Hey guys! I can't believe I'm already on chapter 7! wow that went fast. I just want to give a special thanks to my very loyal follower/reviewer RozaRocks: Thanks soooo much! I just love seeing a good review :)

Also thanks to my other reviewer TheKissOfDeath21 :)

This is going to have some Lissa POV! Enjoy :)


LPOV

I woke up feeling very, very dead.

At least I wish I was.

The last thing I remember was a pair of red eyes pouncing on me. How am I still alive?

I am still alive, right? Wait, I wouldn't be in this much pain if I was dead. I must be alive, but how?

Groaning, I sat up on a hard wooden surface. It turned out to be a pew.

What happened?

Immediately, I felt a pair of steady hands support me from the back. Christian. I looked up into his piercing blue eyes that were clouded with worry but had a spark of love.

"What happened?" I asked shakily.

After a moment's hesitation, he said, "When you fell, the strigoi attacked you. I umm set him on fire, but it accidentaly got you too. I'm so sorry, Lissa. I didn't mean to." He looked absolutely guilt stricken. I carefully examined my body to find only one or two spots that were burnt. Pain rolled off of them in waves, but I tried to pretend like it was nothing.

"Christian! Look at me! This was not your fault. If you hadn't done this, I would be dead or even worse. You saved me by not only doing that but also carrying me to the church." i checked his face to make sure that it was sinking in. "And you saved me when we first met. If you hadn't come along - "

Suddenly, I was gathered into his arms. "Lissa, I know I've only known you a month, and the first part of that month you hated at me, but I need to say this. I love you, Lissa Dragomir."

"I love you, too, Christian Ozera." Then, we were kissing. It started sweet and tender, but it slowly grew into something more.

I pulled back gasping for air. "Christian, we're in a church!"

He smirked, "So?"

"That's wrong! And what do you mean I hated you?"

"You hated me because you kept me from helping Rose even though you knew that you would have just died alongside her. You hated me because you could hear her screams as they - you know. And you hated me because you felt guilty - guilty for being happy while Rose is god knows where." As he said all of this, he was staring at me directly in the eyes.

"But I never hated you! I hated myself! I let all that happen, but you saved me. I would be dead without you! If you hadn't ran into me while I tried to get to Rose, she and I would both be dead. I was lucky that you realized what I was doing. I still don't know how you knew, though. We were strangers then." I looked at him curiously. "How did you know?"

"Well, everyone knows who you and Rose are and how you ran away. Also, I saw Rose and the strigoi fight. When I saw you coming, I knew I had to stop you. You aren't a guardian, but Rose is. she can handle herself."

"You are amazing," I said in awe.


RPOV

I woke up with a pounding headache, an empty heart and . . . the feeling of someone else encroaching on my mind.

The only other times when I felt that were when Lissa would -

Oh, god. Lissa.

She's dead.

But wait. The bond is still their.

That must mean -

SHE'S ALIVE!

Eagerly, I slipped into her mind to figure out what happened.

About ten minutes later, I emerged from my room looking like a monkey with my crazy hair and screwed up make -up, but I was ecstatic.

It turns out that Christian had saved Lissa. He had also burned that strigoi to a pleasant little crisp. Unfortunately, Lissa had also sustained some burn injuries, but she would be fine with time.

And time was something she did have now that she was actually alive!

I ran to the Guardian dorms. One second I was running down the hallway, and the next I was on my butt. I had smashed into a solid wall of muscle at full speed.

"Are you okay?" Dimitri asked as he helped me up. I brushed myself off and gave him a humongous smile.

"LISSA'S ALIVE!" I screamed at him. Judging by the incredulous look on his face, the news clearly hadn't sunk in yet.

"What? How?" he asked bewilderingly.

In a rush, I explained about Christian and Lissa. "And I know where she is! C'mon! We have to go!" I tugged at his hand like a petulant child in an attempt to get him moving.

"Okay. Where is she?" With that question, we were off to find my best friend.


I couldn't kill Lissa off. That would've ruined the whole story! I swear that the next chapter will be super exciting with more attacks and fighting and stuff. Something might even happen to Rose and Dimitri . . .

TUNE IN NEXT TIME FOR MORE . . . BATTLE SCARS

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Oh and sorry for any grammar mistakes and stuff like that.

Disclaimer: I do not own Vampire Academy nor do I own Dimitri *sigh* He is all Rachelle Mead's