12 YEARS LATER
"Someone's up early today." said Damon as he saw Lyra putting her books into her purple Jansport backpack. "I can't afford to be late on the first day of me being a 7th grader can I?" Lyra smiled as she put on her backpack, rode on her purple bike and took off. She arrived at 7:30 A.M. which was quite early because classes don't start until 8 in the morning.
She entered the school grounds, seeing the big black letters with a red and white background saying 'John Steinberg University' which is named after the Founder of the school. That's right. She studies in a private school. She entered the double doors with the familiar scent of Lavender filling the school hallways. The girls wore a white buttoned blouse with a black tie hanging around the collar and a checkered red and black mini skirt, followed by a pair of knee length socks and flat shoes. The boys wore a white buttoned shirt with a black jacket and a red tie followed by black pants and shoes.
She went to the locker which had a laminated paper saying "Lyra Salvatore" in it. Right beside Lyra's locker in the left, she spotted a familiar name saying "Scarlett Russo". She was her best friend. Scarlett was named after her looks. Maybe you'd have guessed, she has scarlett hair. She was just as white as Lyra and her lips were as red as a rose. Their lockers were arranged alphabetically. To her right, there was an unfamiliar name in the locker. "Zac Santiago". He must be a new student. Lyra thought to herself.
Each year level had four sections, Lyra, was in section 1.
Their seats were also arranged alphabetically. "Hey Lyra. How was the break?" asked Scarlett as students scrambled to their seats. "There was nothing special. But it was fun. Yours?" asked Lyra in return. "It was cool. Do you remember my cousin, Rosemary, from California?" asked Scarlett. "Yeah. The girl with blondish-brownish hair?" she replied. "Yeah, her. She came to visit us this summer with her sister and we had so much fun in the beach!" Scarlett squealed. "Shh! Not too loud." Lyra hushed. "That sounds like fun-"
Lyra was interrupted by the teacher's coming in. "Good morning class! My name is Mr. John Roberts but I'd like you all to call me Mr. Roberts. If you have any questions in class, raise your hand and wait until I call you before you speak." he cleared his throat before speaking again. "If you are going to answer a question that I asked, you must also raise your hand and wait for me to call you before you speak."
"My first and most important rule is silence. Nobody must speak, giggle, laugh or do any other unnecessary noises unless I give you permission. If you break this rule you are going to have to face the consequences. Second is punctuality-" Mr. Roberts was interrupted by a group of boys barging into the classroom. "Uhh-sorry, sir. We got kind of lost-we ended up going to one of the third grader's classrooms." The black haired boy excused. "Well go to your seats, chop chop! I was just explaining to your classmates my rule of punctuality-" Lyra no longer listened to what he was saying. She focused on the blonde-haired boy who sat next to her. This must be Zac. She thought.
He had cute blue eyes and his hair was blonde with streaks of brown in it. He's very cute! Lyra thought. He had one dimple in his cheek.
She didn't pay much attention that day to school since it was only the first day. She let it pass quickly then changed into black jogging pants, white rubber shoes and blue sports blouse right after school was done. She got her bike and went to the park right beside the school.
She sat near the fountain, waiting for Damon since he promised the day before that they would go biking in the park right after school. Damon arrived ten minutes later. "Took you long enough." said Lyra as she put a belt around her backpack and tied it to her bike and got on it. "Stefan. He was blabbering about some girl he met in school that looks exactly like Katherine." said Damon as he rode on his bike and started biking together with Lyra. "No way! That's almost impossible. Are they related?" asked Lyra. "Stefan hasn't talked to her yet. Except when he ran into her when she was leaving the mens' room." said Damon jokingly.
Lyra made a sharp turn, trying to catch up with Damon. "Seriously? He ran into the girl when she was leaving the mens' room? That's silly. Is he sure she's not Katherine? I mean, that's like the kind of thing Katherine might do." Lyra laughed. "Very funny. But, I don't know. He said her name was Elena Gilbert. And he said that he was a hundred percent sure that she's human. Even though, that still makes things kind of mysterious. And one more thing weird about Stefan, he said that it wasn't the first time he saw her. He saw her a few nights before." said Damon, slightly confused. "Something about saving her from drowning, or, whatever!" said Damon, letting one hand free from the handle to scratch his head.
Lyra took out a clip from her bag with one hand and pinned the part of her hair which was hanging loose from her ponytail.
"Well, that's Stefan's sort of thing. I just hope that Elena girl's got nothing to do with Katherine." said Lyra, as he and Damon left the park and biked home.
"You guys are late." said Stefan as he pulled his shirt on. He and Damon share a room now since Damon let Lyra take his. "That's your fault Mr. I-Met-A-Girl-Who-Looks-Exactly-Like-Katherine." Damon said sarcastically as he pulled off his shirt and changed into his trousers. Stefan rolled his eyes and left the room.
He went down near the fireplace. Lyra was there. "Hey. You alright?" asked Stefan as he saw Lyra. "Fine. Just, please, be careful around that girl. I don't want you or Damon getting into any trouble." Lyra sighed. "Who girl?" Stefan asked, clueless. It was only then that she realized, Stefan doesn't know that she knows about Elena Gilbert. "Damon told me about, Elena Gilbert, is it? And about how she looks so much like Katherine, but please, all I'm asking is be careful." she sighed one more time. "Oh, Lyra. I promise." he replied, guilty.
"Oh and, Lyra? Could you please come to Mystic Falls tomorrow after school? I just want to show you Elena, don't worry, we won't talk to her, but I just want to know what she looks like, I mean, apart from the fact that she looks like Katherine, but, I want to know what you think she's like. After all, your dismissal is thirty minutes earlier than ours. Please?" Stefan asked. "Okay, I'll try." she smiled hesitantly, then left.
She went to bed early that night. She doesn't even mind school that much anymore.
Okay guys, sorry if this chapter was a bit draggy. I'll try to make up for it in the next chapter. Please review and let me know what you think. Thanks! : )
