Mystic Falls 1864
They were dead.
My brothers were dead. My sweet beloved brothers were shot dead before my own eyes.
Our own father killed them in cold blood. How could I ever look that man in the eye again knowing that his own children's blood is on his hands? I can't. So what do I do? I run.
I run like hell.
I make it through the forest towards the outskirts of town only to have someone grab me.
"It's okay. It's okay. You are going to be okay" I look up to see none other than Katherine Pierce. I haven't known her long but in this short time she has become like an older sister to me.
"They're dead. My brothers are dead. My father is a murder and the town has gone crazy! How am I going to be okay?" I ask, barely refraining from screaming at the absurdity my life has become.
"They aren't finitely dead. I can explain everything but I need you to make a choice right now and make it fast"
"Okay. What are my choices?" Make like Scarlett and freak out tomorrow.
"You can come with me, I can show you a new life you've never even thought to dreamed of. I can give you what you have always wanted. We can be each other's family. Please, I really did love both of your brothers. For them, let me save you. Please, come with me, my sister," I would learn later that this was the only time Katherine Pierce ever said please. She held her hand out as she got up in the carriage.
"Do you promise to have my back as I promise to have yours?"
"Yes, I promise. I will teach you everything I know. The world is await us"
"Well, we mustn't keep it waiting, sister" I said taking her hand and getting in the carriage.
"So what did you mean when you said that my brothers weren't finitely dead?"
"What do you know about vampires?"
"Like the undead? I was lead to believe they were just in stories but by your line of questioning I'm guessing not," I said looking her in the eye.
"My favorite things about you are that you are quick to get things and you don't cower. Both will save your life one day. Yes vampires are real. I am one of them and now so are each of your brothers," She says simply.
"Am I going to become one?"
"That is my hope. I'm giving you the option. If you will let me, I would like to tell you about it and let you choose" She says. I get comfortable because I have a feeling this talk is going to take a while.
"Vampires are temptation incarnate. We are forever young, never growing old. We drink blood. We can compel our way out or into any situation. We are strong and we are fast. Other than a wooden stake and a werewolf bite, we are invisible. To become like me, one has to first drink vampire blood. Then die with it in their system"
"So when my father shot them…" I try to ask without actually having to say it.
"They died with my blood in them"
"What else do I need to know?"
"You are very hungry in the beginning. It over powers all other feelings and all rational thought. That is until you learn to control it. If you choose to become like me I will help you through it"
"Why me?"
"You were the first person I had come across in a very long time that made me feel like I belong. You made me miss my sister when I was human. You are very much like her. I miss that closeness with someone"
"Why haven't you been able to have that?"
"I will tell you that if you really want to know. But knowing will be dangerous"
"Please, tell me"
"I've been on the run for about 300 years"
"Why?" I ask pulling her into a hug. She lays in my arms telling the rest of her story.
"When I was human I had a child before I was married off. At that time it was far more than frowned upon. My father banished me from my home country for it. So I travel to England. Along the way I learned enough to be able to pass as a lady of high standing. I had hoped that I could marry someone of money and live better than my father in hopes to fix my self-esteem. But instead I met a man that wanted more than I would ever willingly give" She says lost in the past.
"What did he want?" I ask in a whisper.
"My life" She replied equally quiet before slipping out of her mood. "But fate worked in my favor and I was able to slip through his fingers. I became a vampire and I ran. I've been running ever since"
"Who was he?"
"Niklaus Mikaelson. A man I hope you never meet"
"If I am ever lucky. Are we running now?"
"I am, if you choose to become like me you will have a choice to come with me"
"I choose you. I'll run with you. As far as the world is concerned you are my sister. We will have each others backs," I say hugging her close to me.
"You mean that? You will give up a normal life and come with me?" She asks surprised.
"I am way to good for a normal life anyways. I was born to have the world in the palm of my hand. It would be only right for me to see all of it. So when do you want to do this?"
"When we get to Boston. I have a very nice witch who is going to make you a daylight ring. Once I know you have one, then I will turn you"
My name is Francisca Salvatore, and at the age of 17 I became a vampire.