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Rose~ *taps wine glass* "I am proud to say that we have FINALLY reached the end of this story!

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Rose~ "I think we deserve to celebrate!"

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Previously...

"I missed you Roza," he mumbled turning his head to look at me, his gorgeous eyes still holding their spark. Just hearing him say those words, after what seemed like years, made my heart race.

"I missed you too, Comrade. You don't know how much."

"I think I do,"

He leaned closer, and suddenly, as our lips met, the world didn't seem as bad.

But, it would seem, that life thought; 'What the hell, let's put more complications into Rose's already mucked up life, she can handle it'. I couldn't, I really couldn't. I mean, I knew Emel was still around, and that I still had to kill him, but I didn't think even more people would be hurt.

As it seems, they would be.

Dimitri and I were just breaking away from our kiss- which was mind blowing, mind you- when something even more mind blowing occurred. Literally.

The elementary school buildings exploded. Rubble, dirt and construction material flew high into the sky like ugly fireworks, flames gasping for oxygen, burning with an unbearable heat. And we weren't even near that part of the school!

I shrank away from the noise, covering my ears which were now ringing painfully.

The most recent explosion, the one on the elementary side of the school, was much more powerful than the one Dimitri was just in. It seemed much larger, and instead of just diminishing afterwards, it created a fire. I prayed for those poor people, knowing every death was on my shoulders. Every single one.

"Oh God," Lissa mumbled beside me, wiping away her tears of grief and sadness. I had my own, but refused to let them escape.

Loud, quick footsteps sounded from the right, the hallway Lissa and I had come through before the gym was ruined. I looked up to see Christian and Mia, as well as a few others. They gasped, rushing over. Christian made a beeline straight for Lissa, and Mia to Eddie. They whispered to each other, gripping their partner like a lifeline.

I looked away from the scene, standing up to the best of my ability with what felt like a broken ankle. I winced each time I put even the slightest of pressure on it. Once I felt stable and was sure I wasn't going to fall over, I leant down to help Dimitri up. I don't think he was as injured as he very well could have been, with only a broken leg. But I'm sure there were more injuries among the other victims.

Dimitri, not knowing about my ankle, rested almost all his weight on me. I gasped out painfully, an intolerably painful feeling shot through my ankle. It felt on fire, like someone had gripped it in their hands, snapping it as easily as a twig.

"Roza? Are you okay?" Dimitri asked, brushing away a strand of filthy hair so that he could see my face. "Did I hurt you?" He was so kind, thinking about me at such a difficult time.

I shoved the pain into the back of my mind; it would have to dealt with later.

"Yes, I'm fine, don't worry about me," I managed a small smile, knowing that I could be dancing around and singing but Dimitri still wouldn't believe me. It was worth a shot though.

"Rose..."

"Leave it Dimitri; we have to get you medical help. I'll be fine,"

Each step closer to the cafeteria, every movement, even just standing still was agonising. I was so close to breaking down, crawling into a ball and crying until I no longer had feeling in my eyes. Dimitri needed me, Lissa needed me, everyone needed me to be strong. If I cowered now then this group would lose a leader. I'm the only one that knew what we were up against. I'm the only one that knew how to stop this.

"Christian...Christian!" He looked over to me angrily, I had distracted him from helping a few survivors.

"What?" I chose to ignore his grumpy tone, though I was a millimetre from snapping and screaming at someone.

"We need to get back to the cafeteria as soon as possible-"

"Don't you think I know that?" Snap.

I glared fiercely at him, his sharp blue eyes glaring right back.

"We need to get back as soon as possible," I started, walking Dimitri further towards the cafeteria, to keep the rest of the group moving, "because Emel is going to strike again, especially if I'm not there." I winced

"Wouldn't they be in more danger if you're there, because he's after you?" Mia asked, though it wasn't in a rude voice, like Christian.

I shook my head, from disagreement, but also pain. My ankle was aching now, and I had a migraine from all the noise.

"No," I managed to choke out, "He's not using magic to enforce the explosions, and he's not going to try and kill me like that-" Dimitri shot me a sour look that said 'He can try but he won't succeed (in killing me)'. I rolled my eyes and continued "because to gain my powers, which is ultimately the goal of this war, he has to kill me with his powers, not man-made explosives. Getting me back to the cafeteria will save lives."

The cafeteria was just like it would normally be if it was lunch time; crowded and loud. What didn't surprise me though was that every single dhampir- excluding the irresponsible ones of course- were on full guard, while Moroi found nothing suspicious. Naive vampires.

Teachers tried to quieten all the students, hushing them worriedly. None of them knew what was going on, only that they were in danger.

As the large double doors swung shut behind us, everyone seemed to look up simultaneously.

"Would you be able to tell us what the hell is going on?" Camille Conta, a snobby stuck-up royal, blurted out, hands on hip. Obviously she wasn't happy about being dragged from her class, and having no clue about what was going on.

I mimicked her position, no matter how uncomfortable. "I would," I replied, leading Dimitri over to a table so he could sit down, "doesn't mean I will," I finished, looking over to the Moroi.

She eyed me fiercely- or what she thought was fierce, turning away after realising she couldn't win. Dimitri reached out for my hand weakly, tugging on it, telling me to take a seat next to him. I went round to the other side of him, so that he wouldn't have to move over, as he was sitting on the edge of the bench.

He wrapped his arm around my shoulders, pulling me to his muscled chest. I closed my eyes as I lay my head on his shoulder, breathing his scent in. His infamous cologne scent wasn't as strong as usual; masked by the smell of ash and smoke, which scared me. I came so close to losing him, so, so close.

"I love you, Roza," He murmured, leaning down to kiss my temple. I smiled.

"I know."

My parents arrived a few minutes later, worried and confused. My mother was dressed in work-out clothes, her auburn hair pulled up tightly at the crown of her head. My dad was in dress pants and a shirt, a bright green scarf around his neck, and small gold hoop earrings. It was like Abe-style minimal.

Janine power walked up to me, where I sat next to Dimitri. "Okay, Rosemarie, we've organised everything, the private jet is waiting and-"

"What?" I asked, completely gobsmacked about what she was suggesting. I swung around in my chair to face her, back to the table. Dimitri reached for my hand, kissing my knuckles softly, calming me.

"I told you she wouldn't do it, Janine. She's too much like you." Dad said, smiling. "So, I guess we're going to plan 'B'"

I nodded, looking up at my friends. Lissa was sitting on the table with Mia, Eddie was sitting next to me, and Christian stood in front of Lissa. I turned my head to look at Dimitri, my stomach lifting when he smiled at me.

Then I looked at the rest of the school, chatting, oblivious to what was really going on. Thinking there was a gas leakage, or other typical problems.

Looking back to my loyal parents I whispered, "Plan 'B'."

"Be careful, don't do anything stupid and please, if you need it; ask for help!" Lissa murmured into my ear as she clutched me close, arms wrapped around my small frame tightly. I smiled into her hair.

In hindsight, I haven't know Lissa very long, having only met her a few months ago, but we've connected so deeply, and I easily think of her as a sister now. She's my best friend and it's refreshing to know that she thinks of me as the same.

"Thanks, Liss. I promise I'll do my best."

She pulled away and smiled. As soon as she was a step away I was in Eddie's arms, then Mia, then- surprisingly- Christian.

"You show him what you're capable of, because you are strong," He looked in the direction of his girlfriend, who was helping my parents set up everything. "And, Lissa needs you. Come back to us." He reached forward to ruffle my hair, which made me feel small. I swatted his hand away, but winked just before he turned away.

Dimitri hobbled over, having only one of a pair of crutches. He had obviously broken his leg, so after scavenging in the med clinic, we handed out materials and first-aid evenly among the injured. Unfortunately, a lot of people had been injured so Dimitri was restricted.

I made short work of his struggling, running up to him. I slowed down when I was about a foot away. He through his crutch onto the floor, letting it drop with a clatter, and heaved me into his arms- ignoring the aching in his leg. I sighed, resting my head against his chest, listening to his heartbeat, feeling the rise and fall of his chest.

I pulled away, letting Dimitri rest all his weight on me for a while, so we could be together for just a little longer.

"I love you, Comrade," I whispered, so soft it almost got caught in the wind. He smiled, facial features soft, yet somewhat sad.

"I know."

I laughed. In God knows how long, I laughed.

"Now isn't this sweet." I spun around. Emel was back.

He stood outside cafeteria, a few metres away from me and Dimitri. The whole school grounds were empty, other than the students and teachers in the cafeteria, and my parents and the gang, who had been helping me to get ready and make sure no one else was around.

I looked back to Dimitri. "Go!" He picked up the crutch and wobbled back over to the others, leaning on Christian for support. I smiled as they left, but not for long.

"Actually, I like the extra company." Emel said slyly. As he said that my stomach churned, and a large group of Strigoi stepped out of the shadows. They snarled, hissing like wild beasts.

I crouched down, observing my surroundings quickly.

Emel looked the same as always, brown hair, black eyes, built body and pissed off expression. The strigoi spread out around all of us, closing us in, trapping us.

"Uzun zamandır görmedim," I stated, completely showing my disgust.

"Long time no see, indeed, my Rose." He replied, hands in pockets. He walked forward till we were only a few steps apart. He looked so relaxed, so calm.

Slowly, tauntingly, he brought his hand out from his pockets. With a small, sharp snap, a tree fell down on my right, fortunately on the opposite side of where everyone else was. I tried to hold back my flinch but I couldn't, the way it seemed so effortless, but how powerful the trick actually was, was shocking.

He was trying to intimidate me, and it wouldn't work.

DPOV

The tree landed with a loud, thundering thump. The Moroi beside me flinched, even Janine flinched, worry for her daughter evident on her face.

I twisted around painfully, still leaning on Christian to look behind at the strigoi. They hadn't moved at all since Emel had told them to come out of the shadows. Abe's guardians surrounded the Moroi but me as well, because I was injured- which sucked.

Emel made the first move, and did something I never expected.

He raised his hands, and a few seconds later dark, booming clouds rolled across the sky. They spoke to each other, growling loudly. Once all the sky in sight was covered with these clouds, they started flashing. Lightning flashed over the sky. Then in a split second it came roaring down to earth.

Exactly where Rose stood.

Lissa screamed beside me, and like her, and everybody else, I jumped and gasped as saw it. Rose only had a split second to jump out of the way.

She threw herself to the ground, rolling out of the way just in time. Anger was thrown into me when I looked at Emel, and saw him grinning like he'd just won a million dollars.

I looked back to Rose. She was on the ground, covered in dirt from when the lightning bolt had hit the ground, earth shooting up from the impact. She groaned and picked herself up.

I turned to Lissa, who had her eyes closed.

"Lissa!" She looked at me, shocked and scared. "Heal my leg," I demanded, gesturing to it. She froze for a second, confused.

"But I thought you-"

"I know I said I didn't want you to waste your energy on me but I'm going to help Rose." I whispered. I couldn't have Abe hear that I was going to help Rose because he probably wouldn't agree.

Lissa nodded, wiped away a lock of blonde hair from her eyes and knelt down.

A cold and then warm feeling ran up and down my leg, chills making me shiver from the powerful, practically unknown magic.

Lissa pulled her hands away slowly, almost as if she was afraid it wouldn't work. I took a hesitant step forward, but when no pain shot through my leg I ran off, making a beeline for Rose, dropping the single crutch on the way.

Others behind me shrieked with shock, yelling at me for come back, but I ignored them.

I kept running, even when the sky continued to taunt me, and flickered with lightning. Emel snapped his fingers once again, and another, terrifying bolt of electricity dropped from the grey sky, aimed mercilessly for my Roza. I jumped, leaping towards her, grasping her in my arms as we went down. I held her delicate head in my hand, clutching it to my chest as we went down, falling towards the earth.

She gasped as we landed, and I tried my best to avoid crushing her with my weight, but it was difficult because I fell on top of her.

She groaned, breathing heavily into the base of my neck as her brain took its time to realise what just happened. I jumped up quickly, bringing Rose up with my, hugging her to my body.

Her beautiful eyes looked up at me.

"I'm scared Dimitri, I don't think I'm strong enough-"I interrupted her, forcing her to look at me.

"You are. You are." I repeated a few times, before I saw that fire relight in her brown orbs, "You can do this, you're strong- you're so, so strong. It's why I love you."

She blinked, and leant forward, pushing her lips onto my own. It was a romantic kiss, one of the many that we'd had before. I held her close, knowing that after this Rose would have to fight on her own. At least in this battle.

I would help her, and support her, but I couldn't do much other than that. She seemed to sense this, and held me closer, holding tightly, as if I was throwing into a never ending room of darkness, in which she would have to find her own way out. And I kind of was.

I was just waiting a few more seconds, just a few, before I would pull away. But someone had decided to ruin our moment. Rose was ripped from my arms, thrown backwards, away from me. She landed on her back, and held back her shriek, holding back the obvious pain it had caused.

I spun around, expecting it to be Emel that had done it, but there, there only a few feet away stood my ex-girlfriend; Melda.

She scowled at me, and then her black eyes flicked to look at Roza.

"You little slut!" She exclaimed, marching forward towards Rose, as Rose picked herself up off the ground. Anger bubbled in me once again, and I was about to confront Melda as she walked past but she brushed me away, her hand not even touching me. I stumbled a few feet, certainly not as far as Rose was pushed but it still shocked me.

"How dare you touch him! He's mine, always!"

Rose POV

Melda shouted at me, her eyes glaring deep into my soul. I decided to show her who the hell she was messing with, by throwing some Hathaway charm at her.

"I'm pretty sure we were doing a bit more than just touching," I smirked, and I was pleased with her reaction. She leapt at me, lunging forward, death shining in her eyes.

Oh yeah, she was pissed.

But, if I could handle anything, it was a stuck-up bitch. And boy was Melda one of those.

She pulled back her fist, with its destination aimed at my face, but before it could do so much as twitch, I had already aimed my own punch for her stomach, and it hit is mark quite easily. She buckled over, hands gripping her waist in pain. She doesn't seem to comprehend that I'm a Dhampir, and she's a Moroi. I'm a lot stronger.

I lunged for her, pushing her down onto the ground by her shoulders. She shrieked and screamed, closing her eyes. I almost felt bad for her, but then I remembered all the bad she had brought to my life.

"That's my sister!" Emel screamed. Lightning crashed not too far away, screeching at me almost with anger.

I looked up to see Emel running towards me; I had to act fast. I looked down to Melda, and for once, once in her entire life; she looked scared.

"Rosemarie," I looked up to my father, then my friends, and when I saw their scared faces, I knew what I had to do.

I looked back down a Melda then reached for her neck with one hand, the other holding her down. I pushed a spot on her neck, instantly knocking her out.

Emel's footsteps got closer. I left Melda's unconscious body lying there, running off to my right. Emel followed without hesitation, padding loudly after me.

What the heck is she doing?

There's that voice again! I pushed that thought out of my head, ignoring it for the moment.

Up a head I saw a tree shake lightly, and I knew Emel was doing it. He was planning for me to run under it; which is exactly what I wanted. I wasn't that far away when it started to fall. I came to a stop and rose my hand in the direction of Melda.

Then, as the tree fell, I put her underneath it.

I covered my ears and closed my eyes, so I wouldn't have to hear the large tree fall and crush her body as it landed. And I didn't see it, nor hear it, but I did hear Emel's screams and protests from behind me.

I turned to look at Emel as he dropped to his knees, head in his hands as he screamed in agony.

"You made a big mistake there Rosemarie." I turned towards the forest, and there lining the outskirts of trees was Emel's relatives. Most of them had the curly brown hair that seemed to run in the family.

"Ignore them," My father shouted to me. He and some of my friends ran forward and instantly started battling. Heat and water, air and earth was thrown as they fought for what they thought was right.

I screamed as someone rammed into my back with no mercy, sending my soaring to the ground, stomach first. My eyes fogged over after my head made hard impact with the ground, causing me to groan in pain.

I was rolled over violently, shoved onto my back. A sharp pain appeared on my face, and then I realised that he had just slapped me.

I looked up at Emel, who straddled me, a knife held to my neck.

"I guess this is it," He muttered, placing his hand to my forehead. I closed my eyes, trying to confuse him. He froze, and that was all I needed.

I punched him right in the eye, instantly causing swelling. He groaned and took his hand from my forehead to cover it. I took the distraction and used it to my advantage. I gripped the hand that held a knife to my neck and pushed it away from myself. I threw the knife away- a few feet- so that he couldn't reach it but I could if I needed it.

I rolled us over and faced him.

"You could have stopped all this," I mumbled but he heard, staring up at me, "but now you're forcing me- no, I already am a murderer. And now I have to kill you."

He looked up at me, his black eyes haunted.

"It's a war that needed to be finished, and I thought it would be me that won,"

"Well, I guess you thought wrong."

I snapped my fingers and long, strong strands of grass started growing at immense speeds, intertwining. They grew faster and faster, wrapping around Emel's arms and legs like natural handcuffs. I stood up and walked away from him.

He pulled and screamed against the restraints, but the attempts were futile. I looked up at the sky, the rumbling, angry sky, before looking back at Emel.

As I turned around- back facing him- a silver, flashing bolt of lightning shot down from the sky, cutting through the air, hitting Emel right in the chest.

A tear slipped down my cheek, just a single one.

I was a murderer.

I didn't turn around, I didn't want to see the remains of my anger; the debris of the war.

"There, it's over. Now leave me and my family alone." Abe shouted, and I heard the sounds of fire, water, earth and air stop.

"This isn't over Ibrahim, we will seek revenge," A strong, yet wavering voice replied. I finally turned around to look at the voice. It was a woman. Emel and Melda's mother.

My own mother stepped forward and said, "We both know you won't."

The Fiscotts realised they had lost, so they nodded, unhappily of course, and ran back off into the forest. I looked towards where the strigoi were but they had disappeared.

"Cowards," I muttered.

I looked back up to the sky, the storm still brewing, but not as bad as before.

"Roza!"

I was suddenly lifted up into a pair of strong, warm arms. They were comforting and felt like home.

Dimitri hugged me to his chest.

"It's finally over," He said into my hair. I wrapped my arms around his neck. "The end."

I nodded, "The End."

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