Disclaimer: I do not own Vampire Academy that honor belongs to Rachelle Mead.

"Love fades, mine has." These were the words that Dimitri spoke to me, the words that finally, on top of everything else, has broken something inside of me. Changed me. That is why I am now inside my room packing my clothes and anything else I might need, making sure I have my father's information, and last but not least leaving out the letters I wrote to everyone, everyone except Dimitri.

I have my duffle bag with stakes, clothes, shoes and also a backpack with even more clothes, my photo album, and my laptop. I make sure I'm dressed for cool weather and with comfortable boots on and also sunglasses and a baseball cap, hoping that will be enough to not get noticed. I open the door a crack to make sure the coast is clear, there's only a few people but no one who I don't think will recognize me for who I am. I make my way to a courtyard not too far from the main gate and find a tree that has sturdy enough branches and enough foliage that I can hide out up there until nightfall and can figure out my escape form there.

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It's now nightfall and I'm thirsty as hell, I didn't think about bringing water and I didn't want to break from my hiding spot; but I'm just going to have to push through this until I get away from here. And tonight is a perfect night for escaping, there's a new moon tonight so everything is pitch black. While I've been stuck up here I noticed that one of the branches higher up sticks out about 15 feet past the walls surrounding the court, and from other nights of walking around I've noticed that at midnight exactly the guardians switch guard duty; and I'm hoping that the guardians will talk with one another for at least a minute, because a minute of them being distracted is all I need, and I'm praying that with them talking amongst themselves they won't be paying to much attention to the rustle of leaves that the tree is sure to make when I jump over the wall from the branch.

At exactly midnight, the guardians switch off guard duty and there must be a God because as I scaled the tree and worked my way across the branch, I looked over right before I jumped the wall and they were paying absolutely no attention, and with that one minute of them being distracted I left behind my old life and welcomed my new one. The moment I let go of that branch, I said goodbye to everyone I held dear and hoped they would find happiness without me, because even though I know things have been strained between Lissa and me lately, I know she will still be hurting over my leaving her, and over my broken promise.

I hit the ground and landed on the balls of my feet and put a hand out to steady myself, pushing off with my legs I was up and moving through the woods surrounding the court. I was straining my ears trying to hear if anyone was following me, but the only sounds I heard were coming from the woods itself and the woods' natural inhabitants. 'You would think this being our court where our Queen resides that its guards would be more alert, If I can escape and not get noticed that's pretty sad,' I think to myself and smile at the thought that I outsmarted the guardians. After I felt pretty certain that I was far enough away and no one was following me I stopped to take a break. Sitting there on the ground leaning against a tree, I wondered how Lissa was taking my departure, or if she has even noticed yet; I scowled at the last part and half of me instantly feels bad for thinking anything bad about my best friend but half of me can't help but feel that she's picking others over me, that I'm no longer important to her. I lean my head back against the tree and take deep breaths closing my eyes, focusing on my breathing, and then feeling the bond between Lissa and me I concentrate on that and her and after a minute I'm sucked into her head.