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Salvatore's Diaries:
Reincarnation
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"Rose had always been my favourite. It's signified eternal beauty, love and passion. Even though it'll wilt in time but its beauty still live forever. Just like her…"
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Disclaimer:
I don't own Vampire Diaries
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Chapter 10:
Blood is thicker than Venom
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Rosalyn's house - Present
"… That night" he whispered.
His usual proud, mischief face curled in pure agony as he hung his head down to hide the burning pain flashed inside his icy blue eyes for remembrance of the last night of his human life, "That night end it all. I lost everything. I lost my life. My Rosalyn. My humanity" he chocked, "Everything…" swallowing a huge lump chocking inside his throat before pulling his stoic expressionless façade back on his face as he faced him, "That's why I promise…No, I swore to you" pointing to his brother's chest, "I'll make your life miserable… for the rest of eternity"
Mystic Fall – 1864
…Damon…
"Who's there...?"
…wake up…
"Rose…?"
Damon opened his icy blue eyes at the sound of her voice echoing inside his mind and looked up to meet the azure blue skies above him, "Where am I?" he murmured, groaning slightly at the soreness within his chest as he slowly sat up from the dirty ground beneath him.
"Damon?"
The owner of the name turned around at the familiar voice belonged to his younger brother and watched him walked out from the shadow into the clearing with a young maiden following his every footstep, "Stefan?" he wondered, "What are you doing here?"
"I brought you a snack"
"A snack?"
Stefan motioned to the maiden behind him and looked back to see the questioned and horror plastered across his older brother's face, "Are you crazy?" hissed the dark ebony haired man at the young Salvatore as he stood up from the grass, "What are you doing with her?"
"Like I said, Damon. I brought you a snack"
"No!" he shook his head, "I'm not eating her"
"I'm not asking you eat her, Damon" said Stefan soothingly, "I'm asking you drink her blood"
"What are you talking about?" panicked the under-transition vampire as he glanced between his crazy brother and his so-called-snack. Stefan squeezed his eyes shut for a moment of hesitation and looked up with regret swimming beneath his soft green orbs, "You're dead, Damon" he explained, "You're a vampire…"
"No…"
"Damon-"
Damon shook his head to stop his brother's nonsense and looked down to his dirty attire. He gasped softly in disbelieve as he finally noticing the blood splattered across his torso and shakily raised his hand to touch the dried blood coating his white shirt, "No…" he breathed out, "No… it can't be…"
The memory of him being shot by his father entered his mind as he looked up at his brother for conformation.
"I'm sorry, Damon…"
He shook his head in denial and narrowed his icy blue eyes at him in anger, "You…" he growled and instantly dashed towards the unexpected vampire with his newly vampire speed. Stefan's head turned to the side at the impact coming from his punch and stumbled back onto the tree behind him as he glanced up to see his brother's vampire face in surprised.
"You…" Damon growled, "You made me into a monster"
"I-"
He snarled before a sudden thought flashed inside his cloudy mind as he blinked to dismiss the red mist covering his eyes for his anger and turned around to find it, "Rosalyn…" he whispered and instantly ran into the forest in search for his love. Stefan stood up from the broken tree and cursed as he quickly followed the unstable vampire into the forest.
"DAMON!"
The newly un-turned vampire stopped suddenly in the middle of track and stared in horror at the bloody figure lying before him, "Rose…"
Stefan arrived at the scene to stop him but couldn't help but frozen in his track as he looked down to see her bloody body lying lifeless where he left her last night…
"Stefan!"
He turned around behind him and saw a beautiful scarlet maiden walking her way to see him with her dirty nightgown. A deep relief flashed inside her bright emerald eyes as she finally see him within the dark, "Thanked god, I finally found you" mumbled the maiden softly under her breath and slowly made her way to him.
Stefan smiled at the familiar face and opened his mouth to say something before a delicious scent caught his nostril as his throat burned at the smell.
Rosalyn stopped in the middle of her track and tilted her head to the side in confused, "Stefan?"
Within a blink of an eye, he flashed in front of her and pulled tightly within his arms. His face started to change demonically and sniffed her softly, "You smell delicious" he growled animalistic and tightened his hold on her petite body as he hid his face onto the crook of her pale long neck.
She gasped in shock and screamed as she felt him bit her neck. Stefan who was fallen deeply into his vampire instinct ignored the struggling red haired as he continuously drank her glorious blood, completing his transition.
'So delicious…'
His predator instinct moaned at the wonderful taste of her blood and bit her harder for more. All the struggling, screaming and pleading for him to stop started to subside as he could feel her slowly slipping away from his grasp into death.
"Stefan…"
Hearing his name, he instantly pulled away from her neck in horror as he watched her collapse within his arms, "Rosalyn!"
He looked down at her lying lifelessly within his arms and hesitantly reached out to touch her cheek, "Rosalyn…" he whispered, feeling nothing but coldness as a lone tear started to fall from the lid of his forest green eyes, "N-No…"
He whimpered in sadness and hugged her desperately, shaking his head in denial before a shrilling heart-breaking scream filling the bloody night…
He closed his mouth to supress the nausea churning inside him and turned his attention away from her body to hide the guilt flashing inside his eyes.
…I'm sorry…
A pair of deep azure blue eyes began to burn at the sight of her lifeless body as his lungs gasping for breath into his sudden compressed chest, "No…" he whimpered, hand clenching tightly on his heart as he shook his head, "No…"
…It can't be…
Something inside him shattered into dust as his legs began to buckle under the man's weight.
"No…"
Damon continued shaking his head as he looked down to the ground in denial, "It's a lie…" he whispered, shaking his head furiously as he kept his attention away from reality lying in front of him, "It's a lie…" chocking the huge lump threatened to come out from his mouth as tears began falling down his pale cheeks, "It's all a lie…"
"Damon…" whispered the young vampire as he solemnly watched his brother whimpering in sadness as he pulled the dead body into his arms.
"It's a lie… She's not dead"
"Damon…"
"No… She's not dead. She's sleeping, see…"
"Please…"
"No…"
"Damon…"
"NO!" snarled the dark ebony man as he hugged the body desperately, "SHE'S NOT DEAD!"
"Please, Damon…" begged Stefan, "Please… you need to drink to complete the transition"
Damon shook his head as he hid his face on the crook of her neck, "No…"
"Damon, please… or you'll die"
"Let me die, Stefan… let me go with her"
"I can't" chocked the young Salvatore, "I can't lose you too"
The man ignored him as he slowly rocked the body with him as if he lullabying her to sleep.
"Shh… it's alright" he whispered, "It's alright, Rose… I'm here"
"Damon…"
"Shh… Rose's sleeping…"
Stefan bit his lips in guilt at his brother's madness and turned around to see the compelled maiden walked out from the forest in search of her new master.
"I'm sorry…"
The smell of fresh blood filling the air inside the forest as his body began to stiff at the wonderful scent and slowly lifted his face up from his dead lover's neck. Stefan pulled his fangs away from the maiden's neck and watched as his brother eyeing the trail of blood flowing down the human neck.
"Drink" he told the man.
Damon's body convulsing in supressing the bloodlust burning inside him as his eyes began darkened into two pools of deep dark crimson orbs, "No…" he hissed, shaking his head to clear the red mist of hunger clouded his mind at the scent.
…Drink…
The veins beneath his eyes resurfaced in hunger at the word echoing inside his clouded mind and growled as he dashed his way towards the source of blood.
Pain.
Anger.
Sadness.
Longing.
All those emotion slowly disappear with every blood he swallowed from his prey as he could feel his humanity began to shut into nothing but emptiness. He released the lifeless body onto the ground and looked at his brother with his emotionless cold dark icy blue eyes.
"Damon-"
Stab!
Stefan gasped at the sudden pain coming on his torso and looked down to see a wooden branch punctured his chest near his heart as he raised his shock green eyes to meet his cold ones, "Wha-?"
Damon twisted the branch extracting a cry in pain from the young vampire as he leaned closer to his ear, "You…" he whispered, "You killed her…"
"Eugh! I'm sorry"
"You made me into a monster"
"I-I…"
"I never forgive you"
Stefan gasped in pain as he pushed the branch deeper into his body.
"I never forgive you"
"Damon…"
He let go of the branch that still stuck inside his chest and leaned away as he meet his watery green eyes, "I swear to you, I'll make your life miserable, Stefan" he said, "I'll haunt you for eternity…"
"N-No! Wait! D-Don't go!"
Ignoring his pleads, the newly turned vampire turned away from the man and instantly disappeared into the forest.
Rosalyn's house - Present
Stefan bit his tremble lips to supress the sob threatened to come out from his mouth and closed his eyes regretfully at the memory with two trails of salty tears streaming down his cheeks, "I'm sorry…"
"It's too late for that now"
"D-Damon…"
He shook his head in denial and slowly released his grip on his collar, standing up straight into his full height as he turned around to see her. Rosalyn blinked away from her daze of her past life and looked up into his glistered icy blue eyes with her sadden emerald ones.
"Damon…"
Closing his watery azure gaze, he opened it back up after taking a deep breath to calm the heavy feeling compressed against his tight chest and looked up to her as he delivered her a small sad smile, "I'm sorry…"
He turned his attention away from the red haired woman standing in front of him and walked lifelessly passed her towards the front door. Elena who was watching the event from the hallways took a step forwards in hope of comforting the older male but was dismissed rudely by the man as he slapped her reaching hands away from his arm and instantly closed the wooden door behind him.
Stefan sighed deeply in exhaustion and raised his head up against the wall of the house, "I'm so stupid…" he murmured, "I'm so stupid that I thought he would forgive me after all this years" he chuckled humourlessly at the thought and slowly closed his streaming eyes away from the world as he hugged his numb knees against his tight chest, "I was so blind by her… by the love she force me to… so blind that I could see how much he suffered for my actions in the past… even now, he still willing to sacrifices everything for a fool like me" remembering the night when Damon had been bitten by a werewolf to save Elena from Klaus for him.
A warm sensation cupped his cheeks as he opened his eyes to see two women who had been the sole purpose of his life whether in the past or the present crouching in front of his pity state with a warm, loving gazes meeting his own. Elena's brown eyes softened at his watery forest green orbs and caressed his cheeks gently with her small hand, "It's not true, Stefan…I know he's forgive you… even blood is thicker than venom"
"But-"
"Elena's right, Stef" agreed the older woman crouching next to the brunette, "You know, Damon didn't mean it. It was a heat of the moment" she said soothingly as she ran her hand through his dirty blonde locks, comforting his depressed thought with her touch which he leaned immediate at the familiar warm he's been longing to feel after 145 years, "You're his brother, Stefan. No matter how much he claimed of hating you, deep down inside the stony heart of his, he always loves you"
Gazing intensely into his sad, hopeful eyes, she circled her arms around the young man's neck and began pulling him into her embrace which instantly followed by the Petrova doppelganger as he hid his face on the crook of their necks.
Salvatore's Mansion - 1850
The door of his room creaked opened as a small dark figure peek his head out into the large room to find his older brother, "Damon?" a soft timid voice called out into the silence of the night as the owner of the name opened his closed eyes at the familiar voice and turned to his side to see his little brother shifting anxiously on the frame of his door.
"What is it, Stefan?" he asked, sitting up from the double bed sleepily as he rubbed away the heaviness on his eyes to see him. The four years old boy bit his lips thoughtfully and took a step further into his room as he made his way towards the older boy, saying, "I'm scared"
"Hmm?"
"It's dark… I scared there's a monster under my bed"
Damon raised his eyebrows at the words and couldn't but released a soft chuckle of amusement as he reached out to ruffle his messy dirty blonde lock affectionately, "There's no such thing as monster Stefan"
"But, Ollie said-"
"He's just playing with you" cut the older boy as he patted his little brother's head consolingly which cause the younger brother to frown at the action and hugged his pillow tightly against his chest.
"But-"
A deep sigh escaped from his lips as he scooted over to the side and lifted his blanket for the younger boy, "Come here" he invited him into his large bed and hugged the little boy lovingly into his warm embrace.
"Damon?"
"Hmm?" hummed the dark haired boy as he patted his brother's back soothingly to sleep.
"Thank you…"
A slightest smile occurred across the older lips and placed a soft chaste kiss upon his forehead, saying "You're welcome little brother"
"You'll always protect me right?"
"Right"
Pulling away slightly to meet his icy blue eyes, the four years old lifted his pinkie in front of his face and asked, "Pinkie promise?"
Damon chuckled at the childishness of his brother's action and slowly curled his large pinkie around his smaller ones, "Pinkie promise…" he promised, "Now, go to sleep, Stefan"
A huge grin plastered across the boy face at the promise and nodded as he hugged his older brother around his waist, "I love you, Damon" he whispered onto the brother's chest, listening to the strong beating of his heart lullabying him into sleep as he laying contently into his brother's strong, protective arms.
"Love you too, Stef"
Mystic Fall Cemetery - Present
"I thought I would find you here…"
A familiar voice snapped his thought away from the memory as Damon opened his closed eyes to meet the speaker, "What do you want?" he asked, eyeing the maiden closely as he took a huge gulp of his bourdon he managed to steal from the Grill on his way here.
Rosalyn's deep emerald green eyes saddened slightly at the coldness within his voice and hesitantly made her way next to the older man, "I've been looking everywhere for you"
"Stefan asked you to talk to me didn't he?"
She sat down next to the man and shook her head as she looked down onto her laps, "Nope!" popping the 'p' as she leaned heavily against the headstone of the grave, "I come here on my own"
Damon swallowed a huge gulp of alcohol into his system and laughed humourless as he looked up towards the darken skies above him, "Bullshit"
"Damon…"
He shook his head to stop her and turned his empty blue eyes to her as he raised his hand up to touch her warm cheek, "I'm jealous with you…" he whispered, caressing her cheek lovingly as he leaned closer to savour the warmness of her soft skin against his cold ones, "I'm jealous how you could be so forgiving…"
"There's nothing good coming from keeping a grudge, Damon"
"I know…" he murmured, "I know but every time I see him, I just…" he bit his lips for a moment of hesitation and sighed deeply in exhaustion as he meet her bright emerald eyes, "I just kept seeing you died. I kept seeing you lying lifelessly within my arms and I couldn't do anything about it. It's like history kept repeating itself over and over and I'm tired, Rose. I try to forgive him but I couldn't-"
"Then maybe it's not him who needs forgiveness"
Damon blinked, "What do you mean?"
Rosalyn smiled and grabbed his cupping hand into hers as she gazed deeply into his icy blue eyes, "Silly, Damon. If you can't forgive yourself… then how can you forgive him?"
He silenced.
Salvatore's Mansion – 1850
"Damon! Damon! Damon!"
The thunderous sound of running footsteps echoed loudly inside the mansion as the four years old called out his big brother's name, "What is it Stefan?" smiled the older boy amusedly as he closed his book and placed it down onto his bed.
"Look!"
Damon took the offered paper from Stefan's tiny chubby hand and frowned, "What's that?"
"That's you, see!" answered little boy as he pointed out to a stick like human blob with dark raven haired on the drawing next to another blob with light brown haired, "And that's me!"
A soft chuckle of amusement escaped from his lips at the boy cuteness and ruffled the boy locks fondly, saying "It's beautiful, Stef"
The boy beamed happily at the praise and looked up at his older brother admiringly, "You know, Day. When I'm grow up, I want to be just like you"
"Like me?"
"Ah-hah!" he nodded firmly, "You're so big and strong and makes the monsters away"
Damon raised his eyebrows at the answer and couldn't help but laugh as he gave his little adorable brother a huge warm hug for his words, "Whatever you say, Stef" he chuckled, smiling softly at the small arms hugging him back in returned as he patted his brother's head affectionately with his face against his dirty blonde locks.
"I love you, big brother"
"As I love you in return, little brother"
Klaus's Studio
In the middle of the large room studio, a man sat contently in front of the easel of his canvas and gave the painting his one last touch before pulling away to see the full view of his masterpiece.
"Who's that?"
A familiar male voice belonged to his younger brother echoed inside the silent room as he ignored the spoken question and placed down his colour palette onto his stool beside him, "It's none of your business, Kol" answered Klaus as he took the canvas off the easel and walked out from his studio into the hallway.
Kol smirked at the annoyance within his brother's tone and casually followed him down to the hallway towards the study room as he watched him placed the painting gently against the wall that had been nailed on, "An ex-lover or something?"
"Hn"
The young Original crossed his arms against his chest and titled his head to the side thoughtfully at the painting, "She's look kind of familiar though" he murmured as his eyes began to narrow slightly in hope of remembering where he seen that face before in his mind, "Somewhere around the 40's in New Orleans"
"What are you two talking about?"
Another voice joined the two brothers as Elijah made his way behind them and looked up at the newly made painting hanging on the wall within the study room, "A new painting, Niklaus?" he questioned, watching him shifting the painting slight to the left to straightened it.
Klaus hummed in replied as he slowly let go of it after satisfied with its position on the wall next to the fireplace, "What about you, brother? Did you finish delivering those invitations?" he asked the older vampire in returned as he wiped his dirty hands on a white cloth within his pocket.
"Yes… though I couldn't help but notice one envelope of invitation seems to be left on your desk this morning"
"Ah…I was planning to deliver that invitation personally"
Elijah's eyes widened slightly in surprised before turning his expression back to his emotionless ones as he looked up at the painting knowingly, "I see…"
Kol raised his eyebrows at the conversation and couldn't help but released a sadistic smirk of interest at the thought of the mysterious person that caught his older brother's eyes, "So, there is someone…"
"What are you boys talking about?"
Rebekah walked into the study room where her siblings crowding the wall and looked up to see a new painting nailed against the wall next to the fireplace, "A new painting again, Nik?" she asked as she crossed her arms against her chest in disinterest of his little masterpieces, "How charming… another woman"
"Klaus have a new crush, my dear sister…" taunted Kol as he wangled his eyebrows teasingly at the glaring Original to his sister, "and I have to say Nik, this one is definitely worth it than that Vampire Barbie" he smirked darkly as he shifted his attention to the painting with his tongue licking his sudden dried lips as if he could taste the glorious sweet blood of her, "I wonder how her blood taste like"
A deep animalistic growl snapped the young Original's attention away from the thought of sucking the mysterious woman dried and looked up to see his older brother snarling dangerously at him, "Touch her, Kol and I won't hesitant to kill you"
Kol elegantly raised his eyebrows at the threat and couldn't help but release a taunting smirk in dark amuse, "Touché, brother…"
Rebekah rolled her eyes at the mischief vampire with a soft murmured of 'stupid' escaped from her lips and turned away as she walked down the hallway into her room.
Salvatore's boarding house – Present
Damon stood stiffly in front of the door of his boarding house and looked up to the wooden door in determination as he grasped the doorknob tightly within his hand.
…Here's goes nothing…
The sound of the doorknob turned echoed within the silence as he entered the main hall of his boarding house and raised his head up to see him. Stefan who had been waiting for his return instantly stood from the couch and turned around to meet his brother in relief, "Damon…"
"Stefan…"
The younger brother took a step front and opened his mouth to apologies but was instantly cut off by the older man as he made his way towards the stairs.
"Damon! Please wait"
He stopped.
The younger Salvatore took a deep breath to calm his nerves down and looked up to the frigid figure standing stiffly on the stairs before him, "I'm sorry, Damon…" he apologised, "I'm so sorry for what I have done to you-"
"Stefan…"
"Please…" he pleaded, "Please just listen to me. Just this once and I swear to you I'll leave you for good this time"
"…"
Stefan took the silence as a yes and continued his apology to the older vampire, saying "I'm sorry, Damon" he repeated his first attempt of apology, "I'm so sorry for what I have done to you for the last 145 years. I'm sorry I turned you into this" motioned towards their immortality as he looked up at his brother sadly, "I'm sorry for killing her" remembering the night she died by his hand, "But please know that I didn't mean, Damon" he pleaded, "I was foolish. I was so blind by Katherine that I didn't see how much my action affect you. Especially to her…"
"Stefan! Please just listen to me!"
"WHAT? You want to say that Katherine's the one killing those people?"
"That's not what I meant-"
"Then what? Is it bad enough you're already bad mouthing her to Damon and now you're doing the same with me? What's wrong with you?"
"I'm just trying to protect you"
"No! You're just jealous because I didn't pay attention to you anymore!"
"I…I'm just worry about you, Stefan. I saw strange biting mark on your neck ever since you're with her and I'm worry… I'm worry about your safety with all this 'animal attacks' happen here in Mystic Fall. I'm worry she tried something with you-"
"Like what?"
"I don't know! I don't know what she's doing with you but please… please be careful around her… I don't want you hurt"
"Oh Rose…I hate arguing with you…"
"Then don't argue. I love you, Stefan. I don't want you hurt"
"I know…I love you too, Rose"
"And if I know it will happen like this. I should listen to her warning about Katherine…" he breathed out, "I know you're hates me. I know you're mad at me but please know that no matter what happen, you're still my big brother, Damon… and I'll always love you…"
"I love you, big brother"
"As I love you in return, little brother"
Hearing nothing but silence coming out from the man before him, Stefan's dull green eyes sadden in longing and guilt as he turned away to take his leave.
"…You're stupid you know that?"
He blinked, stopping suddenly in the middle of his way out from the boarding house as he turned around to see him smiling warmly at him just like he used to 145 years ago, "You're so stupid" chuckled the dark ebony man sadly to his little brother as he meet his eyes.
…I forgive you, little brother…
Stefan bit his lips at the unspoken words and couldn't help but blinked his tears away as he laughed to supress the sobs threatened to come out from his throat, "I guess I am"
…Thank you…
Damon shook his head at the pitiful sight of his brother struggling to keep himself together and walked his way to him as he gave him a huge warm brotherly hug to the young Salvatore…
"You'll always protect me right?"
"Right"
"Pinkie promise?"
"Pinkie promise…Now, go to sleep, Stefan"
"I love you, Damon"
"Love you too, Stef"
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