Chapter 1: A New Home

"Dad this isn't fair!" Allison yelled.

He reached out and touched her shoulder in an attempt to calm her down. "I'm sorry Allison, it's for the best." he said.

"How?" she shrugged his hand off her and started pacing back and worth. "My life is in Beacon Hills. You can't just ship me off to another state and expect me to take it lightly!"

Her father looked down for a moment trying to find the right words. "It just isn't safe here. So many people have been hurt, and even killed, by the werewolves. It could be you next."

Allison shook her head angrily. "Scott would never hurt me!"

"I'm not talking about Scott. Have you forgotten who killed Kate?" he asked harshly.

Allison's eyes watered at the memory of seeing her aunt killed right before her own eyes. "No, I haven't." she said quietly.

Chris scratched his head. "You know I love you so much Allison, I'm just trying to protect you. I don't know what I'd do if I lost you too."

She pulled her sleeve over her hand and wiped the tears that were streaming down her cheeks.

"This isn't permanent." he reminded. "You'll be back before you know it, I promise. And on the bright side, at least you get to spend time with Grandma Jane." he said. "The last time you saw her was so long ago."

Allison smiled remembering all the fun summers she had spent with her. Her parents used to let her visit her grandmother for a couple of weeks each year in July. But the last time her parents let her go she was eight. She couldn't even talk to her grandmother on the phone. It was mostly her mother who didn't want her to have any contact with her, but Allison never knew why. She had always assumed that they had a really bad fight but she never knew for sure. She tried to ask her mother sometimes but Victoria just shrugged it off like it wasn't a big deal and told Allison to forget about Jane.

Just then the doorbell rang.

"That's probably Scott." Chris said walking over to the door.

Allison followed after him. "You are letting me say goodbye to Scott?" she asked.

Chris opened the door to reveal a very sad Scott. "Hello, Mr. Argent." he said looking at the ground.

"Come in." Chris motioned inside.

Scott walked in and over to Allison and gave a bleak smile.

"I'll let you two talk alone. I'm sorry but you're going to have to make it quick, we have to get going soon." Chris said closing the door and then exiting the room.

Scott pulled Allison into his arms and traced his fingers along her back. "Everything's going to be ok. You won't be gone forever."

She rested her head on his shoulder. "I know, but I'm going to miss you so much." she said quietly trying to hold back more tears.

"I'm going to miss you too."

Allison pulled herself out of Scott's embrace and kissed him.

He looked down at her and smiled. "I'm going to miss that too."

She laughed.

"It's not like we won't be able to talk to each other, we can skype, text, email, talk on the phone." Scott said.

"Everyday."

"Pinky promise?" Scott asked holding out his pinky.

"Pinky promise." she agreed, wrapping her pinky around his and grinning.

Scott smiled back and kissed her again.

Chris walked in and ignored the two of them kissing. "We need to get going to the airport." he said to Allison.

Allison turned to her father and nodded and then looked back at Scott. "We can get through this."

Allison stood at the pickup of the airport with both suitcases in hand. She checked the time on her phone and it was 5:16. She had been waiting for almost 20 minutes. Just as she was about to walk back inside the airport to escape the stormy weather she saw a strawberry blonde curly haired woman out of the corner of her eye.

"Allison?" the woman called.

Allison turned and smiled. "Grandma Jane!" She ran over to her and wrapped her arms around her.

"It's been so long." Jane's eyes started to water. The last time she had seen her granddaughter was when she was only eight. She felt like she had missed so much of Allison's childhood. She was practically an adult now. "You're so grown up! So beautiful, and tall!" she admired.

Allison laughed. "Thank you."

"How long has it been? 8 years?" Jane asked, already knowing the answer.

She nodded. "I believe so." Just then Allison noticed a petite blonde girl a few feet away, smiling at the two of them reuniting.

"Oh, I'm being so rude!" Jane exclaimed. She grabbed Allison's wrist and dragged her over to the mysterious light haired girl. "This is Cassie, she's your cousin."

Allison was confused for a second. "I didn't know I had a cousin." she said.

Cassie smiled. "If it makes you feel any better, I didn't know you existed either until two days ago."

Allison laughed.

Jane reached down and grabbed a suitcase from Allison's hand. "Come on girls, we better get going. The storm looks like it's getting worse."

"I'm sorry we were late picking you up. We were stuck in traffic." Jane said.

Allison shook her head. "Oh, no it's totally fine."

The rain started pouring even harder and thunder crackled above them. Most of the ride home Jane asked Allison a bunch of questions. Was she playing any sports? Did she have a boyfriend? Does she still enjoy drawing? She wanted to be caught up on all-things-Allison.

Allison didn't particularly enjoy all the constant questions and chit-chat. She just wanted it to be quiet, but she didn't want to be rude to Jane. Answering all these questions about Beacon Hills and Scott just made her miss it even more than she already did.

Cassie stared out the car window and wondered about Allison. Is she a witch? If she is, does she know it yet? Cassie wanted to ask her somehow but if she wasn't Allison would probably be really creeped out and would try to avoid her at all costs. Which would most likely be a problem since they are going to be living in the same house for who knows how long.

"We're almost home." Jane said to Allison.

A few minutes later they pulled up to their house. Cassie helped Allison get her suitcases out of the trunk and they started walking towards the front door when Cassie noticed Jake in his front yard picking up tree branches.

Allison noticed her looking at him. "Who's that?" she asked.

"That's Jake. He's my friend, and also my neighbor. Obviously." she laughed.

"Is he your boyfriend?" the tall brunette asked looking down at her cousin.

Cassie's face turned red. "No.."

Allison awkwardly laughed. "Do you want him to be?"

She was silent for a moment. "He's just a friend."

"Uh huh.." Allison said playfully.

Jake noticed the two of them staring at him. He dropped the branches on the ground and he walked over to them. "Can I help you?" he asked sarcastically while giving a charming smile. He then looked at Allison and turned to Cassie. "Who's this?"

"This is my new-found cousin, Allison." she answered.

Jake gave a friendly smile and extended his hand to her. "Very nice to meet you, Allison. I'm Jake."

She reached out her hand and shook his. "Nice to meet you too."

"So are you moving in?" he asked looking at the two of them carrying suitcases.

Allison nodded.

"If you don't mind me asking, why?"

"It's complicated." she answered.

Jake nodded his head as if he understood what that was supposed to mean but he really didn't. "Well I should really pick up the rest of those branches before it gets too dark." he said looking back at his yard. "You missed it, about half an hour ago a huge bolt of lightning struck right there." he said pointing to a spot only a few feet away from the three of them.

"Wow." Cassie said looking up at the sky. "We should probably get back inside then. I don't exactly want to be barbecued."

"Neither do I." Allison laughed.

"I'll see you two later." Jake said. He smiled at Allison and then walked back to his yard.

"This will be your new room." Jane said opening the door and walking inside. "It used to be your mother's room, a long time ago. Although as you can see, it's been turned into a guest room." she said, setting one of Allison's suitcases on the bed.

Allison walked in and looked around and then set her other suitcase on the bed. "Thank you."

"Of course." she said. "Also, the bathroom is right around the corner if you need it."

Just then Cassie knocked on the door frame and both of them looked at her. "So, Allison, do you want me to show you around town a little?" she asked. "It's only 6:30."

"I don't think tonight, Cassie. Sorry, I'm a little jet-lagged. Maybe tomorrow?" she asked.

"Sure." Cassie said.

Allison walked over to her new bed and sat down. "I think I'm just going to unpack a little and then get some sleep. I'm not feeling to well."

"Do you need anything?" Jane asked.

"No, thank you though."

"You tell me if you do ok? Don't be shy." her grandmother said.

Allison nodded.

"Goodnight." Jane said walking out the room.

"Night."

Cassie grabbed her bag and walked over to the front door. "I'm going to the boathouse." she yelled to Jane that was in the kitchen making tea. "I won't be back too late."

"Wait, Cassie." Jane called after her.

Cassie turned around and walked over to her.

"I wanted to thank you for being so kind to Allison." she said.

"Of course I'd be nice to her, what do you mean?" she asked confused.

"I just mean thank you for being so accepting. I realize it wasn't very fair, you didn't even know she existed two days ago, and now she's living in the same house as you." Jane explained.

"It's no problem, I'm happy she's here." Cassie said genuinely. "But, how come my mother never talked about her sister? Or why didn't you ever talk about your other daughter?" she asked.

"It's a long story, maybe I'll tell you some other time." she said.

Cassie nodded. "Um, ok. I'll see you later." she pulled her hood over her head and walked out the door into the pouring rain.

"Is she a witch?" Melissa asked leaning forward to Cassie with her fingers laced and her chin resting on them.

She shrugged her shoulders. "I don't know. I mean she could be, but there's still a chance she isn't. Only one of her parents was a witch."

Faye slid in the booth next to Melissa and then took a sip of her milkshake. "What are you three gossiping about?" she asked looking at Melissa and then to Cassie and Diana.

"We're not gossiping." Cassie said.

Faye rolled her eyes. "Mhm."

"Cassie's cousin just moved in with her." Diana said.

"And that's important because..."

"Because she might be witch, which means another member of our circle." Cassie said.

"Might?" Faye grinned at Cassie. "I think we all know who's best at finding out if someones a witch." she said referencing to when she set Cassie's car on fire to see if she could put it out with magic.

Cassie narrowed her eyes at the raven-haired girl. "Faye I swear to god, if you try to set Allison on fire I'm gonna-"

Faye and Melissa bursted out laughing.

Cassie glared at Melissa.

"Sorry.." Melissa said still trying not to laugh.

Allison was lying in bed wide awake. She told Jane and Cassie that she was tired and just wanted to go to sleep but she really just wanted to be alone. She had only been gone from home for about four hours and she already missed it terribly. She felt so alone. Of course she had her grandmother and her new cousin who she was already fond of, but this was a different type of alone. The type where no matter how many people are around you, you still feel alone. It was the worst feeling in Allison's opinion.

Author's Note: I hope you like it, let me know what you think. :) Hopefully chapter 2 will be up in a few days.