Hello everyone! This idea took my breath away, so I decided to write it. I don't know how far it will go. Thanks for the support, and please let me know your thoughts! Oh, and check out my other story "For Better Or For Worse".

Disclaimer: *mumbling to self about ownership of a certain Russian God*…*sigh* I do not own Vampire Academy, Richelle Mead does. She owns all characters, except some of the strigoi I use. (She owns Nathan.)

Thank you all for reading,

Creativity Incarnate

P.S. The following scene (in italics) is straight from Shadow Kiss, starting on page 351.

Kidnapped

Chapter 1: The Attack

"I love you, Roza." He kissed me again. "I'll always be here for you. I'm not going to let anything happen to you."

The words were wonderful and dangerous. He shouldn't have said anything like that to me. He shouldn't have been promising he'd protect me, not when he was supposed to dedicate his life to protecting Moroi like Lissa. I couldn't be first in his heart, just like he couldn't be first in mine. That was why I shouldn't have said what I said next—but I did anyway.

"And I won't let anything happen to you," I promised. "I love you." He kissed me again, swallowing off any other words I might have added.

We lay together for a while after that, wrapped in each other's arms, not saying much. I could have stayed that way forever, but finally, we knew we had to go. The others would eventually come looking for us to get my report, and if they found us like that, things would almost certainly get ugly.

So we got dressed, which wasn't easy since we kept stopping to kiss. Finally, reluctantly, we left the cabin. We held hands, knowing we could only do so for a few brief moments. Once we were closer to the heart of campus, we'd have to go back to business as usual. But for now, everything in the world was golden and wonderful. Every step I took was filled with joy, and the air around us seemed to hum.

Questions still spun in my mind, of course. What had just happened? Where had our so-called control gone? For now, I couldn't care. My body was still warm and wanting him and-I suddenly stopped. Another feeling-a very unwelcome one-was steadily creeping over me. It was strange, like faint and fleeting waves of nausea mingled with a prickling against my skin. Dimitri stopped and gave me a puzzled look.

A pale, slightly luminescent form materialized in front of us. Mason. He looked the same as ever-or did he? The usual sadness was there, but I could see something else, something else I couldn't quite put my finger on. Panic? Frustration? I could have almost sworn it was fear, but honestly, what would a ghost have to be afraid of?

"What's wrong?" asked Dimitri.

"Do you see him?" I whispered.

Dimitri followed my gaze. "See who?"

"Mason."

Mason's troubled expression grew darker. I might not have been able to adequately identify it, but I knew it wasn't anything good. The nauseous feeling within me intensified, but somehow, I knew it had nothing to do with him.

"Rose…we should go back…"said Dimitri carefully. He still wasn't on board with me seeing ghosts.

But I didn't move. Mason's face was saying something else to me-or trying to. There was something here, something important that I needed to know. But he couldn't communicate it.

"What?" I asked. "What is it?"

A look of frustration crossed his face. He pointed off behind me, then dropped his hand.

"Tell me," I said, my frustration mirroring his. Dimitri was looking back and forth between me and Mason, though Mason was probably only an empty space to him.

I was too fixated on Mason to worry what Dimitri might think. There was something here. Something big. Mason opened his mouth, wanting to speak as in previous times but still unable to get the words out. Except, this time, after several agonizing seconds, he managed it. The words were nearly inaudible.

"They're… coming…."

The whole world was still. At this time of night, there were no birds or anything, but it seemed quieter than usual. Even the wind had fallen silent. Mason looked at me pleadingly. The nausea and prickling increased.

Then, I knew.

"Dimitri," I said urgently, "there are Strig-"

Before I could finish the sentence, I was grabbed from behind. Dimitri's face showed an array of expressions, finally settling on panic and anger. He yelled and jumped towards me, but I had already started fighting. I kicked the Strigoi in the shin, and it released me. We started circling each other. I glanced at Dimitri to see him fighting his own Strigoi. Our eyes met, and a thousand messages passed between us. More Strigoi were coming, and I didn't have a stake. Dimitri's fingers silently counted. 1…2…3! We both gave our Strigoi hits and ran towards the school. Dimitri was faster, but not by much. We reached the novices dorm and burst in. People turned and stared.

"BURIA!" Dimitri yelled. The guardians took immediate action, with phone calls and rushing around. Dimitri grabbed my arm and we went to find Alberta.She looked at Dimitri and me. She hesitated then gave me a silver stake and directed us to the elementary campus. We ran all the way. On the way I saw Christian come out of the chapel. His eyes widened as a Strigoi lunged at him. I broke off from Dimitri and ran to him, quickly staking the Strigoi. Dimitri had slowed down, but at a wave from me he started running towards the school again.

"Wha…?" Christian started to ask, still in shock.

"Welcome to a major Strigoi attack. Now get back inside the chapel!" I said sharply. His eyes focused on me, and I saw resolve.

"No. I can help. Fire magic, remember?" he said, a fireball dancing on his hands.

"Absolutely not!" I yelled. Movement caught my eye and I turned to face a Strigoi. The fireball Christian had been holding flew over my shoulder and hit the Strigoi square in the face. My stake pierced the Strigoi's heart without hesitation. Turning around, I saw Christian was over the shock and was now smirking at me.

"How about now?" he asked, still smirking. I reluctantly agreed. We jogged toward the elementary campus and joined the fray. Christian used enough fire to distract the Strigoi while guardians staked them.

"Christian, go help Dimitri. Stay with him!" I grunted out as I finished another Strigoi. I guarded Christian until we got to Dimitri. I heard some shouting from around the back of the building, so I left to help. Behind the school were about 5 guardians against about 10 Strigoi. Not good. 2 Strigoi saw me, and split off to fight. I dodged all their attacks, but couldn't find the opening I needed to kill them. Almost all the guardians were on the ground now. A scared Moroi girl came running from in the woods, being chased. I cursed. The 2 Strigoi I had been fighting smiled and threw themselves at me, sandwiching me between them. I was going to die. The Moroi screamed as the Strigoi caught up with her. I struggled. Suddenly, one of them shouted to retreat. The Strigoi holding me down looked at each other and then one of them punched me. My stake fell out of my hands as darkness overwhelmed me.

Ooh, ominous. What will happen to the great Rose Hathaway? *evil grin*

I'll post the next chapter as soon as I have it written. Please review!

Over and out,

Creativity Incarnate