Chapter 1. The Beginning

'Hello,sorellina,' a husky,seducative voice whispered from behind me. A voice which I had waited for so long to hear….. My big brother, Damon Salvatore.

'DAMON!'I screamed, whirling round and launching myself at him hugging him tightly around the waist. After realising him, I noticed that he still looked much the same. Midnight black eyes, dark hair and a tall, muscled body. I thought back to the last time that I had seen him before he had to go to college. He only went because he was the oldest of us and Father forced him to go.

Start of flashback

We were in the private family sitting room, Damon, Stefan, Father and I, when Damon told me he was leaving me to go to college. I was shocked because he and Stefan had promised never to leave me, ever.

'But, I'll come back Bella, I am not going to be away for forever,' Damon hastily added on to the end of his speech, after seeing the look of shock, hurt and anger that was probably pasted across my face right now.

'No…no…no….YOU PROMISED ME!' I shrieked at him before running out of the room, slamming the door before he could reach me. Turning around, I raced for the stables. I needed to get away form here for a couple of hours. I skidded to a halt outside of my cavallo's stable. Panthera was truly a magnificent beast. A dark, rich chocolate brown with a darker, almost black, mane and tail. She had a whit star on her head, which made her stand out in a crowd of horses.

I hurried to put on Panthera's saddle and bridle as she nuzzled my shoulder with her nose, sensing my mood. I hurried even more when I heard someone enter the stables and make their way across to me. By listening to their footsteps, I could tell that I was Stefan because his footsteps were lighter than Damon's.

'Sorella, please don't go,' he pleaded with me. Stefan was nearly as tall as Damon, with slightly wavy brown/blond hair and bright emerald green eyes. Right now, his eyes would be pleading with me not to go, that is, if I was looking at him. I turned and saw myself reflected in his eyes. Sky blue eyes, with flecks of green and black in them aswell. Shimmery brown hair that cascaded down my back and nearly reaching my waist. Angelic face, a perfect copy of Mother's face, the same gently sloping cheek bones and the same gently carved jaw line.

'Goodbye, Stefan,' I whispered as I got into the saddle and galloped away.

'Come home safely,' he called out after me.

End of flashback

Of course, I went home. I needed to go home before Father, Damon and Stefan got mad, upset and annoyed that I had missed dinner and to top that I had been out riding for hours and Panthera was pretty much ready to fall asleep walking along. Plus, I was only sixteen and couldn't take care of myself.

Right now I was listening in on what Damon and Stefan were arguing about. Katherine Pierce. Of course, it was always about Katherine Pierce. How nice she was, how polite she was … if another person told me how perfect she was then I would have one of my brothers run them through with their sword.

Then I heard my brothers declare that they would both leave behind their lives, luxury, their house, Father and me for that stregare. That witch.

My heart shattered as silent tears rolled down my cheeks. I only just made it back to my bedroom before the sob that I had been holding in ripped it's way up my throat and out through my clenched teeth.

Disclaimer: I don't own the Vampire Diaries.

Stefan: 'She wishes she did!'

Damon: 'Yep, I agree with that.'

Terri : *blushes slightly* 'Shut up!'