"Come on Gatsby put some effort into it" my dad urged me on. I started punching with all I was worth at the punching bag.

"The most damage you can get done at this rate is maybe just being able to touch a vampire" my dad taunted me. I had to stop the swinging punching bag now to catch my breath.
"Dad I swear I'm going to kill you if you give me one more critique" I told him. My dad smiled at me.
"Punch harder than it'll help get out all those emotions from you're PMSing" he smirked.

"Dad" I said in a shocked voice.
"Honey I've lived with women my whole life believe me I know how everything goes" he joked. I rolled my eyes at him and started punching again. Eventually I had to stop for a break.
"I want to talk to you about something" my dad told me as I took a sip of water, I nodded. He led me outside and the cold air felt nice after sweating in our little workout room for a while.

"I think it's time we tell Scarr about you know…"

"Us being vampire slayers" I told him. He nodded.
"What's mom think about it?" I asked.
"She wants her to wait a bit longer" he said.
"It wouldn't hurt I mean I've barely even seen one around here and I've known about this secret for 2 years now?"

"Well that's because I'm so good at what I do"
"Don't be too modest Daddio" I smiled.
"I just want you girls to be safe" he told me. I leaned my head on his shoulder and he rubbed my arm as we watched the sunset outside our tiny little farm in Texas. I let out a yawn.

"Come on I think you're mom said dinner would be ready around this time" he told me. We both got up and walked to the kitchen. I saw my mom standing in the middle of the dining room with her back turned to us and we found some guy kissing her on her neck. My mom was motionless and the guy hadn't noticed our presence yet.

"Gatsby go get the bag" my dad whispered to me. I didn't bother not asking why as I saw the frightened look in his eyes. My dad was never scared. I suddenly realized this man was a vampire and he was sucking out my mom's blood. I ran to the garage and grabbed my dad's bag which carried the basic necessities every slayer needs stakes, crossbows, crosses, and holy water (which I'm sure every family has stored away in their garage). I felt relieved that my little sister Scarlett was at a friend's house tonight. I ran back into the dining room to find my dad fighting in hand to hand combat with the vampire, my mom was slumped on the floor with a lifeless look in her eyes. I was too scared to do anything even after years of training I never really expected to ever encounter a vampire.
"Gatsby run" my dad shouted. I looked up to him but for some reason my body wouldn't move. While my dad was distracted the vampire managed to get a hold on him and snapped his neck.
"DAD" I screamed. The vampire looked at me now. I made a scramble for one of the crossbows and shot at him but apparently it wasn't good enough. He got close to me now and clutched my face in one of his hands making me look into his terrifying eyes. I soon couldn't start to breath as the vampire tightened his grip and started to try and compel me. I reached for a stake and aimed as well as I could for his heart. He let go of me and backed off. His skin turned sort of marbley and then he fell to the ground. I had to catch my breath for a second as I realized what I had just done. I ran to my parents and saw there was no point in trying to save them. I didn't know what to do now.

Set fire to the body just to make sure they're dead my dad's voice rang out in my head. I could see the matches in the bag out of the corner of my eye. I had to do it. First thing I would need to do was get everything I needed and make sure Scarr was safe. I quickly ran up to my room and then Scarr's and packed our stuff while I was on the phone with her the whole time. I told her a lie about how the house had somehow caught on fire and that mom and dad died in the fire. I took one last look at my parents and then started spraying gasoline all over the place. I soon found myself at the front door with everything I needed I lit the match and then dropped and started to watch the house catch ablaze. I made a run for my car and quickly got in it and let myself cry my eyes out. There was no way I was ever going to tell Scarlett the truth about our parents and the family secret and there was no way I would ever let her get near a vampire. I now knew why my dad hadn't told me about them until I was 16 looking into that creature's eyes was one of the most terrifying moments of my life. I was going to continue what dad wanted me to do. I would continue my family heritage of being a vampire slayer. I looked in the review mirror to get one final look at my house but saw the vampire in my rear view mirror smiling at me his eyes looking hungry.

my car horn went off as my head slid onto it. I woke with a start realizing I had fallen asleep in my car waiting for my sister outside this party. It had been a couple months now after our parents died. Scarlett and I had been staying at one of her friends house for the remainder of the summer, but now it was time for school to start which meant Scarlett and I would have to move all the way to Mystic Falls to live with our Aunt Jenna and our cousins, who had also lost their parents this year.

Great we can all have a big moping party in our pjs I remember thinking when I heard the news. I looked up and saw these two kids making out on the hood of my car. I honked my horn angrily at them and they looked at me with death glares. I checked my phone to see the time. It had been at least 2 hours now since Scarlett had sent me that text to pick her up. I rolled my eyes and got out of the car making sure to lock it. I had to make my way through the crowds of underage drinkers. It felt weird seeing kids who I'd watched grow up before my eyes get completely wasted at a stupid party.
"Oh my god G.G. guys it's G.G." one of Scarlett's friends leaned on me. Nearly the whole party looked at me and cheered. I rolled my eyes at them in embarrassment.

"Where's Scarlett?" I asked.
"Oh she went outside into the woods with this one college boy. Yeah I wouldn't want to interrupt them if I were you" she whispered to me. I immediately made for the back door and ran outside and saw the backyard went into the woods.
"Scarr?" I asked. I took a deep breath and walked into them. All I could hear was silence.

"Scarr?"

"GATSBY" Scarlett screamed. That's when I ran for it looking everywhere for her. I finally ran into her, literally, and we both let out screams. Scarlett grabbed onto my arm tightly looking breathless. She finally caught her breath and looked at me and then she was fine. It was like someone had switched the panic mode off on her.
"What's wrong?" I asked.
"Nothing" she said walking on.
"You screamed for me Scarr" I told her.
"I just did that to scare that one guy away"
"You look terrified"
"I'm fine" We both looked at each other and she clearly wanted to drop it.

"Alright then" I sighed as we walked on. I stepped on something and it sounded like crushing glass. I looked underneath my shoe and saw a pocket watch with a D engraved on it.
"Finders keepers" Scarr said picking it up and stuffing it in her pocket.
"That is probably filled with diseases" I warned her.
"Then I'll clean it off with hand sanitizer god you're such a worrier" she stumbled drunkenly. I helped her walk to the car and immediately she fell asleep. I scoffed at her and drove back to her friend's house to pick up her stuff there was no use in me trying to get any sleep because I wanted to be on the road already to get to Mystic Falls in time for the first day of school. I got all of our stuff and put it in the trunk and also said thank you to the people who let us crash with them. Around 6 in the morning Scarlet groaned meaning she was awake.
"Don't worry I have a Gatorade and a mcgriddle for you, perfect hangover breakfast" I told her. She just moaned and turned over in her seat.

"How long have you been driving?" she asked.

"Since 4ish" I checked my watch.
"You're insane" she whined.
"I'm only doing this so we can be on time for your first day of school"
"I don't need an edumacation" she yawned. She sniffed something and gagged.
"What's that smell?" she asked. I sniffed the air to and noticed some weird toxic smell then I saw the hood of my car was smoking and not to mention the gas tank was low and I was low on money. I pulled over and opened the trunk to find myself engulfed in smoke. I coughed and quickly moved away from it.
"Well this is great" Scarlett crossed her arms being no help at all. Just then a Black Impala pulled over.
"Nice did you steal it from the Winchesters" I joked with myself. The door opened and out came this guy in a leather jacket and aviator shades. I have to admit he did look really hot with his shaggy black and cheeky smile.
"Looks like you have a problem here ladies" he smiled at us.
"Yeah I'm out of gas and my car's smoking" I told him.
"Let me take a look" he said going over to the hood of the car. I tried to lean against my car flirtatiously. I felt someone tap on my shoulder and realized Scarlett had actually gotten out of the car.
"Can we talk please?" she asked desperately. I nodded.
"One moment" I told the guy. Scarr pulled me out of earshot from him.
"That's him" she whispered.
"Him?" I asked pointing back to the hot dude once I realized she meant that he was the college dude from last night. She nodded.
"Are you sure I mean you were pretty drunk"
"Gabby please just make him go away. I don't know what happened between us last night but I'm just scared" Scarr pleaded with me and I saw she was serious.
"Ok" I told her. When I went back the guy looked up at me and said some very technical car stuff.
"Basically I could drive you two to a tow company if you want" he summarized.
"No thank you" I told him kindly.
"Are you serious?" he asked.
"Yes" I told him. He was about to continue but then I just said.
"Go" If he had made my sister so terrified then he didn't even deserve my attention. He backed off.
"Alright then" he said slowly walking to his car.
"How are you going to find your way then?" he asked. I threw Scarr my keys.
"You steer I'll push" I told her and she nodded as she scooted into the driver's seat.
"Bye then" I said watching him get in his car and leave.
"Thank you" Scarr said. I hugged her.

Once we did get gas and the car fixed we were finally on the road again we had already missed the first day of school. Around the early afternoon we finally approached the small town and saw the sign that said Welcome to Mystic Falls. It was now time for us to start over and hopefully just hopefully there would be no vampires here.

Yay end of first prologue sorry it was so short but I hope you enjoyed it.