RADIOACTIVE
Sorry for the long Author's note, but it's necessary to set up the story before starting I guess.
The story is named after the song "Radioactive" by Imagine Dragons.
The Fanfiction is settled on the Pilot of Teen Wolf, and right after Elena's sacrifice in The Vampire Diaries, which means between the 2x22 and the 3x01. All of the characters are 16, because I need them to be the same age for the Fanfic. (Please, don't mind the fact that there was the Summer Holiday before, because it would mean Elena spent the whole summer in Mystic Falls, which is not right for the fanfic.).
Scott is already a werewolf and Stiles know, Lydia's human, and Allison doesn't know that her parents are werewolves hunters. It doesn't change from the show. They don't know about Vampires though, it would be too simple. My fanfiction will follow the storyline of Teen Wolf, though there might be some changes.
This Chapter is a Prologue to set up the story, so there's a lot of blabla, I am sorry for this, but I promise it won't be like that all the time.
Enjoy!
Disclaimer : I don't own anything about Teen Wolf and The Vampire Diaries
"Are you sure you have to leave so soon?" Caroline said as she followed Elena around the entire House.
"Yes. I'm sorry Care, really. But that's too dangerous out there for me." The Brunette replied, before closing her suitcase to bring them downstairs.
"We can protect you! Damon, Me, Jer, Bonnie, and Stef..." Her voice trailed off as she remembered.
Elena turned, and stared at her friend. Her heart clenched hard as she thought of Stefan, who gave up his humanity to save Damon from the deadly werewolf bite. A lump formed into the Doppelgänger's throat and she turned away, not wanting to meet Caroline's gaze. After a moment, she felt two hands on her shoulders, Caroline's hands, who turned her so the two friends were facing each others. Elena shook her head, and a lonely tear slid down her cheek. Caroline's arms instantly wrapped around the Brunette's shoulders, and Elena let her head drop on her shoulder.
"Elena, darling... You have to calm down... You've just buried your Aunt and Uncle, you have to think about it. Take your time and think about it. Think about Jeremy..." Caroline whispered, patting her friend's back soothingly.
"No, Care. I don't have time to think, and I can't take time to think." Elena said before pulling away. "John left me a letter." She added.
Elena turned and took a piece of paper off her desk. When she handed it to Caroline, she nodded at the letter to encourage her to read. Caroline did so, and as she arrived at the bottom of the letter, her eyes widened slowly.
"...Your parents have friends in Beacon Hills, California: the Argent. Your father once saved one of the Argent's lives, and they owe us a favor. I contacted them a while ago, and they will protect you from every supernatural being that will threaten your life. I know that you have never trusted me, but please, go to California and stay there, your life will be safe." Caroline read out loud, her voice shared between sadness and relief.
"I have to go there, Care. I've never liked John, and as he said I've never trusted him but..." Elena's voice trailed off. "He died for me, I, I can't forget that." She added, letting out a sob.
"Honey, I understand..." Caroline said before grabbing her friend into a hug once more.
Elena breathed out in relief, and hugged her friend back tightly. Caroline pushed her away after a moment and smiled warmly at her friend.
"Prepare your stuff, I'll call everyone so they can say good bye to you before you go." She said, trying to sound as cheery as she could, even though she was about to say goodbye to her best friend.
A few hours later, Elena was ready to go. Zipping up her last suitcase, she looked around and smiled faintly at her room. She's going to miss everything here... The thin lace curtains, the wooden desk her father made her when she was 8 because she claimed to be old enough to have one, the large bed where she and her two bestfriends Bonnie and Caroline would spend her time gossiping, talking about boys and doing their homework together. Everything who was in this room had a story, and Elena was about to leave all of them behind.
As she walked through the corridor, she glanced to the right and smiled warmly as the sight of Jeremy's room. She remembered that, when she was about 6 years old, she made a tantrum to her Dad because she wanted to help paint the walls of her Brother's bedroom. The walls were still blue, but posters were covering ninety percent of the walls. Her smile faded when she remembered that she promised her brother she would help him redecorate his room, when he'll be older.
She turned and looked at the two closed doors in front of her. The right door leaded to her parents' bedroom, and the left one to Jenna's. Her throat tightened and she had to swallow once to be able to breathe again. She had lost so many people. Family and friends. She was devastated to leave Jer behind but she knew it was the right thing to do, because Klaus would make everyone who helped her to come back to life pay.
After taking a deep breath, she finally headed downstairs, without missing glancing back at the kitchen, where her Mother used to make her huge and wonderful birthday cakes when she was a little kid. She turned around and looked at the living room, and she caught all the family pictures from the corner of her eye. She quickly grabbed one of the frames, where a picture of the Gilbert Family and Jenna was stuck in. They all looked happy, wide smiles on each of their faces. Elena brought it to her heart and sighed softly. She had to be strong, for them.
Damon, Caroline, Bonnie, Jeremy, Alaric, Matt and Tyler were waiting for her outside, talking about something Elena didn't catch. She wouldn't bother to ask. When she walked out, the frame clenched close to her heart, they all stopped talking and gave her warm smiles.
"I'm glad you're all there." The Brunette breathed out and her mouth broke into a smile.
"We wanted to say good bye." Bonnie said, stepping forward.
Elena laughed a bit and hugged her Witch friend tightly.
"I'm going to miss you so much, Bons." Elena whispered into her best friend's ear.
"We'll still talk, right?" Bonnie replied, trying to stay cheery for her friend.
"Course!" Elena replied, before opening one of her arm.
A few seconds after, Caroline was already there, joining the hug and squeezing her two friends tightly.
"Ugh I'm gonna miss our fun Girls Nights!" Caroline whined.
"You'll be able to visit me during holidays." Elena said, kissing Bonnie's and Caroline's cheeks.
After the three friends let go of each other's, Elena walked to Matt and Tyler and gave hug to both of them.
"You look after Jer. He'll need you guys." Elena told them, and smiled slightly when tey nodded.
Elena turned to Alaric and smiled faintly, her mouth twisting into a slight grimace instead. She instantly stepped closer to the Hunter and hugged him firmly.
"You take care of Jer too, and yourself." Elena insructed him, nowing that it is going to be a tough time for the History teacher.
And then came Damon's turn. When Elena walked to him, she knew he was going to argue. Damon grabbed Elena into a tight hug, and brought his mouth to her ear.
"You can't leave... Not after what happened." Damon whispered, his voice filled with anger, frustration and.. sadness?
"I thought you were dying." Elena replied, not wanting to hear that kind of speech.
"I felt something else." The Vampire mumbled, feeling frustrated.
Why did Damon have to be so hard to convince? Elena already regretted what she was about to say, but that was the only way she could avoid argument.
"I thought you were dying. I wouldn't have done this in a normal situation. " The Brunette shot back a little bit coldly, and pulled away from Damon's arms.
Elena winced at her own behavior, knowing that she was being quite rude when that was not exactly what she felt in the first place. She didn't have time to think about it anyway. Her taxi would be there in a few minutes and she had to say good bye to her brother.
Jeremy didn't seem too devastated about her leaving. He probably was the one who understood the most.
"I'm gonna miss you, 'Lena." the younger Gilbert breathed out and yanked his sister into a hug.
"I'm going to miss you like Hell." Elena said, tears already filling her eyes.
"But I have to get away to keep you safe and to take a breath after what happened." The Brunette explained, putting her hands on both of Jer's cheeks.
"I know, I understand. Just come back soon and call me, 'kay?" Jeremy nodded, and kissed Elena's forehead.
The Doppelgänger smiled sadly and pulled away from her llittle Brother. As she wiped a tear from the corner of her eye, she heard the taxi drive towards the House, before parking right in front of them.
"I got to go now, guys." Elena said as she turned to everyone.
They all smiled faintly, sadness showing in everyone's eyes. Tyler brought the suitcases to the hood of the taxi and put them in, and Elena nodded thankfully.
When she got into the taxi, she buckled her seatbelt, and then she opened the window and Glanced at her Brother, a slight smile on her face.
"When I get back, we should re-decorate your room." She chuckled.
"I won't forget those words!" Jeremy replied back, a grin on his face.
Elen gestured to the Taxi driver that he could go, and she closed the window, leaning back into her seat. She closed her eyes, trying not to look behind her now old life, trying to think of how her new life in California will be.
"Miss, we're here in a few minutes." The driver said through the glass window that separated the front seats and the back seats, waking Elena up.
Elena opened her eyes and sat up slowly, rubbing her eyes slightly. She turned to the window, the taxi was driving across a large and well decorated sign. The Brunette took a deep breath, and read it in her mind.
"Welcome to Beacon Hills, California."
Elena looked out of her window as she was going further into the town. It seemed like a nice town, with little shops here and there. The sun was setting down and the sky was reflecting a red colour, filling the place with a kind of mystical ambiance.
"Where do you want me to drop you, Miss?" The Driver asked, pulling Elena out of her thoughts.
"The Argent Family's House." Elena answered quickly.
The Brunette checked her phone, looking at the hour. She sighed deeply, trying to not stress about everything. She was just in time to meet her new host family.
The taxi pulled in the street the Argent Family lived in, and Elena's heart was drumming against her rib cage. She didn't know why she was so stressed about this. She was trying to picture this little trip like a school exchange, like she did when she was in college. But she couldn't think like this. She had to convince herself that it was not going to be that bad. Elena's father knew the Argent Father, after all.
The car stopped and she looked out of the window. The House was really huge, and beautiful. Californian-styled House. As the front door opened, she wished herself good luck and opened the taxi door.
"Thank you for driving me across the whole country, Jack." Elena smiled at the mid-aged driver, and gave him a generous tip. The two talked during most of the road trip, and it turned out that Jack was a really nice man who liked human contact, taking care of his three children, and buying tons of gifts to his beautiful wife. All the things Elena would never have the chance to possess : a regular job, a normal life, children, and a husband. Elena was not jealous though, that Jack taxi-driver deserved this life.
"That's only my job, Miss." The Driver answered, bowing his head politely at Elena.
Elena nodded and took a deep breath. Then, after a few minutes, she got out of the car and turned to face her new Home.
Two persons were standing there. There was a tall woman with short red hair. She looked strict, and.. scary. She was smiling but it didn't reach her eyes. Next to the woman was standing a man, who looked kind of happier to see her. His hair was cut short and was strewed with greyish hair. He seemed fine with her coming to live into his own House. Elena guessed this man was really good friends with his father.
While Elena was looking at her new Hosts, a girl ran out of the House and stopped short as she saw the Doppelgänger. She was really beautiful. She had long and curly dark hair, and a pretty face shaped like a heart. Elena never used to be jealous of someone but she had to admit that the teenager looked absolutely lovely. The Brunette seemed glad to see Elena. The two teenagers looked at each others for a minute before the man, probably the Brunette's father, spoke up.
"Hey, Elena! You can come you know, we won't eat ya." He said, a slight smile on his face.
Elena nodded and closed the door of the taxi, and went to the back of the car to open the trunk. As she did so, the Argent Father walked up to her and opened the trunk before she could.
"Let me do that." He offered, before pulling the big suitcases out of the car.
"Thank you." Elena mumbled, quite shy at this moment.
"It's nothing." He replied, the smile still on his face. "We're glad to have you here."
They walked towards the front door, both pulling a suitcase behind them. As they arrived near the strict woman and the young Brunette, the man spoke up again.
"My name is Chris, this is my wife, Victoria, and my lovely daughter, Allison. And, this is Elena Gilbert, the daughter of my long time friends Grayson and Miranda Gilbert." The Man gestured between everyone. "You have your Father's eyes." He added for Elena, who flushed at the comparison.
Elena looked at Chris, and she knew that he didn't know Grayson wasn't his real father. Elena was suddenly glad John and Grayson looked alike, because it somehow made her be part of her adoptive family. Maybe they don't even know about the whole supernatural creatures thing...
"Hello, Elena. Welcome here, in California." Victoria said, shaking the Brunette's hand firmly.
Elena nodded once, and she turned to the Argent daughter, who looked really happy to see Elena.
"Hey! It's nice to have you there. I'll show you the house, come on!" Allison smiled wide, taking Elena's hand to drag her inside.
When the Doppelgänger looked behind her, Chris smiled at her and Victoria only gave her a cold glare.
"And.. That's my room... well, our room!" Allison pulled Elena into a room and opened her arms wide open to reveal a big room full of boxes.
Elena furrowed her brows at the sight of the boxes. She thought that the Argent lived there since a long while, but she was wrong: they had just moved in. In the room, where was two beds, two wardrobes, two empty shelves... The Argent family planned everything.
"You're not from California?" The Doppelgänger asked, quite surprised.
"Nah. My Parents move a lot, and I have to get along with that. Though I have French origins. Argent is the french word for 'silver'. Cool, isn't it?" The other replied with a proud grin. "What about you? My dad didn't tell me where you were from." Allison added.
"I'm from a town called Mystic Falls, in Virginia." Elena said, walking to the large window.
The window looked like the one from her bedroom. Elena could easily sit on the edge of it, like she used to when she wanted to write in her Diary. It was a little detail, yet it rassured her to see that her life won't be as changed as she thought.
"Virginia? You must be really tired, that's really far away from there!" Allison exclaimed, pulling Elena ou of her thoughts. "I've been to Virginia once, when I was a kid. Maybe that's where our parents met." She said, frowning a little.
"That can be possible. I lived in Mystic Falls since I'm a kid, I was even born in the Family House." Elena told her new friend, before looking away. Talking about her family and her life in Mystic Falls made her uncomfortable now. "So, what bed do you wanna have?" The Brunette changed the subject.
"You choose, I really don't mind." Allison smiled, folding her arms. "Oh, and by the way, my parents only bought one desk yet, so we'll have to take turns to do our homework." She added, looking up at Elena.
"Oh, it's alright. I always do my homework on the carpet or on the bed anyway." Elena brushed it off.
"Great!" Allison cheered, grabbing Elena's arm. "I'm glad to have someone to start school with tomorrow. I never liked being the new student without any friends." She sighed.
"We'll stick together, don't worry." Elena nodded, a large smile on her face.
Elena was kind of relieved to have Allison with her... She wouldn't feel lost or lonely. Who knows, maybe it won't be that bad here?
"This is not a good idea. Never been a good idea." Victoria Argent walked out of the bathroom after getting ready to go to bed.
As she climbed in the bed next to her husband, she folded her arms stubbornly across her chest and looked straight in front of her, ignoring Chris' look.
"Come on." The man said, pulling her wife into his arms. "Maybe she doesn't know anything." He added.
"But what if she does? What if Grayson told her about everything?" Victoria argued.
"She doesn't." Chris snapped, annoyingly. "Grayson and Miranda were very discreet about it. Im sure he didn't tell his own children that monsters like they see in movies are real. Trust me, that secret if safe. Our secret is safe." Chris rassured his wife, before placing a kiss to her cheek. "Now sleep. We both have to work tomorrow." He added.
Chris switched the lights off and turned to his side to sleep, but Victoria remainded there, sitting in her bed and thinking. She was convinced that having someone like Elena Gilbert in her own House was not going to be a walk in a park.
AUHTOR'S NOTE
There you go for the Prologue! As I said there is not a lot of actions but it's only to set up he story. In the next chapter, Elena will neet the Beacon Hills people, and particularily one... Stiles!
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Until next time maybe! :) xx