After rain comes sunshine

Summary: Elena is a twenty-three year old girl, five years ago she married Stefan, a rich Italian king who needed a wife, she was the ultimate choice but then everything went wrong. Stefan needed a heir to the throne but Elena didn't got pregnant. After many fights they start to hate each other and Elena feels terrible. But then she meets Stefan's older brother Damon. Who is very arrogant but he also has a good side…

Time: Let's say it was a long time ago, I don't really chose a year. But there will be a few things that people years ago didn't have but in the story they will have, like a telephone.

So, this is my new story! I hope you like the idea.

Chapter 1

Elena was sitting in her own room, looking through the window. It was raining outside so she had to stay inside. She hated the days when it rained. Normally she was always outside, walking through the gardens, swimming in the pool or even horseback riding. She loved being outside. It was much better than sitting in her room doing nothing. Stefan didn't allow a thing, the staff cooked, cleaned, they even helped her when she needed to go in bad. Wasn't she big enough to wash herself or what? She hated her life, every part of it. The only good part was that she got her own room for a few months. She begged her husband for it. She'd rather be in a room by herself than with him.

But she needed to sleep with him once a week, they were still trying to have children. She never thought she would've problems with getting pregnant but here she was, still no mother after five years. How was that possible? She was even eating some kind of herb to get pregnant, some witch gave it to her. It was probably just a lie that it worked but you never know. Stefan believed in all the magic things but Elena was way too serious to believe such nonsense.

Her mother always told her stories about having babies. She always told her how wonderful it was when you could hold your own baby for the first time. Elena would love to have a baby, maybe even two. Having children was always one of her biggest dreams. Never was there a girl in the family who couldn't bear children. That made her only feel even worse. She was a disappointment to her family.

"Lady Elena? Your husband asked for you."

"Thanks Bonnie, I'll be there in a minute," she answered too her maid. Bonnie was the oldest and most loyal one. She was always there for Elena. They were good friends but of course, only when King Salvatore didn't saw them cause he hated the fact that his wife was so familiar to her staff. Staff needed to be treated as staff and not as family, he always told her. But she didn't like the way he treated the staff, they were no dogs, they were people too. Since childhood she always had learned to treat everyone with respect.

After she brushed her hair she went downstairs to the office of the king. When he wasn't on a business trip, he was always home in his office. You almost never saw him anywhere else in the castle. It was a dark room with only candles and books. King Stefan was sitting at his desk reading some letters he got from important people in the country. But of course, there were always love letters too, of young girls who would love to have an affair with the king. And he liked that, it was good for his ego. (It wasn't already big enough, huh?)

"Wife, there you are. I thought you forgot me." He always called her wife, she hated the word and he knew it.

"Forgot? My dear king, I wouldn't dare," she said sarcastically. She really did hate her husband. He was a horrible men with no feelings at all.

"Be quite, I didn't ask you a question," he answered rough. He hated it when she treated him like that. But he wasn't worth any of her respect.

He turned his face and looked in her eyes, she knew she was supposed to excuse herself but she wouldn't do it. He looked even more mad but when he realized she wasn't going to say a thing he spoke again. "Good, the reason why I disturbed you…,"

"Yeah, I was very busy with doing nothing cause…,"

"Shut up, I was speaking." He stood up furious and took a step forward until he stood right in front of her.

"If you're not going to listen to me I'll need to punish you."

"Oh yeah? And what will the punishment be? Another year being your wife?" Now he got even more furious and he slapped her in the face. She felt her cheek becoming red. But she had no time to defense herself, he grabbed her by her hair and pushed her against the wall. Elena felt herself shivering.

"No, you can sleep back with me, every single day." And with that she was speechless cause that really was the last thing she wanted.

"Good," he said after a few minutes of silence. "Now beg for my forgiveness."

She looked at him like he was speaking Chinese and kept silent. "It was not a question but an order."

"I'm so sorry, my dear king. I didn't meant to be so rude to you," she said on a playful manner, "Are I did," she said so soft that you almost couldn't hear it but he had heard her.

"You evil wife!" He yelled before slapping her again. "On your knees," he said rough. When she didn't do it immediately he gave her a little kick and she fell on her knees. "Good. That's what I meant." She couldn't move an inch cause he still held her firmly by her hair. "You know I can do better than this, so if I was you I would listen." He laughed before talking further. "Now, I wanted to tell you that my brother will come visiting us tomorrow. He lives in America but is on a vacation in Europe."

"You have a brother?" Elena asked surprised and shocked. She never heard about him ever having a brother.

"Yes, I have. His name is Damon and I want you to welcome him on the most friendly way you can. He's a rich man and I want him to stay in my country but he doesn't really like being on a place for a long time. He's a real traveler." Better than you are, she thought. Stefan's life was so dull, he never had fun, traveling would be fun.

"Do you think your able to do that? Otherwise I'll ask a maid."

"Of course I'm able to do that. Who do you think I am?"

"A stubborn child that doesn't want to listen to her king."

"I'm not." She better didn't have said that cause he hit her again, this time more harsh. "Don't answer me that way. I deserve some more respect from you. I'm still the king of this country."

"And I'm your wife. You treat me like a maid not like a wife."

"You don't deserve better, you infertile woman." That was something that really hurt her. She hated it when he said that. It was the only thing that could hurt her cause she didn't only disappoint her husband and herself but also her family who would love to see a royal baby.

"Now you're quite, huh?" he laughed. "So, I'm done with you. You can go back to your room but tonight you sleep with me, as a punishment for your behave from today. Tomorrow my brother will be here and you have to behave as a real wife. Now go," he said cold before walking back to his desk.

Mad at her husband she walked back to her room. She knew what would happen tonight, he meant it when he said he would punish her. They never made love, they just had sex, nothing else. He couldn't even satisfies her. Most of the time she didn't want to sleep with him and then he just raped her. He had hurt her for several times but he enjoyed it when she was in pain. He was just an evil and sick man.

"Are you alright, Lady Elena?" Bonnie asked, worried about her queen.

"Not really Ms. Bennett, my husband was rough again."

"Did he slap you again?"

"Yes, he did. But I can handle that, the worst part is that I've to sleep with him tonight."

"I understand. Shall I call Ms. Caroline so you girls can talk?" Bonnie was really too friendly. Caroline was Elena's closest friend, her only friend actually. She was a young and rich countess who lived a few villages from the castle. Elena first met her when she married the king. She was on their wedding, she was actually her bridesmaid. Another thing that was weird, Elena didn't know a person on her wedding besides her sister and father. Her mother died a few months before the wedding. Elena always loved her mother so it was very hard for her to marry someone without her mother on her side.

"That's a great idea. Thank you, Bonnie. You're a good friend too," she smiled friendly.

"You're welcome, Lady Elena. You know I'll be always there for you. But it's better that we're no friends cause the king will fire me if he hears a thing about it."

"I'll make sure that doesn't happen. Don't worry." But Elena knew that her maid was right. Stefan would never allowed a friendship between his wife and someone of the staff.

Thanks for reading.

So, this was the beginning, I hope you guys liked it. If not, I'm always happy to hear what people think of it.

Should I continue? Or better not?

Another little question, vampires? Or only humans? Cause I don't really know what I want to do with it. Maybe only Damon as a vampire and Stefan still human? That way I can make Stefan afraid of his brother.