Prologue

Dear diary,

I haven't written for a while. Not since my parent's died and I rushed off to boarding school. Well, here I am now, on a train and heading back to the life I tried to run from. But I've learned that the things we try to escape always seem to find a way to pull us back, whether we want it or not.

It wasn't my fault. Let me make that much clear. It was those green eyes, that devilish smirk and the mature, sexy, older guy allure that even the purest of seventeen years olds couldn't resist. I was an innocent victim. And maybe he was too. Since he lost his job.

You'd think that having been away from my family and friends that I'd miss them. But I don't. And it's not that I don't love them, because I do. With all my heart. I just don't want to play the part of the poor little orphan girl. Or the perfect founder's daughter. I'm good at it, I always have been. I never complained when Mom pulled me into tight dress with skirts that could fill up a three seater sofa. I never complained when Dad brought me to parties and expected me to behave and be courteous. In fact, I actually enjoyed it.

But now that I have a taste of what it's like to let go and be a teenager, I don't think that I can be that girl anymore.

Boarding school wasn't my first taste, though. The night before I left, I did some pretty reckless stuff. Stuff that I wish I could erase. In the three days between the car crash and the funeral, I became a completely different person. An unrecognisable Lydia Gilbert. Even my friends were shocked. Jenna decided that, to stop my inevitable destruction, I should leave town.

And I did. Boarding school was great, even if it didn't last long.

The train is arriving at the station now. It might be another three months before I write in here again, or tomorrow. You know how inconsistent I am.

Lots of love,

Lydia

Author's Note: Another story! Hope you liked the prologue, even if it was short. I just wanted to get this out there. A banshee in Vampire Diaries isn't something that has been done before (at least to my knowledge) and I would love to explore it. The Stefan/OC will be a slow burn, but the best relationships are, aren't they? Tell me if you like it.

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