A/N: Okay, so this story just randomly came to me… It's a bit weird at first but it gets better, just bear with me! I'm a sucker for drama! Anyways, this is an alternate ending to Shadow Kiss where Rose saves Dimitri… But is it all as peaceful as it seems? I will be incorporating other characters throughout the story! See if you can guess…

In all of our training sessions, I had not once seen Dimitri falter, but he did now.

He stumbled and the Strigoi took advantage of his momentary weakness to throw him to the ground. The Strigoi immediately pinned one of Dimitri's arms to the ground. To pin the other, I knew, was fatal.

My mother, who had been running alongside Dimitri, hesitated and looked back, but continue to run, regret all over her face. My eyes were locked onto the Strigoi's and Dimitri's struggle.

My mouth gaped open in a silent scream and I was off, running to save my love. My mother saw me coming and she opened her arms to intercept me. I dodged her and continued running with everything I had.

The Strigoi now had both of Dimitri's arms pinned. Dimitri strained his neck around and met my eyes. His eyes, so full of fear, widened in horror when he saw me.

"Run Rose!" He yelled at me. "I'll be fine, just go dammit!"

I shook my head. "No chance! We're in this together!"

He narrowed his eyes, about to respond, but the Strigoi distracted him. Dimitri resumed his struggles.

I finally realized that the Strigoi pinning Dimitri down was the blonde one who had threatened Lissa at the original attack on the school. I slammed into him, hard, just as he was about to sink his teeth into Dimitri's neck. It hardly fazed him while I stumbled back a few yards. Still, he was distracted and that was all Dimitri needed.

He flipped up, knocking the Strigoi off of his chest. The Strigoi landed in a crouch and Dimitri somehow made it to my side.

I barely held back a grin. The Strigoi was outnumbered two to one. Time to make this bastard pay.

He realized he was outnumbered too. He growled then spat some curses in my direction.

Just as I was about to lunge, he reached out and grabbed my arm, faster than my eye could catch. I felt Dimitri at my side react instinctively, reaching out to grab me away. The blonde Strigoi, however, had other plans. He snapped out his foot, kicking Dimitri in the stomach and sending him stumble back. I heard Dimitri grunt and then a clatter as he dropped his stake.

I barely had time to register this before the Strigoi flipped me onto my back. And, God did that hurt. I rolled onto my side, gasping for breath. Vaguely, I could hear Dimitri picking up his stake. I wasn't able to regain my breath. The Strigoi yanked me up by my hair and I found myself glaring into red, rage-filled, eyes.

"I'll let you live," He hissed furiously, "just so you can know true pain when I kill Vasilisa Dragomir."

My eyes widened. "Oh hell no!" I seethed. "You are not-"Then I was thrown into the wall of the cave.

My already sore back hit first, and then my head snapped back. My eyes rolled up and I crumpled to the ground, too stunned to even groan.

Dimly, I was aware of Dimitri calling me. "Roza! Roza!" He was panicked. Well that was stupid. I tried to lift up my head and only succeeded in having it hit my chest. Dear God, that was painful.

"Roza, please, wake up! Don't leave me!" He begged on the verge of tears.

I finally managed to lift my head up and respond. "Hey Comrade," I murmured. Everything was fuzzy and my lips felt dry and heavy.

"Roza, please… Don't close your eyes." It was the same thing he'd begged me to do the last time a Strigoi had thrown me into a wall. Yea, this wasn't the first time. I mean, it wasn't as strong because the Strigoi in question had literally only been about an hour and a half old. It still hurt though.

"Okay," I sighed. My voice was so feeble. "Dimitri..? Please hold me." It was my last request. I most definitely was not fine and I was confident help would not reach us in time. If I was going to die in a cave, I wanted Dimitri holding me the entire way.

"Of course," He whispered brokenly. I could tell he had come to the same conclusion I had. Dimitri gathered me up and I bit my lip to keep from screaming in pain. My back was broken, I was sure of it. The jerk-faced Strigoi hadn't killed me himself, but he'd condemned me using a frickin rock wall.

Dimitri's hands were shaking. I did my best to focus my eyes on his face. His eyes- his wonderful brown eyes- were filled with tears.

"Don't cry," I whispered and attempted a smile. From the look on his face, I could guess it was not a pretty one.

His hand reached up and cradled my face. "Roza," he sighed, "how will I live with myself? I failed you…" His face was filled with agony, guilt, and sorrow.

Alarm coursed through me. "Dimitri, don't you dare blame yourself!" I demanded, wishing my back wasn't broken.

"Okay! Just … calm down. Save your strength." Dimitri said desperately.

My eyes drifted shut. "I love you." I murmured. I was so tired and my back was on fire.

He kissed me softly on the cheek. "I love you, too. Rest, my Roza."

My lips turned up in a small smile. Sleep sounded like the best thing on Earth right now. Over the next few hours, I drifted in and out of consciousness.

Sooo, what'd you think? It wasn't terrible, was it? Please review and tell me. I don't care if you flame me cuz at least I know someone read my story…