Elena was passing through a little one-horse town called Mystic Falls when she decided to stop for a drink. Apparently, there was only one bar here so she swiftly pulled her cherry red Aston Martin into a spot and got out. At least it was more modern than it was in 1864. Every person within a mile radius was staring at her. She sashayed into the Grille with her chocolate curls bouncing and every man's eyes on her. It barely affected her anymore. She was immune to the attention. She gracefully sat down on a bar stool and the bartender immediately was at her service. She ordered a bourbon. "I need to see your I.D, miss," the bartender stated. She looked straight into his eyes and watched his pupils dilate, "No you don't. Now bring me my bourbon." He replied in a daze, "On second thought, let me just grab your drink." She nodded.
He brought her bourbon and a bunch of rowdy teenagers walked in. She rolled her eyes and knocked back the rest of her drink. She signaled the bartender for another. She was going to need one if she had to listen to them. She then used her vampire hearing to listen to what was going on around here. She zoned in on the teenagers. She heard a slightly deep voice ask, "Man, do you see that chick over there? Salvatore, go talk to her! I dare you!" She rolls her eyes at the use of the word 'chick' and hears who she assumes is 'Salvatore' scoff, "Watch and learn, Lockwood." His footsteps approach her and she knocks back another drink, preparing to humiliate this boy. He sits down next to her and his scent is over-whelming. She doesn't look at him yet. 'Salvatore' says, "Not too many people can knock back bourbon like that. What's your secret?" She ignores him and he seems to be persistent and says, "Fine, if you won't tell me your secret, at least tell me your name." For the first time she turns and fully faces him. He is one of the most handsome men she has ever seen. He sees her entire face for the first time is obviously in awe of her beauty. He shamelessly checks her out starting from her bouncy curls to her blood red corset tank top and black leather jacket, down to her skin tight black jeans and six inch red pumps. She is flawless; an impeccable creature. "My name?" she questions innocently. Her voice is practically hypnotic so he gives a quick nod. She smirks and grabs her tumbler and says, "Not interested." Now this man, being who he is, is not used to being rejected is quite flabbergasted. He covers it with a smirk of his own and says, "Well my name is Damon." She looks at him again and cocks her head, "Well, Damon, you obviously do not know how to take a hint." She puts a hundred on the bar and stands up. Damon follows the action. "At least tell me your name," Damon asks. She stares at him for a few moments and then says, "Elena. Elena Gilbert." "Well, Elena, where are you from? I would've remembered seeing a face like yours around here." "Everywhere," she simply states. He looks quite confused. "Well, Elena, why don't you meet me here tomorrow at seven and tell me where everywhere is?" he questioned the vampire. "We'll see." She shook her hips as she walked away from Damon. She decided she would stay in Mystic Falls for a while. She drove away from the Grille leaving an awe-struck Damon walking back to his friends. Caroline, the blonde cheerleader, says, "Well, she seemed like quite the ice queen." Tyler claps him on the back and Matt laughs. "We'll see." Damon replies obviously not finished with Elena.
Elena pulls up to a house, more like a mansion or boarding house with its beautiful structure, for sale and sees the realtor walking out. She prances over to him and gives him a dazzling smile, "I would like to buy this house. Today." The man looks quite confused. She sighs and smiles again, "What's your name?" He replies, "Greg." She then says persuasively, "Well, Greg, I want you to sell me this house today." He is about to speak and but the vampire doesn't give him a chance. She compels him, "I want you to sell me this house today and not remember a thing that I'm about to do to you." She then pulls his head to the side and plunges her fangs deep into an artery in his neck. After she hears his heart beat slowing she stops. She feeds him some of her blood and walks into her new house with Greg following her. He says, "Man, I have a headache." Elena doesn't even look back at him, "It will fade." She signs the papers and finishes all of the other unnecessary business to buy the house. Greg hands her the keys and leaves with a clueless smile. She plops down on her new leather couch. The house is gorgeous. She speeds upstairs to the second floor to examine it. There are four bedrooms; the master bedroom and four others. The master bedroom is exquisite. The walls are cream and a red between burgundy and blood with chair rail separating the two colors; the cream on top and red on the bottom. There is a huge walk-in closet and the master bathroom is connected to it. There is a Jacuzzi, a double sink and a stand-up shower. She smiles at the closet knowing it will be filled to the brim with designer labels. The wall on the other side of the room is completely glass draped with dark red curtains. She opens them and lets the sunlight in. There is a king-sized bed right in the middle of the room. The duvet is a combination of red, gold, and cream with a unique design. It has tons of pillows towering on it. There is a vanity and bureau on the other wall along with a desk. Elena decides to move the desk because it looks out of place in this room.
She exits her bedroom and goes down to the next. It is not much smaller but with a different color scheme of blacks, greys, and whites. It also has a bathroom and walk-in closet. All of the rooms are set up similarly. The next room has pale yellow walls with a light green duvet and white furniture. The last room is empty. She opens the door to what is supposed to be the walk-in closet and finds a set of stairs. She walks up and is quite shocked at what she sees. It is an entire room the length and width of the house. The walls are lined with books. There is a desk in a corner of the room. The person who lived here before was obviously a writer. Elena is genuinely happy with her new house. She is starting high school tomorrow and wants to throw a party so she decides to unpack all of her belongings tonight. She goes out to her car and pulls out all of her suitcases. There are countless bags. She puts all of her clothes in her closet and places her suitcase full of diaries in the hidden library. The kitchen is gigantic and very modern with everything stainless steel and granite. There is a living room, dining room, and two powder rooms on the first floor. She then goes to check out the basement. It is like another living room with a flat screen TV along with the couch. She tries to open what looks like a coat closet but it doesn't budge. She pulls open the door and is welcomed to a long corridor of cold, gray concrete.
She speeds to the end of it and sees some sort of prison cell and another door. She opens the door and it is empty besides a table with a purple and green herb on it. She touches it and it burns her skin. "Aghh! Vervain! Damn it!" She slams the door shut and reminds herself to put a padlock on that doo thinking to herself, "Can't have anyone using that against me." After that, she decides to shower and go to sleep.
The next morning, Elena wakes up very early so she has time to eat her breakfast which in her case is a bag of AB positive. She curls her hair in ringlets and goes to her closet to choose an outfit. She chooses a pair of skin tight black pants with a deep purple corset tank top. She picks a pair of 6-inch black stilettos and walks out to her car while sliding into her leather jacket. She slides her ray bands on and drives to the high school and parks her car. Once again, everyone is looking at her. She gets out of her car and looks around. She begins to walk towards the entrance when her path is crossed by a perky blonde, "Hi, I'm Caroline Forbes. You must be new here." She holds her hand out for Elena to shake and the two shake hands. "Elena and yes, I am new here," Elena says. "Well, if you're looking for the office, it is straight down the main hallway. You can't miss it," the blonde says happily. "Thanks, Caroline, I will see you around," Elena smiles genuinely for what feels like the first time in a century. The blonde nods eagerly and smiles brightly. She walks away and sees Damon walking with some blonde bimbo. She decides to make a scene and walks over. "Hey, Damon," Elena purrs. He turns around and looks shocked. "Uh- Hi, E-Elena," he says nervously. "So I just wanted to let you know our little date for tonight is off," Elena says, "I have other plans." His eyes widen and the bimbo on his arm turns around and glares at him. The girl screeches, "Date?! What the hell, Damon!" Damon trips over his words and says, "Andie, it was a dare. Tyler dared me to ask her out when we were at the Grille." Elena butts in with a roll of her eyes and says, "Her has a name." Andie turns around and goes to smack Elena. Elena grabs her wrist and twists her arm back and pushes down on her shoulder in the position that could break her arm. Everyone's eyes widen in shock. Elena says calmly to Andie, "I suggest you not do that again." She lets go of her arm. The girl rubs her shoulder. A few guys in the back of the crowd chuckled. One dark-haired guy walks up and introduces himself, "I'm Kol Mikaelson, and you are?" He is very attractive and has a British accent. Elena knows he is a vampire because she met him a long, long time ago. "Elena Gilbert," Elena states. Kol questions, "Want me to walk you to class?" Fury rises in Damon's chest and he doesn't know why. Elena glances at Damon and replies to Kol, "Absolutely." She struts off with Kol at her side and says with a smile, "So the Mikaelsons are back in Mystic Falls." He nods and says, "So is Elena Gilbert." She nods back. "We came back a few months ago, at the beginning of the summer. What about you?" She says, "Yesterday." He raises his eyebrows, "Well, Rebekah has missed you and if I'm being honest, we all have. Oh, did Rebekah tell you that we killed Mikael and Esther?" Now it was Elena's turn to raise her eyebrows, "Are you serious?" He nods proudly, "Well Mikael was hunting us for about a millennium and Esther tried to bond us together and then suicidal Finn goes and helps her so yes, and they had it coming. But, anyway, Elijah, Klaus, Rebekah and I would love to have you over tonight for drinks. What do you think?" She replies, "Actually, I'm having a party tonight. I want you guys to come. Would you like to? I miss Bekah, too." Kol says, "That would be great. Rebekah is here at school. Elijah and Klaus are home but I will text them to let them know. What's your first class?" She looks panicked, "Shit, I have to head to the office to grab my schedule. I will see you at lunch, Kol." He nods and says, "Alright, we can grab a quick bite." They both laugh and walk into school. Elena practically runs to the office to grab her schedule.
The lady at the desk asks for her name. "My name is Elena Gilbert and I want you to give me my schedule without any more questions," she compels her because she is going to be late for class but little did she know that Damon was standing a few feet behind her. The lady hands her the paper and Elena turns around. "How did you get her to listen to you?" Damon questioned. "I just asked her for it," she replied. "No, you commanded her and she listened," he emphasized on the word 'commanded.' "Look, I am going to be late for my first class. I want you to forget what you just saw," she didn't want to compel but she didn't have an explanation for that. After she finished compelling him, he said, "What the hell, Elena? Did you have to make a scene?" She smirked and said, "Well, you shouldn't have been a man-whore and asked me out and we wouldn't have your little girlfriend crying and then trying to hit me, which didn't work out well for her. She almost ended up with a broken arm and that would've hurt so I suggest you warn her to not put her hands on me again." He looked a little taken aback from her forwardness but regained composure and said, "How did you do that anyway? No girl I know can do that." She walked to the exit of the office and turned around to face him again, "It's a secret." She strutted out of the office with Damon's eyes on her. She walked into biology and took a seat next to a blonde leaning down to grab something out of her bag. The girl sat up and saw Elena. "Elena?!" the girl screeched grabbing everyone's attention. "Bekah! I missed you so much! I feel like it has been decades!" Elena squeaks. The girls laugh and embrace one another. "I am having a party at my house tonight and you are definitely coming! We have to catch up!" Elena said in a lower but still very much excited tone. "Of course I will be there! I can't wait! I will come over early to help you set up." Rebekah replied. The conversation ended there when the teacher came in. It looks like she was fitting right back in with the crowd.