Authors note: Thanks to all that read and reviewed. I hope you all liked the prologue. I'm really sorry if there was any grammatical or spelling issues. I don't have a beta and would like one:) The rating may go up not sure and yes this is going to eventually be a Dmitri X O.C.

Chapter 1:

Aurora stepped off the plane, into the airport. The flight had been long,as would be expected from Norfolk,Virginia to Italy. The young American slowly made her way to the luggage claim already feeling drowsiness fighting to take over.

"God, I'm going to have terrible jet lag" Aurora sighed. She walked over to the luggage claim. Waiting patiently for her bags. As soon as she saw them, she grabbed them and went on her way. Pulling her suitcase behind her, Aurora made her wait out of the airport.

As she exited the building, Aurora looked around. "Just need a cab." She spun around again looking for any available cabs. Spotting one, Aurora made her way over. The driver was an older man, reminding her a lot of her late father. He put her luggage into the trunk and she slipped inside giving him the directions to her apartment complex.

She was silently watching her passing surroundings when a voice interrupted her thoughts. " So, you are new here." She jumped. "Excuse me." The man chuckled. "You have this look in your eyes, like you have no idea what you've gotten into"

Aurora gave the man a small smile. "Yeah, I probably do. I just moved here from Virginia" The man glanced at her. "You're a long way from home,little one. Can't be much older than my youngest and she's a junior in college" Aurora laughed. " I just graduated" The man smiled. "

and you come all the way to Italy" Aurora sighed. " I just needed a change in scenery"

The car stopped, and the man gave her an understanding look. "Well, here we are." She looked up.

"Yeah" she got out the car to help him get her luggage. "You need any help with those" Aurora smiled at him gently while she payed him. "No" He shook his head and turned to climb back in the car. " Oh, that change of scenery, you picked a good place your a good mile from Volterra. Good tourist spot, but I doubt you're gonna be tourist. Might find a job there and whatever made you change scenery, well you seem to be tough. You'll do fine, so try not to look so overwhelmed"

Aurora gave him a small smile. "Thank you, and I'll try not to" She watched as he got into the car and waved as he drove away. As the taillights of the cab finally disappeared into the fast approaching night, Aurora turned, grabbed a hold of her luggage and went to walk into the building.

Dragging her excess of luggage into the elevator Aurora sighed for what felt like the 100th time that day. "C'mon Ro, calm down. This what I wanted. A new start. It will be fine. Can't let anything bring me down." She looked up at the mirrored ceiling of the elevator. Staring back was a tired looking Girl with dark auburn curls framing her face, reaching just past her shoulders. Big hazel eyes with dark lashes framing them told lookers that this girl had been through hell and back. Pale skin gave off an almost fragile look, combined with her small frame that at it's tallest stood at 5'3, Aurora looked a lot like a broken doll at the moment.

"I got to pull my self together" The elevator made an abrupt stop and the doors dinged open. She grabbed her stuff and made her way out of the elevator into the hallway. Walking down the halls, she found her way to her apartment. Unlocking the door, Aurora stepped into her new home.

"Home,sweet,home" Aurora dropped her luggage on the ground and closed her door. After locking it, she turned and gave her new home a look around. "It's a good thing, this place was already furnished or I really would be in over my head."

Aurora grabbed her suit case and made her way to her room. The room was small, with a bed in the center touching the wall a window next to it, there was a desk and a dresser along with a closet. A lot like her college dorm room. She pulled her sheets and comforter out of the suitcase and quickly made the bed. She pulled the pillowcase over the pillows and laid them on the bed. Making her way back over to the hall way where she drooped the rest of her luggage she pulled them into her room also.

She started putting away all of her clothes and then moved on to placing her laptop on the desk and setting her I pod onto it's dock on the dresser. Once that was all done she shoved the empty luggage bags into the closet.

Aurora grabbed her purse and sat on the bed. Looking through it she found her phone. Turning it on she saw that she had 12 missed calls from a blocked number. She sighed. With that any thoughts that this last minute escape attempt had been wrong and a bad idea flew from her mind.

Getting up from the bed she grabbed her Pajamas and toiletries. She walked to the bathroom across from her bedroom.

She set up the bathroom and got into her pajamas. Heading back into her room, Aurora set an alarm on her phone to wake her up in the mourning. Setting it on the dresser,Aurora moved to the bed. "So tomorrow I'll go get dishes and food, maybe some stuff for the house." She laid down on the bed " I also head into Volterra, maybe I'll find a job."

She closed her eyes. "Tomorrow is the first day of my new life."