A/N: SO SORRY. I promised to have updated ages ago. My laptop broke and a lot of personal things happened so I apologise. This is my longest chapter so far… Mainly background information. I hope you like it! P.S, sorry for the boring fill in chapter!

After being introduced to everyone, Lillian felt her nerves calm. She felt confident speaking aloud, rather than just in her head. Damon and Stefan had left to try and figure things out, and the remaining of the group was sharing boring chit chat. Eventually the conversation shifted over to Lillian.
"So, how did you… turn?" Caroline asked. Uncertain of whether or not she should bring this up.
Lillian sighed heavily before beginning. 'Well it's a long story, but on my 17th birthday…'

Long, long time ago

Lillian shot up in bed as soon as she heard her father yells. Adrenaline filled, she got out of bed and to her bedroom door in one leap. 'Father!' She screamed. His only reply was a grunting sound, which was coming from the parlour.

Leaping down the stairs 2 at a time, she finally reached the bottom. Right in front of her, she witnessed her father being thrown against the wall. Her breathing became irregular as she gasped for air. The intruder turned around, his red eyes glowing in the dark, reflecting off the lit candles. Before Lillian could take in his appearance, a gush of wind went by her, and he was gone.

'Father!' She yelled running over to him, the blood running from his head was beginning to make a puddle.
'Lillian, run. As fast as you can. No matter what you do, don't stay in the same place for too long, don't look back, and don't trust anyone.' Tears gushed from her eyes, splashing onto her father's head as she held him. 'Go to your tree,' he croaked, 'in the hollow log…' he trailed off as he inhaled his last breath.

Lillian sobbed against his chest, until she realised she had to leave, he sounded desperate. She couldn't stay. She knew exactly where she was going, and so she ran, as fast as she could take her, to the tree. The tree her father once told her to protect.

Getting to the tree wasn't hard; she could get there with her eyes closed. But now that she was there in the pitch black looking for something she wished she had brought a candle. She stumbled around in the darkness, running her hand along the wide tree trunk, looking for any kind of hollowness. After what seemed forever, she gave up. It was useless searching for something in the dark.

Lillian waited until the morning, hiding out inside a near-by cabin. She didn't get a wink of sleep that night; she clutched her legs to her stomach, sobs racking her body, until the sun began to rise. She ventured back outside to the tree.

Lillian looked around the tree for the hollow log and had found it within seconds. Although she had actually never noticed it before. Lillian felt around the hollow log until she hit a hard object. A box. She pulled it out and went back to the cabin. Inside sitting right on top was a lapis ring. She picked the ring up and studied it. It had silver vines that stretched up touching the edge of lapis stone.

Below it was paper. She opened the paper and recognized the handwriting instantly, it was her fathers.

'Lillian, if you're reading this it means I'm no longer here. I sincerely apologise for the way things have turned out, and that you're clueless as to what 'things' I'm talking about are. The first thing you should know is I that I am not your biological father. Your mother is still alive out there somewhere, but its best you don't know who she is. There are dangerous creatures in this world, Lillian. Things I've been trying to protect you from them, but I've failed you. Your tree is very important; you must protect it, and don't let anyone know it exists. Run into the forest; don't stop until you've found a small cabin. Inside the people will help you. Just tell them your name."

And with that, the letter ended. Lillian folded the paper and placed it back in the box, along with the ring. She clung to the box and began running into the forest. She didn't stop until she saw a cabin in the distance. She slowed her pace, trying to regulate her breathing. Lillian knocked on the door, and not even seconds later, the door opened. "Uh, my father told me to come here…" Lillian didn't get to finish her sentence, before everything went black.

Present time

"And then I just woke up and I was a vampire." Lillian's voice trailed off. No one knew what to say, they all stared at Lillian, making her feel uncomfortable. "I'm going to go for a walk." She said after she had enough of their stares. The girls nodded and Lillian got up, heading straight for the forest. She went far in, she wasn't hungry she just needed some time to think. Lillian felt content just sitting in the middle of nowhere, listening deeply to the sounds around her. "Enjoying your little nap?" Lillian shot up, not realising she had fallen asleep. "Kol." She gasped.
"Hello, darling."

And again, sorry for the badly written chapter and late update. I'm hoping to update faster next time! Also, hopefully Lillian will meet Katherine soon. I'm also going to start a Klaroline fic, I'm going to write at least half of it before I upload it so I don't take forever updating, but if you like Klaroline, watch out for it. :)