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"The battle of Willow Creek took place right at the end of the war in our very own Mystic Falls" Mr. Tanner lectured to the class.

"How many casualties resulted in this battle?" he asked the class. No one answered.

"Miss Bennett" Mr. Tanner asked Bonnie.

Bonnie looked unsure and spoke. "Um….a lot? I'm not sure but like a whole lot". She smiled.

"Cute becomes dumb in an instant Miss Bennett" Mr. Tanner said sternly. "Mr. Donovan, would you like to take this opportunity to overcome your embedded jock stereotype?"

"It's okay Mr. Tanner I'm cool with it" Matt spoke. The entire class laughed as did Mr. Tanner. He turned his attention to Elena.

"Elena? Surely you can enlighten us about one of the town most significantly historical events"

"I'm sorry I can't. I don't know" Elena replied.

"I was willing to be linnet last year for obvious reasons Elena, but the personal excuses ended with summer break" Mr. Tanner snapped.

"There were 346 causalities, unless you're counting local civilians" Stefan jumped in.

Mr. Tanner was surprised. "That's correct. Mr….?"

"Salvatore" Stefan replied.

"Salvatore. Any relation to the original settlers here in Mystic Falls?' Mr. Tanner asked.

"Distant" Stefan nodded.

"Well very good, except of course there were no civilian in this battle" Stefan cut Mr. Tanner off.

"Actually there were 27 sir. Confederate soldiers, they fired on a church believing it to be housing weapons. They were wrong. It was a night of great loss. The founders achieves are uh still stored in City Hall if you would like to brush up on your facts Mr. Tanner" Stefan point blank told him.

Everyone was wide eyed and in shock. Dia looked up from her notes and looked over at Stefan and nodded. He returned the gesture. Her cell phone vibrate it was a text from Elena.

You still coming tonight right?

Dia quickly typed a response and pressed the send button. Elena opened the text on her phone.

Should be. Might be a little late. Need to take care of a few things. You and Stefan seem to be giving each other googly eyes.

Elena smiled at the text and turned around and nodded at Dia, who just laughed.

"You be careful tonight you hear" Lucy told Dia as she was getting dressed.

"I will be. You have nothing to worry about" Dia said while putting on eyeliner.

"I'm only worried about the Salvatore. What if he figures out?" Lucy replied.

"He won't. Lucy please just drop it" Dia told her. Lucy sighed and walked out. Dia continued to get ready and reached for a locket and put it on.

Stefan walked through the woods to the party looking for Elena. He couldn't find her.

"Stefan hey" a voice said. He turned around to see Dia.

"Hey Dia. How are you?" he asked.

"Pretty good. Nice job in class today by the way. Mr. Tanner looked pissed" she laughed. Stefan smiled and just started at Dia.

"What?" she grinned.

"You just remind so much of someone I use to know" Stefan replied.

"Oh the other Lydia" she smirked.

"Yeah. You didn't have any family originally from here did you?" he asked curiously.

Dia bit her lip. "I don't think so, but it's possible. Then again I don't know much about my family's history. I've tried getting answers, but all I've hit is walls"

"It's just strange you look like her and talk like her and even act like her" Stefan said.

"I'm sorry if I'm bringing back bad memories" she stated.

"No they're good memories for me, but they would be bad memories if someone else I knew was here and saw you" Stefan explained.

Dia formed an oh with her mouth. "Hey listen I saw Elena by the bonfire with Bonnie. I'll see you around".

Dia walked into the woods and sat down in front of a tree. She loved the nighttime especially when she was outside. Suddenly a crow flew down besides her. It stared at her with big black eyes. This wasn't an ordinary crow. A raven suddenly flew in and landed in front of the crow.

"Two can play at this game" she whispered to the crow. "Now shoo". The crow flew off. Dia looked at the raven.

"Oh no" she whispered to it.

"Somebody help!" Dia heard Elena scream. She quickly ran to rejoin the others.

"It's her neck something bit her she's losing a lot of blood it's bad" Elena said examining Vicki Donovan's neck.

Everyone was around the bonfire trying to get a glimpse of Vicki. Stefan stood there wide then quickly turned around and went off. As he was leaving he saw Dia come running toward the scene.

"What happened" she asked out of breath.

"Elena and Jeremy found Vicki Donavan in the woods. Something attacked her" Stefan explained.

Dia caught a glimpse of Vicki. She stared wide-eyed at her neck.

"What could have done that to her" Dia asked Stefan.

"Some sort of animal" Stefan said. "I need to go. See you at school".

"Yeah bye" Dia replied not looking up. Her eyes still fixed on Vicki's neck.

"Damn it" she whispered.

Stefan came barging into the house. Zack quickly looked up from his desk.

"What's going on" Zack asked.

"Someone else was attacked tonight Zack and it wasn't me" Stefan told him and quickly ran upstairs.

Stefan walked into his room and a crow flew onto the balcony and screeched at him. The crow quickly flew into his room and landed on a wooden beam. He felt someone behind him and turned around.

"Damon" he spoke.

"Hello brother" Damon smirked.

"Crow a bit much don't you think" Stefan said seriously.

"Wait till you see what I can do with the fog" Damon said eyeing Stefan.

"When'd you get here" Stefan asked.

"Well I couldn't miss your first day of school" Damon said sarcastically walking toward the bookself.

"Your hair's different. I like it" Damon continued.

"It's been fifteen years Damon" Stefan started.

"Thank god" Damon interrupted. "Couldn't take another day of the 90s. That horrible grunge look did not suit you. Remember Stefan it's important to stay away from fads".

"Why are you here?" Stefan demanded.

"I missed my little brother" Damon replied.

"You hate small towns, it's boring, there's nothing for you to do" Stefan shot back.

"I've managed to keep myself busy" Damon smirked.

"You know you left that girl alive tonight. It's very clumsy of you" Stefan told him.

Damon gritted his teeth. "That could be a problem. For you." Damon's tone changed.

"Why are you here now" Stefan asked.

"I could ask you the same question, however I'm fairly certain your answer is going to be summed up in one little word. Elena" Damon smirked.

"She took my breath away. Elena" Damon continued. "She's a dead ringer for Katherine".

Stefan frowned. Damon kept talking.

"Is it working Stefan? Being around her? Being in her world? Does it make you feel alive?"

"She's not Katherine" Stefan told him seriously.

"Well let's hope not. We both know how that ended" Damon replied.

"Tell me when's the last time you had something stronger than a squirrel?" Damon smirked.

Stefan huffed. "I know what you're doing Damon it's not going to work".

Damon hit Stefan. "Yeah come on don't you crave a little"

"Stop it" Stefan said.

"Let's do it together. I saw a couple of girls out there or better yet let's go straight to Elena" Damon yelled.

"Stop it" Stefan snapped.

"Imagine what her blood tastes like" Damon began. "I can."

Stefan's face became deformed. "I said stop it!" and with that he ran into Damon and they both went flying out the window except when Stefan hit the ground Damon wasn't there.

"I was impressed" Damon said suddenly. "I give it six mission style, but was presently surprised"

Stefan got up from the broken glass.

"Very good with the face thing" Damon began to make sounds. "It was good"

"You know it's all fun and games Damon huh" Stefan said angrily. "But wherever you go people die".

Damon shrugged. "That's a given".

"Not here I won't allow it" Stefan told him

Damon looked at him curiously. "I take that as an invitation."

"Damon please after all these years can't we just give it a rest" Stefan pleaded.

"I promised you an eternity of misery so I'm just keeping my word" Damon replied.

"Just stay away from Elena" Stefan demanded.

"Where's your ring?" Damon asked. Stefan looked down at his finger seeing that it was gone.

"Oh yeah the sun's coming up in a couple of hours and poof ashes to ashes" Damon said. Stefan just looked at him.

Damon laughed. "Relax its right here." Damon held out his hand to reveal Stefan's ring. Stefan took it from his palm.

"Damon" Stefan began. "What happened to Lydia?" As soon as he said the name Damon's face changed and he gripped Stefan's neck and threw Stefan against a shed.

"You should know better than to think you're stronger than me" Damon said evilly. "You lost that fight when you stopped feeding on people I wouldn't try it again".

"You killed her didn't you" Stefan spoke. Damon didn't answer. Damon heard a noise and smiled.

"I think we woke Zach up. Sorry Zach" Damon walked off.

"Oh and by the way little brother. Don't mention her name again" Damon kept walking until a raven stood in his path.

"Shoo you stupid bird. Crow yes. Ravens hell no" he laughed. The raven began screeching.

Sorry it's a long chapter. Just giving everyone a heads up Damon won't actually meet Dia till episode 3. Please review!