Chapter 2: Chapter 2

Arianna Gilbert (Vampire Diaries)Words: 7482

Okay so, when I post a gif or anything of Katherine, it's really Aria unless I state otherwise. I just wanted you guys to know so you're not wondering why I'm posting gifs of Katherine all the time.

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"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 this battle?" Mr.Tanner took a pause and looked around the room for someone who wasn't paying attention. "Miss.Bennet?" Bonnie looked up startled.

"Um...like a whole lot?" Bonnie smiled sweetly. Matt and I laughed quietly. "I'm not sure but like a whole lot." Bonnie said innocently.

"Cute becomes dumb in an instant, Miss.Bennet." Mr.Tanner scowled. Asshole. Bonnie looked down at her paper, clearly embarrassed.

"Miss. Arianna Gilbert, would you like to take this opportunity to show your brains." Mr.Tanner smirked at me. God, I hate this dick head.

"I can't Mr.Tanner because I don't have any brains to show." I pouted. Most of the class burst out laughing. Mr.Tanner glared at me.

"How about the other Gilbert?" Mr.Tanner asked looking over at Elena. "Elena surely you can enlighten us about one of the towns most historical events."

"I'm sorry I don't know." Elena says shaking her head.

Mr. Tanner's eyes go back and forth between Elena and I. "I was willing to be lenient last year for obvious reasons Elena, Arianna. But the personal excuses ended with summer break." Elena and I both look down at our desks. What is wrong with him?

"There were 346 casualties unless your counting the local civilians." Stefan says speaking up. I smile knowing he did it for Elena. How cute.

"That's correct." Mr.Tanner says shocked. "Mr..." he trails off not knowing his name.

"Salvatore." Stefan says. I see Elena looking back at him smiling.

"Salvatore? In relation to the original settlers here in Mystic Falls?" Mr.Tanner asks.

Stefan pauses before answering. "Distant." he says nodding slowly.

"Very good. Except of course there were no civilian casualties." Mr.Tanner states.

"Actually there were 27. The confederate soldiers fired on the church believing it to be housing weapons. They were wrong. It was a night of great loss." Stefan says solemnly. Go Stefan, he just served Mr.Tanner. "The founders archives are stored in the civil hall if you would like to brush up on your facts." Stefan smirks. We all look at him in shock. I really like him now.

Mr.Tanner looks down at his desk clearly embarrassed.

Serves him right.

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"Having fun?" Care asks me smiling. We're at the bonfire by the Falls. Music is blasting and there is a lot of underage drinking going on. I take a long sip of my beer and grin back at her.

"Of course." Caroline laughs and I start laughing with her for no random reason. She looks over and sees Stefan walking a little ways away. She flips her hair and smiles at me. "Time to get to work." she says before hurrying off to Stefan. I roll my eyes and walk over to Elena and Bonnie.

"He has that romance novel stare." Bonnie says as I'm walking up.

"Who?" I ask.

"Stefan." Bonnie smirks. I laugh and look over at Elena who looks down sheepishly. "So where is he?" Bonnie asks.

"Don't know, you tell me your the physic one." Elena jokes. I know Caroline is with him but I will let my best friend have him for a while.

"Right, I forgot. Give me a sec, Grams says I have to concentrate." Bonnie says rolling her eyes.

"Wait, you need a crystal ball." I smirk holding my beer bottle up. Bonnie laughs and puts her hand on the bottle. As soon as she puts her hand on the bottle, she gasps and her expression goes blank. I look over at Elena and see she has a confused expression as well.

"What?" Elena asks frowning.

"That was weird. When I touched it I saw a crow." Bonnie says seriously. I hear Elena gasp and see she has a scared expression.

"What?" Elena asks again, clearly frightened. Uh, whats wrong with her?

"A crow. There was fog and a man." Bonnie looks up and sees how freaked out Elena is so she quickly puts on a smile. "It's the drinking, I'm drunk. There's nothing physic about it." Bonnie says pulling the bottle away from Elena. "Ya...okay, I'm gonna go get a refill." Bonnie says quickly hurrying away. I turn to my sister.

"What was that about?" I ask. Elena is about to respond but Stefan is suddenly in front of us. Guess, he escaped Care.

"Hi." he says smiling. I take that as my signal to leave.

"See ya guys." I say waving and quickly fleeing the circle of love around them. I see Jer sitting on a bench alone, getting drunk so I figure why not join him? I walk over to him, taking his beer and gulping it down.

"What are you doing, Aria?" he asks annoyed.

"I'm drinking your beer." I say in a duh tone. He rolls his eyes and looks over to Ty and VIcki who are walking into the woods. Jeremy stands up and starts to follow them. I catch his arm. "Jer leave them alone." I say. He pushes me away.

"How about you leave me alone." Jer growls walking away. I smile and run to catch up to him.

"Since you asked so nicely, how about.....no." I smirk and follow him into the woods. He glares at me and keeps walking.

"No, I said no!" I hear Vicki yell. Jeremy takes off running to her and I follow. "Ow, that hurts!" Vicki yells pushing Tyler away from her when we get to the scene.

"Hey! Leave her alone!" Jer yells at Tyler.

"You know your starting to get on my nerves, Gilbert." Tyler states taking a threatening step towards Jer. Vicki runs up and pushes Tyler away.

"Don't Tyler. Get the hell away from me!" Vicki screams, furious.

"Wow, Vicki Donovan says no. That's a first." Tyler glares then walks away. I run and catch up with him leaving Vicki and my brother bonding time.

"Your a real dick. You know that Ty?" I ask sarcastically. He rolls his eyes.

"What are you doing?" he questions. I shrug and link my arm through his.

"Taking a walk with my second best friend, even though he is a total dick." I answer, smiling.

"Second, huh?" Tyler fakes being hurt.

"Yes second. Care is my first." I say. Tyler laughs and playfully pushes me. I push him back and he is pretty drunk so he falls down on his butt. I burst out laughing. "Your a big, tuff athlete and you can't even handle a girl pushing you." I say causing myself to laugh even harder. Tyler scoffs, getting up and wiping his pants off.

"Shut up." he mumbles embarrassed.

"Somebody help!" we hear Elena scream, panicked. Tyler and I look at each other before sprinting towards the sound where her voice came. When we get to it, we see Jer carrying Vicki towards a table underneath the hut. Tyler and I run over along with everyone else. Everyone is crowding around her trying to see what happened.

Tyler pushes some of them back. "Give her some space!" he yells.

"Something bit her she is losing a lot of blood!" Elena says panicked.

"Vicki, come on open your eyes." I say trying to get her to wake up. I look up into the crowd and see Stefan jogging away.

Why is he running away?

Stefan's POV:

"What's going on?" Zach asks as I slam the door shut.

"Someone else was attacked tonight Zach, and it wasn't me who did it." I explain quickly, before running up the stairs towards my room.

As soon as I walk into the room I can tell something is off. Really off. I turn around right as a black crow flies through my open balcony door. I watch as it flies up and land on a piece of wood on the ceiling. I turn around and see the very last person I ever wanted to see.

"Damon." I state cautiously.

"Hello brother." he smirks.