Hey guys, I decided to write a new fic from an idea that's been running around in my head for quite some time now. This is my first Vampire Diaries fic and I really want to know what you all think! It starts mid season 2 and will continue on through to what's happening right now. I have decided to introduce my Own Character to this fic so please tell me what you all think of her! I know there shall definitely be a pairing between my OC and someone but I'm not so sure yet. Anyway, enough with the long author's note, on with the story!

Disclaimer - I own nothing but Alex and the Plot

Masquerade

Alexandra Marie Gilbert opened her eyes to sunlight streaming in through the window. She smiled and stretched in her bed and sat up, wiping the sleep away from her eyes. Sighing contently she walked into the bathroom and started the shower. She walked in to her room, towel wrapped tightly around her body and a smaller towel around her head in a turban style. She put on the radio and danced around to the music that played.

"One, two, three. Not only you and me, Got 180 degrees and I'm caught in between" She sang out as she picked out her clothes for the day. She dressed in black skinny jeans, a striped blue and white polo shirt and her blue converse. She had never been the girliest dresser ever. She started walking downstairs as the door opened. She saw Matt and Jeremy helping her Aunt Jenna into the house with Elena following behind. Jenna had just come back from the hospital after Katherine had compelled her to stab herself however Damon had compelled her to believe she walked into a knife.

"Easy" Alex heard Matt say as he helped her inside. "Get the door Jer" he commanded as Jenna rebuffed

"Ok, stop fussing I'm fine"

"The doctor said you have to take it easy" Elena said

"Yeah you don't want to rip your stitches, hemorrhage and die, alright." Jeremy added

"They've got a point Jen, rest." I said coming down the stairs and making myself known. Jeremy came over and gave me a hug good morning and Elena smiled.

"The only thing I'm gonna die from is embarrassment. I walked into a knife. How does someone walk into a knife?" Jenna asked as Matt set her on the couch

"I fall up the stairs you know." I said "Come back to me when you have that type of skill" I said with a laugh going to sit on the coffee table in front of Jenna.

"It was a freak accident" Elena said with hesitation

"Yeah it happens" Jeremy agreed quickly. I sent them a glare, they were not being very smooth and it was noticeable.

"Yeah I mean I've done it like 20 times at the Grill" Matt offered. Jenna and I chuckled at that. "Ok I'm being nice" I followed Elena into the kitchen with Jeremy on my heels.

"So what are we gonna do?" Jeremy asked in a quiet voice

"Make lunch?" I offered. Jeremy just glared at me

"No, I mean about Katherine" he replied facing Elena. I rolled my eyes and leaned against the fridge.

"We're not going to do anything Jeremy" Elena said as she put her bag on the island and started unpacking the groceries.

"She tried to kill Jenna, we can't let her get away with that" He whispered, looking over his shoulder to make sure Jenna and Matt couldn't hear.

"Yes we can, if it keeps us safe then we can" Elena replied

"Yeah it's all about the safety Jer. I mean how safe can we be in a world of Vampires, Witches, Werewolves and things that go bump in the night" I said sarcastically as Elena narrowed her eyes at me.

"You're not helping Alex"

"I'm sorry I didn't know I was meant to" I scoffed. Jeremy folded his arms and brought us back to the previous conversation. I just glared at my twin

"What if she tries something else?"

"She won't" Elena replied. "Katherine hurt Jenna because I didn't do what she said. Well I'm doing it now, me and Stefan are over. She wins. The end."

"Stefan's single?" I asked grinning. He had always been so mopey when they were together. Maybe apart he would lighten up. Both Jeremy and Elena ignored me. As usual.

"You're being naive and you know it." Jeremy responded as he walked upstairs. Elena sighed

"He's right you know Lena. Just because you two aren't together anymore doesn't stop Katherine from doing anything to hurt anyone of us." I said walked towards her. She frowned at me

"You don't know what you're talking about. Just leave it alone" Elena replied continuing to unpack the bags. I sighed and raised my hands up in surrender walking backwards into the living room. I stopped when I saw Jeremy come down the stairs with his coat on.

"Where you going?" I asked

"Out" He replied. "I'll be back" he shouted so Jenna and Elena could hear and walked out the front door. I turned to face Elena and raised an eyebrow. She just shook her head and I grabbed my coat and followed him.

I arrived at the Salvatore boarding house about 15 minutes after Jeremy and everyone was busy with something. Stefan came up to me and gave me a hug in greeting. Stefan and I had been close ever since he and Elena had first started dating. I always had his back and he slowly became my best friend. I think one of the reasons Elena started distancing herself from me was the fact that Stefan and I were so close but it just wasn't like that.

"We're waiting for Bonnie to come with her Grimoire so we can find the spell we need. I've just sent her a text" Stefan said as he released his hold on me.

"Why, what are we doing?" I asked him

"That's my question" Bonnie said behind me as she came in the door. We both looked around the room to see Damon and Alaric at a table covered in stakes and weapons.

"Good you brought your Grimoire" Stefan replied looking at her

"Yeah I got you're message. What's going on" She asked

Jeremy came up behind us and replied "We're going to kill Katherine"

"I can explain" Stefan said as Jeremy walked towards Alaric and Damon

"Please" Bonnie replied. Stefan hesitated for a moment

"We're going to kill Katherine" I cracked a smiled and let a small chuckle leave my lips. The corner of Stefan' mouth curved up but he regained his composure when Bonnie glared at him. He walked over to the boys at the weapons table and I joined them, looking over Jeremy's shoulder as Alaric explained what one weapon did.

"This works with compressed air" He said "Trigger mechanism here, I got two of these in a different size" Caroline came up next to me and squeezed my hand for a second. I glanced over at her and smiled. Alaric turned to Stefan. "Now for you, I recommend this" He had a arm strap that contained two stakes. "Fits nicely under a sleeve here's the trigger and when you're ready" He pressed on of the triggers and the stake shot into his hand and he jabbed it forward as if staking a vampire. I raised my eyebrow impressed by his collection. "You wanted me to show you how to kill a vampire, so..." Alaric replied as the Salvatore brothers flinched.

"Well, safe to say I'm impressed Ric" I said picking up something and examining it

"Yeah, this is my life so..." He said taking the armband off. He looked up at me and flinched "Don't touch that" He said taking the thing out of my hand. I looked up shocked as he breathed out a breath of relief. We all looked up at him in question. "Vervain grenade" he shrugged. I laughed as both Stefan and Damon took a step away from the table.

Caroline, Damon, Jeremy, Alaric and I were standing around the now empty weapons table as Damon looked over the last stake. "You know the more you look at it, the more its still gonna be a stake" I said sighing in boredom as everyone made some sort of plan. "I still don't know what my part in all this is" I replied

"You're part is staying out the way" Damon said not even looking at me. Jeremy patted my shoulder and I just stuck my tongue out at him.

"Come on Damon, you know I can help"

"No. I know you're a human. You're a liability. I can't be killing Katherine if I'm worried about your safety too." He replied.

"You don't need to I'll be fine. At least let me be manipulative. You know how good I am with that" I said raising my eyebrow. Damon scowled as he remembered the night I seduced him on a dare from Caroline. I did very well if I might add.

"No." He grunted and I huffed in response. I turned to look over my shoulder to see Stefan and Bonnie talking about something in the hallway. I narrowed my eye and started to turn around but I caught myself and stopped, trusting that Stefan was doing the right thing. They both came back into the living room and Alaric starting walking to the door.

"You sure you guys don't want me there tonight?" He asked turning around to face us.

"No" Stefan replied. "I need you to stay with Elena, I don't want her to know about this. Alex you stay with her too"

"What?" I complained

"Ok, I'll make sure she doesn't leave my sight" Alaric replied

"Come on I already know the plan and I'm already going to the ball just let me help!" I moaned in frustration. Stefan sighed.

"Alright." He said I fist pumped the air in triumph and Stefan grinned at me. He looked around the room. "If anybody wants to back out, I'll understand"

"Yeah" Damon agreed. "Cold feet's speak now. I don't want this going wrong if someone chickens out. Caroline?"

"I won't" Caroline replied. "Look she killed me. Fair's fair. As long as there's no werewolves running around"

"Oh" Damon said smugly "I took care of Mason" I nodded, remembering that night

"As long as Tyler doesn't kill anyone he won't turn" Jeremy replied. I planned on sticking quite close to my werewolf friend tonight. We couldn't risk another werewolf in Mystic Falls. Stefan nodded and turned his head towards Bonnie.

"Bonnie? You with us?" he asked I looked at her next to me and took her hand, squeezing it in reassurance. She looked at me and smiled. "But no one gets hurt" she replied letting go of my hand and walking towards Stefan

"Except Katherine" Damon replied. "Tonight Katherine gets a stake through her heart." We all nodded and looked at each other, proud of our plan.

I had gone back home with Alaric and Jeremy to get ready for the dance. Against my request Jenna had done my hair even thought it hurt her wound standing for so long. She gave me a classic up-do with soft curls framing my face. I wore a dark purple body con dress that went just lower than mid-thigh and a black masquerade mask.

The actual party itself was amazingly prepared. Fire dancers provided entertainment outside and music was played throughout the house and grounds. Everyone looked stunning. I walked down the steps outside with Damon and Stefan on my arms.

"You see her?" Damon asked

"Nope" Stefan said. I looked around for Katherine too but couldn't see a thing. It didn't help that the mask obscured my vision slightly.

"Sure you can do this?" Stefan asked Damon over my head. Even in my heels I was still quite short. I guess thats one of the many ways Elena and me differ. Damon scoffed

"Please, who are you talking to?" He asked in mock offense

"Well I had the chance to kill her and I hesitated."

"Well that is the fork in the road between me and you my friend." Damon replied. "I don't hesitate"

"Well you spent 145 years loving her, it could happen." Stefan mocked

"Burn" I commented under my breath

"I won't hesitate" Damon assured us. Stefan nodded in response. I sighed and they looked dow at me in question

"Oh sorry was that out loud? Whoops. I'm just so bored of your petty arguments. I'm gonna go find some actual entertainment" I said slipping my hands off of their arms and giving them a two fingered salute as I walked in the opposite direction and back towards the house. I planned on finding Tyler. I stopped for a moment in the hallway of the house thinking about where Tyler could be. I decided to go to his dad's old study since that was where the best alcohol was. As I got closer I heard Tyler's voice.

"We're really not supposed to be in here." He said to Matt, looking at the two girls dancing in front of him and shaking his head. I leaned against the door and looked at him.

"Now that's not the Tyler Lockwood I know" I said smiling at him. He raised his head and smiled back. I took off my mask and placed it on the table as I walked in the room and gave him a hug.

"Alex, you look amazing" he said spinning me round. I giggled.

"Yeah, you do." Matt added. "And Tyler, we really need to turn this party up" I cheered in response as Matt poured us all a drink. "Another shot?" He asked

"Hey I want a shot." One of the girls that we had forgotten were in the room called out. Her friend agreed with her.

"I think I speak for everyone when I say, we should be having a shot" I said patting Tyler's shoulder.

"And then we have to dance" Sarah said. Her friend again agreeing with her. I shrugged.

"I wouldn't say no to that" I replied taking my shot then grabbing Tyler's hand and dragging him to a space to dance. I put my arms round his neck and he placed his hands on my hips.

"You know, usually its me corrupting you two" Tyler said to Matt and I as we swayed. "I like this"

"Ok lets go party" Aimee said and Tyler pulled me out of the room, closely followed by everyone else.

We walked through the hallway and I noticed Jeremy and Bonnie walking up the stairs. Bonnie caught my eye and nodded to me. I gave her a slight nod back and returned my attention to Tyler. We stopped in the living room where most of the party was going down and Tyler and I started to dance again.

"You know, you've actually helped me have a good night tonight" Tyler said to me.

"Were you not before I showed up?" I asked looking in the direction of Matt and Sarah. I noticed Caroline at the other side of the room and instantly felt bad for her. She really liked Matt and here he was throwing another girl in her face.

"Well I was, but I was too scared to really let go" Tyler replied, making me focus my attention back on him.

"Why?" I questioned, honestly curious

"This was always my dad's event. He's the one that put it together and he did all the work for it. But he can't even get to see it. I guess you just let me know that its ok to feel happy. However cheesy that sounds."

"Well its very cheesy but its ok. I understand. When my parents died I didn't want to live my life the way I did before. I was scared that if I had fun then I would end up forgetting about them. But you know what Ty?" I said taking his head in my hands. "You're allowed to continue with your life. Its what he would have wanted anyway." He smiled and gave me a hug.

"You always know just what to say Alex"

"Maybe its cause we've been friends forever Ty" I responded. Now don't get me wrong I was really good friends with Bonnie and Caroline but I had always seemed closer to Tyler and now Stefan. I don't know why buy I just seem to get on with guys better.

"Yeah, maybe" He agreed and we let go of each other. "Let's go get Matt and Sarah" he said and I nodded. We walked towards Matt and Sarah and passed a man holding an expensive looking bottle of something. Tyler grabbed the bottle off him and we rushed to our friends and led them off to another room.

Tyler and I were sitting on a sofa in on of his dad's study and Sarah and Matt were standing at the desk.

"So, what happened to Aimee" Sarah asked.

"Well she couldn't get Tyler, so maybe she got bored. Ran off or something." I said patting Tyler's knee. He smirked up at me.

"I don't know, she disappeared." Matt slurred.

"She's probably drunk somewhere" Tyler said rolling his eyes at me. We had always been able to tolerate our alcohol better than out friends. I grinned at him.

"Like me" Matt said pouring our drink all over the desk.

"Woah." Tyler replied. "Don't do that."

"Yeah, that's a waste of perfectly good alcohol" I scolded.

"What guys its a party" Matt replied shrugging his shoulders. "Right dad" He said picking up the photo of Tyler's mom and dad its place on the desk. My eyes narrowed knowing where this was going. "You know, it looks like you dad, wants a drink." Matt told Tyler spinning the bottle cap off and walking towards us on the couch.

"Matt" I warned. He poured the alcohol on the picture and Tyler stood up.

"Hey" Tyler said as Matt continued pouring. "That's not cool. What's wrong with you?"

"What that guy was a dick." Matt replied with a chuckle in his voice.

"Come on you're being mean" Sarah said from where she had sat down.

"Yeah" I agreed standing up and walking towards them. "That's too far and you know it" I told Matt as he placed the bottle on the table.

"His dad's dead" Sarah replied. I scoffed and turned to face her.

"Insensitive much." I rolled my eyes and turned back to the boys. "What she means is that you've got to back off" I said moving closer to Matt and placing my hand on his shoulder. He just shrugged me off.

"Give me the picture" Tyler said reaching out for it but Matt quickly swiped his hand away.

"Woah." He chuckled. "Remember how your dad used to slap you around" Matt emphasized his point by smacking Tyler upside the head.

"Are you kidding?" Tyler asked his anger starting to grow. Noticing this is decided to try and step in again.

"Ty, leave it. He's drunk and being an idiot" I said turning to face Tyler and place my hands on his chest. He looked down at me and sighed.

"Just having fun" Matt informed us shrugging his shoulders. Tyler gently moved me aside.

"Put the picture down man." But before Tyler could finish his sentence Matt had smashed the picture against his father's desk. I flinched away and so did Sarah. "Ok, you need to calm you're drunk ass down. Right now" Tyler said moving forward and placing his hands on Matt's shoulders.

"Do something about it." Matt exclaimed.

"Ty, drop it." I growled, praying he wouldn't do something stupid and trigger his curse. Tyler sighed looking at me and back to Matt.

"I'm not gonna fight you." He said. I internally praised him for being the better man. I backed up a few steps and waited. Suddenly Matt tackled Tyler to the ground.

"Matt stop!" I yelled, wishing there was something I could do. They struggled on the floor for a while before Matt started punching Tyler across the face. Tyler managed to shove Matt off him and I made to step in between them but Matt shoved me to the floor as he made his way back to Tyler who had just gotten back up on his feet again. I fell to the ground but managed to hit my head on the coffee table in the middle of the room. My vision went blurry for a moment as pain seared through my skull. I barely even noticed Caroline come into the room as I moved my hand to my head and brought it back in front of my face to see it covered in blood. I drew in a shaky breath as the violence continued in front of me. I never was good with blood. I looked up to see Caroline in between the two boys, holding them back.

"Let me go i have to finish" Matt said. That caught my attention. Finish what?

"What the hell's wrong with you?" Tyler asked again as Matt struggled with Caroline's hold. She just looked at him and knocked him out with her elbow as I got up.

"Well that's one way to deal with it." I replied holding my aching head.

"Alex, are you alright?" Caroline asked

"Peachy" I said. She looked over at Matt and gasped slightly

"Matt?" She asked going over to him. I walked over to Tyler who looked at me and frowned.

"You sure you're all right?" He asked. I nodded. He looked over at Caroline. "How did you?" He cut off when Sarah started speaking. I had honestly forgotten she was there.

"Matt failed. If Matt fails, I can't" She said. I gave her a weird look, what on earth was she talking about. She started walking towards Tyler as I noticed something glinting from her hand.

"Tyler look out" I shouted. Sarah lunged forward and stabbed Tyler in the shoulder. I gasped and my hands shot up to cover my mouth. Tyler managed to push her away but she fell right against the desk and hit her head off it, breaking her neck in the process. Tyler was next to Sarah in an instant.

"No, no, no, Sarah wake up. Open your eyes, wake up" He pleaded. We all knew what would happen if Sarah didn't wake up. I walked over to him cautiously. "This can't happen. No this can't happen. This can't be happening, Sarah. Sarah, get up!" He begged tears forming in his eyes. When she wouldn't respond he got up and started pacing around the room. I knelt down next to Sarah's body and checked for a pulse.

"She's dead Ty." I said. Caroline walked over to us from her place at Matt's side. Tyler was moaning words I couldn't hear as he clawed at his head and let out a yell. He knelt on the ground.

"Tyler what's happening? What's happening Tyler?" Caroline asked.

"Get away" He screamed at us as he looked up. His eyes were golden and feral looking. My own eyes widened in shock and I ran out of the room.

I walked outside and saw Elena standing, staring out at the lake with Jeremy, covered in blood. "Elena" I cried. "What happened?"

"I was linked to Katherine, anything that happened to her, happened to me. Your plan didn't work." I stood next to her and sighed, wrapping my arm around her shoulders. She leaned into my embrace.

"I'm sorry Elena, I really am. We thought this would work. She was just smarter than us." Jeremy got up.

"I'm gonna head home, too much drama for me for one night." He said smiling. He gave us both a hug. "Night sisters" He said as he walked into the house. We were left alone for about a minute before Stefan made his way over to us. I looked over at him and nodded.

"I'll be waiting in the car, just come and get me when you're ready. I'll give you your space" I said winking at Elena and walking back towards the house.

It didn't take that long to reach Elena's car and I stopped, remembering she had the keys. I sighed at rested my head against the cool metal, closing my eyes and agreed with Jeremy. There really was too much drama for one night. I took in a deep breath and lifted my head up and turned around. I came face to face with someone dressed in a very odd masquerade full length mask and gasped at their closeness. I was about to say something when they grabbed me and held a cloth over my face. I felt my body grow heavy and my eyes got blurry as the chloroform made its way into my system and my world went black.

So first chapter's done! Tell me what you think please! Would mean so much and I'll see you all for chapter 2!