This is my fantasy about how the next book in the series would go. I do not own any of these characters. I quote 1 passage from SB page 487 in chapter 6. This quote and the characters belong to Richelle Mead.

Thanks everyone for the reivews so far, they make it fun to continue writing. I have to say I love this website. I just heard about it last Wednesday when I was telling someone that I was so impatient for the next book to come out that I had started writing my own story to tide me over, I am glad to hear that those who have read it, like it.

Thanks for telling me about this website Cristy!


Prologue

Abe Mazur was a Moroi, a good vampire, and he just happened to be my father. A fact that I, Rose Hathaway, just learned in May after I returned to St. Vladimir's to finish my high school education and my guardian training.

I had met Abe in Siberia a couple months ago when I was searching for Dimitri, my mentor, who was turned into a Strigoi during a battle at St. Vladimir's Academy. Sydney, the Alchemist, had told me that in Russia among the dhampir, Moroi and Alchemist communities, Abe's nickname was Zmey, a mythical giant snake creature.

Alchemists are something else I learned about. They are human and have connections all over the world. They help Moroi and dhampirs clean up their messes, especially dead Strigoi. What do they get out of it? Well they get a charmed golden tattoo on the side of their face that prevents them from telling humans about us, and gives them longer, healthier lives almost like a dhampir.

My mother, Janine Hathaway was a dhampir. Dhampir's are half human and half Moroi vampire. You would think that dhampirs and Moroi would create a ¾ vampire and ¼ human, but it doesn't work that way. Dhampirs don't have fangs and they don't drink blood, but we are strong, rarely get sick, and have excellent senses. It is for this reason that most dhampirs go to school to train to be guardians, or body guards for the Moroi to protect them from Strigoi. Strigoi are evil undead vampires that kill when they eat. They prefer to drink Moroi and dhampir blood, but in a pinch will use humans. Moroi use voluntary human feeders and drink just a little blood every day. The dhampirs go through years of training at an academy to learn how to be guardians and kill Strigoi.

Speaking of Strigoi, the love of my life, my soul mate Dimitri Bolikov, was turned into a Strigoi in the spring, but Lissa, Christian and I were able to bring him back to life. Unfortunately now Dimitri wants nothing to do with me.

We staked him, well actually just Lissa staked him, through the heart with a silver stake charmed with one of the five elemental magics that Moroi can wield. Spirit. There are very few Moroi who can wield spirit and my best friend and bond-mate Vasilisa Dragomir is one of them.

I recently graduated from St. Vladimir's, received my promise marks and moved to the Royal Court to receive my assignment as a guardian. Before I ran off to Siberia to find and kill Dimitri, I was supposed to be Lissa's guardian. It was an obvious choice for me to be her guardian, because we were psychically bound to each other. This bond was created when Lissa brought me back to life after a car accident that killed Lissa's family. That brief death is also the reason that I am shadow-kissed. When Lissa's family died she became the last person in her family line and she got the title of Princess. Despite our connection Queen Tatiana did not want me to be the last Dragomir Princess's guardian.

Just when I thought my life was returning back to normal, I was charged with the murder of Queen Tatiana Ivashkov. She was like the president of the United States to the Moroi community or like the Queen of England is to the British.

After spending the entire day in a jail cell not knowing what was happening, I was whisked into the courtroom for a hearing to determine if there was enough evidence to bring me to trial. Unfortunately, whoever set me up did a good job, because they had plenty of evidence against me.