AN: This story's vamp Ideals are based on TVD ideology but I must stress that this is not a crossover. Again all reviews and critiques are welcome and anyone slamming for the sake of slamming please save your time.

"Ugh! Tell me again WHY we have to come back to this dreaded place? Especially when you know that I detest this place with every fibre of my being?" The shorter of the two siblings demanded as she crushed the cigarette she had been smoking on the ground, glaring out at nothing in particular only to have a smirk grace her features as her brother lets out a long suffering sigh as he undoubtedly counted to ten before answering her.

"You know exactly why we had to come back Ray. You damn well know that your soul mate is here and that is why you, the 400 year old vampire, ran away from the mere mortal, because you couldn't deal. Not because of the crap cover story we concocted that I was in juvie and you having moved to take care of distant relatives in Ireland for the last year."

Ray whipped around and levelled her brother with a fierce glare, her eyes flashing dangerously moments before lightening streaked across the sky.

"And you dear brother, damn well know there was more to my leaving. Noah she discovered my not so little secret and used it to further, what's deemed in this day, 'bully me' I couldn't compel her, I could smell the vervain in her blood. What was I to do Noah? I'm not ashamed of who I am but do you know how much it hurts when your soul mate cant accept all that you are?"

"Well look at this way sis, you don't have to hide anymore. You can finally show these losers that you are an even bigger badder badass then I am. You no longer have to play the part of the loud mouth pretentious, sounds like she regurgitated a dictionary when she speaks, argyle animal print wearing diva."

Ray rolled her eyes at her brothers accurate description of her previous persona that she had pretended to be as she replied. "Yes and the only reason I was dressing like an overgrown toddler was because I lost a bet to you, as for the rest of it, it just seemed to fit the character."

Closing her eyes, Ray took a deep breath and shifted the pending storm away from the town and out towards the water.

"You need to get your emotions in check Ray." Noah commented softly

"I realize this dear brother of mine. Why do you think I ran to the Emerald Isle? No one would notice the rain." Ray retorted with a cheeky grin.

"What-ever sis. Lets head up to Columbus. You need a hair cut and we both need to feed and get new clothes."

Getting back in the car, Ray leaned against the window closing her eyes, and immediately was bombarded with memories.

Ray and her brother Noah had been born during a time where her extra appendage was deemed a mark of the devil and she would have been drowned as a child had the townsfolk known that she was a girl. Their parents dressed and treated Ray as a boy and, was of course made to conduct herself as a proper gentleman. Trouble began when Ray's twin brother Noah, began to grow bigger and become stronger than Ray. Their father, whom was a prideful brute of a man, was ashamed and unable to understand why his 'first born son' was so small and weak, when his second son was growing to be a tall, strapping young man. The twins father would beat Ray when the differences between the two siblings sizes and strengths became noticeable. If Ray even gave off the slightest appearance of being weak, she was beaten with the strap. If she was unable to carry the same amount of wood as Noah, she was whipped, unable to swing the axe any longer she would be beaten then sent to bed with out any dinner. Noah tried to protect his sister as much and as often as he could. He would most times work as slow as Ray, stack the wood she could no longer lift, swing the axe for her when she no longer had the strength to hold it anymore. When the twins were 18, their mother woke them and urged them to run away. Their father had come home drunk after being out drinking with the other men folk and had discovered that Noah had been covering for Ray. Their mother had already had two bags packed for when this day had come, and gave them to the twins. Thrusting the bags into the twins' arms as they quickly began to shove their garments into them. Quickly dressing, the siblings slipped out the window with a final fair well to their mother and disappeared into the surrounding woods. It was the last time either sibling would see their mother alive.

The duo managed to survive as it had been the beginning of the warm season when they fled from their family home, and travelled from town to town for a few months, before meeting the two gentlemen that would change their lives forever. Noah and Ray had stumbled out of the tavern after sharing a meal when they stumbled into the gentlemen As it turns out the meeting was no accident, the two men had been observing the pair for years and following the duo from town to town since that fateful night. After polite introductions had been made, the quartet sat around a small fire in the woods by the twins camp and the gentlemen explained now that winter was coming, they were there to offer the siblings the gift of immortality as we showed admirable character, strength and an overall goodness almost pure of heart that should be preserved for eons to come. The gentleman gave the twins a fortnight to make their decision. After everything that they had been though, it was a rather easy decision for the twins. Ray was tired of being afraid all the time and Noah thought that it would be fantastic to be a vampire and as neither of the two were willing to leave the other after all that they had been though, it was an easy decision for the siblings. When the fortnight ended the older gentlemen returned, and the twins accepted their offer. The older gentlemen whisked the twins away from the camp and nearby village and began to educate the siblings in the history of their kind and what it would mean for the twins to become vampires. The siblings had been inured during a fight that had happened at what was now known as a brothel, when they attempted to seek shelter from the rains, a few days prior, the two older gentlemen, whom they would come to later know as Leroy and Hiram and sometimes refer to as dads. As soon as the sibling healed from their minor injuries Leroy and Hiram gave them the gift of immortality.

"Ray, wake up sis. We're here."

Getting out of the car, Ray stretched and lit another of her specialty smokes with trembling hands as she tried to shake off the unwanted memories.

"So what did you want to do first?" Noah asked softly as he stole a drag from Ray's cigarette.

"Hair, wardrobe then food."

"Alright then lets get this done."

A few hours later, Noah and Ray both had new wardrobes to suit their, as Noah put it, badass hairstyles, however she personally thought he looked stupid with the mohawk again.

Ray smirked as she casually remarked to her brother before getting back in the car to head home "You know McKinley is not going to know what hit them this year."

Groaning Ray rolled over to turn off the incessant beeping of her alarm clock. Getting out of bed, Ray let loose a yawn so wide that it caused her jaw to crack. Stretching and cracking her spine, she slowly makes her way to her en suite to have a steaming hot shower. Enjoying the water beating down from the 'rain shower' head and pulsating jet aimed at her back, relaxing the aching muscles after over twenty hours of nonstop travelling, Ray silently thanks her fathers for teaching how to make the vampire blood 'work' in ones body. Prior to fleeing to Ireland, Ray's height topped out at 5' 2", now Ray stood at 5' 9". When the twins were first turned, her fathers had told both siblings that in time they would be able to manipulate their bodies into growing if they so desired. Noah immediately wanted to be taller and stronger so he could always protect his sister. Ray was content to stay as she was until last year that was. While in Ireland Ray finally gave into the desire to be taller and stronger. Soon Noah was helping Ray with her workouts and how to define the muscle mass that came with the additional seven inches of height.

Finally stepping out of the shower, Ray wraps a towel around her waist and heads to her walk in closet. Selecting a black pair of relaxed fitting jeans and a white v neck, Ray dresses quickly and is packing her gym gear as her brother walks in to her room.

"Yo Ray! Lets go! I hear that the new football coach doesn't take anyone's shit."

"You don't have to shout Noah. I'm well aware of Coach Beiste's tolerance and the lack there of for slackers and those whom don't give their all. Besides this tryout is merely a formality. I sent her the tape of us playing during the summer with the minor football league we started over in Ireland. We are a shoo in for the team. Now onto something that's actually a serious matter... what about breakfast?"

"You didn't tell me that you sent her the tape sis." Noah began slightly stunned. "Besides all you did was bitch piss and moan about coming back here... with good reason to." He hastily added at Ray's arched eyebrow. "As for breakfast I made steak and egg burritos and coffee with a little O neg in it."

"Thank you Noah. And yes well, we might as well have some fun while stuck here and I for one can not think of a better way then becoming starting Quarterback and fucking with the social hierarchy."

Now despite most myths about vampires, Ray and Noah were able to eat regular food and sustain nourishment from it. The obviously could walk around in the sun and not get burned to a crisp. Their fathers had explained that their family had been bestowed with the gift of 'day walking' because they were pure of heart. Ray believed it was due to the fact that her family didn't kill humans to stay alive. Noah didn't question it and was just glad that he was still able to walk around in the sun. Hiram and Leroy had educated the twins about vervain or more commonly known as verbena, and how the plant was used against their kind. Vervain was the culprit behind the myth that holy water would burn a vampire like acid. The catholic church had been steeping the plant in water since the dawn of time. It was accidental that one of the Messiah's followers was burned after attempting to drink the water one night. From that point on in time, the church deemed this water as 'holy', gods will, and used it against the 'devil' and those cursed by the devil. When in actuality vampires are just allergic to the plant and react to it like humans react when they come into contact with poison ivy or poison oak. Like with anything, if exposed to it long enough, and like certain foods that can cause discomfort, if ingested often enough, vampires can develop a tolerance and eventually an immunity to the plants effects. Since the twins completed their transition, Hiram and Leroy had forced them into ingesting vervain and handling anything that had been soaked in the oils or steeped water to develop and immunity to the plant in order to keep them safe in future. And they were right, going through all that pain had kept them safe. Many times the twins had travelled to a town that was superstitious and had been given a meal that had been laced with the plant. In the past other 'travellers' had reacted badly and had been outed as the devil and hand been captured and promptly executed. Their fathers had explained that other reasons for mortals to ingest as well as them, the plant was to keep from being compelled by another vampire. After a steady continuous diet, their fathers were no longer able to take away their will and force them to do and bend to their will.

The siblings grabbed their breakfast, gym bags and leave the house. Ray and Noah hop into Rays customized jeep that Noah had moved to the front of the house before Ray had even rolled over to turn her alarm off that morning. Turning the engine over the twins were greeted to the opening notes of System of a Down's 'Down with the Sickness" Grinning Noah turns up the volume as he bobs his head along to the beat of the song. Peeling out of the driveway, Ray speeds down their road until reaching the main roadways where she is forced to reduce her speed. The siblings lived in the outskirts of town in what was known as the 'rich' area of town. Their fathers as well as Noah and Ray had amassed a fortune over the centuries. The families personal investments in the stock market, with in the last year had netted them individually billions of dollars, the family had enough money to last them multiple lifetimes. It had only taken ten minutes to get to the school and that was even with Ray slowing down to the posted speed limits the closer she got to the school. Parking in the area closer to the football field, Noah and Ray quickly exited the jeep, grabbed their bags from the back and hustled out into the field where Coach Beiste was waiting.