THE CHANGE IS ABOUT TO BEGIN
Mystic Falls was a small town in the southwestern of Virginia. The town was formed by the founding families in 1859. It was famous for its mythical history. It was said that after the civil war, the place became a home for many supernatural creatures like vampires, werewolves and witches. But it was all in the pages of past and the inhabitants didn't believe these legends anymore…or did they.
Our story revolves around one family that was a resident of this town— the Norman Family. This story is about the past, present and future. A story of hate, passion, anger and betrayal. A story about the kind of love that consumes you, a love that makes you forget about all the differences and a love that destroys you. A story of never ending deaths; a tale of life and immortality. It tells you how one moment can change people's life in a blink.
The Norman family also took part in the town's establishment. Miss Norman lived with her two children- a girl and a boy, in a nice big house that was passed down in the family. The house was very huge with many bedrooms, bathrooms, hallways, corridors and basement. Most of the rooms in the house were put to no use and were locked.
Angela Norman, a charming woman with sleek black hairs and big black eyes was a doctor at Mystic Falls general hospital. She was in her mid thirties and was a single mother. Her husband had died in a plane crash and they moved to Mystic Falls, since then the family was living a peaceful life there.
Pearl Norman was oldest among the siblings. She was seventeen years old with dark brown eyes and dark black long hairs reaching down her back and was cut in layers. She had a small stature of 5'1 with a round innocent face that could fool anybody. She had a tomboyish aura around her and wasn't into girls stuff.
Seth Norman was fifteen years old boy with dark brown short cropped hairs and hazel eyes. He was taller than Pearl, about 5'6 in height and loved to point out that difference to her sister when she tried to act bossy. He was a trouble maker following in the footsteps of his elder sister.
The Norman family was living a happy, peaceful and calm life. They were always there for each other; always stick together through thick and thin. The siblings still fought and had arguments but at the end of the day they knew nothing was stronger than the bond of the family. But they didn't know that nothing was everlastingly. There were things in the world that could even break the strongest of the bonds.
A new day
A new beginning
The alarm clock buzzed and a girl with black long hairs woke with a start. Shutting the alarm on the bedside table, she stood up from the bed, rolled her hairs and tied them up in an untidy bun using her clip.
She opened the curtains of a vast window in her bedroom and let the sun rays entering the spacious room, illuminating it with bright light making everything glow.
She rushed to the bathroom and took a shower washing out the laziness. She dried her petite frame with a fluffy towel and got dressed in casual faded jeans with a black buttoned up checked shirt. After drying her thick hairs and combing them thoroughly not leaving a single knot in them, she tied them up in a messy bun wasting all her efforts.
She wore her worn out sneakers leaving the new ones her mother had bought last week which were pink in color. Then raced downstairs into the kitchen where her mother was setting up a breakfast table.
"Morning mum", she greeted her mother with a bright smile.
"Morning dear", her mother greeted back. "Where is Seth?" her mother asked about her younger sibling.
"Must be adding tons of gel to his spikes", she replied taking her spot on the table.
Her mother nodded and occupied a place at the table too.
"How is Elena?" her mother asked. Elena was Pearl's best friend since she moved to Mystic Falls. She had recently lost her parents in an accident.
"Trying to act normal, saying she is fine but I know she is not", Pearl said sadly, sipping her coffee.
"Yeah it's kind of hard to be normal again after such great tragedy but she is a strong girl. She will be fine", Angela told her daughter.
"Morning everyone", Seth hollered loudly entering the kitchen and took a seat beside Pearl taking her coffee mug from her hands.
"You know we are not deaf, right", Pearl said to her brother snatching the mug back from.
"Not sure about you", he responded.
"Shut up", Pearl snapped.
Seth smirked at her sister at which she rolled her eyes.
The Normans had breakfast and then Angela dropped her two children to Mystic Falls high school. Seth separated from Pearl for meeting his friend Jeremy Gilbert, Elena's brother and Pearl made her way to meet her friends.
She saw her two best friends Elena Gilbert and Bonnie Bennet walking the hallways. She sprinted to them hitting Bonnie on the head to gain attention.
"Hey fellas", she said to them with a smirk.
"Hey, Pearl", they responded in unison.
Pearl linked arms with Elena and Bonnie and the three of them started walking.
"Well you are happy today… what happened? You didn't had an early morning fight with your brother", Bonnie asked seeing the cheery mood of her friend which was unusual as she always came to school with a bad mood cursing her brother about their fight.
"No we made a deal last night about no early morning fights", Pearl replied.
"That's real mature, Pearl", Elena said with a lovely smile.
The trio reached the lockers and Pearl saw Matt standing across from them giving longing looks to Elena. Pearl waved in his direction and he smiled at her. Elena saw her short friend waving at Matt and also gave him a soft smile with a wave, but he walked away after slamming his locker.
"Oh boy", Pearl sighed seeing the interaction.
"He hates me", Elena said looking back at her two friends.
"That's not hate. That's "you dumped me, but I'm too cool to show it, but secretly I'm listening to air supply's greatest hits", Bonnie said.
"I copy that", Pearl piped up.
"Elena. Oh, my god. How are you? Oh, it's so good to see you", Caroline Forbes, their chirpy blonde friend came and hugged Elena tightly. "How is she? Is she okay?" she asked Pearl at which she raised her eyebrows funnily.
"Caroline, I'm right here. And I'm fine. Thank you", Elena said to her bubbly friend.
"Really…", Caroline questioned simply.
"Yes. Much better", Elena said with a believable smile but Pearl could see right through it.
"Oh, you poor thing", Caroline said hugging Elena again.
"Hey, Care, Tiki was looking for you", Pearl lied sensing her best friend's discomfort.
"Oh! Ok, see you guys later?" Caroline said walking away.
"Bye", Bonnie said while Pearl waved at her.
Elena and Bonnie looked at Pearl with grins on their beautiful faces and accusing looks in their eyes.
"What", Pearl asked acting clueless.
"She won't be happy when she will find out you lied to her", Bonnie warned Pearl.
"Well I can handle that", Pearl replied nonchalantly.
Elena saw Jeremy entering the boys' toilet and she followed him.
"Hey Elena where are you going", Pearl called after her.
"I'll be back in a minute", she replied looking backwards and entered the toilet.
"Why she walked in there?" Bonnie questioned looking at her brown-eyed short framed friend.
"Don't know… let me check", Pearl said also following Elena.
When Pearl got inside the toilets she saw the two Gilberts arguing about Jeremy having drugs. She leaned against the wall adjusting her bag strap.
"What are you doing here", Seth said from behind her.
Pearl looked back at her brother, and then grabbed his hand dragging him out of the toilets.
"What is it, Pearl", he asked snatching his hand away.
"You said you will talk to Jer", she stated.
"About what… ", he said acting naïve.
"About him having drugs… you said you will make him understand but he is still having drugs", she reminded him.
"Well I talked to him… he got angry and asked me to shut my mouth", Seth replied seriously.
"Such a great friend you are, Seth", Pearl said sarcasm dripping from every word.
"Thanks", he responded with sarcasm too and walked away.
The three friends reached their first class of the day- History. Pearl sat with her tall brunette friend while Bonnie was on a seat right behind them.
"Once our home state of Virginia joined confederacy in 1861, it created a tremendous amount of tension within the state. People in Virginia's northwest region had different ideals than those from the traditional deep south. Then Virginia divided in 1863 with the northwest region joining the union", their history teacher Mr. Tanner said in a boring tone.
Pearl was doodling on her notebook not hearing a word Tanner was saying.
In Pearl's opinion the most boring period in the world was History. Tanner was continuously blabbering about town's history that passed over Pearl's head. To Pearl he seemed like a sleeping pill on two legs.
"Miss Norman is there anything more important than my lesson in that notebook of yours", Tanner said sternly.
"No, Sir. I am just noting everything down, makes it easier to remember the important events, Sir", she lied smoothly.
"Okay", Tanner responded, a little embarrassed at scolding the girl for no reason.
"That's how you note important events", Elena said in a hushed voice, gesturing towards the drawing of Mickey Mouse that Pearl had made on her notebook.
"Well I want to do something productive… better to polish my drawing abilities rather than wasting time on something that passes over my head", Pearl whispered.
Elena stifled a laugh at her friend's comment and tried to pay attention that was almost impossible with Pearl beside her.
The school ended and Bonnie dropped Pearl off at the Norman's residence.
The whole day was spent like every day at Norman's residence. The family had dinner and then Pearl and Seth told their mother about the day's events. They laughed, joked and both siblings had a little fight too but it was ended by their mother before the situation got out of hand sending both of them to their respective rooms.
The Norman's didn't know that nothing was going to be same anymore- that the change was about to begin.
Pearl completed her homework leaving her study table in a mess. Her eyes started getting heavy while watching a movie on her laptop. She shut the lid of her laptop without bothering to turn it off. Pearl changed into her comfy bed clothes and laid on the fluffy bed. She closed her eyes and soon lost herself in the dream world unaware of the crow that was sitting on her window ledge watching her intently.
Near the Wickery Bridge in Mystic Falls stood a vast ancient looking building with lush green grounds surrounding it- the Salvatore boarding house. It was built in 1914 and ran down in the family from father to son.
In the middle of the night a guy around seventeen to nineteen with straight dark brown hairs and deep forest green eyes made his way towards the boarding house door. He rang the door bell a few times. The door was opened by Zach Salvatore, a man in his early thirties, the current caretaker of the boarding house.
"Uncle, Stef", Zach Salvatore said shocked at seeing the boy, all traces of sleep gone from his eyes.
"Hey Zach", Stefan said.
"What are you doing here?" Zach asked Stefan with a not so welcoming tone, looking at the enormous bag in Stefan's hands.
"I have come to live here, Zach", Stefan replied. "May I…", he added gesturing for him to gave him some space to enter inside.
"But uncle Stef", Zach began.
"I am not here to hurt anyone, don't worry", Stefan pressed. "I have everything controlled".
Zach moved from the door way allowing his uncle Stefan, who appeared a lot younger than him, to get inside.
Stefan entered the house's living room that was cluttered with ancient items and paintings and antique furniture. The place held a lot of painful memories for him. Everything in the place reminded him of his misery, his eternal struggle to survive, his endless pain and agony. But now he had a hope, a light in his life but he was too scared because his happiness never lasted longer.
He made his way upstairs where his room was with his luggage dragging behind him without any effort.
"What about Damon", Zach asked worriedly bringing up the dreaded name.
A sudden fear engulfed Stefan but he composed himself.
"I don't know where he is", Stefan deadpanned.
"What if he follows you here uncle Stef. You know him…", Zach said, anxious.
"He won't. It has been more than a decade since I had seen him", Stefan responded. They both stopped outside him room.
"Okay… tell me if you need anything", Zach said and left.
Stefan brought out a rusted key and put it in the keyhole. He unlocked the door with a click and got inside. He fumbled for the light switch and found it in seconds. He turned the switch on. Soon the light flooded in the room lightening everything in it.
At last Stefan felt like he was home. The place had the reminiscence of various events some happy but most of them were dark, painful. But the harder he tried to forget the clearer they became in his mind.
The room was still in the same condition as he had left it last time apart from a thin layer of dust covering every inch of it. The book shelves had numerous journals that had the memories of his life and undead existence, of his happiness and sorrow. He put his luggage at one side and picked a journal and went through it. His eyes stopped on a picture.
Katherine Pierce
1864
He stared at the picture for sometime but then put it back because that wasn't what he was searching for. After sometime his search was finished and a lovely smile made its way on his lips when he saw her picture.
It was a picture of a girl with dark black long hairs with slight curls and beautiful eyes. A beautiful smile was carved on her face that reached her eyes. Under the picture was captioned:-
Silvia Norman
1864
His eyes began to read an entry in his journal.
February, 1864
Damon came back first time after joining the Confederate Army. We spend the entire day together. I also forgot to escort Silvia to her piano lessons. She visited our home later and Damon saw her for the first time. It was clear that he liked Silvia the way he looked at her.
Flashback (1864)
A girl with dark black long hairs wearing a simple blue dress entered the Salvatore mansion calling for her best friend.
"Stef", he voice echoed in the home. She elegantly reached up the stairs continuously calling for her friend with her hairs bouncing in every direction.
"Livia you are lucky father is not home or you will be in for a worst scolding of your life", Stefan said coming out from his room.
"Mr. Salvatore is having tea with father at the Norman's residence... so you don't need to be concerned about me", she replied with a warm smile. "You didn't accompany me to my lessons", she added.
"My apologies…I was catching up with my brother", Stefan replied.
Just as on cue the door opposite to Stefan's room opened and out came a guy in his early twenties with dark black curly hairs and crystal blue eyes. He smiled at Silvia and she gave him a shy smile accompanied by a slight blush on her cheeks.
Stefan smiled at the interaction.
"Livia this is Damon, my brother. Damon this is Silvia Norman", Stefan did the introductions. "Livia's family moved to the Norman's residence two months ago".
"Nice meeting you miss Norman", Damon said taking Silvia's hand and kissing at its back.
"Pleasure is all mine, Mr. Salvatore", Silvia said shyly.
End of flash back
Damon… the mere name was enought to bring back painful memories. For hundreds of years he had been running from his dark shadow, from him but he never succeeded. Everywhere he went his past followed him, his pain, his guilt, and his loss followed him- Damon followed him. But he wished for this time to be different, different from those hundreds years of running scared of being caught by his past, caught by his fears and guilt, caught by darkness. He wished for light and for joy.
AUTHOR'S NOTE:-
Hey guys, here is my TVD fanfiction. Hope you people like it. It will follow the season one time line but I have made a lot of changes in it. Review and tell me your opinion about it.
Like always constructive criticism, suggestions and any questions are welcomed. Tell me what you think about Pearl.
As for my Supernatural story, sorry for the delay but something seriously went wrong with my laptop after I accidentally dropped it;-) My new chapters were in that drive and I am too lazy to write them again. So until it gets fixed I'll continue with this one.