Dimitri, You Ass

Forever Alone

5 years later

Rose's POV

We are at court. Me and Eddie are celebrating our 5th anniversary. I turned 30 a couple months ago.

Lissa threw this big party. I was scared shitless when I walked in the gym.

**Flashback**

I was going to the gym to train myself and keep my strength up. When I walked in I was surprised by "HAPPY BIRTHDAY."

I yelled, "YOU SCARED ME FUCKING SHITLESS! DON'T FUCKING DO THAT AGAIN. THIS IS THE SECIND TIME! YOU ASSHOLES! DON'T DO THAT AGAIN!"

Lissa came and gave me a gift. It was a new phone. It was a iPhone 5. Eddie gave me a kiss on the lips. Then on the cheek saying, "Happy Birthday." Mayfly got me a bracelet with a stake attached to the bracelet. Mouse got me the same thing. "Those were two of you stakes. We just added a bracelet to them." The rest got me a card. "Where's the cake? I need some now."

I cut myself a huge piece. I ate it in minutes. "Wow that fast? Really Rose?" Lissa asked. "Yeah. I'm fucking hungry. I haven't ate breakfast."
**End of Flashback**

"Happy Anniversary. I love you." He kissed me. "I love you too. Happy Anniversary." Eddie got me a tearful card. I got him a watch and tearful card. When I was done reading the card I was crying. I wiped the tears away. "I hope there isn't any strigoi attacks. Eddie I need to tell you something. Five years ago I had a dream that you were fighting a strigoi and got your neck snapped. I've held it in for so long. I really hope there isn't any attacks." "STRIGOI!" When I saw the strigoi I threw my stake and nailed it in the heart.

"Eddie don't get killed or captured." I went out and found Killer. There was a lot. We kept fighting and fighting. It was a blur.

When the fighting was done I called Eddie. He didn't pick up. I went to go find him. I found him dead. I started crying. I got down and hugged him I shake him. I yell, "EDDIE! EDDIE! NO YOU CAN'T BE DEAD!" I stop and run to the church.

When I got to the church I found it was unlocked. I went to the back row. I started crying. When I got myself together I prayed to god, "Please God, let Eddie be happy up in heaven. All he has done is kill strigoi. He hasn't done anything wrong. Please let him live in heaven with you." When I was done I went out and found Lissa.

When I found her I must have been crying because she hugged me. I told her, "I found Eddie dead with a broken neck. Just like I dreamed would happen. I need to go find Hans." I left and found Hans. He was in his office. "Eddie is dead and needs a funeral just like all the other fallen guardians." "I will do that." I found Eddie's dead body. I found his watch, phone, and stake.

I took them with me. The only things that I will remember Eddie. I put his watch on. It wasn't to big. I took my watch off. I place his stake with one of my knives.

Later that day we had Eddies funeral. I sat upfront. I had a lot of people come up and hug me. They were so nice. I had a speech ready.

I went upfront and said it. "This is what strigoi do they kill innocent people. That is why you have us hunters. Yet we have had many attacks on court. Because they wait for us to take down the wards and put them back up. I say more guardians should be on ward check. Because they are doing a shitty job on how many strigoi attacks we have had. The strigoi are monsters. They should be dead all of them. They shouldn't be able to walk this earth. They killed my husband Eddie Castile. He was protecting all of you moroi. All the guardians who have fallen were protecting all of you moroi. Except Mia Rinaldi. She is part of my squad and she can use her magic and help us take down strigoi. She even has as more kills than an average guardian. Us hunters kill strigoi to keep you all safe. Guardian numbers are dwindling. But the only one who cared about you guardians was the fallen Queen Tatiana. She cared about the guardian numbers. Janine Hathaway had me and went back to her job guarding and she did a damn good job. Now she is one of my hunters. I bet none of you moroi care about dead guardians. But I bet the guardians lining the wall work their asses off to keep you all safe. This is definitely not a written speech this is from the heart. When I was a novice I ran away with the used to be Princess Vasilisa Dragomir. When we got caught by the academy guardians I had to train. Belikov even trained me. I was a damn good student. I had to work my ass off. That is how I got up to where I am. You moroi royals probably don't even care about your guardians. They are just a shadow to you. You should really become friends with them because it can save your damn life as well as theirs. But we are here to talk about my fallen husband. He was a fucking great guardian. He was great at protecting. He died protecting the people he loved and didn't. He was a great husband as well as friend. Queen Vasilisa was his charge. He became friends with her and now he is dead and she is alive. He was doing his job and now he is gone. We should be more thankful of the guardians that are here and protecting you. Us hunters are sent away for months and we face strigoi everyday. We risk our lives to keep the strigoi numbers down. If one of us died the only people who would mourn over us is our friend and family. Some of the hunters don't even have family. You should really think about who is protecting you. If us guardians and hunter numbers dropped you moroi would all be dead to the strigoi. Eddie died fighting a strigoi and he was protecting every single one of you. That is what all the fallen guardians were doing. Think about the people who protect who. Those guardians are people too. They have lives. They aren't just your shadows. Eddie I hope you rest in peace I will always love you." I was done talking and every guardian clapped at my speech. I told them, "Someone needs to stick up for you guardians." Some were even in tears. We went to burry Eddie.

I started to cry. I left his watch I gave him today on his grave. "I will always love you. I hope you are looking at me from above. I will miss you."

Before I could cry I went to my room. I went and stuck my head in my pillow and let the tears out. I got on my phone and saw the pictures of us and I started to cry harder. Now I am a widow. I hope I find a person like Eddie someday. I will never take the ring off. But I put it in my middle finger.

I went to go find my mom. I really needed her now. I found her and hugged her. I started crying. She comforted me.

I went to the gym. I found a punching bag. I started punching it. I yelled, "WHY DID YOU HAVE TO DIE?! WHY? I LOVED YOU AND NOW YOU ARE DEAD PROTECT THE PEOPLE YOU LOVED! WHY DID YOU HAVE TO DIE!" I stopped punching and broke down on the floor.

I think I might have fallen asleep because I was being carried by someone. I looked and saw Mikhail. He was carrying me to my room.

He set me on my bed and I fell into a deep sleep.