When summer finally arrived, Rachel and Damon had everything ready and were on a plane to Europe on the first day of summer vacations.

Indeed, they were going to spend the entire summer in Europe, including Rachel's birthday. Damon had everything planed, including a few meetings with Finn and Sage. They were going to visit historical monuments, places Damon had seen in his young vampire days and possibly even meet with old friends of his.

Rachel was very excited and on the plane, she had a hard time sitting still. She was going to see Europe for the first time and do so many fantastic things, she just couldn't wait.

She had spent a lot of time reading all the different books the witches from New York had given her and she had gotten a couple more from Sheila for her trip. She couldn't wait for her 18th birthday to try her first spell. She was also nervous. What if it all was some sort of joke and in the end she was just a simple human? Would her father be disappointed.

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On her 18th birthday, Rachel was in Italy with her father, Finn and Sage. They had started the day by going to the beach, then shopping, then at the Opera. She also got a few text messages from her friends and her uncle Stefan, wishing her a happy birthday.

"Do you feel any different princess?" Damon asked her when they got back from the Opera to eat her birthday cake as a family.

"I'm not sure…But today I have been much more tired than usual. Right now i can barely stand and I haven't done anything unusual." She replied.

"Maybe we should try blood to see if you want some or not…" Finn suggested.

"Good idea." Damon said as Sage left the room and came back a few minutes later with a warm cup of blood.

"We'll try it warm at first, it tastes better this way." She explained.

Rachel nodded and nervously took the cup in her hands.

"Well, it smells good so that a good sign." She said with a chuckle.

"Try it baby, take a sip." Damon encouraged her.

Rachel nodded and drank a mouthful of the red liquid.

"Hmmmm…" She said, clothing her eyes in delight as veins appeared and her fangs grew.

"I take it that's good then." Damon said, relieved.

"Yes… I can feel that I'm not as tired anymore. It was true, I'm half vampire!" Rachel squealed as she looked at herself in the mirror and tired to retract her fangs and bring them out again a few times.

"It also means that your witch half has awoken too. You should try it too." Finn suggested.

"Right, I learned a simple spell I wanted to try… It's an easy levitation spell…" Rachel replied before she concentrated, mumbling in a low voice some strange words and managed to lift the now empty cup in the air.

"Happy birthday Star." Damon said proudly as he hugged her close to him.

"I'm so happy for you Rachel… You're with us forever now!" Sage added as she and Finn hugged her close too.

Rachel was very happy and for the rest of her summer, when she wasn't busy enjoying herself and visiting new places, she was training her vampire abilities and her magic powers. Her heart was still beating and it looked like it would be beating forever.

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While Rachel was having a great time in Europe, Lexi temporarily moved to Mystic Fall's and spent some time having fun with Caroline, Tyler, Jeremy, Bonnie and Elena. She was enjoying her time there, even if Elena was kind of making it hard when she shared her time with whining about missing Stefan and begging people to help her look for him to 'save him' from Klaus.

"Lexi, come on, you have to help me save Stefan, he's your best friend." Elena begged her.

"Elena, I talked with him on the phone no later than two days ago. He's fine. He didn't go because he had to but because he wanted to see if he could reconnect with Klaus…He's still in control of his blood diet and he's fine even if he misses you. You're safe here, that's what he wants the most." Lexi replied, feeling like she wasn't the first one to tell her this.

"You're wrong, I know you're wrong. I will find him, I don't need you or anyone to help me you know. I'll end up finding him and when I do, I'll make sure to tell him who his real friends are!" Elena replied before she turned around and went back home.

Lexi shook her head. She was decided to ignore Elena and her trouble looking abilities and to enjoy this summer with the new friends she had made.

What did you think? I know this is short... Some chapters were just meant to be short I guess...

Next chapter I'm bringing Santana in the story for good!

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