The Gilbert Twins Ch.1

Avalon's POV

Another year of school. It had just been a few months since my parents died in a car crash. My sister was also in the car but thank god she survived. We were all coping in our own way. Jeremy turned to drugs, Elena has been trying to live life normally, and I well, I don't know. I didn't really grieve yet. I usually just suppressed the feelings because I had to be there for my twin, Elena when she broke down. Jeremy didn't come to me that much but I made sure to let him know he could always talk to me.

I walked up to the mirror to take in my appearance. Me and Elena were identical twins. When we were little we would always trick people into thinking we were each other because there weren't any major differences in our appearance. As I got older though, I put just a few red streaks into my hair so people could tell us apart. That's pretty much the major difference between me and Elena.

Personality wise, we were pretty similar but you'll just have to see later on. I put my hair into my usual ponytail; I rarely put my hair down. Only for special occasions or events. I put on a white graphic T-shirt and some black skinny jeans and waited for Elena to finish writing in her diary. She's been doing that every day since the car crash. I guess that's her way of coping.

I poked into her room to find her in front of the mirror. "Ready Twinzie?" I asked. She smiled. "Yea, let's go." We headed downstairs. "Toast. I can make toast?" "It's all about the coffee Aunt Jenna." "A cup for me too Elena, please." Jeremy walked in. "Is there coffee?" She handed me and Jeremy a cup. "It's your first day of school and I'm totally unprepared." Aunt Jenna was rushing around like a mad woman.

"Lunch money?" "We're okay." Me and Elena said at the exact same time. I rolled my eyes. "We have got to stop doing that." "A number two pencil? What am I missing?" "Don't you have a big presentation today?" "I'm meeting with my thesis advisor at...now. Crap!" "Then go, we'll be fine." I hugged Jenna before she ran out the door. "You okay?" Elena asked Jeremy. "Don't start." Elena and I headed out the door to meet Bonnie.

"So Grams is telling me I'm psychic."Our ancestors were from Salem which isn't 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!"Bonnie said. I tuned out after that and pulled out my sketch pad. I enjoyed drawing. It made me calm and felt peaceful. I don't know why but I felt like drawing a crow. I continued sketching until the car came to an abrupt stop. A bird or something flew across the windshield and Bonnie swerved. I felt like my heart was going to beat out of my chest.

"What was that?! Oh my God! Elena, Are you okay?" I looked over to see Elena looking kind of panicked. "It's ok. I'm fine. Ava?" She turned to look at me. I was kind of hyperventilating but i gave her a nod to show I was going to be fine. "I'm so sorry guys. It was like a bird or something. It came out of nowhere." "Really, we can't be freaked out by cars for the rest of my life." I nodded in agreement with Elena. "I predict this year is going to be kick-ass. And I predict all the sad and dark times are over and you two are going to be beyond happy." She restarted the car and we headed back on the path to school.

I separated from them and just walked around the halls for a bit. I found them staring at some new dude's back and saying he's hot. "Come on guys, seriously?" I rolled my eyes at their gawking. Elena went over to the boys bathroom following Jeremy. I din't want to get in between that right now so I just stayed with Bonnie. We made it to Tanner's class and there was a total staring triangle going on. Matt was staring at Elena while Elena and the new kid were staring at each other. I noticed Bonnie and Elena texting secretly under their desks.

After school, Elena and I walked to the cemetery where we would usually sit in front of our parents' grave. Elena would write in her diary while I would sketch. Coincidentally, a crow was sitting on their headstone which was perfect since I was sketching one. "Okay Hi bird. That's not creepy or anything." My twin said. I thought it was pretty cool. Fog started to cover the graveyard. Now it was getting kind of creepy. It felt like a scene from a movie. The bird kept squawking so Elena shooed it away.

"Come on Lena, it was my model." I pouted. "Yea well it's getting creepy and was being annoying." She turned around to face the crow again. I guess it really did not want to leave. Elena slowly grabbed her stuff and pulled me away from it. She looked back to see a man covered by fog. Now I really feel like I'm in a horror movie.

She grabbed me and started dragging me. We kept running until she tripped and fell which made me trip and fall too."You okay Ava?" She asked. I held a thumbs up and she helped me get up. We turned around to come face to face with the new kid. "You guys okay?" He nearly gave me a heart attack. I saw how he kept staring at Elena so I decided to leave them alone. "I'll meet you outside Lena."

I walked away from them and just sat down and took in the scenery. It was a pretty depressing scene. There were graves everywhere and fog covering the ground. I guess a cemetery isn't where you should sightsee but I thought it looked nice so I took out my sketchpad again. "You're drawing the cemetery?" The voice came out from nowhere. This time I did have a heart attack. I jumped up and screamed which ended up with me falling back down. "Ow." I opened my eyes to see a blue eyed man. He chuckled and then helped me up.

"You okay there?" He asked. I rubbed the back of my head which kind of hurt. "Yea, you know you shouldn't sneak up on people like that." He grinned. "I'm sorry." "That's alright. So you visiting family here?" I asked trying to make conversation. "yea, how about you? Your here just to draw a graveyard?" He asked. "I'll have you know a graveyard is a very appropriate place to... to..-yea I got nothing." We laughed. "Your weird." He stated rather bluntly. "Uhh. thanks?" He chuckled. "A good weird. Here you are. drawing a cemetery and having a conversation with a man you just met."

I barely realized i was talking to a complete stranger. He seemed very nice though so I decided to introduce myself. "Right. Well I'm Avalon Gilbert. My friends call me Ava." He smirked. I guess he really enjoys smiling. "Can i call you Ava?" I thought about it for a bit. He was a total stranger but for some reason I felt like I could tell him anything. "Not yet. Let's stick with Avalon for now." The man just smirked again. How odd. "I'm Damon. Damon Salvatore." "Huh. Like Stefan Salvatore?" "Yes, he is my baby brother. You know him?" "Not personally but he has History with me. And I think he likes my twin sister Elena." I noticed Damon kept taking steps closer to me.

"Well then, we might see each other more often."He said with a smirk. "Yea, I guess. Well I better get going. It was nice meeting you Damon. Say hi to Stefan for me. Bye." I walked off. "Nice meeting you to Avalon." I turned to see him gone already. How weird. Eh. I found Elena and we headed off back home.

"You sure you don't want to come Ava?" "Yea I'm sure. Go have fun. You need it Lena." "Thanks. See ya." She walked out of my room. I went to sleep after surviving the first day of school.

The next morning in History,Tanner was being a jerk again as always. "How many casualties resulted in this battle? Ms. Bennett?" "Uhm.. A lot?I'm not sure. Like a whole lot." I smiled. "Cute becomes dumb in an instant ." And there goes my smile. "Mr. Donovan. Would you like to take this opportunity to overcome your embedded jock stereotype?" "It's ok . i'm cool with it." The class giggled but Tanner went on to torture Elena. "Hmm. Elena? Surely, you can enlighten us about one of the town's most significantly historical events?" "I'm sorry. I- I don't know. " That was the last straw for Tanner. "I was willing to be lenient last year for obvious reasons, Elena. But the personal excuses ended with summer break." That made me mad. I was about to go all out on Tanner but Stefan spoke up before me.

"There were 346 casualties, unless you're counting local civilians." "That's correct. mister?" "Salvatore." "Salvatore, any relation to the original settlers here at Mystic Falls?" "Distant." "Very good except, of course there were no civilian casualties in this battle." "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 stored in Civil Hall if you'd like to brush up on your facts. Mr. Tanner." Oh! burn! Take that Tanner. The whole class held in their laughter.

Later in the night was the school's kick off party. Bonnie and Elena were talking about Bonnie being psychic. I saw Stefan being dragged by Caroline. Poor guy. It wasn't really my scene so I found a quiet place to sit and sketch.

Later on, I heard Elena screaming for help. I got up and ran to her. I saw Vicki bleeding in Jeremy's arms. "Somebody call an ambulance!" "Everybody back up, Give her some space." "It's her neck. Something bit her. She's losing a lot of blood." I tuned everything out and was focusing on Vicki. I dint't know her that well but she didn't deserve to die. And then I started feeling dizzy. I touched my head and saw on my fingers, blood. I was bleeding. How was I bleeding. I started to feel really light headed and eventually I gave in. I heard Elena screaming my name and shaking me trying to get me awake before I just lost consciousness.

Stefan's POV

I turned around to face the one man I never wanted to see. "Damon." "Hello brother." "Crow's a bit much. Don't you think?" "Wait till you see what I can do with the fog." "When did you get here."

"Well, I couldn't miss your first day at school. Your hair's different. I like it." "It's been 15 years Damon." "Thank God. 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 the fads." "Why are you here?" I asked my tone rising a bit. I was getting frustrated with him.

"I miss my little brother." "You hate small towns. it's boring. There's nothing for you to do." "I've managed to keep myself busy." "You know, you left that girl alive tonight. That's very clumsy of you." "Ah. That can be a problem...for you." "Why are you here now?" "I could ask you the same question. However, I'm fairly certain your answer can be summed up all into 3 little words. Elena and Avalon."

Elena's POV

I watched Matt go into the ambulance truck to stay with Vicki. Poor Matt, Vicki didn't deserve this. Bonnie walked up to me and said:" Hey, we're going to go mainline coffee. Wait for news." I nodded. "I gotta take Jeremy and Ava home. She's still unconscious but I'm sure she'll wake up." I was pretty worried about Ava but she faints a lot. Lately she has been experiencing many panic attacks but she always gets through them.

"Elena, 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?" "That it's just the beginning."

Stefan's POV

"They took my breath away. Elena and Avalon. They're a dead ringer for Katherine. Is it working Stefan? Being around Elena? Being in her world? Does it make you feel alive?"He smirked. "She's not Katherine. Neither of them are." "Well let's hope not. We both know how that ended. Tell me something. When was the last time you had something stronger than a squirrel?"

"I know what you're doing Damon. it's not gonna work." "Yeah?" he pushed me. "Come on, Don't you crave a little?" "Stop it." I couldn't give in to his intentions. He pushed me again, harder this time. "Let's do it together. I saw a couple girls out there. Or let's just cut to the chase." He shoved me again. "Let's just go straight for Elena!" I shoved him back. "Stop it." I could feel the adrenaline rushing through me.

"Imagine what her blood tastes like!"The veins started showing under my eyes. "I can." I just knew my eyes were red and my fangs were extended out. "I said Stop!" I growled and lunged for him. We flew out the window. I landed on the cement. "I was impressed." I turned to see Damon leaning on the bushes. "I give it a six. Missing style, but I was pleasantly surprised. Very good with the whole"- he did an imitation-"thing. It was good."

"You know it's all fun and games, Damon, huh? But wherever you go, people die." "That's a given." "Not here. I won't allow it." "I take that as an invitation." "Damon, please. After all these years, can't we just give it a rest?" "I promised you an eternity of misery so I'm just keeping my word." "Just stay away from Elena. And Avalon." "Where's your ring?" I touched my finger where the ring was supposed to be but it wasn't there. "Oh, yeah, sun's coming up in a couple hours, and, poof ashes to ashes." He chuckled. "Relax. It's right here." He held out his hand with the ring for me to take. I eyed him for a bit before reaching to take it.

I put it back on. Suddenly a hand grasped around my throat and I was sent flying into a wall. I landed in front of Damon's feet. "You should know better than to think you're stronger than me. You lost that fight when you stopped feeding on people. I wouldn't try it again. I think we woke Zach up. Hmm. Sorry Zach." He started walking away but he stopped. "Avalon says hi by the way." And he continued walking back into the boarding house. In that moment, I knew I had to protect Elena. I also had to protect Avalon. I cannot let Damon get his hands on them. I headed over to Elena's house. I had to know she was okay.

She saw me at her window and came down to open the door. "I know it's late, but uh, I needed to know you were ok." "You know for months, that's all anyone's wondered about me. If I'll be okay." "What do you tell them?" "That I'll be fine." "Do you ever mean it?" "Ask me tomorrow. It's warmer in the house. We can talk. Would you like to come in?"I smiled. "Yes."