A/N hey lol i forget to do this when i first posted my story lol i blame it on worrying for school to start again! ok so this is my story! its something i have wanted to do for a while but never had time...so its really rough probably but i really hope you like it! cuz i love it and i cant express how much i want people to tell me what they think! flames and all! i kno its totally AU and ur prolly all like WTF who is this Erika chick? but pleeze give it a chance! ok that enuf from me lol read on!

DISCLAIMER: i dont own Vamp Diaries or any recognizable chars here but i do own all of the chars that u look at and say "WHO?" they r from my imagination and i love them all equally! don't hurt their feelings and say mean things to them say them to me! ok BYE!

Chapter 1

I blink as I wake up, and stare at my ceiling trying to push the keening metallic sound of a car wrapping around a tree out of my head. But it doesn't work; the images come unbidden into my mind. A long desolate road stretches on for miles, every inch covered in slick ice and powdery snow. A white cat, almost invisible against the road, darts across the street. I hear the screech of breaks, a scream, that horrible keening noise, then blackness.

I shake my head and walk into the bathroom I share with my twin sister Elena, she isn't there thankfully. I glance at my reflection in the mirror and cringe, 'I look like crap' I think to my self, then I turn to the shower to start my morning routine.

I throw on an outfit from my closet that looks sufficiently me, grab my backpack and pool bag and head down stairs, dreading my first day of school since the accident.

I sigh to my self, the accident, it was just three weeks ago, though it feels sooner than that, winter break had not yet started, but the ground was already littered with snow, my parents were driving me home from my friends' water polo game, neither of them survived, I did. I woke up in the hospital to my aunt Jenna and my siblings Jeremy, Justin and my identical twin sister Elena.

I had a brace on my wrist and a bandage across my shoulder, but I wasn't hurt very badly, I had been in the safest seat in the car. They told me I had been in a medically induced coma for the past week and school had already gone to winter break, then they broke the news about our parents. I couldn't believe what I was hearing; my siblings were all holding back tears as my aunt talked in sobs.

But that was two weeks ago, and winter break was over it was time to face the school. After a hurried and quiet breakfast Elena ran outside when her friend Bonnie honked the horn of her car. I waved bye to Aunt Jenna and got the boys into the car, Dean walks up from his house down the street and hops in the passenger side of the car and I back down the driveway.

I dropped Justin off at the middle school then drove the three of us to our school; I pulled into the parking lot and stopped the car in my spot. Jeremy jumped out of the car and rushed into school; I grabbed my backpack and pulled it on gently being careful of the still tender cut on my back.

Dean turns to me and says, "Erika, I am so happy your back! I was worried the whole time you were in the hospital." I smile at him in thanks.

He walks me to my first period class and I wave goodbye as he walks off. I square my shoulders and open the door ready for what ever is waiting for me.

A/N PLEEZE REVIEW! or i will die...