**AUTHOR'S NOTE**
Okay I am a terrible person, I am not even a person, I am a ghost. AAHHHHHHH I hate when updates happen once a day and suddenly nothing and I did that to you guys. BTW no one replied on any of my questions. I want to make this story better for my readers which means I need your opinions.
CutieChante : Thank you for noticing her restraint, I feel like no one else in the story does, and that can change because of it. Same with her humanity. I love that you review as much as you love my responding to them
Octavia was having a good dream. It involved a certain Salvatore and herself, talking as she rushed from his house, and then suddenly flirting. She was happy and careless, it was new to her after this weeks events, and when she realized it wasn't a dream but a memory she was replaying in her sleep it made her a whole lot happier. When she thought of how he was humanity-less and would probably regret it when his switch turned on, it damped her mood a bit. Now when she opened her eyes again and got a face-ful of August, her mood jumped back to a hundred percent happiness. Her brother. Her little, nine year old, glasses too big for his face, brother was right on top of her lying figure. Nothing changed. He still had his blonde mop of curls, his cheesy dimples when he smiles, and those baby blue eyes.
Octavia launched forward and hugged him, if he were alive she would be cracking his ribs one by one. She was laughing and crying, and so was he. She didn't even realize the other people in her room until she wiped her eyes clean of tears. When she saw her mom and dad though, she ran from the bed with inhuman speed and tackled them to the floor, her brother on the top of them all.
"Tell me this isn't some sick twisted dream," Octavia begged, "Tell me that when I pinch myself I will find I am not sleeping. Please, please."
"Oh sweetie." Her mother said lovingly.
"We are real, ghosts, but real." Her father told the tribrid while stroking her cheek.
"How?" Octavia asked. It was the million dollar question. "I don't understand? Wait, yesterday when I was getting ready for bed, I felt someone kiss my forehead. Was that you guys? How long have you been here?"
Her family looked at each other a little scared before her father answered, "Sweetie, we didn't get here until this morning, but when we got here we had to chase off a certain vampire. The one who killed us."
Octavia's mouth dropped in horror, "Caleb. Caleb was here?"
"Yeah, but I scared him off." August said jokingly. They gave a tiny laugh.
"We don't know what happened, the entire time since we died, we have been following you. We have watched everything. Last night we were able to touch you and stuff so we did kiss you, you were asleep by that point, and today you can see us." Her mother told her.
"I am so happy to see you guys. Its been really hard." Octavia told them, tearing up halfway through.
"I know sweetie, but you will always be our daughter." Her father told her.
"You guys will always be my parents," She told them. She them turned to her little brother, "And you will always be my brother."
They all smiled at each other, taking in each others faces before the moment was ruined by her phones' ringtone go off. Octavia checked the caller ID and saw LEECH in bold letters. She rolled her eyes and was about to shut it off when her father told her not to. It would be rude, he told her. She answered it with a huff.
"What do you want Damon? I am trying to bond with my family." Octavia growled.
"I need your help. Rebekah time will have to wait." He said urgently.
"Why do you need my help? I am not loyal remember?! Grab a friend and have them help." Octavia said with venom.
Damon sighed and tried again, "Come on, O. Please. Look I am sorry for doubting you. Sometimes I do thing, I don't have to do, like question your loyalty."
Octavia looked at her parents, who nodded their head at her, quietly saying to help him. She didn't want too, "Listen here Leech, not only does your apology sound fake and recycled, but it also lacked a certain key part. You forget that I am a tribrid, and as a newly formed tribrid, you might say I have A SHIT LOAD OF RESTRAINT! None of you guys care though, as long as you guys are unscathed, who cares about the girl falling apart, or the fact that she is kind enough to help at all!" Octavia takes a deep breath before continuing, "I fight myself trying everyday not to kill you or anyone and none of you notice because you all take me for granted. You are going to text me were we are meeting up, and by the end of the day, I want a heartfelt apology." She hung up on him.
Her mom moved away from her dresser so she could get clothes on and spoke up, "I'm proud of you munchkin."
"Thanks mom, but I though you would want to hangout today." Octavia told them.
Her father stepped forward, "Amber, or Octavia, we would love too. However, we are dead and your friends sound like they need you. In the supernatural world that could mean life or death. We don't want to see you here anything soon. As long as we can say goodbye, I am happy." He told his daughter with tears in her eyes.
"Oh," Octavia whispered, "Goodbye." Her voice cracked and she had tears streaming down her face. It looked like a waterfall laid across her cheeks.
The others were also in tears. "Goodbye." They whispered.
A second later, a bright light engulfed the trio of ghosts and they were gone.
Octavia could only hope that they had found peace somehow.
That they weren't hurting.
Octavia could only hope.
When I wrote this, I had the intentions to write the entire episodes worth, however it didn't work that way. When I brought the family into the story and then I had Damon ruin it, I knew they deserved more. The Thornwood's deserved a moment with their thought to be daughter.
This is only part one of GHOST WORLD.
Also, at the end of a certain season (I don't remember which one) when all those ghosts went to heaven (when the Other Side was collapsing) like Lexi, I sent them there.
The Thornwood clan are now in Heaven. (If you don't believe in Heaven, it is whatever place in your religion or non-religion that the dead rest in peace and happiness. That was my twist on the plot.
I will share part two tomorrow or later. Sorry again
