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And, just in case you missed the last chapter, you might want to go back. I added it at the same time I deleted the old AN, so I don't know whether you all saw it or not.

Oh, and, this chapter is to Hyperchondriac Music by MUSE.

My eyes flicked open to reveal the blinding lights of the sterile place. Obviously not heaven. Not even hell, although that's what I'd been expecting. I glanced down and saw that I was in a hospital gown. My wrists were bandaged up, but I could see where the blood had soaked through. The bottom layer that was poking out was completely crimson. I shivered, the recollections of last night filling my mind. How had I been so weak? I'd thought Rose would've been happy, but instead she would've been annoyed that I'd been so stupid as to try and take my own life. How selfish of me.

The doctor, a female Moroi, walked in.

"Oh, your majesty, we didn't expect you to be awake for another few hours," she told me in shock.

"Why not?" I wondered distantly.

"We've had you in a coma for a few days. Your mind needed to heal as well as your body did. You weren't in a very good state for anything." She sighed.

"What do you mean?"

"Don't you remember?"

"I just remember there being lots of blood. So much blood." My voice had lowered to a whisper.

"Yes. You cut yourself along your arms and then lost your balance, which caused the weapon to be dragged down your chest. It was so deep, you're lucky your guardians heard you cry out." I flinched when she said your guardians. I peered down the gown to where an angry pink line was making its way towards my stomach. It was covered in butterfly stitches.

I felt a tear leak out of my eye and heard the doctor murmur something, but she sounded too far away for me to be able to understand what she was trying to say. Vaguely, I was aware of somebody asking me to drink something, but I refused. I didn't want to see or hear anything. I wouldn't want to anymore. Nobody was going to say anything that could make me feel better. I wished I'd died when I cut myself. I wished I hadn't cried out. I wished I didn't have guardians. Maybe I should just become a Strigoi.

The idiotic thought snapped me out. You stupid girl, Rose's voice told me in my head.

Rose? Is that you?

Of course. Who else would it be?

Is this part of the bond?

Well, if you want to put it that way, yeah.

Oh, Rose! I flung myself into her arms and she wrapped them around me as I sobbed into her chest. I'm sorry. I couldn't heal you. I couldn't get to you.

Don't worry, Liss. Everythingis fine. I'll always be here for you. I pulled back

Really? You're not dead?

Well, I-

You're alive? Oh, Rose! I can't believe it! I thought you were dead. What about Christian and Dimtiri?

Lissa, I-

But I never got to hear what she said, as somebody put something through my mouth and she disappeared as it dissolved on my tongue.

"No," I mumbled. "Rose, come back... Please come back... No, Rose... Christian... Oh, God." I tried to spit it out, but it stayed in mouth and slowly made it's way down my throat before I fell back into the darkness again.

This song is so weird. It's actually a slow, depressive version of one of my favs, Hyper Music. Ikr. Oh, and I've added some The emptiness related pictures to my website : )