Born for this

The swings swayed with the usual fall breeze and Victoria Morlet stood upon them, swinging back and forth slowly. Her black knitted beret made the golden shade in her hair stand out and the darker pieces remained hidden as beautiful natural curls fell down to the middle of her back. The breeze whipped her hair around lightly and her greenish blue eyes fixated on one person and one person only. Cole Archer.

"Well look at you…" He smiled awkwardly as he made his way over to the fifteen-year-old, "I haven't seen you in… well forever!"

"Makes you think doesn't it?" She answered sarcastically and his smile fell, she still hadn't forgiven him for what he had done to her best friend, "Go away."

"Victoria, please… It's not my fault and you can't blame this on me!" Cole pleaded and his dark eyes were glassy, "I told him to take a sip and he drank the entire thing like it was fruit punch!"

"Oh, but even giving him a sip makes everything sound better? YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE DONE IT IN THE FIRST PLACE, COLE." The beauty couldn't help but yell at him; he was and still is an idiot. She jumped off the swing and as soon as her foot in the wood chips the brunette looked him straight in the eyes, "You don't know what vampire blood does to you, and you were stupid enough to give it to him just to prove something!" He opened his mouth to defend himself but she quickly cut him off, "The only thing YOU proved was that you're a jackass who doesn't think twice!"

While turning her back on him, the darker teenager frowned and kicked the wood chips with his foot, "Vee… please." He pleaded and she froze in place, slowly turning to face him.

"Don't you ever call me that…" Victoria threatened and his eyes widened, "Ever…"

"It's your nickname!" He exclaimed while grabbing her arm gently but she reacted quickly, and shoved him away from her.

"Not to you, it isn't!" Victoria snapped and Cole sighed, deciding to just give up on her. She turned her head again and began walking back towards the castle, but he started talking, she hoped to tune him out but sometimes that seemed impossible.

"I know I made a mistake…" Cole began as he chased after her, following behind, "And I know that you've been pissed off this entire time at me for it… but Victoria, he's d-dead…" The beauty stopped and turned back to look at him as tears flooded his dark eyes, "And there's no use fighting over it anymore… I-it's not going to bring him back. I miss him too, Victoria... I miss him a lot! Aside from Danny, he was apart of the trio! Not even Ayden or Nick can replace him..." She remained silent, feeling tears form in her own eyes and he shook his head, "I-I'm sorry... For everything."

From that moment on, Victoria wasn't sure what happened, she wrapped her arms around the boy and held him close to her. There's a fine line between love and hate, and the truth is, she never actually hated him, she only thought she did. "Cole, I'm sorry I've been such a bitch… I just… I couldn't get over-"

"Shhh…" Cole whispered softly and held her closely, "It's ok, I get it. He was your best friend... You miss him."

A best friend I had feelings for, Victoria thought in a correcting voice but shook that away from her mind, "Maybe… we should start over." The brunette stated after pulling away from him, her light eyes pouring into his dark ones, "That way we can pretend this never happened."

"Y-You want to pretend that none of this ever happened?" He asked in a rather doubtful voice, "That Drake never existed?"

"Well, no... not that part of it, but that you gave him the blood in the first place. I can't ever forget about him, no matter how hard I try." She frowned and touched the ring that now dangled on a silver chain around her neck, the intelligent beauty turned it into a necklace since her fingers and hands have grown from age ten. "I just wish I can stop thinking about him, but... I-I can't! and it hurts every single time..."

"Sometimes when you can't stop thinking about someone, it's your subconscious telling you that they're supposed to be there." Cole began while shoving his hands into his sweatshirt pockets, "That's what happened with you and now look... we're friends again!"

"What are you saying, Cole?" She asked with confused eyes and his eyebrows scrunched together, "You thought about me... yes, we are friends again... but if I keep thinking about Drake, it's not going to bring him back."

The darker boy frowned and nodded his head slowly... almost unsure of himself, "Yes, but maybe you wont allow yourself to forget about him... Look at this." He pointed to the ring that hung around her neck on the silver chain. She touched it and immediately saw Drake's smiling face in her mind, "You wear that every day, I haven't seen you without it once since he died... that ring will make you constantly think about him. If you just took it off-"

"I'm not. Taking. It. Off." She said through clenched teeth and Cole's eyes widened as he nodded slowly, "I don't care if the ring makes me think about him twenty four seven, I'm not taking the damn thing off. It's the only thing I have that keeps me close to him!"

"And your memories don't?" The boy asked with raised eyebrows. Victoria shook her head and he sighed heavily, feeling defeated.

"Not close enough, the ring is something he gave to me, it makes me feel warm and makes me think that he's still here." She stated boldly and Cole nodded his head, coming to the conclusion that he was stepping on eggshells. He couldn't make her do anything she didn't want to do, even if it would help her. Victoria wasn't the same as she used to be when she was a little girl, she was much more playful and fun then... Now? He observed at school, that responsibility comes first, she mostly hangs around Ayden and her brother... but when it's a group it consists of Danny, Alison and Shayna. Whenever Cole would go over to the group, she'd leave. She's much more quiet now... she's lost herself. "I should get going... I promised my mom I'd be home as soon as I visited the park."

"Why?" He couldn't help but ask, the word just shot out from his mouth.

"She wants me to talk with my brother... He's having a hard time after all these years with people in his grade." She admitted with a slight blush on her fair skin, "I'm not sure what I can do about it... but... I have to try and get through to him."

"Can we..." Cole began and her eyebrows scrunched together, "Go out sometime?"

Victoria's insides were frozen as her heart pounded heavily against her chest, "Um..." She began and blushed a deep red, not because she liked him more than a friend, but whenever people asked her out, she got embarrassed or flattered, "S-Sure... That'd be nice." WHAT? Victoria, no it wouldn't! She mentally slapped herself, but ignored it and played it off well, keeping a poker face. Just give him a chance... What's wrong with a little experience?

"R-Really?" Cole asked with wide, astonished, eyes and she nodded her head, confirming it, "O-Okay!" The boy exclaimed and smiled broadly, "I'll think of something to do and I'll let you know at school!"

The brunette nodded again, sticking her cold hands into her pockets, "Sounds good." Her voice didn't sound too thrilled, but he didn't care. He was blinded by excitement to even notice. "Bye." She grinned sweetly and he smiled back just before she turned around and headed towards the castle, the smile fading quickly from her perfect lips, and a frown replaced it. I'm sorry, Drake… I feel like I'm betraying you.

While skidding across the cool autumn ground, leaves flew everywhere and Aurora stood over Drake, baring her fangs while gripping his shirt and pulling him towards her. "See..." She spoke softly and dropped him to the floor, "You aren't being fast enough, a vampire attack is too fast for the human eye to see, but for us, we have an advantage."

Drake shook his perfect dark auburn hair out, everything looked different about him physically. The long, messy hair he had as a child was cut and perfectly styled so that it went in all different directions, he looked as if he were eighteen years of age, but biologically, he was only sixteen. The half vampire stood from the ground, playfully glaring over to Aurora. "You know I suck at this."

"No you don't." She stated with knowing eyes, "You choose to let me beat you and I don't understand why you don't tr-"

"Oh c'mon..." He smirked and her eyes poured into his, "Have you looked in a mirror?"

"Actually, I have, there's nothing special, and you need to... DRAKE." She growled watching as his eyes went down to her chest, but he quickly snapped out of it, looking into her eyes, "FOCUS."

"I WAS!" He grinned and impatiently, the woman growled while crossing her arms over her chest, "Ok, ok... I'm concentrating now... H-Hey Rora..." He started and she nodded her head, silently telling him to continue speaking, "I've noticed this but I've never asked... How is it that you can walk in the sun?"

"Oh, well like vampires... witches also exist." She said quietly and his eyes widened, he was a warlock after all, "And I've known a few witches who have helped me out with that situation, though, I had to prove myself loyal to them." Aurora's dark eyes examined him and Drake tilted his head to the side, "See, you get the best of both worlds… you can live forever, stay young, and walk in the sun without having a little spell surrounding you."

He rolled his amber eyes and kicked some leaves off his shoes, "I don't understand why anyone would want to live forever, I can't see myself being here for eternity."

"You just need something to live for." Her voice was soft as her pale hands touched his face, "And you can't see yourself living forever because, you already died once, and right now, this isn't the best time for you, you are still learning, though I'm proud. You've learned to control your thirst quite well."

"Well, I had help from the best." He grinned and she took her hand away from his face, "If it wasn't for you, I'm sure Riley and Evan would have disappeared too... I think living with them is extremely selfish, but..."

"It was a selfish decision." She said softly with a slight shrug of her shoulders, "But the decision has been made already, and they've helped you with a different kind of life style, I also believe that smelling their blood and their scent every day has helped you immensely. You've learned to control it faster." Drake smiled and nodded, but she continued talking, "Just remember not to make such selfish decisions when you're more on your own, I can't tell you what's right and what's wrong when you are of age, Drake... But you'll know and understand when your being selfish, and when that happens, I want you to stop it. It'll only kill your conscience, and a vampire that is upset is never a good thing."

"Because our emotions are heightened?" He asked with a frown and she sighed heavily, sitting down in the leaves, not caring about dirt getting on her clothes... he followed suitably.

"Yes that... and because when vampires get upset, they tend to want to shut off emotion completely. It's like a switch... except something may substitute in... like anger, violence, or hatred... you'll feel out of control again, but when the deed is done, there is no going back and you snap out of it immediately only to realize what you've done." Her eyes seemed lost as they fixated on the ground, "You may be able to turn off emotion, but that doesn't mean your conscience isn't filled. You'll even drown in your own guilt..."

He sighed heavily and looked at her through his amber eyes, "I'm guessing you've had personal experience?"

"Every vampire has." She stated bitterly and grabbed a leaf with her pale fingers, tearing it apart, "Let's just hope when you experience such things, you wont get it as bad."

"What happened to you?" Drake asked as he remembered how he killed his own father... how upset and out of control he became. It wasn't just because he was new at being a vampire, it was because of the guilt that he was drunk with.

"We should get going." The woman changed the subject fast, but her eyes rested on his face and she seemed to be going in a trance, "If only you had blue eyes..."

Drake's eyebrows scrunched together and confusion poured into his head, "W-What?" Aurora's eyes widened and she shook her head, coming out of the trance, but she realized what she had said.

"Nothing." She stated firmly and Drake's eye brows shot up, "It's nothing... I was having a moment." There was silence between the two, and Drake was tempted to ask more questions, but she continued talking, "Anyway, did you know that certain vampires have certain powers?"

"Powers?" Drake asked showing that he was indeed interested in THIS topic, "What kind of powers?"

"Like Telepathy, telekinesis, clairvoyance, empathy... Everyone has different powers, of course, some are made without powers, though, I'm wondering if you have any." She studied him and he shrugged his shoulders.

"I'm probably one of those... You know..." He grinned, "The ones that don't have any powers." He never mentioned he was a warlock.

"No... There's something radiating off of you." She observed softly and he shrugged his shoulders again, "There is also things you aren't telling me, but that is only equal and fair... There aren't things that I'm telling you either."

"Clearly..." He muttered, remembering how she said something about blue eyes and not only that... other things as well, "So what is your power?"

"My main power or... gift... is telekinesis... I-I can also clone..." She said quietly and he raised his eyebrows, "But it isn't in the way you think, it doesn't happen quickly, in fact it may take years for the clone to show up..."

"Why would you clone somebody? And why would it take so long?" He asked with interested eyes and she shook her head.

"It isn't a specialty of mine, I just know how to do it... and... it has to wait for the perfect moment, I suppose..." He frowned, wanting to know more, but she quickly jumped to her feet, grinning over at him, "I want to find out your gift."

"Well, how would I find it out?" Drake asked while tilting his head and getting to his feet, "How did you find out about yours?"

"It'll come with time." Aurora stated firmly while crossing her arms over her chest, "I found out about mine when I was severely pissed off one day, I didn't realize it at the time, but I was concentrating on an object and I accidentally threw it across a field. It works against enemies though... Cloning isn't a gift, it's just something I learned."

"So should I just start getting mad at things?" He teased lightly and Aurora laughed while shaking her head, "I know, I know... I'll probably find mine out differently... If I even have one."

"I'm sure you do... There's power radiating off of you." She said lightly with a simple shrug of her shoulders, "And I'm not talking about you being a warlock either."

This time, Drake's eyes widened and he stared at her with disbelief, "HOW... HOW DID YOU KNOW THAT?"

"I've been around witches and warlocks my entire existence, Drake. I can sense magic on you, but there's also a gift." She scoffed and let out a wry laugh, "It's like... you were made for this life."

"I guess so..." Drake smiled softly and his amber eyes lifted towards the sky noticing that the sun was indeed setting, it had to be around seven or even eight o clock, he didn't need to look at a watch or cellphone.

"We should get going before the crazy's come out to play." Aurora stated and started towards the house in human speed, but once she didn't hear him coming with, she turned around quickly, "Drake?"

"You go on..." He implied and she raised her eyebrows, "I'm gonna catch a bite to eat before I go in."

"Well I should come with you." She answered quickly and started towards him, but he shook his head, motioning for her to go inside. "Are you sure?"

"I'm positive, Rora. I can be on my own for a little." He grinned, showing his pearly white teeth and she rolled her eyes, practically giving into him. Though, he was used to it... everywhere he went, women threw themselves at him, some attractive, some... not quite.

As soon as the female vampire disappeared and ran off to the house using her super speed, Drake sighed and walked through the woods at a slow pace. No vampires were around here, at least since he's moved into this house and they had no reason to attack him anyway, he isn't HUMAN. While kicking leaves, branches and puddles of water out of his way, the young vampire sighed and stared off into the night seeing absolutely nothing but darkness and trees. "This is where I belong." He said to no one in particular, "I was born for this... Fate has led me here..." Shortly after speaking, he heard breathing... heavy breathing.

The young vampire's eyes widened as his body froze and tensed up. Someone was watching him... but who? Turning impossibly fast, his eyes scanned the dark area, but no one was standing there... the breathing stopped and was replaced by constant laughter and that fluttered all around him. "Aurora, I swear to God if that's-" He turned around and came face to face with a man who was shorter than Drake, slightly balding, but blood dribbled down from his fangs and he had an insane look in his dark brown eyes.

"BOO!" He obnoxiously laughed and Drake took a step back, "I AIN'T GONNA HURT CHA!" He laughed again and Drake glared at him though his amber eyes. "Ah, the doppelganger..."

The word took the young vampire for a whirl, "Sorry?" He finally choked out and the man tilted his head to the side, taking a step towards Drake.

"The doppleganger... You're the doppleganger." He repeated the word over and over, but Drake still had no idea what it meant.

"Yeah, you keep saying that... It's too bad I have no clue what it MEANS." The eighteen year old pulled his jacket onto his shoulder and began walking towards the boarding house, but the vampire cut him off and grabbed him by the neck.

"YOUR THE DOPPLEGANGER..." He continued saying with a growl and Drake suffocated in his grasp. It was only obvious that he couldn't die again, but the pain was torturing him. The older looking vampire lifted Drake into the air and pinned him against a tree, where a branch stabbed his side, but it didn't go through his heart. The young vampire screamed and winced from the pain the wood caused him and the man let him go, allowing him to fall to the ground, "If you don't come with me... I will kill you."

As Drake regained strength he kicked the mans legs so they caved in from underneath him, his light olive hands gripping around his throat, and he used all his strength to pin the idiot to the floor, "Do you enjoy having your head connected to your body?" The man didn't answer, so instead of being a nice guy, Drake gripped a branch and dug it into the man's side. "Pay backs a bitch, isn't it?" The man shrieked and he grabbed the branch from his side and threw it to the right, wincing from the pain, "Now TELL ME WHAT YOU MEANT."

"You wouldn't rip my head off..." He stated as he huffed and puffed. Drake growled viciously, he wasn't going to let up on this situation.

"I could rip your head off and not think twice about it." He said threateningly, and the man still doubted him. Drake shrugged while running over to a tree, snapping a branch off of it, as if it were a small twig, and ran back over to him, holding it like a baseball bat. "Oh well... Sucks to be you, buddy..." He replied sarcastically, and prepared to swing the branch like a bat, wishing to knock his repulsive head off.

"H-HOW... COULD YOU SIDE WITH HER?" He exclaimed, throwing his hands in front of his face and Drake stopped dead, glaring down at him.

"I don't side with anyone, not anymore..." Obviously, he was lying, the only people he'd ever side with would be Riley, Evan and Aurora... but he didn't want him to know about them... about him hanging around humans, especially when their living area is so close to the woods. "You piss me off, I want you dead."

"YOU'RE SIDING WITH AURORA!" He shouted and Drake tilted his head to the side, lowering the branch. How did he know about Aurora? "SH-SH-SHE'S NOT WHO YOU THINK SHE IS!"

"Really?" Drake asked and the vampire nodded his head continuously, "Then what's a doppleganger? Because APPARENTLY, that's what I am. You just seem to have it all figured out, don't you?"

"W-WHY DON'T YOU GO ASK HER." He cried out and held his side... it was taking him a long time to heal, and normally the older the vampire, the stronger they are. He must have just been turned... either that or he was turned a couple of years ago, Drake's been a vampire for over five years now.

"Now why would I go all the way over there... when I have YOU to tell me?" Drake smirked and the man's eyes widened as he shook his head continuously.

"S-She knows more!" He exclaimed and Drake's smile soon disappeared, "T-The doppleganger curse, she's the one who created it!" Doppleganger curse? Drake thought with a frown, I'm a curse? While hearing enough, the young vampire threw the branch to the side and offered his hand to the older man. He hesitantly gripped it, and Drake clutched his hand tightly, flipping him onto the ground.

"WHAT'S your name?" Drake asked him and the older man gulped hard.

"J-John..." He stated softly, even though the young vampire thought he was lying.

"Well then, JOHN, Listen up. You don't ever... threaten me again." Drake spoke through his teeth and the older looking vampire nodded his head and winced slightly, "And who ever has you doing their dirty work for them..." He figured that a newborn vampire wouldn't be coming after him right off the bat, someone has a plan going, and he's part of it... but he's going to find out exactly who it is, "Tell the little bitches to come get me themselves. I'm done playing games." John nodded again and Drake let him go, watching as he took off swiftly and nervously. Someone knows exactly why he turned out like this, and he had a feeling it had everything to do with that man at the gate... the hooded figure.

AN: Hm, something tells me Aurora isn't being one hundred percent truthful... but I think she's trying to be, but maybe she can't. ): REMEMBER HER LINE: "It's like... you were made for this life." and think of the title of the chapter. How could that fit in?

I wonder what Drake's power will be :) Prolly somethin' cool ;) We all want Drake to have an awesome power.

WHOA... VICTORIA, GO BACK!... GO BACK! DON'T GO WITH COLE DX Ugh, whatever xD We'll see how that goes. Poor Victoria, she's so lost but she's strong... Just like Nala is, and if you don't think she's strong, you haven't seen anything yet ;)

The man who attacked Drake... what do you think he knows? I enjoyed Drake's little threats, they made me happy. This is sort of a The Lion king story, mixed with The Vampire Diaries [Awesome show BTW, if you like my stories, I suggest you check it out... it was bloody amazing ;)]

DON'T KNOW WHAT A DOPPLEGANGER IS? Either wait to find out, or look it up. It's an actual term ;)

-Shadowland.