Disclaimer: I do not own The Vampire Diaries,just the plot.

Okay so! Caroline is 17,Stefan is 16,and Elena is 16 (Stefan older by 9 months)

Sixteen year old Stefan sat up in his bed,tentatively. His muscles screamed at his change of movement and he let out a yelp of pain. Elijah had done a major number on him last night.

He squinted his eyes at the light protruding it's way through the glass of his window. Immediately he groaned at the thought of having to go to school today,and the fact that it was Monday. He just wished he could close the curtains and let darkness take over the room so he can go back to sleep. But he definitely didn't want Elijah to come upstairs pissed at him for not getting up.

He withdrew the covers from himself and slipped out of bed,ignoring the aches and pains of his newly fresh injuries that his own father had created last night.

He managed to walk over to his closet,his eyes staying clear of the mirror beside it. He always hated having to look at the damage that's been done. But he had to. That is if he wanted to know how to get dressed today.

He let out a deep sigh as he opened his eyes,revealing his own reflection. His eyes instantly darted to the black and purple bruises that mainly covered his torso. Tears pricked his eyes as he barely grazed his hand over his collarbone sending a shock wave of pain shoot through his body. It was bruised so badly that he didn't even know if it was broken or not. He checked his ribs and let out a sigh of relief that none of them were broken this time. Bruised,but not broken.

But what really made him grateful was the fact that there was barely any damage done to his face. All but a scratch mark,with a slight bruise around it,on his cheek. He shivered at the image of his dad backhanding him across the face,his ring breaking through Stefan's skin.

Stefan shook the thoughts out of his head and breathed out a sigh.

Okay,so I'll need to wear a jacket and jeans today. He thought to himself.

He quickly got dressed,but carefully at the same time. Once he was dressed,he made his way towards the bathroom that connected his and Elena's room. Stefan quickly fixed his hair and brushed his teeth before entering his sister's room. He let out a sigh of relief as he saw that her door,that led to the hallway,was still locked. She always locked her door every night,claiming that it made her feel safer in case a robber decided to break in. But Caroline-Stefan's other sister,and him both knew it was because she was scared of their dad. Basically if he found her door ever unlocked,he'd know that Elijah made a little visit.

"Elena. Time to wake up."He said,shaking her shoulder gently.

Stefan always had to get her up every morning because this girl refused to wake up on her own. She could sleep through the whole school day without even trying. But he would definitely rather him wake her up than dad have to. His way involves hair pulling.

Elena groaned in protest and rolled over onto her other side away from her brother. Stefan simply shook his head and snapped his fingers at her until she finally woke up. She rubbed her eyes and quickly sat up,knowing not to waste time with getting ready. She turned towards her brother and frowned as she noticed the large cut beneath his eye.

"D-Did he hurt you badly this time?"She asked in a tiny voice,grasping onto his hand seeing that it was best not to hug him after what happened last night.

"Nothing too major. I promise."Stefan replied and squeezed her hand with a small reassuring smile. His sister nodded her head and got out of bed after releasing her hold on him.

"See ya downstairs. Don't take too long."He stated and unlocked her door.

"I won't."She answered and disappeared into the bathroom.

Stefan closed the door behind him and made his way down the hall of his house.

~Stefan's POV~

I went downstairs and instantly tensed up at the sight of Elijah sitting at the kitchen table,reading the newspaper. Caroline noticed me as she was pouring our dad a cup of coffee. "Morning Stefan."

"Morning."I replied and walked into the kitchen. "Morning,sir."I said to the man at the table who acted as if nothing had even happened just hours ago in the night.

He didn't even look up from his paper but I knew he would of yelled at me if I hadn't said anything at all.

I sat down at the counter quickly and bit my lip nervously. I couldn't even stand being in the same room with him.

"Coffee?"Caroline asked,looking at me with sadness in her eyes. I figured she must've heard what happened since her room is next to mine,hers just not being connected like Elena's and mine.

"Mmm..no thanks."I said,tapping my ring against the counter.

"Cut that out!"Elijah hissed,making me freeze what I was doing. "And your sister went out of her way to make coffee so you will drink it."He ordered,icily.

Caroline turned her back on him and rolled her eyes at our dad. She and I both knew it wasn't exactly 'out of her way' since she made coffee every morning for him. He just wants to give me hell for anything.

"Y-Yes sir."

Caroline slid a cup over to me and I thanked her for it. As she made her way over to the sink,she slipped me a tiny white pill,secretly, and made sure dad wasn't watching.

I quickly popped it in my mouth and downed it with my coffee. What she had slipped me was my anti-depressant pill. I've been taking it for about a year and a half now after a very bad incident occurred and I sort of went off the rails. I don't really think about what happened since I basically shut down that memory from my thoughts. I know if I were to start thinking about it again then bad things would probably happen. Dad doesn't even know about the medication but Caroline stashes it away in her room. I don't know where though. She makes sure that I take it every day too.

My dad cleared his throat,snapping me out of my thoughts.

"That's quite a nasty cut you've got there,son."He said,gesturing towards my cheek. "What happened?"His fake concern clearing evident in his voice.

You happened.

Unfortunately,if I were to say that then I'd basically just be asking for another beating. He did this every time I had a visible injury. He was testing me so he can see what I would tell other people if they asked.

"Elena and I were messing around and she accidentally scratched me,sir."I replied,staring at my hands. The lie practically rolled off my tongue because I was now used to having to lie about everything.

"Hmm,that's what I thought."He smirked.

I gritted my teeth,keeping a tight hold on the counter top. I hated him. I hated him so much.

Caroline must've sensed my agitation as she rubbed my back,trying to calm me down. She knew that I was one to speak out or challenge him. That was sort of why I got a beating last night. It was like I couldn't control what I was saying and the words just flew from my mouth. It was like I wasn't even afraid of him...that is until he yanked me up by my hair from the dining room and upstairs. Caroline was begging him not to hurt me and Elena was crying her eyes out. Elijah had yelled at them to shut up and when they refused to not listen,he threatened to shove me down the stairs. That made them instantly go quiet.

I pushed the memory aside as Elena came downstairs and into the kitchen.

"Look who decided to finally join us."Elijah glared at her from over the paper.

"S-Sorry. I-I was just looking..looking for my,uh.."

"Hairbrush?"Caroline quickly covered for her and Elena nervously laughed.

"Y-Yeah! I just misplaced it by accident."She said,rubbing her forehead.

"Well maybe you should keep track of your things better."He replied,coldly.

"Yes sir."Elena said and went over to sit down next to me.

All of the sudden she tripped over the leg of my chair. I reached out to try to catch her but I couldn't in time. She fell to the floor,knocking over a glass mug from the table and onto the ground,causing it to shatter into a million pieces.

Elijah stood up,completely fuming,and stomped his way towards her.

I got up and stood in front of her but he pushed me out of his way like I weighed nothing.

"Dad no-"Caroline started but he told her to shut up.

Elena sat up on her elbows and stared at him much like a deer in headlights.

"You little bitch!Why must you be so damn stupid?! First you get down here late and now you can't even walk on your own two feet?And you even broke something in the process. Wow just unbelievable. God you're such a waste of space!"He growled at her,venom lacing his voice.

Elena stared at the ground,nothing but hurt in her eyes.

I wanted to strangle him for talking to her like that.

"I-I'm sorry..I-"

Caroline and I gasped as his foot collided with her jaw,sending her backwards across the floor.

"Dad!"I yelled out in shock.

Caroline had her hands covering her mouth and it looked like she was close to tears.

"You. Clean this up now."He ordered Caroline and pointed towards the shards of glass that scattered the floor. He then turned to Elena who was now clutching her face,tears escaping her eyes.

"Next time you should be more careful. Wouldn't want you to get hurt now."He smiled smugly at her.

"It was just an accident."I stressed to him,trying to put at least some sense into his head.

"No. She is the accident."He snarled before collecting his stuff and leaving the house for work.

I knelt down in front of Elena,who was hiccuping and sniffling from trying to not break down. I pulled her into my arms,rubbing circles into her back trying to get her to calm down. Who knows what rumors would be made if she came to school crying and a giant bruise on her face.

"God,I just can't believe him."Caroline said,after picking up the pieces of glass,and covered her face with her hands. "Why does he have to be so cruel?"She sniffled.

"Because we're walking reminders of mom."I sighed,sadly.

Elena released the hug from me and wiped the remaining tears away from her now puffy cheeks. I grabbed her hands with mine and lifted her up to a standing position.

"S-So to him I'm just some accident. Just..great."She sighed with a hint of bitterness in her voice.

"Listen to me Elena,don't let him get to you,okay?You were never an accident. He just wants to say anything that will make you feel horrible."I told her,seriously. "Understand me?"

She nodded her head and stared down at her feet.

"Good."I replied,rubbing her arm,comfortingly.

"Well,I'd hate to have to spoil this wonderful morning,but we gotta get going or we'll be late for school."Caroline breathed,picking up her bag from the table.

We nodded in agreement and followed behind her after getting our stuff. We definitely didn't want the school to call our dad saying we were late. It wasn't very pretty last time that happened.

"So. You guys ready to act like our lives are completely perfect and amazing?"Caroline muttered,locking the door behind us.

"Always."Elena and I responded simultaneously.

Ahhh meh first chapptterr! Hope you all looovvveeddd it! Don't hate me I love Elijah! I just thought he'd be the best fitted for the role. PLEAAASSEEE REVIEWWW :DDD I wanna know what you guys think! And check out the next chapters that I uploaded! I worked really hard on this story so please,no unnecessary hate..eh you get what I mean lol!Peeeaaaceeee!

~Harmony