DISCLAIMER: I don't own The Vampire Diaries or any of the characters (sadly), all rights go to Kevin Williamson and Julie Plec. I only own my OC and anything she does to screw up the plot.

Author's Note!

Here we go, chapter 3! Thanks to lostfeather1 for the review :) I love seeing people give feedback on the things I write. Anyway, on with the story, hm?

Kayden's P.O.V.

'Good God I am so bored.'

I'm currently sitting upside down on a bed that is hanging from the ceiling in what I like to refer to as "the guest room of magic." Basically, it's where I do most of my "The Universe Hopper" powers. Right now, there's a fish tank, a hanging bed, a radio, and a floor made of trampolines. It was pretty amusing for about 2 hours when I realized I didn't feel tired. Then, I remembered. I'm a vampire. Idiot.

After about 40 minutes of me hanging from the bed, I made it disappear from under me so I would land on the floor and bounce.

'I know why they cut out nights on shows. Jesus, I am so bored!'

I decided to go to my main bedroom and call on Mikania.

'Uh, Mikania? I have a question.'

'Yes?'

'Can I, like, skip this?'

'Skip what?'

'The whole, waiting for the next day thing.'

'Probably'

'Probably?'

'You are the first Universe Hopper. I do not know everything you can do.'

'Are you serious?'

'Yes. Your powers evolve after you have had them for a certain amount of time, and they keep evolving to fit your needs.'

'Oh. Okay well, that was all I wanted to know. Do you wanna stay and see if I can do it?'

'Why not. I would also like to know what your powers can do.'

I closed my eyes and pictured a clock, a clock that controlled the time of the universe. Focusing on the power in me, I pushed the clock hands from 1:34 a.m. to 6:30 a.m. and imagined the time pushing out into the world around me.

'Oh. Amazing.'

'What?'

'You...you sped up the time. It is 6:31 a.m.'

'It worked!?'

My eyes shot open, around me the room was no longer black but instead, bathed in newly rising sunlight coming from the window.

'I did it.'

'Yes, now I must go. I should check on the other Universes you may wish to travel to. Goodbye Kayden.'

'Bye!'

I looked around my room in amazement before getting up and walking to the door. I opened it and walked down to the kitchen where I grabbed my backpack from the counter and walked to the living room.

'What have I forgotten?'

I look down.

'Oh! Right, pants.'

I change into a pair of blue skinny jean, black chucks, and a white tank top with black lace flames swirling around the edge.

'There we go.'

I grin to myself and open my front door. I walk out the door, lock it, and skip over to my bike slinging my bag over my shoulder. I turn my head to the Gilbert house and see Jeremy coming out.

"Hey! You're my new neighbor!" I shout across the street to him, jogging up my driveway.

"I'm Kayden, I just moved in yesterday." I say, smiling at him.

"Jeremy Gilbert. Nice to meet you." he mumbles.

"Do you have a ride?" I question looking up and down the street.

"I normally walk." he muttered.

"Oh, do you want a ride?" I question, looking over to my bike.

"Seriously?" he asks, his head tilting up and eyes going wide at the sight of my bike.

"Yeah, I mean I need some new friends and you seem cool."

"Yeah, yeah sure. I'd love a ride." he nods, jogging over to me.

"Sweet, lemme go get another helmet, any color prefrences?"

"Green?"

"Kay, be back in a sec." I jog up to the house, "Just go ahead and get by my bike!"

I run inside and close the door. Closing my eyes, I imagine a green helmet exactly like my own.

"There." I mutter to myself.

In my hands is a green helmet, perfect for Jeremy. I walk back out the door and chuck the helmet to him.

"Safety first, Jer." I grin, throwing my own helmet on and swinging onto the bike.

"Jer?" he mumbles.

"Get on Jer, we'll be late."

He gets on behind me and I pull out of the driveway as soon as his hands wrap around my middle.

"Hold on!" I chuckle, speeding off down the street at 90.

When we get to school, the bell has already rung so Jeremy hops off and thanks me before jogging off to the stoner pit.

I stroll into school and walk into Tanner's class, not caring to try and sneak in.

"Miss. Perri, where we you?" Tanner's voice comes from behind me.

"I was giving Jer a ride Mr.T, is that a problem?" I ask looking at Elena and smiling.

"Please refrain from being late again Miss. Perri."

"Kay." I walk over to my seat and plop down.

"Now that that's done." Tanner starts.

"The Battle of Willow Creek took place right at the end of the war in our very own Mystic Falls. How many casualties resulted in this battle? Ms. Bennett?"

"Um.. A lot?" Bonnie answers. "I'm not sure. Like... a whole lot."

"Cute becomes dumb in an instant, Ms. Bennett." Tanner says. "Mr. Donovan. Would you like to take this opportunity to overcome your embedded Jock stereotype?"

"It's okay Mr. Tanner, I'm cool with it." Matt responds, the class laughing lightly in the background.

"Hmm. Elena? Surely you can enlighten us about one of the town's most significantly historical events?"

"I'm sorry. I-I don't know."

"I was willing to be lenient last year for obvious reasons, Elena. But the personal excuses ended with summer break."

"There were 346 casualties, unless you're counting the local civilians." Stefan speaks up.

"That's correct. Mister..."

"Salvatore."

"Salvatore. Any relation to the original settlers here at Mystic Falls?"

"Distant." I chuckle behind my knuckles.

"Well, very good." Tanner says. "Except of course, there were no civilian casualties in this battle."

"Actually-" Stefan begins.

"There were 27, Mr.T." I speak up, my voice bordering on annoyed. "Some idiot Confederate soldiers fired on the church because they thought it was housing weapons. They were wrong. It was a night of great loss for many people. I'm sure you can brush up on your facts in the Founder's archives though."

The class chuckles.

"Hmm." Tanner says.

I walk up to the party, looking around and smiling.

'Oh I love this scene.'

I see Stefan stroll up out of the corner of my eye and decide to leave him alone, for now. Instead, I walk over to Elena and Bonnie.

"Okay, so he's a little pretty." Elena says.

"He has that romance novel stare. Stefan looked deep into her eyes, piercing her very soul." Bonnie giggled.

"Talking about Stef are we girls?" I smile, sliding towards them.

"Hey, Kayden right?" Elena says, smiling.

"Yeah, hey Bon." I grin at Bonnie.

"Hey Kayden."

"So, you like Stefan, huh Elle?" I smirk at Elena.

"What? No, he's just pretty is all."

"Yeah, sure... and I'm tall." Bonnie and I giggle.

"So, where is he?" Bonnie questions.

"I don't know. You tell me, you're the psychic one." Elena responds.

"Right, I forgot. Ok, so give me a sec. Grams says I have to concentrate."

"Wait you need a crystal ball." Elena says, leaning over and grabbing a beer bottle.

I grab Bonnie's arm and lean into her ear. "Don't be scared if you see something, witches are powerful beings."

She looks at me oddly before grabbing the bottle Elena holds out. "Ta da."

She puts her hand on the bottle and gasps as her eyes flash open.

"Bonnie." I pull her hand away gently before she can rip it off the bottle.

"What?" Elena asks.

"That was weird. When I touched you, I saw a crow."

"What?"

"C'mon Bonnie, let's get you a drink, hm?" I say, gently pulling her away. "I think Stefan's here Elena."

"But, there was fog and a man." Bonnie gasps to me.

"Yes, yes. You had a vision. It was probably something Elle's seen at some point." I tell her.

"How do you know? I'm probably just drunk." she says, pulling her arm away from me.

"Believe what you want Bonnie. Sooner or later you're gonna need the truth. Trust your Grams for once. Please?" I plead before spinning around and walking into the woods.

'Crap. I wasn't gonna do that.'

I walked through the trees until I heard a rustling sound coming from behind me. I slowly turn around and come face to face with a vamped out Damon.

"Hey there, crow. How ya doin?" I ask, grinning easily and shifting my weight to my left leg.

Damon's P.O.V.

"Crow?" I ask the girl. 'Why isn't she screaming?'

"Yeah, you're the one who was controlling the crow at the graveyard, right?" she says, her green eyes gleaming up at me devilishly.

"I have no clue what your talking about." 'How does she know?'

"Okay, sure. Let's go with that." she grins. "Did you want me to run and scream?"

"I was kind of expecting it." I say honestly.

"Oh, sorry." she apologizes. "Do you...want me to still do that?"

Suddenly a scream pierces the air.

"Ah, Elena." she mutters. "Shut up."

"It's sort of pointless now, guess I'll just have to kill you next time." 'What? I wasn't going to say that.'

"Well, you gotta flee the scene, yeah? Guess I'll just have to die some other time. Catch ya later, crow." she sighs, walking around me and back towards the party.

'I think I like her.'

Kayden's P.O.V.

I walk back to the party and blend in with the freaked out party goers.

"Jer?" I reach out and grab his hand. "What happened?"

"It's Vicky. She's- she's.." he starts.

"Oh, Jeremy." I pull him into a hug. "It's the girl you like right?"

"Yeah." his voice cracks as he hugs me back.

"She'll be okay, don't you worry Jer." I rub his back as he digs his head into my neck.

Elena looks up at us and makes an odd expression... jealousy?

Stefan's P.O.V.

'Damon.'

I run into my house, and see Zach.

"What's going on?" he asks, looking up from his desk.

"Someone else was attacked tonight Zach, and it wasn't me." I say, running up the stairs.

I go into my room and slam the door.

Squawk

I turn and see a crow fly in and land on a beam. I turn slowly back to the balcony and see him standing there.

"Damon."

"Hello, brother." he smirks.

"Crow's a bit much, don't you think?" I ask.

"Wait till you see what I can do with the fog."

"When'd you get here?"

"Well, I couldn't miss your first day at school." he says, walking over to a bookshelf. "Your hair's different. I like it."

"It's been 15 years, Damon."

"Thank God. I couldn't take another day of the nineties." he starts walking past me. "That horrible grunge look?" he chuckles. "Did not suit you. Remember Stefan, it's important to stay away from fads."

"Why are you here?"

"I miss my little brother."

"You hate small towns. It's boring there's nothing for you to do."

"I've managed to keep myself busy."

"You know, you left that girl alive tonight. That's very clumsy of you."

"Ah. That can be a problem... for you." he smirks.

"Why are you here now?"

"I could ask you the same question. However, I'm fairy certain your answer can be summed up all into one little word..." he walks towards me. "Elena."

Kayden's P.O.V.

They load Vicky into the ambulance, Matt watching worriedly from behind before getting in.

I'm standing by Elena when Bonnie walks up.

"Hey, we're gonna go to Mainline Coffee, wait for news." she says.

"I gotta take Jeremy home." Elena nods.

"Can I come, Bon?" I ask, rubbing my arms. " I need a pick-me-up."

"Yeah, Kayden." she nods before turning to Elena. "Elena, there's no way I'm psychic. I know that. But whatever I saw, or I think I saw, I have this feeling..."

"Bonnie, what?"

"That it's just the beginning." she says.

Stefan's P.O.V.

"She took my breath away." Damon says. "Elena. She's a dead ringer for Kathrine."

"Is it working, Stefan? Being around her, being in her world? Does it make you feel alive?" he says.

"She's not Kathrine." I say. 'She's Elena.'

"Well, let's hope not. We both know how that ended. Tell me something, when's the last time you had something stronger than a squirrel?"

"I know what you're doing, Damon. It's not gonna work." I say, turning to walk away.

"Yeah? Come on." He hits my chest. "Don't you crave a little?"

"Stop it." I warn backing up.

"Let's do it. Together." he shoves my shoulder. "I saw a couple girls out there, I promised one."

He shoves me again.

"Or just, let's cut to the chase," he smacks my head. "Let's just go straight for Elena!"

"Stop it!" I shove him.

"Imagine what her blood tastes like!"

I feel my face change.

"I can." he says.

"I said stop!" I tackle him out the window.

Damon's P.O.V

'Very good little brother, but not good enough.'

"I was impressed." I say. "I give it a six. Missing style, but I was pleasently surprised. Very good with the whole face-" I imitate Stefan. "thing. It was good."

"You know it's all fun and games, Damon, huh?" he walks towards me. "But wherever you go, people die."

"That's a given." I scoff.

"Not here. I won't allow it."

"I take that as an invitation."

"Damon, please. After all these years, can't we just give it a rest?"

"I promised you an eternity of misery, so I'm just keeping my word."

"Just stay away from Elena." 'What about mystery girl?'

"Where's your ring?" I inhale sharply. "Oh, yeah, the sun's coming up in a couple of hours, and, poof, ashes to ashes."

He swallows hard.

I chuckle, "Relax. It's right here." I hold out his ring to him.

He grabs it. After he puts it on, I change and grab his throat, then throw him into the fence.

"You should know better than to think you're stronger than me. You lost that fight when you stopped feeding on people. I wouldn't try it again."

Rustling comes from the house.

"I think we woke Zach up. Hmm. Sorry, Zach." I walk away whistling, leaving Stefan lying on the ground.

Kayden's P.O.V.

"Are you sober yet?" Bonnie asks Caroline.

She inhales, "No." she exhales.

"Keep drinking I gotta get you home. I gotta get me home." Bonnie says.

"Why didn't he go for me?" she asks.

'Because you're whinny and clingy in this season?'

"You know, how come the guys that I want, never want me?"

"I'm not touching that." Bonnie shakes her head.

"I'm inappropriate. I always say the wrong thing. And..." Caroline says. "Elena always says the right thing. She doesn't even try! And he just picks her."

'Cause she looks like Kat.'

"And she's always the one that everyone picks, for everything. And I try so hard, and..." she says. "I'm never the one."

"It's not a competition, Caroline." Bonnie says comfortingly.

"Yeah, it is." she says.

I look over and see Damon.

"Bon, I'm gonna go get Caroline some more coffee I'll be right back." I nod at Caroline.

"Crow, I hope you can hear me whispering, nod if you can." I whisper, walking towards the bar.

Damon nods.

"Can you please eat Caroline or something?" I groan quietly. "She's super annoying right now."

I hear him chuckle quietly.

"Honestly, I give you permission, if Elena has a fit, blame me okay?" I say.

He nods again and I grin at him.

"Oh thank God, this is going to be so much fun." I giggle.

I look out the window.

'Oh, look. Stefan's at Elena's, again.'

I listen in.

"I know it's late. But,uh... I needed to know that you were ok." Stefan says.

"You know, for months, that's all anyone's wondered about me. If I'll be ok." Elena says.

"What do you tell them?" Stefan asks.

"That I'll be fine."

"Do you ever mean it?"

"Ask me tomorrow. It's warmer in the house. We can talk." she says. "Would you like to come in?"

"Yes." Stefan nods.

'Good lord, that was sappy. I can't wait until Klaus starts murdering people.'

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