December 5th

Back From Baia

A/N: Sorry that I haven't done anything to any of these in months, probably more like a year. Let's just say I've been working some personal things out. I don't know if I'm going to do anything with my other stories, but I really want to complete this one. I hope you guys enjoy (=

Disclaimer: I own none of these characters or Vampire Academy; it all belongs to Rachelle Mead.

Prologue

Failure. That's what I am. Rosemarie Hathaway is a complete and total failure. I gave up trying to find Dimitri. It was pointless; there was no way I was going to find one Strigoi, in all of Russia. Besides, Abe basically forced me to leave, and I had a fight with Viktoria. Plus, Yeva told me I didn't belong there either, she was disappointed in me and thought I was better than what I was doing in Baia. And I guess being back at the Academy would be better than nothing.

The Academy, would my friends even welcome be back? Would Lissa forgive me? Would she even want anything to do with me now that Avery was her friend? I don't know what I'd do if she didn't. Hopefully they'll be happy when they come home from their weekend Court trip and find me there. Thank God Adrian went with them, I don't know what to say to him. I owe him an honest chance, and honestly? Some small part of me wants to be with him, the part of me that's accepting that Dimitri can't come back.

It will take time for me to do that, I know it will. I mean, how can someone ever get over Dimitri? But he's gone now and I have to at least try, right? I don't even know if Adrian will want anything to do with me either, cause of Avery. She really has replaced me.