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A/N: Athena Gilbert: Nina Dobrev.
Elena Gilbert: Alexis Bledel.
Jesse Parks: Jensen Ackles.
Chapter 1:
"I believe I shall begin reading the first chapter, if none of you mind," Albus smiled jovially; Alastor, Severus and Lily inwardly snarled at the outward display of enthusiasm, they were all grumpy over the situation and being forced to read the book; of course, each one of them had different reasons.
Dear diary; Elena keeps telling me that today would be different, that today we'd be able to finally smile and move on from the calamity that struck our happy family and ripped our lives apart.
"What a depressing start," Fred groaned, smacking a hand against his forehead.
George nodded frantically by his twin's side, "Too right you are Gred, too right you are."
"Boys! Enough!" Molly scolded them; behind her back, Fabian and Gideon had their thumbs up in approval, egging their mischievous nephews on.
"Who's Elena?" Jasmine asked, staring up at her father innocently with wide hazel eyes she had inherited from him. James smiled and kissed her temple, "We'll find out sweetheart, let us allow Albus to read."
But it's not okay. Even if I force a smile on my face and tell everybody that I feel much better, I'm still going to be the sad little girl who lost her parents.
"Lost her parents?" Minerva shrieked.
"Oh, the poor dear," Molly wailed, dabbing a handkerchief to her eyes. Fred and George grimaced; they now felt that their previous mocking statement was harsh … they couldn't imagine how they'd be feeling if both their parents died in one go.
James' heart threatened to shatter; he was trapped between a mixture of grief and envy. Grief for his daughter going through the pain of losing her loved ones and being an orphan, and envy over his daughter viewing somebody else as her father. He should have never lost contact with her; he should have stuck around.
In fact, Lily was the only person not affected by the grievous mood; she was too busy seething inwardly over Athena, the girl she thought she had gotten rid of fourteen years ago.
Elena became an introvert; Jeremy threw himself into drugs, popping pills for the hell of it and hanging out with the druggies of Mystic Falls. And I? I drowned my sorrows in booze and parties. Contrary to popular belief, I know my actions are wrong, that I should grieve and move on; but how exactly does one move on from their parents' death with such spectacular ease?
"Alcohol is no substitute for pain," Hermione harrumphed, scandalized over what the Headmaster had just read. Ron rolled his eyes at his stern best friend, while Harry stayed quiet, confused over what his true feelings were – Athena was his half-sister, yes. But he had never met the girl, or at least, he couldn't recall the girl since she was obviously in the nursery with him that dreaded Halloween night.
James would be a hypocrite if he turned to scold her; when his parents died, if it hadn't been for Lily, Athena and Harry, then he would have sunk deep into alcohol and depression.
The diary was tossed aside as the girl stood up and approached the full-length mirror that stood in her room; a gorgeous girl stared back at her. Straight chocolate brown hair that flowed down to her waist, doe-eyed chocolate brown eyes framed by thick black lashes, a heart-shaped face, soft features and prominent cheekbones; olive toned skin and a curvaceous, hour-glass figure.
Fred, George and Ron began wolf-whistling, while Luna, Ginny and Jasmine giggled at their antics.
"She sounds like a beau-tiee!" Fred and George chanted slyly in unison.
"Boys!" Arthur and Molly scolded them, their eyes flickering over to a red-faced James.
"Oops-"Fred looked sheepish.
"Sorry, Mr. Potter," George continued for his twin; both boys squirmed guiltily in their seats.
"She does sound gorgeous though James," Alice beamed over at the proud father, who nodded his thanks, ignoring the fuming Lily beside him.
Athena Gilbert didn't feel pretty today; in fact, she almost felt like a stranger was gazing back at her through the mirror with her eyes.
"Hey you," a soft voice uttered from the open door; Athena turned around and couldn't help but return the soft smile at the sight of her twin sister. Elena dashed over to her side and engulfed her in a tight embrace, "It's going to be okay, twinny. As long as we have each other, then everything will be fine."
Athena nodded rapidly, urging the traitorous tears to not fall, and together, the Gilbert twins marched down to the kitchen where their Aunt Jenna looked to be in over her head.
"Toast. I can make toast," she called out; Jenna was totally frazzled and the corners of Athena's lips twitched slightly at the comical sight.
"It's all about the coffee, Aunt Jenna," Elena giggled, running over to the coffee pot and filling two mugs to the brim before handing one over to her grateful twin.
"Americans prefer coffee over tea," Tonks stated matter-of-factly, her hair returning to its regular bubblegum pink now that the morbid subject of death had been passed over.
"You don't say?!" Alastor grunted sarcastically, glaring at his novice auror in annoyance.
"Jeez Mad-Eye, you don't have to be so snarky," Tonks smirked, one thing Nymphadora enjoyed, was provoking her boss. Alastor glared at her, enraged, "Maybe if you stop with the blithering comments I wouldn't be!"
"Is there coffee?" Jeremy piped up from behind.
"Who's Jeremy?" Ron asked. Snape groaned, dropping his head into the palm of his hands; the constant interruptions were beginning to grate on his nerves.
Athena grinned and passed over the coffee pot to her younger brother; Jenna continued running around the kitchen like a possessed woman, "Your first day of school and I'm totally unprepared. Lunch money?"
"Jenna, don't you have like some major presentation today?" Athena knew that their aunt needed a reminder; she had a shitty memory at times.
"Language! Dear Merlin!" Molly gasped, shaking her head in outrage.
"Mom, are you seriously scolding the book?" Bill grinned, unable to hide his humor at the situation; nearly everyone laughed at the blushing Molly who was currently hiding her face in Arthur's chest.
Jenna blanched and checked her watch, "I'm meeting with my thesis advisor at … now. Crap! I'd be lost without you."
"We know," Athena and Elena chanted.
While Elena and Jeremy began arguing over god-knows-what this time, Athena ambled towards the television, a frown puckering her forehead as she read the headline;
"What's a telision?" Arthur asked in excitement, practically bouncing in his seat.
"It's like a box with moving pictures. Kind of like a pensieve, but instead of viewing memories, muggles watch plays, news, and the like," Hermione explained in her professor tone; the purebloods all nodded in comprehension before switching their attention back to Albus.
MISSING PERSONS: BROOKE AND DARREN. Under the headline, there was a picture of a brunette, his arms over a beautiful blonde woman.
"Thena! Bonnie's here, let's go," Elena called out; Athena tore her eyes from the screen and ran out, sliding into the front seat.
When the Headmaster read out the word 'car', Harry, Ron and Neville couldn't help but flinch, a grimace plastered onto their faces as they recalled crashing Mr. Weasley's Ford Angelia into the Whomping Willow during their second year when the barrier to the Hogwarts Express was blocked by Dobby, the Malfoys house-elf.
"So Grams is telling me I'm psychic," Bonnie began telling her best friends once they got into the car, "Our ancestors were from Salem, witches and all that, I know, crazy, but she's going on and on about it, and I'm like, put this woman in a home already!
"Perhaps this young woman is a squib," Minerva offered a suggestion at the baffled looks that were being traded around the room by most occupants.
"That doesn't explain the psychic part," Sirius pointed out.
"Seer. Bonnie is a seer," Luna said dreamily, her eyes focused on the space above Sirius' head.
"Uh, no, I … don't think so," Sirius said slowly, though a fond smile appeared on his face. Luna was in the same year as Jasmine and Ginny, and although she was placed in Ravenclaw and was a bit nutty, the three girls were inseparable. Harry, Ron, Neville and Hermione were known as the Marauders New Generation, while Jasmine, Ginny and Luna were called the Golden Trio.
"Sweetie, if Bonnie was a seer then she would have been accepted into a magic school when she turned eleven," Marlene said sweetly, rubbing her pregnant belly. Sirius and Marlene had been trying for five years to get pregnant, and just as they were about to give up, Marlene was declared pregnant with twins four months ago and the Blacks couldn't be happier.
But then I started thinking, I predicted Obama and I predicted Heath Ledger,
"Who's Obama?" Gideon asked, perplexed.
"And Heath Ledger?" Fabian added, equally perplexed.
Nobody was annoyed by the interruption, in fact, every witch and wizard were staring questionably at the two Muggleborns in the room; Lily shrugged – ever since she married James, her parents died and Petunia grew estranged from her, she alienated herself from the muggle world.
Hermione's eyes lit up with the opportunity to pass on knowledge, "Barack Obama is an American politician who won the election of presidency, becoming the forty-fourth president of the United States. Heath Ledger was an actor, but he died at the age of twenty-eight from an accidental overdose of prescription drugs."
"Blimey, you Muggles are weird. How can you die accidentally like that," Ron scoffed, his face morphed into disbelief.
"It happens, Ronald," Hermione shouted, crossing her arms and avoiding eye contact.
Severus sneered, "Now that we have been illuminated on Muggle people we don't care about, let's continue reading this insufferable book."
And I still think Florida will break off and turn into little resort islands …" when she received no response, she whipped her head to see Athena sitting in the passenger seat, her eyes dazed as she stared out the window. Looking into her rearview mirror, she noted Elena to be in the exact same position.
"Athena! Elena! Back in the car."
Simultaneously, the Gilbert twins jumped in their seats and shot Bonnie an apologetic look.
"We did it again, didn't we?" Elena muttered sheepishly. Both sisters began apologizing over each other, eliciting a fond smile from Bonnie. "So, you were telling us, that …" Athena trailed off in question.
"That she's psychic," Ron scoffed in utmost disbelief.
Luna shot Ron a wide smile, "Exactly. She's psychic, Ronald." Fred, George, Harry and Neville stifled their laughter as Ron gaped at the odd blonde in bemusement.
"That I'm psychic now," Bonnie repeated.
Athena and Elena traded minuscule smirks. Athena gave her best friend her full attention, "Right. Okay, then predict something. About me."
"I see …"
But exactly what Bonnie saw, they didn't know, because at that exact moment, a crow hit their car causing Bonnie to skid off the road and violently hit the brakes.
Athena's surroundings became foggy, drowning out every sound but the loud thudding of her heart beating erratically; memories of soaring through the air and then hitting her head hard on the passenger seat before everything turned black began flittering through her head repeatedly as though it were on constant replay.
"What's happening to her?" James panicked, his face morphing into worry as he tried figuring out what was happening with his daughter.
"She's having Post-traumatic Stress Reaction," Hermione blathered immediately, and Albus rushed the next words out before James had a panic-attack.
She was brought back to the present by Bonnie and Elena both shaking her shoulders, snapping her out of her daze. "It's okay, I'm, I'm fine. Elena, are you okay?"
Elena smiled, but it looked more like a grimace as she tried to reassure Bonnie, "We're good, Bon. Really we can't be freaked out by cars for the rest of our lives." Athena nodded in agreement, though her hand was still clutched over her chest and she could still hear her heartbeat loud and clear.
Bonnie sighed, and shot them a comforting smile as she started the car, "I predict this year is going to be kick ass. And I predict all the sad and dark times are over and you're both going to be beyond happy."
"What a lame prediction," Ron scoffed, still cynical about the whole psychic thing.
"Exactly. Divination is all guesswork. It's an imprecise branch of magic, all wool work if you ask me," Hermione snapped in her know-it-all tone.
"Miss Granger! While I mostly agree with your assessment, that does not mean there are no such thing as Seers or psychics. There are witches and wizards who excel in Divination," Minerva scolded the smartest witch of the year; Hermione flushed red in embarrassment and ducked her head.
"And there have been countless of prophecies made over the centuries," Albus added informatively.
The three girls began walking inside the school; Bonnie was rattling on and on about the major lack of male real estate in Mystic Falls.
"I beg your pardon," Minerva huffed; while the adults were scandalized, the teens, Bill, Charlie, Fabian and Gideon couldn't help but smirk in amusement.
"Speak for yourself, Bonnie," Athena said slyly, "There are a lot of hotties around here."
"Oh right, I forgot, you're dating Jesse Parks," Elena smirked in amusement. Bonnie did a double take, "What? When did that happen? I'm your best friend! I'm supposed to know all the juicy details. I thought you were still dating Tyler."
"Uh-huh, two years of him cheating on me, I wonder why I'd still be with him," Athena retorted with an eye roll, "Bonnie, I dumped him two months ago! Jesse asked me out last week … I thought I told you. My bad," she smiled innocently, batting her eyelids.
James snarled, clenching and unclenching his fists at the fact that his daughter was dating boys. Knowing where his best friend's thoughts were going, Sirius patted his back, "Prongs come on, we were worse than her before we got married."
"Fine. Talk to me sixteen years from now when your daughter goes out on her first date," he retorted, causing Sirius to blanch, his face paling rapidly.
"Over my dead body," Sirius snarled, sounding like his animagus self. Marlene shook her head fondly and gestured for Albus to continue reading.
"You are so bad," Elena snorted; spotting Matt Donovan, she waved at him, only to receive the cold-shoulder in return. "He hates me," she whined. Athena threw an arm over her shoulder in silent support.
"That's not hate. That's 'you dumped me, but I'm too cool to show it, but secretly I'm listening to Air Supply's greatest hits,'" Bonnie stated, trying to cheer Elena up.
All of a sudden, a blonde bullet impacted onto the Gilbert twins and they found themselves being suffocated by Caroline Forbes, their other best friend.
"Elena, Athena. Oh my god. How are you two? Oh, it's so good to see you. How are they?" she turned to Bonnie, "Are they good?"
"Caroline. We're right here," Elena smiled, hiding her annoyance well. Athena smiled and embraced her blonde, bubbly friend, "Thanks Care, we're fine."
"She reminds me of Lavender," Hermione said, wrinkling her nose at the similarities.
Harry, Neville and Ron silently urged the Headmaster to quickly read the next lines, knowing that once Hermione began complaining about Lavender Brown, she wouldn't shut up for another hour … or two.
"Really?" Caroline repeated, receiving two identical nods in return, she hugged them one last time and skipped away. Bonnie gaped at her retreating back, "No comment."
"I'm not even going to say anything," Elena shook her head in disbelief, "Ouch! What was that for, Thena?" Bonnie was rubbing her head too, both girls glaring at Athena.
"Don't be mean; Care was just being a good friend – Woah! Who's that?" Athena suddenly gasped, her eyes trained on the back of a boy who seemed to be their age wearing a black leather jacket.
"She has a boyfriend and she's admiring other boys, too?" Hermione snapped angrily, scandalized with the whole situation.
Ginny couldn't help but roll her eyes, "Don't be such a prude, Hermione. Being in a relationship doesn't mean you can't look." Really, Ginny loved Hermione to bits, but sometimes the bushy-haired bookworm could be very judgmental.
A suffering groan escaped James' mouth as he glanced around in a 'why me' motion.
"All I see is back," Elena shrugged noncommittally.
"It's a hot back!" Bonnie retorted, high-fiving Athena. "I'm sensing Seattle, and he plays the guitar …"
"You're really going to run this whole psychic thing into the ground, huh?" Elena snorted in amusement.
Bonnie nodded, "Pretty much."
"She's funny. I like her," Charlie grinned.
"She regards psychics as phonies, I guess I can agree with your statement, Charlie," Hermione agreed ecstatically, prompting eye rolls and shaking heads all around. "What?!" she huffed.
"No comment," Jasmine and Ginny parroted Bonnie's previous statement from the book.
"You've got to be kidding me!" Elena suddenly hissed. Athena turned and grimaced when she recognized what her twin was referring too. Jeremy was entering the boy's bathroom, obviously coming off from a high. "You coming?" Elena asked.
"Oh, hell no. That would be hypocritical of me. Just leave him alone, Lena," Athena pleaded her. Elena shook her head and ran after Jeremy, probably to interrogate him and then proceed to berate him before snatching his stash.
"Hmph. At least Elena is being the responsible one," Molly said self-righteously, ignoring the glares she received from James, Sirius and Remus at her insinuation.
Athena sighed to herself, lost in thought as she stood beside Bonnie; like her, Jeremy was dealing with their parents' death in a harmful and unhealthy way. At times, she envied Elena for her ability to move on and mourn their parents in a respectable fashion.
The room became solemn again; each person thinking about a loved one they had lost in the perilous war instigated by Voldemort.
"I think she's being too hard on herself," Alice said sadly, cuddling into Frank.
She was brought out of her reverie when the leather-jacket guy bumped into her; sad to say, Athena gaped at him like a stuttering moron. He was SEXY as HELL. No words could describe how gorgeous the guy was. Wavy chestnut brown hair, forest green eyes that smoldered, a hard square jaw and tanned skin. He had the broody sexy thing down.
"Broody sexy thing down? Is that like American slang?" Marlene asked unsurely.
"Pretty much," Hermione nodded.
"Okay, I agree with Prongs. She is too young to be ogling the male population," Sirius said with gritted teeth. "Thank you!" James yelled, raising both hands into the air, similar to a 'Hooray'.
"Personally, I think she's acting skanky at the moment," Lily sneered haughtily.
"Mom!" Jasmine shrieked. Simultaneously, James growled warningly, "Lily! Enough!" Although Lily acted nonchalant about Athena being his daughter, a part of him always knew that she despised his first child, but he was stuck in denial, not wanting to belief his sweet, compassionate Lily-Flower could hold such hatred in her heart.
Bonnie nudged Athena in amusement, and they both looked up to witness Elena practically bump into the new guy as she exited the boy's bathroom.
"Awkward!" they sang once Elena approached them, her face drawn in mortification.
After school, Athena and Elena made their way over to the cemetery; Elena sat by their parents' tombstone writing into her diary while Athena held on to a bottle of vodka as though it were her lifeline, much to Elena's displeasure.
Tears stained her face as she took a huge gulp and stared at their parents' engraved names; GRAYSON AND MIRANDA GILBERT
"Oh dear, that's not healthy," Molly sobbed once again. Alice and Marlene held on tightly to their respective husband and Tonks' hair transformed into a dull mousy brown.
"Thena, you've got to stop drinking. You're scaring me. I can't lose you too," Elena cried out softly, tucking her diary aside and placing a hand on her twin's arm.
"It's so hard, Lena. I'm not strong like you. Mom and Dad died, and it's all my fault!" she sobbed, taking larger chugs from the bottle. Tears rapidly fell from Elena's startling blue eyes, "No, Thena. If you're going to play the blaming game, then it's my fault as much as yours."
"Why would their parents' death be their fault?" a bewildered Bill asked.
"We won't know with all the blasted interruptions!" Alastor growled, fiddling with his fake eye.
Suddenly, a crow landed in front of the twins, startling them completely.
"Okay. Hi, bird. That's not creepy or anything," Elena murmured to Athena when the crow kept staring at them, unblinking and unmoving. "Shoo!" she waved her arm, smiling in success when it finally flew away. "Let's go home, Thena."
"Nah, I want to stay with Mom and Dad some more. You go, I'll meet you at the Grill later," Athena said dismissively. Elena sighed sadly; the implied words were there, 'I want to drink my sorrows alone.'
"Take care, okay?"
"How can she allow herself to leave her inebriated sister alone in a cemetery?" Minerva huffed incredulously.
"Who cares?" Severus droned out.
"Shut up, Snivellus," James growled, glaring heatedly at his nemesis.
Before Severus could retort, Albus yelled at them to be quiet, "The children are acting more mature than the two of you. Grow up!"
It was only a few minutes after Elena left that the crow returned, but Athena ignored it; she was an avid animal lover and didn't mind the stalker crow being near her.
"Hey, me too!" Alice squealed excitedly, fueling Lily's jealousy even more with her innocent statement.
"A girl after my own heart," Charlie smirked, garnering an eye roll from Bill.
A couple more swigs later, and a fog began to surround her; staring around bewilderly, Athena could've sworn she saw a figure of a man staring at her from behind a tomb.
"I don't like this," James murmured, paling slightly.
Marlene shot him a supportive smile, "It's a small town in America, I doubt anything bad happens there. Relax, James."
"Whoever you are, I'm not in the mood," Athena called out, uncaring that she could possibly be yelling at a serial killer, or rapist. It was Mystic Falls, and nothing bad ever happens there, except for car accidents.
"Sorry, didn't mean to startle you," a smooth voice answered, and she found herself staring into stunningly electric blue eyes, belonging to an Adonis lookalike; seriously, what was up with hot guys popping out of nowhere.
Ignoring the sex appeal oozing from the dark-haired stranger, Athena snorted and turned away, "I wasn't startled. More, annoyed."
The man smirked, "I'm still sorry. What's a pretty girl like you doing sitting all alone in a cemetery getting drunk?"
"Mourning. What does it look like I'm doing," she scoffed, raising an eyebrow at the dude.
"Don't talk to strangers!" Molly, Minerva and Alice yelled simultaneously.
"I have a bad feeling about this man," Marlene whispered into Sirius' ear, unfortunately she was heard loud and clear and succeeded in worrying James even more than he already was.
"Hmm. So, do you have a name? Or am I going to have to keep calling you Sexy Cemetery Girl in my head?" the man smirked, and it seemed to be his signature move.
Standing up nonchalantly, Athena said, "You can call me whatever you like, Mysterious Stalker, but I'm still not going to give you my name." Okay, so she was flirting just a little bit; no harm, no foul.
"I like you, you're funny for a girl getting hammered in a cemetery," he smiled genuinely, his eyes gleaming with some unknown emotion.
"Can't say the same thing," Athena retorted, "Anyway, I gotta- … run," she frowned, whirling around quickly. The guy just … vanished. What the hell.
"What!?" nearly everyone yelled.
"Do you think he's a wizard and apparated away?" Jasmine asked worriedly.
Albus shook his head in equal confusion, "He can't be. Athena would have heard the telltale sound of apparition."
"There must be an explanation then, Albus," James snarled through gritted teeth.
"And if we read, we'll find out," Alastor retorted, taking a swig from his flask, his fake eye rolling in dizzying circles.
"Hmm, the scene changed now," Albus commented.
"Hey babe."
Athena squealed when she found herself being twirled around before colliding with a rock-hard chest, and she beamed when familiar soft lips captured hers in a passionate kiss.
Cue growls from James, Sirius and Remus.
"Sirius," Marlene smacked her husband on the chest, "You began sleeping around when you were fourteen. Don't be a hypocrite!"
"Doesn't mean I want my goddaughter kissing some guy," Sirius retorted, rubbing his stomach, "And you didn't have to hit so hard, Marlie."
"That's a nice way to greet your girl," Athena giggled, getting lost in Jesse's smoky grey eyes. With his midnight wavy hair, six-pack, prominent features and hardened jaw, Jesse Parks was one of the hottest guys in Mystic Falls.
"Where've you been? And why can I smell vodka on you…"
"Cemetery," and although Athena shrugged, stating the word with such normalcy, Jesse couldn't help but stare at his girlfriend in concern; it was no secret around town that Athena Gilbert took the loss of her parents hard, and he was adamant in cheering her up, keeping her happy.
Hearing Caroline's familiar shocked gasp, Athena whirled around, staring in awe as her sister walked into the Grill with the new guy. "Nice work, Lena," she smirked, ignoring the light smack Jesse gave her in response. "Babe, I'm gonna sit with my friends for a bit."
"Alright. I'll join you later. I'm here with Tyler and Matt," Jesse smirked, giving her another smoldering kiss.
"Enough with the damn PDA!" Hermione snarled.
"PDA?" Ron asked, scratching his head in a clueless demeanor.
"Public Display of Affection, Ronald," she sighed in aggravation.
"Lay off, Hermione," Jasmine snapped; the youngest Potter knew that she barely read about her elder sister, but she couldn't help but like her and want to get to know her better … the good and the bad. Unfortunately, James looked like he was about to blow his gasket anytime soon, and for her father's sake, Jasmine hoped there would be less kissing and more talking.
"It is soweird that you hang out with my ex-boyfriend," Athena couldn't help but laugh.
Jesse smirked once again, tucking a brown lock behind her ear, "And I find it weird that my best friend still considers me as his best friend, even though I stole his girl."
"Touché, babe." Planting a large kiss on his cheek, she waved at Matt, ignored Tyler like the plague and plopped down between Caroline and Elena. "So, new guy. I'm Athena, Elena's twin, and you are…?"
"Even though she's depressed and mourning over her parents' death, she's got one hell of a personality," Bill smiled, garnering many nods of agreement and a glare from Lily.
"Stefan Salvatore," he smiled, an undistinguishable emotion in his eyes, one that greatly resembled the Mysterious Stalker's. Frowning, she shook her head from the odd observation and cuddled into Caroline who began her ritual of interrogating the new guy.
"Definitely like Lavender," Hermione grumbled.
Dumbledore didn't need to be told twice, he hastened to read out the next sentence.
"So, you were born in Mystic Falls?"
"Mm-hmm. And moved when I was still young."
"Parents?" Bonnie asked.
Stefan grimaced, eyes flickering subtly from Elena to Athena, "My parents passed away."
Athena urged the tears to deteriorate, thankful that Elena changed the subject, asking if he had any siblings. "None that I talk to. I live with my uncle," was Stefan's vague response.
"So, Stefan, if you're new, then you don't know about the party tomorrow," Caroline piped up, a predatorial glint in her baby blue eyes; Bonnie and Athena traded horror-stricken looks. Poor Care-Bear, she was interested in Stefan who obviously had eyes for no one but Elena.
"Books are a much better substitute for men," Hermione joked garnering laughs from her friends and a fond eye roll from Jasmine and Ginny.
"There is so much drama and we barely even finished the first chapter," Ginny grinned, bouncing on her seat, "It's like a romance novel."
"Down girl, we're still at the beginning, it's too soon to tell," Jasmine laughed.
"Never judge a book by its cover, hon," Marlene smiled.
"It's a back to school thing at the Falls," Bonnie added, trying to alleviate the situation where Caroline would end up getting hurt at the end.
Stefan gazed at Elena and smiled, "Are you going?"
Athena couldn't help but cheerfully say, "Of course she is!" Elena grinned bashfully at her, just as a strong arm snaked around her waist, "Yo, man. You better not be asking my girl out."
"JESSE!" Athena and Elena scolded in sync, both girls smacking his chest playfully.
"I'm kidding, ease up, Terror Twins," Jesse laughed, placing a chaste kiss on the crown of Athena's head. Offering his hand to Stefan, he smiled warmly, "Jesse Parks, man."
"Stefan Salvatore, nice to meet you," Stefan chuckled.
"Jesse is cool!" Fred said gleefully.
"He's got a good sense of humor," George agreed, faking solemnity.
"If it's any consolation, he has our permission in dating Athena," Fred added, ducking as his mother's hand threatened to collide with the top of his head.
"Ah, c'mon, Mols. They're just playing around," Fabian smirked.
Molly huffed, crossing her arms indignantly, though a fond smile appeared on her lips, "My sons just had to take after their uncles."
"And you love it," Gideon winked.
Grudgingly, James had to admit that that Jesse fellow wasn't a bad guy to be dating his daughter; he obviously cared for her well-being, wanted to make her happy and had a great sense of humor like George Weasley said. There were worse boys out there. From the look on Sirius and Remus' face, they had arrived to the conclusion as him.
Jesse propped himself casually between the Gilbert twins and leveled Stefan with a serious stare, "Not wanting to be the buzz kill around here, but I'm here to make sure you treat Elena well –"
"Jesse," Elena squealed, narrowing her sister with a look to silence her boyfriend. Athena merely wiggled her fingers and shrugged innocently. Stefan chuckled, "You've nothing to worry about."
"Hmm, I'll be the judge of that," Jessie managed to retort before Athena smacked a hand over his mouth. "Enough, Jesse. Now what do you really want?"
Sparing her a shit-eating grin, Jesse said, "That's easy. I wanted to ask if you'd be my date for the party tomorrow." The girls all erupted into laughter as Athena smacked him lightly, "You idiot! You're my boyfriend, who else would I go with!"
"Fine! The bloke isn't bad," James forcefully grumbled out loud.
"Not bad?" Marlene repeated incredulously, "That girl has got herself a handsome charmer."
Sirius yelped, "Marlene!"
"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 the battle?" Mr. Tanner, impeccable first-rate Jackass and unfortunately, their history teacher, droned on and on in a monotone before looming over Bonnie, "Ms. Bennett?"
"It seems that boring History professors seem to be a universal problem," Harry laughed, recalling all the boring classes with Professor Binns.
James snorted; "Prongslet, you are correct in that assessment," Sirius cheered.
"I don't know the answer … how can I NOT know the answer," Hermione whimpered, her brain practically whirring in search for the correct answer.
"Miss Granger, this is a question relating to their town. You wouldn't know the answer, since you've never heard of the question," Minerva snapped.
"Insufferable know-it-all," Severus muttered under his breath as Hermione sheepishly thanked the Transfiguration professor.
Bonnie looked like a deer caught in the headlights and stumbled over her words, "Um …a lot? I'm not sure. Like a whole lot." Athena ducked her head under the table so that Tanner wouldn't see her shoulders shake as silent tears of laughter ran down her face.
"That's… That's not the correct answer!" Hermione burst out loud.
"Oh, lighten up, 'Mione," Neville groaned.
Tanner glared at her and couldn't help but quip in a stern voice, "Cute becomes dumb in an instant, Ms. Bennett. Mr. Donovan?" his eyes snapped over to his next target, "Would you like to take this opportunity to overcome your embedded jock stereotype?"
"What does that mean?" Jasmine whined; one would think that she knew everything there was to know about the Muggle world since her mother was a Muggleborn, but in all honesty, Lily Potter discarded her roots and immersed herself into being the perfect Lady Potter most pureblooded women expected her to be.
"Basically, jocks have this widely-known stereotype that they don't care about anything but sports, girls and parties. Mr. Tanner is calling him dumb," Hermione took in a deep breath after she had finished her explanatory ranter.
"That is not appropriate behavior displayed by a professor," Albus frowned; he didn't notice the simultaneous pointed glares the young ones, Bill and Charlie threw at an impassive yet sneering Severus Snape.
"I think Tanner and Snape would get along swimmingly," Harry muttered to Neville and Ron, causing them to choke back their laughter.
Matt didn't crack under pressure, instead he had a face-splitting grin on his face as he leaned back into his chair looking perfectly laidback, "It's okay, Mr. Tanner. I'm cool with it."
The whole class burst into uproarious laughter and Athena sent him a wink which he gladly returned.
The occupants in the room were affected as well, and the Marauders beamed at the witty response the muggle boy retorted. Very Marauder worthy.
"Hmm. Elena?" Tanner snapped his head over to Elena who had been busy eye-fucking Stefan.
"Oh my," Albus gasped, slapping a hand over his mouth, "Eye-… oh dear, what foul profanities."
"Scandalous! Blasphemous vulgar language," Minerva ranted as she wagged her pointer finger at the book, her already thin eyes turning into slits, her mouth pursed.
"LANGUAGE!" Molly roared. Severus blanched in disgust, his already sallow skin turning sickly pale. Alastor actually seemed amused, and he wasn't the only one; Tonks' hair kept changing into lurid colors while the Marauders avoided eye contact with their wives and the underage children, trying to hold in their laughter.
Bill, Charlie, Fred, George, Fabian and Gideon were enjoying watching the fireworks Molly was creating while Arthur desperately tried to mollify her, to no avail.
"What does 'eye-fucking' mean?" Luna asked innocently, effectively silencing the room. It was honestly a comical situation; every adult could be seen gaping at the dreamy blonde in a mixture of mortification and aghast, at a total loss of what to say.
Jasmine and Ginny immediately leaned forward and whispered the explanation in her ear, eliciting an, "Ohhhh," of recognition from Luna. Unfortunately, that action set them off again. James, Sirius, Lily, Arthur, Molly, Harry, Ron, Fabian and Gideon began roaring about the two thirteen-year-old girls knowing more than they should.
"Ginevra! How do you know the meaning of the word?"
"Jasmine Lillian Potter! Who taught you such obscenity?"
"ENOUGH!" Albus boomed, emitting purple fireworks from his wand, "I propose you leave the scolding to your free time and allow me to conclude the chapter."
"Surely you can enlighten us about one of the town's most significantly historical events?"
Elena blushed at the sudden attention placed solely on her and flickered her gaze to her twin who merely shrugged and mouthed 'I don't know, sorry'. "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," Tanner snapped.
"Appalling! Dreadful behavior," Molly fumed, blowing off steam at Tanner's mannerism since she couldn't yell at her daughter at the current moment.
"I wonder who he reminds me off," Harry fake pondered, tapping his finger onto his chin; all the underage occupants stared pointedly at Snape who sneered at them in response.
Douchebag, Athena was just about to stand up and berate the man when Stefan's voice halted her movement, "There were 346 casualties. Unless you're counting local civilians."
Tanner blinked in surprise, and she didn't blame him; it was a rarity for anyone to answer a question correctly in his class. "That's correct, Mister …?"
"Salvatore."
Tanner nodded, "Salvatore. Any relation to the original settlers here at Mystic Falls?"
"Original settlers?" Bill couldn't help but blurt out; the eldest Weasley had a certain fascination with history, and he wanted to know everything about Mystic Falls' history.
"I'm sure it will be explained in the book, William," Albus smiled jovially, he too was interested in learning the facts of the curious little town.
"Distant," Stefan shrugged.
"Well, very good. Except, of course, there were no civilian casualties in this battle."
Stefan cleared his throat, a smug smile curled on his lips, "Actually, there were 27, sir. Confederate soldiers, they fired on the church, believing it to be housing weapons. They were wrong. It was a night of great loss. The founder's archives are, uh, stored in civil hall if you'd like to brush up on your facts, Mr. Tanner."
Elena and Athena couldn't help but beam at him for winning one over Tanner in his own subject.
"Burn!" Fred, George, Fabian and Gideon cheered.
"Mystic Falls' history sounds utterly enthralling," Hermione whispered in reverent awe, "I wonder where I could get my hands on their history."
"Hermione, we have enough history with Binns, you want to add more," Ron whined like a petulant child.
"There's nothing wrong with taking an interest in history, Ron," Bill rolled his eyes.
"Muggle history. How wonderful," Arthur chuckled, bouncing in his seat.
"I'm positive we'll learn more about their enchanting history as we carry on with the book," Albus smiled.
"Caroline is off somewhere getting drunk because Stefan rejected her, Elena went on a romantic stroll with Stefan, why aren't you with Jesse?" Bonnie questioned Athena as they stood in the middle of the party, surrounded by inebriated teenagers making out and dancing lewdly.
"You tell me. You're the psychicone," Athena teased.
Bonnie grinned before faking seriousness, "Right, I forgot. Okay, so give me a sec. Grams says I have to concentrate."
"Wait, you need a crystal ball," Athena giggled before making an 'aha' sound as she picked up an empty beer bottle from the ground.
"It's so sad," Alice whispered, "If she grew up around us, she wouldn't be so flippant about crystal balls; uttering it as though it was a myth."
Guilt flooded James as he shifted uncomfortably in his seat. Lily had no qualms however, and gladly yelled, "She was a squib, Ally! If we raised her then she would have been like Tuney and held Harry and Jasmine back with her jealousy. I wasn't about to let my babies undergo the same household I did!"
"Lily! That's enough!" James growled; he was beginning to see his beloved wife in a different light, and he didn't like it.
"Mom, how could you say that? You cannot know, you're not a seer, you can't just predict her reaction. Athena would have been a wonderful big sister to us, loved us, protected us," Jasmine cried, stubbornly wiping away the fallen tears.
"Jasmine –"
"No, mom," Harry spoke up, cuddling his little sister to his side, "You keep throwing out the Aunt Petunia excuse every single time. You can't seem to differentiate that they are two completely different people, with different personalities. You cannot immediately assume that Athena would've envied us!"
An awkward and chilled silence filled the room, everyone felt like they were intruding in on a Potter family argument. Albus cleared his throat and hurriedly resumed reading.
Bonnie spaced out as she touched Athena's hand when she went to grab the bottle; her eyes were dazed, staring into nothing in particular and Athena was seriously freaked out. Suddenly, Bonnie pulled back and stared at Athena with fear.
"Bonnie? What is it?"
"That was weird. When I touched you, I saw a crow."
"What?" Athena gasped, her eyes widening in recognition.
"A crow," Bonnie repeated slowly, "There was fog, a man," she shook her head and let out a nervous laugh, "I'm drunk. It's the drinking. There's nothing psychic about it. Yeah? Ok, I'm gonna get a refill."
"Ronald, you were right. She is a psychic," Luna beamed in excitement, not noticing the shocked expressions written all over everyone's face.
"Blimey, I was being sarcastic… she, she really is a psychic," Ron gasped. Poor Hermione, she couldn't find any excuse to refute that statement; the same thought reverberated around everyone's head.
Bonnie is a psychic.
"Wait, Bon- eep! Jesse, don't do that! You scared me!" Athena whined, smacking Jesse on the chest. Jesse grinned down at her and handed over her drink refill, "Let's go somewhere private?" he suggested, pulling on her miniskirt.
"NO! NO! NO! And a thousand times, NOO!" James yelled at the top of his lungs.
"I take it back, I don't like the guy anymore," Sirius snarled.
While Jesse and Athena were engaging in sexual activity,
"We didn't need to know that," Frank groaned, sparing a pitying glance over at James who was growling lowly like a wild bear about to pounce.
Stefan and Elena sat by the bridge near the party, getting to know one another better. Elena decided to confide in him why she was suddenly so sad as opposed to before when she used to be the life of the party, much like Athena.
"Last spring, my parents' car drove off of a bridge into the lake. And Athena and I were in the backseat and we survived, but … they didn't. So that's my story," Elena chuckled dryly, suppressing her tears.
"You won't be sad forever, Elena," Stefan smiled sadly, wiping a fallen tear from her cheek.
"That's how they died?" Molly sobbed in pity. Every woman, except for Lily was grave with a few fallen tears, while the men were somber.
"I get why Athena felt guilty. How does one move on when they survive yet their parents couldn't?" Harry asked no one in particular.
James willed the tears away; if he stuck around, then maybe, just … maybe, he would have been able to prevent their deaths and Athena and Elena's near death experience.
"Everything happens for a reason," Luna said in a whimsical tone, causing everyone to stare at her in befuddlement.
Albus smiled sadly, nodding his head in agreement, "Precisely, Miss Lovegood, how wise of you."
Suddenly, a high-pitched familiar scream reverberated around the air, silencing the party-goers immediately; Elena's eyes widened in fear and recognition, completely forgetting about Stefan, she ran into the forest, shouting out Athena's name.
"If that Jesse guy did anything to her, I'll pulverize him," James growled protectively.
"Only if you let me have a go too, Prongs," Sirius snarled.
"Count me in," Remus snapped.
"Athena, get up! Get up! You too, Jeremy!" Jesse was frantically yelling.
"Vicki? No! Oh, my god, it's Vicki!" Jeremy yelled, shaking Vicki's immobile figure that was coated in blood, ignoring Jesse and Athena's pleas.
"Who the bloody hell is Vicki?" Ron snapped, but he too, like everyone else where shaken at the blood part, wondering what the hell happened.
"Jer, let's just carry her and get out of the forest. Whatever attacked Vicki will be after us!" Athena yelled just as Elena reached their side, "Oh, god, Elena, thank god!"
Jesse decided to take charge; he carried Vicki into his arms and made sure the Gilbert twins had a good hold on Jeremy as they ran out of the forest and back into the heart of the party.
"Vicki? Vicki, what the hell?" Matt yelled as he approached, staring wide-eyed at his older sister who was covered in blood.
"Everybody back up, give her some space!" Tyler demanded.
"It's her neck. Something bit her. She's losing a lot of blood," Athena yelled out frantically, grabbing Jesse's offered jumper and adding pressure over her wound.
"Vicki, Vicki, come on, open your eyes, look at me," Matt pleaded desperately, his eyes shining with tears.
Every sibling in the room couldn't help but stare at each other; they didn't know what they would do if one of them were in danger.
"Nothing bad ever happens in Mystic Falls," Severus scoffed sarcastically, but despite his impassive demeanor, it was glaringly obvious that he too, was worried.
Once the ambulance came and took Vicki and Matt, Elena and Athena congregated around Bonnie speaking in hushed tones about the scary event.
"Care and I are gonna go to Mainline Coffee, wait for news," Bonnie informed them. Elena embraced Bonnie, "I gotta take Jeremy home. Athena?"
"I'm waiting on Jesse. He's dropping me off."
Once Elena left, Bonnie grabbed Athena's hand, her eyes filled with fear, "Athena, 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?" Athena felt an ominous feeling in the air, and whatever Bonnie was about to say next, wouldn't be any good.
"That it's just the beginning," Bonnie whispered, fear and uncertainty coating her words.
"What the bloody hell is that supposed to mean?" Ron demanded.
"Ronald! Language!" Molly shrieked.
"This is quite a disturbing phenomenon," Albus muttered as he flipped the page, "How odd. There is a change in perspective."
A crow appeared into Stefan's bedroom signaling the appearance of someone he dreaded. Turning around, Stefan sighed in defeat and slight fear when he saw the familiar figure that stood on his balcony.
"Damon."
The man stepped into the light, his signature smirk etched onto his face, "Hello, brother."
"So he does have a sibling," Ginny mused, recalling Stefan's previous words at the Grill.
"Crow's a bit much, don't you think?" Stefan said blandly.
"Crow? You don't think … not the crow from the cemetery?" Alice stuttered weakly, eyes beseeching for the truthful answer.
"Let us find out dear," Frank soothed her, knowing how easy it was for his kind and gentle wife to get worked up.
"Wait till you see what I can do with the fog," Damon smirked in absolute smugness.
"Fog? Why do I have a feeling this is the same bloke from the cemetery?" James snarled, gritting his teeth; something about Damon set him on edge.
"When'd you get here?" Stefan demanded; he wasn't in the mood for Damon's games. Damon smirked in response, "Well, I couldn't miss your first day at school. Your hair's different. I like it."
Stefan snarled, glaring daggers at his older brother, "It's been fifteenyears, Damon!"
"Say what?"
Every occupant in the room traded bewildered glances.
"Thank God!" Damon sighed in relief, "I couldn't take another day of the nineties. That horrible grunge look? Did not suit you. Remember, Stefan, it's important to stay away from fads," he advised him with a sarcastic smile.
"Why are they talking like that? It's weird," Jasmine piped up, her brow furrowed in confusion.
"Yeah, nineties? Exactly how old is his brother?" Ron muttered.
"Why are you here?" Stefan growled.
"I miss my little brother," Damon simply said.
"Oh, how sweet," Molly cooed, "Stefan is being horribly rude to his brother."
"Mother, I don't think-"Bill began to say, only to be vehemently shushed by his mother.
"You hate small towns. It's boring. There's nothing for you to do," Stefan retorted, not believing Damon's words one bit.
"I've managed to keep myself busy," Damon smirked sinisterly as he began loitering around Stefan's room.
"You know, you left that girl alive tonight. That's very clumsy of you," Stefan informed him, quite casually, yet there was disapproval shining in his forest green eyes.
"WHAT!" reverberated around the room.
"Damon is the one that harmed Vicki?" Alice shrieked.
"I don't like this, Albus," Minerva ground out.
"That murderer was around my daughter!" James growled, clutching his wand threateningly.
"Ah. That can be a problem… for you," he grinned evilly.
"Why are you here now?" Stefan repeated yet again.
"I could ask you the same question," Damon retorted, finally stumbling upon the part of the conversation he was most looking forward to, "However, I'm fairly certain your answer could be summed up all into one little word … Elena."
"What has Elena got to do with anything?" Hermione snapped.
"You don't think he's targeting her for something, do you?" Jasmine whimpered, shivering slightly in fear.
Stefan growled warningly, his eyes dilating in rage.
"Ah, don't worry about that little brother. I'm more interested in Athena.
"You stay the hell away from my daughter!" James shouted; no one bothered to shut him up, everyone but Lily feared for the Gilbert twins.
She took my breath away, Athena. She's a dead ringer for Katherine.
"Katherine?" Ginny uttered in confusion.
Don't you find it odd, baby bro; of course, I expected no less from you. So predictable of you to go for Elena instead of Athena. Does she make you feel alive? Being around her, being in her world, being around the carbon copy of Eliane?"
"She's not Eliane!" Stefan yelled turning away from Damon, "And for the record, Athena isn't like Katherine, either!"
"Can they stop speaking in riddles? What do they mean by Eliane and Katherine being like Elena and Athena?" Harry asked, not expecting an answer.
"It seems, this is what Ayana had been referring to," Albus sighed sadly, "She did say Athena had some difficulties of her own."
"Well let's hope not. We both know how that ended," Damon grimaced, and for a second, Stefan could see the malice shining in his older brother's eyes, "Tell me something, when's the last time you had something stronger than a squirrel?"
No one bothered commenting on that weird question; they all silently agreed to allow the book to answer their questions and keep their mouths shut, listening intently to the Salvatore brother's conversation.
"I know what you're doing, Damon. It's not gonna work," Stefan snarled through gritted teeth.
"Yeah? Come on. Don't you crave a little?" Damon gibed, hitting Stefan playfully around the shoulders, "Let's do it. Together. I saw a couple girls out there. Or just, let's just cut to the chase," his eyes gleamed sinisterly, "Let's just go straight for Elena and Athena."
"Stop it!" Stefan yelled his temper on the brink of exploding.
"Imagine what their blood tastes like! I can," he taunted.
"Vampire!" was whispered in horror around the room.
"But, but no. Albus," James whirled to face the equally bewildered Headmaster, "Vampires don't look like that. They are pale, gaunt, black eyes with fangs-"
"They can't roam around during daylight! And Stefan was definitely out during the day," Marlene screeched.
But it was Severus Snape who uttered the next words, not the baffled Headmaster, "I think, it may be highly impossible. But I think there are other species of vampires out there." He then stared at Albus, "Is it possible?"
"I think we must try to keep an open mind, because this book has opened up a vast amount of possibilities that we never believed existed before," Albus said, each word stressed gravely.
Stefan's face began to transform, his eyes turned red and black veins began creeping underneath his eyelids, "I said STOP!" he ran into Damon in a sudden burst of speed, throwing himself out of the window and through the glass. But when Stefan landed on the pavement, he was shocked to find himself alone.
Damon began clapping from behind him, "I was impressed. I give it a six. Missing style, but I was pleasantly surprised. Very good with the whole face … thing," he mocked, "It was good."
Stefan shook his head sadly and glared up at his older brother, "You know, it's all fun and games, Damon, huh? But wherever you go, peopledie."
"So, are we to assume Stefan is the good vampire brother?" Charlie asked shaking his head in thought.
"We shouldn't discriminate against vampires. Stefan seems … nice," Hermione said, huffing adamantly.
"My dear girl, we are not being prejudiced," Albus spoke softly, sky-blue eyes piercing hers seriously making her nervous under his scrutiny, "However, Damon nearly killed the young girl, Vicki, and he is speaking of attacking Athena and Elena."
"I understand," Hermione whispering, smiling at Harry's offered hand of comfort.
"Also, these are a completely different species, we know nothing about," Minerva said sternly yet her eyes shone with worry.
"That's a given," Damon said smugly, as though it were the most obvious solution in the world and Stefan was being purposely dumb.
"Not here! I won't allow it," Stefan snapped, getting up onto his feet.
A creepy smile flittered across Damon's face giving him the look of a formidable enemy, "I'll take that as an invitation." As Damon turned around to walk away, Stefan's voice turned soft as he pleaded with his brother, hoping to get through to him, "Damon, please. After all these years, can't we just give it a rest?"
Damon froze mid-step, slowly turning around to face his little brother; his electric blue eyes had a predatory gleam, hardening with hate, "I promised you an eternity of misery, so I'm just keeping my word."
"How cruel! He's his younger brother," Molly yelled, her face morphed into horror.
Bill shook his head, "I can't ever imagine torturing my younger siblings for a second. Let alone for eternity."
Fabian had a grim expression on his face as he stared at his twin brother, "Makes you wonder what happened for Damon to promise such a thing."
"Just stay away from Elena and Athena!" Stefan threatened; Athena wasn't like Katherine, and he could see the pure love, the bond between the Gilbert twins; he wasn't about to allow his brother to destroy that.
"Thank you Stefan," James whispered to himself, but it didn't alleviate his fears the least bit.
"So Athena and Elena have their own guardian vampire," Tonks quipped, prompting Alastor to roll his one eye in annoyance.
Damon grinned, "Where's your ring?" Stefan flexed his hand, noticing with dread that his ring was missing. Damon smirked, "Oh yeah, sun's coming up in a couple of hours, and poof, ashes to ashes," he said tauntingly before smoothing out his face, "Relax. It's right here."
In the blink of an eye, Damon grabbed Stefan around the throat and with an abnormal burst of strength, threw him against the garage, making a dent.
"You should know better than to think you're stronger than me. You lost that fight when you stopped feeding on people.
"Definitely good vampire," Charlie muttered.
Tonks wrinkled her nose, "It's a decent thing Stefan is doing, but in regards to vampires, not feeding on vampires must be nasty."
"Well, cousin, why don't you go offer a vein?" Sirius smirked, causing Tonks to stick out her tongue in an immature fashion.
I wouldn't try again." He threw Stefan his ring before looking up, ears perking, "I think we woke Zach up. Sorry, Zach," he yelled mockingly.
"There's one last page," Albus informed them.
Athena was shocked when she opened the door to find Stefan and flashed him a genuine smile, "Hey Stefan, let me guess, you're looking for Elena?"
"Please," Stefan smiled.
"Come in. Elena!" she called out. Hesitantly, Stefan walked over the threshold, his face transforming into utter delight when Elena appeared in his line of vision. "Okay, so you two kids have fun, and Lena, I won't say anything if you don't."
"Shut up, Thena. Don't leave Jesse waiting for long, but if Jenna asks, I don't know anything about you having a boy in your room."
"Like she'd care," Athena mumbled, giggling as she ran up to her room and into Jesse's arms.
"What are you so happy about," Jesse mumbled tiredly, spooning Athena in his arms.
"I don't know. I guess, I guess Elena was right. Yesterday was different, and today, I think everything's going to be okay."
"Somehow I doubt that," James muttered.
"That's it for chapter one," Albus sighed solemnly.
Sirius scoffed scornfully, "One hell of a chapter Albus. We got introduced to different species of vampires; and who the hell is Katherine and Eliane those Salvatores kept referring to? What exactly do they want from Athena and Elena?"
There was no answer to be given; all Albus could say was, "Who would like to read next?"
A/N: Holy, this chapter was long. What do you think? What do you think? Should I continue this story … yay or nay?
Tell me what you thought of Jesse Parks? I wasn't thinking of adding an OC but it kinda stuck and I continued it from there and evolved him into one hell of a character. What would you like me to do with him? Any thoughts … BTW, Jensen Ackles, sexiest guy EVER, couldn't help but have him play Jesse since Dean Winchester was always so funny yet serious.
Katherine and ELIANE … who is she? Stay tuned XD
R&R.