Emily Lockwood was going to Mystic Falls to spend the year with her aunt and cousin, Tyler. She hadn't seen him since they were kids. She was so excited. She wasn't happy about why her parents were sending her away though. She had been getting into fights at school. She didn't understand why she was always so easily angered. She gets it from her father. Mystic Falls was her new start. She could transform into a whole new person. Maybe she would find love? Anything can happen.

She arrived at the Lockwood's. It was a magnificent house. Emily had never seen anything like it. Tyler came to greet her. He had changed a lot. He was no longer a scrawny awkward child. He was a man. She could tell he probably had a lot of girls applying for his affection. He had noticed that she had grown up pretty good too. She had the same skin tone as Tyler with deep brown eyes. Her long flowing hair was amazingly beautiful. They hugged each other. Tyler said, "Wow Em you sure have grown up."

She giggled," Yeah well you have too. I'm so happy to be here."

"Yeah this year's gonna be great. Hey come inside there's someone I want you to meet."

She walked inside curious of what she was about to see. Emily walked inside and saw a beautiful girl with blonde hair standing there smiling at her. The girl appeared to be friendly. The second she saw Emily she ran up to her, and she hugged her. This seemed so strange to Emily. Did she know this girl? After the girl quit hugging her she smiled and began to introduce herself. Her name was Caroline Forbes, Tyler's girlfriend. She sounded like a very nice person and she and Tyler looked good together. Caroline and Tyler showed her to her room and helped her to unpack. They left her alone for a few minutes. She could hear them whispering in the hallway, but she wasn't sure about what. In the hallway Caroline whispered," Do you think she is a werewolf?"

Tyler responded," I'm not sure. I mean she has the potential to be because she is a Lockwood, but I don't know if she has ever killed anybody. Her mom said that she was always getting into fights and that's how I started, but that was before I…"

Tyler dropped his head. Caroline put her hand on his neck.

"It was an accident Tyler. If she is a werewolf we will help her, and if not we will make sure she never does."

Tyler nodded. That was the real reason he wanted her to come visit. He knew he couldn't save himself, but maybe there was still hope for his cousin. They both went back inside and continued to help her unpack. He was glad that he had more family here. Ever since his dad and uncle died he hadn't really had anyone who had the same urges as him. Maybe they could help each other. More importantly he wanted to keep something about him human, and she was it.

The next day Tyler and Emily went to school. It was both their senior year. It would be difficult for her to adjust to a new school in such a limited amount of time, but the change would be better than her staying at her old school. She walked past the nameless faces as she came to her locker. Of course she was right next to Tyler. A boy walked up to Tyler. The boy seemed slightly familiar to her. He was cute. He had short blonde hair with gorgeous blue eyes. Tyler introduced him. It was Matt. Emily remembered him from when she use to visit. Matt and Tyler use to be inseparable as kids. She use to have the hugest crush on him. Matt was actually her first kiss. She started to think maybe she would date him again. She wasn't entirely sure what she would do, but she was glad there were opportunities out there for her.

The bell rang and she, Tyler and Matt went their separate ways. She headed to English. Emily sat in the back. She wasn't very good at English, so she tried to stay as far away from the front as she could. On her way to her desk she ran into someone. It was a cheerleader. The girl sneered at her and gave her a death stare. This angered Emily. She hated to be looked at like that. The rage began to grow in her. Then she heard the teacher tell everyone to sit. She snapped out of her trance of rage and she sat down. Emily didn't understand why she got mad at the little things, but she did.

At lunch she thought about sitting with Tyler and his friends, but she wanted to make friends on her own. She saw a lonely boy sitting by himself. Maybe he needed someone to talk to. She walked over and sat across from him. The boy was cute. The boys in Mystic Falls looked better than the ones back home. She said," Hi. I'm Emily. I'm Tyler's cousin."

He replied," Oh. I didn't know he had a cousin coming to visit."

"Are you two friends?"

He chuckled.

"Not exactly. We're more like acquaintances at the most."

"Oh…what's your name?"

"Jeremy…Jeremy Gilbert."

"Right you're Elena's little brother. We've met before, but we were really young."

They talked all of lunch. He talked about drawing. She was use to that because Tyler is a drawer too. She really found him interesting. He was a little younger than him, but he seemed like such a nice guy. Jeremy invited her to come to his house after school, and she accepted. Emily knew it wasn't a date, but maybe it would turn into something, and if not at least she made a friend. The day was going pretty well.

Things were going to well. So of course something had to happen that would ruin her day. After lunch she walked to her locker. Then she saw the cheerleader from earlier this morning. She thought the girl was going to make some stupid comment or something, so she prepared herself. She could not get in trouble for anymore fights. This was her last chance. The cheerleader said,"Hi. My name is Lilah. I heard you were Tyler's cousin. I wanted to invite you to my party tonight, and I saw you hanging out the Jeremy so he can come too." Then as quickly as she came she bounced out of sight. Why had she invited her? Maybe Lilah was sorry for how she treated her or maybe it was just because she was related to Tyler. Either way now she had somewhere to invite Jeremy to on a date.

She walked over to Jeremy's house. He came to the door and invited her in. He was playing video games. He was about to turn it off, but then Emily offered to play against him. He seemed shocked that she wanted to play video games. He started the game and they played for what seemed like hours. Emily finally got up the courage to ask him. She said," Hey Jeremy there's supposed to be a party at this girl Lilah's house. I was wondering did you wanna go…with me?"

He replied, "Like on a date?"

"Well yeah."

She bit her lip. He pondered it.

"I would love to."

They both smiled.

They had arrived at the party. Everything seemed crazy and fun. Emily had never real been to a lot of parties. She was kind of an outcast. Most people didn't want to hang out with someone who got into fights all the time. Jeremy invited her to dance. Emily wasn't sure if she knew how, but she wasn't going to pass up the opportunity to get close to him. They made their way to the dance floor. Before they started to dance Lilah pulled her aside. Lilah told Jeremy that she would bring her back. She looked back at him disappointed. Lilah took her outside to a secluded location. She wasn't sure what was going on. Lilah said," So you're new here. You need to know your place."

Emily asked, "My place?"

"Yes. You probably didn't know this, but I am going to date Matt. I know you two had something when you were younger, but that's over. And I don't appreciate you pushing me in class because you were jealous."

Emily was getting upset.

"What are you talking about? I don't want Matt and I didn't do it on purpose.

Lilah got up close to her face.

"Yes you did and you will learn your place or I will put you in it."

This infuriated Emily. Nobody tells her what she is going to do. She decided what would happen. This girl was not going to ruin her last year. Lilah kept talking about making her social life horrible. SO many thoughts raced through her head. All the reasons she left her home came flooding back. Things started to seem like they were going dark. She was seeing red. Lilah stopped talking and gave her a shoved. Emily, not knowing her own strength, pushed her down as hard as she could. She thought she heard a crack. Lilah's head had hit a rock. There was blood flowing everywhere. Emily began to freak out. What just happened? She checked her pulse. Lilah was dead. Suddenly Emily got a pain in her chest. It was so intense that it started to pulse through her whole body. She was writhing in pain on the ground. Tyler ran out from the party and she grabbed her. Caroline ran out right behind him. Tyler picked Emily's head up and in place of her deep brown eyes was golden brown. Tyler had failed.