Disclaimer: This is just how I would see the VA world through Dimitri's eyes, who I honestly wish I did own but I don't, that honor goes to Ms. Richelle Mead as does the other characters. This also goes for the dialogue, well most of it. I hope you enjoy.

Vampire Academy: Dimitri's POV

Chapter 1:

I stood near one of the large sycamore trees, peering across the yard into the windows of the house. A light glowed in the window near the front door where a few of the other Guardians had already scoped out as the kitchen. They had done a perimeter check earlier in the day while Princess Vasilisa and her dhampir friend Rosemarie Hathaway were gone. It had been established they weren't living alone in the house. Living amongst a few other college students. But that had been developed when we had first found them seeing as how this was one of the college's residential housing areas. My eyes snapped to a small form within the house, the room above the kitchen. This room, I had been told, was the princess and Rose's room. The form was to short and muscular to be Moroi so it was Rose. The princess had screamed as the girl rose and crossed a few feet, sitting herself down on the other bed.

Rose hugged the princess tightly against her. After her broken sobs turned into heavy breathing Rose pulled her back to look at the others face. Then I watched as Rose knocked her hair away from her neck, leaning back slightly. I watched, slightly dumbfounded as the princess moved in. And I watched as Rose slipped into pure bliss. I knew she wasn't a blood whore. Hell, no one ever held that filthy term as a title where I was concerned. I knew that Rose was only doing this for Vasilisa's sake. She hadn't had a constant feeder in two years and seeing as how she's probably never even heard of compulsion she couldn't just stop someone on the street and drink from them. I watched intently as the princess pulled back, leaving only two puncture wounds rimmed with smudged blood. Her face, on the other hand, was spotless. She stood, and left the room, leaving Rose on the bed, looking drowsy yet peaceful.

Rose turned her attention to the black cat who sat in a defensive position on the window sill. His hair rose on his back and he was looking at me. And because of that Rose saw me too. She had struggled to stand, in the same weakened state I had seen my mother in before. Rose blinked and looked taken aback. I watched her for only a moment, but it felt like an eternity. The dim lighting didn't do a whole lot for her but I could still see her. She was average height, maybe 5'6, with soft almond skin. Her dark hair was what caught my attention. It hung almost mid back and in this light looked black. She was curvy in an attractive way. A loose tee shirt was all she wore but I could still make out most of her body shape. I broke away as I heard Jacob, one of the other guardians, call me on the small earpiece. I stepped back into the shadows as he ran to join me. Rose ran from the window, moving around the room. We waited for only a few minutes taking the time to talk strategy. The door opened and the two girls stepped on to the sidewalk, trying to walk at a steady pace as if to not alert us that they knew we were behind them. Rose was a little unsteady, stumbling constantly over her feet. We followed behind silently, but one of the other guardians shoe scraped softly on the pavement. The princess tensed and gripped Rose's arm. Then they broke of in a run, well it would have been a run if Rose wasn't suffering from blood loss.

I signaled the other few guardians to run along after them as I slinked behind the other cars. After I had about ten feet on the girls I slipped out on to the sidewalk in front of them, causing them to skid to a stop. I saw recognition dance across Rose's face, but it was soon replaced by an attempt at ferociousness, if only she wasn't on the verge of unconsciousness…

She moved to stand in front of the princess. She had successfully guessed I was the leader, keeping Vasilisa away from me.

"Leave her alone." She growled. "Don't touch her."

I tried to approach her as an injured animal which in a way was what she resembled. I stepped closer but held my palms toward her offering the unspoken vow that I didn't want to hurt them.

"I'm not going to-." But I moved a little to close and she attacked. Well she tried but due to her weakened state she was slow. It did kind of catch me off guard and I kicked into my guardian mode. I pushed her back not meaning to knock her over, but again thanks to her very weak state, she lost her footing and started to fall back in at a very painful angle. Almost as quickly as I had pushed her away I reached out, snagging her arm carefully, and steadied her. Her hair had fallen back and I saw the punctures from the feeding, crusted with blood, but more blood was now starting to well up. I couldn't help but stare and it took her a few extra moments to register what I was looking at. Her free hand slid up to the bite, feeling the it and when she pulled her fingers away they were tinged with blood. She examined her fingers and then shook her hair back over her shoulder, blocking me from seeing it. My gaze lingered a little longer and then I looked up to her gorgeous big brown eyes. She glared at me and shook me free. She moved back to Vasilisa, but the princess grabbed Rose's hand, knowing they were trapped and Rose would take the butt of the punishment if they kept up the fighting.

"Rose," she muttered. "Don't."

I watched as Rose slowly relaxed and in a small sign of defeat sagged in exhaustion. I took this as my opportunity, turning my attention to the princess. I did one of my practiced bows I reserved for the royal Moroi.

"My name is Dimitri Belikov. I've come to take you back to St. Vladimir's Academy, Princess."

Did you enjoy the first chapter? I'm testing the VA waters with this one. I hope you do, and if you do would you do the kind favor of reviewing or even following this story. And if you have any questions I'm open for PMing.

Emma