A/N please read! I do not own the vampire diaries. I only own anything that is unfamiliar to you. There are going to be some differences in this story to the TV show but for the most part it stays on canon. This will start in season 3. The reason my OC was gone was because she got accepted in a school program that travels through Europe. She is back for her senior year. She is Elena's identical twin sister and she knows about Vampires, Werewolves and Witches but does not know that Elena knows. This will be a Damon/OC story.
Elizabeth P.O.V
Prologue
I can't believe I'm coming home. Coming back to Mystic Falls. This past year I have learned so much. I have experienced so much culture. I just wish my parents had been alive to hear about it. I realized on this trip that they would have wanted me to move on and that is what I did. I mourned and then I moved on. I visited so many places. After Elena told me I was adopted I felt betrayed by my parents but then I realized they were protecting me.
Although finding out I was Bulgarian made my visit to Bulgaria more special. It was enlightening to see all these different people and cultures and to find out who I truly am. I visited Ankara and Istanbul in Turkey, Moscow and Novgorod in Russia, Rome, Sicily, Milan, Venice and Florence in Italy, Berlin and Stuttgart in Germany, Madrid, Barcelona and the Canary Islands in Spain, Budapest in Hungary, Sofia, Burgas and Plovdiv in Bulgaria, Vienna in Austria, Oslo in Norway, Reykjavik in Iceland, Bucharest and Craiova in Romania, Stockholm in Sweden, Lapland and the Gulf of Bothnia in Finland, Paris and the Alps in France, Athens and the Ionian Islands in Greece, the Swiss Alps and Geneva in Switzerland, Monte Carlo in Monaco, London, Cardiff, Belfast, Edinburgh, Manchester, Liverpool, Glasgow, Bristol and Birmingham in the United Kingdom, Dublin in Ireland, Nicosia and Kyrenia in Cyprus, Zagreb in Croatia, and Amsterdam and Bonaire in the Netherlands.
I learned so much. We stayed for a week in each place. After the year was done we were supposed to go back home. Home for me was Mystic Falls. Instead I spent the remaining two months of summer in Paris, Spain and Italy. I also visited New York, Chicago, Florida and Hawaii. Now I was finally coming back.
Throughout this year I have discovered secrets. Dangerous ones. I learned that vampires, witches and werewolves exist. At first I was horrified but then I discovered the truth. Not all vampires are bad just like not all humans are good. We kill animals for food just like vampires kill us for food. They need blood to survive just like we need food. I learned to live life to its fullest and to take leaps and bounds, not play in the safe zone. This is why I got a couple tattoos. I got the quote "Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened" tattooed on my left ankle, "Don't let the fear of failure keep you from living your life" tattooed on my right ankle, "Some love lasts a lifetime, True love lasts forever" tattooed on the right side of the bottom of my stomach, "Family, forever and always no matter what" tattooed on the back of my neck. I also got a picture of the country of Europe with the word Europe on it on my foot.
I will never regret that trip but I miss my family. It's time for me to come home. I didn't tell anyone I was coming home. I wanted it to be a surprise. I think they deserve something happy since our parents and Aunt Jenna died. I drive up to my house and park. There are cars in the driveway so I know someone is home. I walk up to the door and knock. Elena and a handsome dark haired man answer. "Surprise" I stated happily. "Katherine" the guy growls.
