Puzzle Pieces - Chapter 1 – Right Place, Wrong Time

A new fanfic! I was watching through the series of TVD for about the millionth time and it just struck me how well Elijah's character was made. To me, the way he is played in the show is exactly what I would think a vampire is like in real life.

So me, being me, acted on impulse and decided to write a new fanfic. Readers coming from TMoaS, I apologize, but that story is going on Hiatus until I get my muse back. I had considered stopping the story until the next movie comes out, but the plot is going to be different.

Anyways, back to this story. This one is going to be a little different. Not really a romance story, but there will be eventual Elijah/OC. My OC is just going to be added in the story and s=change things around a bit. This will eventually veer away from the TVD plotline after a while, as I have my own thing planned.

Anyone who is a big Mythological Creature fanatic, I apologise if what I am creating seems to far-fetched and out of the blue. However, I will welcome any improvements and advice.

As another note, I do not know how regularly I will update this, but for the first few chapters, I will probably get up within a month, after that, I am not sure.

Please check my profile for more information about my other stuff. Thank-you for reading and enjoy!

Trees and farms rolled by as a shiny black SUV zoomed along the road. From the outside, it looked like an ordinary car but on the inside, it was a party.

Sienna Fiore, daughter of Carlos and Emily Fiore sighed loudly and slouched further in her seat at the back of the car. It was a nice day, she was with her family, Paramore was on full blast and they were on the move; she should have felt happy. The thing was, though, that the black SUV, newly bought, wasn't JUST on the move, her family was ACTUALLY moving.

Sienna Fiore, although of mixed backgrounds, grew up on the island continent known as Australia. She loved her country dearly and it pained her, very much so, to be leaving it behind. There was nothing she could do, though, seeing as her sulking form had already been flown over to the land of America and was now seated in the back of a black SUV.

At the front, behind the wheel, sat a man just barely above his forties with high cheek bones and dashing light brown hair. Her father, Carlos, was a curious man. He had faced many things in life and had been through more things than he could count on his fingers.

Beside him, in the passenger seat, sat a pale woman just into her forties as well. Her exotic features clearly pointed out her heritage and the way she held herself spoke a lot about her personality. Emily Fiore, wife of Carlos, mother of three, was a peculiar woman. Growing up in a household with mixed cultures and religions had enforced upon her a wide view of the world, of human nature. Her Vietnamese side of the family was constantly worrying about her education, her manners and annoyingly, her personal life. Thus, Emily had driven herself into a shell, long before Carlos appeared.

Sienna's father was everything a cliché story's heroine could hope for. He understood Emily's pain of being pressured by family. He protected her and together they had broken free of the past's bonds. After years of happy matrimony, they were gifted with a child, by the name of Sean Angelo Fiore. That was when things began rolling down hill, at a frightening pace.

Sean was the eldest of the three siblings and Sienna loved him dearly. It was only when he started his senior year that she began to notice how little he was home. It turned out that Sean had been a part of a street gang, had been a part of drug dealings and had constantly consumed alcohol. Sienna saw how it was affecting her mother, she saw how much her brother was hurting her mother. She wanted to help, but he only told her "I'll be fine, don't worry yourself, sister."

Those were the exact words that he had spoken to her, two hours before he disappeared. Forever.

Sean Angelo Fiore, the pride of Carlos and Emily, had run away. Everyone thought he was bullied. Everyone thought he was suicidal. Sienna thought he had secrets. Emily knew her son had secrets. Carlos knew what those secrets were.

It was from that moment that Emily withdrew into her shell again. This time, not even Carlos could bring her back.

It rolled downhill until her mourning just came to a pit stop. Emily disappeared into her room for a day, not letting any of her family in. A few hours later, the woman stepped out of her room, a smile graced upon her face. Sienna had been the first to see her. She yelled and screamed and shrieked for her dad, happiness evident in her voice. Whatever brought this change upon her mother; it was too good to be taken for granted.

Things were fine in the Fiore household again. Every week the family would sit by the door and wait for Sean to come home. Of course, he never appeared. But still they continued to hope.

It was at the beginning of Sienna's senior year when things really decided to drop, for the worse. Her youngest and only remaining brother, Andreas Carter Fiore, was murdered. Sienna was right there when it happened. She was walking home and had opened the door when she heard voices in the kitchen. She saw her brother and another figure talking in hushed voices.

"Don't hurt her! She has no idea about any of this! She is an innocent; you cannot put her in harm's way. If you must, take me. But don't harm my sister!" Those were Andreas' last words before he was murdered. The figure blurred and disappeared, leaving Andreas' body to fall to the ground.

It was in slow motion for Sienna. The way his body shifted and finally fell to the ground, bouncing once before falling still. Her brother, her sweet little brother had smiled at his older sister one last time before his eyes closed and his last breath fell away.

She didn't know how long she screamed, or even how long it took for her father to come home. It was mayhem and everything was a blur. Her mother fell into a comatose state as she heard the news and Sienna's heart broke. Emily had only just recovered from a recent loss and now her other son had been killed.

"Bambino, we have arrived." Her father's voice rang out and shook Sienna from her reverie. Her mother had already stepped out of the car and was being embraced by a kind looking elderly lady.

"Ah! Daughter! You have returned home!"

Sienna blinked. This lady was her grandmother? "Dad?"

"Yes, bambino?"

"Is that… Grandma?"

"Si," Carlos frowned slightly as he realised that his only daughter had never met her grandmother, "why don't you go introduce yourself, bambino?"

Sienna took hesitant steps toward the lady, who had turned to face her.

"Sienna! Oh my, you are really beautiful…"

Sienna blinked as the old woman smiled gently at her. All doubts dissipated and she found herself running toward the grandmother she had never known.

"I am so sorry for not being there for you and your mother, sweetheart. But I am old and I have not as much strength as I did back in the day. It is great your family is here now." Kim Nguyen smiled down at her granddaughter with loving eyes. This girl would be the start of something new. A revelation had been born when Sienna met the world.

Sienna sighed loudly as she dragged herself away from her computer. Her first day at Mystic Falls and she was already invited to a party. Matt Donovan, a guy she'd met from her wander around the town had taken it upon himself to give her a tour. Before he dropped her off at her grandmother's place, he had invited her to come to a party, hosted by… Rebekah? Or was it Becky?

"Sienna, are you ready yet?" Her dad's voice rang out from below. Sienna groaned before slipping on her shoes and jacket. She leapt down the stairs and landed on her dad's back, something he was used to.

"Alright bambino, I'm getting too old for this."

Sienna laughed loudly before climbing of his back. She threw him a large grin before snatching the car keys from his pocket.

"Sienna…"

"Please, daddy?"

"Come on bambino, you know how I hate you driving."

"But Mystic Falls is safe! I swear I will be careful." Sienna pouted and widened her eyes, effectively making her dad sigh and surrender.

"All right, I guess it goes well with your outfit anyway…"

Sienna squealed and blew her dad a big kiss before running out the door. She may get bored when her dad drives, but oh man… Her driving was a different matter.

"And dad! I'm not trying to be gangster!"

"Hmm… Sure bambino, sure!"

Sienna grinned widely as she slipped into the driver's seat and started up the engine. As she was turning on the radio, a sudden thought occurred to her. "Oh crap! I completely forgot…"

Seeing as she grew up in Australia, and the driving conditions were different… "Aw man! I'll be driving on the other side of the road." Sienna groaned before shrugging and hitting her foot onto the pedal. She pulled out the driveway, swearing to talk to the local sheriff after the party.

Sienna wasn't a reckless driver, she was far from it, but there were certain times when she liked to push the limits. Now was one of those times.

"Yeah baby!" She yelled as she sped down the almost empty street. A few heads turned and some of the guys whistled loudly. Sienna rolled down the window and stuck a finger up. "I'll be staying single, thanks!"

Her speed slowed down considerably as she turned into the parking lot in front of a pretty big house. There were already a lot of people present but Sienna managed to park her car and get out without a fuss.

"Sienna!"

Said girl turned to the blonde quarterback as he jogged toward her. She smiled and accepted his drink, raising an eyebrow as he looked her up and down.

"Never took you for the biker type, Sienna."

"That's because I'm not. I just like dressing like this because it reminds me of…" She trailed off and forced another smile on her face. "Never mind. Let's go jump into this party!"

She dragged Matt by the hand and ran to the house. It was broad daylight but the teenagers scattered all over the place partied like it was night time and the sun was about to come up.

"You go talk to your friends, Matt. I'll just walk around; get to know a few people." She nodded her head and shooed the quarterback off. Sienna allowed the smile on her lips to stay for a couple more seconds before letting it slip off. She sighed and threw her cup in the waste bin.

"Idiots, here I come." She muttered and headed deeper into the house.

"Hey, I've never seen you here before, you're new around here?"

Sienna spun around to face a beautiful man, raising his eyebrows at her with a soft smirk on his lips.

"Mm. I'm new. Sienna Fiore, at your service." She mock bowed before grinning at the stranger.

"Damon Salvatore, ready for action." He replied to her, saluting mockingly before grinning back at her.

"Why'd you come here? Usually new kids tend to stay away from these sort of things."

"I would say I'm not normal, but that's not the reason. I just came to get some things off my mind." Sienna looked down to her shoes. Yeah, things…

When she looked back up, Damon was staring at something behind her with an unnerving intensity. "Yeah, you came to the right place. Just at the wrong time."

Sienna raised an eyebrow; she didn't quite catch the last of his sentence.

"I need to talk to someone, excuse me." Damon sent her a charming smile before pushing past her gently.

Sienna shook her head as she turned to look at where Damon was heading. To her surprise, he had disappeared. "You can't walk that fast… can you?" She sighed before continuing her exploring of Rebekah's house.

As Sienna neared the kitchen, she heard whirring sounds and gasps of pain. She, being the caring girl she was, ran straight into the kitchen. Her eyes widened as she saw a girl pressed up against a corner of the room, extreme sunburn marks all over her skin.

"Oh my gosh! Are you all right?" She quickly ran over to her but the girl yelled out.

"No! Please, can you just get my ring from the garbage disposal?"

Now, a normal person would have questioned why this girl couldn't just go get it herself, but Sienna, once again, being the caring girl she was, stopped the spinning and plucked out a small ring. She threw it to the girl and much to her amazement, as soon as the girl slipped the ring on her finger, the sunburns on her skin slowly faded away.

"Woah… That's so cool!" Once again, Sienna did not react like a normal human. The girl regarded Sienna with suspicious eyes before walking over to her. Sienna shifted slightly as she stared into the other girl's eyes.

"You will not remember any of this. You came in here to get a drink but you couldn't find anything. You feel sick and now want to head home."

Sienna blinked slowly as she watched the girl's pupils dilate and her eyes widen. "What are you doing?"

The girl blinked, as if in shock. She backed away from Sienna before stopping.

"Elena? What's going on?"

"Stefan."

Sienna turned to her left as and took in the man in front of her. He was beautiful, much like the guy she had just met, Damon was it? There was a rugged edge to this guy though, as if he was constantly fighting something.

"Stefan," Elena started, "I think she's on vervain, I can't compel her."

"Well, there's only one thing we can do." Stefan slowly strode toward Sienna and she backed away unconsciously.

"Wait! Stefan, what are you…?"

That was all Sienna heard before she blacked out. Who are these people? What have they done to me?

A figure was slumped in a dark room, similar to a cell. The girl groaned loudly before she allowed her eyes to gradually open. Sienna blinked rapidly and sat up, glancing around the room. She startled as she noticed a figure by the door.

"Stefan?"

The guy turned to face her and Sienna scowled. "I helped that girl, Elena, and all I get in return is being locked up in a cell?"

"Look, I'm sorry but we have to wait until the vervain exits your system before you can go home?"

"Vervain? Man, are you off your notch? Maybe you should consider your mental health if you're locking people up in cells."

Stefan shook his head and sighed, bowing his head to look at his feet. This girl was unbelievable to him. She had just been hit and placed in a cell and yet she seemed awfully calm.

"I'll be back later, get some rest."

Sienna sputtered and narrowed her eyes. The girl crossed her legs and leaned back on the wall. First this guy wants to lock her up, which he did, and then he tells her to get some rest?

"What is this crap?" She banged her head on the wall and stared up at the ceiling. A splotch of brownish red caught her eye. Sienna stared at the spot for a little longer before she started hyperventilating. "Is… is that blood?!"

Her breathing laboured and the girl soon found it too hard to keep her eyes open. She surrendered to darkness as her mind reeled at the turn of events. It didn't even occur to her how worried her parents might have been. Not even her mother.

Sienna couldn't figure out how long she had been out for, but hushed whispers woke her. She recognised Stefan's voice and another's who sounded awfully familiar.

"Why is she still in there? It's been 24 hours already."

Sienna's breath hooked. She'd been in here for twenty-four hours already!

"Damon, calm down. I was just going in to compel her now."

"And what are you going to do if that doesn't work? Have you even thought of what might happen if that girl WASN'T on vervain?"

"Man, have you noticed how much you sound like me?" The conversation stopped there as Stefan walked over to the cell door.

Sienna looked up and glared at him. "I don't know why you want me to stay here, or what the hell vervain is, but can you get this all over with so I can get home?"

Stefan sighed and forced an awkward smile on his lips. "Just be patient."

Sienna frowned as he approached her. She stood and pressed her back to the wall. Stefan stared at her, directly into her eyes. His pupils dilated and Sienna frowned.

"What are you doing?"

"You will not remember anything that happened since you arrived at the party. You got extremely wasted and Matt drove you home. You decided to head out this morning for a walk and Elena invited you over here. You are feeling sick so you need to head home now."

Sienna frowned again. What was this guy talking about? She voiced her thoughts and watched as a scowl etched itself on Stefan's face.

"You know, I hate to say I told you so… but…" Damon's figure appeared at the cell entrance and Sienna's eyes widened. What was he doing here?

"Oh, just so you know, sweetheart, this idiot here is my little brother." Damon walked up and slung an arm around Stefan, who was looking extremely annoyed.

"Looks like we'll have to keep her here for a while, at least until we figure out what's happening. Can you go get Bonnie?" Stefan pushed Damon's arm off his shoulder and stormed out the door. Damon raised an eyebrow before turning back to Sienna.

"So, looks like you'll be here a little bit longer, sweetheart." He tossed her a grin before sauntering out the door. Sienna's form slumped again as she watched the cell door snap shut and the lock falling into place. It was then that it hit her. She had been missing for more than twenty-four hours. Her mom!

"Oh my god! My mom is going to freak. She can't handle this. No, I have to get out of here." Sienna moved to stand but her exhaustion got the better of her. She hadn't eaten for who knows how long and it was taking a toll on her.

Once again, the girl blacked out, this time worrying about her mother.

"Well, it seems you were in luck today, Stefan. Had you told me about this earlier, I would not have cared, but it seems like your precious Elena has use for me yet."

Sienna opened her eyes as a voice laced with a heavy accent rang through her head. She no longer had the energy to sit up and just decided to stay where she was. She could barely remember where she was and couldn't tell if it was day or night.

A sudden pause rang out and Sienna froze, not that she was moving much before. Her breathing laboured and she forced her head to turn to the door. Her heart pumped faster as she saw a shadow heading toward the cell and it nearly stopped when a face appeared. It was a guy, although he didn't look menacing, there were certain things in his eyes that made fear course through Sienna.

The figure inspected her before frowning to the person beside him. "And you made no point to tell me you had someone locked up down here, Stefan?"

"Well, Klaus, I didn't think that everything that goes on around here is your business." Stefan replied to Klaus, a certain haughtiness in his voice.

Sienna groaned before she froze again. Whoever this Klaus person was, he had entered the cell and was walking toward her. She gasped as she felt a hand press against her mouth and tangy liquid running into her throat. She coughed and spluttered and pushed the hand away, turning her head to spit out the substance. Her eyes widened in horror as she saw blood.

Sienna turned to look at Klaus as he cocked his head to the side, inspecting her. "It seems, you are something else, my dear." He smiled widely at her before turning back to Stefan.

"I will be taking this one off your hands. Why don't you go back to your precious Elena? She is more of your concern." Klaus reached out his hands and picked Sienna's body up. She felt a dull throbbing in her head before it increased, causing her to, once again, black out.

"I wonder if my lifespan is going to decrease from all this fainting." She mumbled before darkness took her.

The teen blinked her eyes open as she scoped her surroundings. Weirdly, she no longer felt tired or famished. Sienna sat up and glanced around the room. She had been laid on a sofa and the room she was in was splendid. Sienna stood and walked around slowly, testing her balance. She noticed large double doors to her left and curiosity got the better of her.

She pushed the door handle down softly and opened the door. The scene that met her certainly surprised her. Sienna gasped and walked forward slowly. A man had been tied to a plank of wood, he had been stripped of his shirt and an intricate tattoo ran down his arm.

Sienna froze as the man opened his eyes. "Who are you?" He snapped at her, clearly mistaking her for someone dangerous.

"What happened to you?"

"Klaus happened."

"Klaus?"

"That vampire tied me to here. Do you think you can set me free."

Obviously, Connor thought that Sienna would help him. He stared at her for a moment, watching her with suspicious eyes.

"I… I'm sorry, I do not know you, you could have done bad things and may deserve to be up there." Sienna bowed her head as she looked away from the man. Connor sighed and leaned his head back.

"You're just one of them, one of those snivelling vampires."

Sienna's eyes widened as she heard Connor say the word for the second time. The first time, she had thought she had misheard him, but it was too clear now. Before she could question him, she heard two sets of footsteps appear behind her. Sienna whirled around to face Klaus and Stefan.

"Sienna, love, you should not be up. And Connor, we are not snivelling." Klaus smiled at Sienna before leading her back to the room with the couch. He sat her down before looking at her face, as if taking in her features. "Be a dear and stay here for a bit, would you. There are things I must discuss with Stefan before I can explain them to you."

Sienna frowned and shook her head. She didn't know these people, they couldn't boss her around like that.

"Listen carefully, Sienna. I suggest you obey my wishes, or you will regret it." Klaus' expression darkened as he stared at her one more time. He headed back into the room with Connor and Stefan, closing the huge double doors behind him. Sienna sighed.

"Vampires… This place is full of weird people."

"I have no physical proof, but there are reasons leading me to believe… Sienna is a Half-Child." Klaus leaned back in his chair, watching Stefan's face, trying to gauge his reaction.

"A Half-Child? What are they?"

"Slow down, Stefan. I must always have leverage. I will tell you all you need to know, about the Hunters and half-Children. Once you bring me Rebekah. She and I are not on good terms as of now, and she has a few things that I need. It may be good for her to believe she has forgiven me so that I can ensure she will help me."

"And you want me to get her here."

"That is correct." Klaus allowed a smile onto his face. Things were going well with Stefan.

Stefan stood up and turned to leave. Klaus followed his actions and waited until Stefan turned to face him. "And trust me, Stefan, when I say this. That Hunter in there holds the answer to all your dreams and prayers."

Finished the first chapter! Thank-you for making it through this and I would really appreciate any help. Reviews are much appreciated all though not forced. I am taking my time with this story and updates should not be less than 2800 words.

I love all my readers very much and it really excites me to write and hear others enjoying my work. Feel free to talk to me, I will actually be replying to any reviews on this story, unlike my other works.

Over and out until Saturday,

Crimson xx