A/N I've written a Vampire Diaries fanfiction before, but this is the first one where it's not going on during the actual show. I hope you guys like it. Please review, I really want to know what you think!

The Vampire Diaries couples for this fanfiction are:

Damon/Elena

Stefan/Caroline

Matt/Bonnie

Jeremy/April

Tyler/Liv

Alaric/Meredith

Klaus/Hayley

And now, without further ado, I present the Pilot episode!

Elena sat crying in Damon's arms. Damon was doing his best to comfort her, but failing, mostly because he felt like she looked. Finally, Elena scrubbed at her eyes with her sleeve and looked up.

"We need to leave. For our kids' sakes, we need to go." She said, trying to keep the shake out of her voice. Damon sullenly nodded.

"I mean, we're vampires! We can't control our blood thirst and we'd be horrible parents going around killing people every other day… It's best for them!" She was trying to convince herself. Damon rubbed her back.

"We should go." He agreed. She started crying again. She wanted to stay with her daughter. She wanted to stay with her nephew, Jeremy's son. She just wanted to stay in Mystic Falls. But everyone else was right. This was what was best for their kids. And they would do it.

Seventeen year old Rose Salvatore opened her eyes at the sound of someone calling her name. There was a knock on her door.

"Rosie, come on, you're going to be late for school!" Her foster mom, Anne Lorne, called. Anne had made no attempt to hide the fact that Rose was adopted. She even kept Rose's true last name as sort of a family heirloom. Rose sat up in bed, her dark brown hair falling into her eyes.

"Okay!" She called back. She heard Anne descend the stairs. Rose climbed out of bed and went over to her closet. She quickly dressed in an off-white tunic shirt, black skinny jeans, knee high brown leather boots and a faded denim jacket. After her hair was brushed out and pulled back into a ponytail, she hurried out of her room and across the hallway to her brother's bedroom. Her younger brother was the only biological family she had left; he'd been dropped off by her biological parents when she was two. At least they had the decency to let us have each other, she thought bitterly.

"Grayson!" She knocked on the door. No answer. She hesitantly opened it and peeked in. His dark, messy bedroom was empty. She frowned and went downstairs into the kitchen, where Anne was making coffee.

"Hey, mom? Did you know that Grayson's gone?" Rose said. Anne handed her a cup of coffee before answering.

"Yeah, he headed to school already. Said something about finishing a project for woodshop." Rose gave Anne a long look. Anne sighed.

"There's no woodshop, is there?" Rose shook her head, mouthing 'no'. Anne nodded knowingly.

"Well, it's fine if he hangs out with Abby, Liv and Matt. At least he's not doing drugs." Anne said as Rose went to grab her book bag.

"True." Rose agreed. She slung her bag over her shoulder, wrapped a brown scarf around her neck and headed out. She jogged down to the sidewalk just in time to meet her two best friends, Lexi Salvatore and Victoria Donovan. Lexi was her biological cousin, but it to Rose it wasn't the same as having a tie to her real family. Lexi had been placed in a foster family as well. Actually, come to think of it, so was Victoria. And Victoria's older brother Jamie. And her younger sister Abby. And Liv Lockwood and her brother Luke Lockwood. And Rose's second cousin Alaric Gilbert and his younger brother, Matt Gilbert. And one of their best friends, Will Saltzman.

"Everyone one we're friends with has been in a foster family." Rose said suddenly as she thought about it. They started walking towards the school. They could drive, but they were close enough to the school that it was just simpler to walk together.

"Well that's a cheery way to start off a new school year." Victoria Donovan said sarcastically. Victoria was, supposedly, the only one in her three siblings to resemble her mother with dark skin, dark eyes and dark hair. Today she wore a white tank top with new jeans and a pink blazer.

"But she has a point. However, we will not talk about being in foster families any longer! Today is the start of a new school year and we shall treat it as such!" Lexi Salvatore said dramatic. She had long blonde hair, blue eyes and was an all around popular girl. Unlike most popular girls, however, she actually did have a heart. Today she wore a long, white tunic shirt with black leggings and brown ankle boots.

"Are we going to that bonfire party tonight?" Rose asked. Victoria and Lexi looked at her like she had lost her mind.

"OF COURSE!" They cried in unison and then laughed because it had happened. Rose laughed a little too.

"Should we allow the kids to come?" She asked. By 'kids' she meant Grayson, Abby, Liv and Matt. They were only two years younger, but to seventeen year olds, fifteen year olds were kids.

"Already told Abby she could come if she wanted to, so I'm sure she'll come with her backup." Victoria said. They all laughed again. If one of them was someplace, the other three would be following. They were in the school parking lot.

"Oooh! There's Jamie!" Lexi squealed as they neared the school. Victoria looked over at Lexi.

"I don't mind you crushing on my brother, but just try not to do it around me." Lexi didn't seem to hear her as she stared at Jamie. Jamie had blonde hair, blue eyes and was tall and muscular. He had to be; he was on the football team. He was talking to Luke Lockwood and Alaric Gilbert while they sat on one of the tables outside the school. Luke Lockwood had black hair and was just as tall and muscular. Alaric Gilbert had brown hair and was shorter than the others and skinny.

"Hey, girls!" They turned as Will Saltzman bounded up to them, a grin on his face. He was the same age as them with black hair, dark eyes and a tall, just as muscular build.

"Hey, Will." They returned. Rose gave him a hug as Lexi returned to staring at Jamie and Victoria checked her phone for the time.

"Class is about to start. Let's go." Victoria grabbed Lexi's arm and tugged her along as they entered the school. Will and Rose followed, talking about the bonfire party that night.

Elijah Mikaelson stood in the old Mikaelson Mansion. Technically he was Elijah Mikaelson the second, given that he also had an uncle by that name. His phone was on speaker-phone, resting on his dresser, as he button up his shirt in front of the mirror.

"Okay, so what is there in Mystic Falls for you, E?" His older sister, Hope Mikaelson, asked over the phone.

"I want a normal life, that's all." He explained. He could hear Hope's annoyed groan.

"Really? Because I prefer staying with my family. Jeez, you are Klaus's son."

"You're Klaus's daughter!" Elijah shot back.

"Yeah, but we all know I took after mom. AHH!" She suddenly screamed. He spun around towards the phone.

"Sorry, accidentally set my curtain on fire. I'm still working on my witch-powers." She explained.

"Mom wouldn't have set her curtains on fire."

"Oh shut up, E!"

"Whatever. I have to get to school."

"Have a nice normal life. I'm going down to the werewolf camp today to see mom."

"Say hi for me."

"Of course. Bye, baby brother."

"Don't call me that. Bye." Hope hung up. He tucked his phone into his pocket and headed towards school.

As Victoria, Lexi, Will and Rose rounded the corner, suddenly Lexi stopped. Everyone else bumped into her.

"What?" Victoria asked, fixing her hair and looking annoyed. Lexi pointed towards the front office.

"New student. Hot new student." Lexi said.

"What happened to my brother being hot?" Victoria demanded. Lexi was ignoring her as she smiled over at Rose. Rose rolled her eyes.

"You can only see his back, Lexi." She reminded her best friend. Lexi looked like she might start drooling.

"But he has a hot back!" Lexi shot back. Just then, there were the sounds of a fist fight in the next hallway. They hurried over to the next hallway to see Jamie, Luke, Matt and Grayson in a fist fight with the rest of the football team. Abby and Liv ran over to the girls and Will.

"The other guys started it!" Liv cried, her blonde hair falling down into her eyes. Abby had gone pale, making her brown hair and blue eyes stand out even more.

"Go get a teacher." Victoria ordered. She and Abby ran off together. Will and the girls hurried through the crowded that had gathered to watch. Will pulled a guy off from Grayson and decked him. Rose ran forward to help Grayson get back on his feet again.

"Are you alright?" She asked worriedly. Blood was dripping out of his nose and his lip looked busted. Suddenly one of the football players swung at Grayson again. A hand caught his fist. Rose looked at the new student in surprise. He shoved the player down to the floor, hard. Just then some teachers ran over to break up the others. Slowly, the crowd dispersed, seeing the fight was over. Liv ran over and snatched Grayson's hand, pulling him over to Abby and Matt. Rose turned to the new student again.

"Uh, thanks." She said.

"No problem. Elijah Mikaelson." He returned, sticking out a hand. She shook it.

"Rose Salvatore."

"Salvatore?" He asked in surprise. All the most exciting stories his father, Uncle Elijah and Aunt Rebekah had told him involved Salvatore's.

"Yeah. Familiar name?" Rose asked, almost hesitantly, like she didn't want the answer. He caught on quickly. She would have recognized the name 'Mikaelson' if she knew a lot about the supernatural world.

"No, just odd. You don't come across names like those anymore." He said. She gave him a weird look but quickly let it go.

"So you're new here, right?" She asked. He nodded.

"Then you don't know about the bonfire party, do you?" She asked.

"The what?" She laughed.

"It's a tradition at the school. We go into the woods, build a bonfire, get drunk and hope the cops don't come." She explained.

"Oh… Okay, then."

"Want to come? I can text you all the details." She offered.

"Sure. Here." He quickly scribbled down his number on an index card from his backpack and handed it to her. She smiled and took it.

"And here." She tore off the bottom empty half of the card and scribbled her own number on it before handing it back to him. He nodded.

"Thanks. We'd better get to class." He said as the bell rang. He hurried off as Lexi ran over to Rose.

"You already got his number?! Cool!" Lexi cried, bouncing up and down. Rose shot her a look.

"It's so I can text him the details about the party!"

"Sure…" Lexi said slowly, wriggling her eyebrows suggestively. Rose gave her a playful shove and they headed to class.

When Elijah got back to the mansion, the door was wide open. He frowned and walked in. He dropped his backpack by the bottom of the stairs and went to investigate. When he had cleared the house, he came back for his backpack. His older brother was examining the phone number Rose had given him, leaning against the doorframe.

"Wow… Already got a girlfriend. Impressive." He smirked.

"Marshall, what are you doing here?" Elijah demanded.

"Well, Hope told me where you'd run off to and I figured that I'd come check on my baby brother." Marshall said. Elijah shot him a look.

"Go back to New Orleans!"

"Now where is the hospitality?" Marshall pretended to look offended.

"Go back to New Orleans if you want hospitality, Marshall. I'm sure mom would welcome you. I won't." Elijah growled.

"Oh, mom wants you back too. Actually, she wants to be with Elijah, but her heart is telling her Klaus. Heart standing for a very annoying Hope in this situation, of course… It's very dramatic back home." Marshall said.

"I'm sure you can add to that happily." Elijah snapped.

"I could. I choose not to."

"Marshall?"

"Yes?"

"Leave. Before I make you. I don't want you to cause trouble here." Elijah stomped up to his bedroom. Marshall rolled his eyes.

"Fine. Have a temper tantrum." He called up.

"I'll just make my own fun." He whispered to himself. He smirked.

Rose and Grayson walked into the clearing where the bonfire party was being held. She grabbed Grayson's shirt collar to stop him from walking away.

"Do not make me regret bringing you here!" She warned. Grayson looked over at her with a mock sweet expression.

"Would I do that?"

"Yes. Don't." She let him go. He hurried over to join Abby, Liv and Matt again. Rose looked around, spotted Elijah and hurried over.

"Hey, you came." She greeted him. He nodded to her.

"I came." She frowned; he didn't seem overly happy about coming.

"Something wrong?" She asked.

"Huh? Oh, nothing… Sibling trouble."

"Didn't know you had siblings."

"Brother and a sister. My sister is in New Orleans but my brother just had to come here with me…" Elijah muttered.

"Oh, okay… I only have my brother, really. I was adopted at birth, so was he, but he's my biological brother too." Rose explained.

"Adopted?" Elijah asked.

"Yeah." She said, nodding fast. This was a tender subject for her. Elijah saw that and quickly changed the subject.

"You look nice, by the way." Rose had to look down to remind herself what she was wearing. A black tank top, black pants, black leather ankle boots and a grey leather jacket.

"Oh, thanks. You too." She said, eying his black t-shirt and ripped jeans.

"Why don't I get you a drink?" He offered.

"Oh, thanks." He walked off to get Rose a drink as Lexi and Victoria hurried over to Rose.

"You guys are so getting together!" Victoria said excitedly.

"Married…." Lexi said thoughtfully.

"Kids…." Victoria added.

"Shut up." Rose told them, only half kidding. Elijah came back, awkwardly carrying four red cups.

"I thought I'd get you girls a drink too." He told Lexi and Victoria. They both a 'you are my hero' awed look on their faces as they took their cups. Before they could thank him, Jamie and Luke ran up.

"Tell me you know where our sister is!" Jamie hissed at Victoria. It must've looked odd to Elijah; no one would ever guess that Victoria and Jamie were siblings by looking at them. Victoria shook her head.

"I left her with Grayson, Matt and Liv!" Victoria said, looking around.

"Can't find Grayson, Matt or Liv either!" Luke told her.

"Let's go find them." Rose said, putting her cup down. Luke, Victoria, Jamie, Lexi, Rose and Elijah headed into the trees in search of the younger teens.

"Maybe they went home. Parties aren't their thing, ya know." Lexi suggested, though she looked worried as well. Suddenly there was a scream that was undoubtedly Abby. They ran towards the sound. Elijah got there first with Jamie and Luke right behind him.

"What happened?!" Jamie demanded, rushing over to Abby. She was lying on the ground, blood pouring out from a wound on her neck.

"We got attacked by something!" Matt sputtered, kneeling down on the other side of her.

"ABBY!" Victoria screamed as she caught up to them. She ran over and threw herself down on the ground next to her sister.

"She's bleeding badly. We have to get her back to the bonfire and call 911!" Rose said as she and Lexi stopped, pausing in shock next to Elijah.

"Already on it!" Grayson was already dialing. Jamie swung her up in his arms and carried her back towards the clearing with Victoria right next to him, trying to apply pressure to Abby's neck wound. Liv was sobbing, looking around wildly. Luke grabbed her hand and pulled her along after them. Lexi took Matt's arm, pulling him along with her. Rose and Grayson brought up the rear, Elijah staying behind. With Abby hurt, no one noticed him not following. He growled and ran towards the Mikaelson Mansion.

Elijah darted inside the mansion. Marshall was by the fireplace, drinking a scotch and looking oddly proud of himself.

"What did you do?!" Elijah demanded.

"If you found the girl, I would think it's pretty obvious what I did." Marshall told him with a smirk. Elijah decked him, sending him to the floor.

"I moved away from New Orleans to get away from people getting hurt! You can't do this!" Elijah yelled.

"You're a vampire-werewolf hybrid, the son of Niklaus Mikaelson and you just moved to Mystic freaking Falls! What did you think was going to happen? You were going to ride off happily into the sunset with that little Salvatore girl?!" Marshall yelled back.

"JUST GO BACK TO NEW ORLEANS!"

"NO!" They glared at each other for a while.

"Have a good night, brother." With that said, Marshall darted out of the mansion.

A/N So obviously this is set after Hope Mikaelson is born but I don't know exactly where on the Vampire Diaries it starts out as. As I said above, I love getting reviews so please tell me what you think!