A/N I'm re-uploading this because when I was re-reading it, I caught some mistakes. Nothing's changed expect I corrected some grammer and spelling and added some explanations that I thought wasn't an obviously as I originally did.

For first time readers:

I hope you guys like this story. The storyline is the same at the show, but just with Stefan and Damon's little sister (also a vampire), Elisabeth Salvatore. Please read and review!

So my name is Elisabeth Salvatore, though just Beth for short. I am a little under a year younger than my big bro Stefan Salvatore. We have another brother that Stefan doesn't talk about named Damon. Oh and the three of us are vampires.

"Beth! We need to get to school!" Stefan's voice came through my bedroom door. Relieved, I slammed my new diary shut and ran to grab my bag. Stefan said that writing in a diary (though he refers to his a journal…) helps being lonely. I was trying it, but I wasn't much of a writer. Once I had my book bag and had picked out a leather jacket from my closet, I opened my door. Stefan wasn't there like I expected him to be. I groaned in annoyance. Probably climbed up onto the roof to get a peaceful moment to himself and then jumped off it… I ran downstairs and then outside, yelling a goodbye to my 'Uncle' Zach as I ran out the door. Zach was really like my many-times-great nephew from some half brother I never knew when I was human (or some crap like that, Stefan had explained it once. I'd zoned out), not my Uncle. But it was all for the cover story and in public I must refer to him as my Uncle, despite the fact that at home he refers to me as his aunt. Stefan and I met up outside and then we went to brave the world of high school together.

"Your records are incomplete. You're missing immunization records and we do insist on transcripts." The secretary at the school said.

"Please look again. I'm sure everything you need is there." Stefan said, compelling the woman. I looked over my shoulder, bored with this talk. I saw two girls (one African American and pretty, the other with light olive skin but still just as pretty) staring at my brother's back. They better not make a move on him… I thought to myself, turning back around. I may be the younger Salvatore sibling, but that didn't mean I didn't protect my brother. It was a silent deal that we had. He protected me physically and I protected him emotionally. Then I froze and looked back. That one girl looked exactly like Katherine, the no-good vampire girl that turned my brothers and I back in 1864… She must be the girl that Stefan saved from drowning in her car off WickeryBridge over the summer. Stefan hadn't stopped talking about her and how she looked just like Katherine… Now I could see why. I realized I was staring (not that they weren't!) and turned my head back to the secretary.

"Well, you're right. Everything is." The secretary was saying as the compulsion took effect on her. I turned my head back towards the girls staring at my brother. The dark haired girl was gone, but the other was still staring at him.

"Please be hot…" I heard her whisper. Stefan turned as we prepared to leave and I saw the girl grin. Apparently he met her standards of 'hot'… Stefan thanked the secretary as we walked out of the office. I must have been a little too close to him as we walked because he turned and took my arms to keep me at a distance.

"We have different classes, Beth, you can't be clingy all day." He reminded me. My eyes darted around, making sure no one was close enough to hear me.

"But there are so many humans here! You know this is my first time at high school and I'm an anti-social little pathetic girl that's not sure if she has enough self control! I'm scared!" I told him, sticking out my lower lip in a pout. He smiled, knowing I probably couldn't be social if my vampire life depended on but having faith in my self control... Stefan and Damon had always been social and likeable to everyone around them. I guess I got the short end of the stick…

"You'll be fine. Here." He handed me a list of my classes, classrooms and times. I took it reluctantly. He hugged me for a second and then headed off. I had a minute before the bell, so I watched him go, unsure if I should try to talk to a human or not. I saw him bump into the brunette girl outside the bathroom. The men's bathroom… I wasn't sure what to think of that. Then I saw a brown haired guy walk past, blocking my vision. I watched him as he passed. He was cute… Then the bell rang. I looked down at my list clutched in my hand and then hurried off to my first class.

As it turned out, I had history with Stefan, despite us being in different grades. I made a beeline for the empty seat beside him before someone else could take it. I sat down, relieved to be beside my big brother once me. He leaned over to whisper to me.

"Is there something about separation anxiety with you that we should talk about it?" He asked.

"Nope… Just relieved you can watch out for me again." I whispered back. Then the teacher started the lesson and we fell silent. I saw Stefan and that brunette girl exchange flirty looks. I rolled my eyes. I saw the girl look at me, confusion flickering across her face, before turning back to look at the teacher.

"Once our home state joined confederacy in 1861, it created a tremendous amount of tension within the state. People in Virginia's northwest region had different ideals that the traditional deep south. Then Virginia divided in 1863 with the northwest region joining the union." The teacher was saying. Please, I know all this! I lived through this! I thought. But I pretended to be interested anyway. Wow… Day one of High School and I was pretty sure this year would suck…

After school I hung out at the local restaurant/bar/high-schooler hang-out, The Grill. It wasn't because I was looking for a friend, more like I couldn't stand being in the house for another second. Stefan was all mopey because apparently he had the hots for that brunette girl that looked like Katherine, Elena Gilbert he said her name was. So I was sitting at a table alone, pretending to be doing homework that was all too easy for me. My real attention was on that cute boy I'd seen earlier. Apparently he was Elena Gilbert's little brother, Jeremy. I listened in on his conversation with another older brunette girl. Apparently he was dealing her drugs and they'd hooked up in a 'drug haze'. I tuned them out. I didn't even want to hear the rest. Instead, I focused on what Caroline Forbes (we had a couple classes together and I'd heard the name) and that other girl I'd seen earlier, Bonnie Bennett, were talking about.

"His name is Stefan Salvatore-." Anyone could have told Caroline Forbes that, I mean come on!

"He lives up with his uncle up at the old Salvatore boarding house-." Another one of those 'duh' things that anyone could have told her…

"He hasn't lived there since he was a kid. Military family, they moved around a lot-." That was just part of the cover story. Though, now that I remember it, Damon was in the military back in the 1860's when he was still a human…

"He's a Gemini-." Wrong. I wondered if she'd been misinformed or just was making stuff up now.

"And his favorite color is blue." She finished. That was debatable. It really depended on his mood…

"You got all that in one day?" Bonnie asked Caroline, sounding impressed.

"Oh please, I got all that in between third and fourth period! We're planning a June wedding." Caroline returned. I rolled my eyes. Like my big brother would ever fall for you! I wanted to shout. I didn't. I could just picture everyone else staring at me… It was only a few minutes later that Stefan and Elena Gilbert walked in. I quickly hurried over to them as Caroline, Elena and Bonnie talked to him. I poked him in the shoulder blade and he turned. Caroline shot me a death look.

"Are you staying here?" I asked quietly. He nodded to me. I ignored the hate filled glare that Caroline was sending my way.

"I'll be at home then..." I whispered. Caroline put on a big smile as I prepared to walk away.

"You have a girlfriend already? Cool…" She said, staring at Stefan lustfully. I spun around.

"Sister, actually! And I can hear you! Stop stalking my big brother! You're information you were talking about when you walked in wasn't actually all that true!" I snapped. She looked taken back. Stefan grabbed my arm and pulled me away, sending a smile towards the girls.

"Seriously?" He asked me. I pulled my arm away, shoving my hands into the pockets of my jeans.

"Well… She was talking about you when she walked in!" I told him. He placed his hands on my shoulders.

"I know. But don't make a big deal out of it. It's just Caroline Forbes being a seventeen year old girl…" He reminded me.

"But-."

"Are you going home?" He asked without letting me finish. I nodded. He echoed my nod and headed back over to the girls. I scoffed and started to walk out. I turned my head to see Caroline, Bonnie and Elena all smiling at him like he had made their day just by looking at them. You know, in 1864 a lot of seventeen year old girls were married, most of the time arranged marriages and were mature, womanly and didn't lust after other men that obviously! I was so busy looking at my brother and the girls that I didn't see where I was going until I bumped into someone.

"Sorry, sorry!" I said at once, turning around. I saw Jeremy Gilbert there and tried to hide a smile.

"It's cool… Hey, that your brother over there?" He asked, pointing to the table where Stefan sat. I nodded.

"Yep… And isn't that your sister?" I asked him, motioning towards Elena. He nodded and then looked back at me.

"Oh, hey, Jeremy Gilbert..." He told me as if just now remembering we'd never met before. I shook his hand as he held it out to me.

"Elisabeth Salvatore. You can call me Beth, though." I told him. He nodded and started to walk away.

"Nice to meet you." And with that he was gone. I smiled at the fact that a cute boy had noticed me. Okay, so maybe I had to bump into him first, but at least we had a short conversation! Oh gosh, stop that, Beth! You are turning into one of those girls… I warned myself. I hurried out of the Grill.

It was late that night when Stefan finally got home. He went to his bedroom at once and I followed.

"Stefan!" I called as he sat down at his desk. I paused in the doorway, waiting to be invited in.

"What's up, Beth?" He said, leaning back in his chair. I skipped in and sat down on his desk in front of him.

"Who's the hottest?" I asked.

"Excuse me?"

"You heard me. Who's the hottest: Caroline, Bonnie or Elena?"

"We are not having this conversation." He said. But he was trying not to laugh. I rolled my eyes and leaned down to hug him around the shoulders.

"It's okay… I know that you've got the hots for that Elena girl… Can't blame you... As long as she's not evil, it'll be good." I told him.

"Except where I can't tell her that I'm a vampire." He reminded me. I bit my lower lip as I thought about it.

"Yeah… That's a bummer." Just then Zach walked in. He threw a newspaper down on the desk in front of Stefan. We both looked. It was talking about some animal attack that took two victims. We both looked up at Zach.

"This was an animal attack." Stefan said.

"Don't give me that! I know the game… You tear them up enough that they always suspect an animal attack. You said you had it under control!" I grit my teeth at Zach. He had no right to be excusing Stefan of this!

"And I do." Stefan responded calmly.

"Please, Uncle Stefan… MysticFalls is a different place now. It's been quiet for years, but there are still those who remember. And you being here will just stir things up."

"It's not my intention." Stefan said just as calmly as before.

"Then what is? After all this time, why did you come back?"

"I don't have to explain myself."

"I know that you can't change what you are. But you don't belong here anymore."

"Where do I belong?"

"I can't tell you what to do. But coming back here was a mistake…" Zach walked out again. I got off Stefan's desk and followed. I only made my presence known by tapping the door after Zach walked into the kitchen. He spun around.

"Jeez, Aunt Beth…. Don't sneak up on me…" He turned back around to the sink. I walked over to him.

"Stefan is not the one doing this. I know he's done some bad things but he didn't deserve that accusation!" I told him in whisper. I turned on the sink so that Stefan wouldn't over hear us.

"Wait? Don't tell me you're doing it!" I glared at my very young (well compared to my actual age), very human nephew for suggesting that.

"No of course not… I can barely stand killing innocent, sweet little animals. Why would… No, how could I kill humans?" I asked.

"I believe you, Aunt Elisabeth…" He muttered.

"But I think… I think its Damon… If it was actually a vampire not just an animal…" I whispered.

"Damon? You're brother? Why would he be back?"

"We are siblings… Just because he hates Stefan doesn't mean he doesn't return to torture him and see me. He hates Stefan, not me." I reminded him. Damon and I had been close despite the age difference when we were human. Just because I always lived with Stefan didn't mean that I loved Damon any less or vise versa.

"Look, Damon's always wanted the spotlight in our family. He'll show his face soon and when he does, Stefan and I will tell him to leave." I told Zach. He raised an eyebrow at me.

"And he will?"

"Okay… Let me rephrase that: I'll ask nicely and then Stefan will tell him and when he doesn't, there will be a fist fight and it ends with them all bloody and Damon leaving…" I told him. I must've looked upset because Zach put a hand on my shoulder in an awkward form of comfort.

"I'm sorry you have a messed up family."

"I'm sorry too… But the point is: don't accuse Stefan of that animal attack! And don't tell Stefan that I think its Damon. I think he has his hopes up that Damon isn't coming around again… Goodnight."

The next night Stefan and I convinced each other to go to the party in the woods with the other high schoolers. I convinced him because he needed to talk to that Elena girl, but I didn't want to go. He convinced me with the teasing mention of Jeremy Gilbert and the possibility of him going to the party.

"Hey, you made it!" Caroline Forbes said as she ran over to Stefan and I. She was just talking to Stefan, like I wasn't right there.

"I did." Stefan replied.

"Well, let's get you a drink!" Caroline suggested.

"Well, I'm-." He started.

"Oh, come on!" She grabbed his arm and pulled him away. I looked around for anyone I might recognize. I considered going over to Elena and Bonnie, but felt that they were being best friends and it was wrong to intrude. I wasn't going to follow Stefan and Caroline; I couldn't stand that girl. Then I spotted Jeremy. I smiled to myself and hurried over. He was standing alone with a beer, so I wasn't interrupting anything but his thoughts.

"Hey!" He turned as I said it.

"Hey, Beth… I didn't think you'd come." He said. I leaned on my shoulder against the tree beside me.

"Why not?"

"You seem kind of…" He trailed off.

"Anti-social, weird in a possibly has some dude locked up in her basement kind of way? Yeah, I get that a lot." I told him. He laughed.

"I wasn't going to say that…exactly… Hey, how old are you?" He asked. I raised an eyebrow.

"Never ask a woman her age, Jeremy Gilbert, it's a surefire way for them to hate you forever. But seventeen. Or will be in two months, I suppose." I said. I guess I was forever stuck at sixteen years old…

"Hmmm… Funny, you look like fourteen or fifteen… Same grade as me?" He asked. I knew what he meant by the only looking fourteen or fifteen. I had never grown out of my childlike appearance. I was barely over five foot tall and had big brown eyes that my brothers referred to as 'puppy dog eyes'. The soft girly voice probably didn't help much either.

"Yep."

"Cool, I noticed we had some classes together, but I never talked to you…. One sec…" He said, looking over my shoulder before walking off. I looked where he had been looking. Some guy that I think was named Tyler something or another was going into the woods with that same girl (Vicki, I think) that Jeremy had been talking to last night. After a couple of minutes, I saw Elena go into the woods after Jeremy. I sighed and headed after her in case something was wrong. Also, I could just think of Damon doing something to them if he caught them alone. Elena was calling after Jeremy and he was only a couple yards in front of her. I walked up next to her and she jumped.

"Safety in numbers when walking in the woods at night… Animals don't attack groups, usually." I told her. Especially when the animal is one of the groupies brother and that said groupie is a vampire, I thought to myself.

"Oh thanks. JEREMY! You're Stefan's younger sister, right?" She asked. She called for Jeremy again before turning back to me.

"Yeah, Elisabeth... You can call me Beth. Wow, I think I should just introduce myself as Beth… I must've said those exact words of introduction to everyone person I've ever met." I said. She smiled.

"I saw you talking to Jeremy earlier." She noted.

"Oh, yeah, just being friendly… I'm not making a move on him or anything!" I assured her quickly.

"No, it's okay… I think you'd be a good influence on my brother. He's going through a hard time right now."

"I heard about your parents and I'm really sorry. I lost mine too. My mom died shortly after I was born and my dad died just a couple years ago…" I told her. She smiled sympathetically.

"Sorry. I-."

"VICKI?!" Elena and I sprinted forward at Jeremy's startled voice. We saw Vicki on the ground and Jeremy leaning over her. I could smell the blood.

"She's bleeding." I told them. I ran over and turned her neck. Two fang sized holes were there along with a lot of blood. Damon. I pressed my hand against her neck to try and stop the bleeding.

"We have to get her back to the clearing and call 911!" I told them. Jeremy picked her up off the ground. Elena supported her head while I walked backwards, keeping pressure on her neck wound. Elena was yelling for someone to call 911 as soon as we got back into the clearing. We placed Vicki onto a picnic table and I moved so that her brother Matt could take care of her as a boy offering his jacket to stop the bleeding. I backed away, looking at my blood covered hands. I felt my fangs extend and my eyes blacken with veins running up to them. I spun around, looking for Stefan. He was already gone, I couldn't see him anywhere. I knew he was hunting Damon… Great… And here I thought tonight would be fun…

Later I sat on a cop car hood, using a wet wipe to attempt to get all the blood of my hands. The cops were questioning everyone and the ambulance had already come and gone with Vicki.

"Hey are you okay?" Elena's voice came behind me. I turned, standing as I did. Her expression turned from questioning to worry instantly.

"You're crying!" I wiped my eyes with my sleeve. I had realized I'd been crying until she pointed it out.

"I'm not good with blood and drama I guess..." I told her. Or the fact that one of my brothers did this and now my other one will try to kill him and heck, Damon is probably already dead. She wrapped her arm around my shoulders comfortingly.

"Come stand over here with Jeremy and me." She led me over to where Jeremy was standing, gently pushing me between the two of them.

"I'll call Aunt Jenna to pick us up in a second, Jer. Do you want a ride home too, Beth?" Elena asked me as she dug out her phone from her purse. I silently shook my head. Then I saw Jeremy had a beer bottle in his hand. I glanced at the cops and then yanked it out of his hand and threw it away. He opened his mouth to protest, but I was talking before he could.

"Nah, I think I'll call my uncle Zach… He'll be pissed, but he'll come." I told her. I was lying; I was going to super-speed home.

"Sorry about your friend, Jeremy. I hope she'll be okay. I gotta go." I pretended to dig for my phone in my pockets as I hurried away. Once I was out of sight, I super-sped back to the boarding house. I stopped dead outside as I saw Damon and Stefan glaring at each other.

"Not here. I won't allow it!" Stefan was saying.

"I'll take that as an invitation!" Damon said, laughing a little. Stefan looked even madder than before. I darted between them just in case there was another fist fight. Damon looked at me, but I was talking before he could.

"Damon, please… After all these years, can't you two just give it a rest?" I pleaded with him.

"I promised him an eternity of misery. I'm just keeping my word." Damon smirked over me at Stefan.

"Just stay away from Elena!" Stefan told Damon.

"Where's your ring? Oh yeah, the sun's coming up in a couple of hours and, poof, ashes to ashes." Damon teased. Stefan looked down at his hands and saw his daylight ring was gone.

"Damon!" I protested.

"Relax. It's right here." Stefan reached for it as Damon offered it to him. Damon grabbed Stefan by the throat. Before I could do anything, Damon had thrown him against the garage door.

"You shouldn't think you're stronger than me. You lost that fight when you stopped feeding on people. Wouldn't try it again. I think we woke up Zach. Sorry Zach." Then Damon ran off, disappearing in a second. I ran over to Stefan.

"Are you okay?" I asked as he slipped his daylight ring on again. He glared towards where Damon had gone.

"Fine… For now..."

Stefan went to write in his journal after that. I went to my room and collapsed on my bed. I felt the tears rolling down my face. I had memories of when Damon and Stefan were as close as brothers could be. Then Katherine came. I pounded my fist into my pillow. I hated her for what she had done to my family… To me…

"Sorry, Beth…" I jerked up into a sitting position at the sound of Damon's voice. He was standing by my open window.

"Damon…" I darted into his arms. We stood there like that for a second before he pulled away.

"But I have things to do, little sister. I'll be at the Grill if you need me. And if you do, you come." He told me. I nodded. He disappeared out of my window again. I went over to my desk and opened my diary. I tapped the pen against it for a second before I wrote anything in it.

I think I almost liked it here in Mystic Falls. I made a friend in Jeremy Gilbert and his sister, Katherine's not-evil-human twin Elena… But then Damon came. It's not that I don't like Damon. It's what he does. He almost killed one of the girls at my high school, Vicki… I thought if I came back here with Stefan that it would be just like in 1863 before Katherine came. I was wrong. Evil will always follow me. The only thing that I can do is try and stop it from effecting other people. But even that I can't do… Evil follows everyone whether they know it or not because Evil is in the world. It is what good is compared to. Good cannot survive without Evil…