Congrats Saphrenia, who won the chapter 21-question competition. On firefly, Captain Malcolm Reynolds was a sergeant in the Battle of Serenity Valley-Unification War. He was unknowingly married to Saffron who in her return episode met two other of her husbands and called her Yo-Saff-Bridge (Yolanda Saffron and Bridget). After going back on a deal with a Russian man, Niska, Mal and his pilot Wash, were kidnapped and tortured inn Niska's space station. When the first mate Zoey came to rescue them, Niska only let Wash leave with Mal's ear. I love this show and if you don't watch it you should!! And the movie Serenity.

Rose's POV

"No you're dead! This can't be! I killed you!" I shouted at hi. My worst fear had come alive. Dimitri wasn't really dead, I had hesitated and the stake missed. I stood back against the wall shaking my head and letting tears fall as Dimitri watched me.

"Try a little harder next time Roza," he said easing closer to me. "We're going to have to be working on your slaying skills. This time I won't be giving you the choice." From two yards away Dimitri was instantly at my side. "Shhh Roza, don't cry my love. I promise it won't hurt. We'll be together forever," he whispered in my ear. I tried to kick him, to hit him, anything but I couldn't move. His stare bored into my eyes and pierced my heart. He leaned down and kissed my neck, to my jaw, and back again before his pause. I wanted to scream but sound had disappeared we were alone in the dark, just him and I. Hot breath caressed my shoulder before I felt the short pain of teeth stabbing at my skin before utter bliss washed over.

"Rose!" Lissa shrieked but my joy and love for Dimitri overpowered her voice. I started to become light headed and my Russian god released. I collapsed into his arms as he pet my near black hair. I held onto him for dear life until he pulled me away and held his own wrist to me. At first I shook my head but his deep eyes took over and I bit into his wrist with all force I could manage. "Rose!" she shrieked again and when I opened my eyes I was no longer in the dream.

I'd been leaning on the dinner table with my face in my palm. Lissa was shaking my shoulder and yelling at me to wake up. Most of the cafeteria was empty and only our table as well as few others remained. Adrian glanced at me with worry but returned to his conversation with Christian about the importance of royal kiss-assing to get higher up in status. "I'm okay," I said. It had all been a dream. I groaned but slugged to stand up and smile. "Just tired." Lissa's face scream Liar at me. I sighed and stretched out. "When are we leaving Sparks?"

"Now, I was waiting for you," Christian said, interrupting Adrian. He mouthed run at me and suggested we go. "See you later Liss. First the feeders then I'll let Rose sleep." Christian kissed Lissa's forehead and then her lips before grabbing my arm and tugging me out with him. "I'll have to thank her later. You need to get all the sleep possible tonight so Adrian will monopolize your time."

I laughed and followed him to the feeders. "Sorry, I've just been tired lately. I promise not to fall asleep so you have to endure an hour or so talking to Adrian," I said, my voice dripping with sarcasm as I raised my right hand to oath. "It amazes me how often the two of you get Alice as your feeder," I commented as I stopped at her little cubicle.

"Rose, you're back, and guarding Christian again. It's good to see you. I'm sure you had quite an adventure chasing your beloved. I feel much safer now that you are back." I stared. How did she know about me? How did she know about anything? What the- She always knew! My eyes were practically popping out of my head as her face went blank and then sagged with pleasure from the vampire bite. When Christian had his fill, he wiped his mouth and patted Alice's shoulder goodbye, though she wouldn't remember it with al the endorphin freshly streaming through her body.

As we walked away I asked, "Did you guys say anything to her about my being gone?" He shook his head and shrugged. "Then how is it she knew what I'd been doing? And the strigoi attack, how?"

"I don't know Rose. Maybe she's psychic or something, it's not unheard of. Alice has always seemed to know what's happening before we do and the things no one tells her. Maybe she just had a lucky guess seeing as you were gone for three months." I clamped my mouth shut with pressed lips and Christian and I ascended to his dorm room. Normally girls weren't allowed in the male dorms after curfew and vice versa but during the field experience tests we had to follow the moroi everywhere. We had to do everything a guardian would do including carrying the stake, taking down strigoi, acting as a personal stalker and sleeping in the same room to make sure that they were protected at all times. Strigoi didn't come out in the daytime but if a moroi went into the human world of business they may be sleeping at night, which meant danger. Guardians always had to be close in case of an attack.

During the tests, though, night attacks were rare. Only the lucky few were startled awake by an attack and rarely did they ever win. So at night the dhampir novices slept in their moroi's dorms or they other way around if they wanted to be safer from the teacher's attacks. Even though most dhampirs were male and many were paired with female moroi and the few girls paired with male moroi, we still got to break the every day curfew rules, which made me proud in and of it all.

My small little mattress looked very welcoming on the floor. Once the door closed and Christian had locked it (for attacks) I fell onto my haven with a pillow and blanket and quickly was once again in a deep black sleep.

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Another arrow shot past my face, missing, only by inches.

We had nowhere to run and nowhere hide. The arrows and bullets were coming faster and more frequent which I guessed meant more of them had joined the chase against us but I didn't dare look back to check. Further and further down the road we ran until we reached the cornfield. We paused at the border but the sound of whistling rods and gunshots had us sprinting into the six-foot stalks.

But twenty feet in I lost sight of all of them, even the seekers. I searched and listened to the whispers in the winds but they had just disappeared around me. The next I heard of them was their screams of horror before the seekers executed them. I screamed their names and sobbed into emptiness until I tripped over my own feet to bring myself to the ground, hard. I must have hit a rock because I smelled blood, but no pain. Everything was numb, like someone had injected me with morphine. When I tried to move nothing would respond. All I could do was watch as my friends and I were eliminated from our world at last.

They're all dead because you screwed up. You should have listened.

I felt the heat before I saw the flames. The seekers were burning the field to easily get rid of the bodies. I must have been the only one alive still, barely.

Don't think that, they could have gotten away.

Doubtful. I sank into the ground as far as I could but when I tried to lift it above me, my magic was with the rest of me: gone. All I could do was lay and watch. My lungs filled with scratchy ash and smoke and my eyes burned. The smell of death, earth, and evil all mixed together to make me sick.

It will be over soon.

I cried but held in screams, for they would do nothing but lure the seekers back to me. As the flames took over my body, though, I couldn't help but scream because of the immerse pain. I wished it would stop, that it would be over.

Why should it? It's what you deserve you killed them all.

The last of the pain washed away and I finally felt the relief of peaceful death.

"What's wrong little dhampir?" Adrian asked. I opened my eyes to see that my nightmare faded. I was standing on the beach, blue bikini and barefoot with Adrian only a few feet away gazing at me. His shirt was lost, leaving only swim trunks, on a tree in the background with its shade hovering over a basket. The waves pooled in and salt water smelled like bliss. Birds chirped and flew overhead not caring about the beautiful scene below. "Your aura is dark, scared, and you look a bit agitated."

I sighed and felt relief that the flames had gone. "Bad dream. Thanks for casing it away. Where are we tonight?"

"The beach. Not sure which one, or if it is a real beach. It came form your imagination so I don't know. But I have more than just personal reasons to come to you tonight. I would have come to the room but I just found out and this was quicker and quieter."

"What is it?" I asked. He told me. I gasped and sat up awake. Hitting the door on my way out I ran out of the dorm, down the stairs and into pure daylight. This can't be happening! No, no, no, no, no, no! Should have killed him, should have done something. Our past came once again biting us in the butts and this time we may not all make it out alive.

Thanks for reading guys I'm really sorry I haven't posted soon enough. You know, finals. The suck and take up all your time. But this is the last week so I will be getting more up soon promise. Click the magic button and review por favor!!