We had been at the Royal Court for almost one year now, and the twin's were going to be having their first birthday soon. Christian and I had just gotten married a few months ago, and Rose and Dimitri were going to be getting married soon. But let me tell you what you missed in the first year.

From the first day we arrived at the Royal Court, I could tell everyone liked it here. Rose, Dimitri, and Eddie all relaxed a little and let their guards down a bit. Alyssa and Chrissa looked all around and smiled a lot.

Queen Tatiana had welcomed us at the front door, something I heard she rarely ever does, so she could meet the babies. She had also just got our apartments ready, and she showed us to them. At least, she called them apartments. But ours had seven big rooms with a big bathroom in each. And the kitchen looked like a chef's paradise. The living room was huge with a big screen TV and nice furniture.

Christian and I got one of the rooms, Aly and Chris both got one, and Rose took one. Dimitri took one of the smaller apartments in the Dhampir wing.

Alyssa's room was a soft pink with a crib and changing table in a darker shade of pink. Chrissa's was a light green with a darker green crib and changing table. Each had a diaper cake thing in the color of their room. They were exactly alike except one thing; Chrissa had a small bunny on the top of hers and Alyssa had a pink and brown blanket folded up like a heart. The girls always have those in their car seats and in their cribs at night and they always just smile when they see it.

Both of the girls have said their first words, too. Chrissa's was "De-De" and Alyssa's was "Ma-Ma". Chrissa also says, "Heeey," and Rose swears she's heard her say her name but I've never heard her say that.

What else has happened this year? Oh yeah, Eddie and Mia started dating! Mia has been at the Royal Court for a while now and is going to school to become a Moroi teacher. I'm hoping that she'll decide to stay here with Eddie so she can teach the twins. All of us are dreading when we have to send them to St. Vlad's.

Adrian came back to the Royal Court since everyone else was here. He comes by often and almost always has a toy with him. Needless to say, the twins love him. I think Christian's better around him now, too. But he might just be doing that to make me happy.

And I am happy, about how everything's working out, and how good everyone's lives are right now. I mean, we're all together, and we're all at the Royal Court. How could anything get better?