Nothing But Original

A/N: Thanks for following my story and the reviews I've gotten. I apologize for not updating sooner but school work gets in the way. I'll try to upload as much as I can though for you guys but I might change season 4 when I get there up a bit.

I Do Not Own the Vampire Diaries or the Characters I do own Valerie. And P.S. I decided to change my thought on Aaron Tveit and place Jackson Rathbone in his place.

Chapter 4- One Way to Life

Flashback- Valerie when she was 12

I laid beneath the white oak tree staring at the sky, its leaves blowing in the wind the sound it makes like a small howl. I love the feel of grass against my skin so soft, I never wander to far from the village but I did tell Rebekah where I would be going. I heard a shuffle behind me I turned onto my stomach and looked around, I stood and walked around the tree I walked to where I was until I saw a man in the tree.

"Sorry I did not mean to frighten you" he had dark brown curly hair, green eyes, white skin, he had no shirt only pants and boots

"I don't accept apologies from someone who won't come down and say it to me directly instead of hiding in a tree" he nodded grabbed a tree branch and jumped down in front of me. He had muscles I tried my best not to stare but he smiled at me, so I couldn't help but blush.

"I apologize for scaring you..." he stepped forward a little I looked at him "And making you uncomfortable" I smiled but couldn't help a feeling inside of me my cheeks were on fire and I couldn't help but look him in the eye "What's your name?"

"Valerie" he stepped back and bowed I laughed and did the same and he laughed as well

"Elliot" he stared at me a little while longer

"I accept your apology but I wasn't scared but you are making me uncomfortable" I said stepping back to grab my red hood

"Again I apologize" he looked at the hood in my arms "Your name is Valerie" I nodded "I've heard a lot about you, everyone in my village speaks about how the wind follows where you go and flowers bloom as you pass I've heard a great beauty will do that" I blushed again

"They're stories about me I doubt they are true" I sat down and laid down he stood beside me "You can lay down if you like" he sat down and laid beside me

"Why are you not with anybody?" I turned to him

"People see me somewhat different the girls think of me as a burden except my sister and my brothers hopefully my mother and father don't see me that way either"

"How could you possibly be a burden?" I looked into his eyes and got lost in them they sparkled so beautifully but stopped looking and looked at the sky

"In my village only boys are to be warriors I want to help my brothers, picking a sword up is not something my people like to see my father doesn't think I should handle a blade even the girls speak behind my back whispering things."

"Maybe they're jealous they're ordinary and you are special" I looked him and leaned closer

"You think so Elliot?" he smiled and nodded

"I know you are from the moment I heard about you" he leaned forward and brushed his lips against mine he put his hand on my neck and pulled me close till our lips met. It was slow but they were young not wanting to rush into it they stopped.

"I like you Valerie" he said

"I like you too, Elliot" I saw the sky changing colors "I must go my father will come looking for me, if I do not return soon" he stood and helped me stand and kissed my forehead

"I shall see you soon Valerie."

End of Flashback

Valerie POV

There he was in a white shirt, black pants, boots, and the necklace I gave him.

"Is it really you Elliot?" he nodded I ran to him and wrapped my arms around his waist and he wrapped his around my shoulders

"It's me" I cried on his chest "Don't cry Valerie what happened between us was never your fault." he put his hand on the back of my head and ran his fingers through it

"It wasn't yours either" I cried "They killed you because..."

"Because they never wanted us together, I loved you so much they couldn't handle it" he looked me in the eyes "And I will never regret the choices I made just to be with you"

"Me neither" I kissed him on the lips "I'm so sorry" he twirled me around so my back was against his chest he rubbed my arms and stopped at my wrist and played with the bracelet he made it had several small branches covered in little white flowers

"You still wear it?" I looked up at him and nodded "After a thousand years you haven't taken it off" I shook my head and turned my head so I could lean on his chest, until he let me go.

"What?" he stepped back, I was confused.

"It's time they're closing the passage way" he said I felt tears come back

"No, no, no" I cried he came and held me to him and kissed my lips "Who's closing the passage?"

"A witch... A Bennett witch" he stepped back more

"No, don't leave me Elliot please!" he stopped and said 'I Love You' "I love you too, Elliot" then he was gone I had tears rolling down my cheeks I went to my knees and screamed. Elliot was gone forever. Bonnie closed the portal and that maybe the last time I will ever see him again, I couldn't help but feel alone I wish Elliot never died we could have had a family a chance but it was too much to ask for. I stopped crying and stood I looked at my watch it was midnight already I wiped my eyes and started walking in the middle of the street. I came to my house and saw Rachel standing in the doorway.

"What happened?" she didn't come out of the house she stuck her head out the door and looked both ways I approached the stairs of the porch

"I saw him." she turned to me and placed her hands on the door frame "Elliot. Something happened and a portal was opened the dead came back and I saw Elliot and Anna they were here. Alive and well and those damn Bennett witches closed the portals" she was going to say something but I stopped her by putting my hand up "I know I shouldn't be mad at them, the truth is... I'm not because whoever opened it let a bunch of vampires roam free around town and kill Mr. Fell and hang him from a tree" I came to the door "Maybe coming back was a mistake we should have moved closer to where Logan is. I'm just so fucking selfish" she put her hands on my shoulders

"Don't think like that" she looked me in the eyes and frowned "We are here because you have a duty to do. I think Logan is fine where he is. No Vampires. No Werewolves. He has a new family who love him very much" I nodded and she pulled me inside "Do not blame yourself for the choices you've made, you've made the best choices for everyone except yourself. You care about everyone else but yourself to me that's not selfish you care."

"I know but..." she cut me off

"Do not ever and I mean ever doubt yourself and I mean it Valerie, okay?" I nodded "Go get some sleep you have school tomorrow" I stood up and walked up to my room and got into my pajamas I heard my phone buzz I picked it up. Three missed calls from Caroline Forbes. I clicked on the messages

"Hey, Valerie it's Caroline I wanted to know if you're okay..." I deleted it

"Valerie it's Caroline I want you to go home do not answer the door for anyone..."

"Valerie I was wondering if you got home safe I'm really worried I called Jeremy and he said he lost you in the crowd if you get this message..." I deleted that one too. I laid in my bed and fell to sleep hoping today would be better than yesterday.

Elena's POV

Alaric came over and told me Damon needed to us somewhere.

"So the Lockwoods really have no idea that these tunnels are underneath their property?"

"Yeah. Careful where you shine that thing. Bats hate the light." he said I stopped and gave him a confused look

"Wait. What?" he turned to me and I heard someone whisper my name I turned to see Damon standing there

"Boo!" he said I jumped and smacked him on the arm he laughed at me

"God, Damon."

"Scaredy-cat." he still grinned at me obviously still thinking about his joke on me

"Just ignore him Elena." Alaric said "That's what I do" I sighed

"So you really can't get in?"

"No. Seems even the ancient Lockwoods were anti-vampire." he walked past me

"What do you mean, ancient?" Damon and Alaric turned to me

"See for yourself" Damon said we walked a little further until Damon stopped "Well this is as far as I go." He moved to the side allowing Alaric and I to pass I stepped through the hole and raised my flashlight towards the wall amazed to see cave drawings all over.

"What is all this?"

"Well, as far as I can tell, it's a story. In simple archaeological terms, it's a really old story." I opened my mouth and disbelief "That right there is a moon cycle. A man. A wolf." I shined my flashlight onto the carving of a giant wolf

"A werewolf."

"Yeah. It's Lockwood diaries, pictionary style" Damon said

"I don't understand. I thought the Lockwoods came here with the original founders in the 1860s." I turned to Rick

"Ah, maybe the Lockwoods did, but according to this wall, these werewolves have been here a lot longer than that." he shined the light on the pictures again

"How long do you think?"

"Long. Gets better show her, Ric" I saw Damon sitting on the ground leaning on a wall Rick walked past me and I turned to see where he shined the light on the corner of the cave more carvings but they weren't pictures they were something else.

"Names, and they're not native. They're written in Runic, a viking script."

"Vikings?"

"This name here, when it's translated it reads Niklaus." I gasped

"Klaus."

"And Elijah... Rebekah"

This is a flashback scene from the episode in third person

Rebekah used a blade and carved on the wall while Niklaus stood holding the torch and Valerie stood near the wall with a stone in her hand drawing on the wall

"Rebekah, let me have at it." Niklaus said

"Quiet, Niklaus. I have to have my concentration if I'm not to slice off a finger."

"Father will not like you handling the blade." Niklaus said Rebekah stopped carving and turned her head to the side not looking at Niklaus directly

"If I want to wield a blade, I shall wield a blade. Father need not know." after that she continued carving her name

"He will find out. He always does." Rebekah once again stopped carving and turned towards her brother who smiled at her and she walked in front of him

"That is because you always tell him."

"I cannot help it. He frightens me." Rebekah knew her father hated Niklaus but never knew why, her father always got onto Niklaus more than the others.

"He frightens us all. That is why we stick together as one, always and forever. Right, traitor?" she smiled at him and he lifted his head to look at her

"Right." Rebekah held out the blade towards him

"Here. You finish, I'm to help mother and Valerie with the meal." Niklaus walked towards the wall Rebekah went to go for Valerie

"No, I want to stay with Niklaus" she said

"Yes. Go tend to dinner. Leave the blades to the men, little sister you and Valerie should know by now." he held his hand out for the blade and turned towards Rebekah she purposely flung the blade into Niklaus' hand and he squeezed down as the blade cut into the skin of his palm.

"Ahh. Bekka." he snapped Rebekah smiled at Niklaus

"It's just a little blood. Be a man about it." Valerie said before they started leaving him alone in the cave Niklaus looked down at his open palm to see a cut in the middle he gripped the handle in his hand and went on to finish carving the names.

End of Flashback

Elena's POV

"These are the names of the original family?"

"Carved into a cave that's- been here way since way before the founding of Mystic Falls or even the entire world, for that matter."

"Ok, this has gotta be one of Klaus' fakes." I lowered my flashlight

"That's what I said"

"That could be true, except the last name up here made us think otherwise." Alaric shined the light upwards and so did I

"What's the name?"

"Mikael."

"Mikael?" I asked with certain shock "Mikael, as in the vampire hunter who knows how to kill Klaus?"

"Yep. And I like to call him Papa Original." my mouth dropped.

I handed Rick a camera and started snapping pictures of each writing and drawing in this cave until he stopped at one name in the middle that was unfamiliar.

At Alaric's Apartment

All the pictures scattered across the table Alaric sighed deeply

"These images tell a story to learn the story you have to decipher these images." behind him was Damon and I training I swung a dagger at Damon but he caught it and gave it back.

"Sloppy."

"Shut up. I'm new at this" I walked back to my spot and was getting ready to try again

"The ghost of Christmas past, Mason Lockwood..." I kicked him but he caught my foot "Said that the cave would lead us to a weapon that could kill Klaus." he dropped my foot and I swung at him but he ducked

"Yeah, but doesn't Mikael have a weapon?" I swung the dagger at Damon again and he caught my wrist

"Yes, which probably means the wall will lead us to Mikael." I pressed my left wrist on the end of the dagger to push down but his vampire strength kept it from moving from its position "Who we've already found and lost." he took the blade and swung me around pressing my back against his chest "Bang. You're dead." he said I pushed away from him

"These images, at the very least, might tell us what the weapon is." I walked to Rick's side and sighed

"Then all we have to do is find out what they mean."

"Well, fine. Fine." Rick turned to Damon "If I'm being irritatingly optimistic like you two." I turned my attention to Damon "How do you suppose we do that?"

"Well, if the story's about the original family living here, then we go straight to the source.

(And by the way i'm adding this extra scene cause I'm awesome, jk, because I wanted them to try and guess the name which is Valerie)

"Yeah, you do that, I'm just gonna try to figure out this name here." Alaric held up one picture "Maybe you could ask your source" I reached for the picture

"I don't think that's a good idea" Damon said

"Well, why not?"

"Imagine you're talking to Rebekah and drop the bombshell about Mikael and however this is you might want to ask more about Mikael than about this unknown person so she doesn't go all crazy psychotic bitch on you" I looked at Alaric he raised and dropped his shoulders

"He's got a point" he said "I mean if we do show Rebekah this picture we might as well be asking for a thousand paged book on the originals. Just don't mention this one Elena talk about Mikael." I nodded at Rick before grabbing my bag and leaving for school.

At School- still Elena POV

I saw Rebekah stretching and I walked over towards her she started doing cartwheels until stopping when she saw me

"You." she said I could hear her displeasure in seeing me "Goody."

"I was hoping we could talk."

"About what. Stefan?" I shook my head and looked down "Don't worry. I'm off him until he starts treating me better. In fact, you should probably take a page out of my book, if I'm being honest." I reached into my purse and grabbed the photo of Rebekah's name

"Actually, I'd rather talk about this." she looked at the picture and frowned

"I'm curious to why you and Klaus have spent a thousand years running from your father." she looked at me

"I should get back to the girls. Homecoming's right around the corner." she turned away from me

"Well, then maybe I'll ask Mikael when we wake him." she stopped walking and she turned back to me smiling

"Heh. You're bluffing. You don't know where he is." she said "No one does."

"So then who's rotting in that old cemetery in Charlotte?" when I asked that she came up to me

"If you wake Mikael, we are all doomed."

"So then tell me."

"Why do you want to know?"

"Why don't you want me to wake him?"

"I need to get to back to the girls." she said before walking away back to the squad I stood there alone still wondering why was she afraid what did Mikael do to make them so afraid of him

Flashback

Rebekah stood with Henrik until hearing the sounds of blades hitting each other she stood and smiled as she saw her brothers.

"Come on, Henrik. Our brothers are fighting again." he stood and followed behind her as we ran to see Elijah and Niklaus fighting Elijah was pushed away by Niklaus and he looked over at Rebekah.

"Oh, look. Our sister's arrived to watch my fast-approaching victory."

"On the contrary, Elijah." Niklaus said before swinging the blade and Elijah blocked with his blade as the blades hit one another in one swift move Niklaus pushed Elijah's hands causing him to spin and go on one knee to cut Elijah's belt in half making him embarrassed "She'll come to laugh at you." Rebekah and Henrik laughed as well as Nik while Elijah lowered his blade and grabbed his belt.

"Relax, Mikael." they heard they turned to their mother "Niklaus means well." she said in protection of her son they stopped laughing

"That is precisely my problem." Mikael said before leaving Esther's side and walking towards Elijah he held his hand out to him and Elijah handed him his sword

"So... Why don't you show me that trick, young warrior?" he swung his blade at Niklaus and he blocked it

"Father, we were just having fun."

"We fight for our survival." he said "And you find time for FUN?! I WANNA HAVE FUN! TEACH ME. COME ON!" he shouted at Niklaus

"Father, it was nothing." he swung his blade again at Nik violently everybody was so focused on Niklaus and Mikael they did not see Valerie (age 15) approaching from behind with her hand on her sword a gift from Elliot. It wasn't until Mikael hit Niklaus' blade making it fly out of his hands kicking his foot underneath him pressing his hand against his chest pushing him onto the ground. Mikael raised the blade and Valerie ran up swinging her blade and pushing Mikael away shocking her family.

"Valerie lower your weapon" he said to her she kept it raised "VALERIE I SAID LOWER YOUR WEAPON!" he yelled never had he once yelled at her

"If you do not leave Niklaus alone I will fight you father" he swung his blade at her she ducked and fought back with full force she twirled and kicked her father in the stomach and hit his sword out of his hands and pressed the sword against him. Mikael saw the tears, he knew it was not intentionally done and this would have been the first time he's seen tears come from her eyes.

"Where did you learn that trick, dear?"

"I trained myself father" she said keeping the blade still on him he looked surprised

"Where did you get this blade?" he asked "It looks brand new and well... I haven't seen any new swords from around here. So I'll ask again Valerie, where did you get the blade?" she still did not answer him he pushed the blade aside and grabbed her by her elbow making her drop the sword and yanked her to him

"WHERE DID YOU GET IT?"

"From a friend" she said he released his grip "From a friend, he made one for me because I told him that in our village girls cannot wield a sword nor a blade" and she yanked her arm away

"'He' what is this fellow's name?"

"I will not tell you father for you will try and hurt him, he's my friend father. Just leave it at that and leave Niklaus alone" she turned away from him and grabbed Niklaus and helped him up Rebekah ran to Nik along with Henrik, Elijah just stared at Valerie in shock she fought with their father and now she might pay the price.

"You want to fight, Valerie?"

"It's the only thing I ask for Father I want to fight I want to help our village" she responded to him and placed a hand on my chin

"If you want it this badly my dear child, then you shall fight" Esther looked at him in disbelief "It is what she wishes and neither of our sons can do what she had just done Esther she's different and strong. Come Valerie we shall start our training." he held out his hand she grabbed her sword and placed it in the holster around her waist and passed Rebekah, Henrik, Niklaus, and Elijah not bothering to look at their expressions as she walked to her father's side.

End of Flashback

At Alaric's Apartment

Alaric studies the name in the picture he looks at Elijahs, Rebekahs, and Klaus' name and puts the letters together

"_ ALERIE" Alaric said he looked at the first letter again and whispered "Valerie." he wrote on a stick note and placed it on the name. He had to tell Elena and possibly Damon, how could he not have noticed she asked about the Vikings, she's skipped grades, she doesn't have any parents could she be an original. Alaric heard someone coming and saw it was Elena walking in.

"I've got this, Damon. If we can figure out a way to kill Klaus, Stefan will be free of his compulsion." Alaric placed the picture on the wall "So how does he look?"

"Mmm." Damon looks at Stefan his head looking down "Pasty and Pouty."

"He'll have to get over it" Elena said Alaric turned to her "Call me later." Alaric gave her a look "Rebekah will come around."

"You sure about that? I mean, a thousand-year-old vampire, I'm sure..." Elena's phone chimed "Has learned the art of patience"

"She's a thousand-year-old vampire who's joined the cheerleading squad." she showed him the message from Rebekah wanting to talk "There's a whole different set of rules in play here, Ric. I've got this."

"Alright. You say you got it" he turned to look at the pictures

"Any luck on the name?" he grabbed the picture and handed it to her

"I don't know you tell me" she picked it up and read the sticky note "The name's Valerie meaning Strong. Valor. and Courage."

"So the originals had a sister named Valerie"

"Elena, who do we know with the same name?" she looked at him and shook her head

"I doubt this Valerie is the Valerie from the vikings period, sure she's adopted but a bunch of people are"

"Elena we don't know anything about her though 'Valerie St. Martin.' Come on. She came around just all of a sudden and knew about the vikings what more can you ask for. How about a giant sign pointing with all those neon lights saying "Original Vampire Right Here."

"I'll ask Caroline then. They're closer than you think she may have told her something but right now I have Rebekah to worry about we'll talk later."

Yes. Chapter 4 done. I'm trying to get it a little closer to Valerie's recognition and maybe Caroline will say something to Valerie and ask. Thanks for the follows and favorites please leave a review I spent a lot of time on this chapter for you guys I hope you like it.

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