ItsukoAkatsuki: Hey, everybody! I hope you liked the last chapter because here comes the next one, all reviews are helpful and if you didn't notice I'm including a song for each chapter that goes with it since The Vampire Diaries pays a lot of attention to music so hopefully you'll enjoy that too.

Connections from Chapter 1: In the book series Damon and Stefan have the ability to change into birds. Damon turned into a crow and Stefan into a hawk, if I remember that correctly, but they changed that when they started the TV show and the original look for Damon was midnight black hair and brown eyes so in the case for the crow in the first chapter I decided to include it in its description, keep a watch out for anymore connections I include.

Tami's Attire for this chapter: tameryns_attire/set?id=69323226

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Chapter 2: Something I Can't Recall…

Barton Hollow by The Civil Wars

The sun was setting in the distance when I finished unpacking my room. I couldn't believe how big my room was, I had always lived in expensive duplexes, and mansions, but I had never had a room this big; even with my bookshelves, desk, and my full-sized bed it didn't look small or cluttered, it almost looked stylish which would be a first for my room since I was a 'drop it wherever I saw fit' kind of person but I never let anything get too messy; the bright white walls were a little creepy though since my last room was painted red.

Well, I'll just have to hang up some Dorian Gray and Jeff Hardy posters I thought and crashed on my bed. I heard Charlie's tags before he jumped up on my bed and laid down on my legs. I pulled out my hairclip and sighed; today had been an exhausting day and I was still tired from the long car ride. I was asleep before I even knew it…

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The sky had finally turned dark when Damon Salvatore stepped out into the street and waited for the upcoming car to stop. The young girl behind the wheel immediately stomped on the brakes and the car stopped only a few feet from Damon's body. The girl opened her door and stepped out, a little blush on her cheeks but nonetheless her voice was angry "what are you doing? I could've hit you!" Damon merely curled a smile on his lips and replied "oh, I'm sure you wouldn't have…" his tone was playful and the girl stepped closer but stopped when she saw his face, the blush in her face rose again but this time in embarrassment. "…Are you hurt at all?" she squeaked as he stepped closer and she hushed up when he splayed his hand along her neck, the girl had smooth and lightly tanned skin which only made Damon more thirsty but he wanted to make her blush more. "No…" he answered and the girl relaxed and allowed herself to be swoon in.

"…but that doesn't mean you won't be" he said before his fangs extracted and he bit down on her neck hard. As soon as the pain hit her she screamed loudly but no one was around to hear her. The screaming soon died down and she was limp against him but he didn't get much farther because a familiar hand closed over his shoulder and jerked him back, the girl fell to the ground; unconscious.

"Why do you have to be such a bother?" Stefan Salvatore, Damon's younger brother, asked him as he went to check on the poor girl. "Why do you have to interrupt me?" Damon answered with a question and wiped the blood off his mouth with his sleeve. Stefan crouched down and checked her pulse; she was well alive and would be better after a good rest and proper attention, Damon hadn't drunken too much blood for the need of a transfusion.

"You know, I've finally started to get settled in this little town, I would hate for you to ruin it for me" Stefan turned back to Damon but he only snickered. "I don't want to hear about you and Elena eloping" Stefan wasn't fazed but the girl was reawaking and Stefan looked back down at her. The girl looked at Stefan and then at Damon then which she quickly tried to get up and back into her car but Stefan caught her and looked her directly in the eyes "you don't know what happened here other than the fact that you thought you hit an animal and it attacked you. You're going home to nurse your wound…" the girl was quiet and Stefan let go of her; she turned and went into her car without another word.

"Was that necessary? I was just having a little fun"

"I don't care what you're doing, it needs to stop because the last thing I need is for our secret to get discovered and be forced to leave." Stefan shot back and then turned to disappear into the woods. "So what the hell am I supposed to eat? Little thumpers? Or maybe bambi can volunteer…" Damon glared at Stefan as he headed for the woods.

"Oh, by the way, did you hear? There's a new girl in town and from what I've heard her mom is kinda foxy…her too of course but finding a hot mom that cooks is hard to come with these days" Stefan stopped and growled under his breath. "Don't you dare" he warned but Damon just smiled coyly and held his hands defensively. "Okay, okay I'll play nice. Say hi to Elena if you get chance, that is, if you're not-"

"-Just shut up and go home already. Zach misses you" Stefan zoomed away.

"Oh yeah, Zach misses me, at least I know how to have fun!" Damon yelled after him but he didn't get a response. He grumbled and kicked the guardrail before disappearing himself.

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I woke up with a start; someone was screaming. Downstairs, Charlie started barking and I threw the covers off me to go to the window. I rubbed the sleep out of my eyes, moved my hair out of my face, and looked out the window but all I saw was trees and dark buildings; plus the fog was coming in so I couldn't see anyone.

"Shut up Charlie" I heard Dad yell from his room. I sat on the window seat and continued to look out the window but I didn't hear anything more so I found myself looking at the high school instead. I would be starting out there as a freshman tomorrow and I was definitely nervous but all I could do was shrug it off and head back to bed. I would need my rest.

It took me a while to fall back asleep but when I woke up again it was bright out and Mom was calling me from downstairs. I hid under my covers until someone opened my door and Charlie came running in and he jumped on the bed and pranced all over me, "okay, I'm getting up!" I sat up and scratched Charlie's head; he closed his eyes and then jumped off the bed. After a nice stretch I got up and went to take my routine morning shower. I must've slept in because Mom was calling me again while I was blow drying my hair; I finished up with that and lazily grabbed some baggy jeans and a plain gray tank-top with a red flannel shirt to go over it, snatching up my reading glasses and putting them on. I didn't bother to style my hair so I just threw it up in a messy bun and went downstairs where Mom had my favorite breakfast waiting; hash browns.

Dad came down the stairs with a newspaper and Charlie in tow. "Hey, Tami, can you let him out?" Dad asked as he crashed at the table and bit into some toast. I opened the back patio door and Charlie ran out and looked for a place to go to the bathroom. "I'll be home around eight tonight Tami so you'll have to watch the house and Charlie until then."

"Yes, and I'm going to work in some overtime today if I can" Mom said as she served Dad. "Which means no parties" she flicked her spatula at me, "what parties? I've never even been to a party let alone host one" she gave me a look that told me she didn't care, no parties her eyes told me and I just snickered at her.

"Now, get going or you're going to be late. I met this woman this morning, her name was Jenna, and her niece is going to meet you so you don't have to worry about getting lost" she explained and I groaned. "It's just across the street. I don't think I'll get lost Mom"

"You know what I mean, now go" she ushered me out and I took my bag, draping the brown leather strap over my shoulder, and left. The school was already packed with incoming students and I blended in pretty quickly. I stopped at the entrance of the school and waited for whomever this girl was. Mom didn't even give me her name…or was it Jenna? Whatever it was; I hoped it wouldn't be too much longer because the people going in were starting to look at me strange, not that I wasn't already used to that.

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"Alright, remember those high kicks!" Caroline yelled as she commanded the cheer squad into their morning workout. Almost all the cheerleaders were there except one and she filed in not much long after. Caroline just gave her a look and allowed her not to ruin the pace.

"Was Jeremy giving you a hard time again?" one of the girls asked.

Elena Gilbert dropped her gym bag with a sigh and joined the rest of the cheer squad in arm stretches.

"Of course, when isn't he giving me a hard time?"

"Doesn't Jenna help?" the girl asked Elena and they started to do leg stretches. "Yeah but it's not helping." Elena groaned.

"Oh so guess what I heard?"

"What's new?"

The girl gestured to the house across the street, "I heard someone finally moved into there."

"Oh yeah, that, Jenna told me about it, she met the lady who lives there, her name was Debra or something."

"Well, yesterday when I was leaving I saw a girl about our age there."

Elena nodded and started to do squats "We're supposed to meet up, as soon as morning workout is over."

"Is she a junior like us?"

"Nope, freshman"

"Aww…that sucks" Elena grinned "come on Bonnie, we were freshman once before; as impossible as it seems"

Bonnie just shrugged. "Yeah but you know how cocky those freshman are"

"I heard the family is from Louisiana so maybe she's not that bad; from what Jenna learned she's more of the artist type"

Bonnie suddenly smiled "that's nice, I did always want a friend that could outshine us with a human talent" Elena stopped and looked at Bonnie, "hey don't say that Bonnie. It's okay to be a witch"

"So you say, whatever, I'm actually looking forward to it. There's some extra enthusiasm for you." Elena smiled brightly, "thanks"

Caroline blew on her whistle, startling them both, "no talking; only working. Come on work!"

A ways away, on the same field, was the high school football team getting ready with a quick practice for the game on Friday. Matt Donovan was calling out to Tyler who was bent down and grasping the football.

"Hike!" Matt yelled and Tyler passed him the ball. Matt jogged back and waited for the wide-line receiver to get into position but Matt's attention was suddenly taken away by Caroline who was holding her arms out and going over the cheers.

"Matt, what are you doing!?" Tyler yelled and Matt snapped out of his daze and threw the ball but the throw was far off and the receiver couldn't catch it before he was tackled. Matt's team groaned at the miss and yelled at him.

Coach Tanner blew his whistle and instead of calling Matt out he simply yelled "Class is in ten, get in the locker room!"

As the team went in Matt stayed and glanced at Caroline again before Tyler hit him in the shoulder "hey man what happened back there?"

Matt quickly looked away from Caroline "it's nothing" Matt shook his head and headed for the locker room, Mr. Tanner yelled at him to get his head in the game before he went in.

Elena collected her stuff and Bonnie followed her; "let's go meet the new girl"

Elena smiled at Bonnie "I've got to go to the Front Office to get her schedule, but yes, lets"

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It was getting around the time for class to start but no one has come up to me except some nerdy boy that was reminding everyone to vote for senior class president. I was beginning to wonder if I should just go to the Front Office myself when two girls came up to me and when I saw them I froze.

Wait, isn't that…wait what? The girl with the long brown hair looked familiar but when I thought about where I've seen her before I just got blanks. But I definitely knew her, but where?

"Hey, sorry about the wait but we had a mandatory cheerleading practice. My name's Elena Gilbert" she held her hand out and all I could do was stare at her dumbfoundedly but thankfully I pushed that feeling away and shook her hand, "uh…my name's Tameryn Copperfield"

"Tameryn? That's a strange name" Elena commented and I nodded nervously. "Y-yeah, but you can call me Tami if you want…" I shifted; my anti-social side was coming out a little.

"And I'm Bonnie Bennett" the other girl introduced herself and I followed suit. "Nice to meet the both of you" I managed.

"Likewise and here, Jenna made me pick up your schedule" she handed me my schedule and I quickly glanced at it, my usual normal classes, except for my science honors class, and History was first period.

"Mr. Tanner" I read the name of the teacher aloud.

"No way; you have Mr. Tanner? That sucks, I've heard he's much harder on the freshman than us juniors" Bonnie explained and I wanted to groan. Just wonderful…

"He's not that bad but a word of advice: pay attention and he won't pick on you as much" Elena gave me a reassuring smile but Bonnie's expression was none too helping.

I almost jumped when the bell rang loudly. "Well, good luck and maybe we'll see you at lunch" Elena said before leaving, Bonnie followed "it was nice meeting you Tami".

Well, this is probably going to suck I thought before ducking inside with everyone else.

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I had been in class for only ten minutes and I saw more pain get dealt out then I ever thought possible from a teacher but I kept my eyes on the book or the board and hoped he wouldn't call on me but Mr. Tanner liked new students, sadly.

"Ms. Copperfield, I'm not sure how much history you took before this but let me give you a few questions" he said with a smile, oh shit, this isn't going to be good I sank in my seat a little under his harsh stares.

"Who were the three authors of the Federalist Papers?" was his first question and I relaxed a little.

"James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, and John Jay" I still answered in a small voice.

Mr. Tanner actually looked impressed or at least I was hoping he was, "correct"

"Okay, next question: What social forces were responsible for the new imperialism that began in the late 19th century?"

Oh, god…uh I rooted my brain for an answer and only found one thing, "Darwinism"

"Good, last question…" he opened the textbook on his desk and flipped around until he said "when was the constitution signed? The exact date?"

"September seventeenth, 1787"

"Okay; it's nice to see someone who actually knows a thing or two about history unlike the rest of you." He slammed his book on the desk; "this week's homework assignment however will be a bit harder than the general American History. It will be about our sleepy little town. I want you to write a full, front and back, page about this town's history. Including the founding families and how they managed to get this town up from the ground and I want to hear about it all and if I find out that you ripped it all from the internet not only will you get a zero…I'll make you clean the boys' locker room and let me tell you; it smells like shit in there" Mr. Tanner smiled and thankfully the bell rang; not that much after.

"Ms. Copperfield; come here a moment" Mr. Tanner called before I could snake out; I gripped my shoulder strap for support as I walked to him.

"Good job earlier, as I'm sure you could see I don't have time for students who don't pay attention." I nodded in agreement and kept my attention on him, I wanted to cringe.

"I know you've just moved here but I except no less work from you. It's best to start out with an A and to retain it so keep paying attention and doing that work, alright kid?"

"Yes, Mr. Tanner"

"Now here's something I'm sure you will appreciate." He pulled out a slip of paper from his book. "You're locker number" he said and I hid a sigh of relief.

"Thank you" I said as I left; I wanted to leave before he could say anything else. I hope the rest of the day isn't like this…this is going to be a long year

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The day was finally over and all I wanted was to go home and crash. Thankfully the rest of the teachers weren't as bad as Mr. Tanner and I managed to get through it without too much wounds to show for it. I got everything I needed out of my locker and turned on some Van Halen on my iPod to ease my stress. I had just left the building when I heard someone yell "hey, new girl!" I pulled my earbud out and saw a really pretty blonde girl waving at me; I looked around at first to make sure she was talking to me. "Yes I'm talking to you!" she yelled back, I walked up to her with hesitation, I was never popular at any school and I could barely say a sentence without whispering; especially around really pretty girls, I was more afraid of them than anything else.

When I came up to her I saw Elena and Bonnie jogging on the track.

"Your Tami, right?" the girl asked and I nodded. "Well, if you don't already know I'm Caroline Forbes" I had heard that name come up as I traveled through the halls; mostly about senior class president and prom queen. I could only guess she was the Queen Bee of the school so I decided to keep my thoughts to myself, the last thing I wanted was to start something with the most popular girl in school.

"Even though it's against school rules to have freshman try-out for the varsity cheerleading squad I just wanted to see what you've got. Elena filled me in on you"

"She did?" I stole a glance at Elena again.

"Oh, yeah but don't worry it wasn't anything bad but I do agree with her. You've got all the makings of a great cheerleader so why not try-out?" she sounded so sure of herself.

"I'm not really…all that cheery" I mumbled but she didn't look fazed.

"You don't have to be cheery to tryout so grab a cheerleading uniform and try it on; there should be some extra pom-poms at the end of the field" with that she quickly turned and went to join the girls on the track. Uhh…what just happened?

Seeing how I probably didn't have a choice I turned around and went to get the pom-poms. I dropped my bag and took off my flannel shirt. The pom-poms were red and silver colored and as I was collecting them a car came up right next to me in the parking lot.

It wouldn't matter how much time passed there was no way I could forget how good-looking this guy was. Everything seemed to slow down and when I looked at the car all I saw was a tall, dark, and handsome guy with dark brown hair and icy blue eyes. His car was a red convertible Mustang and he was dressed to the nines in rich leather. He got out and took his sunglasses off before looking at me. By then I didn't realize that I had been staring at him but it was so hard not to. He was like a model; not just high school hot but everything hot, does he go here?

"Hey, Damon!" I heard Caroline's loud shrill before I could even turn. She ran up to him and threw herself at him just before she sealed his lips with a passionate kiss. I almost fainted right on the spot.

"Hi there" she greeted and for a moment he actually looked annoyed. "…Hey" he greeted back after a moment but he still had that expression that he wished for a distraction and of course I fell right in, "Umm…Caroline?"

She frowned for a quick minute like I had just ruined the perfect movie-like moment but she draped a fake smile on her mouth and turned to me, "oh yeah, can we do this later? I've got to go…" she looked at Damon with lustful eyes. "Okay" I mumbled back and quickly turned away, I didn't want to see that but right before I left I stole a glance back and much to my surprise, or I at least imagined it, Damon was looking at me with a smile hinting on his lips. I blushed immediately and looked away. I was halfway home before I realized that he looked familiar; like I had seen him before…

TBC…