30th December 1914, New Orleans
Once upon a time in a not so far off land named New Orleans lived a powerful king, this king wasn't just any king, he was the original hybrid, half vampire, half werewolf, the king of both deadly species' however the power had gone to the kings head and he'd become dark, destructive and cold, incapable of love and reigning havoc on the city he reigned supreme of, until one day he picked a fight with the wrong woman, on a stroll surveying his city one day the king came across an elderly woman, frail and weak and on the brink of starvation the woman begged the king for even a scrap of food but the cruel king laughed in her face and turned the weak old woman away, for such weakness was not worth a second of his time, but the king found himself unable to move and planted to the spot, the elderly woman transformed and became healthy and strong, she revealed herself as the only thing more powerful than he, the original witch and reprimanded the king for being being so heartless, questioning that he even had a heart, the king begged for her forgiveness but it was too late, the witch placed a curse on him that would kill him if he did not rediscover warmth and compassion by learning to love and earning her love in return after one hundred years had passed, knowing that he would never be capable of love nor finding it in order spare the humiliation of anyone discovering he'd been bettered he locked himself away in his mansion in a dark forest in the middle of nowhere excluding a tiny unknown town nearby named Mystic Falls.
1st August 2013, Mystic Falls
"mom?" Caroline called as she walked through the door of the home she shared with her mother.
"I'm here darling" her mum informed her as she came rushing downstairs, she started fumbling around in the kitchen as she always did when she had bad news "listen honey, I'm going to have to leave for a few days, there's been a serious of murders up in hightown and it's too far to travel there and back everyday if we want to get the case..."
Caroline quickly cut her off "no! Mom seriously, don't worry about it, it's your job, I get it and I can look after myself." she said that with a genuine smile, in the past she'd always blamed her mother for the lack of time she got to spend with her and putting her job before her but as she'd grown she'd gotten closer to her mum and come to appreciate that though she wished her job as the towns sheriff wasn't so time consuming her mother did her job to protect her and everyone around her, although she was a vampire and couldn't really say she needed her mortal mums protection, she still appreciated the effort.
Liz gave her daughter a genuine smile right back, she'd grown up hating vampires and would never forget the pain and torment when she'd discovered that her own daughter had become one, yet as she'd grown closer to her undead daughter she'd come to accept it and was honestly proud of the strong, grown up, intelligent woman her little girl had become since turning, she pulled her daughter into a hug and then picked up the duffel bag in the corner of the room and pulled on her coat.
"I best get going then, I'm booked into the hotel at four, oh and before I forget, Tyler called and asked me to tell you to give him a ring when you get back" she said pointing to the phone on the table that Caroline had left behind, another sign of how much her daughter had changed since turning because the old Caroline would've had a nervous breakdown upon leaving the house without her mobile.
Caroline instructed her mum to be careful and walked over to her phone, not really in the mood to speak to her boyfriend Tyler, they'd been growing gradually apart for months now and though she would always love Tyler but she wasn't so sure that she was in love him, she just didn't have the heart to break it off right now, not so soon after his mothers tragic passing.