Author's Note: I'm finally getting this story down! The plot has been in my head for sometime. I've even dreamt about some of it! I'm definitely not following the books or the show to a T. The main character is someone I created and I've basically intermingled her into the mix and changed up some of the VD character's storylines, but not drastically.
This is a bit of a long prologue. I wanted to really introduce the main character before focusing on why she's back in Mystic Falls, so bare with me.
The story is rated 'M' for a REASON! There is a lot of smutty goodness, but with a plot, I assure you. ;)
And of course, just to clarify, I do not own Vampire Diaries. I also don't own the Elemental Witches series by Anya Bast, in which I got many magical ideas from.
** When something is written like this:
"Superba doamna, ce s-a intimplat aici?"
"Lovely lady, what has happened here?"
The second quote in italics is the translation of the one above it. Hope it's not so confusing. lol
I've never regretted anything in all of the centuries I had lived until one fleeting moment in 1864.
I shut my eyes at the memory; after 145 years it still made me ache in places I never knew existed. Of course, 145 years doesn't even seem like a long time to me. It has only been--what-- a few human lifetimes?
Ha, merely a flash through time.
I sighed and opened my eyes to look at the tomb once more. They didn't realize that a few vampires had gotten out. I had found the empty blood pouch on the ground--empty. I didn't have to wonder why the tomb had been opened. I didn't have to witness it before my very eyes in order to understand what had happened here.
Damon thought Katherine was in the tomb and he still wanted her.
Katherine von Pierce. I tried to save that heartless wench. Well, she hadn't always been heartless. She was such a sweet and innocent Welsh beauty when Klaus, once of the original vampires, had changed her. He changed her out of purse selfishness. Klaus had killed his last bride on "accident" and decided to replace her with Katherine. He tortured the sweet girl and often starved her.
I wanted a change of scenery and was going to be taking a ship from England to America. My old friend and confidant, Henry, told me about the poor vampiress Klaus had locked up in his basement. I knew Katherine as a human; I was her piano teacher from when she was 12-14. I was able to free her and promised to take her away to America with me. I vowed to teach her how to tame the monster living within her. She had been tortured for nearly 10 years. I should've known that taking her to a populous place would've been a great mistake.
No, this isn't my one regret. I do not regret trying to save dear Katherine's life.
My mother used to always say that my compassion for others would eternally be my biggest weakness.
I smiled at the thought of my mother. She was such a wise woman and lived so vividly in my memories. To remember her after all this time is such a valued treasure. Many vampires forget most of their human life after some time; I held onto my humanity with my entire being. I have every right to hold onto my soul.
My emotions began to manipulate the wind around me. A swirl of leaves started to cascade around me, as if giving me a comforting embrace. I hadn't even realized that I had been crying.
Taking a deep breath, I concentrated on stilling the sudden wind gust I'd subconsciously created.
I'm an elemental witch--my element obviously being air if you haven't already guessed it. I'm not only a witch, though. I am also the first female vampire to have ever been brought into existence. As far as I know, no other witch has been able to be transformed into a vampire. My theory is that only the blood from the original line of vampires is strong enough to sustain a witch.
I was born in Transylvania (insert your har hars here), Romania in 1045. At the time we were part of the Kingdom of Hungary. My family had our own farm and lived quietly on the eastern border. We were all witches; my mother and father were both fire witches and my older sisters were both earth witches. I was uniquely an air witch among them--the most powerful element of all. It was hard to hide our family secret once I had been born. I found it hard to control and would often have emotional wind whirling episodes. Eventually, the dark witches on the western border had heard of my gift.
Out of jealousy, they wanted to complete a pentagram--Spirit, Earth, Fire, Water, & Air--in order to summon a demon to kill my entire family. They wanted to use me as part of the pentagram; I was a rare element and they were not going to find an air witch anywhere near Transylvania.
On the eve of my 18th birthday, I was dragged out of my bed and tortured by the dark witches. They made sure I was completely vulnerable then drew out my magic in order to finish summoning the demon. No witch had ever lived through such dark magic. Our magic is connected to a vital organ and if completely drained, we'd die instantly.
I remember falling to my knees; I could no longer see. The entire world was pitch black around me. I thought I was supposed to die instantly, but instead I lived long enough to hear my family's screams. I lived long enough to hear the silence afterwards…that cringing, deathly silence.
I remember feeling a warm hand on my cheek. I cringed because I thought the demon had possessed someone and had come to touch me--to violate me.
"Superba doamna, ce s-a intimplat aici?"
"Lovely lady, what has happened here?"
The man was speaking Romanian. I heard that Demons spoke Latin.
I tried to talk to him, but I felt myself fading away. Every breath was harder to make.
"Eu sint Druian. Eu pot salva tu. Ti-ar placea ca?"
"I am Druian. I can save you. Would you like that?"
I began to cry. I couldn't see. I couldn't feel my magic. I knew for certain that all of my family was dead. I mustered up as many words as I could breathe out.
"Familia…ucisi…nu…vezi."
"Family…murdered…can't…see."
I cried and held my arms out. I wanted him to end my suffering.
"Ea va fi mult mai repede, copilul."
"It will be over soon, child."
I suddenly felt warm, coppery liquid be dropped to my lips. I felt compelled to lick my lips then I drank more as I felt more oozing from an unknown source.
I barely noticed fangs sinking into my neck; I was too hypnotized by the liquid pouring into my mouth. Everything went black shortly after that.
Druian had been my sire--the one who had changed me. He was the most humane out of the first bloodline of vampires. I remember waking up with an extreme urge to eat, which I soon learned meant an extreme urge to drink blood. He had found me the next night hunched over a man and drinking his blood like an animal. That poor farmer was the first man I had ever killed. I try not to think about whether he had children or not.
Druian had no idea that he had just turned a witch into a vampire. He had just hoped that by turning a female, I would pacify the male vampires and make them better men. Alas. that wasn't exactly how things turned out.
All of this reminiscing has distracted me. I hadn't even realized that it was already dark. The full moon shined over the tomb like a giant spotlight.
I recited a stronger containment spell, which closed the tomb. Having all of those vampires coming out at once would release havoc on this town.
"Lina? Is that really you?"
I couldn't help but smile at the sound of that voice.
"Hi Anna." I turned around and looked at the petite girl. I was really only a couple inches taller.
"Were you in there? I didn't see you…how…?" Anna gaped at me in awe.
Katherine must have lied and said I was in tomb. Go figure.
"I was never in the tomb." I sighed and felt the guilt creep up again.
"Of course our queen wasn't in there." Anna's mother, Pearl, walked towards us with a serene smile on her face.
"Please. I'm not your queen." I tried not to sound amused by the title many referred to me as. "I'm sorry that I couldn't open the tomb, Pearl. A Bennett had to do it since a Bennett sealed it. You have always been a dear friend."
"None of this was your fault, Lina. I do not blame you. I am here now and I can finally be with my daughter. We have a lot of catching up to do." Pearl smiled down at Anna.
Anna kept looking at me, suddenly frowning.
"Why are you back in Mystic Falls then?"
Was I that transparent? Well fuck, everyone knew that I was in love with Damon Salvatore…especially Katherine.
"I need to right some wrongs…I guess you could say…" I looked down at my feet. I already knew what was about to come out of Anna's mouth.
"You're going to see the Salvatore brothers." Anna said matter-of-factly.
I looked up and mustered a soft smile.
"Maybe."
"Damon is raging, Lina." Anna warned. "He really thought Katherine was in there after all this time. Ya know, like I thought you were."
"I'll handle him with care then." I joked.
"Not funny, but I missed you." Anna wrapped her arms around me. "Give him hell. He deserves it."
"Thanks, Anna." I laughed and went to hug Pearl, as well.
"Where are you two staying?" I casually asked as we leisurely strolled out of the woods.
"I'm still checked into a motel. I'm not sure where we should head to next. The only plan was to free my mother." Anna sighed.
"Well, I just bought a house. You're welcome to stay. It's definitely big enough."
"You bought a house?! You're planning to stay awhile." Anna narrowed her eyes.
"You're still as nosy as ever." Pearl laughed and linked arms with Anna.
"I've missed Mystic Falls." I shrugged.
"You never even told them what you were, did you?" Pearl whispered.
"I-I couldn't. Katherine made herself known in such a menacing way and they accepted her. I didn't want to be seen in that light." I said, feeling ashamed.
"They were compelled to love her. It wasn't real." Pearl emphasized. "What you and Damon Salvatore had was real."
I felt my eyes welling up with tears.
"She made him forget, Pearl. She made him forget about me. I refused to compel him. I couldn't undo it."
My biggest regret: Not telling Damon Salvatore that I was a vampire before Katharine interfered.
I should have protected him.
