Disclaimer: I did not own any part of The Vampire Diaries or the characters

This story is a redo of my other story called "Monsters" that I recently deleted because I had another idea of how I would go with a story like that.

I really, really hope you guys like this story, it starts out on the first episode of The Vampire Diaries so here it goes!

Mystic Falls.

I was in shock still after the eight hour drive up here. We were-are moving here. This is going to be my new home now with my dad. I already hated the small town before we stepped inside of it. I still thought that everything that was happening right now was all impossible for me.

I would have never thought that my dad would actually move is from California all the way to Virginia. I used to think that this kind of thing only happened in the movies or something.

"Jade, come on," my dad sighed heavily. "I know that this is hard for you, kid, moving schools-"

"No, you don't. I had to leave all of my friends, Dad. People I've known since kindergarten now I'll never see them again. Also I'll be bored out of my mind here in this town," I argued.

"Small towns can be-"

"Boring," I interrupted with a small smile. "Everyone knows that they're boring because there's nothing to do in the middle of nowhere-"

"Uh-ah, now don't be so quick to judge," my dad protested. "Maybe Mystic Falls is different."

I shook my head. "Doubt it, but doesn't really matter since I plan to be the loner girl anyways."

My dad laughed at me as we pulled up to a house that I was sure was actually haunted by the looks of it. It was the house at the end of a long and lonely street. Yup, this is the beginning of a horror movie.

Tomorrow I'll probably be killed since I'll be home alone and it might just be like Scream. Great! I cautiously glanced around and asked as we stepped out of the car, "So why the creepy house? And don't you say that it was the only house for sale because I just saw one a mile back, Dad."

"Okay, okay, it was the only one in our price range. I don't know why I got it, but I figured that maybe once I start my job then I could fix it up a bit. Make it more...approachable...and not terrifying. I admit the pictures did not do it justice." He looked at my face which had one eyebrow raised and I didn't believe him for a second. "Alright, alright, kid, you got me. The picture was blurry and I thought that it looked nicer. Doesn't matter. We'll fix it up."

Oh yeah, now I'll be called weird loner girl from that creepy haunted house at the end of Wale Street. Sure, it's a long name,but it'll catch on.

I glared up at the house as my dad hurried inside of it. I let out a loud breath as a newspaper flew past my head and hit the ground. I quickly picked it and yelled at the kid riding away on his bike, "Hey!"

He didn't hear me and just kept on riding away in fear probably. I think he got the wrong house since i know that we didn't buy newspapers. I opened it up as a curl of black hair fell into my face, my eyes narrowed at the bold words across the papers.

ANIMAL ATTACKS ARISE AS COMET NEARS!

Locals Jennifer Marson, 23 and George Genin, 26 were found in the woods outside of the Town Square. Local Authorities have determined that this was in fact a vicious animal attack. "The animal control unit is doing everything they can to find this animal and put it down so that the people of this town can feel safe again," Sheriff Forbes commented.

"Great," I muttered lowly to myself. "People die here too and he says that this place isn't haunted."

I dropped the newspaper to the ground then put my hands in my pockets, calling out to my dad, "I'm going exploring. Be right back!"

"Be careful," he called back to me as he peeked his head out of the door. "Remember, school is tomorrow so don't be late!"

"Yeah, yeah," I laughed.

I walked down the street, the house became nicer as I kept on walking, not knowing how far I was from my new home. The houses morphed into shops between them then apartments and soon it appeared I was in town. A car screeched beside me and I fell backwards towards the floor as it drove towards the sidewalk then stopped just inches before me. Two girls came running out of the car after a moment once I stood up.

"Oh my god, are you okay," one of them asked worriedly, she had green eyes with caramel skin while the other had big brown eyes and straight brown hair looking just as worried as her friend did. I wiped my hands on my jeans.

"I'm fine."

"Are you sure? A bird just came out of nowhere and hit our car."

"Good thing you stopped when you did or I would be dead...or unconscious." I told them. "It's alright."

I quickly left them, not wanting to have a conversation right now as I went towards a flower shop, the smell pulling me towards it. I opened the door and smiled at the different kinds of flowers they had.

They seemed to have everything from Peruvian Lilies, Callas to Dahlias and Iris.

"Oh, they have Daffodils," I whispered to myself, a little excitement in my voice.

"Your favorite?" Someone asked from behind me.

"Maybe." I replied as I looked at the stranger. He had black hair and electric blue eyes that were glimmering with amusement. I turned away and started to walk away from him.

"You're new to town," he alluded.

"How can you tell?" I asked sarcastically. "Was it my cluelessness that gave me away?"

He chuckled. "No. Would have seen a face like yours around this place?"

"Nothing ever changes around here, huh?"

"I wouldn't say that," he argued with a smirk.

There was something off about him that I couldn't just put my finger on. I shoved that thought out of my mind as I walked towards the cashier.

"Hello, could I perhaps buy a bouquet of daffodils please," I asked politely.

"Alright, miss, that will be $62.95," she told me.

I turned to dig into my bag for my wallet when the blue eyed stranger pulled out his card to the cashier.

"I got it."

"Look, I can pay for myself," I grumbled. "I have the money for it."

"Let's call this me doing a good deed."

"A good deed," I questioned before I scoffed. "I can take care of myself actually, thank you very much."

I took his card and shoved it into his chest, I didn't like the way he was staring at me. I barely glanced at the first name on the card when I gave it back to him. Damon. I glared at him and took the bouquet of Daffodils, walking out of the flower shop. I took out my phone and dialed my dad.

"Hey, kid, already bored? Hm, that only took two hours. World record," he laughed.

I shook my head as I walked down the street. "Nope. This place is already creeping me out. I almost got run over and then some weird guy tried to hit on me-"

"What?! Where is he? I'll kick his punk ass-"

"Whoa," I laughed, shaking my head at my protective dad. "Calm down. I'm okay, just need you to pick me up."

"Fine," he grumbled out in annoyance.

We ended the call after I gave the street name to him and I sat on a bench, waiting for him to come. Everyone seemed to stare at me as I sat on the bench, that guy must've been right about me. My cluelessness seemed to show really on my face like a bright shop sign or something.

The familiar black SUV pulled up and I quickly stepped into the car.

"Thank you," I sang with a small smile.

"You can thank me by not skipping school today, it's the first day."

"You said that I could go tomorrow," I protested.

"Yeah, but you're bored and besides if I asked you to help me clean the house-"

"I'll take school then."

"Than you would say that," my dad finished with a knowing look.

"Ugh," I groaned. "Fine then put these flowers in water and in sunlight, Dad, don't neglect these babies and leave them in the fridge like you always do."

"Hey, that time I thought they would stay young if frozen, not turn to pieces. It was an experiment."

"Don't get mad scientist on me, okay?" I told him as we pulled up to the school.

"Promise. Now have fun at school, kid."

"I'll try."

I stepped out of the car and walked to the front entrance of the school. After a couple of minutes, I found my way to the front office where I bumped into a brown-haired man with forest green eyes.

"Uh, sorry," he muttered an apology.

"No, it's okay."

"Are you new here?"

I laughed. "It is that obvious?"

"Yes," he told me bluntly. I smiled while shaking my head, I noticed his schedule in the pocket of his jacket, reading the enter date. "You're new too, aren't you?"

"Not new, but returning home actually," he responded. "How do you know that?"

"Enter date on the paper," I replied and smiled widely. "I'm observant, a gift and a curse according to my dad."

"I'm Stefan."

"Jade Wilson, well, I guess I'll see you around sometime."

I turned around and walked to the office, getting my schedule. I looked down and saw that I had history class right now with a Mr. Tanner. Great, I suck at history...can't remember all those dates.

. . .

"Hey," someone called out from behind me. I turned around and saw that it was the girls from before who almost ran me over from before. "You're Jade Wilson, the new girl. I'm Elena and this is Bonnie."

"Hi, sorry for almost running you over earlier," Bonnie quickly told me.

"Hey, it's alright," I responded with a smile. "No harm done to me-well except for some creepy guy trying to hit on me in the flower shop."

"Ew," Bonnie chuckled. "Hey, do you wanna have lunch with us?"

"Oh," I protested. "You don't have to-"

"Yes, we do," Elena interrupted with a laugh. "Please since we almost ran you over."

"I wished you would have after having buzzkill named Tanner for history," I grumbled.

"Yeah and guess what? He's always like that."

"Great. Well at least I'm not alone in this battle."

They smiled at me as we walked to the cafeteria, I noticed Stefan sitting by himself and Elena gazing at him when we sat down.

"You like him," I announced. "He likes you in case you're wondering."

"How do you know," Elena asked, confusion in her eyes.

I shrugged. "Just a feeling."

"Oh, Bonnie has those too," Elena said. "Bonnie's grandmother says that she's a witch."

"A witch?" I questioned. "Yeah, sure if you believe in that stuff I guess."

Bonnie laughed. "Well I sure as hell don't. They should just put her in a home already honestly."

I gave a nod towards Stefan. "You should go talk to him. He wants to talk to you, Elena, he's got the hots for you."

Elena chuckled and blushed wildly. "Well, I like him, but…"

"But nothing, he seemed nice when I met him."

"Maybe." Elena said thoughtfully. "Anyways so where are you from?"

"California. LA to be exact. Dad wanted a change of scenery I guess, he's a scientist. A passion of his actually."

"Cool," Elena replied, smiling.

"Annoying actually especially when he likes to do experiments with your things."

Both Elena and Bonnie laughed at that, I hoped they didn't think that I was over-exaggerating

when I told them this because I certainly wasn't. I loved and hated my dad for this. So did my mom.

God, did I miss her.

"Jade," Bonnie called out to me, bringing me out of my thought about my mom.

"Sorry, I was just thinking about all the homework I have to do tonight," I quickly lied to them.

"Welcome to Mystic Falls," Bonnie sang sarcastically while I groaned and slammed my head onto my pile of books. Bonnie and Elena patted my back reassuringly, chuckling at my display.

TBC…

Alright so here was the first chapter and more to come in the future so stay tuned! I promise that next chapter has a lot more of surprises in store. I hoped you liked this chapter.

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