Authors Notes at the end of the chapter

Disclaimer; I do not own Vampire Academy nor it's characters, and I am not making profit off of this story.

Summary; Shock. Confusion. Excitement. These emotions, in order, ran through the minds of Lissa Dragomir, Andre Dragomir, and Rose Hathaway-Mazur when they were told that a few months into the school year, they would be transferring to St. Vladimir's Academy in Siberia, and moving to the town of Baia, Russia. A very eventful bus ride from the airport in Novosibirsk to Baia causes her to, quite literally, fall into the arms of a stranger. Transferring to a new school is never easy, especially not when most of the students speak a different language a lot better than one you can understand, and when your class' peer tutors either try to ignore you, or they're constantly chasing after you. But the drama is just beginning for Rose as she enters the high school life of St. Vladimir's Academy.

Chapter One

"Leave us alone! It's Saturday morning!" Rose yelled tiredly from her spot on Lissa's bed. The two girls were sprawled out, still in their clothes from the previous day. As normal, the two had passed out on Lissa's bed after a late night chat session; unfortunately, the loud banging on the door of Lissa's room didn't let up, and soon the blonde began to stir awake. Rose groaned, knowing neither of them would be getting back to sleep and she stood up. She didn't even bother to change out of her jeans and sweater before she opened the door, rubbing her eyes. "Andre what the fuck are you-"

"Dad's home." Was all the boy said, but that was all it took to make Lissa bolt up, her blonde hair sticking up in all directions. The three teenagers gave each other a look before they all bolted downstairs and to the front door, which had just closed behind the tall form of Eric Dragomir. The three almost tackled him in a hug, grinning.

"Woah guys, I get it, you're excited to see me" Eric laughed, hugging his three children back. Well, Rose technically wasn't his biological daughter, but she may as well be. She'd been dropped off at the doorstep of Rhea and Eric Dragomir's house almost thirteen years ago, when she was only three. The only thing with her was a note, a basket, and the clothes the girl was wearing. Rosemarie Hathaway-Mazur, Born March 28th, 2000. (AN I know this isn't her actual birth year, but I want the timeline to be 2016. okay? okay. Carry on.) We apologize for just leaving her here. We cannot afford to care for her, and we hope she finds a proper family in you. Those were the words typed on the note left with Rose. No names or anything. Rhea and Eric took the exotic-looking child in without a second thought, raising her alongside their two biological children. Lissa, who was the same age as Rose and Andre, who was a year older than the two. It was obvious that Rose was not related by blood to the Dragomirs, all you had to do was look at them. The Dragomirs were all tall, Rhea and Lissa being supermodel thin and Andre and Eric being well built with lean muscle. Lissa and Rhea had platinum blonde hair, Rhea's cut shoulder length and Lissa's flowing halfway down her rib cage. Andre had golden dirty blonde hair, and Eric had dark brown hair. Lissa obviously took after Rhea, and Andre after Eric. Unlike the Dragomirs, who looked graceful and slightly dainty when it came to Rhea and Lissa, Rose was a little shorter, very curvy and exotic looking. In contrast with the Dragomirs' pale skin, Rose's was tanned and with a few freckles. Despite the differences between Rose and her adoptive family, it didn't stop them from treating her as a member of their family, and it didn't stop her from treating them like her parents and siblings.

"I thought you were coming home next week! Why're you home early?" Lissa asked, but before Eric could answer, Rhea spoke up.

"Alright, let your father breath. Breakfast is done" Rhea walked out of the kitchen, laughing a little as she gave Eric a kiss. The three children let out a loud and drawn out 'Ew!' in unison, like a two year old looking at brussel sprouts. "Oh grow up you three" Rhea rolled her eyes, smiling and shaking her head in exasperation as Andre and Rose raced to the dining room, Lissa following after.

"You two are sixteen and seventeen, stop acting like toddlers" Lissa reprimanded as she walked into the sight of her brother and best friend fighting over the bacon. The two of them immediately stopped, shooting her an apologetic look.

"Sorry Liss" Andre chuckled, still smiling at his sister. Rose took the chance to grab the bacon and take all the best pieces. "God dammit Rose!" Andre huffed, stealing a piece off her plate. This action almost made him lose a finger as Rose's fork came down on the place Andre's hand had been only a second earlier.

"Alright stop fighting and sit down" Eric sighed, shaking his head in amusement as he sat at the head of the table, Rhea taking her spot next to Andre while Lissa and Rose sat, gossiping. About halfway through the meal, Eric set his fork and knife down and cleared his throat. Everyone went quiet, looking at Eric. He only did this when he had some kind of news, normally it was about a business trip or some vacation idea he had planned.

"What is it, Dad..?" Andre asked, his mouth full of bacon.

"It's an intervention about your terrible eating habits" Rose snickered, and Lissa flicked her in the arm, trying to hold back giggles herself.

"Though that is needed, that's not today" Eric smiled, which caused Andre to huff. "No, it's about my work. I got a promotion."

"Woah! That's great!"

"Nice!"

"Awesome Dad!"

All three of the children chimed in, and Eric continued talking a moment later "And it requires us to move."

Everyone went silent. Rhea didn't look surprised, meaning that the only ones that hadn't known about this new development were Lissa, Andre and Rose. The three of them looked at each other, checking if the other two knew about this.

"Where?" Andre asked after the moment of initial stunned silence.

Eric paused, hesitating "Siberia, Russia."

"What?!" The three kids all exclaimed at once.

"We're opening up a new location and we have to move to Baia. You guys'll be attending a school there, thankfully that teaches mostly in English."

The three looked at each other again. "Well.. This'll be interesting." Rose ran a hand through her dark hair.

"Indeed." Lissa and Andre agreed with a nod.

"When are we leaving?" Rose asked, and Rhea and Eric gave each other a look.

"Tomorrow."

~~TIME SKIP~~

Less than twenty-four hours later, the Dragomirs and Rose were boarding a plane to Siberia, Russia, Andre still complaining about how long Lissa and Rose had taken to get ready.

"Honestly, we're getting on a plane, not going to Fashion Week!" He huffed, shaking his head as the three of them sat in the centre aisle, Rose in between Andre and Lissa.

"Shut up Andre" Rose nudged him, shaking her head while Lissa just laughed.

"Blame Rose, she's the one who insisted on redoing her eyeliner when the wings were perfect" Lissa snickered, and Rose rolled her eyes.

"Wouldn't be talking miss 'Oh my god I need to straighten my hair even though it's naturally straighter than I am'" She laughed, and her comment got her a punch in the arm, which didn't hurt at all by the way.

The three of them continued bickering, eventually falling asleep six hours into their ten and a half hour flight. Lissa's head was resting on Rose's shoulder, her blonde hair tied back in a sleek ponytail. Rose was leaning on Andre's shoulder, snoring softly as her hair covered her face, and Andre was resting his head on top of Rose's, his mouth wide open as he snored loud enough to wake a rock.

They were all awoken hours later when the attendant's voice told them that they would be landing in ten minutes. The three of them tiredly stirred, stretching and yawning as the plane started to land. Once the plane had come to a stop, Lissa immediately bolted up, grabbing her luggage. Rose grumbled a little, sluggishly doing the same.

"This is gonna be fun!" Lissa grinned as the five of them walked out into the airport. After the initial shock of Eric's announcement, the three teenagers had rushed upstairs to pack, obviously excited. Lissa and Rose took the lead as the family walked through security, thankful the process went by quickly.

"Alright, we'll exchange some American money for some Rubles, then we'll get a cab" Rhea nodded, while Lissa and Rose looked at each other before bursting into laughter.

"What's so funny?" Eric asked as Andre joined in on the laughter.

"W-Who calls their money a ruble?" Rose snorted, and Rhea shook her head, chuckling.

"I'll go get the money, you look after the three teenagers currently dying of laughter" Eric smiled, and not long later he came back "Alright, there's actually a bus going almost right to Baia, they just warned it'd be a bumpy ride. Let's go, before it leaves." Rose, Lissa and Andre had calmed down by now and the five walked onto the bus only a few minutes before the doors closed. they walked to the back, stuffing their luggage in the overhead compartments. Lissa and Rose sat together, an empty seat across the aisle and Andre in front of them. Rhea and Eric had chosen a seat closer to the front, leaving the teenagers to goof off on their own during the forty-five minute bus ride. Lissa and Rose were arguing with Andre about their new school, not noticing the two (very attractive) teenage boys sit down across the aisle from Rose and Lissa.

"I'm pretty sure the teachers won't be wearing fur hats, Lissa" Andre rolled his eyes, and the blonde girl shrugged.

"Yeah I mean, apparently Siberia isn't a frozen wasteland, considering I'm wearing shorts and a spaghetti strap" Rose shrugged as well.

"You would wear those clothes in the middle of winter, Rose" Lissa rolled her eyes, and Rose flicked her arm "Shut up, Liss."

"You won't be able to wear those clothes. The school has a uniform." Andre pointed out. Lissa didn't seem surprised, as she'd already known this, but Rose's jaw dropped open.

"Wait, what?!" Rose huffed "Nope. No. We're going back to Montana, I am not fucking wearing a uniform! It's probably some ugly ass pair of pants and a shitty blazer!"

"Oh, it's the opposite. You get all the styles and stuff, and it's all really cute. And it's in black, white, grey and some stuff's in dark green." Lissa grinned, showing her the pictures of the uniforms on her phone.

"Holy shit. Okay nevermind, we're good" Rose was in awe of the uniforms. Cute was an understatement. There was one with a white button up, a dark green and seemingly warm blazer, a tie or a bow, and a black, mid-thigh length pleated skirt. There was another with just either a white blouse or button up, a dark green and grey tie and a high waisted black skirt, again that went to mid-thigh. Those were only some of the choices.

"Wait, so you're saying we get all of these?" Rose grinned "Hell yeah!"

Andre and Lissa laughed, shaking their heads.

"Andre, where's the chocolate bar I gave you to hold on to?" Rose asked a minute or so later. She was getting hungry, and she had given Andre her chocolate bar to hold on to because she knew she didn't have enough self-control to stop herself from eating it. Andre made a guilty face, and Rose narrowed her eyes. "Dragomir. Give me. My. Chocolate." She said, her voice low and deadly.

"I'm kidding, I'm kidding!" Andre handed her the chocolate bar, unaffected by her glare. Rose's face relaxed and she opened the candy bar, beginning to eat. She had devoured it within seconds, and she crumpled up the wrapper. "Where's the trash?" She asked.

"Right there" Lissa pointed to Andre, and the two girls snickered.

"It's up front" Andre rolled his eyes, shaking his head at Lissa. He was smiling a little though, giving away his true feelings. Rose huffed, standing up and holding onto the backs of the seats as she walked up.

"Don't fall!" Andre called, laughing as Rose flipped him off over her shoulder.

"Fuck you, Andre!" She called back, of course just as she walked past Eric and Rhea's seat. The two of them laughed, shaking their heads. They'd long stopped trying to end Rose's swearing, and they were so used to it that they just laughed it off.

"No thanks, Rosie"

"My name isn't Rosie, fuckhead!" She huffed, shaking her head. She was glad she was facing away from Andre, as she was smiling a little. She pretended she hated the nickname but she really didn't, and Andre knew that. She tossed the chocolate wrapper in the trash, turning and walking back towards the back of the bus. Andre was grinning innocently at her, and she laughed softly, shaking her head. She was just beginning to sit down, ready to start bickering with Andre again when the bus suddenly took a sharp turn, sending her flying...

Right into the lap of the boy across the aisle from her and Lissa.

She let out an oof noise as she fell against the firm chest of the boy. She felt his large hands on her hips, holding her steady while his friend snickered.

"Are you alright?" The boy (Who was very, very attractive, Rose noticed when she finally looked at him) said. His long brown hair was pulled into a ponytail at the nape of his neck, a few strands around his face. He had a prominent accent, which was very attractive, to say the least. This guy got hotter by the second.

"Yeah, sorry" She chuckled sheepishly, fighting back a blush. She held onto the seat, pulling herself back beside Lissa. She turned back to her best friend, who was grinning along with Andre, and when she glanced over, the boy's friend had the same look on his face.

"Get that grin off your face" Rose huffed, flicking Andre's forehead. The bus was coming to a stop and the three of them began to stand up, as well as the two guys across from them. Great, they probably live around here.

"Looks like you just.." Andre smirked as he started to speak

"Andre don't you fucking dare"

"Fell for him."

"Nope. Nope. No. I am not dealing with your shitty puns right now." Rose grabbed her stuff, shaking her head as she stalked off the bus, not even caring that the doors were just beginning to open when she slipped out. Lissa followed after her, as well as Andre who was blabbering about how his pun was amazing. They waited for Eric and Rhea, who were shaking their heads.

"That was terrible, Andre" Eric laughed, and Andre huffed

"My puns are great. Shut up"

Rose and Lissa laughed, shaking their heads. Rhea and Eric lead them down the street and past rows of houses, until they finally arrived at a large, very nice white house.

"Oh, this is cute!" Lissa grinned, and they walked inside. There was already furniture and everything inside, and Eric explained that his company agreed to pay for the furniture as a bit of compensation with making them move across the world.

"I call this room!" Rose yelled, sprinting upstairs and into what looked like the biggest room upstairs. Two walls were all a light grey, and one wall had stripes of light grey and mint, and the other was light grey with mint splatter designs on it. The other room, which Lissa claimed, had a very similar design, only instead of mint and grey, the walls were white and lilac. The floor in Lissa's room was also a cream carpet, whereas Rose's was a dark brown wood with a fluffy white carpet in the centre of the room. Lissa had a loft bed, with a desk and computer set up underneath, and Rose had a large bed with a desk on the other side of the room. Their rooms were connected with two doors, one leading to a shared bathroom and the other.

"Holy shiz, a walk-in closet!" Lissa yelled excitedly, and Rose rushed in as well. The closet was huge, enough room for both of their clothes, no question.

"Y'know, our clothes here won't be enough to fill this.." Rose trailed off.

"Mall!" Lissa grabbed Rose's hand, dragging her out of the closet. Rose laughed "Well I mean, we also have to stop by the school to get our uniforms." Lissa shrugged, and Rose nodded.

"Mom! Dad! Can Rose and I go to the mall?" Lissa rushed into the kitchen, smiling innocently. Rhea and Eric laughed, shaking their heads "Knew it." Rhea smiled.

"Sure, ask if Andre wants to go with you." Eric chuckled "Take your cards, and the malls pretty close so you guys can just walk."

Lissa and Rose nodded, rushing up to Andre's room. "Mall. You coming?" Rose asked, sticking her head in. Andre was sprawled on his bed, and he looked up at Rose "Sure" He nodded, getting up. They all walked to the front door, slipping on their shoes.

"To the mall!" Lissa grabbed Rose's arm, dragging her out of the house with surprising strength. Andre followed after, laughing as Rose was dragged along like a doll.

"Okay, you can let go of my arm Liss, I can walk" She laughed as her best friend let go of her arm. "Okay so the mall is that way, I believe" Rose pulled out her phone "Yeah, that way" She pointed down the right side of a fork in the road. Baia was a nice and cozy town, but it was also quite large. The three chattered as they walked, and after only ten minutes, the mall was in sight.

"Let's go buy our clothes with.. rubles" Lissa snickered, and Andre and Rose laughed. They walked into the mall, which to no one's surprise was pretty packed with teenagers. It was noon on a weekend so of course, it was buzzing with activity.

"Alright, where to first?" Rose asked. Most of the signs were written in Russian, which she obviously could not understand.

"Let's just walk around and if we see stuff we like, we'll go in" Lissa shrugged. "Sounds good." Andre and Rose said in unison, and the group wandered around aimlessly.

"Let's go in here." Rose pointed to a store as they passed, seeing a pair of heels she liked. Lissa nodded and Andre just followed as the two girls walked around the store.

Almost four hours later, the three of them were walking back into the house, weighed down by both bags from the mall and for Lissa and Rose especially, their many school uniforms. Andre had a few, but there were nowhere near as many as the girls had. And of course, Rose and Lissa had to get all of them, because they were all super cute.

Andre walked into his room, collapsing on his bed. Shopping with Lissa and Rose always was tiring. The girls, however, went right to the closet and put everything away. They split the closet in half, the half closest to Rose's room had all of her clothes and shoes, and the other half was Lissa's. All of their school clothes, as well as a few pairs of shoes and their underwear, were on one side, and all of the rest of their clothes were on the other side. Everything easily fit, with even some room to spare. It was almost midnight when they finally finished organising everything, and they were exhausted.

"Alright, I'll shower tomorrow morning then I'll wake you up so you can?" Lissa asked tiredly, yawning. Rose nodded, and the two bid each other goodnight before going to their separate rooms. Rose changed into her pajamas, washing her makeup off and putting her hair up before flopping onto bed.

First day at school in Russia tomorrow.. fun..

Those were her last thoughts before she fell asleep, her snores softly echoing throughout the room.

Authors Notes;

Heyo! So, this is the first fanfic I've posted on this account, but not the first I've ever posted. I feel like my writing skills have improved over the year or so I haven't posted, so I hope you all like this story! If you have any constructive criticism you would like to share with me, you can PM me or leave a review. Please do not leave negative reviews or PM me insults on my writing, you will be ignored.

So I'll give you the basics about me, and if you wanna know anything else, just ask!

My name is Ayla, I'm fourteen years old and in my grade nine year of high school. I live in Ontario, Canada, and I've had a passion for writing since i was young. I hope I can improve over the time of this story. The updates will be very irregular because I am not only in a program that gives me a lot of homework but I also play sports at school and play rep softball. I apologize in advance about the updates, I will try my best to update once every week, or once every two weeks at the least. The title is a WIP because I couldn't think of a good one, if you have any ideas please tell me lmao.

Also, all of the studen characters are sixteen except for Dimitri, Ivan, Adrian and Tasha, who are all seventeen. Or, thats the plan for now, i will let you know in the future if it changes.

I hope you enjoyed the first chapter! Leave a review if you'd like!

Later~

Ayla

((P.S. Here's some links to ideas i had about some of the many school uniforms. Imagine them as you want, based or not based on the description i give. Here are just some basic ideas for some of them, not necessarily the ones i described in this chapter. Imagine them being white grey black and dark green if you'd like, but do whatever you want ^^))

Link; (Just add docs-google-com/ on the beginning because it's deleting it. Just click the links in the document. Replace the - with .)

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