We got out of the cab. We were a long way from home. I wasn't sure how long we would be staying, but we at least needed somewhere to stay for a few nights.
"I'm getting tired of living this way." Diana stated. We really didn't look like sisters. She was tall with brown hair and brown eyes and I was short with blonde hair and blue eyes. The truth is that she took after her mother and I took after mine. Our father and both of our mothers were dead. We'd been through orphanages and foster care, the only constant being each other. My name is Cassie Blackwell and we were standing outside of Mystic Falls, Virginia.
So how did we get here? It's not the typical story of the runaway foster kids. What we ran away from was a mental institution. We were sent there after our magic started to develop. Yes, magic, as in we are witches. Of course, the fosters just thought that we were arsonists. Fire was my specialty and Diana's was water.
"So where are we going to stay?" She asked.
"How about we worry about getting something to eat first?" I suggested. "What about that place: Mystic Grill?"
"It doesn't seem like a very original name." Diana quipped.
"Who cares about originality if the food is good?" I challenged as I dragged her inside.
The first thing that we noticed was that there didn't seem to be a host. We did notice a passing waitress with curly brown hair. I decided to get her attention.
"Hey, can we get a table?" I asked.
"Just take a seat and I'll be with you in a minute." She responded. We found a booth and I couldn't help but notice the number of similarly-aged people to us.
"It seems that we've found the local hangout." I commented.
"As soon as we're done eating, we need to find somewhere to stay." Diana opined.
"Okay, we'll ask someone." I assured her. She was definitely the more responsible of the two of us. "But first we eat."
After we finished eating, I decided to go over to a table of teenagers. There were three girls, one brunette, one blonde, and one African-American, and a guy with brown hair.
"Hi, my sister and I were wondering if maybe you guys knew a play where we could stay for the night." I asked. Or did they say y'all here?
"Don't you live in a boarding house, Stefan?" The blonde asked the guy.
"It's no longer open to guests." Stefan answered as Diana got up.
"What Cassie means is that we're wondering if there's a hotel around here." Diana interrupted. "I'm Diana."
"Well I'm Elena, this is Bonnie and Caroline." The brunette answered, before gesturing to her friends. "If you don't mind me asking, how old are you two?"
"It's really not that important." I replied.
"We're 16." Diana told them. "So we really need to get going so if you could just direct us to the hotel, we'll be on our way."
"How about you two stay at my place tonight?" Elena suggested. "We have an extra room."
"That's really not necessary." I pointed out. "We just need to get on our way."
"Cassie…" Diana nudged me as she showed me the bill. I supposed that being somewhere that we didn't have to pay might be good. "Thank you, we'd be happy to."
It had been a month since we escaped, and to be honest, I couldn't be sure if they were still looking for us. We were across the country since then.
Elena took us to her house. It was a fairly large house. It looked like her family had money.
"Just wait out here for a sec. I have to get the approval of my aunt first." Elena replied as she came upstairs. I began to play with a ball of fire in my hand while we waited. Diana glared and me and I put it out. Soon Elena returned with a woman with strawberry blonde hair. "Aunt Jenna, this is Cassie and Diana…"
It was at that moment that she realized that she didn't know our last name.
"Blackwell." I finished as I grabbed her hand. "Pleased to meet you."
"Elena tells me that you needed somewhere to stay tonight." Jenna responded. "Before I say yes, I have to ask you where your parents are."
"We don't have any." Diana answered. "They died a long time ago."
Jenna then gave each of us a hug which was a little bit uncomfortable to be honest. Though, it did look like we had a place to stay.
"You two can stay here as long as you need." Jenna declared. We then stepped inside of the house and Elena led us to a room.
"So are you two going to school around here?" Elena asked as she grabbed some sheets for the bed. The fact that there was only one bed didn't deter us because it was still a big bed. We'd had to cram into smaller ones on our journey.
"We weren't really planning on going to school." Diana remarked. Our lack of records would make it hard for us to get into any school. We couldn't reveal that information.
"Well I think that you should check it out." Elena suggested. "We just started school, so you wouldn't be behind. Do you need anything to sleep in?"
"I think that we're good." I responded.
Elena then left and we looked around the room.
"You know it would be nice to settle down in a place like this." I remarked.
"Cassie, you know that we can't stay." She pointed out. "We have to keep running."
"Why, we're witches. We shouldn't be afraid of the cops." I pointed out. "We even have the blank paper spell that lets us put whatever we want on it. We could make some fake records. If things don't work out here, you know we can always leave."
"I suppose you're right." She agreed. "I just don't want them to find us."
"They won't." I promised. "I just hope that we're able to keep this magic a secret."
Later in the night, I went to the bathroom to wash my face and found that Elena was doing the same.
"So why do you live with your aunt if you don't mind me asking?" I questioned.
"My parents are kind of…dead." She stammered. "It was this spring."
"I am so sorry." I declared uncomfortably. "Diana and I were really young when we were lost ours. We never even got a chance to know them even."
"So how did you wind up here?" She asked curiously.
"It's just where we ended up." I answered. "We're actually thinking of staying a lit while for a change. We might just become roommates or housemates or whatever."
"Well I think that you'll like it here." She replied.
So I was going to include the rest of the pilot, but it got late. The next chapter will be the rest of the pilot, followed by episode 2 in one chapter. So Cassie and Diana are in town, but they don't know anything about vampires yet. How will things go when they get to know the Salvatores better? Please don't forget to review.