So I decided to give it a shot! Thank you to those who read my Last Sacrifice and gave me a push to do this :P I'm going to be doing it in small instalments. Hope you enjoy! Review and let me know what you think :)

Homecoming

I looked out the window as the ground got closer and closer. There was a feeling of excited tingles in my stomach as I studied the familiar aspects of my native country.

The plane I was sitting on began circling in the air, preparing to land. I saw with a jolt the Saint Basil's Academy, the school in which I had trained to be a guardian.

I tapped on the window to get Rose's attention.

"Do you see that, Rose?" I asked her, wanting to show her the place in which I had grown up and learned all of my skills. "St. Basil's." I informed her.

I felt her warm body move closer to mine to get a look at what I was pointing at. I looked at all of the other smaller buildings that were increasing in size now that we were decreasing in altitude.

I didn't say much else and I watched my home country in fascination. I had been here for the majority of my life, but not in recent years. Over the past few months, I had returned here…as a Strigoi. The place hadn't meant anything to me during the couple of months that I had been one, but now…now it meant everything.

The sun shone off the green fields and roofs of houses.

The sun.

It was one of the main things that still fascinated me since being turned back. I guess I had just found a new appreciation for it and its beauty.

"Too bad we don't have time to hang out," Rose said, talking about Moscow, the city beneath us. I realised she had leaned back into her own seat. Moscow was just one stop on the way back to my home town.
"We'll have to save all of our sightseeing for Siberia…"

Siberia.

It was the area of Russia that I was from…and the one that meant most to me.

I hadn't been there in years. Even years before I had been involuntarily changed.

I looked around at the beautiful face of my Roza, who was smiling at me.

"It's been so long since I've seen Baia," I said quietly. I wasn't sure if I was talking to her, or to myself.

I thought of my mother. Of my family. Or my community.

The excited feeling in my stomach mingled with nerves.

"So long since I've seen them. Do you think…" I stopped myself, not sure how to ask such a small question, whose answer meant so much to me. "Do you think they'll be glad to see me?"

Rose reached over and took my hand in hers. The feel of her skin on mine soothed me a little, but didn't do much for the nerves. I didn't like to see the look of concern in her eyes. For a moment, I thought she was going to say that it was a bad idea to come here…but she didn't.

"Of course they'll be glad," she said, making me feel silly for asking such a question…but I had needed the assurance. "They know we're coming. Hell, you should've seen the party they threw when they thought you were dead, comrade. Imagine what they'll do when they find out you're actually alive."

I smiled at her, grateful for her answer and for the fact that she was by my side. It made what I was doing a hell of a lot easier.

"Let's hope so," I said and looked back out the window, not wanting to miss the view. "Let's hope so."