underneath. All around the rest of the room, there were small circular dining tables reserved for all the royal families. I followed Lissa to the long rectangular dining table, where she sat stood above the "head of the table" seat. I stood right besides her on her right and Christan stood besides her on her left. Dimitri stood next to Christan.

"It's an honor, as your queen, to start the meal. But, I would like to take a moment of silence to thank God for giving me such wonderful people in my life that make up my family...," Lissa said loudly.

In the moment of silence, I for once actually thanked God. I was never religious like Lissa was and believed there probably was someone up there, but was to lazy to research it. But, for some reason I thanked him for everything... Even if my life has never been smooth and constantly has been a fight. I knew that so many people cared about me: Lissa, Dimitri, Mom, Abe, Christan, Eddie, and so many more.

"Amen," said Lissa concluding the moment of silence.

Everyone repeated "amen" and sat down right after Lissa did.

I finally got the chance to glance at all the delicious food around me. I probably hadn't consumed anything besides fast food in a long time. I caught Dimitri smiling at me from across the table. He probably noticed the expression I made at the food and understood immediately. I began to dive into my plate, but suddenly a strong pain came lurching from my chest. I squeezed my eyes shut and held on the chair for balance. Lissa was the the first one to notice.

"Rose, are you okay?" she spoke with panic in her voice.

I couldn't respond to her, and begged for the pain to go away. But, then my whole body began to throb. I wanted to scream and shout, but was too afraid of getting attention from everyone else in the room. I could feel my face turning a bright red and then felt a warm hand on my hands. I didn't need sight to know whose hand it was.

"Rose, what's happening?" Dimitri's voice was filled with worry, pain, and concern.

When, I didn't respond, he cupped his hands on my face and asked, "Rose, tell me where it's hurting, please, say something."

"Roza," he said softly.

"I-, its com-coming, the p-ain is coming from my ch-est," I managed to say. I felt tears flowing out of my eyes like a waterfall. Great, now everyone in the room can probably see Guardian Hathaway crying in pain.

"The bullet," Lissa whispered in horror. "I knew I should have healed it!"

"Lissa, you know she healed herself," I heard Christan explain to her.

"I know, but she is hurting. I can take it away," Lissa spoke loudly. I bet she grabbed the attention of most of the people in the room.

"No!" I screamed. "Too mut-ch spirit!"

"What happened to Rose?" Jill asked.

"I would like to know the same thing," my mom swiftly took my other hand.

"She's still in pain from the bullet shot," Dimitri explained.

"Then, she stills needs to rest. Someone needs to go get Dr. Slvesky to give her some medicine to help relieve the pain," my mom explained.

"I'll get him," said Eddie.

I started to feel dizzy and wobbly. I needed to control pain was becoming unbearable, so I began banging my head on the table. Please pain go away.

"Rose!" Dimirti felt hurt. "Roza, this is no way to cope. Your are making it worse, Dr. Slvesky is coming." He let me burry my face in his chest. I clutched on this shirt and buried my nails in his skin to release the pain.

"Please, let me heal her," Lissa insisted.

"No!" I I managed to use all my strength to get up, only to find myself falling and everything fading until it turned dark.

Thanks for reading my continuation to the story, I will update soon. But, show your support and review!

Also, the story will continue showing them in college, getting married, and everything else in between. It will continue until Rose dies, which is hopefully because of old age.