Chapter One

"Oh Marie! Look a letter from Ana and Dimitri! Hurry, open it!" Sophia said running into the room.

"Let me see," Grandmama said opening the letter, "It reads, 'Dear Grandmama, The snow is beautiful this time of year, but at the same time I can't wait to see the snow begin to melt and watch spring begin. I keep thinking of how wonderful it is when the flowers begin blooming, the trees turn colors, and the grass begins to get back to green. And Dimitri, oh I wish you could see him now. We are happy as ever, I can feel the love between us grow everyday, but at the same time we will always be the princess and the kitchen boy sneaking around the palace, playing tricks on each other and all. Just yesterday we took a walk along St Petersburg and we came along to a park and decided to go through it as something new. We were walking along talking when suddenly he disappeared, I yelled for him but got no answer.

Then suddenly I see a snowball come at me from behind and miss terribly, I turned around to see him hiding behind a tree so I said acting surprised, "Where ever did that come from?" I sneaked over to the tree without him noticed and snatched up a hand-full of snow, making it into a snowball as I continued.

"Dimitri? Where'd ya go?" Catching him by surprise I plummeted the snowball right into his face as I turned to the opposite side of the tree.

"Did you seriously think I wouldn't find you in that wonderful hiding place Sneaky?" I said laughing.

"I was hoping on it…you really hit me hard! I didn't try and hit your face!" Dimitri joked back while trying to hide his pain.

"You couldn't hit me in the face if you were two feet away from me! Heck, you couldn't even hit me in general from two feet away!" I teased.

"Alright, alright, I get it…you know what?" He asked.

"You're not all that perfect." He joked.

"Oh really? Well you aren't so perfect yourself there, mister." I said playfully poking him in the chest.

"Hey, Did you just, oh you're gonna get it now!" He said playfully.

"Only if you can catch me!" I hollered running off.

He ran after to me, he's never really been the athletic type so I held back a little to give him a chance.

"I'm gonna get ya!" He yelled out of breath.

"No you won't!" I yelled back, but he didn't say anything so I turned around and he was gone again.

"Come on Dimitri! You know you can't-" I was cut off by him running up behind me and swooping me off my feet.

He has a tendentancy to that type of thing a lot, figuratively and literally. He's so romantic and sweet and not as annoying and up tight as when I met he at the palace just a month ago. He's free willing, happy, energetic, and I could go on for days on end. I wonder if we would have still ended up together if I would not have disappeared when we were eight. Would we have stayed friends? Would I have taken my spot with you? Would I be in love with the man of my dreams? We miss you so very much Grandmama, what would we have done without you? I have enclosed pictures of our adventures here so far, by the way Dimitri has found us real exit visas, so we have decided to pay a visit to you in Paris! We are leaving tonight so we should be there within a week! Say hello to Vlad and Sophia for us!

Love Anya and Dimitri' "

"A week! That means tomorrow! We have so much to do!" Sophia said giddily.

"Yes, yes indeed. Oh I can't wait to see my Anastasia again, I wonder how she has changed?" Grandmama wondered.

"A lot can happen in two but the bright side is that she said they are as happy as ever!" Sophia exclaimed.

"Oh I can't wait to see them! I wonder why they decided to come back so suddenly?" Grandmama wondered.

"Wait a minute, let me see the letter." Sophie looked over it and said, "It says, 'We are happy as ever, I can feel the love between us grow everyday, but at the same time we will always be the princess and the kitchen boy sneaking around the palace, playing tricks on each other and all. Just yesterday we took a walk along St Petersburg and we came along to a park and decided to go through it as something new', Marie I think I figured out why they are coming!"

"Really? Why do you think they're visiting?"

"Marie! Can't you see it, look at the pictures!" Sophie handed the enclosed pictures to Grandmama, "Look at Anya she is glowing with beauty and Dimitri is handsome as ever. Anya and Dimitri are having a child! That's the only reasonable thing I can think of for such a sudden, wonderful visit!"

"You're right Sophie! Oh my goodness I can't believe I'm going to be a Grandmother"

"I can't believe I'm going to be a Great Aunt!"

"Well we must go make the arrangements for there arrival!" Grandmama said going for the door.

"We have to tell Vlad too! Dimitri is like a son to him."

"Yes, we must, we shall go and get him first. We'll need all the help we can get."

"I'll grab our coats," Sophia yelled as they walked into the other room.