"So like I told you your highness, investing in my family's company paid off. And now we can celebrate," said a white suit jacketed Oliver Cross to Anastasia. She was in her golden gown, blue sash and diamond tiara.
"And celebrate we shall Mr. Cross, thank you once again for rescuing my brother, I'm forever indebted to you. Dimitri, don't you agree?"
"Of course my dear. Where is Alexei by the way?"
"Oh he's right here," Anya turns to see a gap in the crowd. The only thing there was a pair of shoes. "Alexei, Alyosha, where are you?" she asks. Then suddenly the crown closes in on her, extending hands to be shaken. Anya got extremely claustrophobic very quickly. "Please… stop… I'm looking for my brother." But more and more people came. She starts shouting Alexei's name, and then Dimitri when he disappeared too. She felt alone and trapped. Then gunshots rang out, sending the whole ballroom into panic, with guests shouting and screaming. Then the lights go out. Anya can't see and she's knocked to the ground. She balls up to avoid getting trampled, but unfortunately she does get stepped on. When she opens her eyes again, the ballroom is deserted, but it is still too dark and hard to see. Not a soul was there beside her. Smoke starts seeping into the room. 'I have to get out,' she thinks and she starts running. "Dimitri? Alexei?" she yells trying to find them.
"Your pain will not go away. Your fears will not subside. It isn't over your grace." An ominous, yet deadly familiar voice boomed from behind. Anya turns, but sees nothing but an ominous green glow.
"No, no, it can't be you're gone," she yells, then she starts sprinting. "DIMITRI! ALEXEI! WHERE ARE YOU?" she yells. The ballroom seems to get longer and longer with each step.
"Anya?" says a voice.
"Dimitri?"
"Anya!" Anya turns towards her husband's voice, and sees him running towards her. She starts running towards him.
"The curse can still be completed. It has been revived!"
"NOOOOO!," she screams as she runs. Then the floor gives away like ice on a lake. Anya finds herself in bone chilling water, surround by ice where the ballroom floor had been. As she first falls through, she goes under and comes up sputtering from breath. "Dimitri!" she yells again, as she grabs a chunk of ice to hold onto. She can feel the weight of her dress pulling her down. Dimitri comes running up. Anya tries to move towards him, but her piece of ice flips and she goes under. She tries to kick hard and swim back towards the surface, but to her horror, it froze over. She can't get out. She starts banging on the ice from below. Dimitri arrives and sees her through the ice.
"Hang on!" he yells as he starts banging on the ice with his fist. Anya continues to beat the ice, when she hears footsteps behind her. From the under the water, she can see a bunch of feet running on the surface. Dimitri stops banging and stands up. Anya from underneath sees 5 pairs of feet against Dimitri's one pair. Then she hears gunshots. Dmitri falls face first onto the ice above Anya. She can see his lifeless face. She lets out a scream, further deplenishing her air. She starts to sink. As she goes down, she sees Dimitri repeatedly getting shot, with his blood seeping into the water. The cold and water overtake her, and darkness fills her sight. She stops moving as all goes silent.
Anya wakes up with a start. She sits up, and realizes she has been sweating. She goes into the washroom. The sound of running water wakes up Dimitri, and when he looks over he can see Anya is shaken up.
"What happened? Did you have a nightmare?" he asks as he walks up. Anya turns suddenly and hugs him tight.
"Oh god Dima, it was horrible. You were shot, I drowned, and worse, I think I heard Rasputin." Anya cried into Dimitri's chest. His pulse quickened when he heard that dreaded name.
"What do you mean you heard him? Anya, you destroyed him, the curse is broken. He can't come back."
"But it sounded like he was there. A voice said the curse came back. Oh Dimitri, I thought this was over." Dimitri lifts her chin up in a reassuring manner.
"It is over Anya. Rasputin is dead once and for all. Nothing is going to happen, not while I'm around. And we're protected. Trust me, nothing is going to happen. Whatever is trying to hurt you will have to go through me first."
"That's what I'm worried about. I saw you get shot. Please don't go with mission. Stay with me, I don't want to lose you."
"If that's what you want, I'll stay. Anything for you my dear, anything for you." He kisses her to make her feel better. "Are you ready to go back to bed, or do you need more time?"
"I think I'm ok now. Is it ok if we sleep arm in arm for the rest of the night?"
"Of course. Anything for you." The couple goes back to bed.
"Dimitri."
"Yes Anya?"
"I love you."
"I love you too." He kisses her as he puts his arms around her and they fall asleep.