Disclaimer: They're not mine, I'm just a college student having some fun -so please don't sue!
A/N 1: Well, this is my first Vampire Diaries fic, as well as my first in awhile (its been a little over a year since my last story -wow.) But that's what happens with college sometimes, it takes up a good amount of your time and kills your creative side, lol. Anyway, I just got hooked on the show and this little story demanded to be written. It takes place just after ep. 3.15 "All My Children" and is what I'd like to see happen -definitely an AU tale- but I couldn't help myself.
*Also all spelling and grammar mistakes are my own.
Esther sighed as she looked out through the motel window. The sky was just beginning to lighten, from inky black to hazy gray; signaling the approach of daybreak. The night's events still ran rampant through her mind…the ritual had failed, her children were still alive, Abby Bennett was dead -or worse, turned- and her powers were now weakened.
"Are you alright, Mother?" Finn's whispered voice broke through her haze, worried hazel eyes regarding her carefully.
"No. Unfortunately I'm not," the witch answered, "Abby Bennett is dead because of me…because of what I allowed to happen." Crossing her arms over her chest, Esther turned to face her son, "I shouldn't have been so forthcoming with the Doppelgänger."
Finn stood up and quickly crossed the room to her side. "You didn't have a choice she would have become suspicious otherwise." Sighing, he placed a comforting hand on either of her shoulders, "I should have listened to you, I should have kept a better eye on Elijah. I'm so sorry Mother."
Esther managed a weak smile.
"Hush, my precious boy, I'm as much to blame as you." Her eyes tagged his, fear being over shadowed by determination. "We will stop them, it just may take awhile longer."
The sound of their room door slamming caused both to jump, Finn immediately moving to a defensive position in front of Esther. She, likewise, began scanning the room, wondering how the others could've found them so quickly. While not completely to the west coast yet, South Dakota was quite the distance from Mystic Falls.
"Show yourself!" Finn ordered. His eyes going blood red and fangs extending at the perceived threat; though he couldn't see them, he could sense them.
"Be calm," the intruder replied.
The voice while softer and less worn than she remembered was one Esther knew immediately. 'No…it's not possible,' she reasoned. But somehow, it was, even though she'd watched him die from the other side.
Hazel eyes met familiar blue, her revived heart nearly skipping a beat as he emerged from the dark bathroom.
"…Mikael."
TBC...
A/N 2: Sorry for the shortness! Next chapter will be longer, promise; this was just the set up.
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