It is the night. A man and a woman are driving in their car through the woods. They are happily chatting. Suddenly, the fog came out from the shadows. There is a man in the middle of the road. And the car hit the man and sent him flying through the air.

"We just hit someone, oh my god," the shocked woman said.

"Call for help," the man said just as shocked as she is. He then gets out of the car hoping that the man he just hit is still alive. He approaches the man who is lying on the road. The man on the road wakes up and bites him in the neck.

"There is no signal, Darren! Darren?" The woman gets out of the car and realized that her boyfriend is nowhere to be seen. Then a dead body falls off the sky and crashed into the car. The woman screams in fear and starts running before getting dragged up in the sky.

September 7th, 2009

"Dear Diary, today is the start of the school year. Maybe, this year will be different, maybe I will not be the freak of the school anymore. While I've been being friends with Elena, Bonnie and Caroline – the most popular girls of high school, the other students treat me as the freak of the show. They may be right. I mean, I don't have parents, I live with Bonnie and her grandmother. She says that I am a witch, but I am not. I do not have any magic of my own. My only way to do magic is to draw it from another source, I guess I am just a magic thief. But, now it's time to go to school. Be brave Isabel and face the school year like you've done it so many times before"

I apprehend going to school. I never liked it anyway. Now that I am in Bonnie's car I resign myself to sit and say to myself that maybe it will not be that bad.

"My Grams has been telling me all summer that I am psychic. Our ancestors were for Salem. Witches and all that kind of stuff. I was like put this woman in a home. Then, I realized I predicted Obama, Heath Ledger" Bonnie was again chatting happily about this, like she's done all summer. Ok girl, you're a psychic, we know. Period. "Elena, back in the car," Bonnie says, driving me off of my thoughts"

" Sorry Bonnie I did it again didn't I" Elena admitted. "You were saying?"

"That I'm psychic now" Bonnie answered, smiling

" OK, then predict something about me," Elena asked jokingly

"Well, I see.." Bonnie replied, right before a crow crashed itself on the windshield. "My god, that was quite scary" I breathed. "Elena, Isabel are you all right? It was like a crow or something. It just came out of nowhere".

" It's okay Bonnie, I am not going to be afraid of cars for the rest of my life" Elena answered for us both.

"I see a kick-ass year, and that you will be beyond happy" Bonnie finally predicted. If only that could be true for me too.

Here we are. High school hallways. "Elena" Caroline approaches us and hugs Elena ignoring both Bonnie and me. "How is she? Is she good" Caroline turns to Bonnie, tactless as always, but I love her anyways.

"Caroline, I'm right here, and yes I feel much better". Elena waved her hand to Caroline.

"Ok guys, I see you later," Caroline says before going away, cheerfully as usual. Sweet Caroline.

Bonnie and Elena suddenly stop in front of the school office, and I almost bumped into Bonnie.

"What is going on guys?" I asked. Then I turned my eyes to where they are currently watching and see the back of a man.

"I'm sensing Seattle and he plays the guitar," Bonnie says. No, not that psychic thing again. She's been talking about that all summer and it's really getting on my nerves.

Then I saw Elena going the to the boy's bathroom. What the hell? Probably something with Jeremy. Then, the guy walks out the school office and I can say he's hot. What am I talking about? Like if a guy is to going to get interested with me. I am the freak of the school, remember?

The history class with Tanner is as boring as usual. Well, I am busy noticing the new guy and Elena exchanging looks. He's staring at her. Like I said, no guy will ever be interested in me.

"Dear Diary, I thought that year would be different, but I was wrong. People were still looking at me like the freak I am. But I can consider myself happy because I survived the hardest day of the year". Finally, I am back in my sanctuary – the Mystic Grill.

"Excuse me,"A male voice suddenly says, and I nearly jumped off my seat. I rose up my head the most handsome guy I've ever seen. I looked around and see no one. Is that guy really talking to me? It would seem so. I mean, he's even hotter than Elena's mystery guy.

"Sorry, I didn't mean to frighten you, but I was wondering if you were from here, a townie," He asked. I guess he is really talking to me.

"Yes I have been living my whole life here" I answered, my voice shaking by the beauty, the self-confidence, the mystery and something else I can't put a name on it that that was radiating from this guy.

"Forgive me, I just arrived in town and I couldn't help but wonder what was a pretty girl like yourself was doing in here all by herself. I'm Lucien by the way." He continued.

Pretty?! He called me pretty. That guy must be blind. I mean, I am not hideous but definitely not pretty. Actually, I'm a common girl. "Isabel" I finally replied. "I… I have to go," I said, starting to feel ill-at-ease. So, I rose up from my seat, grabbed my stuff, and walked out of the Grill before he has the chance to talk back. Once outside, I had to lean onto the wall to regain some composure. Afterward, I walked back home wondering what has just happened.

Later that evening, I returned to the Mystic Grill with Bonnie, Caroline, Bonnie, and Matt. Bonnie was talking with Matt about his break-up with Elena. I caught myself to see if the mystery man from earlier – or Lucien as he called himself was still here. But there was no sign of him.

Finally, Elena arrived with her mystery guy. Matt rose up and all the Grill is looking at him. Is he going the confront Elena and her new friend. No, they just introduce themselves. Then, we are talking about the Back to School Party tomorrow night. Suddenly, Bonnie asks me what, or who I'm searching.

"Oh, no one " I replied. But Bonnie doesn't seem convinced by my answer.

" Come on. You know you're a terrible liar" She insists.

"Fine, a man just happened to speak to me earlier," I told her with a sigh.

" Wait not you too. Why am the only one without a mystery man?" She exclaimed half joking.

"Wait I don't have one either, that's not fair" Caroline, who has been listening to the whole conversation, says.

Stefan's POV,

I can't believe what or who I saw. Lucien Castle is in town. This is a very, very bad thing. Then Zach walked into the room slightly angry. He threw the newspaper onto the table.

"You promised" He tossed. I look at the headlines,

"They say it is an animal attack". I answered. I got it. Zach thinks I killed those innocents.

" I can't tell you what to do. But coming back here was a mistake". Zach replied before leaving the room.

Lucien. His name rolled on my tongue filled with hate. I am not going to let him ruin everything. I want a new life, a fresh start. And, iflet him, he is going to ruin everything. I can't let him do that.

So, what did you readers think? I haven't decided yet if this going a Tristan/Isabel pairing or a Lucien/Isabel pairing. Tell me, what would you prefer? I apologize for any spelling or grammar mistakes, English is not my native language.