Right! This idea has been jumping around for a very long time and I've only just started to get it down without stopping. I really don't like writing what a character looks like (And I'm being really lazy) so just Google Imogen Poots and that's what Amy looks like. I think she fits the character great and that most of the photos I've seen I was thinking. "Holy crap! That's works great with what I wanted with that part and that one!" So I've been going a bit mad. Amy will appear in the vampire diaries in season 3 and one more thing I love making soundtracks for stories, so you can pretty much guess that this story is getting one. One more thing this is just going to be a lay out of whose's who in the story and a bit of the background. reason why I'm doing this is because I want to test the waters with this idea because I'm a bit scared of what people think. So please leave feed back and if you have any ideas on where I should take this story then please tell me.


Name: Amy Mackenzie (plays Imogen Poots)

Age: 17

Family: Father – Nigel Mackenzie. Mother – Patricia Mackenzie (died by meeting the sun). Step-Mother - Hannah Mackenzie. Step Brother – Josh Mackenzie (Age 7) Baby Step Brother – Dax Mackenzie (Age 1). Layla – Ancestor.

Both her parents are from England, they met at college in Manchester. Her father being a werewolf who hasn't triggered his wolf side, her mother was turned into a vampire while she was still carrying Amy. Shortly after Amy was born her real mother didn't want to harm anyone else so she left both her husband and newborn daughter to meet the sun. 11 years later her father met Hannah who then became Amy's step mother. She has two young brothers Josh and Dax. (Yes they are werewolves but like their father they haven't triggered that side yet) She loves her family and would do anything for them. Her family have moved to Mystic Falls so her father can start work for WPKW9 TV station. Her step mother is a stay at home mum. Amy is about to start her senior year at Mystic Falls High School. And that's where I'm going to start the story.


I know some of you would have seen the character Layla and I'm thinking about making some sort of spin off for her because in the main story she is going to play a bit of a important role but that's something I'm working on at this minute. Anyway back to this demo.


Chapter 1 - Wings

Mama told me not to waste my life

She said spread your wings my little butterfly

Don't let what they say keep you up at night

And if they give you shhh then they can walk on by

Little Mix - Wings

Today was a new start for the Mackenzie family. What with the arrival of baby Dax to the family. Hannah Mackenzie had another reason to stay at home, that and decorating the family's new home. Nigel Mackenzie had already been giving a new job as a local researcher and reporter. Josh had to start a new school, which like most boys his age he wasn't looking forward too. He even tried to get out of not going to school by not unpacking his things at the new house. Amy on the other hand was happy about starting a new high school. Maybe it was because she knew that she only had one more year at school before she could get a job like her dad.

All four of them were sitting in the family SUV. Amy had her headphones in listening to her IPod. Josh was looking out of the window while Dax was being a happy baby. Hannah pulled up outside Mystic Falls High School.

"Right people we are here. Amy this is your stop. There is a few things I want you to do today. First please no getting into trouble like fighting, not going to classes or talking back to your teachers, second try and make some nice friends. Ok?"

Amy got out of the car and looked at her mum. "You really don't have to worry about anything, I'll be fine." She leaned into the car and gave her mum a quick hug.

"You'll be fine Josh... believe it's nothing to worry about." She said to her brother. Josh just gave her a look that told her she wasn't helping.

"You got everything right? Notebook? Phone? Pens? Lunch? Ipod?" Hannah asked while she looked over at the backseats, just in case Amy forgot anything.

"I've got everything. I'll ring you when I get out of school. I'll see you later!" with that Amy walked towards the high school.

Standing in front of the whole history class, Mr Saltzman made the introductions less painful for Amy, while she stood just outside the classroom.

"Alright everyone we have a new student joining this year, So I would like you to be understanding and try to make her feel welcomed to Mystic Falls. You can come in now. "

Amy walked in the classroom with a small smile. She stood next to Mr Saltzman looking at everybody sitting at their desks. She gave a little wave.

"Hi I'm Amy Mackenzie. As you can tell I'm from England, Manchester if you want to get technical about it... Umm I have two brothers, my mother is a stay at home kind of person. Oh and my dad is a news reporter... That's all I can think of at the minute."

Mr Saltzman then asked if anyone had any questions for Amy. A few hands shot up. "Elena you have a question."

The girl, Elena asked Amy how was she finding Mystic Falls so far?

"Well I'll be honest with you, I don't know much about Mystic Falls. I know that it has a lot history like most places but other then that that's pretty much it." Amy said hoping that it was enough.

After a few more questions Mr Saltzman asked Amy to find a seat then he carried on with the lesson.

Lunch time came around and Amy couldn't wait to get outside and check out more of the new high school.

*Football here is different to the football that I'm used to... God I miss Manchester.* Amy thought to her-self.

Watching the cheerleaders doing their thing and the football players doing theirs. Amy finally found a spot to sit down and take in everything... that and to eat lunch.

Going through the photos on her phone, she couldn't help but get a little home sick. Amy didn't notice someone walking up to her.

"Hey you're the new girl right?" That gave her a mini heart attack.

Amy turn her head to find a guy with blonde hair and an attractive face.

"Umm... yeah that's me. I'm Amy." The guy sat down next to her, he shook her hand.

"I'm Matt... I saw you sitting here on your own and I thought you could do with a friend."

Matt saw her phone and the photo with Josh playing a little drum kit and her-self playing the guitar.

"I guess you're a musician then?" he said pointing at the photo.

Amy looked back at the phone. It was taken last Christmas and Josh finally got a drum kit like his big sister.

"I only learnt the guitar so I could teach my brother. then he wanted to play the drums, so I ended up leaning the drums." she said smiling.

Both Matt and Amy carried on talking till it was time to get back to class.

"Hey there's a bonfire tonight and I was wondering if you wanted to go. I could introduce to some of my friends if you want." Matt asked before they walked back into the classroom.

"Well I'll have to ask my mum and dad...But yeah I would love to." Amy said. she couldn't believe it she was going to go to a high school party, well that's if her dad would let her.

"Great! here's my number, ring me and I'll meet you there." Matt gave her a piece of paper and then went back to class.

Before she knew it she was back home with her family. Now all she had to do was to get her dad to let her go and then everything would be great. Amy walked into Dax's bedroom to find her dad painting the walls.

"Hey dad." she said, still trying to work up the courage to ask her dad. Nigel Mackenzie wasn't a scary guy or anything like that but when it came to his family, he wouldn't stand for anything that could put them in harms way. Amy thought maybe that's where she got her overprotected big sister side from.

"Hey Amy. How was school?" Nigel asked, not stopping painting.

"School was fun. I met someone and he seemed pretty nice." She said hoping that he didn't notice that she mentioned that the first person she made friends with was a guy.

The painting stopped.

*Damn it...* She thought

"He? Hmmmm... What's his name?" Nigel asked as he got off the ladder. Like most parents when it came to guys talking to their little girls, asking for names was the first step to hunting them down if that boy were to hurt them.

"Matt... I didn't get his last name." She confessed.

"He didn't try anything did he?" Nigel asked, already getting into his get my gun mode. all dad's have this mode.

"Dad! no. He just asked if I wanted to go to a bonfire tonight, I told him I would have to make sure if it was alright with you first." Amy said.

Nigel looked like he was deep in thought. every now and then he would look at Amy and back at the wall, then back at Amy.

"Do you want to go?" He just asked.

Amy shrugged her shoulders. "Well yeah cause he wanted me to meet his friends."

"Okay." That was all he said before Nigel went back to painting.

*Dam- Wait a second? what?!* She thought she was hearing things.

"Okay? I can go?" Amy asked.

Nigel nodded and then added. "Honey your almost 18 years old. Me and your mother need to start trusting you more, so yes you can go. Just make sure your back at a decent time alright?"

She couldn't believe it! She quickly ran to her room found something great to wear and sent Matt a text message.

"My Dad says it's okay for me to go. So I guess I'll be seeing you there."

Loud music, people drinking and having a good time... Amy stood near one of the tables waiting for Matt but he was a no show.

*Maybe I should text him?* she thought.

"Hey Matt. I was just wondering if you were already at the bonfire? can you tell I can't do the text speak typing lol."

Half an hour rolled on by and still no Matt. Amy stood near a van. From what she could see people were getting more and more drunk. there were two people marshmallow-burning not far from her. *They look like they are having fun.* But that soon changed when the pretty blonde girl stabbed the dark haired guy in the gut with the stick before walking away from him.

*Holy crap!* Amy walked carefully over to the guy. "Stupid question but are you alright?"

The guy pulled the stick out then looked up at Amy from his seat. "Did you catch all that?" He asked.

Amy nodded, still looking at the spot where the stick was. "Do you need first aid or something?"

The guy looked a little pissed off. "Great... Now I've got to deal with this." He stood up like nothing was wrong and stared right at Amy. "You didn't see that bitch stabbing me." The guy's pupils changed then went back to normal.

Amy looked at him all confused. "How much have you had to drink? I think you need first aid, just wait here and I'll go get one." She turned to walk away but the guy grabbed hold of her arm.

"Didn't you just hear me? I said you didn't see anything." The guy repeated him-self.

"Look I heard you, you need help." Amy tried pulling her arm away but this guy wasn't letting go.

The guy gave Amy a look over before saying "Your not wearing any vervain so why isn't this working?"

Amy started to panic. "Look I'm sorry but can you let go now."

The guy shook his head then said. "Can't do that but I can do this." before he pulled her close enough for him to bite her.

The shock of the bite made Amy cry out just before she blacked out.

Amy found her-self standing in the middle of a foggy forest. *This isn't normal.* she thought.

From where she was standing there was a young woman. "You need to be more careful." The woman said.

Amy walked a little closer to see that the young woman looked like her. "Umm... what?"

The look alike gave a small smile. "They are coming... He will be looking for a way to make them... You need to be more careful round them."

"Hey! You waking up?" The sounds of someone shouting at her woke Amy up.

First thing she noticed she wasn't at her family's house. The second thing was the guy that bite her was sitting next to her.

"Finally! It's about tim-" The guy didn't get to finish what he was saying cause Amy went into full panic mode and punched him in the side of the face.

Amy jumped up off the sofa and ran around behind it. "Get the hell away from me!" she shouted.

The guy stood up. "Look! Just calm down." He tried to say.

"Calm down!? You bit me you freak!" Amy shouted back him.

The guy was standing in front of Amy before moving like a blur and then he standing next to her. "Right you need to shut up before I rip your head off."

Before anything else could be said, Mr Saltzman walked into the living room. "Damon what are you doing with my student?"


Wow! I can't believe how many people have read this and like it... I really don't know what to say but thank you so much :D I promise I'll update this as soon as I can. I'm really happy that so many people are enjoying this. BTW the title of this story comes from a song that's called "Better Than This" it's a really great song by a band called Busted. Thanks again for taking the time out to read this little story of mine :D