DISCLAIMER. I don't own Vampire Academy. I just love it.

Dimitri's POV of Vampire Academy

Prologue

When you find the person who knows about you more than you know about yourself, it's scary. No matter how much you try to ignore them, you never truly can. As I tried to fight against my heart, it won.

Chapter 1

Finally, we've caught them off guard!

Tracking down a Moroi is usually not hard. It's the retrieving part that takes more work...especially guarded by a Dhampir.

Standing in a dark driveway in Portland, I witnessed an unbelievable act. Princess Dragomir just fed off of a girl. They were two stories above where I was standing, even with my dhampir eyes I couldn't quite make out what she looked like. I'm guessing she fed off of her supposedly "guardian". Hmm. . . what was her name? Ah Rosemarie Hathaway. The runaway. . .and the daughter of a very respected guardian, Janine Hathaway.

Looking up into the window, her looked outside, spotting me. She flinched,was she afraid or simply shocked? I didn't know, I just knew she was making a plan to run for it now. Into my ear piece other guardians were asking what was happening.

"She spotted me and now she's on the move," I said.

"Belikov, get ready to go after them,"ordered another guardian,Alberta.

I'm not the oldest guardian out there,actually I'm the youngest,24 years old. Alberta was the oldest one and she was the leader of this mission. There were many guardians here,nearly a dozen, to make sure Princess Dragomir came 's the last one in her family.

I ran to a dark alley just around the corner. Minutes passed by, then they both came out a side door. I glanced down the street and saw a green Honda. Are they really going to drive away from us? Clearly this "guardian" was not fully trained before leaving the academy. They started running towards it, even though it was ten blocks away. After they ran a couple of blocks, Alberta and Stan,a teacher, followed after me as I ran quietly down the street. Being extremely tall meant longer legs, therefore longer strides. I could easily have approached them in seconds, but I wanted to see how Rosemarie protected the princess for two years.

Crunch,crunch,crunch! Crap, leaves, No doubt the Princess picked the sound up with her Moroi senses. I picked up my pace, full on sprinting. As I ran faster,they did too. But not fast enough.

I stood, a good ten feet, from their destination. Fury and fear stroke into Rose's eyes. She jerked the Princess back behind her. Rose crouched protectively in front of her studying me. Determination was in her expression. She couldn't run away now. She tensed up realizing there were more surrounding her.

She stood right in front of Vasilisa,trying to put as much space between me and the Moroi.

"Leave her alone," she growled."Don't touch her."

Why would I touch such royalty? Confused, but controlled. I held out my hands in a cautious way, I only came in peace.

Then I said calmly,"I'm not going to-" I took a step forward. Apparently too close.

Suddenly a body leaps towards me, such a basic maneuver. Before she even touched me, I wiped her away with my hands, which pushed her away. I hadn't realized she was so weak. It didn't look like she was going to catch herself as she was heading straight towards the sidewalk. I didn't want to bring her pain either, I caught her arm and stood her upright.

She was about the average height of a dhampir. Probably around five foot seven, her dark brown hair had a wave, she had brown eyes, but through those eyes I saw fire. As I was looking at her hair, I saw her neck. Bruised and a line of dried blood. So she was the feeder. She noticed what I was staring at and she shook her hair so that it fell over the wound. She jerked out of my grip and backed up towards the Princess. Her expression was as if she was bracing herself for me to attack.

Then Vasilisa spoke quietly, "Rose, Don't."

After that Rose began to lose the fire and protection that screamed in her eyes. She let out a sigh and relaxed her posture in defeat. I stepped forward, attention towards the Princess. I bowed and said, "My name is Dimitri Belikov, I've come to take you back to 's Academy, Princess."