Starting a new story. Two sisters-Elena and Katherine. All men want Katherine for her sweet nature; no one dares court Elena due to her shrewish behavior. It will take a miracle-or lunatic-to get one to marry her.

Based on Shakespeare's Taming of the Shrew. This will be a romantic comedy.

I do not own Shakespeare's works or The Vampire Diaries. Enjoy!

Love in the Shrew

Part 1

Stefan was just coming into the town of Mystic Falls after his long and grueling trip from Europe. He had never been to the town, but at his assistant's want, he joined him.

Upon entering the town, he was met by cars and small buildings that were small businesses. The town itself didn't have many neighborhoods but it was cozy just the same.

Jeremy was Stefan's assistant and right-hand man. At his father's insistence, Jeremy went with him. He was a loyal and honest companion as well as friend. Stefan enjoyed his company thoroughly.

As the car was coming into town, a woman caught Stefan's eye. She was gorgeous, with dark brown curly hair and a saunter in her step. If someone were to look closely, all the eyes of young men followed her everywhere.

"Pull over please, Herbert," he asked the driver. Jeremy gave Stefan a questionable look.

"I just want to see something," and the minute the car was at a complete stop, Stefan leapt out of the car and ran down the sidewalk. Cars honked at him as he crossed the street at an inappropriate time.

He followed the girl down a street. He didn't walk right up to her, but noticed that she had another air about her that spoke "I can have any man I want, when I want." He found that look appealing.

He followed the girl to what looked like an enormous house. He hid behind a wooden fence but still watched her come up to the front door. Just then, two more men showed up on the doorstep just as the girl entered her house. A man stopped them.

"Gentlemen, as I have explained to you before, I cannot marry my younger daughter Katherine until I have married off the older one Elena," the older man spoke kindly but firmly.

"But no one will marry Elena. Forgive me for speaking so bluntly, but she's a devil!"

"Now, trust me Tyler, no one understands this more than I but as I have said before, it is tradition in the Gilbert family to marry off the children based on age and I ca-"

"But sir, no one will possibly marry a shrew like her!"

"I understand that, Mr. Donovan. But if you won't, then find someone who will!"

Stefan was listening to this conversation. So there were two girls, the one he had seen was Katherine, the younger of the two. She seemed very sweet. And according to the other two men who wanted to court her, the older sibling's name was Elena-the mean one.

The window to one of the upstairs bedrooms opened. A girl stuck her head out-a girl who looked just like Katherine except her hair was stick straight, her eye makeup was dark, and something about her face and stance just raged "Back Away."

"What do you think you are doing, daddy? Trying to make me out to be a sinful, vile whore woman?" she screeched.

Her father and the other two men just stared at her until one of them spoke up.

"No man shall have you until you become kinder and a gentler woman," Matt spoke up timidly.

"In other words, a lady," Tyler said back.

Elena just huffed and slammed the window shut. All the men breathed a sigh of relief when she was gone.

Grayson Gilbert took a moment before answering. "My answer is still the same. I cannot marry Katherine to anyone unless one of you is willing to marry Elena. That is final." And with that, he went back inside and shut the door.

Stefan approached the other two baffled men-Tyler and Matt.

"Is what he says true? He is seriously using the old-fashioned way to marry off his two daughters?" Stefan questioned the men. They both just stared at him as if he was ghost.

"Another suitor? Really, how many does Katherine have to have in order for the old man to change his mind?" Matt muttered under his breath.

Tyler gave Stefan a look before he spoke. "Look, Katherine's not only a beautiful woman that every single man in town wants to marry, but also the richest. Any man who marries her and when her father dies will get half his fortune. Half for Katherine, the other half for…Elena. But as you saw, no man will have her. She's too much a bit-"

"Enough, Tyler. She'll choose one of us eventually. All that matters now is to get some dim-witted fool to marry Elena." And with that, the two men sauntered off, leaving Stefan gaping there on the sidewalk.

It would take a miracle-or complete lunatic-to marry Elena.

Can any of you guess as to who the "lunatic" is? Review!