Every saint has a past, every sinner has a future.

"And he's got posters on the wall, of the girls he wishes she was."- Flavors of the Week, American Hi-Fi
 
The story behind how Stefan and Serena became friends. (With Colton Haynes as Dean Tanners, Serena's diick boyfriend). Note that towards the end when it talks about Mystic Grill, it is not referring to a date. They are simply friends who can relate on some stuff. Although they just met, Serena feels she can trust Stefan.
 
This is also just a filler chapter that actually happens before the events I wrote in my "Is that alright you?" set. It's suppose to explain how Serena met the youngest Salvatore and became newly single.
 

 
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Serena walked towards her car slowly, books clutched to her chest as she played with her car keys in her other hand. Today had been a long day at school. She had tons of Trig. Homework, had gotten into a fight with Caroline, and had witnessed Dean - her boyfriend - openly flirting with some sophomore girl who was dressed like she was going clubbing.
To put it quite frankly, Serena was exhausted and just wanted to get home so she could just curl up into a ball and sleep away her troubles.
Serena smiled at the sight of her old Jeep in the distance, slightly rusted from the use over the years. She had left her windows cracked to keep it from getting too warm from the summer heat that was still in effect during the first days of school. She stopped in front of it with content as she slid her car key into the lock to open the driver’s door. Before she could turn it however she was whipped around, her books falling to her feet in surprise as assignments fell from between the pages and scattered around her. Before she could get a look at who had jumped her, the stranger’s lips were on hers’, chapped and growing familiar as the kiss was briefly deepened before Serena shoved the person away.
“Dean,” she snapped, agitated as she glared at him briefly before bending down to retrieve her belongings. The last thing she wanted to be doing right now was talk to Dean, especially after his little “single-man” act earlier that same day.
“Hey to you too babe,” he smirked as he watched her grab her stuff.
She casted him a look as she stood, before turning away from him and opening her car door, tossing her belongings into the passenger seat. She contemplated on simply climbing into her vehicle and leaving him there, humiliated and feeling rejected, but couldn’t when his arms wrapped around her waist and pulled her towards’ him, turning her around once more.
“Don’t be like that,” he said softly.
“Like what?” she asked, eyebrow raised. “Annoyed? Angry? I’m pretty sure I can and I will.”
Dean scoffed. “Come on Serena, just relax.” He leaned into her once more, kissing her neck before Serena managed to pull away from him.
“You flirted with somebody else with me right near by,” she stated simply, ignoring his comment. “We’ve been dating for almost a year now. You know how that makes me feel; this isn’t some kind of open relationship, Dean where you can just hit on other girls.”
“We were just flirting,” Dean said, rolling his eyes. “It shouldn’t be a big a deal. I mean, are you really so insecure about other girls?”
Serena’s breath caught in her throat and she found herself pushing Dean away from her body, his arm falling to his sides as she crossed her own in anger.
“Really? Really? You think I’m insecure?” she snapped. “For one, our relationship is not the center of my life. It’s important, but I’m not hooked on us like some love-sick puppy. I do have a life. And two, you were flirting with another girl, Dean. I was right there, I saw it all. You two were so close, you could’ve kissed.”
Dean rolled his eyes, sighing. “Whatever. I don’t want to fight,” he decided, bringing his arms towards her once more. “How about we just forget about this, hm?” he smirked, trying to kiss her once more.
Serena struggled against his hold. “Get off of me Dean.”
“Come on Serena, just one kiss. I guarantee you’ll see things in my light then,” he assured her, not letting go.
“DEAN-”
He planted his lips on hers’ forcefully, Serena hitting his chest. Finally she bit down on his lip and he drew back once more, cursing to himself as he held a hand to his lips, the bottom one bleeding.
“I said get off,” she finished.
“You biitch,” he said ignoring her. “My lip’s bleeding.”
Serena’s eyebrows rose at the comment, but she resisted the urge to say anything else back. Instead she sucked in a deep breath and tried to calm herself. Finally, she said after a minute, “I think we should see other people.”
“Oh really? Don’t you think you’re being a little melodramatic?” Dean replied angrily.
“You know, you’re really just starting to piiss me off now,” she decided. “We’re over, Dean.”
Dean glared at her, surprising her by taking her arm in his hand in a tight grip and yanking her towards him. She thought he would’ve just stormed away by now, but instead here he was.
“We aren’t done until I say we’re done,” he snapped, his tone sharp and vicious.
“Let go of me, you’re hurting me,” Serena said, trying to pull away.
Dean tightened his grip.
“Ow-” she hissed, knowing she was getting a bruise.
Before anything else could happen a stranger walked up to them, either not noticing the situation or just choosing to ignore it. The stranger wore jeans, a leather jacket, and nice sunglasses. His hair was styled in a certain way and Serena couldn’t help but notice people stared when he came into a public area.
Dean let go of Serena quickly at the sight of the stranger and quickly smirked, but his eyes told the truth on how he really felt: annoyed by the sudden hero. Serena couldn’t manage a smile to hide the pain or exhaustion of the days’ events. Instead, she rubbed her arm and looked away from Dean, avoiding any possible contact with him.
“Hey I’m new here,” the stranger said, looking directly at Dean, “Can you show me where the office is at?” he asked.
Serena could tell he wasn’t stupid right away, he obviously knew what was going on and had come to interrupt. Besides she had heard from Caroline earlier about some new kid being in the office, so she wouldn’t be surprised if this was the same man. He also obviously knew where the office was located.
Dean cleared his throat. “Yeah, I can show you,” he said, pretending to be mister nice-guy.
He brushed past Serena and the stranger, leading back towards the school. However the stranger did not follow, which Serena found strange, however she simply ignored it.
“I didn’t need you’re help,” she stated simply.
“I didn’t say you did,” he replied.
Serena was silent for a minute, then: “I’m Serena Argent.” She held out her hand for him to shake.
He took it in hers’ and did so. “Stefan Salvatore.”
She nodded.
He took a breath then and finally said, “I don’t want to seem like I’m crossing any bounds, but you know you don’t need to put up with guys’ like him-”
“I didn’t ask for your opinion, so therefore, I don’t need it,” Serena said, annoyed once more.
He nodded. “Right, listen, I know we just met but if you do want to talk about it with somebody, or you know, just talk-”
“I’m not some damsel, I’ll be fine,” Serena replied. She silent for a minute, then added: “But it’s noted, thanks.”
Stefan nodded and smiled. “Anytime.”
Serena smiled slightly. He turned to leave but just as he did Serena stopped him. “Have you ever been to Mystic Grill?”
Stefan turned around. “I’ve been.” He smiled when he realized what she was doing. “I’ll be there around seven, you can come if you want to talk.”
And with that he walked away, hands in pockets as Serena turned back towards her car, her bruise already forming.

So I just sort of threw this set together last minute, but whatever. Hopefully it still get's a little bit of appreciation for the my attempt.

So this set is for the cheerleading try-outs, which is actually my first writing portion also. Although Serena isn't in cheerleading she is still at the tryouts' because she plans with her friends.
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Serena studied her tiny cell-phone screen intensely as she waited for her friends to finish up with cheerleading tryouts so they could meet up with Elena at the Grill. She could hear Caroline even from where she sat in the bleachers, over all of the football coaches and even the players, her voice demanding nothing more than excellence from the other teenage girls. Serena felt bad for the girls, glancing down at them all briefly as they struggled to do their best. Caroline’s hands were waving in the air like a manic, pointing out flaws here and there; Serena shook her head at this and looked away. That was just one of the many reasons she didn’t do sports, and then add in her natural clumsiness and less then cheerful disposition at times and she just really wasn’t the type to become in involved in those sorts of things. Now on the other hand she didn’t mind going to the games, but really that was a completely different set-up. It was always a great time to meet new people.
Serena glanced over her shoulder and noticed the stoner’s corner of the school, the usual car parked out in front of the double doors with a few teens hanging around the area, some smoking cigarettes, and others’ probably smoking pot. Serena quickly noticed Vicki in the crowd, the girl hanging off of a guy’s shoulder as he held her waist. She was laughing and openly flirting with him, despite her relationship status with Tyler which was constantly changing so much that no one really ever kept track. Serena then noticed Jeremy also, and just from the way he was standing she could tell he was annoyed at the sight before him. Serena was also annoyed. She hated that Vicki messed with all of these guys’ hearts without a care in the world, especially when it was Jeremy’s. As of lately, Serena knew Jeremy didn’t need that kind of crap.
Serena bit her lip then and managed to draw her attention away from the scene unraveling before her. She glanced down at her phone briefly, checking the time. She still had a good fifteen more minutes before tryouts would wrap-up. That was plenty of time to go talk to Jeremy and be back to meet up with Bonnie and Caroline. Serena stood up then and grabbed onto the railing as she went down the bleachers, jumping onto the pavement when she reached her last step. Casting one last careful look at her friends’, she then ran back towards the school in pursuit of Jeremy Gilbert.
 

Just as Serena entered the school building, she found herself running into tall, slender body. Glancing up she noticed the dark eyes of the younger Gilbert staring down at her, look on his face.
“Are you following me?” he asked as she took a step back.
Serena rolled her eyes as she crossed her arms over her chest. “Come ‘awn Jeremy, give me more credit than that. I just saw you outside and wanted to say hey.”
He nodded his head. “You mean you saw me at the stoner pit.”
Serena sighed, but then nodded after a moment. “Yes.” She hesitated for a minute before reaching for one of his hands and holding it in hers’. She watched his gaze fall down to their hands’ that were intertwined. The moment was tense and Serena suddenly felt a bit awkward. She hadn’t been like this with Jeremy since his parents’ deaths. “Are you okay? I mean we can talk if you’d li-”
Jeremy suddenly withdrew his hand from hers’, recoiling from her touch. “I’m fine,” he said simply, turning to leave.
Serena quickly grabbed his arm and instead of shoving her off he turned around with a sigh. “Serena-”
Serena slipped her hand into his jacket, where she noticed his weed was beginning to show. He jumped at the sudden intrusion, trying to back away, but Serena simply pushed the weed deeper into his pocket before taking her hand out and giving him an annoyed look.
“Didn’t want you getting caught,” she said, before allowing him the gratification to be able to turn his back on her on.
Serena walked out of the school doors’ just as Vicki brushed by her, earning a look from the girl before she noticed Jeremy and smiled. Serena heard her say something along the lines of “Can we go talk”, just as she left the building, feeling Jeremy’s eyes on her the whole time. She was angry and annoyed now and hated that Jeremy was so blind to see that Vicki was a terrible influence on his life, but if he wanted to be like that then fine. She was no longer going to try and be a good friend; it was just one less issue for her to deal with.

*Witches*
 
So this set is actually suppose to be about "finding out about your powers" but since Serena doesn't have powers and I still wanted to do this set, I decided her adopted mother would (Helena Bonham Carter). So this set is actually about Camilla's abilities.
 
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Since magic runs on Camilla's side of the family, that means' Davis is also has magic in him (although he chooses to ignore it). Camilla also isn't like Bennet family, where the magic is very powerful. She's more about praciticing simple spells to help with her garden or elixirs and potions that she sells at her shop (which also sells things such as Ouwji boards, candles, the sorts. Most people in Mystic Falls just see Serena's mother as the local hippie.
Serena also always knew Camilla practiced magic, since Camilla never saw any reason to hide it at their home. So Serena wasn't very surprised when she fully began to understand it as she grew up. It isn't until she learns Bonnie's a witch and she realizes how powerful they can truly be that Serena actually is surprised.
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I believe Kate Middleton's style is very chic yet modest and approiate for her age group. She manages to look elegant and regal in anything she wears, and isn't afraid to wear an outfit twice. Obviously as a person she seems to like to bend the rules a bit, so I think it's safe to say she also enjoys bending the rules of fashion also by taking it one step further and pushing herself to be a style icon.
 

1O Rules to Being/Becoming a Proper Princess (not in any paticular order):
 
1) Take risks. Being a princess means you were born to stand out, you're unique, so own it.
 
2) Consider traditions. Yes, some traditions should just be erased from the existance of the Earth, but that doesn't make them all bad. Remember traditions have meaning to people for a reason, so try to understand that reason. You may be surprised by what you learn.
 
3) Manners are a must. We didn't become more civilized over time for no reason.
 
4) Ignore the drama. As a princess you'll already have tons of other stuff to worry about - the last thing you need to concern yourself with is others' jealously.
 
5) Kindness is key. This sort of associates with the rule above. Can't stand the drama? Kill them with kindness, they won't be able to help start loving then. (:
 
6) Smile. There are always cameras watching.
 
7) Enjoy the life you now lead. After all, there are perks to being a princess.
 
8) Stay down-to-earth. Nobody really likes that girl who's a total snob and takes what she has for granted. Appreciate what you were blessed with and the people you have in your life - not everybody has it made like you do.
 
9) Get to know your people. Whether that's new family, friends, or your loyal citizens. Meeting them will be a good experience for both parties and show how dedicated you truly are.
 
10) Don't forget your responsibilties. You have things to take care of, and there isn't always going to just be someone there to do it for you. Sometimes you just have to get your own hands dirty. (But you'll most likely enjoy it most of the time, so why complain?).

Serena doesn't usually hate people unless she has a reason to do so. This set doesn't nessarcily mean she hates these people, but instead may just mean they're relationship is complicated.
 
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Damon Salvatore -
Serena's relationship with Damon is hot and cold. It can be very destructive and dangerous, however passionate and loving. She doesn't meet Damon until after Stefan, but once she does the rollercoaster of emotions begins.
 
Vicki Donovan -
Serena has always disliked Vicki. She never really hated the girl, but she never approved her lifestyle and how she could be so selfish. Vicki also tended to be biitch to Serena because of Serena's relationship with Jeremy.
 
Katherine Pierce -
Katherine doesn't become trouble for Serena until she actually shows up in town /causing/ trouble. Serena doesn't like her because she used Damon, causing Damon to do some very drastic things when he thought he loved her. She also doesn't like Katherine because she's selfish and manipulative, has hurt the people Serena cares about.
 
Klaus Maikelson -
The original vampire. Serena knows she should hate Klaus, but for some reason she's drawn to him. There is an attraction between the two, but Klaus will never act on it unless she's a vampire and also because he cares so much about himself. Serena hates him though for everything he's done to Elena, Stefan, and Caroline.

*Who are you friends with?*
 
Serena is your typical teenage girl with the normal associated drama territory that follows with it. She get's in cat-fights, hears gossip, and has sleepovers - the norm.
However she has pretty amazing friends, so here are a few (the one's that matter to her most), along with detailed reasons as to why they are friends and when they're friendships began. Additional ones are also in the description, however not on the set.
 
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Bonnie Bennet -
Length of friendship: Since they were kids.
Reason for friendship?: For starters they grew up next door to one another, and Bonnie's father is close with Serena's, so they used to spend a ton of time together as kids. They never really grew apart as friends - even when Bonnie became more popular - instead their friendship seemed to strengthen. Bonnie also has a bit of understanding with Serena's situation with her birth parents'.
 
Stefan Salvatore -
Length of friendship: Not long. She only knew him once he started attending Mystic Falls High School.
Reason for friendship?: Serena was just getting out of a bad relationship, breaking up with her then-boyfriend at the time after school, when things became aggressive. Stefan noticed and came to her rescue (Serena was annoyed at first, because she didn't like being played off as a damsel but Stefan eventually got her to agree to go to the Mystic Grill for an "apology dinner", where she finally brushed it off) and finally over the course of the meal they became friends with Serena eventually valuing his kindness and good-guy nature.
 
Caroline Forbes -
Length of friendship: Since middle school. Their friendship has been off/on for over the years, and doesn't officially stay "on" until Caroline is turned into a vampire.
Reason for friendship?: At first the two girls were only friends because of Bonnie. Over the time they bonded over things such as boys, bands, and family drama, but they also feuded over such things also. It wasn't until things started getting really strange in Mystic Falls and Caroline got hurt that Serena reavaluated her friendship with Caroline and realized how important she was to her. After all, Caroline was there for her when Serena's older brother started spiraling out of control before running away from home for a short time.
 
Elena Gilbert -
Length of friendship: Since the beginning of middle school. However once Elena "shuts off her emotions", they're friendship goes on a hiatus when she becomes cruel and heartless.
Reason for friendship?: At first they were merely friends because of Bonnie, but soon Serena realized Elena and her had a lot in common. When Elena's parents' died during high school, Serena found herself helping Elena cope with the disaster since Serena had a sense of feeling abandment and grief (from her birth parents). Elena was also the one who convinced Serena to join cheerleading her freshman year.
 
Jeremy Gilbert -
Length of friendship: Since middle school.
Reason for friendship?: Her relationship with Jeremy isn't as strong as it is with Elena or Stefan, or anybody else really. She's friends with him only because of Elena's sake, and also because he was her first kiss.
 
Matt Donovan -
Length of friendship: Since high school.
Reason for friendship?: Serena became friends with Matt when he started dating Elena. She wanted to be a good friend by getting to know her friend's "other-half", and since then they've been friendly towards one another, but she isn't like bestie's with him or anything, espcially since she isn't crazy about his sister's choices.

Quick Note: Alright, so it's kind of a set for "Moving to Mystic Falls", but not really - since she was originally born in Mystic Falls and has grown up there her whole life I wanted to show her "home". This is also my filler set to help begin the eventual writing portion.

Name: Serena Argent
Age: 18
Species: Human
Something about you:
Serena grew up never knowing who her real parents' were, having been given up for adoption as a baby. She was only in her first foster care for a year when she was adopted by Richard, Camilla, and Davis (who she always refers to by their first names). Serena grew up in Mystic Falls, having been Bonnie's neighbor her whole life. She doesn't plan on attending college after graduating and instead plans on traveling for awhile and possibly finding out who her birth parents' are.
She's not much of a sports girl, and is more into the art scene, and has only ever been on the cheerleading squad once (freshman year) before quitting. She also did soccer for two years in middle school.
Family:
Richard Argent (Hugh Jackman): Serena's adoptive dad. He is forty-six years old and is married to Camilla Argent in which they have one birth-son together.
Camilla Argent (Helena Bonham Carter): Serena's adoptive mother. She is forty-five years old and is married to Richard Argent in which she has one son with him.
Davis Argent (Dylan O'Brien): Serena's older brother, and Richard and Camilla's son. He is twenty years old and the only child Camilla ever had physically. He is currently working as a waiter at the Mystic Grill and staying in his own apartment, until he figures out what he wants out of life.

1. What is your talent?
I believe my talent is my writing ability. I love to write and be able to take what I dream about and turn it into words. I'm not a published author, but I'm hoping maybe one day that'll happen. I have wrote a few fanfics online, that still need to be finished, but they seem quite popular.
 
2. Why did you choose this talent, and why do you feel that you are good at it?
I chose this talent because to me writing isn't just writing, it's a passion and art. It's my ability to express myself through words. I feel I'm good at it because I've always recieved good responses for what I've ever written in my life-span.
 
3. Why do you feel it makes you unique?
I feel it makes me unique because although there are tons of writers in the world, I have my own writing style and preferences as to what I write about. I write about what I have dreamed about, something only I know, and I write about people from my favorite shows.
 
Editor's Note: I don't usually work with dolls, but I decided to give it a whirl.