-1Chapter 1.

Mystic Falls, Virginia.

Elena Gilbert and her two sisters Sabrina and Katherine drove through the town of Mystic falls. After so many years all they wanted was somewhere to settle down and find that one place where they belonged.

"This is it girls" Sabrina announced from the drivers seat of their shiny black BMW

As she turned the corner they each looked out through the windows to see the town that befalls upon them.

'Yes" Elena nodded in agreement with her sisters, "this is the place".

The place they have been waiting to find ever since they made the decision to settle down permanently, in one place.

She and her twin sister Katherine smiled at each other, both feeling the same way which doesn't always happen with the two of them.

They both may look identical alike, long brown hair, brown eyes and a killer tan but on the inside they couldn't be more different.

Katherine is more straight forward, who when in the mood gets determined to get what she wants. But Elena on the other hand is more quiet and reserved and just lets things happen the way they are meant to.

"Did you hear what I said Elena?" Sabrina called out from the front. She snapped her head back into the present after drifting off for a moment.

"What?"

Her oldest sister rolled her eyes and shook her head. " I said, tomorrow is the first day of school, we're going to enrol. Clear?"

Elena nodded in agreement and then went to look back out the window as they passed their new town, rolling with people on the sidewalk. As they drove through and then out of the town, Sabrina took the car up a deserted driveway.

"Where are we?" Katherine asked, looking around at the deserted area, taking in every inch of the place. She always liked to take in everything she came across. Whether it was a person, a place, or an object. She was quite smarter than people give her credit for.

"This" Sabrina announced, "is our new home". She turned toward the girls and smiled at them, as if finally satisfied and at peace.

The girls stepped out of the car as they looked at the two story house situated on an acre of land.

"Wow" Elena breathed out, taking in the amazing atmosphere of her new home.

Sabrina grabbed their things from the car while the twins went inside to explore and to allocate their own rooms as if they were kids again.

Elena called dibs on the room in the attic, Katherine and Sabrina both took the two rooms on the second floor.

The house was newly furnished as if someone had lived previously or Sabrina had someone decorate it before they arrived.

As Elena put away her things, she went to take a look around when she found herself up on the roof thanks to the staircase just outside her bedroom.

She looked up over the sky to see the sun now setting on the horizon. She hadn't seen anything like it in so long, she had began to wonder if there was anything so beautiful.

For the first time in a long time Elena had a really good feeling this is where everything would finally settle into place for them all.

The place where they can all be a family again. It gets tiring of going from one place to another every few years, not just because people may notice that your not aging as your meant to, but because Katherine always got bored real fast. She hoped that it would not happen again in this town. Elena vowed that she wouldn't let it happen. This is a time for change and new beginnings.

Then out of nowhere a guy walks out of the woods and across her yard.

Keep walking, don't look

He looks.

Their eyes meet in shock and curiosity.

What was someone doing walking in the middle of the woods, or less alone out here? We weren't even in town.

The brightness of the setting sun shone down over the two of them, as they stared at each other wondering who would be the first to look away, or react.

She could see with her good senses that his eyes were a deep brown, a colour which with the sun gave them a sparkling glint.

He couldn't hold her stare; not many people could and he looked toward the ground for a moment. But it would be a moment too slow for him/

Because he looked back up, she had disappeared as fast as her super strength would allow her, leaving him to wonder what had just happened here. Maybe he would think he imagined seeing her on the roof, or hopefully he was an out of towner and was just passing through so that they would never have to meet.

What the heck? Talk about a strange incident. Something strange was happening to her, she could have sworn that If her heart worked then it would be pounding a thousand beats per second. But why was that? She has never felt anything like it before and it scared her to death, which was quite ironic really when you think about it.

After shaking the encounter out of her mind, she went downstairs to see what the other girls were doing and she found them in the living room as if gossiping about something.

"What's going on?" Elena asked, as all eyes were pointed at her.

Sabrina and Katherine smiled as if they knew a secret that she was the last one to know.

"What's so funny?"

Her two older sisters looked at each other and then nodded. "How do you feel about some hunting?"

Elena raised her eyebrow, "really? So soon?"

"No time like the present, lets see what this town has to offer."

She nodded her head eagerly because as much as she didn't want to admit it, she was indeed hungry. They hadn't hunted anything since yesterday just before they left Seattle.

Since they have more compassion for human life than others of their kind do, they decided to make a pact a long time ago that if they could help it they would not feed on humans. They would hunt not just because they would rather have animal blood than human, but they liked the chase of the hunt, it excited them and when your immortal excitement is a rarity.

But if they lived in a town where hunting was not possible then they would set something up at the local blood bank, but never would they ever go out and prey from humans off the street. That was against their code of honour.

"Alright, I'm in"

With that decision settled Katherine and Sabrina stood up from the couch where they had been sitting, joined hands with Elena and the three of them walked joyfully out of the house.

This was where the fun part starts.