(note: I do not own the rights to these characters. I am picking up where the last book in the vampire academy series left off in Last Sacrifice. I do own the content to this creative writing as it is an original story of mine but the characters from Vampire Academy are used! Rated K+ due to adult content. Thanks for reading!)

I thought that it was all over. I believed that when Lissa became queen that things would finally end, and we could lead as normal lives as we could in our society. However, I soon realized that things were only just beginning…

Chapter 1

Rose

It smells like wood and metal. I hear the sounds of metal tearing and bending into itself. The noise is deafening. Bright lights flash before my eyes and then everything goes black. The smell of blood pierces my nose and takes over all of my senses. I feel my body go from being warm to suddenly becoming extremely cold. My body stays still as if stuck in shock over what had just happened. I try to breathe but no breath comes. I feel myself begin to suffocate as I try desperately to get in air, but to no success. The blackness becomes darker as I can feel myself slipping away. I feel a hand touch mine and a warm sensation course through my body.

"Rose, Rose! Roza! Please wake up!" Dimitri said shaking me as I could hear my screams. He shakes my shoulders trying to get me to snap out of this nightmare. "Roza, my precious Roza. It's okay. I'm here," he says as he pulls me into his arms as tears fall down my face and I hear a whimper escape me.

He strokes my hair as he holds me tightly to his chest whispering "Roza, Roza," over and over again. I slowly feel myself begin to relax in his arms and we sit like this for what feels like an eternity. Once I calmed down, I pulled away from him slightly to look him in the eyes. Those brown eyes I love so much seemed to be looking into my soul at that very moment. Worry, concern and love radiated from those eyes and he stared back at me. He could see the pain that was in my heart and I knew that I couldn't hide the truth of what just happened from him anymore.

"What happened?" he asked as he stroked my cheek gently.

"I had a really bad nightmare. It was like the nightmares Lissa used to get about the car accident we were in but this time it was me. I could remember what it was like that night. The sound of the metal, the smell of blood, the suffocation from not being able to breathe. I felt myself dying. I am so used to Lissa having this nightmare and this is the first time I've ever had one from my perspective and actually feeling the accident. I guess for the longest time I just never remembered and now it's hitting me. I hate not having any control over this. It didn't used to be like this, but after the last two years of what we've gone through I guess all the things in my past that I just shoved deep down inside are finally coming to the surface. It's terrifying. It's like the darkness from spirit that I used to pull from Lissa. I wonder if the darkness is still in me and that's what's causing all of this to come to the surface," I said my voice trembling more and more as I spoke.

"Rose, you are one of the strongest person I know. Even though you are young, you have handled all of these challenges better than people twice your age could. I know you have things weighing on your chest from your past, but we will get through this," he said followed up by a deep kiss.

We kissed deeply and grabbed unto each other as we pulled ourselves closer to each other. The warmth of his body enveloped me as he laid me down on my back and ran his hands down my shoulders. My back arched as he pressed his hips against mine. I could feel him in every part of my body. I felt like I was being struck by lightning, my entire body alive and sensitive to his every touch that sent shivers throughout my entire body. We continued to kiss deeply as he pulled of my underwear and took off my bra. He pulled back looking at me as I lay there completely naked staring into his eyes. All I saw was his love for me. That deep love that spoke to me that he will never leave my side no matter what. I reached out and caressed his face as my other hand pulled off his shirt. He smirked and pulled off his shirt and kicked off his boxers. He hovered over me as we both laid there naked before each other. He pressed against me one more time, his erect cock sliding up and down my pussy. I moaned quietly as he slowly pushed himself inside my body reacting by arching my back and digging my ass into the bed. He wrapped his arm around my lower back as he laid on top of me but supported his weight with his other arm. He pressed deeper and deeper into me causing me to moan louder and louder. He sucks on my nipples as he begins to go faster and faster. As we laid there and made love and as we did, I felt our souls connecting and becoming one. He continuously whispered, "Roza, my own beautiful rose." I grabbed his shoulder and nudged him to lay on his back. He smiled that beautiful smile that I cherish so much as I climbed on top of him. I felt him slide into me as I moaned loudly. He reached up and cupped my breasts in his hands as I began to move my hips and use my legs to start moving up and down. I've learned that even though I have ridiculous strength, I can still use some work on my flexibility in these sexual positions. He closed his eyes and moaned as I moved my hips more and that caused him to go deeper and deeper inside of me. I could feel the pressure in my pelvis, but it felt like heaven to me. I tilted my head back and moaned along with him as he lifted up his hips to meet mine and to pound into me as I bounced up and down. He gripped harder unto my breasts but with the tips of his fingers he gently played with my nipples. Every part of me was on fire and I didn't want this to ever end. I almost screamed as my body convulsed as I felt myself cum. He arched his back and let out an equally as loud moan as he came along with me. I could feel his cum ejecting inside of me.

I collapsed on top of him and put my head on his chest as I breathed heavily. He wrapped his arms around me holding me close to him. We laid like that for a while before he gently lifted me up and carried me over to the shower. I wrapped my arms around his neck and leaned my head against his chest, exhaustion beginning to overwhelm me. He sat me down in the shower and turned it on. The warm water covered me, and I felt myself loosen up as the warmth seeped down to my bones. I closed my eyes and rested my head against the shower wall as Dimitri sat down next to me. He rubbed my arms, messaging them as he moved up and down slowly and gently. I leaned back so I could lay into him and he wrapped him arms and legs around me. Kissing me on my neck, he put soap between his hands and started rubbing my entire body with the soap. Ever so gently he went over every crevice of my body, messaging the soap into me and loosening up my muscles at the same time. He continued to kiss up and down my neck as I leaned my head into his shoulder and let out soft little moans. He continued this until he covered my entire body with soap and every part of me messaged to his satisfaction. I turned to him and placed soap in my hands as I began to message the soap into his body as well. I went over every part of his body feeling each and every single hard muscle he had. When I got to his abs, I leaned over and kissed up and down his stomach as I messaged and rubbed the soap into him at the same time. I felt him tense up as a moan escaped him and I heard him whisper, "Roza." I smiled as he became erect again. I opened my mouth and began sucking on the tip of his cock. I felt him arch his back as a moan escaped his lips and his hand gently caressing the back of my head. I looked up and saw his hair had fallen out of his ponytail and pure pleasure was played on his face. I took him deeper in my throat and slightly gagged over the sheer length of him. I pulled him in as deep as I could go and yet there was quite a bit left to him that I couldn't fit into my mouth. I went up and down sucking him tightly as I did. I could tell the slowness was agonizing to him, but I enjoyed the taste of him in my mouth. Up and down I went as I felt him tense up more and more. When I went down as deep as I could go, I heard him let out a loud moan followed by cum shooting into my mouth. My eyes closed as I swallowed his delicious cum. I pulled my head up and smirked at him. He returned my smirk and kissed me deeply again.

I pulled away and laughed saying, "You know we can't keep doing this all day right? As much as I would love too, we do have to get to our duties. Them first remember?"

He laughed that deep care free laugh and said, "You're right but I could honestly stay here all day."

Thankfully we had one of those rain shower heads that perfectly poured down water on top of us no matter where we were sitting or standing in the shower. One of the perks of having the queen of the moroi as your best friend. Even though I've fought what feels like hundreds of strigoi, having sex with Dimitri seem to take the most of my strength and left me completely exhausted after some of our love making. We showered the soap off of us and walked out of the shower. As we put our clothes on, we kept stopping to kiss each other and jokingly smacking each other or trying to knock the other over. It reminded me of when we first had sex at that cabin in the woods at St. Vladimirs.

Once we were dressed, we walked out of our room holding hands and started heading toward Lissa's and Christian's room. We joked with each other on the way as we approached the door to their room in the royal 'palace' at court. By palace I mean a giant section of court dedicated to the queen. Dimitri and I had one of the largest dhampir suits thanks to our lovely friend the queen herself. As I began turning the nob to enter the lobby of the palace, I heard a scream from Lissa. I immediately bolted inside, Dimitri following close behind me and the other royal guardians who were inside, running straight to where I heard Lissa screaming. I found her inside of her room on the ground screaming, rocking side to side and clutching her head as if she were in pain.

I kneeled down and held her in my arms saying, "Its okay Liss, I'm here it's okay."

I heard her whimper as she turned her head into my shoulder and began to sob heavily. The other guardians circled around us and waited until Lissa calmed down enough to talk to us.

"Your majesty, what happened?" Dimitri asked worry lanced in his voice.

Lissa wiped the tears from her eyes and leaned away from me to look Dimitri in the eye. He knelt down in front of her as she said, "It's the spirit. The spirit madness just hit me all of a sudden. I just…. I just became really overwhelmed by it all and it felt like my mind was falling apart. I didn't realize I was screaming until I heard your voice Rose," she looked me dead in the eye as tears began falling down her face again.

I wiped the tears from her cheeks as Christian walked in. He was shocked by the way we were positioned and when he saw Lissa he immediately kneeled beside her. He took her hands in his and kissed them gently. I stood up and backed up so he could take over. I could hear him mumbling calming things to Lissa as I casted a worried look at Dimitri. He mirrored my worried expression and then we both turned our gaze over to Lissa. She stayed like that for a while and I realize today we've both been haunted by nightmares.

Dimitri

The day after Lissa's episode, Rose and I stayed very close to her and Christians side. My main concern was Vasilisa's mental health after knowing the true dangers of spirit. I will never forget the day Rose took the darkness away from Vasilisa and what it did to her. I remember running up to the scene watching Rose punch Jessie Zeklos repeatedly in the face. I remember dragging her to the cabin and all the effort she made to escape to demolish Jessie. It pained my heart to see her so out of control. Rose, the strong independent Rose that I have to love, was so unstable and broken. When we got to the cabin, she looked like a wild animal who was trying to break out of a cage. Her hair was all across her face and she was thrashing side to side as the anger consumed her. She kept begging to have me let her go so she could go after Jessie. Seeing her like this broke my heart and I couldn't stand to see her like this for a moment longer. I grabbed her shoulders and shook her saying, "This isn't you! This isn't you!" It looked like my words had reached her and I began to see the madness leave her. Her body to begin to shake uncontrollably as the madness left her. I let go of holding her arms behind her back and instead brought her close into my arms.

I will never forget that day and looking at Vasilisa now I can understand the concern on Rose's face. Her brows were scrunched together, and she was slightly biting her bottom lip. She stood back away from Vasilisa as Christian kneeled down to be in front of Vasilisa. I could hear him saying things to calm her down and I watched the madness of spirit slowly leave her. Rose stayed as close to her as she could while also giving the other guardians space to also stand close to Vasilisa and keep a watchful eye on her. Christian helped her stand to her feet and said casually that he was going to take her on a walk to help her calm down more. The other guardians and I followed them outside of the room and walked into the warmness of the autumn day.

For the moroi, technically it was nighttime but to the rest of the world it was the middle of the afternoon. We walked around the garden keeping enough distance to where Vasilisa and Christian could have some space but just enough to also keep us close. Two royal guardians walked off to the front sides of them while Rose and I took the rear. Both of us were focused on the two of them but every now and again I looked at Rose from the corner of my eye. She tried to keep her face expressionless but every now and again I can see her lost in deep thought. Keeping my eyes on both Christian and Rose was challenging but it's something I've become used too. We continued to walk around court as we exited the garden and walked on the walkways around court.

"Do you think that maybe there is a way that I can become shadow kissed again?" Rose asked suddenly.

I gazed at her in astonishment and did my best to hide the fear from appearing on my face. Her face was completely serious, her gaze looking down at the ground, some of the hairs from her bun had been pulled out from the wind, her hands in fists by her side, her brows pushed together and her jaw tense from clenching her teeth.

"I don't know if you can and I hope that you don't Roza. I will never forget what caused us to end up in the cabin. I will never forget seeing you in that state of helplessness as you lost control because of the darkness you absorbed from Vasilisa. I know that they come first however I can't stand to see you like that. You don't know what it was like to see such a strong woman like you to fall apart like that," I said as I tried to hide the pain in my voice.

"I understand that but seeing her like that, I just hate myself for not being able to take that away from her. How can I protect her if I can't even help her when she's falling apart? She's the queen damn it and it's my job to help her succeed. I can't do that if I can't even take the darkness away from her. I know she is strong but the more she uses spirit the worse it gets. There has to be a way to where I can take the darkness from her again. There just has to," she said with exasperation in her voice.

I frowned and thought deeply about her words. Rose loves Vasilisa just as much as she loves me. I know that if Rose were having an episode like Vasilisa had, I would be saying the same exact thing. This is one of the many reasons I fell in love with her. Her heart for others is like no one I have ever met. Her love for her friends is so tried and true that no one can second guess how much she loves them.

"I don't think there is a way for you to become shadow kissed again Rose. The only reason you were before is because Vasilisa brought you back from the dead. Remember how you lost the bond? You were shot and fought for your life on your own. That is what severed your bond to Vasilisa. If you were to ever have a chance at getting the bond back, it would require you dying again. You barely survived when you were shot in the chest and almost losing you like that killed me. I felt helpless and promised myself that if you were to live that I would do everything in my power to protect you and your life. I know you want to help Vasilisa but there has to be another way than you becoming shadow kissed." I said.

"Last time I checked comrade my life is up to me. I am Lissa's guardian. It's my job to keep her safe and to make sure she's alright. You should know since I got shot for her that I am willing to die to help and protect her. I am willing to do whatever it takes, regardless of what happens to me, in order to be a better guardian for her. I love you Dimka I really do, and you hold a place in my heart no one will replace. But if you think I'm going to put myself before Lissa then maybe you don't know me at all," she said angrily as she walked away to switch positions with the other guardian.

Helen came and replaced Rose sighing, "That girl sure is a hot head. I'm surprised you of all people fell for her. She's young and arrogant and full of temper. But she's one of the best guardians I've ever met. I couldn't have imagined a better guardian for her majesty," she said.

Helen was my age and was one of the top students when she graduated the academy. Her fighting skills are on par to Rose's and she is one of the wisest women I've met. She's known for her strigoi kills and for surviving even the most brutal battles. There was one incident where she was the only guardian who made it out alive of a strigoi attack. After St. Vladimir's was attacked, strigoi went around in bands attacking different royals in order to bring them close to extinction. She was guarding, funny enough, a branch of the Ozera family. They came under attack as the family was leaving a fancy dinner. The only two who made it out alive were Helen and the Ozera she was protecting: the young daughter of the family. Though they walked away alive, Helen still holds regrets knowing that the little girl is now an orphan and there wasn't anything Helen could do about it.

Even though she was my age, she looked no more than eighteen. She had deep auburn hair and freckles on her face with bright blue eyes that looked grey in the sunlight. She had one of those wide smiles that lit up a room and a laugh that traveled throughout the room. She had an x scar on her neck. I don't know how she got it, but it was definitely something that she doesn't want to talk about. That I know for sure.

"I know you love her Dimitri. I just wish sometimes she would take your feelings more into consideration. The world does not revolve around Rosemarie Hathaway as much as she would like it too. She can't expect you to be okay with every decision she makes and to go with her flow. You each have your own world and lives that you go through. I know she was there for you when you turned back into a dhampir and she was the main source of helping you fight it but at the same time I feel like she could give you more. I know it's not my place to say anything about your relationship but you're my friend Dimitri, and I can't stand to see you being treated unfairly," she said. Care and love were laced in her voice.

I smiled a small smile to myself and said, "You're right; Rose lives in her own world. But it would be wrong to think that she doesn't care deeply about the people in her life. She would die for any of the people she loves and she's proven it over and over again. When her friend Mason was murdered in front of her by strigoi, she changed forever. I know you know what it's like to see the people you love lying there dead because of a strigoi and feeling the guilt of not being able to do anything about it. It changes you for the rest of your life. That's what happened to Rose. I wasn't there when Mason died. I wasn't myself when she killed strigoi after strigoi in her search to find me in order to keep a promise that we made. I treated her like she was a piece of meat, a toy to play with, when I was a strigoi. I didn't go through that; she did. She went through being framed for a murder and being on the run. She went through killing a man who couldn't even defend himself and the guilt that went with her arch enemy dying by her hand when he was defenseless. Rose might live in her own world sometimes but for the last two years she's done nothing but think of what's best for others and she still does. In our relationship sure, she has some room to grow but so do I. There have been countless times where I've seen Rose have nightmares from the things she's gone through and some of those things I put her through. I can be more understanding to why she is the way she is. I can continue being a mentor in her life and guiding her when she has no idea what path to turn down. I will never be able to take away her pain but I can do my best to try and help her navigate through that pain when she lets me."

Helen laughed and said, "If she lets you that is."

I laughed in return and said, "You're right. Hopefully she lets me."