Eighteen year old Charlotte Gilbert was a good little witch. She had a perfect life in New York City, sheltered but free of problems, and the best parents anyone could have asked for. But that was all ripped away from her one night when she found them mutilated in her home. Now she is on her way to Mystic Falls, Virginia to live with her cousins Elena and Jeremy but what they don't know is that right underneath her now cold exterior is a being more powerful than anyone has ever seen. Char becomes the person she used to be while dealing with the mysteries of her new home and self. But what does a certain hybrid have to do with all of this?