its year 2024 You’re 14 year old Hallie Pierce. Your parents had died from a fire, I fire that you believe is your fault only because you had left the stove on while cooking and went to your room to talk to your friends. You feel like it’s your fault, all yours. But your older sister Layla (22, your guardian) decides it’s time for a new start and moves you to Mystic Falls. And your brother 17 Marcus, basically a run away “lives in Venezuela with your Abuelita” so you feel like you lost even more people. But oh well.

Its your first day of class, your first day of high school, your first day of freshman year, and your first day of school in Mystic Falls. A blond girl accidentally bumps into you.

Caroline: “Sorry!”

She says as she looks up.

Caroline: “Elena? Why do you look like you’re 14?”

You look at her weirdly. Who’s Elena and why does she think you’re her?