Bio

Names: Ivy Saltzman

Species: Human - Vampire

Appearance: Shoulder length wavy ginger hair, blue eyes, full lips, slim with curves.

Father: Alaric Saltzman – Matt Davis

Mother: Brooke Hart – Debra Messing

Age: Slightly older than Bonnie, Caroline and Elena – Was turned at the age of 23

Background:

Ivy is Alaric's daughter from when he had a one-night stand with her mum, Brooke, before he met and married Isobel. Alaric was fully supportive as he believed this would be his only chance. Brooke and Alaric agreed to be friends for the sake of their baby and parenting.

When Ivy was younger Brooke moved her and Ivy away due to Alaric knowing about the supernatural. Alaric tried to convince Brooke that nothing would happen and that he would protect them. But she still moved her and Ivy away.

Ivy has been with Brooke ever since but has visited Alaric regularly. Since she got older, she would stay with Alaric for summers at a time.

I wanted Ivy to be older to help with Elena and Jeremy when Alaric dies. She was turned some time during season 1 and was 23 at the time. She has visited Mystic Falls before so has a good relationship with most of the characters. I imagine she visited in the summer in season 2 so she has met Stefan and Damon. I'm unsure about her endgame yet but we'll find out as we go along.

Chapter 1: 1912

Alaric couldn't believe what he was hearing. He was the one committing the murders.

He was using his own vampire hunting weapons to kill innocent humans.

Innocents.

He sat in silence next to Meredith, staring at the ring on his finger that caused this mess. The ring given to him by his crazy evil ex-wife to protect him in the supernatural world, unknown to him at the time.

Seems about right. Alaric thought to himself.

He heard footsteps on the wooden floor. His head shot up to see Elena standing in the doorway looking at him with sadness in her eyes. He let out a breath and shut his eyes gently. He couldn't look at her when she was staring at him with such pity. He didn't want her to be here for this. She had already lost too much; she couldn't lose another parent figure. The temptation to escape and deal with this on his own was increasing by the second.

"Elena" he sighed.

"Ric, I think she's right" she said gently showing him the Samantha Gilbert journal. He sat up and accepted the journal to read. His eyes scanned the page and seemed to read the same sentence again and again: 'I don't feel like myself. I'm losing time. As though I'm going mad.' That's exactly how he was feeling. Looking up from the book, he couldn't see any way out of this. He knew that the darkness was slowly taking over to the point of becoming him.

"Elena, I need you to call Ivy." Alaric stated almost with a pleading tone. Elena knelt in front of him.

"Ric, we'll find a way out of this" Elena said as she placed her hands on his. Ric looked down at their hands, his eyes going straight to the Gilbert ring.

"Please" he almost shouts as he made eye contact with her. "I need you to call her." He almost begged.

Elena nodded, standing up to make the phone call. She went into the kitchen to give Meredith and Alaric some privacy.

Entering the kitchen, she leant against the wall to stabilize herself. As she went to grab the phone, she noticed her hands were shaking. She started to dial the number of Alaric's daughter. Trying to figure out what to say to her without freaking her out.

How do you explain all this to someone who has no idea about the supernatural world?

Ivy was bouncing around the kitchen to David Bowie blaring from her speakers. Her wavy ginger hair was tied up in a messy bun with some strands falling out as her dancing continued. Her bare face making faces as she sang along to Modern Love. Sliding around in a pack of socks and an old pair of dungarees, the kind that you don't go out in public in.

"Never going to fall for...modern love" she sings into the spoon. "Walks beside me". Her phone started to ring through the speakers, but she continues singing. "Walks on by."

She picks up her phone to see Elena calling. "Elena, hi" she says in a cheery tune whilst continuing to cook. Her demeanour changed when she heard Elena sigh on the other end of the phone. She stood up straighter, almost bracing herself "Elena?".

"Ivy, it's about Ric. You need to come to Mystic Falls." Ivy's face drops.

"Dad? Is he okay?"

"He'll tell you when you get here, it's better to explain in person." Ivy decided not to argue because she knew she wouldn't get anywhere.

"Okay" Ivy sighs and rubbed her forehead in frustration. "I'll leave right now, and I'll see you guys in the morning."

"Be careful Ives, see you soon." Elena hung up. Ivy puts her phone down and turns off the oven. No longer hungry. She starts panicking and all the worst-case scenarios going through her head. She braces herself on the counter to take a deep breath and rest for a beat.

Then it hits her.

The smell.

The aroma hits her nostrils instantly, as if her body is telling her that this is the only way for her to calm down. She feels like she can already taste the rusty tang on the tip of her tongue. She doesn't want to but now she knows it's there and the thought won't escape her mind. It would only take a couple of steps to get to them. Without realising she's doing it; her feet are already moving.

She walks towards the sink and opens the cupboard underneath to reveal a blue mini fridge. She kneels to open the fridge to show several blood bags. She can see her hands shaking as she slowly reaches for one. As soon as her fingers graze the plastic bag, she snatches it with speed and rips it open. Ivy sucked the contents of the bag with extreme thirst. She fell against the island behind her in exhaustion.

She took several breaths to calm herself and to slow her heart down. Just sitting there, focusing on the feel of the cold wooden cabinet door against the back of her neck. Trying to distract herself, to almost forget what she had just done.

Her eyes slowly widen.

She must tell her dad. She must tell her dad that she's a vampire.

Oh god! She thinks as she hung her head between her knees.

She's known for a while that her dad was aware of the supernatural world. When she was in her late teens, her mum finally told her the reason she left Ric. Of course, this was after years and years of questions and pleas from the young curious girl.

Alaric informed her mother of the paranormal and his interest in it. Her mum was hesitant at first but the more she thought about it, the more she believed. She also believed that leaving was the answer to protecting her little girl.

But their fears slowly became a reality.

Her fear was telling her vampire hunting dad that she was a vampire. She knew all about his vampire crazed ex-wife. The ex-wife that turned him into the vampire hunter that he is today. Oh, how she loathed Isobel and what she did to her dad.

She was hoping that because the transition was involuntary, he would be a bit more accepting. Ivy also realised that she was going to have to retell the story of her transition. She was would have to talk about him.

Him.

It's been almost two years, she still misses him, but he invades her mind less.

She removed a chain from underneath her shirt and looked at the ring on the necklace. The vampire closed her hand around it and brought it to her chest. Almost two years since that night and she still wears it close to her heart.

The red head finally got up from the floor to go into her bedroom to pack a bag or two. She changed into a pair of black skinny jeans, a grey v neck t-shirt and her black biker boots for comfort. After packing she exited the bedroom and goes into the kitchen again. She placed her bags by the door as she looked around her open plan bungalow. Her first little paradise after moving out of her mother's house. She hated leaving this place. It felt like her own personal bubble protecting her from the outside world. Protecting her from her vampire truth.

She took in every inch of the little house until her eyes fell on the cupboard hiding her secret. She figures she can just get some blood bags on the way or in Mystic Falls. Trying to convince herself that she doesn't need to go anywhere near that little reminder. Knowing she would down all the bags with the panicked mood she was in.

She takes a breath before grabbing her bags. Exiting the little house and heading to her car before leaving for Mystic Falls.