-prologue-

Vampires, werewolves, witches and demons are all made up to scare children on Halloween. Right? Well that's what I thought until I moved to Mystic Falls from an orphanage in Chicago,Illinois. I was adopted by Zach Salvatore at 7 years old and raised around his uncles Damon and Stefan Salvatore. They never seemed to age, but I thought it was just because of their health. Now I go to high school with Stefan and his friends Elena Gilbert, Caroline Forbes, Bonnie Bennett and Matt Donavan as a senior three months from graduation. I was excited, but mostly because Damon said he'd managed to talk Zach into letting go home to Barcelona for a few weeks as a graduation present. I couldn't wait. Damon also told me he lied to Zach to give me a little space. Zach wanted me to take someone basically to babysit me, but Damon thinks I should be able to travel on my own. I couldn't pass that up.

The only problem is the man I've been having dreams about. I've been having them on and off since I was a little girl, but the older I get the more frequent they become. I've even started seeing him in broad daylight. Day dreaming I guess, but it has me worried. Am I crazy? If that doesn't make me crazy, then having feelings for a man that doesn't exist does. When I was younger, maybe 16, I used to sleep as much as possible just to see him, hear his voice and be able to learn from him. He was the most beautiful thing I had ever seen in my life. Short curly brown hair, ocean blue eyes that sparkle in the sun, tan skin only blemished by a few freckles and a triangle tattooed on his back and a single feather with birds flying away from it over his left shoulder and collar bone, and the most heavenly voice ever spoken. I never did catch his name, but the way he smiled at me told me he knew mine.