Centuries ~ Walter Nash

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"I don't want to be here," Wrenley complains as she trails behind Tia. "Stop wingeing, you're starting to sound like Kol." Dillon's scoffs. "No one complains more than Kol. That is a well-known fact." Tia laughs. "Why are we here, though?" Dillon questions. "You find out when we walk into the classroom. You do not say anything. You both are thick, so just keep quiet." The blonde whispers to the girls.

"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? Ms. Bennett?" The history teacher Mr Tanner asks the girl, as Tatiana throws her head back, outside of the room. "Um...a lot? I'm not sure. Like a whole lot." Bonnie slowly nods with a smile on her face, making some students laugh lightly.

"Cute becomes dumb in an instant, Ms. Bennett. Mr. Donovan. Would you like to take this opportunity to overcome your embedded jock stereotype?" The man at the front of the room asks. "Erm, he sounds like a Blunderbuss." Wrenley scoffs. "It's two thousand and nine, Wren." Tatiana sighs. "Yeah get with the program, girl. He's a knobhead." Dillon rolls her eyes.

"It's ok, Mr Tanner, I'm cool with it." The blonde boy holds his hand up, waving the teacher off. "Hmm. Elena? Surely you can enlighten us about one of the town's most significant historical events?" Tanner turns to the girl who quickly lifts her head. "I'm sorry, I-- I don't know." The girl shrugs. "I was willing to be lenient last year for obvious reasons, Elena. But the personal excuses ended with summer break." Tanner glares at the girl.

"Do you get off on bullying little kids, or does no one your age talk to you? So, you have to degrade kids to feel better about yourself?" Tatiana questions, walking into the room. "Tia Nash, lovely to see you again." Tanner sends the girl a tight-lipped smile. "Wish I could say the same." The blonde scoffs, finding a seat beside Isabella Gilbert.

"There were three hundred and forty-six casualties." Dillon walks into the room yawning as she drags Wrenley with her. "Unless you're counting local civilians." The Dalloway girl smiles at the teacher before turning and glaring at Ana. "That's correct. Miss..." William trails off, wanting to get their names. "Castillio and Dalloway." Dillon nods, sitting down in a random seat. "Dalloway. Any relation to the original settlers here at Mystic Falls?" The man asks.

"What is that?" Wren itches her head. "She's just woken up, but she is a part of the founding family." Tia quickly says, making the teacher nod. "Well, very good. Except, of course, there were no civilian casualties in this battle." William waves his hands around as he tells the girl. "Actually, there were twenty-seven, sir. Confederate soldiers, they fired on the church, believing it to be a housing weapon. They were wrong. It was a night of great loss." Stefan shrugs.

"The founder's archives are, uh, stored in the civil hall if you'd like to brush up on your facts. Mr. Tanner." Sage continues, smiling proud of herself. "Hmm. And who are you two?" Tanner points between the siblings. "I'm Sage and that's Stefan." The brunette smiles, pointing to her brothers. "And surnames?" The male wonders.

"Salvatore," Stefan answers him. "Ahh, I'm assuming you both have relations to the founding family as well?" Tanner nods. "Distant." Stefan nods. "Very, very distant." Sage smiles, before looking down at the book she had in her hands. "Very well." William scoffs, walking back behind his desk.

"Why did that girl you were sitting next to, look exactly like Victoria?" Wrenley asks as she sits in Tia's car. "And why did that bitch who was eyeing up Stefan all lesson look like Katerina." Dillon scoffs from the back seat. "You need to be nice to them, or you both are going to bottle mine and Nik's plan." The blonde looks at the other two. "Mary!" Tia quickly jumps out of her car when she sees a girl walk past her car.

"That's the second person today. Nice to meet you, but I'm Rosalie." The girl holds her hand out. "Oh sorry, my bad." Tia apologises, shaking her hand. "Who's Mary?" The student wonders. "You look like her." Ana smiles, thinking of her younger brother's ex-girlfriend. "The other guy said that." Rosalie shrugs. "Who's the other guy?" Dillon gets out of the car. "That other new kid, Stefan or something." The girl nods.