𝐏𝐄𝐑𝐅𝐄𝐂𝐓 𝐏𝐋𝐀𝐂𝐄𝐒 - [𝘥𝘢𝘮𝘰𝘯 𝘴𝘢𝘭𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘦]

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chapter one.

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THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL HAD COME QUICKLY, much to all of the teenagers in Mystic Falls' distaste. Summer was uneventful in the small town, as usual. Nothing out of the ordinary happened, but that was because Mystic Falls was nothing but ordinary.

Harper Davidson had just arrived at Mystic Falls High School for her first day of junior year with her brother, Noah, tagging along in the passenger seat. Her father had insisted that she drove Noah so he wouldn't have to take the bus, claiming they could bond on the short ten-minute drive every morning. Harper agreed, but not without the usual "the youngest sibling is favored" argument.

"Thanks for the ride." Noah stated simply, hopping out of the car once his sister had found a parking spot amid the chaos that usually ensued in the morning.

"It's not like I was forced to or anything." Harper replied sarcastically, getting out of the car and slinging her backpack over her shoulder as she took in a breath of the fresh air surrounding them, glad to be out of the stuffy car.

"Very funny, Harper." Noah replied, shaking his head slightly at his older sister as he walked away to find his friends. The two Davidson siblings were close, despite the fact that they weren't fully related; they were half-siblings. They shared the same father, but they had different mothers. Harper's birth mom had died during labor, so she never actually got to meet her. But, her father remarried a couple of years later, which then led to her younger brother being born.

Harper didn't know much about her birth mom, considering she never liked to ask her father about it. She loved her stepmother, Malia, dearly, and didn't think twice when calling her "mom". But, the curiosity about her real mother grew as time went on, and she knew one day she would just have to gather up the courage to ask her father about it.

As Harper walked into the familiar building, she looked through the hallways to try and find her friends. She had a small group of close friends, not feeling the need to be friendly with everyone she came into contact with. Of course, she wasn't rude, but she didn't open up to just anyone.

"Harper!" Bonnie exclaimed, grinning widely as her and Elena approached their blonde best friend. "It is so good to see you! It sucks that your dad won't let you carpool with us, I would've given Noah a ride, too." She added, pulling Harper in for a tight hug. They had seen each other over the summer a few times, but Harper had gone on a couple of vacations with her family, so she didn't have a whole lot of time for her friends.

"Yeah, he's been weird about spending time with family lately, I don't know what's gotten into him." Harper replied, shaking her head slightly as she pulled away from Bonnie to smile at Elena. "How are you?" She asked Elena, looking at the brunette, who smiled back at her.