Okay so this is my newest idea...(it's actually not new at all as it has been forming in my head for waaaay too long.) and I am way too excited to post it.

I'm going to give an extended summary here, and an apology. I am going to have this listed as an Elijah/Elena fic but Elijah does not enter the story until the later chapters, and he does appear in a couple of flashbacks. I just didn't want to list it as Elena/Damon because in the end, I am probably going to make EE endgame (although there is always the possibility of that changing.)

Anyway, so it has been one hundred years, but NO WORRIES there are going to be a buttload of flashbacks to fill you in on just what has been happening with the Mystic Falls trio.

Also note that there are character deaths (stated right in the beginning for the most part) but don't shy away just yet! And this chapter itself is in first person (Elena's journal) but the rest of the story will be in third person where I think you will learn a lot more of what is happening.)

I really hope you guys will enjoy this story, it is going to take me a while to get chapters up as I have a couple of other fics under way, but I really want this to work out. So PLEASE review and let me know what you think, chances are the more feedback I get, the faster I will bang the chapters out (I'm a glutton for feedback, I need it lol)

On that note, please enjoy and review!


Disclaimer: I do not own The Vampire Diaries or it's characters.

One Hundred Years

Prologue:

December 30th 2112

Tomorrow we ring in the New Year, well…technically.

One week ago counts exactly one hundred years since I was turned into a vampire, and had anyone asked me the day I woke up, hungry-the thirst for blood driving my intentions- I never would have expected to say that I would be where I am now.

There is no "where" anymore, because Mystic Falls, the "here" in my own story-the largest chapter of my life- is gone.

Nothing more than a desolate war zone, my home town has been destroyed in a fight for survival between the vampires and witches. We (and by "we" I mean Damon, myself, Stefan and Caroline) managed to side with the werewolves, thanks to Tyler-for a price.

Right now while I write this, on a spare loose piece of paper that I found in an antique desk belonging to an old…personal friend of mine, I could be celebrating. I have hit my second milestone of being a vampire. They say one hundred years is not a long time for my kind, but to me…watching those around me grow, it feels like an eternity.

However, I cannot celebrate. It was yesterday that I was told I lost one more person close to me. Yet one more lost to the trivial acts of war.

Stefan, the first vampire I met (or so I had originally believed) had been captured by the witches early in the morning. I can only hope that he is dead. I could never imagine the horrible things they may do to him if he remained alive.

I guess for the sake of record I should tell my story. Maybe one day-if I have to flee this safe house and forget this or if I also fall to the hands of the witches- someone will read my words, and know the truth of what is happening here, and how we ended up in this hell, as it has also been one hundred years since I have acknowledged my diary, which is long gone now.

Twenty years ago, a powerful witch, in hopes of protecting humanity (as most witches do) called upon the powers of each witch line, instead of just her own. She used their power in hopes to save those she loved, at least…I tell myself that that was what she was trying to do. Something, as is the theme of Mystic Falls, went terribly wrong.

It had all happened so fast and I remember hardly being able to mourn my brothers passing when they died.

At least…two out of four.

Kol and Rebekah passed, Rebekah turning to ash right in front of Damon and Tyler as if she were never even there. We found out not long after, from the only witch left who would give us the light of day, that the one who called upon their powers, had used too much as she ended the two Originals and in turn her spell only half worked on Elijah and Klaus, desiccating them before her own life faded away.

With Kol and Rebekah's demise, we lost half of the vampire population, maybe even more as it always seemed so…out of Elijah's character to turn others into what we were, but then again…I do not know much about his past. I never pushed him to explain anything more than he wanted to.

Regardless, we are lucky to be alive since it wasn't long after that the witches aimed for our heads.

They blamed us –as in the vampires and werewolves- for weakening their power. They claimed we compelled the witch to do it, even though we knew it wasn't possible. We also had no way of knowing that when she cast the spell, she would keep their powers when she died. I had come to wonder over the years, if that had been her original plan all along, to weaken the witches, even though they believed now there was an imbalance in nature.

Anything was possible

With Klaus desiccated, most of the hybrids scattered, leaving only Tyler to stand between the wolves and the vampires who were ready to push the blame off on the other species, nearly causing a war between them as well.

However, with so much lost, and knowing we both shared a common enemy in the witches now, we had to work together, but without any trust from either side, we made a deal. The wolves, using their much stronger sense of smell (especially when it came to finding vampires) quickly hunted down the bodies of the two remaining Originals, but only under the condition that they held the bodies.

They wanted to use Elijah and Klaus as bargaining chips, to ensure that we didn't betray them, and in return they would help us since the witches pushed the blame on the vampires for the wrongdoing. It was only in order to hold the balance that they would attack the wolves.

We had no choice, we had to keep going, we needed to survive.

So now, the humans have since fled Mystic Falls, with the help of the vampires who compelled them all to go. The town has become an epicenter for the war, the outskirts being hardly safe as well. The witches have torn us apart, and we struggle for survival each day, making out of place allegiances, using what we can to just make it through to tomorrow.

The world has changed for our kind-those not entirely human- and while the human's may believe it was a major gas leak, we know the truth.

I will say, through all of this, that I am glad my friends-those that remained human- did not live long enough to see this.

Matt, Jeremy, Bonnie and even Dr. Fell got to live their lives to the fullest and that is all I could ever ask for. Even after I was turned I was able to live my life among friends so even if I died tomorrow I know I would have lived a full life full of happiness, sad moments and great relationships.

Thinking back, I remember the last time I wrote, I remember being torn between the two Salvatore brothers so for the sake of breaking off of the story of my future, and for my own sanity and self I can say this. My choice for which Salvatore I chose had remained irrelevant for the first year and to my own surprise, they both understood. I was going through too much to worry about my love life.

In the end, I chose Damon, his charm, our laughs and his good side reminded me to remain strong, but that only lasted for a few years (much longer than Caroline had predicted) as remaining in someone else's shadow, despite his arguments, had proven fruitless. I needed to grow, and to do that I needed my best friend Damon, not my lover Damon. That is how we are, even to this day regardless of our disagreement on how to keep ourselves alive. I will continue to care for his safety as we are in this together.

It's my turn to keep watch now, so I am done writing. I have to remind myself to keep going with this, maybe Elijah has a notebook hidden somewhere that is unused, one that I can keep safe in case we have to flee again.

-Always;

Elena Gilbert


So what do you think? Please do let me know if there is anything you think I should change, if anything is confusing etc (a lot will be answered in later chapters, this is just Elena's journal entry.) Anyway, please do let me know!