RPOV

I was really excited to see who my 3 new Guardians would be, so I rushed to Kirova's office, awaiting to see who it would be.

I burst open through her doors and saw 3 tall Guardians waiting there for me. They were all extremely good looking and took my breath away, the one that took my breath away the most was the love of my life, Dimitri.

I introduced myself to the other 2 guardians and they looked at me with awe and adoration in their face.

"Rose Hathaway, my name is Jake Hill and it is a pleasure to meet you, i have heard so much about you." He blushed bright red. "Thanks, its nice to meet you too Jakey boy." I chuckled to myself at this new found nickname and he looked down, embarrassed. "Rose Hathaway, my name is Neville Crab." He looked a bit odd but nonetheless i shrugged that thought and held my hand out to him, he replied by shaking it warily, I thought to myself 'maybe he is just shy'.

"Nice to meet you Crabby." He looked displeased with the new name that i called him. Then i looked at Dimitri, the lucky last who holds my heart and said "Comrade." He looked at me with an unsure smile at 'Comrade', with a curt and a slight nod and said "Rose."

I left the room before kissing a thanks to Kirova and my 3 new guardians had followed behind me quietly. I showed Jakey and Crabby my living space and everything on the campus, I was now 5 weeks from graduating and I was pretty excited about it. I looked at Dimitri and smiled, shrugging.

I knew that we were both excited that he was one of the new guardians assigned to me now, I looked at him annoyed since he didn't tell me that he was going to be one of them, even though he knew that i was worrying about it. I quickly made a mental note to get back at Dimitri.

I was pretty excited to see what i could do to the Guardians assigned to me, annoy them like hell and maybe play some pranks on them, I mentally started to plot my evil plans.

Then i remembered that i have not checked on Lissa in a while and quickly went into the bond to see what Lissa was doing,

"Yes, i love you too Christian, very much." Lissa said while kissing him. Ugh so gross. Not what i needed right now.

I was about to leave through the bond when suddenly the door came crashing down and I looked up and saw 4 hungry pairs of red eyes staring at Lissa and Christian. Oh no, not again.

Lissa started to panic when she realised what was going on, through the bond i could feel that she was surprised in a bad way, scarred for her and Christian and she also was thinking of my safety, 'Oh Lissa'.

"Buria" I whispered.

While Lissa sort of stood there frozen, Christian moved into action and lighted 2 of the Strigoi on fire before they managed to knock him out and I felt Lissa's worry and fear. I then saw someone reach for Lissa and then it all blacked out, I got back into my own head.

They took Lissa and Christian! How could they have possibly get in? "BURIA" I screamed. I saw the 3 heads from beside me pop up and look startled. Dimitri came over to me in a hazed look and said "Are you sure?" I replied to him "yes they took Lissa and Christian!" I exclaimed.

Dimitri was panicked but composed himself before booming through all the halls and shouted "Strigoi are here, all Moroi hide in your dorms" and called all the Guardians to come out here."

Even though i wasn't a Guardian yet, i was the same as 3 Guardians combined. I stayed and pulled out my silver stake and waited for all the Strigoi to come. None did, strange. We all waited for around 30 minutes and then realised that they had just come to only capture Lissa and Christian.

They probably just wanted Lissa but if Christian was there, then he was part of the package. 'One point for the Strigoi' note the sarcasm.

I slipped into the bond and there was nothing, still darkness, she was still knocked out.

I was so worried and felt sick in my stomach, it wasn't nausea but just the thought of Lissa being in the hands of the Strigoi made made stomach coil.

Dimitri and the Guardians made sure that others were alright and went for a meeting with all the guardians at the Academy. The Academy was under Lockdown so Dimitri told me to go to my room and get some sleep until he can come back with the information on the rescue mission.

I was dropped at the door of my dorm room and the Guardians left for their meeting. I was so worried about Lissa and also Christian that i did not bother changing. I sat on my bed and kept trying to get into Lissa's head but it was still all black, she hasn'y woken up yet i guess. All i could say was ' hang in there Liss'. Then I slowly drifted off to sleep.

The next day

I woke up with a slight headache caused by trying to get into Lissa's head to much. I felt so helpless, I couldn't do anything. When i tried to get into Lissa's head again in the morning i couldn't, it wasn't blackness anymore though. I felt sick when i realised that it was possible Lissa was Strigoi. But then again i should have been able to feel her pain or the morphine while she was being transformed even if i was asleep. I was being hit by a million possibilities.

Then the thought suddenly hit me 'is Lissa blocking me out?
but why? is she okay? is she injured? million questions were going through my mind.

I got up and started to get ready for the big day ahead. I could hear voices outside my door which told me that my assigned guardians must be already outside waiting.

LPOV

I woke up and it felt cold. I looked down to see Christian huddled on the floor with bruises all over him. He was tied up and he had purple marks all over his wrists and legs. I was so scared and terrified. I realised that it had only been around 4 hours since we were kidnapped.

I looked at myself and realised i wasn't harmed at all, compared to my beloved Christian. I only had a few marks on my wrists because of the rope they tied around me. I heard Christian grumbling and crawled over to where he lay. He was bleeding badly and had cuts on his legs. I started to heal him and halfway he stopped me "Don't waste your energy on me" He breathed. I had already healed most of his cuts on his legs and some colour starting coming back to his face.

A red headed Strigoi came in and started speaking to me in a very civilised manner.

"Princess Vasilissa, We will exchange your freedom and your lover's with that of your friend Rose Hathaway's. We will be sending them a letter in 3 days telling them of our wishes and they will give your precious friend up since Dhampir lives are worth so much less than yours." He grinned evilly. when the Strigoi said 'Dhampir lives are worth so much less' i felt really angry about the Moroi Laws.

I screamed at him and shouted "You will Never get Rose. I won't give up mine in exchange of hers. Never." Rose is my best friend, my sister. I would never trade her life for mine to a strigoi.

I then started to block Rose out of my head so that she wouldn't know what is happening and that she won't come to the rescue and exchange her life for mine. If she died, it would be like I'm dying, i just wouldn't be able to live without her. I love Rose, she is my sister.

RPOV

I tried to get into Lissa's head time and time again, it didn't seem like she was Strigoi. I've had this feeling before, it was always when Lissa was blocking me out. Why would Lissa block me out? I couldn't get my head around it. I told Dimitri that Lissa was blocking me out and he said "It must be for a good cause, I'm not sure about this."

I had to stay strong, if i let myself cry, i wouldn't be able to find her. Everyone was in such a frantic state as they all rushed around. Two people were missing, Princess Vasilissa and Prince Christian, I had never thought Christian as a prince but now as everyone are saying he is, i realised that he was.

I felt helpless, why is Lissa blocking me?