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A high school in the middle of the woods of Virginia. No elite group, no steps with hierarchy. It is going to be hard for B. to fit in. What if these people aren't impressed by money, wealth and unkindness? And will you be able to take the crown from the current queen, a queen that once was like you, strong, unkind and superior, but now goes with the crowd and has gained the sympathy of the people around her? There is nothing more difficult to break than bonds based on loyalty and friendship. But B. is certainly going to try…

"Welcome to Mystic Falls High," a blond girl who had walked up to Blair said, "my name is Caroline Forbes, head of the student welcoming committee, and I am here to welcome you to this new school and to show you around. I hope you will find your place here and that you-"

"I doubt I will find my place here," Blair answered, "but of course you can help me with that. By carrying my books." She gave Caroline a pile of heavy books and Caroline took them with a startled expression, not saying anything.

Blair waved her Louis Vuitton around, hoping someone would spot it and gaze in awe, like people in New York did. Everyone looked at her in awe, but no one did that because of her expensive bag. It was probably because of the way she treated one of them, Blair thought, thinking in terms of us and them to emphasize her feeling of being an outsider. A superior outsider, but an outsider nonetheless.

Caroline looked around, feeling humiliated by this new girl. Still, she carried the books without questioning. This was someone important from The City, she knew, so she couldn't just disobey. Maybe that would make her chances of finding a good college more difficult. Moreover, this Blair Waldorf was probably just acting this way because she was lonely. So Caroline put up with Blair's attitude, ignored the glances that everyone else shot her, and walked next to Blair inside the school.

"Did you see that?" Bonnie Bennett fumed, who suddenly appeared next to her friends, "who does that girl think she is, treating Caroline like that!"

"I need to go there, make sure Caroline is okay," Matt said protectively, taking a few steps into the direction of the school before being stopped by Elena.

"Don't, Matt. Caroline is a big girl, she can take care of herself. She chose to follow this new girl herself, so she needs to find out the consequences," Elena said, "you know Caroline; she will come out in a minute full of new gossip and information about Blair and she will probably have already recruited Blair for some after-school activity."

Matt shrugged and turned to his friends again, but not without shooting concerned glances towards the school every now and then. Elena smiled. Matt was the sweetest and most protective guy she knew. He would do everything for anyone and ask nothing in return. That was what made him such a great friend.

The rest of the day was a lot like every other day. Well, at least the first few classes were. Blair was new, she was making contact with everyone because somehow everyone wanted to be her friend. Elena felt a little twinge of anger when she saw everyone sucking up to that girl that wasn't even nice to them, while when Stefan had come to school here for the first time, everyone kept their distance, even though he was trying to be friendly to everyone. Luckily that had changed now that she and him were together and he had found some friends, but still, it was unfair.

Stefan and Elena had almost every class together. Up until the fourth period they were sitting next to each other, or at least close. But when the fifth period started, Elena went to European History, while Stefan had Honors History, because he already knew everything in detail about what happened in the last 200 years or so. They kissed each other and both went their separate ways. This wasn't strange, it happened every two days. Still, Elena and Stefan both had a feeling as if today would be different. In a bad way. They both looked at each other, but they didn't say a word, not wanting to upset the other. Because what could seriously happen that would be bad on a normal school day like every other?

Stefan walked into class, and saw that the empty seat next to him was taken by the new girl. He stopped in his tracks, calculating his chances. He was sure she wouldn't recognize him when they would just pass in the hallway, but when she sat next to him? That was like putting Damon next to a severely bleeding Caroline and expecting him to not recognize it as a feast.

Stefan had just decided to turn around and skip class, when Mr Salzman decided that it was time to start class.

"Stefan, are you coming in or are you just going to stand there, watching the students?" he asked.

Stefan felt the eyes of all the students, and that included Blair, on his face and knew that it was already too late to turn around. He would just have to compel her in class and hope that nobody would notice.

He walked to his seat and sat down, purposely not looking at Blair. So far, she had not recognized him, Stefan thought relieved. But he was wrong.

It was true, Blair didn't say anything about recognizing him, and she didn't shoot even one glance into his direction. But that alone should have made Stefan suspicious. No normal high school girl would not even be a little bit interested in his good looks. Not if she was prepared and purposely not paying attention. Blair was scheming. Everyone who knew well her could see masterplans forming in her head. Plans to take someone down. And Chuck would be proud if he would find out about the plan she had made up.

At the end of class, Stefan put his books in his bag and wanted to leave, but a voice stopped him.

"Stefan Salvatore, right?" Blair asked and held out her hand. Stefan looked at it for a moment, a feeling of anticipation tingling at the back of his neck.

"Yes, that is correct," he said and smiled slightly to show her that he only had good intentions. The class was emptying, but he felt the jealous eyes of all male students on him (and those of all female students on Blair).

"My name is Blair Waldorf," Blair said, and her voice changed a bit, turning threatening, "and I would remember that name if I were you."

So indeed she did know who he was, Stefan realized. She had recognized him from last night. And even though he wasn't the one who had made an attempt to drain her from her blood (or to rape her, as Blair would probably think) he still was the one who was Damon's brother who had only kindly asked Damon to stop, which made him just as bad.

"And I just wanted to tell you," Blair continued, "that you might look good and you might be popular among the girls here, but I will make sure that that era is over." And she looked so sure that even mighty Stefan Salvatore had to swallow a bit. But his only response was to gaze into her eyes intently.

"You will forget about last night and you will start your school here knowing nothing about me," he said.

"Will you both stop doing that!" Blair said, "I warned you, just so you know. Now prepare for social destruction." Without another word, she walked out of the class, looking even more superior than she did when she had come to school that morning.

Stefan was left in the classroom, startled. Okay, so he wasn't as strong as Damon, sure. But that didn't mean that he couldn't even compel one human! He had hunted just last night, so he was full of blood. He must have been stronger than that. Then, he picked up his phone and dialed Damon's number. He didn't like it, but he had to know.

"Little brother, what a surprise," sounded Damon's voice.

"Damon. About last night-"

"Oh, so you are going to tell me the details? So, what was Elena like? Was she any good?" Damon answered.

"Damon!" Stefan almost shouted, knowing that it had been a mistake to call his annoying perverted brother, "I meant about that girl you almost killed."

"Oh, the arrogant one. What about her?"

"She goes to Mystic Falls High," Stefan answered, "and she recognized me."

"What a pain. I should have killed her while I still could," Damon sighed.

"You haven't killed anyone in a long time, so you can't fool me," Stefan answered.

"Which makes a new kill all the more exciting."

"Damon, you and I both know that you won't kill anymore because of Elena."

Damon's voice darkened. "What did you call for, little brother?"

"Well, Blair can't be compelled," Stefan answered.

"I know."

"You knew…!" Stefan shouted incredulously, "so why didn't you warn me?"

"I tried to," Damon said, and he sounded so uninterested that Stefan could almost hear him shrug, "but you suddenly were in a rush to go home."

"That was only because you were asking annoying questions about Elena and me having sex," Stefan answered.

"Yeah, about that… Tell me, what was it like?" Damon asked, and again Stefan could hear by the sound of Damon's voice that he was smirking.

Without another word, Stefan hung up the phone. His annoying, perverted prick of a brother really was good for nothing.

"Everything alright?" Alaric Salzman asked as soon as Stefan had put the phone down.

"Yeah, thanks, Rick," Stefan answered, "we just need to keep an eye on that new girl." Alaric, knowing everything about the Salvatore secret, nodded understandingly.

"So, did you enjoy your first day here?" Caroline asked Blair, before going home. She hadn't given up on hope about Blair turning nice at some point. Well, Blair wasn't really unfriendly, just socially difficult. And bossy. And superior.

"I enjoyed it as much as I can enjoy spending any day between paupers," Blair answered. She was still irritated about the new school. About what had happened last night. And, and she couldn't give in to that feeling, because she was dying to hear Chuck's voice. She could be friendly, she really could, but in this godforsaken place, she was annoyed and tired, and being friendly was not the first thing she thought about.

"Are we really that bad?" Caroline asked, pouting slightly. For some reason, she was actually looking up to Blair a little bit.

"Can't you see?" Blair asked, "I am Blair Waldorf. I am supposed to be surrounded by people in designer clothes, who all compliment me on my new bag. I need to have mignons. I can't be alone in a school!"

"I really like your bag," Caroline almost whispered, trying to make Blair feel better, "where did you get it?"

Blair looked at Caroline as if she couldn't believe it. How could they not recognize a real Louis Vuitton when they saw it?

"It's Louis Vuitton, Caroline," a voice answered, but it wasn't Blair's.

Blair spun around with a dazzling smile on her face, relieved that someone at least understood. Before her stood a very pretty girl, with dark hair and fashionable clothing. So this place might not be as bad as Blair had thought. Blair had seen the girl at school that day a couple of times. She was always with a group of friends. But right now, she was alone.

"Do you like it?" Blair asked, holding out her bag to show it. She was used to people at Constance who would all "Ohhh" and "Aaahhh" as she showed them her new accessories. It was an honor if Blair Waldorf asked your opinion. But you always had to like it. Whatever opinion you had, it had to be positive.

"I am not much of a Louis Vuitton girl," the other girl answered coldly, "come on, Caroline, let's go home. Stefan is waiting. Matt and Bonnie and him are going to the Grill with us."

She spun around, and Caroline followed without any questions, leaving Blair all alone in the middle of the schoolyard. Many students had watched their little exchange, and for some reason they all kept their distance from Blair now.

What had just happened? Blair wondered. All day, people had tried to get close to her, and all day, everyone had put up with Blair's bad mood. But just now, after she had talked to that other girl, somehow everyone stayed away from her. It was as if that girl had dismissed her, and everyone obeyed that.

"You, that girl with that way too short skirt," Blair said, pointing at a little sophomore who anxiously turned around.

"M-me?" she asked.

"Who was that girl just yet?" Blair pointed in the direction of the parking lot, where the girl with the dark hair was welcomed by some friends.

"Elena Gilbert," the sophomore answered.

"Tell me all you now about her." Blair ordered. The girl, who happened to be one of those girls who knew every detail about everyone, wanted to show off for Blair what she knew and started talking.

"She is really popular. She and her two friends are like the popular trio of the school. And all boys love her. That guy there, Matt Donovan, he is the quarterback of the football team. And he is so nice to everyone. Every girl here has a crush on him, but he never really pays attention. He has been in love with Elena for most of his life, everyone knows that. Right now he is dating Caroline Forbes though. Oh, and Elena is dating Stefan Salvatore, that is that hot guy with the sunglasses. And her parents died last year, so she came back to school differently. We all saw that she had changed over the summer. Oh, and look, there is her brother. He is cute, don't you think? He is a bit of a loner though. But everyone admires him just for being Elena's little brother."

Blair listened to every detail of the story and eventually drew her conclusions. Aha. So that was it. She had just met the queen of Mystic Falls High. And she had made her angry by being unfriendly to one of her best friends. But that didn't matter, Blair thought. A High School could only have one queen. And Blair was of course that queen. No one else made a better queen than Blair.

So, on her list of causing social destruction was now not only Stefan Salvatore, but also his girlfriend, Elena Gilbert. The first, because he and his brother had tried to mess with her virtue (not that she still was a virgin, of course, but this sounded lovely melodramatic) and the second, because she was a queen of a school where Blair was supposed to be queen. But first, to be the queen, she had to find a royal consort. And where could she get those?

Blair had almost forgotten about the sophomore who helped her, and who was now surrounded by her sophomore friends.

"Oh, by the way," the sophomore said, trying to sound popular, "I love your bag."

Suddenly, Blair got out of her planning-revenge-daze and looked at the young girl and her friends as if she saw them for the first time.

Ah. Finally. Mignons.

A smile appeared on her face, and she turned towards them.

"Thank you! Now who wants to hold it first?"

So Queen E. met Queen B. B has already started to build up an army. But what she doesn't know, is that Elena has much stronger allies on her side. What will win, Vuitton vs Vamps? Watch out, everyone, this battle will not only involve B. and E. And the consequences will surely reach out beyond the borders of this save little High School. As mentioned before… B. is lethal when she wants to be. But no one can underestimate Elena Gilbert. She has a lot of experience with being Queen. As long as her dear Boyfriend stays safe, Elena will be fine as well. But there might be a way for Blair to meet his older brother Tall Dark and Handsome again. And this time, it won't be at night in the woods. This time, it will be in public. And he will be taken down. Watch out, Salvatore brothers, for Blair Waldorf seems to have various ways to make you suffer. And she will use them.

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