They say everything happens for a reason, but I still don't understand why this "thing" happened to me. My name was NORA ROSE WOOD. I was a member of British Institute of Interior Design at the age of 24 and was getting paid highly for someone my age. I also bought a car and an apartment for myself. I spent my Saturday and Sunday's in front of the TV with Nutella in my hand, junk on my couch and a glass of finest wine in another hand. I usually started my week sweating at gym pitying myself just because I couldn't control the urges from eating all the unhealthy food I had over weekend. Over all my life was pretty good, if you asked me, that is without any sappy love dramas and heartbreaks until an unfortunate event happened. I died. I was singing a song alongside my car radio and then I bent to see my phone ringing and the next minute my car flipped and air bags deployed but still, I couldn't make it.
But that's not the unfortunate part.
Yes. Did you hear it?
Me, dying was not unfortunate but being reborn into a tv show which I used to love binge watching on my weekends being the loner I was, called – "THE VAMPIRE DIARIES" is the wretched thing. And yes, I am not freaking ok with it. I mean who wants to be born in a world of vampires, Witches, Werewolves, Doppelgangers, Hybrids, Heretics, travellers, Hunters, Sirens, immortals, Cade from hell and what not. Those who can kill me before I can blink my eye.
I would gladly live in a Tom Hanks movie but not this.
Definitely not this.
However, I am freaking right here reborn in the Salvatore's household as Nora Salvatore on April 22,1843. My elder brother is Damon Salvatore and my younger brother is Stefan Salvatore.
Imagine my shock when I realised the facts about the world I am living in. I thought to run away but my 4-year body isn't helping much. On the top of this, my not-so-sadistic-fictional-father Giuseppe Salvatore hates me because I am a girl and as soon as Stefan was born a year ago in 1846 and they named him as Stefan Salvatore, I started crying and it has become annoying to him. No one understood why I cried, because when I was a baby I just used to cry if I was hungry, bored or for a change of diapers.
And yes, there were diapers in 1800's.
Damon tries his best to stop me from crying by coaxing me with the cute little antics of his. However, I still have this fear in me that doesn't help much to the situation. Sometimes I used to scream in my sleep due to the nightmares, where Katherine comes and drinks from me or snaps my neck and buries my body in the backyard while my brothers stand their laughing at my pathetic attempts. Damon who sleeps in the room next to me and my not-so-fictional-mom Lillian Salvatore, helped me at that time but mostly Damon. He comes and sleeps beside me, holds me and whispers sweet things to me until I stop crying. I really don't understand how such a sweet guy changes into a cocky bastard in the future.
As days passed, I slowly got used to the idea that I am not going anywhere and I should just suck it up and find a way to live. Then one day I found it. Since Silas, the powerful witch is an ancestor of mine, I would have had magic in my blood. That being said, I thought of testing it. I took a candle and concentrated a lot.
It didn't work.
After a lot of unsuccessful attempts, when I was finally feeling angry and frustrated, it lit up . I couldn't hold my happiness after that. I know that lighting a candle doesn't help me from dying but still it's a start. I couldn't ask anyone for help since Emily Bennet has yet to make an entrance. So I kept it aside for now. But I still don't understand why I am still here in the first place. There is no character called as Nora Salvatore in the TV show but here I am, a witch who doesn't know a thing about it except for the word INCENDIA.
Time passed along with the relationship of my family. I went to school alongside my brother. For girls it was mainly about domestic arts, but it was still good to do something physical. The schools were nothing like in the future. In the past world, I learnt so many different things in my private school like Horse riding, sword fighting, Robotics, drama, dance. I was a go lucky girl and used to participate in everything. But it all changed once my Grams died. She was the only family I had in the world for me after my parents died in an accident. She raised me since I was 4 and when she died, I shut down from everything. I just concentrated on my studies and how to get a degree and a job.
Giuseppe turned alcoholic by the time I turned 7. He started abusing Lilly and Damon while Stefan and I hide in the cupboard of my room. I hated that I couldn't do anything to stop him. It's not like I can even call 999. He didn't do anything to me and Stefan because now, in his eyes, I am a child prodigy while Stefan is "Golden Boy" of the town. All I could do is wipe the tears in Damon's eyes, kiss his cheeks, smile and give him the Peanut butter cookies I made especially for him. Cookies in 1800's are not like now, but I did my best to make it tasty and the first one I made was given to Damon, which he loved a lot. I gave it to the rest of my family after I confirmed it doesn't lead to food poisoning. According to Giuseppe, I am going to make a fine lady and one day going to marry a rich noble man, so from then onwards he started making me tolerate him while my mother was so proud of me and asked how I made new recipes, I made up few stories. Stefan started walking behind me from that day onwards for the cookies his Nora sister made, while Damon took all the copy rights and patents of new sweet dishes that I will be making from then onwards. So, every time I make a new desert he gets to it first even if it tastes terrible he will not mind. From then on, every time I make a new recipe He would give me so many kisses, a bear hug and a lot of compliments in return.
I think I was the one who made the first muffin in history.
But I can't help but worry about the problems we will face in the future. Should I let Katherine turn them into Vampires and give them a long life [or] should I start giving them vervain and stop them dying and let them have a short human life they should have? What happens if I change the future? Why in the bloody hell am I here making choices?
"Muffin are you there?" someone snapped their fingers in front of me waking me up from a trance.
"I beg you pardon" I said in my British accent. Shit. I always do that. But then if they questioned me where I got it, I made up a story saying, I saw a British Lord when I was playing in the woods and I caught the accent. I know, such a dumb answer but that's the best I could come up with .
"I am asking if you will come for a walk with me and Stefan to the falls before father gets home," Damon asked chuckling
"Of course, Day Day" I said get up from my bed and patting my dress
"What were you thinking about Muffin? Is something bothering you? Is it about father? Don't worry about it I will protect you." He said seriously making me giggle
"I know you will protect me Damon and you always will. I was just thinking about mother. She seems sick to me. How about we show her to a doctor?" I said. Though I like Lilly, I absolutely don't want her to become a vampire and change some lunatics into heretics which then leads to a crazy supernatural huntress. It will only be sometime before Giuseppe will send her away because of her disease. May be medicines can help before the condition could get any worse.
"Mother is sick? I didn't know. I should talk to father about this maybe he will take her to the town next to us." The 12-year old boy said to me.
"I will talk to him. He will always scold you even though you haven't done anything. I don't want you to get beaten again. He is less angry with me", I said looking up to him carefully
"But what if he gets upset and raises a hand at you? I don't want that. Its ok, since I am the big brother, I will handle it. Alright?" he said ruffling my hair. But I am over 24, I wanted to say to the boy. But I couldn't. Instead I made him bend up to my length and pinched his cheeks before giving a kiss on his nose.
"I Love You, Dames. You know that right?" I asked him with so much love in my eyes. I know he is fictional but the love he shows says otherwise which I couldn't help but return to him. I didn't have any siblings in my previous life nor parents. I was sent to live with my grandma as soon as my parents died in an accident. By the time I turned 20, my grams died. I didn't even had a proper boyfriend to feel that love and affection and friends are very rare because of my constant moving.
"I love you more, Nora." He said with same emotion. I didn't want it to change. But what if after few years he will know that I lied to him even after I know everything that's going to happen in his life. Will he hate me? Or if I say anything now, will he think I am crazy and send me to a asylum. I mean who will believe a 7-year old.
"I woo Lve you, Nora." Stefan said coming behind us in his cute 4-year old voice making both Damon and I laugh.
"I love you too, Stefabear" I said.
"But she loves me more brother," future-to-be sadistic eternal stud said grinning at future-to-be Ripper.
"My imaginary friend thinks that you have serious mental problems brother. Because I like Stefi more." I said kissing Stefan cheeks and running away from them.
"And just like that, you had to ruin the moment Nora," Damon said groaning and chasing after me followed by Stefan.
"What can I say, sarcasm is my second language, brother" I hollered at him.
I CREATED THE CHARACTER NORA LIKE NO OTHER IN THE SHOW. SHE IS BEAUTIFUL, FIERCE, INTELLIGENT, SARCASTIC, BRAVE, COMPASSIONATE AND SHE DOESN'T GIVE A SHIT WHO THE OTHER PERSON IS. SHE CAN EASILY KICK THEIR ASS AND SHOW THEIR PLACE. SHE IS GOING TO BE AN IMORTAL WITH SO MANY POWERS THAT CAN CHANGE THE WORLD. SHE IS THE LIGHT THAT KEEPS ALL THE EVIL AT BAY AND FRIGHTENED. SHE IS THE MOST EXQUISITE BEAUTY ON EARTH THAT EQUALLY MATCHES WITH THE POWER AND BRAIN SHE POSSESSES. SHE CAN'T BE USED BY OTHERS AS THEY WISH AND CAN'T BE TOYED FOR SOMEONE'S SELFISH REASONS. SHE IS DEFINITELY NOT A SIDE CHARACTER. SHE IS THE QUEEN OF HER OWN STORY. (FYI, She is not a Mary sue)
SHE IS SIMULTANEOUSLY THE NICEST AND THE MEANEST GUARDIAN YOU WILL EVER MEET.
AND IF YOU ASK WHAT IS A QUEEN WITHOUT HER KING? WELL. HISTORICALLY. BETTER.