Chapter 2: My Sister


Sam had been walking for about an hour when she reached town square and noticed how it had been abandoned. Everything was boarded up, and the square was empty. This was very unusual for Mystic Falls. Sam notice a girl walking through the town square, she didn't look familiar but she slipped her sunglasses on in case pretending to be Caroline would help her out of this sticky situation. Sam kept walking towards her childhood home. Every so offend Sam would peak over her shoulder, after a few times the mysterious girl was gone. Sam let out a sigh of relief as she reached the steps of her house.

"Caroline, I thought you knew better than to come back here" Sam heard the voice and jumped; she slowly turned around and laid her eyes on the girl that had been following her. Sam needed to think quickly before this girl figured it out.

"I know and I'm sorry, I just needed something" Sam lied.

"So this is the Forbes house, might as well take a peak while I'm here" The girl spoke, as Sam turned.

"Here, let me get the door" Sam took a few steps and opened the door and walked inside. The girl tried to follow, but she was unable to enter.

"Drat" the girl muttered.

"Oh right, you don't know the owner" Sam smiled.

"You'll have to leave eventually"

"Well, that eventually could be awhile" She had out smarted her first vampire. Sam smiled and walked through the old house; she headed to her old bedroom and laid down on her bed. She had been traveling for a few days so a few minute of rest was nice.


As Caroline approached her house, she saw Valerie standing outside of it. She looked angry; Caroline stopped her car and quickly ducked into the bushes of a nearby house. She slipped over the fence into the backyard and made her way into the house. "Thank god" Caroline muttered as she reached her sisters room and saw her sleeping. Caroline grabbed her phone and dialed Stefan's number.

"I should be in Mystic Falls in a few minutes" Stefan spoke.

"Okay, we're in my house." Caroline said quietly as she did not want to wake Sam.

"Alright are you safe?" Stefan asked.

"For now, apparently the owner of the house has not let Valerie in"

"Valerie found Sam?" Stefan asked.

"Not sure, Sam is sleeping. See you soon and be safe" Caroline said before hanging up the phone.

Caroline peaked in at her sister; she couldn't believe how similar they looked. Caroline had checked in on her sister the first few years after compelling her away from Mystic Falls, but had neglected to check in the past few as it had been difficult. She debated waking her up, but wanted to get the Gilbert ring on her finger.


Stefan approached the house and laid his eyes on Valerie, it had been long time since he had last seen her. He knew she would let him past without any question. He gave an awkward smile as he approached.

"Waiting for something?" He asked.

"Your little girlfriend slipped inside and I can't get in" Valerie spoke.

"Well considering the last time you met you spelled her skin" Stefan said as he stepped up the steps. Valerie shook her head and then quickly vanished. As Stefan entered the house, he quietly walked up the steps and met Caroline at the top; she motioned for him to be quiet. He handed the Gilbert ring to Caroline.

Caroline walked into the room and to her sister's bedside, she slipped the ring onto her finger and then quickly backed away. After entering into the hallways with Stefan they went over to Caroline's old room.

"Thank you" Caroline said looking longingly out her window. Caroline could feel his eye's on her as she stepped back hoping that he was not trying to get even. She shut her eyes, wrinkling her face. When she opened them again he was staring at her, she took a moment to look at him up and down, and she could spend all day staring at him. Caroline took a step forward and placed her ivory hands on his chest, she smirked as she felt his hands on her hips. Just the feeling of his hands on her had sent a shudder through her entire her body, which she had longed for while under Valerie's stupid spell.

Stefan leaned down and kissed her hungrily. He ran his tongue across her bottom lip and she quickly granted him access. He gently pushed her down onto the bed as he continued to ravish her mouth and moaned into the kiss. He moved his lips to her neck as she wrapped her arms around his neck.

"Stefan, as much as I would enjoy this, I should probably check on Sam. I can't risk her getting hurt." Caroline wiggled out and headed for the hallway.

"Wait" Stefan smiled pulling her in close for one last time, and leaving a soft kiss on her forehead.

Caroline smiled and headed back to her sister's room, it was time to finally face her. Sam looked so peaceful and in the next few moments everything was going to change. Caroline reached her arm out and gently tapped Sam's shoulder. Sam squirmed for a second before opening her eyes.

"Get away from me" Sam said as she moved away from Caroline.

"Sam, it's me" Caroline said

"I know what you are" Sam muttered quietly.

"I won't hurt you" Caroline spoke, as Sam continued to back up. "How'd did you find out?"

"I got a letter from mom." Sam stated. Caroline nodded; she should have known that if she had gotten a letter than Sam did as well. "You didn't even tell me she died" Sam muttered.

"Sammy, I wasn't in a good place. I barely made it through and now seeing you makes me realized I should have been stronger, stronger for you" Caroline reached out towards Sam.

"I came here for answers" Sam said.

"And we can find those answers, but not here" Caroline said.

"Why not here?" Sam asked.

"It's not safe for you" Caroline took a step closer to her sister.

"I'm a big girl, I can take care of myself. Plus I've already tricked one vampire into thinking I was you" Sam smirked.

"That was pure luck, right now mystic falls is not safe, I want you to be safe" Caroline sighed.

"Can I grab a few things first?" Sam asked. Caroline nodded and left her sisters room. Sam packed a few things into a small duffle bag before she quickly ran down into the basement and grabbed another bag, a bag her mother had use in case of vampires. She met Caroline in the living room.

"Where have you been staying?" Caroline asked.

"I just got to town less than a few hours ago, I transferred from UCLA to Whit-"Sam began to explain.

"Whitmore, do you have a place to stay?" Caroline asked.

"No I hadn't gotten that far"

"I have a place for you" Caroline smiled, she and Bonnie did have an extra bed in there room, and Caroline definitely planned on making up for lost time with her little sister.

"Care we should get going before the heretics come back" Stefan spoke as he peered around the window.

"Stefan Salvatore?" Sam recognized him instantly.

"Sam Forbes, don't you look all grown up" Stefan said with a smile.

"Wait, what's a heretic?" Sam asked after realizing what Stefan had said. She had just learned about vampires, and she already felt like her mind might explode. "You know what you can explain it to me later." Sam looked down and noticed the ring on her finger. She went to slip it off.

"NO" Caroline yelled.

"What?" Sam asked

"This ring will protect, while we are in Mystic Falls." Caroline grasped her sister hand and pushed the ring back down.

"Okay, Okay no need to have a cow" Sam stated

"Let's go back to Whitmore before we get into any trouble" Stefan said as he opened the door and the three quickly made their way to Caroline's car. They got in and drove off.

"Hey, just because your protecting me doesn't mean you're off the hook. I have lots of questions." Sam firmly stated.

"Sammy, I promise I will tell you everything" Caroline smiled.

"Should I compel her?" Stefan whispered quietly to Caroline. Caroline turned and gave Stefan a disapproving look while she thought and then mouthed "Maybe Later."

Caroline knew that having Sam around would make things a bit more difficult but for now it was nice to have a familiar face. After turning off her humanity, which she still deeply regretted, she knew having Sam around would help keep her grounded and lessen the chance of ever turning off her humanity again.


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