Elena was alone in her room at the Salvatore boarding house, talking on her cell phone with her best friend Caroline when she heard the doorbell ring. Thinking that it was Jeremy, since Damon was still refusing to get him his own house key, she went downstairs to answer the door. When she opened the front door, she was met with a not so pleasant surprise. Kol was standing on the other side of the door, wearing his usual arrogant smirk. Elena gaped at him in shock.
"Hello again, old friend. It's been a long time," Kol said.
"How are you still a ghost? Bonnie sent you back to the other side of the veil and closed it permanently!" Elena exclaimed.
"I'm not a ghost anymore. In fact, I'm very, very real. Just ask my lovely little friend here," Kol said, referring to the auburn-haired girl who was standing next to him. Elena hadn't noticed her at all until he pointed her out.
"You can't come in, Kol," Elena said defiantly.
"Oh, Elena. You should know by now that I don't need an invitation to get into the Salvatore residence. Every vampire knows that it is the easiest house for a vampire to get into," Kol said chidingly. He and the girl walked into the house as Elena desperately tried to remember if she, Damon or Jeremy still had a white oak stake or dagger hidden in the house somewhere. She didn't think she did so she figured that she would have to settle for using a regular wooden stake, which Jeremy definitely had in his room, to temporarily put down Kol until someone like Jeremy could get home to help her kill the Original again. Elena started running towards Jeremy's room with her vampire speed, but her arms and legs suddenly froze. She tried to move them but, for some reason, she had lost all feeling in them. Elena turned her gaze onto the girl's and asked,
"What are you?"
"I'm a witch, just like your friend Bonnie was," the girl replied. Elena fixated on one word that the girl had said.
"Was?"
"Yes, was. Bonnie died when she tried to bring your brother back from the dead," Kol told Elena. Elena was too speechless and horrified to speak. Kol moved so that he was standing right in front of her.
"Finally. It took you long enough to finally be aware of how much your friends and lovers do for you. You think that you're so self-sacrificing when, in reality, you're actually just self-centred. But, I didn't come here to give you a speech," Kol said darkly.
"Then what did you come here for, Kol?" Elena asked. As soon as she asked her question, she knew what Kol's answer would be.
"Revenge," Kol said. He vampire zoomed out of the room for a few seconds and then reappeared again with one of Jeremy's wooden stakes in his hand.
A/N: I know, I know. This was a relatively short chapter, but the next one will probably be longer and have a few deaths. If any of you lovely readers want to find out more about Kol and Violet's back story, you can read my first story, which is called "A Thousand Red Roses." I've finally gotten around to updating that story so now there are five chapters in total, including the prologue. Feel freeeeee to review and/or rate this story and my other one. I like comments and don't mind constructive criticism, so you guys can say nice things about my stories or mean things. Don't worry, I can handle both criticism and compliments with ease. I just want to know how I'm doing so far. Stay tuned for chapter 4, which I'll probably be posting tomorrow! :)