Vampire Academy tells the story of two 17-year-old girls, Rose Hathaway, a rebellious half-vampire/half-human who is training to be a guardian at St. Vladimir's Academy and her best friend, Princess Lissa Dragomir, a peaceful, mortal vampire. After ditching school and being on the run for a year, Rose and Lissa are caught and brought back to the Academy. Lissa struggles to reclaim her social status while Rose risks everything in an attempt to protect her best friend from the immortal, evil vampires that lurk just outside the walls of their school.