Summary: AU, Back to the beginning. Elena and Katherine Gilbert are teenage twin sisters with the seemingly perfect life: Young, hot and popular. But, they and their friends' lives are turned upside down when the Salvatore brothers and their 'family' move to town. D/E, S/K.
DISCLAIMER: I OWN NOTHING FROM "THE VAMPIRE DIARIES" BOOKS OR TV SERIES. I'm just a mediocre writer having some fun with the universe and its' characters!
Author's Note (*Please Read*): Ok, this is very AU. It starts at the beginning where almost everyone is human and I'm hoping it will be a long and progressive story. It will be mostly a 'Delena' and 'Steferine' story. But, It will have other couples like Ana and Jeremy, Alarc and Jenna, Klaroline, etc. But this story is a slow burn! I am essentially re-doing the TV show if you will, so no couples are permanent! Pretty much everyone is alive and has a completely different back story than they did in the show. So please, read with an open mind and review! Yay!
.CHAPTER ONE.
Elena and Katherine were identical in looks, but far different in almost every other way. Elena was compassionate, giving and on her way to valedictorian. Katherine was darker - sarcastic, flirtacious and (more often than not) selfish. And though the two girls were incredibly different, they were sisters. And as sisters they always had each others' back. They did tend to hang around different people, but still considered themselves close as could be. Elena was in more of the 'A' group. She was on and off dating Matt Donovan, the captain of the foot ball team. She was head cheerleader and taking all AP classes that she was passing with flying colors. She had aspirations of becoming a doctor and living the white-picket-fence life. Elena had it all figured out...
Katherine not so much.
She was not as interested in sports and academics. She was dating a football player named Tyler Lockwood. But, their relationship tended to be more physical than anything. Katherine was the type to skip class for shopping with her blonde bombshell of a best friend, Caroline, and attend under age keg parties instead of doing her homework. She had absolutely no idea what she wanted out of life. All she knew was that she didn't want to spend it in Mystic Falls. She was getting out of this town and this life as soon as she graduated. However, they were only about to start their junior year of high school. White fences and dreams of waking up "anywhere but here" were still two years away for them.
"Do you ever get tired of jeans and sweaters? You can show more skin than your forearms now and then. I promise you won't be struck by lightning the second you leave the house." Katherine teased, leaning against the doorway of her sister's bedroom. Their styles were just as different as their personalities. Katherine chose tight clothing in dark colors and let her deep chocolate locks fall in loose curls. Elena was the more conservative and, what Katherine considered, "plain". Most of her outfits involved jeans or jean shorts with generic colored tank tops or a long sleeved shirt. Her deep mahogany hair was always perfectly straight and silky soft. She had been brushing the smooth strands infront of her vanity mirror as Katherine spoke.
"Some people actually like respect over rumors." Elena shot back before sticking her tongue out playfully.
Katherine smirked, "Who says they're rumors?" She winked and adjusted her bosom, bringing attention to the cleavage that was showing. Elena made a noise in the back of her throat feigning disgust as Katherine disappeared from view and headed down the stairs with a laugh. Elena shook her head before applying a small amount of lip gloss and following her sister. The whole family was in the kitchen. Her mother, Miranda, smiled at her as she plopped on one of the stools and grabbed an apple from the fruit bowl on the counter. "Look at both of my beautiful girls! I can't believe you guys are 17 already. Seems like just yesterday was teddy bears and pajama themed sleep overs with Caroline and Bonnie."
"Please, god, don't start crying." Katherine mumbled from her seat next to Elena before taking a bite of her own apple. Elena chuckled.
"Let your mother be emotional. That's what parents do. Do you guys need a ride to school this morning?" Their father, Grayson, asked. He had just finished pouring a cup of coffee and was gathering papers into his briefcase.
"No, thanks. Matt is picking us up." Elena said cheerfully. Miranda gave Katherine a disapproving look as she made a sound of annoyance. She attempted to cover it up with a cough.
"What's wrong with Matt? I think he's a charming young man! Tyler could learn some tips about being a gentleman from him." Their mother said, staring pointedly at her. Katherine giggled.
"Matt and Tyler have been best friends since grade school. I think if anything was going to rub off by now it would have." She responded, standing up and throwing her apple core in the trash can. Both girls moved to grab their back packs when a horn sounded outside.
"That's for us! Love you!" Elena exclaimed, kissing both parents on the cheek and rushing for the door. Katherine went to do the same and was stopped by her father after the interaction. He grabbed a navy colored sweater that was draped over the back of a dining room chair and held it out in front of her.
"I don't want any phone calls this year about 'dress code violations', Kat." He said, referring to the tight and revealing spaghetti strapped top she was sporting. She rolled her eyes and took the sweater from his outstretched hand. "Aye, aye, Sir." She sighed before rushing out the front door to Matt Donovan's very old and very blue pick up truck.
"Katherine." Matt acknowledged with a forced smile. Matt was an attractive guy. Dirty blonde hair, incredible blue eyes, athletic build... and yet he was completely boring to Katherine. He was too nice and too predictable. "Donovan." She responded, not bothering to look at him while she climbed in the back seat and fastened her seat belt.
Elena sighed quietly. She really wished her boyfriend and her sister could get along, but it was always tense and awkward. Matt was too "goody two shoes" for Katherine. Elena was always getting, what felt like, lectures from her twin about how she could do better. She was a straight A student who was probably going to get a full ride to any college she wanted. Matt was a mediocre foot ball player who could barely maintain the GPA to play because spent most of his time working to pay bills his mother couldn't. Elena saw him for his big heart and goofy smile. He was enough for her and she was in love with him, but Katherine insisted on a regular basis that he was holding Elena back. And the more she pushed about it, the more Elena started to feel doubts.
The drive to school was short, which was good because it was filled with uncomfortable silence. Katherine was the first to hop out of the truck as it had barely pulled into a student parking spot. Her dark curly head disappeared quickly into the sea of teenagers heading towards the school entrance. Elena turned to look at Matt, happy for the tension disappearing. They both smiled before leaning in for a few kisses.
"Why does your sister hate me?" Matt asked when they pulled away. Elena raised an eyebrow.
"You are thinking about my sister when I'm making out with you?" She teased. He laughed.
"Not exactly. It's just that car ride was really awkward. I mean, she's dating my best friend and you, my girlfriend, are her sister. You think there would be non-hostility by association or something." He complained. Elena sighed and brought a hand to his cheek. She looked into his bright blue eyes before kissing him gently.
"First of all, I don't know if I would call Kat and Tyler's relationship 'dating'. And second of all, I love my sister... but she's a bitch. Everyone knows that. Who says there is a rhyme or reason for her acting like she doesn't like you?" She kissed his nose, grabbed her backpack, and hopped out of the truck before he could keep prodding. She could tell by Matt's face that that answer didn't satisfy him. Matt was genuinely a good guy and probably wanted to repair whatever the issue was so he could have some hint of a friendship with his girlfriend's twin. But, Elena didn't have the heart to tell him that her sister was a snob who referred to him as trash. (Paraphrasing... ok, maybe not paraphrasing.) Matt dropped the subject and they held hands as they entered the school and walked to first period together.
Katherine was tempted to skip her classes and do, literally, anything else, but her parents had given her several speeches prior to her first day of school about how this year her behavior needed to "change drastically". Her parents would never admit that Elena was their favorite, but Katherine would bet a lot of money on it. She just couldn't be the doe-eyed ambitious and innocent daughter they wanted her to be. I mean, they were twins not clones. Katherine liked being different. She liked being bad. She loved her sister and respected who she was, but that did not mean she aspired to be like her. It was too much fun being the wild child.
The bell was going to ring any minute, but Katherine was set on finding Tyler for a pre-learning make out session. He was usually found at the back of the school near the football field with his annoying and moronic jock buddies. Sure enough, when she exited the back ramp of the school and headed towards the familiar chain link fence bordering the field - that's where he was. But, instead of the usual circle-jerk of letterman losers, there were two blonde bimbos chatting him up... He was smirking and nodding his head to whatever it was they were saying. Katherine fumed.
As stated before, their relationship was mostly physical. The amount of true emotional attachment that the pair had for each other was low on any scale. But, Katherine was a territorial minx. Just because she didn't want him all of the time didn't mean she wanted fake blonde bitches with too much eye liner giving him sex eyes.
Katherine approached just as the two girls were leaving. Tyler turned his head to notice her and did a damn good job of not looking guilty. He reached out to pull her into an embrace, but she took a step back and crossed her arms. "What did they want?" Katherine tossed out in her usual throaty tone, tilting her head. Tyler sighed.
"They were asking about whether or not I could get my uncle Mason to supply the beer for the bonfire on Friday night." Tyler now crossed his arms, mocking her.
"Oh, is that all?" Her sarcasm made his jaw clench. It would have been sexy if she wasn't pissed off. "Because I'm pretty sure I could see one of them drooling."
"Knock it off, Kat." He grabbed his bag off the ground as the bell rang. "I don't do jealousy." He slung the bag over his shoulder and stormed passed her.
Katherine laughed while she turned to watch his back as he left. "Tell that to the guy you punched two weeks ago."
"That guy grabbed your ass! It's not even close to the same thing." He threw his bag over his shoulder before disappearing into the school from the ramp.
Katherine's jaw was the one to clench this time. Her eyes narrowed in thought. He wanted to claim he didn't do jealousy? He could go right ahead and be a lying douche. Katherine was getting bored with him anyway. It was time to spice it up with some fresh meat. The only issue was the amount of male real estate in this school was seriously lacking. No matter, she was finding another date to the bon fire on Friday and she was going to relish in rubbing it in Tyler's face.
The bell rang signaling the end of 3rd period. Elena and her best friend, Bonnie, exited history class together with Matt following at their heals. Elena groaned, "God, why is Coach Tanner such an ass? I swear he gets stricter every year." Bonnie nodded in agreement.
"I heard Angela Lane accused him of sexual harrassment last year and he almost got fired." Matt piped in as they rounded a corner, heading towards Elena's locker.
"What? That's disgusting!" Elena replied. Tyler Lockwood strode up to join them and had over heard.
"I heard a rumor that when cheerleading and football practice is over that he sneaks into the girls' locker room and sniffs all the spanks he can find." He added causing all three of the other teens to made noises of revulsion.
"That's sick, Ty." Matt laughed and Elena rolled her eyes.
"Where's my sister at? You guys didn't decide to go for a broom-closet quickie?" She teased as they finally came to a stop at her locker. She lazily turned the combination and pulled the door open with a 'pop'. Tyler shrugged.
"She went psycho on me this morning because those two sophomore chicks, Courtney and Megan, were asking about beer for this Friday." He responded. Suddenly the locker door that had been open next to Elena's closed, revealing Caroline Forbes. Katherine's best friend. The blonde girl gave Tyler a snobby look.
"Wait? Those two have names? I spent all last year referring to them as 'Slut #1' and 'Slut #2'". She threw out before slamming the locker closed. She turned her attention to Elena. "And your sister skipped out to go to the graveyard with Vi-..." Caroline stopped mid-sentence, looking from Elena to Matt.
"Vicki is cutting class? Seriously?" Matt sighed deeply and looked at the ceiling in annoyance.
"Our dad is going to murder Kat." Elena grumbled and finally closed her locker after retrieving her book. Matt started going off about his own sister's lack of care and responsibility that Elena wasn't really listening to. The other 4 teens around her talked amongst themselves as she suddenly became very distracted.
The most handsome man she had ever seen was walking down the hall.
He was tall, chiseled and dark haired. He was a little on the pale side, but that didn't diminish his attractiveness by a thread. The sunglasses and leather jacket he had on gave him a bad boy vibe that was overwhelmingly sexy. Elena found herself stunned and reached out her hand to tug on Caroline's sleeve. She too seemed to notice this mystery new guy. Bonnie, Tyler and Matt were still carrying on in a discussion that Elena partially recognized to be about the football game schedules.
"Care... Who is that?" Elena whispered, nodding her dark head in the new guys' direction. Caroline's smile was already flirtacious.
"That... is Stefan Salvatore. He was in my 1st period English class... I'm pretty sure we're getting married. I'm thinking a June wedding." She paused to giggle, "What are you oogling for anyway? You already have a boy toy." Elena looked to her side just in time to catch Matt and Tyler laughing and high fiving over something while Bonnie rolled her dark brown eyes at them. She looked back at Caroline.
"I wasn't 'oogling'. I've just never seen him before." She lied, feeling a blush creep up on her cheeks. Caroline gave her a judgey look before heading in the direction of her next class, following closely behind Stefan. Elena sighed and shook her head. Caroline was right. She was happily taken by Matt. But, that didn't mean she could appreciate a good looking guy now and then. Especially when he practically dripped perfection.
The bell rang causing the group of friends to head to their next class.
"Is it really smart to be out here just the two of us?" Vicki was holding a joint in her hand as she said it. The question was serious, but her expression was that of someone trying very hard not to start laughing. Katherine rolled her eyes at the younger girl. Caroline refused to skip class on the first day of school, so she decided that little Donovan would have to do. The girl loved to have a good time just as much as Kat did. However, she wasn't the most mature company.
"It's a graveyard in the middle of the day. What's the worst that could happen?" Kat replied in a bored tone, scrolling through her phone. She wasn't the smoking type. Alcohol was more of her type of party. The issue was if she drank in the middle of the day she was more likely to come home from 'school' drunk... and that meant grounding for an eternity.
"Haha, yeah you're right. Must just be the weed." Vicki chuckled, taking another drag. Katherine rolled her eyes and moved to stand up from the gravestone she had been sitting against.
"I'm gonna take a walk."
"And leave me here alone!?" Vicki exclaimed, jumping up from the ground herself.
"Oh, please. We both know Jeremy is going to show up any minute." Katherine said, already exiting the graveyard through the black metal gate at the edge of the woods. Jeremy Gilbert was Elena and Katherine's cousin. He and Vicki had been good friends for the last couple of years and secretly dating. Katherine knew about it - Elena did not. Jeremy was around enough that both twins considered him more like a brother than a cousin. He didn't think Elena would approve of him dating her boyfriend's little sister. So, he asked Kat to keep quiet about it. She didn't keep much from her sister, but she barely considered this an important secret.
The sunlight shimmered through the leaves. The woods near Mystic Falls felt intimidating at night, but during the day were so green and beautiful. She could hear a creek in the upcoming distance. Katherine knew it would lead to the river under Wickery Bridge. She just needed some time to think. Tyler had royally pissed her off this morning. Caroline had made it worse by refusing her proposal to blow off class to have fun. Her parents were going to give her a piece of their mind when she got home... it wasn't a great first day of the school year.
She was lost in thought when she tripped over a tree root. "God, what the hell?"
It wasn't a tree root.
It took Katherine all of 3 seconds, that felt like an eternity, to process what she was looking at.
It was a girl not much older than her. She had wavy red hair and emerald green eyes... Eyes that were empty, staring emotionless into the sky. Her lips were parted in a silent plea for help. Her entire head was surrounded by a giant pool of blood. Her neck looked as if it has been mauled by some sort of animal.
Katherine scurried backwards on her ass away from the body, gasping for air, hands digging into the dirt. Her eyes locked onto the blood. So much blood!
She tilted her head back and screamed.
A/N: Dun, dun, DUN!
Although, honestly in my head I heard the song "The Boys are Back in Town" play in my mind. Hehe! Please Review!