A/N: I'm not going to be very precise about the timeline or details or anything like that so it might get messy (sorry!) but it's fan fiction so yep (: Photo of Rose/Lina on profile.

Disclaimer: sigh, all recognizable persons, places and things are not owned by the amazing me, just the plot (I hope?)

Chapter 1

Rose/Lina's POV

-Flashback-

Mystic Falls, 1864

It was a very warm morning that day, the sun was shining, the birds were singing, and a cool breeze flowing over semi-heated bodies, relieving those in tight corsets and heavy, layered petticoats. Included among those, was me, Rosalina Jeannine Valentino. With my blonde curls pinned up in a messy bun, cheeks flushed and chest heaving with unlabored breaths from play, I did not look like a proper upper class lady at all. In fact, I probably looked like a harlot, who just came from a bout of intimacy with a now satisfied gentleman. The thought made me bite my lips to keep from laughing. I turned my head to the left, seeking the gaze of the two boys- oh I beg your pardon, gentlemen- beside me. They were both watching me and smiling amusedly. I turned back to the man in front of me, the man whom I call my father, and started paying attention to him again.

"-and you're not even paying attention are you Rosalina?" he sighed.

I sheepishly smiled at him.

"I'm sorry papa, I really did try to. Refresh my memory perhaps?"

He sighed again, before he faced the gentlemen, no, I shall say boys, by the way they are smirking, sitting on the white velvet chaise.

"Would either of you boys mind explaining what I just told Rosalina? I have other matters to deal with and she seems to pay more attention to you than to me"

The boy on the left raised a brow and said in a very cocky voice, "Of course not sir, it would be our pleasure to explain everything she missed not listening to you."

I scowled at him.

That was not nice at all.

Papa left and there was a brief pause.

Then laughter. Stefan was writhing on the chaise while Damon literally fell off of it and was now on the floor with his back leaning against it

I pouted.

"Oh stop it! You boys are so mean!"That quietened them.

"We are not boys." Stefan replied.

"You may check if you need proof Lina." Damon added.

My lips twitched before I started to giggle, eventually erupting into laughter.

I collapsed onto the same seat that Stefan was lying on.

I lay on Stefan's outstretched arm.

"Sooo… what did papa say before he left?"

Damon popped back from the floor and dramatically fell onto the soft surface.

"Well apparently a young lady will be staying with us for around a year."

I clapped my hands excitedly.

"Yay! A new friend!...why?"

They both chuckled before sobering.

Stefan leaned over and came into my line of sight.

"She lost her family, her house and her family's possessions due to a fire while she was at a young ladies etiquette school or something of the like."

I gasped.

"Oh no! She must be devastated! When is she arriving?"

"I think it is in the afternoon. She will bring her maid and her belongings."

"Then we shall be there to comfort her!"

They smiled at me.

"Of course, it is bad manners to not receive a guest staying at the manor."

I pouted again.

"I know that…"I trailed off.

They grinned at each other before attacking me.

"Aargh!"

We were lined up in front of the Salvatore manor, I being there because my father and Giuseppe Salvatore were great and close friends. I had stayed over with papa last night due to business they had and I had slept in the room in between and across from Damon and Stefan's room. Our fathers trusted us to not misbehave as we were childhood friends.

I had on a red and gold brocade dress that supposedly complimented my blue-gray eyes, figure- in actuality it was very heavy- and my free yet neat hair.

Unlike this morning, I looked proper.

To my sides, the brothers were clothed in suits, hair combed and looking quite dashing, it was no wonder that they were constantly pursued by many ladies, no matter the age.

The black carriage pulled up in the pathway and in front of us, and in a matter of seconds, a manservant opened the carriage door, allowing a lady in a green & cream dress to step out.

Giuseppe greeted her.

She was beautiful, with a slender build, curly chocolate hair pinned under a hat, olive toned skin and almond shaped brown eyes.

After Giuseppe finished talking to her, she glanced over at us and smiled.

I grinned and waved at her.

She frowned at me slightly before moving her gaze to Damon, then Stefan before looking back at Giuseppe.

I blinked. What just happened?

I shook my head and glanced at him too.

He nodded at us and we moved forwards towards him.

I spoke first and curtseyed.

"Hello, my name's Rosalina Valentino, it's nice to meet you!"

She glanced at me before turning towards Damon, curtsying gracefully and lifting her hand for him to kiss.

"I am Katherine Pierce, pleasure to meet you on this fine afternoon."

She turned to Stefan and did the same, this time asking what they're names were.

"I'm Damon, and he's Stefan." Damon said in a cool voice.

"Good afternoon." Stefan greeted, although a bit warmer, his tone was also quite chilly.

I looked at them in confusion. Why were they being so mean?

I discreetly nudged them both.

Damon sighed.

"It's a pleasure to meet you as well." he said.

"I hope your stay is comfortable."Stefan added.

"I'm-" I started but got interrupted.

"Why thank you boys, I'm sure it will be."

She picked up her skirts, and entered the house with her maid and our servants carrying her belongings.

After she left, Stefan narrowed his eyes.

"She's a rude one, ignoring you like that when you greeted her."

I stared at him in confusion.

"What? She wasn't rude, she greeted us back and introduced herself."

Damon raised a brow.

"She interrupted you."

I looked at him reassuringly.

"She didn't know I was going to speak and she must be tired from her trip and in a hurry to rest for the moment."

Stefan looked at Damon before looking back at me.

"Lina, she was rude to you."

"She wasn't! An even if she were rude, which I highly doubt, she must be in terrible shape form losing everything. I mean, think about it, she's probably got a lot on her mind right now. Besides, I think she was really nice, I don't know why you didn't think so."

They sighed in unison.

I mocked them and sighed heavily.

They narrowed their eyes at me playfully before they started to chase me through the manor and into the garden behind.

-End Flashback-

That was the day it all started.

The day that Katherine brought danger into all of our lives.

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