MYSTIC FALLS, VIRGINIA
SEPTEMBER 30, 1864
"Hello witches. How are you doing?" I shouted cheerfully as soon as I entered the witch burial ground.
I still have one hour before I meet my brothers which is why I decided to come and visit my favourite dead witches. All these years talking to them I could even recognise their voice and tell who it is
"It's been a long time Nora Rose Wood" said a voice
"Urgh! She is here" said a voice disappointed
"Thanks for reminding my name Pauline" I said "In all this stress I have been forgetting my past life and I love you too Laura"
"Well you successfully died" said another voice which always irritates me "How was the feeling"
"I was feeling ecstatic" I snapped "Just the way you felt when you burned tied to a stake, Lenore".
"Children, don't start again" kind voice of Amelia said "We still don't understand, why you do it"
"Lenore started it, Amelia. She is just jealous that I am immortal" I said grinning at hearing the elder voice "Even I don't get how she agreed to you with the spell of summoning me here"
"We know that you like each other secretly. Lenore is just diverting the topic by starting the fight with you" said a stern voice "Now tell me how you can be that careless and you also told about you to your brothers who are humans that too just after you left the celestial palace, so that you won't face the queen for a long time."
"Come on, Joanna. I came after a long time and this is how you welcome me" I said exasperated.
"You have only been away for one month, darling. And don't pout that tricks don't work on me" Joanna said. Such a buzzkill. Maybe I should compel her to be nice. But that doesn't work since they are spirits.
"Fine. Don't dwell on past actions. Tell me, what I have missed?" I asked and there was silence
"I think you should look it for yourself" someone said in a low voice
I got a bad feeling, I talked to them for few more minutes and went to the place in the woods where I asked my brothers to meet me but they didn't come. I waited for one more hour and saw no sign of them. So, I decided to go check it for myself not caring if my father or any locals will see me. With in a short time I was in front of my house. I slowly opened the door and I smelt blood as soon as I entered the house. I followed the scent and was shocked of what I saw in front of me. The walls are all spilled with blood and there were some blood marks on floor. I didn't hear any heart beats inside the house except mine. Suddenly someone called me from behind
"Muffin? Is that you?" said a voice that sounded like Damon.
"Day? Oh my god! Damon. It's really you" I said running to him and hugging him "I thought something bad happened to you, there was blood everywhere and I couldn't hear anything. I …" I stopped rambling when I noticed something. "Damon, I can't hear your heartbeat." I said leaning back from him a little and suddenly I saw Damon's face turn into a Vampire and his fangs came out and he attacked me. I couldn't stop him before everything turned black.
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Urgh! My head hurts like I have a bloody hangover and I heard muffles like someone is crying.
"Damon?" I asked and he turned to me with tears in his eyes.
"Muffin? I thought I killed you. I am so sorry Nora. So sorry" he was continuously apologising to me and I felt so bad to see him like that
"It's alright Day Day. You know I can't die. It's okay. I am okay. We are okay" I said coming near hi trying to hug him.
"NO, don't come near me. I cant control my blood lust" he said backing away as veins appeared below his eyes.
"You will not hurt me Damon. If you are so scared about it, I can compel you not to drink from me." I said coaxing him and at last he agreed. And I flashed in front of him looked him in the eye and said "You will not drink from me until I give you permission to do" I said and he repeated it. I smiled at him and opened my arms and he hugged me tightly.
We stayed like that for sometime and I pulled away from him gave him a kiss on cheek and forehead and we sat down on his bed saying nothing and just enjoying each other's company.
"Now tell me what happened here and how did you become a Vampire" I asked after some time. It was already dark outside.
"Well, when you told us about Vampires while you were going, we thought it would be helpful if we informed the officials before it became serious. So, we convinced the founding families and showed them some proofs that Vampires are in our town. They agreed and started adding a plant called vervain which they believed is toxic to Vampires in some elixirs or food to check who are Vampires and tried to kill them. We stayed away from the Vampire named Katherine though she was persistent in us. She even tried to compel us but when she realised we can't be compelled and left us but was suspicious about us. 5 days ago, Mayor gave vervain drink to his son George Lockwood and when Katherine tried to take his blood she became weak and the council captured her. They were going to burn them all at the fell's church but I don't know how, she came to Stefan and me that night gave us her blood and snapped our necks. She said she wants to take revenge for meddling in her plans, she wants us to become what our father and we hated most and to never see light again. The next day we got up in a quarry and the rings you gave us were itching and we took it off and kept in our pockets. Suddenly Emily Bennett, the handmaiden of Katherine came out of nowhere and gave us two rings. She said that she wanted to return you a favour for your suggestion and telling about her ancestors. She explained to us that we were in transition and if we drink human blood we will turn into Vampires and we have 24 hours to decide if we want to live or die. We decided to die instead of taking so many lives, Nora. But Stefan wanted to see Father and mother one time before we die. I warned him it was not a good option and he can hurt somebody but he didn't listen. So I decided to go along with him" he said and started crying not able to speak anymore and I gave him a squeeze saying it was alright and sent some comforting waves and he continued "We came to house and mother came running to us and hugged us and said she was worried as she did not see us the whole day after the Vampire ordeal. Stefan went to look for father and after a few seconds we heard father scream and we went upstairs to check. We saw Stefan drinking from Father. Mother looked scared seeing Stefan like that and before he could attack mother I asked her to pack a few things and leave the town while I stopped Stefan and she did as I told. I tried stopping Stefan from killing father but it was already late. He started crying, but then suddenly he eyes went dark and he said he was not feeling anything. He said that he can switch it off and wanted me to do the same. But I told him no, and I was ready to leave before he did anything stupid. Just then a post man came to the house and Stefan made me drink from him. He died Nora. I told Stefan I will never forgive him for taking my choice away. We then saw the letter Post man bought and when Stefan saw your name on it and read it, I saw a flicker of humanity in him. He just left the place and never returned and I stayed in the house without going out killed all the maids that came. I buried the bodies in our backyard. I guess I was hungry as I didn't drink blood for one whole day so as soon as you came I attacked you."
"Where is Stefan now? Do you have any idea?" I asked him and he shakes his head in a no.
"I am not angry with you Damon. You don't need to feel guilty about anything. I will kill that Katherine once I get hands on her, it's her fault. I told you guys about Vampires, so you won't go in their business but you people have to be good Samaritan and piss them off. What were you thinking when you are doing such a half-witted act." I all but shouted at the last sentence "And what do you mean you decided to die. What would I do without you guys. No matter what you think, I am thankful for Stefan. At least now we can spend our eternity together having each other backs. Don't blame our little brother for this Damon. He just wanted his big brother. You should have been there when he was grieving. He is just 17. How do you think it affected him when he killed his own father?"
"You are not angry that he killed father?" Damon asked.
"I am hurt but we both know he was not ideal father, if I had not compelled him to stop abusing, you and mother, you wouldn't be happy now" I revealed. He looked shocked but when he saw the look on my face he understood now why my father suddenly became a good one.
"Now come on, we have a mother and brother to search" I said.
"I don't think that its wise for me roam between humans, I can't control it" he said.
"How about this. I will compel you to control the blood lust and not drain everyone you look at. Afterwards I will take you to a good teacher to control your emotions and all" I said and he nooded after a brief pause and I did.
We first started our search for our Ripper brother before he could rip an entire town apart. It has been two days and we finally got a lead with the help of little compulsion here and there. It was a campsite for injured Army. To our shock we saw Lexi talking with Stefan more like shouting at each other. I think they heard my heartbeat and turned towards me. Lexi caught Stefan's hand and stopped him thinking he might attack me. However, he didn't. I could feel few emotions, he didn't entirely turn off. I could feel his longing as he didn't see me for so long, guilt that he killed our father, sorrow that I may not love him, anger that he cant hug me but may rip me off. But I didn't stop, I flashed in front of him and looked him in the eye and said with a smile "It's alright Stefan. You will not hurt me." He repeated and he didn't get a chance to speak as I smothered him with my hugs and kisses.
"That's enough" he said after sometime and pulled away. Of course, the Ripper Stefan is bitchy.
"Whatever, you love me" I said cheekily.
"I don't" he said his voice cold.
"Okay, I am not playing this" I said and then compelled him with out his permission. I mean why would a ripper agree to turn his emotions on. It will be waste to ask so I compelled him "Turn your emotions on, Stefan. It's alright. I forgive you for killing our father. We both do" I said referring to Damon and I. He started crying on my shoulders as everything came back to him and started saying sorry continuously. After some time, Damon came and joined our group hug and we three cried. I just got affected by their emotions.
Somebody cleared their throat and we pulled away. We saw Lexi standing their with amusement in her eyes.
"Sorry, family drama." I said sheepishly "I am Nora Salvatore and that is our big brother Damon Salvatore and our younger brother whom you already know Stefan Salvatore and you must be Alexia Baranson. You must be turned in 17th century"
"How do you know that?" she asked raising her eyebrows
"My sister knows how to read peoples mind" Stefan said throwing arms around my shoulder
"And compulsion" she asked
"I am a Guardian of Supernatural. I know a lot of things. And sorry about your brother" I said "and now I will stop seeing through your mind. I just wanted to check if you have any bad intentions towards my brother. I am sorry"
"It's alright. Though I didn't know there was something like a Guardian of Supernatural" she said.
"Yeah. I am the last one walking on earth" I said with a shrug "and thankyou for helping my brother"
"it's completely alright" she said.
"If you don't mind me asking this. I will be very grateful if you help my brothers to control this blood lust. I am not really the right one to do it, since I don't know how you feel the hunger" I said "I can give you anything you want in return" I added after a pause
"No, it's alright. I can help them. I don't want anything in return. I actually came here to look for a place to settle down," she said
"Well, you can stay with my brothers. However, I don't think mystic falls is a good place to stay. I recommend somewhere no one knows. I would like my brothers to come along with me to New Orleans. But I don't know if it is a correct decision." I said contemplating
"What happened Nora? Is everything alright? Sorry, I totally forgot to ask about it. You said you were meeting some originals, right?" Damon said
"It's alright Damon you had so many things on our plate" I said "we can talk about it tomorrow. For today lets stay somewhere for night. I am exhausted"
"Okay" they said and we compelled some locals and took rest. I slept peacefully in the arms of a Ripper and newly turned vampire. I think I am the only one who can feel like that.
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"So, you are saying you agreed to court some guy?"
"someone killed you by ripping your heart out and you are going to their house for dinner?"
"Can I see your wings?" three voices said at a time. We were all sitting at dinning table at some compelled rich guy's mansion. I narrated to them my adventures in New Orleans and those were the responses I got just after I explained everything without missing anything important.
"Seriously Damon that's what you got from everything I told. At least Stefan is concerned about something more decent" I asked raising my eye brows and smiled turning to Lexi "And yes Lexi I will show you my wings sometime, after all we have forever with us"
"Fine just because you didn't see him afterwards" Damon grumbled "And we all are staying in New Orleans. I don't care if they are Originals. I am your big brother so its my duty to take care of you. We are Salvatore's. One for all, all for one."
"One for all, all for one" both Stefan and I repeated with a smile. I saw that Lexi looked sad. I grabbed her hand and said "You are family too. We can all be together if you like"
"Really?" she asked
"Of course, and also you agreed to help these two idiots, remember?" I said " I know you just met us but I know about you a lot. I know you will make my brothers better people. I can trust you on that. So, will you come to New Orleans with us?" I asked.
"It will be my pleasure Nora" she said with a smile. I always liked Lexi's Character in the series. I mean she really didn't need to help a stranger from being a ripper. But she tried and even succeeded for which I respected her.
"Alright, so now we just need to find our mother dearest and make sure everything is alright and she lives her life happily and then we will leave to New Orleans and start a new life." I said and didn't miss to notice the sad look on Stefan's face
"It's alright Stefabear, mother will forgive you just like we did" I said kissing his cheek but he didn't look convinced so I added "if she won't, we can compel her to forget about supernatural and start a new life, at least now with good one"
"compulsion is not a solution for everything norse" said saint Stefan
"Then you want to let mother think us as monsters Stefan'" Damon said and I glared at him.
"What Dames meant to say is he doesn't want mother to live in fear of how supernatural creatures exist and not to live her rest of life grieving over how her children are Vampires and how her husband died because of one" I said "It's alright to compel someone Stefan, mainly if it is going to make their life happy than before" he gave me a sad small smile.
"Okay so when do we start and where do we start?" Lexi asked enthusiastically not liking gloomy atmosphere.
"I should be in New Orleans by this weekend. Which means we only have three days before we should go back to New Orleans. We will start at noon" I said "And I only know few relatives that mother could possibly reside at"
"Okay. Now you two come, we will start practicing your control" said Lexi dragging both my brothers out along with her and they both groaned as I chuckled. She can be quiet bossy if she wants to. Am I a feminist? Don't even think about it.
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"This is the last but one house, if we don't find her here our next stop will be Alpharetta" I said looking at the house in front of us. "You three wait here" I told the three vampires as I made my way to front porch and rang the bell"
"Nora? Is that really you" a 50 year old man said ashe opened the door
"Uncle Jake, Sorry for coming without a prior notice, I wanted to know if mother was here?" I asked peeking through doorway.
"yes, yes, she is in the backyard helping your aunt with something, some on in" he said ushering me through hallway "what happened to your mother, she seemed off all the week she has been staying here. Is this something to do with your father?" he asked. I was irritated from all the questions he has been asking so I compelled him to talk less and show my mom which he did.
"Mother" I called out once I saw her
"Nora?" She said rushing to me and pulling me in a tight hug.
"You should have just told me you loved someone sweetheart. I would've helped you with your father. How is he treating you? Did you get married already? But I don't see any ring on your hand?" she said eying my fingers
"Who told you I eloped from our house to marry mother?" I asked
"Damon" she said smiling.
"Did he now" I said gritting my teeth
"So, what is his name? is that how you started talking in English accent?" she asked smiling
"Yes" I said stabbing Damon 5 times in my mind in 5 different ways.
"I missed you to mother" I said smiling as we sat down. "I went to our house. Heard everything that happened. How are you dealing with everything?"
"I still don't understand what happened that day. I still get scared whenever I remember that demon's face and how our sweet Stefan killed Giuseppe I don't understand" she said and started crying. And I explained to her how some vampire wanted revenge and turned my both brothers. I also gave her option to compel everything and she agreed, and I did what I believed will bring her happiness. I told her to find love it can be a person or thing, I asked her to live her life to fullest. My brothers saw her one last time and erased her memories, I know how much it hurt them to do it. I took most of their pain away and comforted them.
Goodbye Mother.
HOW WAS IT? BASICALLY, I HATE DOPPPELGANGERS. BEIT AMARA, TATIA, KATHERINE OR ELENA. I JUST CAN'T DIGEST THE FACT. I MEAN AMARAH STEALED HER OWN EMPLOYERS FIANCE. AND REMAINING THREE PLAYED BOTH BROTHERS AND CAUSED HATERD BETWEEN THEM, THIS IS HOW I UNDERSTOOD THEM AND THEIR MENTALITY. I REALLY HATE THE IDEA OF SIBLINGS DISPUTE BECAUSE OF SOME UNKNOWN GIRL THEY JUST MET.
CRAZY TALK ASIDE. WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT SAVATORES AND MIKEALSONS INTERACTION. STAYING IN SAME CITY AND ALL. ANY IDEAS? FEEL FREE TO SHARE.
SOME PEOPLE MAY THINK KLAUS IS VOILENT IN THIS, BUT ACCORDING TO THE SHOW ALL THE MIKEALSONS WERE A HOLES IF YOU REMEMBER CORRECTLY. I DIDN'T WANT TO CHNGE IT AND MAKE IT AS REALISTIC AS POSSIBLE. I DIDN'T JUST WANT THEMTO WORSHIP THE GROUND SHE WALKED ON WHICH WILL BE TOTALLY OUT OF CHARACTER.