A/N: This is my new story! I've finished summer love and want to focus on another story, and whilst I was aiming to focus on paparazzi I decided that it's going to remain on hiatus for the time being. I love the story, I do, but I'm not really feeling it at the moment. I will return to it one day, but I'm either going to do a ton of editing to slow down the story or I'm just going to completely re write it. In my opinion, it moved way too fast and whilst I liked the idea of it, I think I needed to slow it down so the story doesn't seem too over the top.

This is a Stelena story, which means I'll be focusing on them and their developing relationship, but this story is not what you think it's going to be. I won't spoil the plot, but if you expected a story like summer love you're in the wrong place. Like I said, it will focus on them, but the main plot for this story is going to be revealed in the later chapters.

I hope you like this story, feel free to leave me a review and let me know what you think. Enjoy!

Elena leaned her head against the window, mentally cursing at her parents. She briefly glanced at the scenery passing by her, but she saw the same thing she had been seeing for hours now. Fields. Just fields. They weren't pretty fields too, they were no meadows with long green grass that made you want to run around in them. No, they were just fields with what looked like brown grass. Elena already knew she was going to hate it here.

Elena had a bad few months, and her parents decided it was a good idea to give her a fresh start somewhere. Elena had been acting out, she had become bored of her suburban lifestyle and decided to start drinking and partying. She would throw the wildest parties to ever happen in her small town, and she truly became a known party legend in a short amount of time. It was fun, until one day her parents came home early from their work trip and caught Elena trashing their house during a party gone wild. They then decided to send her to a boarding school, in England. They say it's to give her a fresh start, but in Elena's mind it's just an excuse for them to not have to deal with her.

Elena didn't want to leave her brother behind, Hell she didn't want to leave anyone behind, but she wasn't given a choice. Her parents would no longer support her if she chose not to go, and because of this Elena wasn't planning on speaking to them. Not until they see sense and get her the hell out of here anyways.

They pulled into the school, and immediately Elena pulled her face into a grimace. This wasn't a school, it was a prison. It looked like a typical creepy boarding school, and Elena had no idea why her parents even thought she would be okay with coming here. It looked like it had some secrets, and Elena wasn't planning on staying long enough to find them out. She was either planning on getting sent home straight away, or becoming a good student so they'll send her back. She doesn't know which game plan she's going with yet, it all depends on what type of people are there.

The car pulled to a stop and Elena hesitated to get out. She didn't want to be here, she was already getting creepy vibes. Something in the back of Elena's mind was screaming at her to get the hell out of there before it's too late, she wanted to leave, badly. She sat for a few moments before her dad tapped on the car window, making her let out a huff and then open the car door. Here we go, Elena thought.

"Come on Elena, wipe that frown off your face. It could be fun, and not many people can say they've been to a boarding school." Elena's dad spoke enthusiastically. Elena's dad was an optimist, and growing up Elena always loved that about him. But lately she's being seeing it as a bad thing, what's the point in going through life with a good mindset if everything is just bad? And this boarding school would most likely be the worst thing to happen to her, so in no way was she going to deal with his optimism right now.

"Well I guess they're the lucky ones." Elena snapped, not wanting to have this conversation right now. Her dad didn't reply, knowing it's best not too. Elena can become really mean during arguments, and she would say anything to spite you. Add jet lag to the mix and you've got one nasty teenager.

Elena allowed her parents to carry her many bags as she walked across the parking lot and into the school. The school looked just as creepy inside, it almost reminded her of Harry Potter, if Harry Potter was a horror movie. Elena tried to find any color in the building, but she couldn't find a single bright spot. It was all grey and black, and it was enough to bring your mood down even more than it already was.

She sat down on a bench just outside the reception, needing a moment to gather her thoughts. This was really going to be her home until the summer, unless she got sent home early, and summer was half a year away. She was screwed. She played around with the idea of making friends here, but then she decided she was going to stick with being a lone wolf. She didn't want to stay here long, so there was no point in making friends just to leave them all behind. Besides, everyone who goes to school here were probably creeps anyways. She didn't want to be friends with the creepy people.

"Elena, we need to go honey." Elena's mom spoke, pulling her out of her thoughts. Elena's mom and dad were workaholics, meaning they didn't even have the time to stay and tour the building with her. But it's fine, Elena had gotten used to it by now. At least, that's what she told herself.

"Okay, go then." Elena replied in a neutral tone. She hated being so cold towards her parents, but she hated being sent here more. They didn't even try to speak to her about the parties before sending her away, clearly in her mind they didn't care about her.

"We love you." Elena's mom spoke. In their eyes, they were doing a good thing. This could help Elena grow out of her rebellious ways and her parents would know that she had some stability in her life. They were rarely home, and now she would have people other than her brother to talk too. Once both of her parents realised she wasn't going to reply they sighed and exited the building, leaving Elena alone with a weird chill running down her spine. She just wanted to run to her parents and apologise, beg them to take her back, but her pride wouldn't let her do that. It was a few moments of idly sitting there before a middle aged woman came out of her office and started heading towards Elena.

"Are you Elena Gilbert?" The woman asked, making Elena lightly smile at her. She still needed to know what game plan to choose, so she had to be nice at first.

"Yeah." Elena replied. The woman looked nice, but Elena was never good at reading first impressions.

"Okay, I'm Miss Reelie, I'll be your mentor for the next few months. We can get into all that later, but for now let's place your bags in your room and I'll take you on a tour." She spoke in a neutral tone, neither warm or cold. Elena just nodded and begun to walk with her to her new room.

"Will I have my own room?" Elena asked. The one thing she needed, and craved, was privacy. She was a very private person, and she liked to keep her thoughts and feelings to herself. As well as her personal space.

"Oh no. No students are allowed their own room. You'll be sharing with a girl named Megan, she's a little shy but she's nice." Miss Reelie replied and Elena found herself screaming in her head. It was hard to have privacy when you had to share your space with someone.

"Ah, okay." Elena spoke. She decided that she should be nice to the teachers and staff, she had only met one of them but from the vibe she was giving out they seem like no nonsense type of people, so being a total bitch probably won't work in her favour, it wouldn't be effective and it would probably just make her time here even more horrible. She had to kill them with kindness until they sent her home.

"This is your room." Miss Reelie spoke as they entered a medium sized room. It was as creepy as the rest of the building, but it had a splash of red which made it feel more safe. It was big enough for 2 people to share, but not big enough for them to keep themselves to themselves. "Dinner is in 2 hours, so you're free to do whatever until then. Since you joined halfway through the school year I'll have to explain all the rules to you, but we can do that tomorrow and let you get settled in first." She added whilst Elena was still looking around.

"Okay." Elena replied, feeling a little overwhelmed. She placed her bags next to her on the floor, and began to inspect the room further. There was a door in their room, and she suspected that it lead to the bathroom.

"Welcome to Black Edge Academy, Elena Gilbert. I'll see you tomorrow." Miss Reelie spoke for the last time that day, and then walked away. Elena closed her door and threw herself down onto her bed. She should really start unpacking before her roommate arrived back, but for now she just needed a moment to take everything in. This wasn't a bad dream, this was really happening. She didn't want to be here at all, and she had already tried planning an escape route in her head. She needed out of here, she wanted to be back home where she could feel wild and throw parties.

Elena decided it was time to stop feeling sorry for herself, she can either spend the next few months hating every second of life or she can get over herself and be the strong person she knew she was. She had to put on a brave face, and that was something she was best at doing. She stood up and threw her bags down onto her bed, getting ready to unpack all of her stuff. She was a woman on a mission, and half an hour later she was finally done. Her side of the room looked more warm now, maybe if she spent all of her time here she could forget how cold the rest of the building was.

She still had over an hour until it was time for dinner, and she had no idea where her roommate was. She was bored out of her mind, and she had only been here half an hour. She pulled out her phone, in hopes of having signal here, but her hopes were quickly shattered. It was flickering in an out of service, but it wasn't in service long enough for her to actually use it.

Elena threw herself down onto the bed, wondering if she should maybe get back into reading, and then moments later the door opened revealing a girl who she assumed was her roommate. From first appearances, she looked quiet and shy, but also kind. She didn't notice Elena at first, but once she did she jumped slightly, not expecting someone to be here. She quickly recovered and smiled at Elena.

"Hi, you must be the new girl. I'm Megan, your roommate." She introduced and politely shook Elena's hand as she stood up.

"I'm Elena." Elena replied, continuing the hand shake.

"So, what made you move here in the middle of the school year?" Megan asked, completely diving into questioning. Although Elena expected this, it was February and not a lot of people transferred to a new school at this time, especially a boarding school.

"I kind of drifted from the person I used to be, so my parents sent me here as punishment." Elena admitted. She would never say this to her parents, or anyone back at Mystic Falls, but she hated the parties. Sure, they were fun whilst they were happening, but Elena wasn't the type of person to be a wild party queen. She liked going to parties, not hosting them. She was just incredibly lonely, and she had no true friends, the only way for Elena to feel connected to people was by partying. She used to be the type of person who knew who they were, she used to like herself, but as she grew up the idea of who she wanted to be changed drastically. She wanted friends, and the best way to do that was by hosting amazing parties. She wanted attention from her parents, and the only way they would give that to her was when they were scolding her. So she changed, and she didn't like the person she changed into too. The only person who truly still knew Elena was her brother, but even he didn't really like the 'new and improved' her.

"I get it, this isn't exactly the best place for your parents to send you but at least you have the chance to have a fresh start; you can reinvent yourself if you want too." Megan replied, and Elena had never thought about it like that. Maybe now Elena could be the type of person she had always wanted to be, or at least the person she used to be, or she could stick to her original plan and hate everyone here. But not Megan, she was too nice to hate.

"You don't like it here either?" Elena asked, ignoring the part about a fresh start. She wasn't staying here long enough to even have a fresh start. She could scrap that idea, even if it was a nice idea.

"Have you seen this place? It's creepy, and a lot of people here are assholes." Megan explained and Elena found herself becoming intrigued. She wanted to know all about the people she was going to be staying with.

"What are they like?" Elena asked.

"You'd think that because we're at a creepy boarding school the people would act different, but no. It's exactly like a normal high school. You have your populars, your wannabe jocks, your nerds and the people just trying to get by." Megan explained. Elena didn't think a boarding school would be like that, but she had never experienced a boarding school before.

"What category do you fall under?" Elena questioned.

"Probably somewhere in the middle of the nerds and the people trying to get by." Megan replied. She didn't exactly get bullied, but sometimes they'd be a popular person waiting to comment on her 'dorky' glasses or her 'nerdy' outfit.

"Yeah well, those people and their stupid cliches can suck it." Elena spoke, making Megan laugh. Elena decided that she liked Megan, and she would stick to only being friends with Megan. If everyone here was as cliche as Megan said they were, Elena didn't want anything to do with them. These last few months she had been a walking, talking cliche, and she didn't want to do it anymore.

"We have about an hour until dinner, do you want me to show you around until then?" Megan asked.

"Yeah, okay." Elena replied. She hadn't been on a tour, for some reason Miss Reelie took off before she gave her one, so she really did need to know where everything was. She couldn't be late to classes on her first day just because she couldn't find it, that wouldn't exactly be a great first impression.

"Well let's go then." Megan smiled. They walked out into the corridor and unlike earlier, it was crowded with people. Elena didn't have enough time to look at all the people before Megan was dragging her off somewhere. She showed her all of the classes she needed to know, and a few of the hangout areas, before they were walking to the library which was the last stop on her tour.

"This library is really old, but it's more like beautiful old and not creepy old if you get me." Megan explained. Megan was the type of person who was shy when you first met her, but then soon came out of her shell, and Elena liked that about her.

"Well I'm excited to see it." Elena replied. Suddenly she was colliding into someone's strong, hard, chest and if it wasn't for their arms going around her she probably would have gone flying down onto the floor. Elena took a second to recover from almost being winded and looked up to see the most beautiful green eyes she had ever seen. How could a boy this beautiful go to a place so haunting?

"Sorry, I wasn't looking where I was going." He spoke, and his voice was rough yet soothing. Elena was lost in the sight of him, until she snapped out of it and realised how embarrassing she must have looked.

"It's fine." Elena replied, running her hands through her hair.

"Elena, we need to get there before it's time for dinner." Megan spoke, making them both break their eye contact.

"I'll see you around?" The boy asked but Elena just half smiled at him and walked next to Megan. Who the hell was he?

"Who was that?" Elena asked as soon as he was no longer in sight.

"Stefan Salvatore, he's one of the popular kids." Megan explained. "Do you like him?" Megan asked and Elena looked at her.

"I just met him." She replied with a confused expression on her face.

"Just remember, he's part of the popular gang." Megan warned and Elena found herself becoming confused. She was talking about these popular people like they were world known criminals, were they really that bad?

"I know." Elena replied, still feeling a little confused.

"Come on, let's go to dinner. The library will still be there tomorrow." Megan spoke.

Elena and Megan walked into the cafeteria and Elena immediately scrunched her face up. They were plastic tables and seats all connected together, and she couldn't fully tell but the food looked disgusting. Screw how nice Megan was, she wanted out of this place. Now.

They walked over to the food and Elena was right, it is disgusting. Half of it looked like mush and the other half looked stale, none of it looked very appetising. Elena grabbed some bread that looked okay and they sat down on a table.

"So, how do you like it here so far?" Megan asked Elena as they started to eat.

"Honestly, I hate it here." Elena replied.

"Me too. That's why I spend all my time in the library, it's the only place in here that actually feels safe to me." Megan told her. Elena was about to reply but got cut off by a guys voice before she had the chance.

"Hey Megan, wow you've finally found a friend to sit with you. I never thought I would see the day." The guys booming voice spoke, and a few people around the food hall laughed. Elena scanned over all the people in the group, and decided she didn't like any of them. They were 2 males other than the guy who spoke, one of them included Stefan and she couldn't understand why she felt let down by the fact he would allow his friend to say this. They were 2 females, and one was clinging onto the guys arm. Elena looked at Megan, waiting to defend herself, but she didn't. So Elena decided to step in.

"Do you bully girls to feel better about your own pathetic life? Because that's just sad." Elena replied and Megan smiled at her thankfully.

"And who might you be?" The guy asked, looking Elena up and down.

"Megan's friend, and you don't fuck with her anymore, got it small brain?" Elena raised her eyebrows at him. She could feel everyone's eyes on her, but she didn't care. She's never liked bullies.

"We'll see about that." He replied, looking her up and down one last time before walking away.

"Thank you Elena." Megan spoke and Elena smiled at her.

"It's no problem, you've got a friend to defend you now." Elena told her and Megan smiled brightly.

"We should go back to our room, we have classes tomorrow." Megan replied and Elena nodded.

Elena didn't know what to expect from this school, but she knew it was going to be one hell of an experience.