Wow, I haven't published anything in weeks. I've just been feeling a little discouraged from writing lately but, I've been writing this for about a week, coming back and forth to add things etc. This is AU story, it has some relations to the t.v show e.g the names of the characters. I really hope you enjoy reading it as much as I did writing this chapter. I don't know how long it will be but, I'll start writing the next chapter if people like it. Oh and please don't make assumptions and judgements on this story by the first chapter, I swear it will get better in due time xx
It was a warm day, everyone went outside to soak in the beaming sun and use the heat as an excuse to wear a bikini or just show extreme amounts of skin. Rileston was a small town in California, away from all the hype of celebrities and the gimmicks obsessed with who's 'hot' and who's 'not'.
Caroline constantly stayed inside of her room, only coming out when necessary, like going to school...when she had to. She had shoulder length blonde hair, her original brown roots coming through just at the top; her eyes were a shimmery blue and her skin was fairly pale.
Her house was a small cottage like home; a green vine grew on the side, climbing from the soil, up to her window sill and attaching to the brown frame of her glass window. She lived with her Mom who worked as a police offer, it wasn't the best job but it managed to keep them afloat during hard times.
School was hard, Caroline didn't bother to make friends because, why should she? They might not have been in the heart of California, but people were still the same shallow, narcissistic idiots that you could find anywhere. And, besides the subject of friends...she just overall found it difficult to learn, she couldn't concentrate. She didn't think grades were that important anyway, she was in the middle of her Sophomore year and what they were teaching wasn't exactly 'critical' to living.
She sat on her bed, fiddling with her hair, twisting and plaiting her it into small braids, then running her finger from the beginning to end, getting rid of it.
There wasn't much to do, she had her books but she'd read them all and the Internet was out of the question, let alone having a computer. Rileston was a very active town, not like Caroline at all; there was always something to do, whether is was fishing, tanning or something to do with the lake that attracted the majority of the town.
She jumped at the sound of the front door unlocking, swinging open with a loud squeaking sound. "Caroline!" It was her mom, home early from work. This was bad. Caroline hopped off of her bed, walking to the bedroom door and opening it cautiously, peeping her head through the crevice she was making wider and wider slowly. "Caroline!" again her mom called, now from the kitchen, "Come downstairs now!"
Caroline bit her lip, walking into the hallway and down the blue carpeted stairs, trying not to make any loud noises -she failed miserably- as she did.
She entered the small kitchen where her mom sat, holding a cup of freshly poured coffee and staring patiently at the counter top. Caroline coughed quitely, catching her mom's attention, "Caroline. Sit down."
Her mom settled her drink on the table in front of her, pulling out a chair to sit on; Caroline sat opposite, avoiding as much eye contact as possible. Liz (her mother's name) sighed sadly, looking at Caroline with much disappointment, "Your principal called."
Caroline felt a slight pang of shame and embarrassment hang over her; she looked down. Again, her mom sighed, "He told me you've been missing from school for the last 3 days...Why Caroline?"
She didn't reply, she didn't want to reply to that.
Liz spoke repeated herself, this time with a more firm and austere tone, "Why Caroline?" She dotted her eyes about, trying to evade the question. "Answer me!" now her voice was more angry than anything.
"I don't like it," Caroline finally replied but only quietly, she felt somewhat threatened at the tone of voice.
Her mom sighed, "Caroline..."
Caroline looked away. It's not that her mother was mean or she didn't like her mother; Liz was just, a strict person, always wanting her daughter to do as she's told, she was a police officer after all.
"This can't be about whether you like it or not okay?" Liz took hold Caroline's hand in both of hers, hoping that she would for once look her in the eye, "This is about you having a future for yourself and not wasting it away in your bedroom."
Caroline pushed her mom's hands away from her, "I hate that school," she said bluntly this time, a little more confident than how she usually was.
Liz smiled sadly, "You really do don't you?"
Caroline nodded without looking up, looking blankly at the table the were sitting at.
"I wasn't going to tell you about it at first, I wasn't going to take it but if you're not happy here..."
"What is it?" She finally raised her head to look her mom directly.
"I was offered a job...as town sheriff," she told Caroline a little reluctantly.
"Where is it?" Caroline asked a little eager.
"A place called Mystic Falls, it's in Virginia; it's quiet but not completely hidden from civilization from what I've been told," Liz could see Caroline's eyes light up at the thought of the place.
It sounded like heaven to Caroline, maybe she'd want to go to school there everyday until she graduate; it sounded like normal people like her would live there.
"So, what do you think?" She asked.
Caroline smiled, "I want to go."
"Are you sure?" Liz asked; they'd made a nice little home in Rileston and she didn't want to give that up for a 'possibility' of a better life.
Caroline stood up out of her chair, "Please? I'll go pack right now to show you how serious I am."
Liz laughed, "If you really want to, okay. I'll ring up to accept it."
It only took about 2 weeks to have arrangements made for moving and to pack up all of their stuff; Caroline had to go to school during that time in which her mom dropped her off and picked her up from school, but she didn't mind. Just the thought of being able to leave a place she hated was enough to get her by.
The weather was not as bright and cheerful in the morning compared to most days, but that didn't stop Caroline; she was up and out of bed as soon as she woke up, getting changed into her most sloppiest of clothes and putting her hair up into a messy ponytail.
She carried her bag of most precious belongings out to the car, propping it nicely under the passengers seat and getting in, seatbelt on and ready to go.
Liz was a little slower, scanning all of the rooms for any items left behind on accident. There were none. Caroline sure did a good job of packing she thought to herself as she shut and locked the front door, getting in the car and sitting in front of the steering wheel.
"Are you ready?" Liz asked, and the answer was obvious.
Caroline nodded her head repeatedly, her mind filled with excitement, "C'mon let's go, this drive takes more than 24 hours, I want to get there as soon as possible."
Though the drive was quite tedious at points and they had to take a few stops, they finally made it to Mystic Falls in one piece the next day.
Liz parked the car in front of a large house -in comparison to their old one-, she smiled looking at it; maybe it wouldn't be so bad leaving it all behind in Rileston.
Caroline was fast asleep next to her, her head tilted to one side a drool slipping out of her mouth. Liz laughed to herself before shaking Caroline awake, "We're here Caroline."
She opened her eyes feeling unaware of her surroundings, it was a whole new place she was looking at, mystic falls. Caroline suddenly shot up, sitting straight and smiling, "It's beautiful."
She quickly jumped out of the car, swinging its door open wide that is almost fell off of its hinges.
Liz had never seen Caroline so cheerful about anything for a long time.
"Be careful not to trip Caroline," she called as she got out of the car and walked up onto the porch of their new abode.
Caroline stood in by the door curious to see the inside of her new home; it was a white-ish colour and a few trees dotted about the outside. It looked new but had some sort of rustic look about it.
"So, what do we do now?" she asked.
Liz looked at her watch, "The guy is supposed to be here any minute with the keys."
And just like that, a man stepped out from a black compact E46 BMW from year 2000 but it looked brand new.
His eyes were a bright blue colour and his hair a sandy blond, he stepped toward Liz, shaking her hand firmly, "Nice to meet you, I'm Mikael Mikaelson."
Please give me a review, I'd like to see if people want to read more. Oh and I promise there is Klaroline, otherwise, why would it be labelled Klaroline? Klaus will either be in next chapter or the 3rd one so please be patient, I cannot stand people impatiently badgering me about a character not being in a chapter (this judgement is from my youtube writing not fanfiction so I know it might will be different). Again, thanks for reading xxx Emily