Chapter 1

A/N: This is an AU story for the vampire diaries. I do not own the vampire dairies.

Caroline had moved to New Orleans with her father. Her mother had been out of Caroline's life for ten years now. Caroline didn't know what she would find in New Orleans but she had been hiding a secret from her father. Caroline was a vampire. She had been hiding the secret for so long. She looked to the house that she was going to be living in. Her father happened to be a police officer and had been relocated on the force. Caroline knew her father was never home really and come to think of it she was the one that had been getting a job to help pay for college. She was walking into the city and heading for the bar to apply for a job. She knew that she wasn't going to be able to be the bartender or cook or anything like that since she was only seventeen. Technically she was eighteen just frozen at the age. She walked into the bar and looked to a woman with dark hair who was wiping down a table.

"Excuse me, my name is Caroline Forbes and I was hoping to perhaps apply for a job here. I did see your help wanted sign." She said. The woman looked up to her.

"It is nice to meet you; my name is Sophie the owner actually. You will have to fill out an application here please." She said grabbing a sheet of paper behind the counter and a pen. She handed them to Caroline. Caroline took her time feeling out the application before handing it to Sophie again. Sophie looked over it before turning to her. "Do you have any experience with waiting tables?" She asked. Caroline nodded.

"In Mystic Falls, Virginia I happen to waited on people at the Grill." She said. Sophie nodded.

"And you're still in high school." Caroline nodded.

"Last year actually, and I will be gradating in just a few months." Caroline replied.

"I quit Sophie!" Vanessa said walking out of the door. Sophie looked at her and then back to Caroline. If Caroline didn't know better she would have to say that, that was fate or something.

"Alright you're hired." She nearly jumped when she turned, looking at the dark skinned man.

"Oh excuse me," She said. He studied her before he smiled.

"Sorry 'bout that didn't mean to scare you. You look new here." Caroline nodded. She didn't like him because he was giving her some uncomfortable vibe or something. But Caroline would not let him see this. She would not back down.

"What makes you say that?" She asked.

"Because I have never seen someone like you around here." He said.

"Someone like me?" She moved around him. "You sure know how to talk to women."

"Oh no darling I mean that there is no one like you around here by saying that you are quite pretty little flower aren't you." She rolled her eyes. "What is your name?" He asked.

"Why would I tell you?" She snapped. He smirked.

"Careful darling you should keep that mouth under control because we wouldn't want to put it to better use now should we." She gave him a look. Who did he think he was?

"Caroline Forbes."

"My name is Marcel. If you need any help with anything around here you can come to me." He said before walking off to the bar. She shook her head.

"Just ignore Marcel and he will most likely ignore you. I don't think he will bother you too much. He has another that has taken his eye." Sophie said. Caroline glanced to Camille who was getting him a drink. He looked over her and Caroline looked at him disgusted. Men. She thought before leaving the restaurant.

Caroline had just finished unpacking the boxes and setting up her room when she walked downstairs to start dinner. She had decided to make pork chops and mashed potatoes. When she had finished and began to eat she looked at the clock to realize it was seven thirty. Her father wasn't coming home for dinner and she sighed before walking into the closet behind the stairs to a cooler full of blood bags. She drank one as she thought about her life here in New Orleans. She wasn't sure what was going to happen. It would probably go by fast and she would leave going off to college. She looked at the picture of her mother before tossing it to the side. Her whole life she had been abandoned or left being second best. She was tired of it and that is why she couldn't wait to leave and find her own life. This life made her feel like a curse because she was also a vampire now. She didn't mind being a vampire in fact she liked it because it made her strong and not a weak human like she had been. She felt better about herself really. As Caroline cleaned the dishes and prepared for bed. She noticed something written on the side of the wall by her bedroom fireplace. T-E-L-A-M-U. She raised an eyebrow and wondered what it meant as she also found a word symbol.

She stared at it wondering what it was. Could this place get any stranger? Caroline thought. But there was something strange about this symbol that actually made Caroline slightly afraid as she looked at the symbol. She couldn't explain it but she had a bad feeling. As well as having the feeling that she was somehow being watched. Caroline shook her head and walked back over to her bed telling herself that she was over thinking about things and did not need to panic because she was a vampire. She took a deep breath trying to think about how the day would play out tomorrow. It was working but it kept coming back to that symbol and despite that the lights were off Caroline could see it somehow because of her vampire gaze. Caroline was going to have to get use to New Orleans.

Note: So there is the first chapter. Tell me what you think and if I should continue or not. Don't worry Klaus will be in the next chapter. Reviews thanks.

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