Elena's POV
There was pain, so much pain, and then there was joy. I felt like my insides were being ripped apart, my skin was being torn in half but it was all worth it as soon as I heard the sound of her crying. I felt the darkness trying to overtake me but as soon as she was here she pulled me back. I felt Stefan kiss my forehead and then lay her little body onto my chest. She is so beautiful, she has dark brown eyes and looks so perfect. I hold onto her tightly as the pain leaves my body, all the feeling I have in my body starts to leave and the darkness takes over. I feel like I am falling, my body is weightless and I am falling through the air and then suddenly I am not. I feel a jolt and I sit up, I look around and notice that I'm laying in Stefan's bed, or since I'm his wife now it's our bed. I look around and feel every single one of my senses heightened, I can see everything so clearly and I can hear everything happening downstairs. I take a deep breath and feel the air fill my lungs, I feel like I drowned. I look down at my now flat stomach and move my hands along my shirt, I know I wasn't wearing this outfit before I went into labor, I remember them cutting me open, it must have been blood everywhere. Just thinking about that word makes my throat burn, I am so hungry. I hear footsteps coming up the stairs, my body reacts before my brain even has time to decide what I want to do. I move quickly off the bed and am over by the door, I wait for the door to open and when it does Stefan walks in. "Elena?" I move out from behind the door and it feels like I am seeing him in a whole new light.
"Stefan" I say and go wrap my arms around him.
"Whoa" He says, I realize I am squeezing pretty hard. "Your really strong now"
"So I'm a vampire already?" I knew that this was coming but I didn't think it would happen so fast. I don't regret it for a second, it saved our daughter's life but I'm scared that my love for her won't be my main priority, my need for blood will.
"Not yet, we have 24 hours for you to feed or you die, but don't worry we can get it over quickly" I can hear the discomfort in his voice, he never wanted this for me.
"Okay, and once we do that I can just focus on your diet"
"It will be hard but I can help you, I'm so happy to see you" He pulls me into his arms and kisses me passionately, I can understand him completely now, we can truly be together forever. I pull away from his kiss and look around for any sign of our daughter.
"Where is she? Where's Lydia?"
"She is downstairs with Damon, Caroline, Bonnie and Jeremy"
"How is she? Is she okay?" I know it wasn't the easiest birth and there was so much that could have gone wrong.
"She's fine, she's so perfect. Elena, she looks exactly like you"
"I want to see her"
"Not yet" He is hesitant, I am worried that he is hiding something from me.
"Why not?"
"You were pregnant when you were still human, we still need to test her blood but we are pretty sure she is half human. You need to feed and then you can see her, we just want to protect her"
"Okay, your right" I am a little disappointed, I just became a mother and yet I can't even bond with my daughter. "We need to go now though" I can feel the burning in my throat again, the hunger is getting stronger.
"Lets not go downstairs, there are three humans down there and it could be really bad if you catch their scent. You are super strong now and can run at super quick speeds, you can handle jumping out the window" He goes over to the window and pulls back the curtain. I instinctively move out of the way and expect the burning sensation of the sunlight but surprisingly don't feel any different. "The sunlight, it's not effecting me" Stefan laughs and walks over to me, he takes my hands in his and pulls up my right hand and kisses it, I notice that there is a blue ring on my right ring finger.
"What is this?" I ask him.
"It's your ring, well your new one. Bonnie already did the spell so you can walk in the sunlight, it's blue to match mine but it's a different shade, it's Lydia's birth stone"
"Stefan, it's beautiful, thank you" I kiss him quickly and then open up the window and jump. I feel the warm sunlight hit my skin, this is something I previously thought wouldn't be possible, that was before I met real vampires and married one. I feel the air going through my hair as I land, there is no impact, I land as light as a feather. I look around and find Stefan is standing next to me. "What happened to my other clothes?"
"We had to cut you out of them, they are ruined" I let out a little laugh. I lift up my shirt and find my stomach flat again, I look and can't even see any hint of a scar.
"You didn't leave a scar"
"You healed fairly quickly" He smiles at me we start running. I don't even know where we are heading but I follow him, we are moving so quickly with such ease that I suddenly realize we are in town, I can hear the heartbeats of all the people around us and I feel ananimalistic urge that I don't think was possible. "You need to stay here, I am going to go find you someone" He doesn't elaborate and I don't know if that's for his own benefit or mine. I start to walk around in the edge of the forest and feel my mind begin to race, I am worried that I am going to hate this, but I am even more worried I will love it so much that I won't be able to stop. I know that I have spent the last month drinking blood from Damon's stash but that was to keep my daughter healthy, now it's different. I turn around and Stefan is back with a man, I can see his eyes have that glazed over look and he will do anything we tell him to do.
"Let's just get this over with" I say through gritted teeth, I can practically feel his pulse already and my teeth haven't even sank into his neck yet. Stefan takes a step back as I bare my fangs and bite into him, he doesn't even flinch and I know he won't. I suck his blood and feel relief. I feel his warm blood going down my throat and could do this all day. I look to Stefan and see that he is looking away, I notice that there is blood covering my face and my hands, I can see that the light is leaving his eyes, I am going to kill him. I think of Lydia, how I just brought someone into the world and now I am going to kill someone in the same day. I pull away quickly and wipe my face. "Let's go" I run off towards the house, I don't even wait for Stefan before taking off, I just run. I stop when I get to the house I walk around in a circle to calm down.
"Elena, are you okay?" I take a deep breath, I am trying to calm down.
"Yeah, I'm fine"
"I've never seen anything like that before" He looks in awe at me.
"What?" I am trying to focus on his voice but I keep thinking about blood, and how much I want it.
"You walked away like that, you could have killed him, I mean I expected you to kill him but you didn't. You walked away"
"I just thought about Lydia, and how much I wanted to see her, how I couldn't kill someone on her birthday"
"That was amazing" I look at his face and tell how impressed he is by me, I found the strength to walk away.
"So does this mean I am a vampire now?"
"Yes, you will have to be Mrs. Salvatore forever" I smile and lean in to kiss him, he pulls me close. I pull away from him and then he takes my hand and we walk into the front door together. We walk into the living room and I see Jeremy and Bonnie sitting on the couch, as soon as they see me they stand up and come over to me.
"Elena" Jeremy pulls me into a tight hug and I try not to let my strength crush him, Stefan could handle it just fine but he shares the same strength.
"Jeremy, I am so happy to see you"
"You look so like yourself"
"I am, I am just the same person I was before" I smile at him.
"Except your a mom now" Bonnie says, Jeremy lets go of me and I pull Bonnie into a hug. "My best friend, someones mom now, I assumed we would all be in our 30's before that would happen"
"How is she?" I ask, I am a little jealous that she has seen more of my baby than I have.
"She's great" Caroline says from behind her, she is holding Lydia in her arms and I feel the biggest smile spread across my face. I hold my arms out and Caroline hands her over to me. I look down at her little face and feel my heart burst with joy. She has my dark brown eyes and she has the littlest bit of brown hair. I get why everyone might say she looks like me but I swear her face looks almost identical to Stefan.
"Oh my god" I look down at her and she is smiling up at me, she is so little, I didn't think anything could make me happier.
"Caroline is right, she is pretty great" I hear Damon's voice and I look up to find him standing there smiling at us. "But it looks like you were wrong, you were so sure you were having a boy"
"I thought it was a boy, but that would have obviously been too easy"
"Who are you going to name her after now? You obviously can't give her my name as her middle name" I look down at her.
"I think I am going to name her Lydia Marie"
"Has a nice ring to it" Alaric says to me, I look over at him and smile.
"Thank you, and thank you all for looking after her" I say to the whole room of my friends and family.
"It's been pretty easy, she's been asleep for most of the time" He responds.
"Where has she been sleeping?" We really didn't plan at all, we were so worried about keeping us both alive that we really didn't take time to buy any baby stuff.
"Damon went out and bought her a crib, it's in the downstairs bedroom right now but we can move it up to your room if you want" Ric says.
"You bought her a crib?" I ask him, I knew he wasn't excited about his baby thing but it touches me that he actually went out to do this for her.
"She needed somewhere to sleep, it was no big deal" He shrugs it off but I know how hard it was for him, and I appreciate it. Stefan comes up behind me and kisses Lydia's forehead, she smiles up at her dad and I ready to spend the rest of forever being a mom to this little girl, and I couldn't be happier.
Authors note- Hey guys! I just want to apologize to you all for not updating sooner, I wanted too but I started school and then was working nonstop to pay for my car and then my sister broke my finger so I couldn't type for almost two weeks. I promise you I will be updating soon, and be ready because the next chapter is going to be very exciting, I really hope you guys liked this chapter and I would appreciate any reviews, I love you all and until next time-Izzy