We all arrive at the field and sense that Francis's vampire men are here. I don't see him, but still say to Francis, "Hey! You killed my family, so why don't you just finish the bloody job!" "Gladly," he says evilly as he pins me up against a dumpster. Ashley must've not been ready because she wasn't shooting. "You know, you'd be doing me a favor, bastard. Ryland is gone, Arden is gone, and my mum's gone... Everybody that I care about... Gone." I say, only loud enough for him to hear. "So please, I am begging you: Kill me." "No." "What?" I asked, confused. "That would be to easy. Instead, I will just rip you apart, limb-by-limb, slowly, and painfully. And-" before he could keep talking, I did something I never thought I would need to do, I kneed a full grown man where the sun don't shine. While he was hunched over, weakly, I took my fist, shoved it in his chest, and ripped out his heart. Wow. I didn't think it would be that easy. I guess nobody thought of that before... I turned around to see my friends staring at me while my pack fights the vampires off. We all join in the fighting. It seems that more and more keep coming. Then we see some sort of gas being sprayed in our direction from an unknown location. Everybody starts fainting and eventually, so do I.

I wake up in my bed, unharmed... What the bloody hell is going on? I sprinted downstairs and into the living room to see Luke, Calum, Michael, Ashton, Jayden, and five or so members of my pack. Then I look over to the dining room and see a vampire pouring himself some bourbon. I had a tear stained face from crying the night before, so I wiped the tears away. The vampire turned around, pretending that he hadn't already noticed me and said, "Look who's awake!" "Devon I swear to god if you hurt her-" Luke threatened before being cut off, "I'm not scared of you, Luke. Besides, I'm just here to have a chat with her," he said, like I wasn't in the room. Before I could do or say anything, he grabbed me and pulled me into my mum's bedroom, which was upstairs. "Who the bloody hell are you?" I demanded. "Let me formally introduce myself," he said before locking the door. "My name is Devon McRae. I'm a vampire, obviously. I have your wolves, and they will be dead soon enough, along with Ashley." We heard banging on the door, which Devon just smirked at. I wanted to react. I wanted to scream. I wanted to ball my eyes out. But I didn't, because I couldn't. "Why are my wolves in your captivity?" I asked. "I need something from them. But don't worry; they would've died anyways from all of those vampires that you were fighting. I guess you could say that I interfered with the prophecy." He told me while smirking evilly.

Flashback
Come here, child," My Mima calmly ordered me in her forever aging soft grandmother's voice as she patted her lap. "I want to tell you a story that was told to your mother by her Mima and was told to me by my Mima and so on," she paused, looking out the window.
"Once upon a time, there was a beautiful king and queen who ruled over a prosperous kingdom. That was our kingdom, baby. We flourished for hundreds of years until another kingdom came, proclaiming that they wanted our magnificent city as their own. We fought and fought until our king, who was your great-great-great grandpapi, requested a truce. The evil king, known as Francis agreed willingly. We set up borders, limitations, and all of it. We had lived in peace for hundreds of years. But eventually we realized that the wonderful peace... Wasn't real. We still lived in their fake peace until today. We asked a witch what she believed would happen and she foretold a prophecy stating that one day, in hundreds of years, we would have a savior who would realize that in fighting this dark kingdom, we turned dark ourselves. She would make sure that the pure hearted were saved. She said that this savior would be a beautiful girl named Mariana. Your mother thinks that changing your name to Carmen will change the prophecy's outcome. She is wrong, but she won't listen. What I'm trying to say, is that beautiful girl... Is you." I looked up at my Mima with large and frightened eyes.
Flashback ends

I opened my eyes, realizing that Devon's fingers were on my temples, and he was the one showing me that treasured memory. "I remember that day..." I said, wholeheartedly. Then I realized something, "it was the day before my Mima died," I informed him emotionlessly. "That wasn't the point of showing you that." "Are you trying to be the good guy? Well, you aren't. You killed my ENTIRE pack. Even some of the good ones! You are far from the good guy." I finished before storming out. I ran up to Luke and sat down next to him and cried. He hugged me and gave Ashton a look. Ashton pinned Devon up against a wall and demanded, "What the hell did you tell her?" "Only what she needed to know." He grinned ear to ear and then vanished. I stiffened up some and sat up to tell them that my pack was dead along with Ashley. Before they could all respond I said, "I need to go do something." I waved Jayden to come with me and we got in the car, laving everybody baffled. "Sister, where are we going?" He asked, partially scared. "I can't take this anymore. Too many people have died," I said, while getting onto the highway. "What is this?" He demanded. I didn't respond and a few minutes later, I got off of the highway. A few more minutes pass and we are pulling into a driveway. We get out and I ring the doorbell. A woman named Lucy, who just happens to be a very powerful witch, answers the door. "I've been expecting you both." She gives Jayden and I a warm smile as she pulls open the door for us. "I have a question to ask you, Lucy." "Anything, my dear." "Do you know a spell that will make people forget about me?" I ask, which earns me a look from Jayden. "I am taking Jayden, and we are getting the hell out of Los Angeles, but first, I need people to forget about me as a celebrity." "That will require an immense amount of power, my dear. But I will do it," She responds, smiling. I know she is a suck up, but sometimes suck ups are helpful. "Would you like me to start the spell now?" I nodded. She went to fetch her grimoire. "Are you sure about this, Car?" "Yes. I don't want any humans to know who I am. The military men can know us as Ryland's siblings, and Arden's friends can know us as Arden's siblings. That's it. I loved being famous, but you come first, before all of it." Jayden smiled. I knew that he never liked being famous.
A week had passed and the spell had worked. I had no fans, no social media accounts; it was like everything was wiped from the systems. I walked down the streets and nobody knew me. No celebrity besides Luke knew who I was. Luke understood and didn't put up a fight with my decision, luckily.
I woke up, smiling in a hotel. Everything was being shipped to a home that we already chose in my mum's childhood home of Mystic Falls, Virginia.
We were going to go to my dad's childhood home back in England, but the Lockwood's demanded that we stay with them until we are ready to buy a house in Mystic Falls, mother's childhood home.
Set on Season 1 Episode 1 – Pilot
I sat up on my bed, took my pillow, and threw it across the room on the other bed, aiming for Jayden's head. "Let me sleeeeep!" He yelled at me. "I'm going downstairs to the small food place. I'll get a yogurt for me, what do you want?" I asked. "A smoothie,"
I came back upstairs with breakfast and we both ate in peaceful silence until Jayden said, "You know, now that I think about it… We are alone in this, now. No fans, a few friends, and a selfish aunt that lives in England. The Lockwood's will be there with us, but are you sure you want to move there?" I nodded. "The Lockwood's will treat us kindly. They welcomed us with open arms to come to Mystic Falls and stay with them when we were at the funeral." I went over to him and sat next to him on the couch. "Are you going to be ok, Jayden?" I knew when my brother was upset, and right now, he was. "I miss them, you know. Every morning I wake up, expecting Arden to come in and tackle me to get up, like she always used to do; I expect Mum to make her infamous blueberry pancakes; I expect Ryland to play toss with me across the living room couch while we are watching TV. But deep down, I know that she will never make them again, and Ryland and I will never laugh our asses off watching Tom and Jerry, and I will never tickle Arden to death for waking me up." He let a tear drip down his cheek. I wrapped him in a tight hug and kissed his forehead. "You still have me, kid. I miss them too, but we'll make new traditions, alright?" He nodded and smiled. "I love you sis," He said. "I love you too."

A day had passed and Jayden was signed up at Mystic Falls High. We were still staying at the hotel, but while Jayden was in school, I was moving our stuff into the Lockwood's, and putting the rest into storage places. When I was done, I drove my car to Mystic Falls High and went to the secretary. I gave her all of my papers and she asked, "Did I see you this morning, registering your younger brother?" I nodded and flashed a smile. "So you don't have a legal guardian?" She inquired. "No, I'm 18 years old though. My parents um… passed away about a month ago." I admitted. "Oh, I'm very sorry for your loss." I nodded, not wanting to say more. It was the end of the day and we were heading out when I saw Tyler kissing some girl. "Sorry love, but if you would stop eating me mate's face off, I'd like to talk to him," I told the girl harshly. She and Tyler stopped and Tyler looked at me for a long while before embracing me in a hug. The girl just glared at me before Tyler said, "Vicki, this is my friend Carmen," "Ey," I say while holding out my hand. She reluctantly shook it. I smiled to myself. I know that I was rude, and I adjusted my behavior for my fans, but now that I don't have any fans, I am free to say whatever I fuccing please.

The next day I went to school with Jayden only, since it was my last day in the hotel and realized I had no idea where anything is. I went looking for Ty and found him talking to some really hot guy, in between kissing Vicki. He was insulting him and when the other boy tried to fight back. I decided to make my presence known before Ty kicks his ass. I ran over to him as soon as things started getting heated and I said, "Ey, Ty, calm down mate. He's just standing up for 'emself" I pulled on his shoulder gently and he backed away and said, "I can still kick his ass..." He walked away but before leaving, he said, "Come over after school with Jay. I missed you Car." He kissed my cheek in a best friend kind of way, which apparently made Vicki mad because she stormed after him. "Thanks for that, I think," the unknown boy, said. "You're welcome, I think," I responded sarcastically. "Carmen Ash," I introduced myself. "Jeremy Gilbert." "Jeremy Gilbert… I'll call you Germy." He laughed and I continued with, "So you're the little brother? I know your sister. Last time I visited, we became good friends." "Well, this is the stoner pit. I hang around here usually during school." I nodded. "So, most druggies have a reason for taking drugs, I know from experience, so what's yours?" I asked, then realizing that I had already skipped two periods. "Well, my parents died when their car dunked into the lake a few months ago, and ever since, I've been really depressed I guess. All I have left is Elena." I suddenly felt bad for the kid. "You said that you knew from experience, so what's your experience?" I didn't want to talk about it, but I did anyways. "Well, everybody besides my little brother, Jayden, and my late father passed away when somebody tried to assassinate my older brother, Ryland, probably from being associated with the military." Lie. "I saw the bomb in a man's hand, and yelled at my family to run, while grabbing the person closest to me, which was Jayden, and yanking him up the stairs. I saved Jayden but let the others perish… That's my story." I realized that I was crying and Jeremy hugged me. "When was this?" He asked. "Three weeks ago," I told him. "Jayden and I are living with family friends, the Lockwood's, for now until I decide that I'm ready to take care of my brother on my own." "I'm so sorry. Did the assassin go to jail?" "Um, yea…" I lied. He gave me a look, knowing that I was lying. "No. He didn't go to jail. Somebody pretty messed up wanted to avenge my family, so they killed him." That somebody was I. "Oh. I'm sorry about all of that. Especially since it just happened a small while ago. You still have Jayden, though, so you'll be ok," He reassures me. "Thanks Germy," I respond with a laugh. "Cigarette?" He hands me a smoke and I graciously accept. "Not many people have been this compassionate with me, you know. Mostly either my story scares 'em off, or my intimidating personality." He laughs and says, "I love your personality, and anybody that doesn't can piss off." I flash a smile and we hear the lunch bell ring.
After lunch I go to class and sit down in the very back of the room. I look up and see a man with dark brown hair and brown eyes and a girl with brown hair, sitting in front of me. She looks at the man and I see her face. Elena! " 'Ey, Gilbert." She turns around and seeing my face she immediately smiles ear to ear. "Car!" She whisper-yells to me. " 'Lena!" I whisper-yell back with mock enthusiasm, which makes us both giggle. I go to the Grill and sit down next to Tyler and Matt. I know most of Tyler's friends because one of the times I visited he threw a party and I got to know all of them. Vicki comes up to Ty and starts flirting while I make barf noises at. Vicki and Ty both glare at me as I throw my hands up claiming innocence. We all laugh and I order bourbon. I feel somebody's eyes on me so I turn around to see a man with black hair, pale skin, and icy blue eyes that seem to stare into my soul… I get up and walk over him and sit down at his table. "Can I help you, darling?" I ask in my strong British accent. "You're new here, right?" I nod and he says, "Hi. I'm Damon Salvatore." He holds out his hand and I shake it graciously. "Wow, the first person in this blasted town with manners. I'm Carmen Ash." He smiles at me, which resulted in my blushing like a madman me blush. "Have I met you before, Carmen?" He inquires. I shake my head no. "Oh. You know what, just forget I asked." I nodded and we exchanged phone numbers before I left for the bonfire that Jay was begging me to go to. I walked up to the bonfire and saw Elena's boyfriend, Stefan. I walk next to him and see him trying to listen to something with vamp hearing. "Who 're you eavesdropping on, mate?" "Who the hell are you?" He demands. "Carmen Ash, but don't worry, about me knowing your secret, I'm a wolf." He nods and asks, "Do I know you from somewhere?" I shake my head no and he nods. "Oh, ok. Well I'm Stefan Salvatore." "Damon's brother? "Sadly… listen I've got to go but I'll talk to you later." He tells me before giving me his phone number. I smiled thankfully and went to find Jeremy. I saw him drinking a beer and I sat down next to him. "Hey Germy." I said. He looked at me and said, "Hey." "So, what's your thing with Vicki Donavan." He told me everything that was going on and I was shocked. "You know, if she can't instantly see what an amazing germ you are, then she can suck it, because she doesn't deserve you, Jer." "Thanks, but I love her, Car. And, sometimes, she loves me."
I ran up to the scene of Vicki's unconscious body splattered in blood. I knew it was a vampire attack, and I knew who the offender was. I ringed Damon and he said, "Hello, Carmen. What can I do for you to-" "Did you bit Vicki, Damon?" I asked, annoyed. I saw Stefan listening to the conversation. "Hmm, Vicki, Vicki, Vicki – doesn't ring a bell." "Seriously, Damon!" For some reason I felt as though I knew him well enough to be like this, even though we'd known each other for half a day. "Yes, ok? I bit her," "But why?" "To torture my baby brother, of course." I turned around and saw Stefan speed away, probably to confront Damon. This was going to be messy… I walked over to see Elena trying to comfort Jeremy. She doesn't even understand what he's going through, how can she help?

I was walking to the grill after another failed attempt to convince Damon to not do what he told me that he was planning to do with Vicki, which was turn her into a vampire. I was becoming part of the whole "gang" and was really feeling at home, which was really great. The week before, Elena, Bon, Care and I were at the Grill and a cute drunk guy approached me and when he tried to ask me out, Care and Elena freaked and told him to go to hell. I think that's good? I mean they were acting like I was one of the mates, even though I had only known them for about a month. It was great. We were acting like the best of mates and I loved it! I was going to meet them all, and pick up Jay from his football practice on the way. I got a ring from Tyler and when I picked it up, he said, "Hey, I'm gonna bring Jay to the Grill to meet you, so no need to pick him up." "Oh, well thanks mate! Can I chat with 'em for a sec?" Tyler handed the phone to Jay and Jay asked worriedly, "Everything alright, sis?" "Yea, just wanted to see if you were alright." "You've asked me this every day for the past month, Carmie. The answer is still the same. I'm adjusting. I don't think the answer will ever be what you would like it to be, but it is getting better." "I love you, Jay." "Love you too, sis."

I got up and stretched as I heard Carol call, "Alright, time to wake up!" I groan and get dressed in /style_9038/set?id=173719949
before heading downstairs. "Thank you so much, again for letting us stay here until we've settled in." I gave Richard and Carol a warm smile and Carol said, "You are welcome anytime you would like, honey." I thanked her again before Tyler, Jayden and I headed out the door. Ty and I were hanging at the baseball field since Jay went off with some friends. Tyler was talking to some girls while I was chatting with one of my new friends, Lily. I heard Germy come over and say, "Hey Tyler, I'm sorry to interrupt, but I was just wondering how Vicki's doing, since you guys are so close. Is she ok?" Ugh he's gonna get beat up if he keeps this going… "She's fine, now get out of here." "How bad is she? Do they know what attacked her? Is she going to make a full recovery?" I saw Ty starting to get really annoyed. "Was she happy to see you? What room number was she in?" "I'm going to kick your ass," Tyler declared threateningly. "Yeah, you keep saying that, but when are you actually going to do it, huh? Cause I vote for right here and right now." He pushed him into the fence. "Walk away Gilbert, this is your final warning." "No this is your final warning, dick. I'm sick of watching you play Vicki. If you hurt her one more time, I swear to god, I will kill you," Jeremy threats. Ty looks about ready to punch Jeremy in the face but I run up to them and say, "Hey, hey. Not here, not now." I warn. Jeremy scoffs and says, "Are you siding with him?" "I'm not siding with anybody, I just won't let you two kill each other," I say before walking off.
I decided to go to the hospital to check on Vicki and I smelt a vampire had been here, Stefan. I ran into the blood donation room at wolf speed to see Stefan staring at the blood. I firmly grabbed his arm and locked it with mine before speed walking him out, much to his discontent and confusion. We jumped out of the window and disappeared.
There's been a lot of drama over the past few weeks. Vicki's incident and the tomb vampires have made my life pretty hectic, along with trying, and failing to keep Damon away from Vicki. I've gotten much closer to everybody, and they are treating me like one of their best mates, which makes me happy. (A/N I'm skipping to 1x08) Elena found out about Stefan, and broke up with him. Elena made Jeremy forget about Vicki's death, which I am still mad at her for. She had NO right to do that. Today is Stefan's birthday, so I am inviting one of his friends that he told me about, Lexi, to come to Mystic Falls. A friend had traced her down for me. Even though I'm not a billion year old vampire like they all are, I am a werewolf. I know that connections are everything when it comes to the supernatural world. It's kind of like being a celebrity; You need to know certain people to get better jobs. Having connections is always important. Lexi and I are planning Stefan's birthday at the Salvatore house. "You know what we should do hiccup?" I ask Lexi. "What's that?" She asked, handing me another shot. "We should throw a party, maybe it will help him cool down." "He doesn't have the best history at parties, Car. Buuuut, if we were there, than maybe he would be ok…" We both smile. Damon flashes in and said, "Yea, we should." I scoff, "We?" "You know what, how about I have Caroline plan it, she does know everybody," "Umm…" I say. "Then it's settled! I'll go tell Caroline." He leaves and Lexi asks, "Ok, what is his deal?" I shrug. We end up dancing like the crazy drunk girls we were for a few hours until I hear my phone go off. I go to answer it. "Whaaaaatt?" I ask Mason Lockwood. "How's your transformation been going?" "Good, I guess. The Lockwood Cellar has been helpful, its been working well with restraining me," I respond. "Good, and I wanted to let you know that I am gonna come down in a week or two, for a family visit." "Alrighty," I slur." Are you drunk?" He asks. "Mayyybbeeeee…" "You're too young!' He scolds. I laugh and say, "Bye Mas, love you." "Love you too." I hang up and decide to call Jeremy and ask how the investigation is going. He tells me it was fine and that he told Sherriff everything he knew.

Lexi, and I enter the grill together and see Damon come up to Lexi so I feel as though I should leave them alone to bitch to each other about all things boring while I go get a drink.

Later on, I see Lexi interrogating Damon, but don't go over, I'm much more interested as to why so many police officers are here, along with the Sheriff. I walk out of the front door to be stopped by a cop. "I'm sorry ma'am, but I cant let you leave the vicinity." I turn around and see Lexi being shot with vervain then carried out the door, followed by a panicked Stefan. I run after them and am behind Stefan as I see Lexi get stabbed. Stefan quickly covers Elena's mouth, knowing she would want to scream, as I stand there, in shock, tears threatening to fall. Stefan looks at me and engulfs me in a hug and lets some of his own tears drop.
(A/N Skipping to 1x22)
I follow Carol as she orders everybody around to get into his or her correct positions. I am wearing /carmen/set?id=174216110, as I am not taking part in the celebrations. Well, besides the float for the football team.
An hour or so later, I was in the grill with Damon, listening to Jeremy and Elena's conversation. "You can go to hell, Elena," He tells her bluntly. Damon and Stefan go to confront him as I sit down next to Elena. "You all right?" l ask her. "I'm fine…" "He doesn't mean any of that stuff. He's just being an ass because he can't make himself understand why you did what you did. He'll get over his hissy fit soon enough." "I know, I just hate to see him look at me and show nothing but anger in his eyes, like he hates me." "Jeremy does not hate you. He loves you, Elena, even when he's mad, even when he doesn't think he does, he still does." "Thanks, Carmen." "Keep your chin up, love, it'll get better, I promise." She smiles at me and stands up to hug me.
Tyler, Care, Matt and I are in the Grill. I'm sitting with Caroline while she's trying to convince Matt to forgive Tyler when Richard walks in. I stand up next to Tyler as Richard says, "What are you two doing here, I told you to go home." "We decided not to." "If I tell you to do something, you do it." Richard says angrily while tugging on Tyler's arm. "Get off him!" I tell Richard. I see him contemplating whether to stand up or back down and as soon as he chooses to stand up and he grabs my arm roughly Caroline dashes over and asks "Mayor, is everything ok?" "Please, I need you two to go home. Now. Take your friends with you." "Why, what's going on?" I demand. "I can't explain. All of you need to get home, now. Please." Tyler looks at me and I say, "Yea, ok." "Here," Richard hands Tyler the keys. "Take my car. It's out back. Come on. Carmen, Caroline, Matt, go with him."
"What the bloody hell?" I ask, feeling a massive pain in my head. "What is it?" "What's the matter?" Tyler starts feeling it too and I scream in pure agony, "Ah! That noise! Ah! Stop it! Ah! Make! It! Stop!" Tyler starts screaming in pain as well, and the car swerves and eventually crashes into a metal fence.
The ambulance arrives and when they tell me that they need to look in my eyes to see if I have a concussion, I insist that I'm fine. "No, miss, I'm sorry, it's protocol." He tries to but I grab his hand and push it away firmly. "I said no!" I say and walk away, towards an unconscious Caroline.
We were sitting in the hospital, waiting to hear if Caroline was ok. The Sherriff walked in and said, "There was some internal bleeding. We're taking her into surgery." "What else did they say? Is she going to be ok?" "They're going to do everything they can." Matt nodded and sat back down. "Have either of you talked to Tyler's mom?" "I left her a message telling her we were here," Tyler responded. "One of you needs to call her." "What is it?" Tyler asked, suddenly intrigued, and frightened. "It's your dad," Liz said, her voice breaking.
Turns out, Richard is dead. No offense to him, but I can't say anybody would particularly miss him. He was a dick. No doubt. I know it was rude, but it was also true.

Season 2 Episode 1

I am in a big, beautiful, grassy field. I am running as fast as I can. What am I running from? I don't know. Finally, I cannot keep at it so I pause for a rest by the tree. "You know, if the rabbit stops to rest, the turtle wins the race…" Kol whispers in my ear. "How is it fair that you, the turtle, have superhuman speed?" I demanded. He laughed at this. "Come on, it is supper time. We may finish the race afterwards, even though we both know that I will win," Kol tells me with a cocky smile. I pursed my lips slightly then smiled cheekily. We arrived at home quickly as Kol had sped us there in the blink of an eye, which I still found unbelievable. "Look who's home, finally," Nik scolded. "We were only having a bit of fun, brother. Don't get jealous." I smiled and kissed Nik on the cheek. He decided it wasn't enough so he pulled me in for a kiss on the lips. "I hope Kol did not treat you too poorly." "He was wonderful, Nik." I sent a smirk towards my best friend, which made him laugh. "Oh, living with you three should be a bloody job, you know!" Rebekah yelled, while cleaning up Kol's mess. We all laugh and spend the rest of the night playing in the field, while Nik paints, but he eventually joins our bit of fun after my begging. I may have bribed him for a kiss, but, hey, at least he came out!