Prologue/ Character Profile—PLEASE read this before going on to the first chapter, or the story will more likely than not, make ZERO sense.
Name: Evangeline Gilbert
Age: 22
Siblings: Elena and Jeremy Gilbert
Occupation: Just graduated collage with a teaching degree, has yet to find a job.
Physical Description: Long brown hair the same length as her sisters, though she wears it naturally curly—similar to Katherine's but the curls are a lot looser. She has an olive skin tone and a slender, curvaceous figure that garners a few lusty and jealous stares, though she never notices. She is a few inches taller than Elena, and has deep blue eyes similar to a night sky—in the right lighting they almost look black.
Brief description of her and her involvement with the supernatural:
Evangeline had found out about the supernatural beings that were residing in Mystic Falls as soon as her younger sister had discovered it. When their parents had died, the eldest Gilbert had become a surrogate parent alongside Aunt Jenna, as well as a big sister. One thing the Gilberts had always been was close, so after promising Elena she would be home she had transferred to Virginia community collage and ordered Elena to tell Jeremy and Jenna everything, because it was safer for them to be in the know. She had been there for everything, taking an instant like to Stefan, though her eventual likeness toward the eldest Salvatore took a lot longer—when he wasn't being a colossal dick and killing people left and right he was constantly trying to seduce her. Eventually he had managed to get it through to him that they would only ever be friends, which he accepted due to his growing interest in Elena.
When Katherine had arrived, Evangeline had been fiercely protective over her sister and even Damon and Stefan, who she clearly enjoyed teasing. Thanks to her vigilance, she had prevented Jenna not having vervain in her system, and even though Elena dumped Stefan to keep her loved ones safe, it had been done under a lot less harrowing circumstances. Katherine hated her more than she hated her doppelgänger, because she had something she had never been able to get from anyone: respect. Even Damon respected her and valued her opinion because she never had any bad intentions, she always wanted everyone safe, except those who had wronged those she loved of course. So due to spite, Katherine had not only turned Caroline into a vampire, but Evangeline as well. Much to the relief of those around her, she had adjusted even better than Caroline had, and hadn't even fed on anyone from the vein and had never slipped in her control. Evangeline had always been a determined person, which had only been heightened when she turned, and she was determined not to lose her humanity or let her sudden desire for blood control her.
When Klaus had arrived in town, she had managed to keep her distance because she knew that her sister intended to go through with the ritual. During that particular weekend she had thrown herself into her final assignment, ordering her sister to call her if she needed anything. Of course, none of them had, and Aunt Jenna had been sacrificed and Uncle John had died, and she hadn't found about it until the morning after. Elena had been the one to call her, and the relief that she was okay had been diminished when she told her the news.
Unfortunately the bad news hadn't ended there, as after the funeral that was held for Jenna and John, Damon had confessed to Stefan and Evangeline that he had got bitten by a werewolf. Stefan vowed to find a way to save him, so while he did the eldest Gilbert stayed at the house with Damon until Ric showed up, then it was up to her to find Elena and tell her what was going on. As much as Evangeline disapproved of the affection Elena shared for both Salvatore's, she deserved to know encase she actually needed to say goodbye if Stefan couldn't save him. Evangeline had stayed with Jeremy, though we had all parted when things had fallen south. Damon got out of the cellar because Liz had gone on a freaking terminator mission and Elena had been "detained". Jeremy and Evangeline had found him, of course that ended with Jeremy getting shot, though thankfully Bonnie had found a way to save him. Evangeline still hadn't forgiven the Sherriff for what had happened due to her rash actions, and she made sure the blonde knew it. Of course, that night had been topped off when Elena had called her sister and told her that Damon was okay, but Stefan had handed himself over to Klaus.
I was inspired to write this story after I read "Timeless" by MarvellousKatie. It is a story about Caroline travelling back in time in an attempt to apprehend Klaus, but she ends up falling in love with him. While the overall plot is the same in my story—kind of—I want to just state that I haven't tried to outright copy MarvellousKatie's story outside the idea of time travel. If you haven't already, go and check out her story, it is brilliant.