Oh my god, I'm so sorry. I accidentally posted the wrong chapter. Thank you Charmed2100 for pointing it out. I fixed it and this is the chapter I meant to post. I hope you guys still read it!

Chapter One: Pilot

"Good morning, honey." Mrs. Clairwell greeted her daughter as she poured herself a cup of coffee. Madeline gave her mom a sweet smile as she entered the kitchen.

"Good morning, Mom." Madeline moved over to the counter and grabbed an apple from the bowl of many apples. They were mostly for decoration, but she was hungry.

"I found your schedule in the pile of mail from yesterday." Mrs. Clairwell said, pulling out an envelope from her purse. She quickly handed it over to her daughter.

"Thanks.'' Madeline muttered, taking the envelope. She noticed how her mom was inspecting her outfit.

"I like your outfit. If only you would get rid of those horrible glasses. I thought I bought you contacts." Her mom criticized. Madeline was wearing a cute black skirt that stopped above her knees and a pink, sweater like, long sleeve that she tucked into skirt loosely. For shoes, she was wearing her normal combat boots that she never failed to incorporate in every one of her outfits.

On most girls this outfit would have given off a more sexy or hot vibe, but on Madeline it seemed to match her innocent and bubbly personality. She stood at a small five feet, but with her boots it gave her a couple more inches. Her height just seemed to match her personality as well. She was very small framed and her complexion was fairly pale, but it made her ocean blue eyes pop out as well as her pink, plump lips. Her dark brown hair, that fell over her shoulder and reached her mid back, was now curled at the ends to match her outfit. To most guys she was one of the prettiest girls at school, but she wasn't really cut out for popularity. She left that for Caroline Forbes. Madeline on the other hand was known for being the sweet, adorable, approachable, girl. However, she didn't care much about her title at school.

Madeline self consciously fixed her black framed glasses on her slime nose and looked at her mother nervously. "You did. I just don't like the idea of touching my eyeball. It's...weird." She admitted.

"Well, don't you want to look your best for your first day of school? Oh well, it not like you have any guys to impress unless you have decided to bring your friendship with Matt or Jeremy to the next level." Mrs. Claire well said, full of hope.

Madeline had always been extremely close to Matt Donovan and Jeremy Gilbert. They had all grown up with each other and they became Madeline's brother figures and it wasn't a secret that they treated her like a sister as well. They always felt the need to protect her due to her soft, vulnerable personality.

But the thought of her being romantically involved with either of them made her cringe. She didn't think she could ever see either of them in that way. Plus, she knew that Matt was still hung up on Elena Gilbert and Jeremy was having some fling with Vicki Donovan.

"No, Mom." Madeline told her mom, in a bored tone. Her mom would always ask her why she wasn't dating either boys and Madeline always told her that it was because she didn't see them in that way. She knew her mom had always wanted her to have boyfriend, but Madeline didn't like relationships nowadays. Nowadays people would date for a week and then break up and hate each other. She knew she could never have any romantic feelings for anybody unless she truly knew and trusted the person and even then she couldn't imagine ending up hating someone she was romantically involved with. So, she just stayed away from dating. Of course she had kisses and make out sessions with guys, but they were usually if she was just too drunk to make better decisions, or she knew the person. However, she had never actually had sex with somebody before. She thought that whoever she did it with should be someone she trusted more than anybody and she had yet to find a good candidate. But it wasn't like it was on her mind all the time.

It was actually not something she thought about much. Sure the thought has crossed her mind before but she was never the boy crazy type.

"That's a shame. Now that Matt and Elena are broken up i was sure something would spark between you two." Mrs. Clairwell said, sounding pretty disappointed and Madeline felt a little bad, but she couldn't change what she felt.

"I should be getting on my way to school. I wouldn't want to be late on my first day." Madeline cheerfully told her mother as she grabbed her car keys and started heading for the door.

"Wait!" Her mom called after her, making her stop. "You father wanted me let you know that he is having some important people from work over tonight, so he wants you to stay at a friends house for the night." This wasn't the first time this had happened. Her father, very frequently, had people from work over the house and she would have to stay over at either Matt or Jeremy's house for the night. It happened so much that she even had spare outfits and a toothbrush at their houses just in case.

"Okay." Madeline nodded her head and then completely walked out of the house. As soon as she stepped outside she felt the fresh wind hit her face and she could help but inhale it and admire it. It was such a nice day outside, so she quickly decided that she wanted to walk to school today and enjoy it further. She took a few shortcuts and walked down the roads that were almost always empty. This way she didn't have to worry about the cars.

She liked school. More than most people usually do. She thought it was because she was pretty good at all of the subjects. She tended to catch on faster than most and she always used it to her advantage. The only class she didn't like was Mr. Tanner's class. She had never been on the receiving side of his wrath, but she disagreed with his tactics of getting students to participate in class. These tactics mostly included embarrassment. She always did what she was supposed to do and stayed quiet. If she was called on she was always prepared with the correct answer and made it almost impossible for Mr. Tanner to find a reason to embarrass her. She easily maintained a 4.0 gpa and her record with spotless. It was hard for teachers to dislike her. She never misbehaved, she never tried to suck up to the teachers. She just did what she was supposed to do and kept it at that.

"Are you lost?" Madeline heard a male voice ask from behind her. She jumped at the sudden surprise of someone being around. Nobody usually used this road, so she wasn't used to seeing other people there. She turned around to face the man who startled her and was faced with a ridiculously good looking male. He was standing about 15 feet away from her, but close enough so she could see his features. He had a tall, well built structure to his body with a strong jaw. His hair was very dark, maybe black, and it fell over his forehead. But what really captured Madeline were his eyes. It was as if she was holding an icicle up at a light blue sky and looked through it. They were definitely one of a kind.

"Oh, no. Sorry, I was just heading to school." She told him truthfully. She rarely ever lied unless she knew she had to. But as far she knew, this guy wasn't much of a threat to her. Little did she know…

He looked at her for a second, and studied her. He could smell her blood from a mile away. It had a strong scent that he hadn't smelt before. It was almost...intoxicating. All he wanted to do was sink his teeth into her neck.

"I'm Madeline." Madeline introduced holding out her hand. She guessed that he was new in town since she hadn't seen him before and she wanted to be friendly. He gave her a weird look, as if waiting to see if she was serious. After a moment of realizing that this wasn't an act of some sort, he took her hand in his and changed his confused expression into a smirking one.

"I'm Damon." He then proceeded to take her hand and move it to his lips, laying a small kiss on the back of her hand. She wasn't use to this kind of affection, so she had no control over the blush overcoming her checks.

"Are you new in town? I don't think I've seen you before." She asked, keeping a smile on her face, exposing her perfectly straight, white teeth.

"I was just passing by." He told her simply.

"Oh, where are you off to? If you don't mind me asking of course, considering I'm a complete stranger."

"I don't know. I've been almost everywhere. Maybe Maine. I haven't been there in years." He told her, surprising himself, but he also knew that he would compel away her memories of this whole conversation afterwards anyways, so he figured it didn't matter what he said.

"That's nice. I've heard it's nice in Maine. However, I do recommend spending a few days here. It may just look like a simple boring town, but this place has a lot of history behind it. It's quite interesting, actually." Madeline informed him.

"Oh believe me. I know." He said under his breath, remembering the past.

"Sorry what was that?" Madeline asked, not catching what he said.

He quickly composed himself before saying, "I said maybe you're right. I've always been sort of a history buff. On another note; you wouldn't happen to know a girl named Elena, would you?" He asked, casually.

"Elena Gilbert? Yeah, I'm best friends with her younger brother. How do you know her?" Madeline asked, getting a little suspicious.

"I met her the other night. She seemed nice." He said, recalling the conversation he had with the girl who reminded him so much of the love of his life.

"She is. She's been through a lot. Her whole family has." Madeline told him, not wanting to get to into it, seeing as it wasn't her story to tell.

"And you?" He asked, confusing her.

"Me what?"

"Have you been through a lot?" He clarified.

"Everyone goes through their hard times." She replied, letting the memory of her sister pass her mind.

"Some are harder than others." He commented.

"I feel no one's situation should be downgraded while being compared to someone else's situation." She told him.

"You seem to be very wise." Damon said lightly, making Madeline chuckle.

"I'm very far from wise." She disagreed.

"What do you want?" Damon asked, taking a step closer.

"What?" She seemed confused.

"From life. What do you want from life?" He reworded the question. Her mouth hung open for a second, but nothing come out, realising she didn't have an answer to the question.

"I don't know what I want. I'm still young, though. I'm sure I'll figure it out." She said, staying optimistic.

"I know what you want." He told her, smugly.

She let a smile play on her face, "Oh do you? You've know me all of three minutes. How could you possibly know something about myself that I don't know?"

"You want what everybody wants. You want adventure, passion, a love that consumes you, and maybe a little bit of danger." He said, taking another step closer.

"How are you so sure that's what I want?" She asked, not necessarily disagreeing with him.

"Call it a hunch." He shrugged.

"You say everybody wants those things, right?" She questioned.

"Everyone I've met. And I've met a lot of people in my many years of living." He told her, confidently.

"Then is that what you want?" She asked, seeming really interested in what he would say. But before he could answer her phone started ringing. She looked down to see it was Matt calling. What she looked back up at Damon he was already making intense eye contact with her.

"What I want is for you to find everything you are looking for. You and I will get to be great friends, but for now, I want you to forget this entire conversation and forget you ever met me. I would want people knowing I'm town. It kind of ruins the element of surprise." Damon finished his compulsion and the blank look on Madeline's face told him it worked, so he used his supernatural speed to run into the wood and out of her vision.

From in the woods he watched as she blinked a few time and looked around in confusion. She then looked down at her phone and answered it.

"Hey Matt." She said in her usual happy voice. The same voice she used when she greeted Damon.

"Hey, are you coming to school?" Damon used his enhanced hearing to listen in on what the person on the other end of the phone was saying.

"Yeah, I just decided to walk. It's to nice of a day not to. I'll be at school in around ten minutes." Madeline ensured.

"Okay, I'll see you in class. Be safe and try not to trip and break anything." Matt said, sarcastically since Madeline had always been pretty clumsy.

She laughed, "No promises."

_0_

As Madeline walked through the halls she was looking for her locker for the year. Sadly, she didn't get to keep the same one she used last year, but it didn't bother her that much. Change could be good. Even if it was just a locker.

"Hey Mads." Madeline looked over to where the voice came from and saw the youngest Gilbert approaching her.

"Hey, Jer." She greeted back, offering her infamous smile. When she noticed he only gave her a half smile back she could could tell something was wrong.

"What's wrong?" She asked.

"Elena's just smothering me. She wants me to talk to her about my feelings and all that crap." He told her, not even trying to lie and say nothing was wrong. He knew she could always tell when he was lying.

"She means well, Jer. Just don't patronize her." Madeline said.

"I know, it's just...irritating sometimes." He sighed.

"I know." Madeline gave him her best supportive smile before remembering something. "Oh, I almost forgot; can I spend the night at your house?'

"Yeah, you practically live there anyways." Jeremy joked.

"What can I say; your bed is comfy." Madeline told him playfully. "I have to go find my locker, but I'll meet you outside at the end of the day." She added.

"Do you need help finding your locker?" He asked.

Madeline chuckled, "I think I manage."

"Okay, I'll see you later, Clairwell." Jeremy said, walking away.

"Bye, Gilbert."

She then proceeded to try and look for her locker. It took a few minutes, but she managed to find it. She sighed, with relief and put in the correct combination. She pulled her small black backpack off her back and unzipped it.

Inside, were all the books she was going to need for the first semester, but she didn't need some of them until after lunch, so only took out the books she would need for the first three periods. But in the process of trying to hold her backpack and her books they fell threw her small arms and crashed to the ground.

She immediately crouched down to the floor and tried to gather them together as fast as she could without drawing much attention to herself. But then she saw someone crouch down with her and help pick up the things she dropped. She looked up at who it was and was met with a fairly cute, hazel eyed boy. He had light brown hair, that seemed to be gelled in place, but in a nice way. She also noticed that he had really strong features, that also looked to be soft at the same time. It was a pretty interesting sight, in her opinion.

She quickly stood up with most of her things in her arms and he followed her movements and stood up as well. "Thank you." She thanked, taking the books from his hands. He looked at her, suddenly more aware of himself and keeping himself under control. Being so close to her made him feel on edge; like he could vamp out at any second. He was still struggling with the bloodlust and her scent made him want to sink his teeth into her neck.

She found it weird that he didn't say anything back. He was just standing there stuck in his own thoughts, but she didn't want to be rude so she just moved to dump the books she didn't need into her locker, along with her bag. This seemed to snap him out of whatever trance he was in.

"Sor-sorry. Your welcome." he said, remembering that she thanked him. She offered him a small smile before closing her locker and walking away. He had no idea who she was. But for some reason he wanted to. He had never met anybody who carried that kind strong of scent, which made him think she might know about the supernatural world. Who was she?

_0_

Lunch came by soon and Madeline found herself sitting against a tree, that was positioned in front of the school, reading a book. Hamlet to be exact. She had read it before, but then again it wouldn't be the first time she decided to re-read a book. She would usually be with Matt, but she saw him and Elena talking and she didn't want to intrude.

Jeremy was never really an option during lunch. He was always with Vicki taking pills or smoking weed. As much as she loved the younger Gilbert boy, she wasn't into those things. She didn't mind sitting by herself though. It gave her a sense of peace.

Stefan was walking by, but when he saw her, he stopped. He watched as she flipped to the next page with a look of peacefulness on her face. Just looking at her demolished any thought of her being involved with vampires and whatnot. She looked far to innocent, almost childlike, to know about those things. This didn't stop him from walking up to her and taking a seat on the ground next to her.

Before, he was caught off guard by her scent, but now he had an idea of what to expect. It wasn't easy to control himself, it never was, but he forced that part of himself into the back of his mind and tried to come off as normal as possible.

Somehow, she hadn't noticed his presence. She was far to into her book to notice anything around her. He noticed that she hadn't looked up from her book, so he decided to speak up and make his presence known. He just didn't know what to say. He looked at the book she was reading and recognized it immediately.

"Did you know that Hamlet, was originally based on an earlier play, but over the years the earlier play was lost." Stefan told her, making her jump.

"Oh I didn't see you there." She laughed nervously, "I sometimes get too wrapped up in my books, but you've read Hamlet? Probably for a school project, right?" She guessed.

"Actually I've read it a few times over the summer for fun. It's one of my favorites by William Shakespeare." he informed her.

"I'm surprised. Most people only read it for school; they don't exactly enjoy the book."

"Well I definitely did. I'm Stefan, by the way." He introduced, realizing they haven't exchanged names yet.

"It's nice to meet you , Stefan. I'm Madeline." She smiled. "Are you new? I don't think I've seen you before." She asked.

"Yeah, I just moved back." He answered.

"Moved back?"

"Yeah, I was born here, but I moved while I was still young. I live in at the Boarding House." He clarified.

"The Salvatore Boarding House? Like with Zach Salvatore?" When she was younger her parents got Zach to babysit her and he would let her engolf herself in their library.

"You know Zach?" He questioned, growing a little suspicious.

"Yeah, he use to babysit me when I was younger. I use to love it there. It was like a museum." She told him with a thoughtful smile on her face. She hadn't been there in years. Not since Evelyn.

"Yeah, it was passed down through the family, so there are a lot of antiques." He told her.

"Well, antiques are pretty fascinating. They hold a lot of history." Before he could come up with a response the bell rang, indicating that lunch was over. Madeline quickly closed her book and stood up on her feet, using the tree as support and Stefan did the same.

"What do you have next?" Stefan asked, silently hoping they might have the same class together. He knew he initially came to Mystic Falls to find out more about Elena, but he didn't expect to meet someone else who would catch his attention as well. He watched as she pulled out a piece of paper that was wedged between the pages of her book and looked at it. He guessed it was her schedule.

"Um English." She told him, looking up from paper.

"With Mrs. Peterson?" He asked.

_0_

Turns out Madeline and Stefan both had the same English class so when they arrived together, they also sat next to each other. Mrs. Peterson quickly made her way into the room, with her black heels clanking against the ground. She was those intimidating, get straight to the point, type of teachers. Most kids didn't like her very much, but Madeline didn't mind her. She was pretty hard on the students, but it was also her job. She could be nicer about it, but Madeline wasn't going to question her teaching tactics.

"Alright class, settle down." She said looking over the students and nobody wasted any time getting into their correct seat and turning their attention to the teacher. "I'm not going to waste my time explaining the rules and guidelines. You guys have been in school your whole lives, you'll figure it first assignment for the year will be to read the excerpts from ancient Greek philosopher, Plato, and then you will analyze and interpret aesthetic beauty. You will apply your knowledge by identifying, analyzing, and interpreting beauty in excerpts from Beethoven's fifth symphony. You are to work on it with one other person in this class. I could care less who, but you will work with someone, so I don't need anyone coming up to me and asking if they can work by themselves because the answer will be no." Mrs Peterson said, sternly and everyone could see she wasn't playing around.

For the remainder of class she lectured about something Madeline wasn't paying much attention too. She was too busy doodling in her notebook. She wasn't worried about missing something important, though. She was way ahead in most of her classes; including this one. So she could easily just not pay attention for a day without any worries.

She seemed to lose track of time because before she knew it the bell rung and everyone starting rushing out of the class. She started gathering her things and getting out of her chair, when Stefan's voice stopped her.

"Hey, Madeline." She looked over to him and waited for him to ask what he needed to ask. "Wanna be my partner for my project?" He asked.

She smiled sweetly and responded, "Of course, but um, could we work on it at your place?" She asked. The last thing she needed was for her mother to think she was into a guy. She would never hear the end of it. And although her mother was encouraging her date, her father was very much against it.

_0_

Once school ended Madeline and Jeremy drove to the grill together to get some food before heading back over to his house. However, as soon as they got into the grill Jeremy spotted Vicki at a booth, cleaning up. Madeline noticed this and looked back over to Jeremy. "Go." She encouraged.

He looked back at her, surprised, "Are you sure?"

"Totally. I'm gonna go grab a burger and soda." She ensured him.

His face lightened, "You're the best." And with that he walked over to his crush. Madeline smiled at his retreating figure and then made her way up to the counter, where the bartender was. She seated herself down on a stool and waited for the bartender to notice her. This didn't take to long.

"Hey, Madeline! What can I get for you?" The bartender, also known as Josh, asked with a big flirty smile on his face. Madeline didn't see the flirty part, but that's just because she was too naive for her own good. She wasn't good with romantic feelings and could barely ever tell if a guy was interested.

"A burger and Diet Coke." She answered, being friendly as always.

"For here or to go?" he asked. Madeline looked over at Jeremy, who was laughing with Vicki, and then turned back to Josh.

"For here." She told him. Josh then went to the back to start making her burger, leaving her sitting by herself in boredom. She decided to turn around in her seat and let her eyes scan the grill to see if she knew anyone there. The first people she recognized were Caroline and Bonnie. She had known them, but they were never really friends. Madeline didn't think she fit in well with that crowd. She didn't even like be classified as 'in a crowd' in general. Plus, Caroline didn't like her. Madeline never knew why, but she didn't let it bother her too much. As far as Madeline could tell, Bonnie seemed really nice, but it was just a case of who they hung with.

The sound the door makes when someone opens it, snapped Madeline out of her thoughts and her eyes went towards who just walked into the grill. To her surprise it was Stefan and Elena. She didn't know they knew each other. Well it kind of made sense. Elena was kind of known as being popular, plus she was really sweet and undeniable pretty.

Stefan looked around the grill nervously until his eyes landed on Madeline sitting at the bar. It was an interesting sight she was staring off into space, clearly stuck in her own thoughts, with her feet dangling in the air since the stool was far to high. He had never seen anybody that looks as fragile as she does.

Madeline seemed to snap out of her thoughts once again and her eyes immediately connected with Stefan's. She offered him a small smile from where she was sitting and he easily returned it.

"I'll be right back." Stefan told Elena, glancing at Madeline. Elena looked at him confused for a second, but then followed where his glances were pointed to and quickly understood. She tried to mask her disappointment with a small smile. "Yeah, I'll be sitting right over there." She told him pointing to where she was going to be sitting down. He nodded and then walked over to Madeline.

"I see you make friends fast." Madeline commented with a smile. She was genuinely happy that he was making friends on his first day. She could only imagine returning to a town where you have no friends.

"Yeah, you know Elena?" He asked.

"Yeah, we aren't close, but I'm close with her brother Jeremy." She informed him.

"Oh are you and him…" Madeline didn't even let him finish his accusation and quickly cut him off with laughter.

"No he's like my best friend. And way to young for me." She laughed and for some reason he was relieved. Josh came back with Madeline's burger and soda and placed it in front of her.

"That'll be $8.50." He told her and she quickly handed him a ten dollar bill. He went to get her change, but she stopped him.

"Keep it." She told him.

"Thank you." Josh smiled at her before walking away to take someone else's order.

"Well, I'm sitting over there with Elena, if you want to join?" Stefan subtly brought up. Well, he tried to subtly bring it up. Madeline looked over to where he was pointing to and saw Elena sitting at a table with Bonnie and Caroline. She felt a little uneasy about going and just sitting with them. "I don't know."

"Come on." he tried to convince her and lucky for him, she wasn't the stubborn type and before she knew it she was sitting at the table with them.

As soon as they got there Caroline started to bombard Stefan with questions and after the first few Madeline sort of just tuned herself out. She wondered if she would be able to go back to her house tomorrow or if her father was going to have more important people over. She understood her fathers reasonings, but she just wished she could be home more often. Usually when she is home, it's when her mom and dad were out on an important business meeting. All of these business meetings and important people stuff started happening after her sister, Evelyn, died. Before that they were a normal, happy family that never had any problems.

"Are you going, Madeline?" Stefan asked her. Madeline's head shot up and she realized she had no idea what he was talking about.

"Going where?" She asked, looking around the table, confused.

"To the Back to School Bonfire tomorrow." Bonnie told her.

Madeline quickly remembered about that and how she goes every year, 'Oh, yeah I'm going."