Chapter 2
Day one was complete. 'Not too shabby old girl,' Caroline thought to herself as she walked through her front door. She liked this small, quaint house that she would call "home" for the time being. It was directly in front of the forest, about a 30 minute drive from school. It had a small creek that ran beside it and a beautiful view that consisted of trees and rocks and sunshine. Caroline realized that for the first time in a long, long time she felt almost…peace. She hated having to lie to her students and everyone else she would come in contact with about her age and birthplace and everything but her name. She never thought about how much she has lied over the years until this morning. 'It was for your survival!' The oldest excuse in the book. Everything was to survive. The running, the hiding, the lying, everything. Her thoughts suddenly went to this morning. Elena. She would have to keep an eye on that one. She couldn't ignore the relief that she felt when she realized it wasn't HER.
There were other kids who caught her eye as well, among them were Matt Donovan, a football player and calm, sweet young man, Rebekah Mitchell , who seemed to have a flare for the dramatic and had a "I need to please everyone" attitude, Bonnie Bennett, who was best friends with Elena and Rebekah, she seemed to be the "calm" in these girls group, Tyler Lockwood, who seemed a BIT too sure of himself, and then there was Stefan. Stefan Salvatore. Who seemed a whole lot wiser than your average 17 year old sophomore student. 'Hmm..nevermind that, maybe he's a bookworm,' Caroline assumed. Her thoughts were interrupted by that pesky growl in her stomach that had been bothering her all afternoon. She hadn't had any lunch. She was hungry. But not with just an ordinary hunger, it was a craving. She was then very happy for her choice of location as far as where she lived went. There were plenty of woodland creatures to much on, even if they didn't taste all that great. It was like eating a turkey burger when you've eaten the REAL burger forever, it was filling, but not satisfying. Caroline would have to go with Thumper until she could have access to a blood bank.
As she was looking for her lunch/dinner, she had the strangest feeling someone was following her. Her supernatural hearing kicked in and she was right. It wasn't a curious animal, it was a person. And they were moving fast. 'If they ask, your just wandering around your new property..' Suddenly—umph! Someone had her hand around her neck and they were squeezing—hard. "May I HELP you?" her attacker asked. "I was just wandering around the woods," Caroline croaked out, "I'm sorry if I'm trespa-" He pressed down harder. "Do you KNOW who these woods belong to? Do you know what lurks in these woods?" 'Okay enough of this..' Caroline thought. Suddenly, before her attacker could blink, Caroline had him pinned against a tree, fangs bare and all, she had nothing to be afraid of because obviously the only thing strong enough to pin her down for a minute and a half is another vampire, "I don't think you know who I am," Caroline growled in hopes of scaring him. "I have a feeling I'm going to find out." "Yes, you are."