Just a little idea I had, may be a one-shot, but may go up to 6 or 7 chapters. Still need to decide on that. Anyway, enjoy.
Summary: "Looking around her room, her eyes fell on the clock on her bedside table. 6:30 am, Monday, 2nd of October 2009. She drew her hand away from her head to hold them both in front of her. No ring. 'What a vivid, long dream.' She spoke aloud to herself." Elena wakes to find that everything was a dream. May become multi-chapter.
Disclaimer: I own nothing.
P.S. So sorry if any of these dates used are wrong. I'm guessing my way through this because I don't know American holidays or anything.
Chapter 1 – 'Just a Dream'
Elena Gilbert woke with a start, her breathing heavy as she clutched for her chest. Looking around her room, her eyes fell on the clock on her bedside table.
6:30 am, Monday, 2nd of October 2009.
'Had that really been a dream?' she thought to herself. She swung her legs out of the bed, her hand coming up to rub her temple. Slowly, giving herself time to register the insanity that had just been thrown down upon her, she drew her hand away from her head to hold both of them in front of her. No ring.
"What a vivid… long, dream." She spoke aloud to herself, pushing up off the bed and walking towards the door to her bedroom.
Her slender digits coiled around the door knob and she pulled it lightly, only to be greeted with the stench of burned toast. Her face twisted up and she immediately ran down stairs, the beeping of the kitchen fire alarm becoming louder and louder with each step. Entering the kitchen she found her bubbly aunt, flapping a tea towel at the smoke alarm in an attempt to try and calm it down while the toast sat scorched on the bunker.
Elena couldn't help but let out a laugh, before picking up a towel of her own and helping with flagging the smoke away.
"Maybe you should start with something simpler, Jenna. Like cereal. Or at least get me up and I can help." She smiled fondly at the strawberry blonde, placing the old rag down and coming to stand in front of the woman only just old enough to be her guardian. It almost made her want to cry, seeing her after the events of the dream that had haunted her the night before. The dream in which so many people had died, including her, and in which held two mysterious brothers. She almost blushed bright red at the thought of it before she quickly drew Jenna in for a hug and buried her face into her shoulder.
The older of the two was shocked to say the least but she quickly wrapped her arms around the girl's waist and hugged her back loosely.
"That would probably be a better idea." She let out a short laugh. "But what's gotten into you? You're acting as if you haven't seen me in forever."
Elena quickly pulled back, shaking her head as she smiled softly.
"It feels like it. I just had this… dream. It was pretty dramatic." She nodded a few times before picking up an apple and biting into it. Turning around quickly she almost skipped up the stairs, calling back. "I need to go get ready for school! See you later, Aunt Jenna!"
Jenna lifted her hand in a small wave before shaking her head and turning back to the ruined toast. "Teenagers."
Prancing up the stairs, Elena nearly ran into Jeremy. Little, emo Jeremy. She smiled at him before sliding past him and into her room with a cheery, "Good morning, Jer!"
He gave her a quizzical look before shrugging it off and continuing down the stairs, "Girls."
Elena skipped over to her dresser and pulled out an outfit, a simple red t-shirt and dark jeans plus some underwear before going into her bathroom and sliding into a hot shower.
She wasn't sure why she was in such a good mood. Maybe because the dream was such a nightmare that the fact that none of it was real sort of relieved her, though there was this scratching feeling at the bottom of her stomach that she wanted it to have been real. Shaking it off, she ran her shampoo through her hair before quickly rinsing it out and turning the sower off.
15 minutes later, after a lot of rushing around, Elena was out the door and heading down the street having decided to walk to school. She walked down the road calmly, enjoying the sun beating down on her skin. Her hand curled around the top of her shoulder bag as she neared the school, her lips pressing together in thought. Small memories of that dream past through her mind as she passed through the doors of the high school, the form of Bonnie catching her eye in that exact moment causing her thoughts to be thrown off track.
Walking over to Bonnie a thought suddenly struck her. 'Why am I so happy? My parents are dead. I shouldn't be happy.' Her smile faltered a little and she came to stand next to Bonnie's locker.
"Hey, Bonnie." She flashed a small smile as grief penetrated her stomach once again. So much for a break from it all.
Bonnie smiled lightly at her friend, pulling a book from her locker.
"Hey, Elena. How have you been?"
Elena nods once, before shaking her head slowly.
"I've been… Okay, I guess. But I had this really… weird dream."
Bonnie raised a brow at that, beginning to walk to their first class with her book propped up under her arm.
"Really? About what?" Elena shrugged, bringing her own brows together as she took in a deep breath.
"It was like… It was really weird and you were there and-" Elena's words were cut off as she almost walked right into a dark form. She managed to swerve he body just in time to avoid a collision, turning her head back and calling out after them. "Wow, I'm sorry!" The man looked back and nodded once in her direction, flashing a small smile.
"It's okay. No worries." Elena had already stopped in her tracks. It was only a small glimpse of the face that she saw, but she managed to connect it almost instantly to the tall light haired man from her dream.
"Elena?" Bonnie asked, slightly concerned as her friend stared at the new face who was walking away. Elena's lips were in the shape of an 'O' for a moment before she spoke slowly.
"Things just got a whole lot freaky."
Okay so the ending was pretty terrible but I really love this idea. I'm pretty proud of it although I'm sure somebody's done it before. Please R&R!