Rose in Russia When Rose has a fight with her best friend Lissa, she flees the Academy and goes to Russia, where she is allowed to live with her former best friend, Viktoria. She meets vikas guardian brother who is a mentor at the Academy in Russia.

DISCLAIEMER: I OWN NOTHING! ALL RIGHTS GO TO RICHELLE MEAD. I DONT OWN ANYTHING EXCEPT THE PLOT :(

Chapter One

Rose POV

I stared out the plane window, lost in thought. It had been four hours since I'd boarded the plane. And twenty four hours since my fight with Lissa.

An ugly feeling of rage and hatred twisted in the pit of my stomach. I couldn't believe that this was how we ended our friendship; I put my entire life on hold for two freaking years so I could get her away from the Academy after her family died. I gave up everything for her.

I met Viktoria Belikov, a Dhampir, through my father, Abe Mazur. Abe had inserted himself in my life when I was twelve and had been more of parent since then than my mom had ever been. I'd taken vacations and visited him in Russia, where he worked, and during one of my trips I met Viktoria. She and I always hung out whenever I came to Russia, which made Lissa jealous, so I stopped talking about Vika in front of her.

I loved Vika's family. I'd never met her brother because he worked at the Academy in Russia and her sister Karolina was always busy with her baby daughter, Zoya, and son, Paul. But Vika's mother, Olena, grandmother Yeva, and sister Sonya were like family to me.

Since Abe's work-as a mobster-was fairly dangerous, I would be staying with Vika. I couldn't wait to spend more time with her and not have to worry about Lissa getting mad.

I was tired. I'd spent all day packing and making calls and plans. Kivora was more than happy to ship me off to Baia, Russia, to live with Vika. She considered the Belikov house a "blood whore" community because of Vika's father and Olena's ex, who beat her and treated her like a blood whore. I always felt bad for Olena, but Vika told me that her oh-so-mysterious brother who i had yet to meet had beat up his father when he was, like, thirteen, because he saw him hurting Olena; I was always glad the son of a bitch got what he deserved.

My eyes began to drift, but I forced myself to stay awake. I had to type an email to my other good friend, Mason. No one but the Headmistress knew about my...arrangement...and I knew I couldn't tell Mase because no one knew about me and Lissa's fight.

Mason,

I don't even know how to start this. I cant believe I've left without saying goodbye...again. youve been one of my closet friends, and i love you for being so amazing and good to me, even when im a bitch. like right now. Ive made arrangements to leave the academy (yes with kivora so im not a runaway) only liss isnt coming with me this time. i need to have some space to figure some stuff out. i know that so very cryptic, but i cant really explain everything. Its not that i dont trust you, or that i dont love you, but i cant tell anyone where i am or why im leaving. If your not too infuriated with me for this, id really like to keep in touch with you. im really sorry i had to leave again, and i hope you still want to talk to me.

Love, Rose

My eyes were shut the minute i hit send.

Viktoria POV

First of all, I love Rose. She's like the best friend you see in movies that you can trust with all your secrets and your life. It sucked that we only saw each other when she came to visit her dad, but it was worth it because we had so much fun together. I always kind of envied her best friend at the Academy in Montant, Lissa, because she got to be with Rose all the time, minus the visits Rose took to see Abe. I just couldn't believe Lissa had screwed up her friendship with Rose.

But now Rose was coming to Baia, because of Lissa, and actually move in with me because Abe's job was too dangerous for her to be around.

As I stared out my window, I smiled to myself. We were gonna have So. Much. Fun.

Chapter Two

Rose POV

I was finally in Russia. I guess I couldn't complain because I was asleep most of the flight, but I was happy to be on land again.

Abe was sending an Alchemist (humans that keep the vampire world a secret from humans) to pick me up. I bet he was blackmailing the Alchemist, I seriously doubt any human would want to help out my dad...no offense to Abe, of course.

After getting my luggage, I got a call from my dad. "Hello?" I said.

"Rose! How was your flight?" Abe asked.

"Fine, Baba. I just got here, I'm waiting for your friend." I told him.

"Huh." He sounded thoughtful. "Okay. Her name's Sydney Sage, she's about your age, blonde with green eyes."

"So why's she helping you?" I asked. "Ah, Roza," Abe said, laughing. "You're ongoing trust in your father never ceases to amaze me."

"Sorry, old man," I said. "I have my suspicions."

"She owes me a favor and happens to be staying in Baia right now. I thought she could get my daughter from the airport, not give me a kidney." Abe said. I heard a door open and someone speaking to him in Russian. He replied, also in Russian, and then said to me, "Sorry kiz, I've got to go. Call me when you get to the Belikov's, okay?"

"Kay, Baba." I said while watching a girl who fit Sydney Sage's description look around before spotting me. "Bye," I hung up the minute the girl-Sydney-came up to me.

"Sydney Sage," She said, extending her hand. "You must be Rosemarie."

I wrinkled my nose. "It's Rose." I had always hated my full name.

Sydney looked like she was restraining herself from rolling her eyes. "Ok, Rose. I'm sure Abe has told you about me. I'm the Alchemist that's taking you to the Belikov's." She looked a bit annoyed and at the same time, she was bored.

I felt bad for her; I don't know what Abe had done for Sydney, but it was obvious she didn't like owing people. "Yep," I said, popping the 'p.' "Can't wait." I said for emphasis.

"Okay, let me text Abe and Olena." Sydney said, pulling out her Iphone. Without looking up, she said, "Is that all your luggage?" I said yes and she led me to her car without saying anything else. I looked back to the plane, which was now being loaded with new passengers. Goodbye, Academy; Goodbye, Mason, Adrian, Eddie, Mia, and Jillian; Goodbye, Lissa.

Sydney POV

I didn't like owing people anything. I didn't like being in debt, especially Abe Mazur's. He wasn't making me do anything hard; he made me run errands like picking up Rosemarie from the airport and whatnot. Once he even sent me out to get him a chocolate bar.

Which just made me suspicious of what he was waiting for.

Rose POV

Mason hadn't responded to my email. I checked it on my phone on the way to Vika's. He was usually glued to his computer, no doubt he'd already gotten about my message. I missed him and everyone else so much. I even missed Christian's smartass, sarcastic attitude.

I didn't miss Lissa.

I sighed and stared out the window like I was in a sad movie. I was excited to see Vika again, but...with what Lissa had done to me, after years and years of friendship, I didn't feel like I could trust any friend again.

It was there, in the car, that I decided that I was going to have to forget about Liss. Vika wasn't Lissa, she was trusting and selfless and fun. She wasn't spoiled or selfish like Lissa, and she had the best, most welcoming family ever.

"Why?" I asked suddenly. Sydney looked over at me from the corner of her eye, and I knew she was surprised. "Why what?" She retorted.

"Why," I said, turning around to face her. "Are you helping my father? What does he have on you?" To be honest, I was curious, but I also wanted to get my mind off of Lissa.

Sydney was quiet for a second. "Abe...he helped, with with a...problem I had. He helped me protect someone I loved. And I would do anything to repay him because I am grateful, as much as I despise your kind, that Abe helped me keep her safe."

It was my turn to be quiet. "The person you loved?" I asked. Sydney nodded once, and I dropped it.

"I'm sorry." I said later, surprising us both. She then looked at me. "I know how it is to be on Abe's leash. I'm sorry someone you cared about was in enough danger that an Alchemist went to a Moroi for help. I'm sorry...I'm sorry you owe Abe something."

Sydney didn't say anything, because we had pulled into the Belikov's driveway. We parked and she stared at me in surprise for a second before the front door opened. "Goodbye, Rose." She said. I took a deep breath and saw Olena and Viktoria in the doorway. Vika shrieked and ran down the steps. "Goodbye, Sydney. Thank you." Sydney gripped the wheel, nodding.

I opened the car door, and I was attacked.

Chapter Three

Rose POV

The minute I stepped into the Belikov driveway, I was smothered by Vika. She had tackled me, making me lean against the car for support. Sydney had jumped out of the driver seat, thinking there was danger, and looking ready to kick some serious ass.

When Sydney realized the reali situation, she looked confused, then relived, then like she wanted to burst out laughing, but settled on crossing her arms while smirking and watching us with an amused expression.

"ROSE!" Vika screamed in my ear, blowing out my eardrum. Sydney stifled a laugh.

"V-Vik-I...cant...breathe..." I gasped out, whacking her in the shoulder. Vika gasped and let go of me, causing me to fall against the car. "Sorry," She said, putting her hands over her mouth to stifle another shriek. I waved awkwardly. "Hey, Vika."

"OMG ROSE." Vika hugged me (without trying to kill me this time) again. "You have no idea how happy I am to see you."

I hugged Vika back. "Yeah, I missed you so much, Vik."

We finally pulled away and Vika clapped her hands, opening the car and pulling out my luggage. "Come on, I'll show you your new room." She said, finally sounding like she was calming down. "Kay" I said, grabbing my other bags. Vika started to head up the driveway and I heard Sydney start the car behind me. I turned to see her in the car. I held up my hand and waved to her once, and she gave me a half smile back. Deciding that was the best I would get from her, I turned around and walked up to say hello to the rest of the Belikov's.

OMG IM SO SO SORRY! I WAS UPDATING BUT THEN I PRESSED A BUTTON BY ACCIDENT AND I LOST ALL MY STUFF AND THEN I FORGOT! ROSE MEETS DIMITRI SOON, BUT SHE ALSO MEETS TASHA...ooh drama :)

Rose POV

The minute I walked into the Belikov's, I was smothered in more hugs. After I was released, I saw a pretty woman holding Zoya. "Hi." I said.

"Hi, I'm Karolina. I'm Zoya and Paul's mother."

"Kara," Vika rolled her eyes. "She knows that."

Karolina ignored her youngest sister. "Vika told me you took care of Zoya when you visited before; thank you."

"My pleasure," I said, smiling. "I love Zoya. You're all like family to me."

"AWW," Vika said. "Roza, that was beautiful and all, really it touched my heart, but COME ON let's go I have to show you your room." Vika said, squealing. She sounded like Paul on Christmas. I rolled my eyes. "Kay, Viki, let's go," I said, waving goodbye to everyone as I was dragged up the stairs, along with most of my luggage. For a short and skinny teenager, Vika was strong.

"And here we are." She said proudly, putting all my luggage in my room. My room. I loved how that sounded.

"Okay, so my room's right across the hall and you have to share a bathroom with Dimka, sorry, because his room's right next to yours and he wouldn't let me trade rooms with him, but don't worry he's like, the sweetest guy ever he's not a perv or anything and he's also, like, the 40 year old virgin, but..." Vika rammbled on and I waited till she was done to ask.

"Who's Dimka?" I asked.

"Dimitri," She explained. "my brother. He's working now, he's a guardian at the Academy here, he's also like a mentor kinda thang, he helps kids that are falling behind in combat, you know like one-on-one." She laughed. "That's why everyone's so good at fighting; they don't want Dimitri to mentor them. He's pretty badass."

One thing we have in common. I thought to myself. "Cool."

"Yeah, the Academy here uses human time, so he goes to work from 6am to 3pm, depending on meetings and socials and whatnot. Oh he's twenty four, but don't worry he won't like annoy the Hell outta you or anything; he saves that for me." She said, wrinkling her nose.

"Ouch. Sorry." I said. "Hey, why do you use human time?" I asked, actually curious.

Vika smiled. "Because, unlike you secluded Academy with private dorms and whatnot in Montana, our school is right there in the open with no dorms, so we all commute." She explained. "If the Academy was abandoned in the day and crawling with people at night, humans would get suspicious."

"Oh." I said.

Olena called up to Vika in Russian and Vika replied. "Mama said you need to sleep, cuz of the flight." She told me. I nodded. That actually would be nice, a long, undisturbed nap. Back in Montana I always had to worry about getting pulled into Lissa's head when I wanted to sleep when she and Christian were doing...well, each other. But now I found a way to block the bond so I couldn't get pulled into her head unless I wanted to.

"See you later." Vika said, closing my door behind me. I was out the minute my head hit the pillow.

Chapter Four

Rose POV

by the time i woke up, all my feelings about what happened with Lissa had come crashing back. I sighed and pulled out my old diary that i had just recently begun to reuse again. it was dark maroon red with black butterflies on the cover. I had ripped out all the pages I had written years ago, burning them in my fireplace before I left for Baia.

I was so stupid. I thought running away, which seems to be all i'm good at, would help me forget about Lissa and everyone at the Academy. I thought i could start a great, happy life with Abe and Viktoria, but the truth is I'm thinking more about Liss and everyone else more than i ever have; leaving has just given me endless time to think about where everything went wrong. truth is, ive also realized something about me and mason; we were never meant to be together. i saw him like i saw eddie; we were like brother and sister. i know how much mason cares about me, and honestly it scares me that i might-if i havent already-lose his friendship because of those feelings. I miss when he was dating Mia, before she broke his heart. in that time he would have never thought he had more feelings for me; he loved Mia way too much. but then she cheated on him with a royal, Jesse, a.k.a total man whore. i still hate them both. its funny how the smallest things can change everything. its funny how you never realize how much you love someone until they hurt you.

i sighed and tapped my pen against my open notebook before deciding that was enough soul searching for now. i got up and looked outside. wow. it was pitch dark. if i were still in montana, id probably be in class right now. i smiled to myself before opening the bathroom door to reveal the dark outline of a person; we were standing near the seperate doors that lead from the rooms to the bathroom. we both flicked on the light at the same time.

i screamed.

Rose POV

I screamed when the light flicked on to reveal a very large, very intimidating looking man. He darted forward, faster than I thought humanly possible, and clamped his hand over my mouth. Oh sweet Jesus he was going to murder me. I started hyperventilating. Oh my God, oh my God. I was going to DIE. JESUS FUCKING CHRIST I WAS GOING TO DIE.

So I did a perfectly perfect Rose Hathaway thing to do in my given situation; I kneed him in the balls. Hard.

He grunted and dobbled over, clutching his manly parts. He muttered some stuff in Russian while I looked around for a weapon. When he made eye contact with me again, I just raised up a toothbrush in attack. But suddenly I couldn't move; this man was unbelievably hot. His chocolately brown eyes melted into mine, making me lose all focus. Damn. He raised an eyebrow at my toothbrush and said something in Russian. I raised an eyebrow (yeah i know, im wicked cool) and said, in English, "Excuse me?"

"I believe," He said, still clutching himself. "That's mine."

"What? Oh. Wait, you're not gonna kill me?" I asked, confused. He chuckled. "No, and I assume you're Rosemarie."

"Rose." I corrected him. "But then..." Oh. "You're Dimitri, Vika's brother, right?" He nodded, and tried to stand up but his face screwed into a mask of pain.

"Yeah," He said. "I would shake your hand but..." He trailed off.

"OH MY GOD," I gasped, covering my mouth. "I'm so so so sorry! I thought you were a murderer!" I said, getting on my knees close to him and was greeted by a wave of delicious aftershave. Yummy. In the light I could actually notice him more; He had silky brown shoulder-length hair and those chocolately eyes I could so easily lose myself in. He was very muscular and his face couldn't be described as anything but angelic. God must've loved Olena when he made Dimitri.

"It's fine." He said and something occured to me. "Why'd you grab me?" I asked. He looked confused but then said, "I didn't want you to wake up Paul and Zoya. Or Vika, who could bring very painful torture upon us if we woke her."

I nodded, as if I wasn't mesmerized by his voice and was actually listening. Dimitri finally got up, steading himself against the sink. "Jesus, Rose, where'd you learn to do that? I swear Stigoi have caused me less pain."

I smiled. "Well, years and years of practice with pushy asshole Moroi douches. You get the hang of it eventually." He looked sad for a minute, but it was replaced with a breathtaking half smile.

"Well, I'm just gonna get back to bed. You should too." He said. I hesitated, then nodded.

"Oh, and nice to meet you, Roza." Dimitri smiled before shutting his bathroom door. I frowned at the door.

Roza?

Rose POV (next morning)

i woke up in a haze, forgetting for a second where i was, and why. then i remembered; russia, fight with lissa, email to mason...kneeing vika's incredibly hot older brother in the balls...yep, sounded about right.

i sighed and checked my email on my supercool smartphone Abe had insisted i had; mason responded.

i swear i stopped breathing. i hesitated, something i usually dont do. like last night with Dimitri, i thought he was a threat, i acted. But now...this email could hold all my fears; Mason hating me. Deciding i'd have to face the music, i opened and read Mason's emai.

Rose,

I'll always want to talk to you, Rose. i love you. but i hate that i lost you right when i just got you back. a part of me hates you for running away; a part of my thinks youre a coward for running. with lissa, i understood; you did it for her. but right now, just because you need some "space", you ran away (despite what approval kirova gave you, its still running, rose), and this time it was fo no one but yourself. i dont expect you to be the person i hoped you were, but i thought maybe we'd have a chance together when you and liss came back. but of course you left me, again. i dont expect goodbyes from you anymore. now i know better than to wait for you, but that doesnt mean i can fall out of love with you. im in love with you. and i dont want you to tell me how you feel until you come back to the Academy, but i do want to keep in touch, Rose. i hope if i keep talking to you ill learn to forgive you and we can move on together when you return

-Mason

...Jesus. I guess it was good he didnt hate my guts and still wanted to talk, but he'd finally admitted one of my greatest fears; i'd gotten my best friend to fall in love with me.

Vika POV

"DIMITRI!" I shouted from the kitchen, hands on my hips. A bleary eyed Dimka practically ran into the room, searching for danger. I rolled my eyes. He was wayyyyy to serious. I was hoping setting him up with Tasha Ozera, who i knew for a fact was in love with him, would get the old man to lighten up.

"Vika, what's wrong?" He asked, running his fingers through his hair, confused.

"I need you to wake up Rose, please." I said, batting my eyelashes at him and he immediently looked suspicious.

"Why?" He asked slowly.

I shrugged. "Breakfast. Plus you two are roomies now; bout time you meet, right?"

"We met last night." He said tersly, grabbing a coffee mug from the cupboard. I raised an eyebrow in silent question, sipping on my own coffee, my eyes never leaving him. He eventually sighed and turned around. "She thought i was a serial killer and kneed me in my balls." He said with such a dead serious face I was silent for a minute...before I burst out laughing, making my brother frown.

"That'." Laugh. "Is." Laugh. "So, damn." Laugh. "Funny!" Laugh. He growled at me.

"Dimka!" I said, still laughing. "When you wake her up...bring a big knife...i want to see that so bad! I wheezed.

"Sorry, Viktoria, there's not going to be a reenactment." He said. "I think my nuts have suffered enough."

"DIMKA!" We both turned to see Mama in the doorway, shocked expression on her face. Which just made me start laughing again, Dimitri glaring. "Sorry, Dimka," I laughed. "You're dealing with this on your own, bro."

He grimanced and Olena whacked him on the side of the head. "Too early to yell." She grumbled.

He smiled and kissed her cheek. "Sorry, Mama, you can yell at me later, I've got to wake Rosemarie up." He said, leaving.

"Hey," I said, and he turned around. "Call her Rosemarie and your 'nuts' will be the last of your concern, brother." Olena grimanced at the word 'nuts' and Dimitri laughed, going up the stairs two at a time.