Ending time. So if any reviewers get the pm about the ending, ignore it. Thanks to baseballshoppingmama for the help. After this there's gonna be one more chapter and then I'm gonna post the alternate ending just to keep everyone happy. I hope this and the next chapter do their job and thanks for sticking with me through this story

I'll own Vampire Academy after there is a successful, and still enjoyable long running slasher movie series. And that'll be never. They all go to crap eventually.

I stepped out of the car tentatively. Big day, big day. Time for the killing. I walked around the car and handed Eddie his stake. He wasn't aloud to have it while driving. He took a deep breath and patted me on the back.

"You ready?" He asked.

"Hell yes," I replied. We went and caught up with the rest of the rescue group. They were all volunteers that were there for either Lissa or Adrian. I nodded at them.

"Everyone know the plan?" I asked.

There was an all around noise of yes's. I led everyone to the forest near the house. The twelve of us split up into groups of three and ran to the different entrances stealthily. I kicked one of the hotel's doors down and was met with a couple Strigoi's standing guard. The group sprang into action and killed off the ones in the hall. I rushed forward, hoping I could get to Dimitri and finish this, when I found a shock. There was Shawna, with feral red eyes and an expression of rage. Her strange blue eyes and sweet face we're permanently erased from her face and wouldn't be coming back. I was overcome with a shot of guilt and the only thing I could think was, this is my fault. Her rage-ridden face formed into a bitter smile and she looked plainly evil.

"Someone looks surprised. I got under the ex-girlfriends skin," She said.

"Yeah, well I wouldn't be too proud. You're a rebound," I replied. I had to keep my eyes on her. She looked like she had something planned.

"I know what I am. It's just, he had so much baggage. Like someone broke his heart too many times and I couldn't make it better. That and he was such an ass. You remember, he called you a blood whore. I really always thought he was sleazy too. But to have those connections? To be related to the queen? Even if it was only by marriage, I was going to be at the head of everything social and political. But I couldn't have you around to ruin it so I found something to keep you distracted. Your partner. The other guardian of the Dragomir girl. He was so infatuated with you and you just acted so lonely. It was perfect. So I gave him a little push, urged him to make a move. I never found out if he did. After a week at court I was captured. And then I was awakened and everything made sense. The Moroi social world was completely irrelevant. To be at the top of the Strigoi pyramid, now that's power. So I plan on making it to the top. Starting off by assisting in the killing of the famous Rose Hathaway, then killing Adrian Ivashkov, and finally finalizing my legacy by finishing off the Dragomir's," She said. I rolled my eyes.

"Right. Well good luck doing all that when you're dead," I snarled. I ran at her and flipped her on her back. She popped up and swung at me. I grabbed her arm and threw her against a wall. Just as I was about to stake her I felt guilty.

"I'm sorry," I said.

"Don't be," She choked. I stared at her.

"That was for Adrian," I said. Then I staked her.

As she fell I vowed to give this mission reason, and kill Dimitri. I ran my way through the halls to see most of the fighting going on in the lobby. Most of the casualties seemed to be Strigoi. I searched urgently for Dimitri and found him in battle with Eddie. I started over to them when Dimitri looked at me and smiled. Then he turned and faster than anyone could stop him, snapped Eddie's neck. I flashed back to Mason's death. This was an even worse blow. I felt like I was going to pass out, until I let the anger overcome my body. I ran at Dimitri full force. He dodged me.

"Roza we've both had years to get over each other, no need to throw the fight," He said.

"You wish," I spat. He laughed.

"Is this how you looked after what happened to Mason? I bet it is. Because this is just all too familiar. Eddie was your new Mason. You used him for comfort when you couldn't have the one you really loved. Or I bet you would have," He said.

"It's nice to know you've grown soft in your old age," I said. We were circling each other. There was noise around us, but it seemed like background music to the confrontation.

"Not soft. Observant. More observant than you are apparently. Did you notice that you and Eddie never would have worked? Even if you really had something. Wake up Roza. You were both Lissa's guardians. Doesn't that problem sound familiar?" Dimitri said. I faltered for a moment.

"So I did you a favor. I would ask you to do me one, but I'm guessing you already killed Shawna. She was a little too ambitious. Got on my nerves," He said.

"I'm always happy to help," I said.

"And that's why I'm going to save you years of trouble and just kill you now. You'll never be happy Rose. You just aren't meant to be happy. Let's face it, between me and Lissa and Adrian you won't make anyone else happy either," He said.

I decided that this was the end of his little speech and kicked him in the groin. He grabbed my leg as he went down and we both tumbled on the floor. After rolling over a couple of times he ended up on top of me. With my wrists pinned down I couldn't see any way out. His head was pressed against mine and he smiled triumphantly. So I did the one thing I hadn't done in years and opened the flood gates. Spirits came forward to hold Dimitri back. Among them was Eddie.

"Stake him," He urged me on.

"I'm sorry," I told him. I turned back to Dimitri.

"I always loved you," Dimitri said."Save it," I said and staked him. After that the spirits slowly started disappearing. Eddie went last, with one look in my eyes.

"I really did love you," He said. With one last nod he left. I finally snapped back to reality to see the battle going on around. I felt the need to kill things.

The last of the Strigoi were killed off shortly. I left with the nine other survivors back to court. One of Adrian's guardians was killed, along with one of Shawna's. And was Mason's death all over again except the cause this time was the ex love of my life who wouldn't be there to comfort me this time. Because he was dead. Because I killed him. My whole world changed in those couple of hours and yet everything at court was the same when we returned. I couldn't handle it. I went to my room and stayed staring at the ceiling until I heard a knock on my door.***Lissa pulled me into a hug when she walked in the room. I looked her in the eyes and could tell that she knew.

"Here," She said, pulling me to a couch, "Let's talk."I took a deep breath.

"It's all my fault," I said.

"You're not going to say that again because you know it's not true. You're going to tell me what you're really thinking right now," She said.

"I think you're trying to use compulsion," I said. She sighed.

"Fine," I said," You wanna know what I'm thinking? Dimitri was right."

I told her everything he had said to me. She sat patiently listening. When I was done she gave me a look of determination.

"Rose, I'm not saying he's right, but I think he has a point. You're a fighter. The strongest person I know. And the events of your life made you that way. Maybe you just had to wait for your happy ending," She said.

"But that's just it. How long do I have to wait?" I asked

"I'll tell you what. You won't have to wait another year," She said.

"How do you know?" I asked

"I guess it another spirit ability," She responded.

"Lissa what are you planning?" I asked.

"Nothing. Just talk to me," she with that, the stressed relationship me and Lissa had obtained over the years faded away. The same way it had years ago. Just by talking to each other. And that's why I could be happy. Because I would always have Lissa.

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"This is the part where the supposedly dead killer comes back to life"-Randy, Scream. I love it. So much.