The first movie is mainly about a school story: Lissa is a pure-blood princess of a vampire family. She possesses extremely rare and powerful magic. She attends a vampire academy called St. Vlamir, where she has to be on guard against attacks from the Moroi family. Of course, Princess Lissa is not alone, she has the help of her good friend Rose Hathaway and her guardian Dimitri, who also has a romantic love story with her.