V.A is not mine, I do not own any of the characters.

Chapter One

"They execute traitors."

The words echoed in my head as I was lead away to my cell. I could hear all the commotion around me, I could hear Lissa screaming for me, but I couldn't react, I was numb. I couldn't believe this was happening, it just wouldn't sink in, I'm going to die.

The guardians threw me into my cell, I just sat there in shock. Suddenly I was hit by a strong wave of emotions from Lissa, anger at the council, confusion, as to why they had decided to blame the queens murder on me, and sadness that she was going to lose her best friend. The emotions were so strong that I instantly got pulled into Lissa's head.

She was still in the courtroom; Christian was trying to calm her down.

"She'll be ok Lissa, this is Rose, she's strong she will be alright"

"She shouldn't have to be strong because she didn't do it! She couldn't do it!" she practically screamed.

I tried to pull out of Lissa's head, I didn't want to see Lissa like this, it was hard enough dealing with my situation, I didn't want to be worried about Lissa too. But no matter how hard I tried, her emotions were just too strong and they kept me there with no escape.

"I have to see her, I need to see her"

"I don't think you can right now Princess"

I hadn't realised that Dimitri was there until he spoke. Lissa spun around to look at him, anger building up inside her.

"Why the hell not Dimitri? Because you say so?"

"No Princess because only her lawyer is aloud down to her cell for the time being"

"Oh" she looked apologetically at Dimitri. Even through Lissa's eyes I could still appreciate that Dimitri was in all sense of the word a god.

"It's alright Princess I understand that you are just concerned for Rose. I think that if we hurry we may be able to catch Abe before he goes down to see Rose, he will be able to pass along a message to Rose for you"

"What about you Dimitri?" Lissa asked him innocently "Don't you want to give Rose a message too?"

"No I have nothing more to say to Rose than I have already said"

At that point I literally ripped myself away from Lissa, I really really didn't want to listen to Dimitri tell all my friends about how much he didn't love me anymore.

"Love fades, mine has" thinking about his words were like a knife in the heart so I tried to concentrate on something else.

In the end I fell asleep just as the blackness started to take over I was pulled into one of Adrian's dreams.

I was in a beautiful garden surrounded by so many flowers it was unreal; I looked down and saw that I was dressed in a beautiful red sundress with matching shoes. Adrian walked into the garden at that point and looked at me. I ran towards him and threw myself at him and wrapped him in a massive hug.

"Adrian, I am so glad to see you" I whispered

"Little Dhampir" he sighed "I was so worried about you, when they took you away, you just looked blank, you didn't even fight, you just looked so defeated"

"I know" tears started to fall from my eyes "I'm scared Adrian, I don't want to die"

"You're not going to die Little Dhampir; I will get you out of this"

The dream started to fade, I was waking up.

"Don't worry Little Dhampir; I won't let anything happen to you"

At that moment the dream faded completely and I woke up with a start. I looked toward the door of my cell. Abe was stood there looking tired and grim.

"Kiz, I have messages from your friends"

"Is that the only reason you came to see me old man, and here I thought you enjoyed my company" I said in the snarkiest voice I had.

"Well it's nice to see that being on trial for the queens murder hasn't changed your attitude" he said in a very sarcastic voice. "Of course it's not the only reason I came to see you I just thought that you would like to hear your friends messages first"

"Ahh well in that case go right ahead" I laughed

"Well firstly Princess Vasilisa – "

"Call her Lissa old man she hates it when people use her full name"

"Ok then Lissa wanted me to tell you that she knows you didn't do it and that she is going to do her best to get you out of here, she also said that you her sister and she loves you"

"Could you please tell her to be strong and tell her that I don't want her to get into any trouble for me"

"Of course, secondly, Christian Ozera sends his love and wants you to know that he is going to help find a way to prove your innocence"

I just smiled, Christian and I have a love hate relationship but I still love him like a brother.

"Guardian Castle" Abe continued "Would like you to know that none of the other guardians actually think you killed the queen and most of them are going to make sure people know that they think that, he also said that he loves you and you need to be strong.

This also made me smile, after getting Eddie to help me break Victor out of prison I had thought that Eddie had lost his respect for me but it made me happy to know that he was still my friend.

"Mia would like to tell you that if you need to talk she here and finally Adrian says he will see you in your dreams"

I felt a little disappointed Dimitri had said he wasn't going to send me a message but I didn't think he would be that harsh, didn't he know that of all the people in the world a message from him would have made all this just a little bit better? It was then that it finally hit me Dimitri really doesn't love me anymore he had said that he didn't but I didn't really think he meant it, not until now. It was also in the moment that I decided that I wasn't going to fight for him anymore; it would just cause me more pain.

"Rose?"

I sighed "Sorry old man, must have spaced out for a bit. So you said there was something else?"

"Yes, I just wanted to tell you that I am going to find evidence to prove your innocence, and if I can't I will break you out of here until we can, either way you will not die, I have only just met you, I am not ready to lose you yet."

"Thanks old man, it means a lot that you're doing this for me"

"Kiz, I am your father, of course I would do this for you. However am I correct in thinking that your friends are unaware that I am your father?"

"Lissa knows, but I asked her not to tell anyone, I trust her not to tell anyone."

"Good I think it would be best if they're left unaware of our relationship for the time being."

"Why's that?" I was confused; didn't he want people to know that I am his daughter?

"Because if people know that I am your father, they may not be willing to talk to me about what they know"

"You're my lawyer; I'm thinking they won't want to talk to you anyway"

"I may be your lawyer but if they think I'm defending you because you're my daughter and not because I just felt like doing it then they will not talk to me. If they know I have a more personal interest in your case it will make it difficult for me to access information."

"Fair enough. When can I have visitors?"

"It won't be for a while unfortunately until they no longer consider you a risk of breaking out."

"Well that's crap"

"I will be back to talk to you about the case tomorrow"

"Ok can you give my friends messages for me?"

"Of course Kiz"

"Can you tell Lissa that she must not get herself into trouble for me and that I love her? Can you tell Christian to look after Lissa and to keep her sane. Tell Adrian that I am looking forward to seeing him. Tell Mia and Eddie that I appreciate their support and could you also tell Guardian Belikov that I give up and I'm not going to fight it anymore."

Abe looked confused about the last message but nodded and walked away. I laid down on the cot that was in my cell, I can't say that it was comfy but I was a murderer now, I don't think that they take comfort needs into consideration. I looked at the wall and realised that someone had written something on the wall, it was in Russian so I couldn't read what it said, but I recognised the hand writing, it was Dimitri's. Obviously someone in this place had a sick sense of humour, almost everyone at court knew how I felt about Dimitri, I didn't think that it was coincidence that I had been put in this cell.

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