The year is 1492. My name is Yoana Petrova. I am the daughter Aleksander and Elisaveta Petrova. I am 15 years old and live in Bulgaria. I used to have a sister named Katerina, but she was disowned by the family for having a child out of wedlock. I have yet to find a suitor. Papa wants me to get married soon so I can restore good to the Petrova name.

It was nighttime and I was in charge of retrieving water from the well. Our village was not large, but the best time to get water was the night. Papa taught me how to use sword in case I find trouble with bears or lynx. However, tonight there were no such creatures and it was a quiet journey.

"Mama, Papa, I have returned." I said in my native was then that I noticed a man with blonde hair that resembled the color of sand. I saw him with a bloody over my father's body. He had murdered him.

"I take it you are the sister." He remarked. I didn't understand English, so I had no idea what he said, but he killed my father and he needed to die. I dropped the bucket and grabbed my sword. It was forbidden for women to handle blades for non-hunting purposes, but I didn't care. I charged at him, but he stopped me effortlessly. "Now we don't need any of that, Love. Now let's start with an English lesson. You will fully speak and understand English."

He looked me straight in the eye and suddenly I felt a flood of information coming to me. I couldn't believe it.

"Vhat did you do?" I asked. I couldn't believe how my voice sounded.

"Now then, I need to decide what to with you." He stated. "I mean I could kill you like I did your parents, but you seem to have some skills as a fighter."

"I do not understand? Vhy did you kill my parents?" I questioned.

"Your sister has caused me a huge disservice. I think I found out a perfect solution actually." He explained. He bit into his wrist and then fed his blood in my mouth. I wanted to spit it out, but he made me swallow.

"Vhy did you do that?" I inquired.

"So I can do this." He told me before he twisted my neck and I lost consciousness.

I woke up, sometime later. How did I just survive having my neck broken? I felt really hungry. Immediately, the man showed me down to the wound on my father's abdomen. The blood went into my mouth and I liked it. I drank and suddenly I felt my teeth growing sharper.

"Vhat did you do to me?" I asked him accusingly.

"I turned you into a vampire like your sister decided to do herself. "Now you are going to help me find her. In fact, as soon as you see her, you are going to kill her."

I suddenly felt an overwhelming desire to kill my sister. I don't understand why.

"Now we must be going before the sun comes up." He told me.

I left Bulgaria after that. I found out the man's name was Niklaus and he gave me a ring with a blue stone to protect me from the sunlight. We began to look for Katerina, who I learned had also used the name Katherine Pierce. I found out that part of being of a vampire involved

We looked for over two centuries. I found out that Niklaus, or Klaus as he preferred to be called had two living brothers and a sister. I could never really call them my family. Eventually around 1720, I managed to break away from him. I caught a boat to the New World, known as America. It was a land of mostly English settlers. I had to establish a new identity for myself. I was no longer Yoana Petrova, I was Joanna. I used my knowledge of what I learned to copy Klaus's accent. I changed my last name every few years as I moved from colony to colony. A little more than sixty years later, the colonies became their own nation: The United States of America.

The country keep expanding, adding more land which eventually became more states. Bulgaria was pretty small in comparison, about the size of the state of Tennessee. In the early 20th century, I dyed my hair blonde, in hopes to make me even harder to recognize. I still hadn't seen Katerina and I hoped that I hoped I didn't because I want to kill her. The desire was still.

That brings me to 2010, I found a place to live in Virginia. I had also settled into one name: Joanna Johnson, though I became more found of my nickname. Joey.

So that was the introduction. I know that I've already used the name Yoana before and yes Katherine had a sister, but this is different. As you can guess, there might be a problem when she meets Elena. I hope I didn't screw up the Bulgarian accent too much. Joey is played Sasha Pieterse. So how is she going to fit in with the gang? Please don't forget to review.