(a/n)- Okay, I have had this plot bunny in my brain for the last few months and it doesn't want to go away. And my obsession with the Originals finally won out. I have done a lot of research for this fanfiction so hopefully, it is decent. It officially starts in season 2, episode 8 of the vampire diaries. This first chapter is main for set up. Please enjoy.

I found myself standing in the middle of a clearing in the woods.

"How did I get here?" I thought while looking around.

The last thing I remember was being in the car with my parents and my sister, we were driving home after picking up Elena from a party. And yet here I was in a clearing in the woods.

It is a beautiful clearing. On the ground, there were all kinds of flowers. These flowers created a makeshift path to a fallen tree trunk. This tree trunk was right in front of a small lake. There were beams of sunlight coming through the canopy of leaves making the lake shine.

I felt a nice breeze blow against my back. It felt like the wind was pushing towards the lake and fallen tree. I began to walk towards the lake. Once I was closer to the lake I noticed that there was a man sitting against the tree trunk. The man was wearing a suit and had short brown hair. Strange choice of clothing for where we are. He was sitting there looking out towards the lake. I looked across the lake to see a stag standing there looking towards me.

The man must have noticed my presence as he stood up and dusted himself off. He turned around and looked at me. He has deep warm brown eyes that could melt ice. He had a smile on his face. He walked towards me until we were only a few feet apart. It was only then did I realize that this man was a bit taller than me. He must have been around 5' 10'' or so.

"Hello there." He said. His voice was a nice baritone and had a slight accent.

"Hello." I managed to say.

There a moment a silence between us. I didn't know what to say and it seemed as though this man was in no hurry to speak either.

"Umm may I ask how I got here?" I asked. It was a stupid question, obviously, this man wouldn't know the answer.

"That is a question I have been asking myself. I have no idea how I ended up here as well." The man said while putting his hands into his pockets and looking around the clearing.

"Oh guess that means we are in the same boat." I manage to joke, laughing a little bit.

The man smiled and looked back at me.

"So it seems. I'm _." He said, but I couldn't hear what he said his name was.

"I'm sorry I didn't catch what you said your name was," I said while tilting my head slightly.

"_"

I saw the man's mouth move but no sound came out. I furrowed my brows in confusion. The man noticed my confusion.

"Can you not hear me when I say my name?"

I nod my head yes. The man puts a hand on his chin and looks down thoughtfully.

"Strange. No matter. May I ask what your name is?" He looks back at me after shaking his head.

"Alice," I say.

The man looks at me with the same look I gave him not two seconds earlier.

"You couldn't hear me when I said my name could you?" I asked.

The man nodded his head.

"This is very weird. Neither of us can hear the other's name." I say.

"This is quite the predicament." He says.

It seemed as though he went deep into thought. We stood there in silence for a few moments. He then looked up at me and had a look a shock and realization on his face.

"I know this will sound strange but I believe our time together is running short."

I looked at him confused.

"What do you mean?" I asked.

"I do not have time to explain it to you right now. However, I can say this we will meet again. I give you my word."

He was smiling at me again. He had placed his hands on my shoulders. Then suddenly the world around me began to blur. I couldn't see this man's face clearly. The last thing I hear before my world turned black was "Everything will be okay. I promise you."

I could then hear a beeping noise. I slowly opened my eyes only to be blinded by harsh lights shining into my eyes. I turned my head and saw my aunt Jenna sitting in a chair besides where I was. She must have been crying because her eyes were bloodshot and her cheeks were wet.

"Aunt Jenna?" I asked while looking around. I was in the hospital. Aunt Jenna looked so relieved to see me awake.

"Oh Alice, I am so glad you are awake. When Elena woke up a couple of hours ago I was worried sick because you were still unconscious. I was beginning to fear that you were in a coma." Aunt Jenna said as fresh tears flowed down her face.

"What do you mean? What I am doing in the hospital? What happened? Where are mom and dad?"

Aunt Jenna's smile instantly disappeared and she couldn't look me in the eyes anymore. She turned her head down.

"Alice..." Aunt Jenna started but it seemed like she couldn't finish what she was going to say. She was sobbing now.

"Aunt Jenna, what's wrong?" I asked but I already had a feeling I knew what was wrong. The last thing I remembered was my mom screaming for my dad to watch out then screeching of tires. I could feel tears rolling down my face.

Sheriff Forbes was standing by the door and she had a sad look on her face. No not sad but pity. She walked up to where I was and placed a hand on Aunt Jenna's back trying to comfort her. Sheriff Forbes took a deep breath.

"Alice. You were in a car accident. Your car drove off the Wickey bridge. You and Elena survived the crash and somehow both of you made it to shore by the time paramedics arrived. Your parents, however, were not so lucky. I am so sorry."

I just started at the Sheriff. No. No way. There was no way my parents were dead. I shook my head in denial.

"Your... Your kidding right? My... My parents can't... can't be dead." I couldn't hold back my tears. Sheriff Forbes only looked me in the eyes and shook her head.

"I am sorry, Alice. I wish I could say that I was joking."

"Where... where's Elena?" I managed to ask.

Elena then walked through the door. She was crying as well. She ran up to me and gave me a tight hug. We both were crying and holding on to each other as tight as we could. Afraid that if we let go that we would never see each other again.

Meanwhile, in an apartment in New York, a man woke up with a shock. A need to protect and comfort had arisen in his chest. He did not understand these feelings or where they were coming from. He assumed that these feelings were caused by the dream he just had. But as he tried to recall his dream it already had escaped him. The man pinched his forehead and took a deep breath. He could look into these feelings later, for now, he had to get back to work in trying to locate his brother.

September 1, 2009

It has been about 4 months since my parent's death. My sister and brother are both still mourning. I am trying to be the rock for them both but it seems that I am failing. I may have an IQ of 182, but it seems as though I am at a loss as to how to help my family. We have been living with our Aunt Jenna for a couple of months now and I feel as though Aunt Jenna is also trying to keep our little family together.

It has also been around 4 months since I started to have these weird dreams. I can never recall the details of these dreams only that there is a man in them. Along with these weird dreams once a week, I have started to feel as though something has shifted inside of me. I will not worry about that right now. I need to focus on keeping my family together.

October 31, 2009

A lot has happened in the last two months. Elena has a new boyfriend, Stefan Salvatore. He and his brother recently moved back into town. Along with these two moving back, there have been a series of animal attacks happening around town. I feel as though Elena is hiding something from me. She has been telling me to avoid Stefan's older brother. I do not understand why. Damon seems like a nice enough guy. A drunk maybe.

I have been hanging around Matt the past month comforting him since his sister hasn't come home yet. But tonight is the Halloween dance and I personally am going to stay home and watch some Stephen King movies.

The dreams have been happening still and are still a once a week kind of thing. I can't remember what happens and I can't even remember what the man in my dreams looks like. Only that I feel as though I can trust him and that I feel safe while I am with him.

December 6, 2009

Elena is definitely hiding something from me. Her and Aunt Jenna had a fight a couple of days ago about what I do not know. Jeremy seems to have picked his life back up but only after Vicki left town. A new history teacher arrived. He is very nice and I enjoy talking to him.

The dreams have been happening less. Now it is, maybe, once every two weeks or once a month. I thought I would be happy about that but in reality, I am missing them. It feels as though I am missing a part of my self.

February 26, 2010

Way too much has happened in the last few months. A bunch of new people moved into town. A lot of them sent glares at me. To add to that I learned that Elena and I were adopted and that our biological father is our Uncle John.

Then there was a police raid during the founder's day. A lot of people died including Mayor Lockwood. I felt bad for Tyler. I know what it's like to lose a parent. Tyler's uncle came back to town as well to pay his respects to his brother. It seems like Mason is helping Tyler get through the loss. I am glad he has someone there to help him.

Elena is still hiding something from me and it seems as though Jeremy now knows the secret too. I thought that the secret might have been that Elena knew that we were adopted long before I did but I guess she has another secret that she doesn't want me to know.

The dreams have gone back to being weekly and that at least makes me feel better. I have grown attached to these dreams even though I can not remember what they are about.

Strange occurrences have been happening to me as well the past couple of days. Whenever I am cold I feel as though the sun starts to shine brighter and it becomes a bit warmer. But the strangest thing was when I saw a dying plant and I touched it, it suddenly came back to life. I do not know how to explain that, hopefully, it was just a prank by someone.

March 24, 2010

I finally learned what Elena has been hiding from me. I am going to sound crazy but it turns out vampires, witches, and werewolves actually exist. I only found this out because one day I was at Stefan's house where I met Katherine. I went over to Stefan's to see if I could borrow another book from their library.

"Damon, Stefan, is it okay for me to borrow your guy's collection of Sherlock Holmes?" I asked while walking towards a bookshelf in the boarding house's living room. I bump into someone while going through the archway.

"Oh whoops sorry," I said while looking up at the person. She looked like Elena but with curly hair and the clothes she was wearing wasn't something Elena would usually wear.

"Elena? Why did you curl your hair?" I asked.

"You must be the other doppelganger, Alice." "Elena" said while looking me up and down.

I look at her with an eyebrow raised.

"Who are you?" I asked, realizing that this wasn't Elena and there was something going on.

"Wow, you caught on quickly. Usually takes people a couple of minutes to figure out I'm not Elena."

"Again who are you? Pretty sure Elena and I aren't triplets." I said while crossing my arms.

"Oh so nobody told you. I'm Katherine." Katherine said while circling me.

Stefan walked into the room and was shocked to see Kathrine and me.

"Katherine. What are you doing here?" Stefan asked while glaring at Katherine.

"Oh, Stefan you have been a naughty boy. Not telling poor Alice here who I am or what I am." Katherine said when she suddenly grabbed my neck and was holding me against her. I then felt something piercing my neck.

"Alice!" Stefan said while rushing towards me and Katherine.

To say I was in shock was an understatement. I just got bit by some girl who looks exactly like me. Katherine let me go and I stumbled and fell to the floor holding my neck. I was looking between Katherine and Stefan. Stefan had pinned Katherine to the wall. Katherine laughed and easily pushed Stefan off her.

"Poor Alice being left in the dark. This is a warning Stefan. Give me the moonstone or I drain Elena or Alice of their blood. Probably, Alice, her blood was simply divine." Katherine said.

Katherine then left suddenly.

I just looked at Stefan still holding my bleeding neck.

"Stefan, what the hell just happened?" I asked.

Stefan turned to me and bit his wrist and held it up to me.

"Drink my blood, it will heal you. Please."

I looked at his wrist then back to him with my eyebrow raised.

"Only if you promise to tell me what just happened and what the hell you are," I said.

Stefan only nodded his head. So I reluctantly started to drink his blood. To say it was disgusting was an understatement. I felt the bite on my neck heal. I stopped drinking his blood and stood up and walked to the couch.

"Alright start explaining Stefan."

Stefan followed me to the couch and sat in front of me.

"Where do you want me to start?"

"How about with, what you are."

Stefan sighs.

"I'm pretty sure you figured it out already Alice."

"Yeah but I want you to confirm it."

"I'm a vampire." Stefan was staring right into my eyes.

I sighed.

"Okay so who else knows?" I said while rubbing my head.

"Elena, Jeremy, Alaric, Bonnie, and Caroline."

"Jenna?"

"No, Jenna doesn't know."

"Alright. Question three, who is Katherine?"

"She... she is a vampire."

"Obviously."

"Katherine was the person to turn me."

"And when were you turned? Wait. You're the original Stefan Salvatore, aren't you? That means you were here in the late 1800s when Mystic Falls was founded."

"That's right. I was turned in 1864."

"That means Damon is a vampire as well. Great. Who else is a vampire?"

Stefan and I spent the afternoon talking about the supernatural. Stefan answered all of my questions.

That was a week ago. I am still angry that Elena kept all this supernatural stuff from me for so long. But I am putting aside to help Damon and Stefan kill Katherine. Tonight is the masquerade ball. And I have been asked by Carol Lockwood to attend. Which means I am going to be stuck in a godforsaken dress. Thankfully I do not have to wear the death traps that are heels. If it wasn't for the fact that Mrs. Lockwood would kill me, I would have worn a nice suit to the ball instead.

Hopefully, the plan to kill Katherine works tonight.

It is strange that I did not have my weekly dream yet. It is unusual for it to skip a week after those months where it didn't happen as often.

I am also starting to believe that I may be a witch. Bonnie told me of her signs when she discovered that she was a witch. And these weird occurrences that have been happening more and more seem like the sort of thing to happen to a budding witch.

But enough talk about what I might be. I need to focus on tonight. Hopefully tonight all the vampire drama with Katherine ends.