Hey guys! I know its been a while since my last SE fanfiction, but I just haven't had that much inspiration. But I'm back now! This story will kind of be like a mini rewrite of the first season. In this version, Caroline is a new vampire that was turned by Stefan (who she is also dating.) They go to Mystic Falls and...well, you'll see.
"Really Stefan?" Caroline asked dubiously as they drove past the Welcome to Mystic Falls sign. "You pulled me out of Chicago to take me to some small backwater town in Virginia with only five hundred people in it? Why couldn't we have gone to New York or New Orleans or even LA? Or even better, Vegas!"
Stefan sighed. When he decided to bring Caroline to Mystic Falls, he knew that she wasn't going to be crazy about the idea. After all, she was used to the big city. But because he loved her, he wanted her to see the place where he grew up as a human. He also felt guilty that her vampire transformation didn't let her finish her senior year.
That's not the only reason you wanted to come back, his mind said.
He also decided to come back to see his brother again.
That's not it...
"This is where I lived as a human, Caroline," Stefan explained. "I want to start a new, normal life here. With you," he added, taking her hand in his. "Plus, I feel bad that you didn't get to finish your senior year. Here, you'll be able to go to dances, graduate, join clubs-"
"Go to Prom?" she asked.
"Of course," he replied. "While you do that, I'll be able to spend time with my brother."
"You're not going to high school with me? You have to! It won't be the same without you. Please go. If not for yourself, then for me."
He groaned. He loved Caroline, but she was so stubborn sometimes. Going back to high school was definitely not on his To-Do List. But if that's what would make her happy...
"Fine. For you."
She squealed in her seat and smiled in glee as they pulled up into the Boarding House.
Stefan and Caroline got out of the red Porsche and walked down the path that led to the front door. He was excited, but nervous. He hadn't seen Damon in fifteen years.
"You can do it, Stefan," Caroline said encouragingly; putting a supportive hand on his shoulder.
He rang the bell.
The door quickly swung open in front of him and there stood his older brother.
"Damon," Stefan whispered.
"Stefan. Long time no see," Damon replied.
Stefan didn't know what he thought Damon would do, but he sure as hell didn't think that he would smile and pull him into a hug.
"It's good seeing you again, baby brother."
Stefan smiled. "You too."
They pulled away when Caroline cleared her throat behind them. Both Salvatores turned around and she gave them a small wave.
"Damon," Stefan began. "This is my girlfriend, Caroline."
"Hey," she continued. "Caroline Forbes; teenage runaway, high school senior, and a newbie vampire. Originally from Seattle, but am now exploring the US with my hot new vampire boyfriend. We actually just came here from Chicago."
"Pleasure meeting you," Damon responded casually as if Caroline hadn't just given him the rushed version of her life story. "So what are we waiting for? Let's head inside, pop open a bottle of bourbon and have a good time."
"Sounds good to me!" she said before they all headed inside.
Screams filled the night.
He dropped the bunny he was feeding off of and listened closely as the screams died away. He didn't need to see where they were coming from. He quickly ran to the site and worried that he was too late.
He went in anyways.
A regular human wouldn't have been able to see properly, but then again, he wasn't human. He went towards them and saw terrified eyes stare back at him before everything crashed all around him.
Stefan woke up to a blaring alarm clock and someone slapping his arm.
He opened his eyes and found a certain blonde vampire staring right at him. "What?" he said lazily.
"You need to get ready for our first day of school. Remember, you promised!"
He shoved his face deeper into the pillow in response.
Caroline hit him with a pillow. "Stefan Salvatore, listen to your girlfriend and get out of this bed before she gets really angry."
His eyes opened wide. Caroline wasn't the greatest person to be around when she was angry. He quickly sat up and got out of bed.
He walked down the crowded hallway right after he compelled the school secretary.
Really? This was what high school was like in the twenty-first century? This was what Caroline was so desperate for him to come to? He supposed that it was partially his own doing after insisting that she finish her senior year. Stefan sighed as he continued looking for his new locker. How did anyone even find their lockers? They all looked the same: tall and red. He had locker 146.
120,121,122...he had to be close. He kept staring at the tiny locker numbers when a body collided into his.
"Oh, pardon me-" he began, looking at-
Wait.
Katherine?
He took a better look at her. No, this wasn't Katherine. Katherine had a devious look imprinted on her face at all times but this girl in front of him didn't. She had a look of compassion in her eyes.
Her brown eyes stared at him as he fumbled around his mind for words. "Is...is this the men's room?"
"Yeah, I was just...um...it's a long story," she replied, her voice filling his ears. She sounded like Katherine Pierce and she looked like Katherine Pierce. But he could tell that it wasn't her.
How was it possible that these two looked exactly alike?
He shook away the thought and took a step to the right to let her walk by. But, she had the same impulse and they both stepped the same way. Then they both stepped the other way.
Finally, Stefan let her walk by.
"Thanks," she said, giving him a glimpse of her smile.
As she walked ahead of him, he turned around, hoping to catch another look.
Finally, she looked back at him for the sliver of a second before finally turning the corner.
Elena's thoughts raced through her mind. Who was he? Why did he seem different? What made him unlike any other guy she knew?
His eyes were so green...
She shook the comments and questions away as she made her way to English class.
Later that day, he sat in history class, listening to the teacher (Mr. Tanner ) go on about Confederation.
He looked at the girl he had bumped into earlier and happened to catch her eye right when she was looking at him. They briefly smiled at each other before she looked back at the board.
She was beautiful; just like Katherine had been. He wished that he could keep staring into her chocolate brown eyes for the rest of the class instead of listening to a lesson of a time that Stefan had actually lived through.
He managed to not look at her too often, but he still snuck in a few peeks while Mr. Tanner was turned around. They exchanged eye contact two more times before the bell rang and he sprang out of his seat, glad to be able to go home.
He managed to see her smile at the text her friend sent her.
Caroline waited for everyone to file out of the room before she left herself. She followed two girls out of the class.
Yes, that was the one Stefan was staring at. She was staring at him too.
Caroline managed to hear their conversation.
"He was staring at you, Elena," the girl-Elena's-friend said.
"Maybe because I was staring at him too, Bonnie. It doesn't mean anything," Elena answered.
"Whatever you say. All I'm saying is that he's cute. And how many guys do you know with green eyes?"
Caroline walked away then. Soon, she would have to let this Elena girl know who she could and couldn't have. She needed to understand that Stefan was off-limits.
I hope you liked this first chapter even though it wasn't much. Please review to let me know if I should continue with this. Thank you! :)
