***I know I just posted my Prologue. Please tell me if the beginning is Okay and please review. Richelle Mead owns all of her characters.

Chapter 1

I was in my first class of the day, it was in the gym. It's what I've been doing for the past eleven and a half years. Going to this school and training to become the guardian of a Moroi. The other guardians still don't know exactly what I am, because it's obvious that I'm not a human, but they don't know if I'm a Dhampir or not.

When I walked into the room, the others looked at me, because I looked different than them. My hair was long and red, but not a dyed hair red; it was a natural red. Under the tank top I wore they could see the tattoo like dragon that covered my back, but the head of the dragon seemed to be resting on the right side of my collarbone and the tail of the dragon wrapped around my left leg. Then there are the two smaller dragons wrapped around my arms and their heads were resting on my shoulders.

"Hey," I said, "if you're going to stare at me the entire time, then why is this a guardian training class? Also, all of you have a little drool right here" I told them pointing to my chin. I laughed as some of them wiped at their chins.

One of them came forward"Hey, can you blame us." said my best friend, Hunter.

"No I can't, but y'all could still act as if you've seen a girl before." I replied.

After that all the people there laughed and soon we were getting down to business and we all paired off to practice our fighting techniques.

"Hey, Dima, wait up" said Hunter, "We have the same class next." He said catching up to where I was standing and then we started to head to Guardian Alto's class next. We all called him Stan, though not to his face.

"I stopped so you could catch up. So don't tell me I didn't." I told with a smile. "now, why do you want me to slow down?"

"We have the same class. I thought it would be OK for me to walk with you."

"OK, well that makes me feel good. You normally walk with your other friends." I said truthfully. As I said that, I looked at him and new that he had a crush on me.

"Well, I felt like walking with someone else and we are still friends or did you decide that you don't like me." As he said that he gave me a looked of sadness, but he knew that wasn't true.

We soon made it to Stan's room and walked in to the classroom just in time to not be counted as late. We quickly made our way to our seats.

"Attention class, we have some visitors on campus and they agreed to come and talk to us. So please pay attention while they talk." Stan said.

After he made the announcement, the quests walked in.

"These are the people that will be talking to us, so please pay attention."

The first two people to walk in, I didn't recognize. The last person to walk in, though, I wouldn't forget. He was the one who found me all those years ago. His name was Dimitri and he was the one that I know looked up to as if he had been my father my whole life. I couldn't help, but to smile and then I waved to him. He looked to where I was sitting and smiled back.

After class, I waited until everyone was out of the class and then I went to go say hi to Dimitri.

"Hey, Dimitri," I did mention that I called him dad, because that was what he had become to me and what I called him after he found me. Me calling him that just stuck as I grew older.

"Wait, you know him!?" said Hunter, "Did you just call Dimitri by his real name and not Guardian Belikov or am I hallucinating. Cause, if you did, why didn't you tell me you knew one of the best guardians out there?"

Dimitri laughed at what Hunter just said. "You didn't tell them." He asked me.

"No, Dimitri, I didn't. I didn't think it was important information." I told Dimitri.

"Wait," Hunter suddenly, "you didn't think that would be important to know! I feel hurt, Dima, truly hurt."

After he said that, I grabbed him around the waist and tried to pin him to the floor.

"You don't need to know everything about me, you know, Hunter." I told him, as I tried to wrestle him to the ground.

"Hey, you two, isn't lunch the next class." Dimitri said and then he looked at me, "Rose is here, too, if you would like to see her."

"Are you serious? Wait, is Lissa and Christian here as well." I asked

After I said that, Hunter stared at me. "What?! Your know Rose, as in Rose Hathaway!"

"Hunter, stop being overdramatic, please. This is why I never told you who my mom and dad were."

"OK, I get the point. I'm sorry." Hunter said and then he looked at Dimitri, "I'm sorry for freaking out, it's just I never thought I would meet you or Rose. I can meet her, please?" He even looked at me, while he asked Dimitri that.

I looked at Hunter "I would like to spend time with Rose without you first." I told Hunter. "It's been awhile since I last saw her, but I'll let you meet her later."

"That's OK. I'll see you later."

When we arrived to the room where the people that I had come to see as my family, stayed in.

"Hey, guys" I said when I walked into the room. I smiled as I looked around at all the familiar faces. In the room there were Lissa, Christian, Rose, and Dimitri.

"Hey, Dima. How are you?" Lissa asked me.

"I'm doing well. School's going well; I'm still one of the top in the class." I answered. As I answered, I started to think of what day today was. "Is today someone's birthday?" I asked them trying to figure out why all of them were here.

"You forgot your own birthday. I never thought that was going to happen." Christian said and then laughed.

"Oh, that's why all of you are here." I laughed, "I can't believe I forgot my own birthday."

I then looked around the room and finally noticed the cake that was on the table and I smiled.

"Happy birthday!" they all yelled after I smiled at the cake on the table.

"Thank you," I said "I still can't believe I forgot my own birthday." This wasn't my real birthday; this was just the day that Dimitri found me sleeping at the tree.

They all came up and hugged me. Once Lissa hugged me she said, "I have a present and I'm not giving it to you after cake, I'm giving it to you now."

She went over to where she was sitting and picked up a box. The box was plan and white, but there were holes in the sides. The holes seemed to be there so that an animal was able to breathe.

"What is that?" I asked Lissa.

"You'll see." She tells me as she hands me the box.

After the box touches my hands, I practically, ripped the lid off and when I see what's inside I smile.

"How did you get her?" I asked Lissa.

"We found her and thought that you would like to keep her." She said, as I held the baby tiger cub in my arms. "What are you going to name her?"

"I don't know," I told her truthfully and then I thought of a name. "I know what I'm going to name her. I'm going to name her Violet."

"Why?" Rose asked.

"My mom's name was Violet and she loved tigers. So I thought it would be nice to name my tiger after her." I smiled as I said that and started to think of her.

"I think that is a wonderful name." Lissa told me.

"Thank you."

I gently held my new pet as Rose and Dimitri walked me back to my room. "Y'all know that it's nice to see you again. Oh, and Rose my friend, Hunter, would love to meet you."

Rose laughed when I said that. "Okay," she said.

We were headed back to lunch and I knew my other friends were going to flip when they saw what I was holding. Soon, we walked into the cafeteria and every one stopped talking. I knew why they all stopped talking two.

The table that all my friends sat, just looked at me. Then I realized that they were just looking at the people that were walking around me.

"Y'all wipe that drool off your face and stop staring at all of us like we're little green aliens, because last I checked I don't have big black eyes or green skin." I said and then I laughed at their face since they knew I caught them staring.

Hunter looked at me and I knew he told all of them that I knew Rose and Dimitri.

As I sat down I looked at Hunter and mouthed 'I want to talk to you later'.

He looked away looked away sheepishly. He didn't know how pissed I was that he told them.

At the end of the day I walked towards the gym and then sat down and waited for Hunter to get his ass here. When he walked in I sighed.

"Took your sweet time." I told him and he knew I was pissed. "What the fuck? When did I tell you that you could share that information?"

"Look, I'm sorry. I didn't know you wanted to keep that a secret." He told me.

"You want to know why I wanted to keep that a secret. Cause their going to ask how I know them and that is not info I want to share!" I practically yelled by the end and I was losing control over my tears, because this was bringing back horrible memories.

"Hey," he said and grabbed my arms, "calm down. I'm so sorry that I told them." The look on his face took my breath away.

"Do you want to know why I don't want to tell them how I know them?" I asked him in a whisper.

"That's if you want to tell me." He told me in a soft voice.

"I want to." I told him back and I started in on my story of how I met them.