Chapter 2

"Florence" Anna-Ray called as she impatiently watched the middle aged Liberian run up and down the aisle directing primary school children back to their seats.

"Yes Honey?" she sighed straightening up

"Do you have anything on mystic falls?" Annie asked impatiently as she tapped her nails against the old wooden counter

"Err... I'm not so sure babe, but I'll have a look for you" she sighed tiredly checking the system "there should be something in the history section" the over worked Liberian confirmed before turning to talk to another customer

Annie tried to pretend that her heart was not beating at abnormal speeds as she made her way to the history section and scanned the names on the shelf.

"M –MY, there it is" she gasped "The history of mystic falls" before blushing as a couple of concerned looking elderly women passed her. Quickly flipping through the book she scanned through key information's on the founders including family names like "the Gilberts" and so on, before settling on a map of the whereabouts.

"Are you sure it's a good idea to be making this road trip on Halloween?" George sighed as he watched Annie from the rear-view mirror.

"I'm not going to wait till tomorrow George, not when I'm so close to finding out, you know how much this means to me" plus Granddad died on Halloween and it feels right to do it today she added wordlessly knowing her chauffeur would understand, as he too had felt the overwhelming pain of losing not just John-Luke but also the Loveable old man Lucas, Annie was able to refer to as her grandfather.

"Im only here for the ride child, only here for the ride" he chuckled curtly before sharing a smile with Annie "we're here, you're on your own from now on, look after yourself"

"Uh-huh" Annie mumbled her fingers fiddling her vervain necklace as she climbed out of the car. Her eyes focused everywhere but in front of her she was slightly bewildered when she ended up on the floor

"OH GOSH! I'm so sorry!" a dark haired girl squealed helping her up "i got my coffee all over you" she frowned sadly

"No worries it's an old shirt, I'm Annie" she paused as she caught the girl staring at her necklace "and you are?"

"Bonnie, hey where did you get that" Bonnie asked her eyes glaring daggers into the silver pendent

"It's an old necklace; my grandfather gave it to me a few years back, he was a historian before he died, actually, that's why I'm here he was writing a book and i feel obliged to finish it" Annie lied fluently "it's been rather hard though, i don't know anything about mystic falls to be honest, so here I am" she held her breath as she waited for the lie to sink in.

"Well luckily you ran into me, literally, what do you need to know?"

"Oh I've got the basics, actually i was just wondering about the founders, i came across some really significant names and this is me just wondering, if any of their descendants were still alive"

Bonnie looked at Annie with newfound excitement "yes! A lot of them are actually, like my friend Elena oh and Damon and Stefan Salvatore they've... i mean their family has been around for ages" Bonnie carried on as Annie pretended not to notice her slip up