Heey, so this will be a three chapter (maybe four, im not sure) story, where you will see the same scenes from different peoples point of view. I almost cried writing it, so I hope you can feel my emotions. Please review if you liked it! It's been long since I enjoyed writing something as much as I enjoyed this.

1.

Rose pov:

I was running faster than I ever had before. I don't know if it was the adrenaline, or just the sight of Dimitri, battling one of the too many Strigoi. As I got closer, I spotted one that was sneaking up on him from behind. "Dimitri, watch out!" I yelled, and our eyes met. When he had heard my voice, his eyes had been filled with worry. I knew he didn't like that I was in a dangerous situation like this, but I didn't care. I couldn't. if I didn't help him, he might die. Or worse, become one of them.

I thought back of the conversation we had had in the buss, before we knew that Victor Dashkov was a messed up bastard, who wanted to use Lissa. We had agreed that if either one of us got turned into one of them, we wanted someone to kill us.

Right before I reached him, the Strigoi from behind attacked, and I could see that he couldn't parry it. Without even thinking, I threw myself into the Strigoi's side with all the power I could manage. My shoulder collided with the creature, and I send it stumbling to the ground. I grabbed for my silver stake to stake it, only to realize with horror that it was gone. I must have dropped it when I hit the Strigoi, and I couldn't see it. Before I had time to react, the Strigoi jumped me, and knocked me to the ground. I was close enough to Dimitri, to be able to see his face, and I took a quick glance at him. Here were fighting his own two Strigoi, and I knew that he'd be dead now, if I hadn't jumped the one that was going to kill him.

That thought send a wave of warmth through me. For once had I been able to save him, instead of him, saving me all the time. But my little thought-stream was quickly cut off, when the Strigoi attacked me. I hadn't been able to get up, before it was on top of me, holding me down against the ground, with it's strength and weight. I looked at it, as I tried to fight my way out of it's grip. It was a woman, a lot older than was about my mom's age I think. She had short, black hair, and she was strong, but not in the way Strigoi usually were strong. No, this woman were once a dhampir. I could see it. That thought knocked me out of it for a split second, but that was all the Strigoi woman needed. She lunged out against me, and as I held my hand up to protect me, I let go of her hand, that I had been holding down. She buried her teeth deep in my wrist, and I screamed. But not for long, because the woman had quickly cut off my scream, by grabbing my neck with the hand that I had let go of. Dammit. Was this how I was going to die? Well, it wasn't such an unusual death for a guardian, but I couldn't die now. Dimitri and I had just acknowledged our feelings, and even though it wasn't going to be easy, it was the thing in the world I wanted the most. The sparkle in his dark brown eyes, that he always got when he laughed or smiled, came to my mind.

At least I would be dying, trying to save him, and that was the best death I could think of. That, and if I was protecting Lissa. That was the only other death I could have forgiven myself for.

Because believe me, I wanted to live. More than anything. And hell I struggled against the Strigoi woman. Suddenly, she let go of my wrist, and I almost felt a little relief. But that only lasted until her hand let go of my neck, and was shortly after assisted by her teeth. I screamed, and this time there was nothing to cut me off. I heard Dimitri yell my name behind me, and it gave me more strength to fight. But even a shadow-kissed guardian knows when their life is about to be over, and I knew mine almost was. Even if someone managed to get her off of me, I would have lost too much blood to survive this. There was no chance anymore.

Suddenly, the weight on top of me vanished, and I heard the hissing scream, when someone stabbed her. Then it went quiet.

I managed to tilt onto my side, and saw Dimitri. He was alive. A vague feeling of relief and happiness shot through me, but I was too weak to do anything but smile, and reach out for him. He had been the one who had stabbed to Strigoi woman, and now he rushed to my side. He lifted me up into his arms, and I put my hand on his cheek. Then I did something reckless. I did it because I was afraid it might be my last chance to do it, and because I was me. Reckless was my middle name. I kissed him. It was a sweet kiss, and I did everything I could to tell him through it that I loved him, with a hidden sorrow to it. I broke it, and looked at him. "I am so, so sorry. Look out for Lissa for me, will you? She will need you. And Christian. Make… make sure he… is safe" my voice got weaker and lower constantly, and I felt how life was seeping away from me, but I held on with all my power. "no, don't say that. You will be looking out for Lissa, and Christian. You're going to be okay, Roza. You'll be okay." He brushed the hair out of my face, and despite the pain, I enjoyed the sensation of his touch. "I love you" I whispered. Tears came to his eyes. "I love you too. Hang on, Roza. Please." It send shock waves of pain, when he started running, but I grinded my teeth together, and held in the cries. Every inch of my body hurt. From the fall on the hard stones, but mostly from the blood loss. I suddenly felt really tired. Like every muscle in my body desperately needed to sleep. Maybe, if I took a nap, it would hurt less when I woke up. It was Dimitri's voice, that pulled me out. "No, Roza. Stay with me. More than ever, stay with me." He sounded desperate, and I was about to make a sarcastic comment, when I realized that it would about my own death. And that was just too much even for me. Instead, I put my hand on top of his. "where… are you… taking me?" I mumbled. My face was starting to feel numb, and it was tingling in my fingertips. My head felt light, and it was like the only thing that held me here, was him. His dark, warm and oh so worried eyes were tying me to this place. "To Lissa." Even in the state I was in now, I tried my best to refuse. But he just shook his head. "She is the only one that will be able to save you. I can't let you go Roza. And you know she will never forgive me if I don't bring you to her. If you don't let me, she wont forgive you eith-"

He didn't finish his sentence, because from the side, a Strigoi lunged right into us. It knocked Dimitri (and me too) over. My vision went blurry, and I fought to clear it. When I succeeded I saw with a new kind of horror, that Dimitri was still on the ground, and that must mean he was slightly unconscious. Not enough to not be able to sense anything around him, but he couldn't fight. I didn't know what to do, I didn't know what I could do. But as the Strigoi lunged towards him again, to eliminate the threat, I suddenly knew exactly what to do. I knew that I was going to die anyway, so I managed all I had, and got up on shaking legs, and threw myself in front of him as a human shield. I was determined that only one of us had to die tonight, and it couldn't be him. He had to live, if not for himself, then for me. I heard a scream and a yell at the same time, and right before the Strigoi hit me, I felt a huge amount of fear from Lissa, and I knew that she was watching what was happening. To my relief, she was frozen in her place by fear, so she wouldn't endanger herself. The yell had come from Dimitri. Had was trying desperately to get up, but he failed twice.

Strigoi smashed into me, and we both fell to the ground, and I weakly held on to it. I tuned my head, to look at Dimitri. Fear for my life, sorrow and love radiated from him, and I send him a small smile, before I threw myself to the side, dragging the Strigoi with me. It hissed at me, and I pulled myself as close to it as I could, so it couldn't bite me. Unfortunately, there was still one thing it could do. It could break every bone in my body. And apparently it chose to do the last option.

It smashed itself against the ground, and I screamed. In my mind, I could hear Lissa scream along with me. Now that I was down here, trapped by it, I knew I had no chance at all of surviving.

I saw in a kind of slow motion, that the Strigoi sat up, but just enough to be able to get its hands around my neck. I heard Dimitri scream "No!", and then I weirdly enough heard the snap as the Strigoi snapped my neck. The last thing I sensed was that the Strigoi was gone, and warm, comforting hands held my head. Then it went dark.

I didn't know how, but I all out of a sudden, I stood in the middle of the schools front yard, and it was summer. A little away, stood Mason. Happiness gushed through me. "Mason!" I ran to him, and he smiled as I threw myself into his arms. I hugged him tightly. " How is it summer? It is winter at school." I asked him. "We are in the limbo between life and death. If you stay here, it is still possible for Lissa to get you back, but you know how much it will take on her. If you come with me, it will be over. But if you hang on, you know what the risk will be." I looked at him. I knew what he meant, but I had to say it. "She might go insane and kill herself. Or die trying to save me." He nodded. "Is it really time to go, Mace. I have barely lived." But I already knew the answer. It was time to go. I inhaled deeply, and then I took Masons hand. Right before we started walking, I saw something. "I just have to go see what it is." I pointed at it, and Mason nodded. I let go of his hand, and ran to what seemed to be a window in the air. I went through it, and now I stood beside my own body, looking at myself and the people around me. Lissa was concentrated on trying to bring me back, and I saw tears on her cheeks. She must be the one who had opened the window. I suddenly knew exactly what to do. I walked the few steps over to Christian, who had now joined the crowd of people staring at my almost dead body, and wrapped my arms around him, sending energy out, so he could feel that I was there. He looked right at me without seeing me "Rose?" he whispered. I finished hugging him, and found it harder than I thought I would to let go of him. "goodbye Christian. I will miss you" I said, and I meant it. I knew from the look on his face, that he somehow could hear me, as the only one. "no, Rose, you have to stay" he whispered to the air. "I cant. If she works so hard that it can make me able to return, she could die. I cant risk it." She looked at where he thought I was, with surprise. "you are willing to die for her." I nodded, even though I knew he couldn't see it. "yes, of course. Watch over her, Chris. Watch over her, now that I cant. Please" he nodded slightly, and I saw his eyes glitter with tears.

Then I walked to Dimitri. I somehow instinctively knew that if I went to Lissa second, I would disappear before I could say goodbye to him. I managed almost all the energy I had, and materialized before him. "Hey, Comrade." He looked up at me, with shock. I smiled at him. "Rose?" his voice sounded rusty from crying, and he quickly got up. It was like, when I talked to them individually, they became invisible to the two others. Lissa and Christian didn't even look at us. He wrapped his arms around me, and I kissed him. I could taste the salted taste of tears on his lips, and I let my arms wrap around him, and he cupped my face. His lips were just as warm and comforting as they always had been. Oh, how I wanted to stay. It was like a fire inside me. I wanted to stay so bad, that it almost hurt, but then Lissa crossed my mind, and I broke the kiss, and instead just held him. "she will make it, Roza." He said, as if he had read my mind. His voice was so desperate and pleading, I looked up at him. "you know I cant risk her life, just because I want to stay. I love you beyond life, Dimitri. And you know that. I need you to be strong. For me" he looked like he was in so much pain, he couldn't handle it. "no. I cant do that. It was supposed to be me, not you lying there. Anyone but you." He nearly whispered the word "you". I could feel tears press against my eyes, and I looked down. He cupped my chin, and made me look up. That was when the only tear left my eye. "but I also know that destiny is a cruel thing, and you cant let Lissa risk her life to save you. I love you Rose, and that is the only reason why I am not the smallest bit surprised that it is the only thing for you to do." His voice was full of pain and love, and I kissed him. again, he held my head, and his fingers felt like home to me. "I will miss you. I love you. I need to go." He nodded, and right before he let go of me, he kissed me again. The kiss was full of sorrow, and I almost couldn't bear it. I would really miss him. "goodbye Dimitri." I whispered. He brushed the hair out of my face, as I started sobbing. "Goodbye Roza" he said gently. I brushed his cheek, and then let go of him. to my horror, it was for good.

The last person I had to say goodbye to, and also to convince of letting go of me. I had saved an amount of energy that would make me visible to her, and I summoned it. "Lissa." I said gently. She stopped her fanatical healing, and I found it harder to stay here. "Rose! I did it! You are saved!" she laughed with relief, and it send a sting if hurt through my chest to see her so happy. I still couldn't feel my body when I reached out for it with my mind. It was still dead, and that was the way it had to stay. "no, Liss. My spirit is here because of you, an di cant tell you how grateful I am. You have given me a chance to say goodbye. She looked at me with a startled look on her face. "what? You cant be leaving, you are here now. You aren't dead." She reached out, and grabbed my hand. "no, I am not. Liss, you have to let me go. If you don't, you'll die from exhaustion. I wont allow it. But please, please Lissa. I cant leave if I know you hate me." I pleaded her. She looked at me, in a way she had never, ever looked at me before. She looked at me with genuine pain in her eyes. "you want me to let you go? Why don't you want to live, Rose!? Why do you have to be like this!?" she was shouting now. I winced. Then she did something, that was so much a Lissa thing, it made me cry. She hugged me. I held her so tight I could, without being afraid that I would hurt her. And as we stood there I whispered " I love you Liss. Goodbye." And then the world around my dead body vanished, and I stood beside Mason, crying. He pulled me into a hug, and I cried into his shirt. When we had stood there for a couple of minutes, he silently took m hand, and together we walked into the light that I had always been expecting. I smiled through the tears, as the white light absorbed me.

I had been right after all.