The Encounter of a Lifetime
Chapter 1
It was the first time I have been back to my home of Mystic Falls in fifteen years. I have come back to see my home, and to see my nephew, Zack. He lives in the boarding house by Wickery Bridge. Over the course of a century, generations of Salvatores have lived in that very home. Over 161 years of existing, I have seen people age and eventually die, while I remain a seventeen year old teenager.
It is nice seeing Zack, even though we do not have a close relationship. I know that he does not fully accept vampires. It is understandable, since he lost his entire family due to vampirism. While I am home, I go to my bedroom, where all of my important possessions are. As the years pass I see everything around me change; music, literature, culture. it is nice to go somewhere that remains the same. In my bedroom, my personal journals are stored. I have been writing in journals ever since my childhood in the nineteenth century. Writing in these journals has always been important to me, because they enable me to write about my memories, and memories are too important to forget. Our choices, actions, and relationships shape who we are, and it is good to have records of them.
While I am in Mystic Falls, I must feed. I have to go to the woods to find animals to feed on to remain alive. It is in a vampire's nature to feed on human beings, but I have made the decision to sustain from human blood a long time ago. After I turned, I fed on human blood and relished in it. I did not think about the repercussions of my actions. All I thought was my desire to drink blood and the power and feelings it brought. It was not until I met my best friend, Lexi, that I realized that I could live my life a different way as a vampire. In 1912, my temptations for human blood overpowered me once again, and I went back to the lifestyle I swore I would never have again. I once again became a true ripper with no humanity. When I fed, I was so immerse in it, that I would black out and wake up in places that were unrecognizable. I killed so many people, which I can never have enough sorrow for. Fortunately, Lexi helped me and convinced me to turn on my humanity. She aided me into overcoming temptations. During the time I was a ripper in the 1920's, I found an antique necklace in a club in Chicago. I kept it, and when I finally found my way back, the necklace symbolized hope. Hope that I can be a vampire who does not kill innocent people, and even in my darkest times I can come back the other end. When I found my way, it was then I made the vow to only drink the blood of animals, so I would not become the person that I despised so much.
While I am on my way to the woods to feed, I hear a party full of teenagers at the falls. Teenagers nowadays are so different than how they were in the 1860's. Now, teenagers act more freely and they do not have to grow up so quickly. I remember when I was just a teenager. I had many friends and a family. That all changed when I was seventeen years old.
When I got to the woods, I heard a rabbit eating. I ran with as such speed as possible, snatched the bunny and fed on it.
The second I was done feeding, I heard a car go off the bridge. I heard screams, and ran as fast as I could. When I got there, the car already submerged in the water. I dove into the water, and saw a man and a woman in the front seat. The man was still conscious, and as I swam toward the side of the car he was at, he pointed to the back seat, gesturing that I save the person in back. A young girl was in the back seat. I pulled her out of the car and out of the water. I immediately went back into the water to try to save the other people in the car. I entered the car. Neither of their hearts was beating. They were dead. I went back to the surface and to the spot where I put the girl. I looked at the girl and she looked exactly like Katherine!