Name: Aria Gilbert
Age: 21
Portrayed by: Megan Fox
Family:
Jenna Gilbert (aunt)
Jeremy Gilbert (brother)
Elena Gilbert (sister)
John Gilbert (uncle)
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Chapter 1: The Reckoning
Life is never easy, I learned if the hard way. I grew up in a small town, Mystic Falls, and things were simple, normal even. But there was a darkness lurching around the corner, waiting for the right moment to pull you in and consume you. The darkness had gotten to my parent, as well as all of the founding families in that town. But it wasn't their fault, it was our ancestors who were at fault. I didn't gain that information until three months ago, thanks to my Uncle John. Before he passed. But that's not important, what is, is that my family was in danger. And I'm not about to stand by and watch everything and everyone I love burn. So here I was, five years after leaving Mystic Falls, standing right outside of the Grill. I had left Mystic Fall after my 16 birthday because the darkness had finally gotten to me. But not in the way most expected, powers I had no control over appeared. I had become a different type of supernatural, I was a mutant. Uncle John had though I was a witch, but I had no control of elements and no one in the Gilbert line was ever a witch. Then I had found out my mother had an affair, my siblings were only my half-siblings. Oddly enough, my father was okay with it. After my 16 birthday I had left Mystic Falls and had gone to New York to a school there. The school was for mutant just like me, people who had a different gene in them that caused this power. When I arrived at the school I had assumed that everyone would have the same power as me, but I soon learned that no power was the same in others. Being at the school not only helped me control my power but it also helped me find my birth father. He was the one to help me with my power because it was so similar to his, and it brought up alot of questions. That's when we found out the truth. Logan, my father, became very protective over me and would hardly allow me out of his sight. And that's when I met my uncle, Creed. Both brothers had very identical powers and that passed one to me. Thanks to my father I had to abilities of superhuman strength, agility,stamina and reflexes. Plus regenerative healing factor and longevity (long life span). The oddest part of my abilities is that my nails will grow by will and turn to claws, as well as my pupils will split just like a cats.
But that's enough about my past. Now here I stood, in front of the Grill. I planned on going to the house, but I was hungry and didn't think there was enough food at the house to feed me. Pushing my sunglasses up and into my hair, I pushed the door to the Grill open and walked in. My heels clicked with every step, and I notice the place slightly busy. Not too many people were there, but enough so that the workers were busy. Not wanting to wait for a table, I made my way to the bar and notice a person sitting there. The person was slouched over the counter, they had pitch black hair and a leather jacket on. Making my way over I picked a seat one way from the person. Taking my seat I watched as the bartender came up to me.
"What can I get you?" he asked.
"A rum and a coke, please." I replied back, pulling out my I.D. and a five dollar bill from my back pocket. The bartender raised an eyebrow at me.
"Little early to be drinkin' don't you think?"
Now it was my turn to raise my brow. Leaning forward slightly I replied back.
"Your point? You want my money or no?"
The man shrugged before reaching for my money.
"Drinks on me." came a voice. Looking to my right I saw a man. His eyes were a sharp blue, his black hair hung in his eyes slightly. The man looked at me briefly before addressing the bartender.
"Her drinks on me. Don't worry about it." the man spoke again, his voice taking an a strange tone. The bartender nodded before turning away and getting my drink. I turned from watching the bartender and looked back at the man. He smirked at me before taking a sip from his own drink.
"Thank you." I said. The man set his drink down and smirked at me again.
"No problem. You just passing through?" he asked. Shaking my head I thanked the bartender when he placed my drink on the bar.
"No, I actually grow up here and am moving back." I said simply.
"Ah, well let me be the first to welcome you back," he said. "I'm Damon." he held his hand out.
"Aria." I replied back, placing my hand in his.
After finishing up at the Grill I made my way towards the house. Pulling my in my car, I noticed nothing had really changed from when I left. The house and the neighboring housed all still looked the same. Smiling slightly to myself I turned the car off before making my way to the door. Since I didn't have a key anymore I resorted to knocking. Knocking on the door, I waited from someone to come. No more than a minute later the door swung out and revealed my little brother. He stood there, confused.
"Can I help you?" he asked. Frowning slightly, I tried to remind myself that no one knew I was coming and the fact that I hadn't really talked to anyone in the five years I was come.
"Don't tell me you don't recognize your older sister?" I smirked. Jeremy's eyes widened before a smile broke out on his face.
"Aria?!"
Nodding my head I opened my arms as he pulled me into a hug. It was nice finally getting to hold my little brother again. He squeezed me tightly before letting go.
"I can't believe your here! Come on!" he pulled me into the house as I laughed. Closing the door behind us I looked around the house. Still nothing had changed, except for a few new photos on the walls.
"I'm so happy your here, Aria." Jeremy said as he looked down at me. Even with Jeremy being only 17 he was a few inches taller than me. Even with me wearing heels.
"It's really good to see you Jer." I smiled at him. He grinned back and opened his mouth to say some.
"Jeremy? Who was at the door?"
Turning towards the stairs I saw Elena standing at the top. She looked at me with confusion before looking to Jeremy. I show to questioning look she was giving him and it made me smile.
"Hello, little sister." I smirked. Her head snapped to me, he brown eyes widened.
"Aria!"
Elena flew down the stairs and tackled me. I laughed as I grained my balance, keeping the both of us up right. I hugged Elena, happy to finally be home.
"I've missed you guys." I said. Elena pulled away from me and smiled.
"We've missed you too."
I looked over to Jeremy to see him smiling as well. I turned back to Elena and noticed she was only a few inched shorter than me.
"Happy late birthday." I said. Elena laughed and hugged me again.
"This is definitively the best present ever."
"Oh, sweetie. I'm not your present!" I laughed along with Jeremy. Elena pulled away.
"With you here. I don't need any gifts." she said seriously. Sticking my tongue out at her I replied.
"Too bad."
Jeremy laughed at us before turning to the kitchen.
"You want anything Aria?"
"No, thanks Jer." I said. Looking at Elena again I smiled.
"So, how long are you staying?" she questioned.
"Not to sure yet. A week, two weeks, forever? I'm not too sure yet." I smirked. Her eyes widened again before she smiled.
"Your staying for good?"
Nodding at her, I had to catch her again before me ended up on the floor.
Elena had told me tonight was the annual Senior Prank night and I offered to go along with me. I was surprised when she actually wanted me to come with. At around 6 Elena had left and I promised to be at the school around 7 after I finished unpacking. I was surprised to see that Jenna and everyone had left my room open. I was expecting to see an office there but was glad to see my room was untouched. I ended up only hanging my clothes in the closet before making my way to the high school. Driving up there I parked as close to it as I dared before making my way into the school. As I walked in I hear a bunch of snapping in the distance. Narrowing my eyes I decided to checked that out before going to find Elena. Walking down the hallways, my heels clinked with every step, I quickly made it to a class room. Walking up behind a tall blond man in gym short I peered into the room. A blonde girl, a blacked haired man, a dark skinned girl and Elena all stood in the room. I smiled when I realized who everyone was.
"Whoa, what happened here?" I laughed. Everyone jumped and looked towards me.
"Oh man! We're busted!" Caroline groaned.
"Not quite." I smiled and winked.
"Who are you?" Tyler Lockwood demeaned. I gasped dramatically before answering.
"Does no one remember me?"
Elena tried to hide me laugh but was mostly unsuccessful. I winked at me before mock glaring at everyone.
"I've only been gone for a couple of years." I hinted. Bonnie and Caroline gasped.
"Aria!?"
Smiling at them I tapped my nose, indicating to them they were right. After everyone had gotten over their shock, Elena and I made our way down the hall towards a different class room. I stopped to watch as Tyler gave instructions to other teens and laughed. I remembered my prank night, me and my friends had super glued a stool to our chemistry teachers wall. Priceless. I turned away from them and watched as Elena opened a set of doors before going through them. I continued down the hall and followed Elena. I opened to doors and noticed to Elena was no where to be found. Narrowing my eyes and I looked around and still didn't spot here.
"Elena?" I called out. Silence greeted me. Glaring into the darkness I started down the hallway with a bad feeling in my stomach. I made my way towards the gym and as about to open to doors when I looked in. There stood Elena, a frightened look on her face, and three other people. Two men and a female. The other girl had her foot in the air and was having trouble staying balanced. I watched confused, what the hell was going on? Not wanting to make anything worse I moved away from the door and looked from another way into the gym.
I ended up on one of the support beams in the gym and watched the scene. The girl still had her foot in the air was the losing balance and fast. I didn't know why she had her foot up but I was guessing if she dropped her foot, something bad was going to happen.
"Keep it up." the blonde man said with a British accent. If this were a different situation, I would probably have fallen in love. The man was for better words gorgeous. He had start blonde hair, blue eyes, and a British accent. What more could a girl want?
"Where is Stefan? What did you do to him?" Elena demanded.
Stefan? Who the fuck is Stefan?
"Stefan's on a time out." the man said shortly. Suddenly the doors open and Bonnie walked through followed by Matt.
"Bonnie. get out of here!" Elena warned. I felt my muscles tense up with the warning. The man moved faster than to human eye could see, but I was able to keep up. He appeared behind Bonnie.
"Ah,I was wondering when you'd show up. Now we can get started." the man smirked. He looked over Bonnie's shoulder.
"Ah, Dana, why don't you relax? You and Chad sit tight." the girl, Dana, dropped her foot and fell into Chad.
"I assume you're the reason Elena's still walking around alive?" the man stated more than questioned.
What the hell is he talking about? Elena was never dead!
"That's right. If you want to blame someone, blame me." Bonnie glared.
"Oh, there's no need for blame, love. Just your witchy interference seems to have caused some undesirable side effects. And sine you caused the problem, I'm going to have you find the fix." he stated.
Again, the doors swung open and this time a tall blonde walked through dragging Tyler. Tyler struggled to get the blonde off of him.
"Get off of me!" he growled.
"Hush now." the woman said in a British accent. The woman dragged Tyler to the man and stood beside him.
"I'd like you all to meet my sister, Rebekah. Word of warning... she can be quite mean." the man smiled.
The woman, Rebekah, glared at him slightly before smiling.
"Don't be an ass." before shoving Tyler towards the man.
The man grabbed Tyler and smirked at his sister.
"Leave him alone!" Elena hissed through clenched teeth.
"I'm going to make this very simple..." the man stated before walking in between Elena and Bonnie, dragging Tyler the whole way. He stopped a few feet away from the group before turning towards them. I couldn't see what was happening anymore so I quickly moved to a beam closer. The beam I landed on was slightly to the right from the man but it gave me a better look at things. And a better chance at stopping this situation faster.
"Every time I attempt to turn a werewolf into a vampire hybrid, they die during the transition. It's quite horrible actually," he continues. Werewolves, vampires, hybrids? Really?! Elena can't hang out with normal people?! The man bit into his wrist before shoving it to Tyler's mouth. "I need you to find a way to save my hybrids, Bonnie." he stated. He pulled his wrist way from Tyler before placing them around his head. Dread filled me, he was going to snap Tyler's neck! My muscles tensed as I prepared myself, there was no way I was going to allow Tyler or anyone to die tonight.
"And for Tyler's sake... you better hurry." the man finished. Pushing myself from the beam I twisted in the air. I landed from the man and Tyler, my back to the others. Gasped filled the air and I crouched to the ground. My brown hair falling in front of my face, hiding my eyes. I glared and the man as he continued to hold Tyler. A growl filled the silence, and I stood up. My looked up, my hair falling away from my face, and my green eyes pierced into the man's blue ones. Tyler's eyes widened and so did the man's for a brief second. I knew exactly what they were seeing, my eyes had turned into to feline like ones. My upper lip pulled up and let out another growl.
"I suggest, you let Tyler go."