Rebekah and her brothers are still in a state of shock
Damon, of course, speaks up
"Look I don't know why the Mikaelsons have suddenly misplaced their tongues, but who are you? And if you knew Silas, how the hell are you still here?"
I take a deep breath
"I'm warning you now; it's quite a long story"
Everyone nods; eager for me to continue
"I was born in the 1st century, BC"
Everyone's eyes widen, aside from Damon. He just looks bored and sceptical
"I was a very powerful witch; I was close with both Silas and Qetsiyah. I knew them well"
The Bennet witch gasps; I can tell she's put the pieces of the puzzle together
"Bonnie what's wrong?" Stefan asks, looking concerned
"You're Anina, the powerful witch Anina, you were Silas'-
"His lover" I finish her sentence
Even Damon looks shocked at this point
Bonnie opens her mouth to say something; I know what's coming next
"Shane told me about you, Qetsiyah killed you. You're supposed to be dead."
I smile
"Quite the plot twist isn't it?"
"How are you still alive?" Caroline inquires
"It's quite simple really. The day Silas was imprisoned, before he went to see Qetsiyah he came to me. I'd been feeling under the weather that day. He told me to drink an elixir; he said it would make me feel better. He wouldn't leave until I gulped the whole thing down. Little did I know it was actually a potion laced with his blood, the potion for immortality. After Qetsiyah killed me, I came back."
"That explains a lot" says Damon "But what it doesn't explain, is how the hell as a vampire you're able to use witchy ju ju. You obviously used a spell for invisibility to hide yourself. Care to explain that?"
I smile
"That, my dear Salvatore; is the biggest plot twist of them all"
Everyone is staring me intently at this point
"I'm not a typical vampire, I'm a hybrid"
Niklaus' eyes widen, I smirk
"Part vampire, part witch"
Suddenly my body is being slammed into the tree trunk that had concealed me only about 10 minutes ago. 10 minutes ago this was my greatest secret, 10 minutes ago I was shielded.
Nik has me pressed against it
"That's not possible!"
I stare at him intently, his grip loosens as he clutches his skull in pain. Everyone's mouths are hanging open at this point, even Kat's
My face changes; veins form under my eyes, my teeth turn into fangs.
"Anything is possible" I say, my voice grim
There is pin drop silence.
Elijah speaks up
"How did you hide it?" he asks gently "how on earth did you hide it all those years?"
My face changes back to normal, I stare at him for a second
"Ever wonder why I mysteriously disappeared?"
" I've wondered for many years now"
I sigh
"I left because, I'm responsible for getting Trevor to help Katerina escape. I am responsible for helping her run and hide all these years. It was due to my allies and resources and magic that Katerina was never found by any of you. I betrayed you, I betrayed you to help my best friend"
Nik is shaking in fury, my heart skips a beat
"That's not the only reason I left" I add quickly, seeing that he's about to lose it
"Why else did you leave?" Elijah encourages me gently
"I needed to prepare, I needed to prepare to perform an extremely powerful spell"
"And what exactly was this spell?" Niklaus asks, his voice is dangerously low
My voice shakes slightly, though not out of fear
"A spell to lock away my witch side"
Elijah's eyes widen, he wasn't expecting an answer like that
"Why would you need to do that?" Elijah asks, his eyes narrowing slightly
"Being a witch-vampire hybrid makes me the most powerful creature on this planet, even more powerful than you Niklaus. But unlike you I didn't enjoy the title and I didn't enjoy the power that consumed me day in and day out. After I helped Katerina run, we spent a century and a half reading through thousands of grimoires, figuring out exactly what I needed to do to perform the spell."
I take deep breath before continuing
"The only problem was the spell couldn't be permanent, because it requires a constant draining of energy and power. So we had to seal it with something. We sealed it with Petrova blood, that's when I found out the bloodline hadn't died out with Katerina."
I hear a simultaneous groan come from Elena and her friends
"The spell was to break with the death of the next Petrova doppelgänger. And Elena is now a vampire. The spell has broken, I'm a hybrid again."
And my body is being crashed into the tree trunk again, this time, my face is tickled with blonde curls
"I can't believe you!" Rebekah screeches, tears pouring down her face "You were the one thing keeping our family together! After you left, we were torn apart again. You were our rock Anna! You were our bloody rock!"
My eyes widen, this wasn't anything like the reaction I was expecting. Rebekah continues, failing to care about the fact that she's crying – showing vulnerability in front of everyone.
"When me and Kol came back, and Elijah and Nik told us you'd disappeared do you know what I did?"
"What did you do?" it comes out a whisper
"I looked for you! I looked for you for 25 years! I needed you! You were my best friend! You were the one thing keeping me sane in the mess of brothers I was stuck with! And you decided to run off! I thought you were dead!"
She's now shaking uncontrollably, and I'm frozen; stiff as a statue.
Elijah gently pulls Rebekah off of me and she walks off, probably going deeper into the woods so she can let it all out without everyone watching her.
I take a deep breath, regaining my composure before continuing
"I know you're all trying to raise Silas, in hopes of getting the cure. The reason I came here and spilled my guts out was so that you would stop. Stop this stupid quest, because I'm telling you now; it won't be worth it. I knew Qetsiyah, she was cunning and smart. She always had the upper hand in everything she did"
"She didn't have the upper hand when it came to killing you" Elena interjects
I sigh
"Oh but she did, she knew I would rather die than be an immortal. She knew I'd taken the potion, she's the one who told Silas to give it to me"
I continue
"My point being, that cure probably has some sort of catch or condition that won't be worth raising Silas to get. You're forgetting that I knew him, even better than I knew Qetsiyah. He will raise a living a hell. Silas was ruthless in whatever he did. He was controlling and unstable. I didn't see him for who he really was because he manipulated me. He made me think he was doing these things out of love for me."
There's silence as they consider my words for a second
"I think…" Damon says "that you're just worried about seeing your ex again"
My eyes boggle out of my head, I'm beyond shocked; how can someone be so ignorant and stupid?
"Look Anna, Anina, whatever your name is. Silas is your problem not ours. We just want the cure, and we're going to get it. A bad love story isn't about to stop us"
Anger, an anger that pulses through every part of my body; down to my fingertips. I've never felt this kind of anger before.
"You're even more of an idiot than you look"
I walk over to Damon slowly, looking him straight in the eyes, I suppress a smirk. There's a clear amount of hesitation and fear
"If you think that I came all this way, spilled my biggest secret, confessed something I've kept buried inside for over a thousand bloody years. If you think I did all that over distaste for my ex boyfriend. How stupid and ignorant can one get?"
He takes a step back
"Make no mistake Damon Salvatore; you'll regret your ignorance. Go and try to continue this stupid quest. I'll raise hell on earth before you get anywhere near that cure."
"Is that a threat?" he tries to keep his voice from shaking
"No" I smirk, grabbing him by his neck
Elena screams
"It's a promise" I say, my voice low as I tighten my grip.
