Marina DiMera Salvatore

Marina DiMera was born in 1843 in Italy. Her parents were Luciano and Elisabetta DiMera. She had an older brother Carlo who was born on 1838, and two younger sisters Isabella who was born in 1845 and Rosalia who was born in 1852. In 1851 when Marina was eight years old her family moved to Mystic Falls where they immediately became friends with the founding families specially the Salvatores and the Lockwoods. What no one knew was that the DiMera family held a huge secret; they were witches, DiMera witches are dark extremely powerful witches. Marina was always a beautiful girl but as she grew up she became a stunning beauty who had every man begging for her hand in marriage. Marina has pale but tanned skin, jet black hair, 5'2 in height, beautiful pouty lips and gorgeous breathtaking blue eyes. For years she, Damon and Stefan were really close. Then she and Damon started courting and then eventually got married. Everything was perfect until 1864, the year when everything changed; Katherine arrived. Katherine sunk her claws into both Stefan and Damon stealing Damon away from Marina with her charms and compulsion. Damon and Stefan died while trying to save Katherine from being killed but where instead turned into vampires. For over a century they believed that Marina had died but they are about to find out she did not die she was just cursed into being a sleeping beauty for over a hundred years.

Hey guys so I've been wanting to do this story for a while now. This is definitely going to be a Damon/OC story, Damon and Marina story. I'm thinking of making this story also a Stelena pairing but I'm not entirely sure yet so let me know if you would like that or not. This story takes place after season 2, the curse has been broken, Klaus and Stefan left to make hybrids it failed they came back and found out that Elena is the key as her blood has to be drank by the werewolves to finish their transition. Stefan got his humanity back but him and Elena are still not 100% back together yet (maybe). Klaus undaggered his siblings and they have moved to New Orleans but Klaus and Elena came to an agreement that Elena would give Klaus a few blood bags of her blood every few months or so and in turn they would all stop trying to kill each other. In this story since the Salvatores are of Italian ancestry and so are the DiMeras I'm going to have them sometimes speak to each other in Italian but I'll be using Google translate so I apologize in advance if they are not accurate. Ok so now hopefully you like this story.

Chapter 1/Prologue

(1851)

"Marina come downstairs now! The Salvatore family is about to arrive any minute now!" Elisabetta called out to her eldest daughter. Marina immediately came downstairs wearing a beautiful blue dress that just made her eyes pop even more. "I'm here mother"

"good, you look beautiful my dear" Elisabetta said as Marina twirled around. "grazie" then the door rang and one of their house keepers opened the door. In walked in an older man, an older woman, a young boy almost teenager and a young boy.

"Mr. Salvatore it is such an honor to meet you and your family. I'm Luciano DiMera and this is my wife Elisabetta and our eldest daughter Marina, I apologize our other three children are upstairs slightly sick from the long trip" Marina's father said as he walked into the parlor room. Marina gave a small curtsy and then when the adults continued to introduce each other and start to talk about other things, Marina walked over to the two children around her age.

"Hello I'm Marina" she said. "I'm Damon and this is my little brother Stefan. It's nice to meet you Marina" Damon said as Stefan just shyly nodded and waved a little.

"nice to meet you too" Marina said smiling. "how old are you?" Damon asked. "I am 8 years old. What about the both of you?"

"I'm 12 and Stefan is 5 years old" Damon said. "do you both want to go outside to the backyard?" Marina asked suddenly a little bit shy. "yes" Stefan finally spoke nodding his head rapidly making both Damon and Marina laugh a little. They then excused themselves and went outside to play.

(1856/Marina POV)

It has been 5 years since my family and I moved to Mystic Falls and I became best friends with both Stefan and Damon. I am now thirteen years old and my mother keeps telling me that I am turning into a beautiful young woman. For the past year or so I have been getting a major crush on Damon but I fear he only sees me as a friend or as a little girl as he is now seventeen years old. It is so strange I have become a really powerful witch as I absolutely love practicing magic and trying new spells which have made me really strong, but whenever I go near Damon I turn into this incredibly insecure girl and I hate it. I am aware of how much my parents would want me to eventually marry Damon and I can honestly say I would not be against that but I also don't want to marry Damon through an arranged marriage, I want to marry him out of love. When I found out that my father was considering me marrying Damon at first I was shocked because I was almost certain my parents would have wanted me to marry a warlock as to keep our family witch bloodline pure, as my father is a warlock and my mother a witch.

I'm currently in my family's backyard garden picking up some herbs that I will need for a spell when suddenly someone covers my eyes from behind startling me and making me give out a little scream.

"did I scare you Mar?" I hear Damon ask from behind me just as I was about to attack using my magic. He removes his hands from my eyes and I turn around to look at him.

"yes you did scare me! You almost gave me a heart attack!" I scowl at him as I try to calm my heart beat down.

"well not my fault you seemed so deep in thought" he says smirking at me making me roll my eyes and slightly push him making him slightly lose his footing before he recovers himself and laughs. "what are you doing?" he asks as he looks down at the herbs I've already picked up.

"oh just picking up some flowers and herbs" I say trying to get away from that question fast. "ok… hey I want to show you something" he says as he grabs my hand and pulls me with him. We walk farther into the backyard and then up a little hill, after we've been walking for a good ten minutes we stop at the top of the hill where you can see the woods and everything is just so beautiful and peaceful.

"wow!" I say. "I know right? I found this place a few days ago and I knew I just had to show it to you"

"it is beautiful" I say really taking in the sight but I also can't help but realize how close Damon has gotten. I look up at him and I just want to kiss him so bad but I am so afraid that he will reject me. I can see Damon looking back at me and for a second I think that maybe he will kiss me first but then I hear him clear his throat and look away awkwardly making me almost want to cry.

"we should go back" I say sadly to which he agrees and we go back to my house.

(1858/Damon POV)

We are at my mother's funeral… I still can't believe that she's dead. She was so young but she just got sick and she didn't get better. She was always there for me and my brother, always protecting us from our father. Stefan hasn't been able to stop crying ever since mom died, I want to be there for him but I don't know how. I was supposed to speak at my mother funeral but I just couldn't. Now I'm just standing here watching her grave feeling horrible.

"Damon" I hear someone next to me whisper and I look to see Marina. We have been best friends for seven years and she has been helping me grieve my mother. I always thought we were just friends but two years ago, when I took her to that hill I wanted to kiss her so bad, but I was so nervous and scared that she would reject me and would ruin our friendship. Now as I see her she has become such a breathtakingly beautiful young woman. I have noticed how every young man our age wants to court her and marry her and it scares me so much that she might love someone else.

"I can't imagine how you must feel right now but know that I'm always here for you if you need me" she says grabbing my hand which I squeeze not wanting to let her go.

"I know Mar, thank you" I say. She gets closer to me and gives me a kiss on my cheek before saying "your welcome" she squeezes my hand and then she lets go and walks away to leave with her family. I watch her leave with this pain in my heart.

(1858/Marina POV)

It has been 4 months since Lillian Salvatore, Damon and Stefan's mother died and it seems that life has finally moved on. We are having a ball at our mansion and my mother is trying to get me to go with a suitor of mine, Alexander Lockwood.

"but mother, I don't want to go to the ball with Alexander as my escort" I whine to my mother (yes I know not very lady like).

"yes honey I know you would much prefer going to the ball with Damon as your escort, but you can't just leave your entire life on hold forever or until he confesses his love for you. So my dear you have to have an escort to the ball and Alexander is a great choice, not only is he a perfect gentleman he is also a werewolf which means he knows about our witchy secret. You wouldn't have to hide with him." She says.

"fine! I will go with him to the ball just this once and this doesn't mean that I'm saying yes to his and his family's marriage proposal"

"ok and I never said anything about accepting their proposal for you to marry Alexander in the future, you are still only fifteen years old we won't be talking seriously about marriage for at least a few more years" she says making me smile and sigh in relief.

I get ready for the ball wearing the gorgeous green and black dress and I walk downstairs where my family is greeting and welcoming everyone into our house.

"you look beautiful sister" my older brother Carlo says as he gives me quick kiss on the cheek and then goes to speak with his friends. I see that both Stefan and Damon have already arrived and are already inside the parlor room speaking with other people, I want to go over to them so bad but I know I have to wait for Alexander and spend the day with him.

"hello Marina" Alexander says as he comes inside the house takes my hand and kisses it. I say a quick hello in response. "shall we go in and enjoy ourselves?" he asks to which I nod. We go in get a drink, talk and also dance. From the corner of my eye I see Damon looking at us and he looks angry and sad, and I can't help but wonder if maybe he's jealous. As the night comes to an end I can't help but hope that Damon will come over to me and confess that he's jealous and that he likes me, but he doesn't. I politely walk Alexander back to his carriage where he leans closer to me and says "I had a great night Marina".

"me too" I say half lying. He gets leans his face closer to me and waits to see if I'll pull away but I don't because my mother was right, I can't put my life on hold and wait to see if Damon will do something or not. As he sees that I'm not pulling away he softly kisses my lips and I slowly respond to the kiss. The kiss lasts for a few seconds before he pulls away smiling and whispers "good night little witch" making me smile and say "good night." He gets on his carriage and he leaves. I walk over to the front door of my house where I see my parents and the Salvatores talking and saying their last goodbye. Stefan looks confused and Damon looks angry so I don't doubt that they saw my kiss with Alexander. I feel slightly guilty but I remind myself that if Damon wants me he's going to have to act on it.

It's been three months ever since that ball and me and Alexander are now courting. The whole town keeps asking when the wedding is going to be but my parents keep saying that they are not going to rush me into any weddings. I'm in in the barn watching our horses while reading a book.

"you have always loved reading while at the same time playing with the horses" I hear someone say and I look up to see Damon leaning on the wall with his arms crossed.

"it's peaceful" I say. "Mar… I miss you… it feels like for the past few months we've been pulling apart" he says getting off the wall and walking closer to me before sitting down next to me.

"I know… I miss you too Damon… but I don't know what you want from me?... I know we have been spending less time with each other as I've been spending a lot more time with Alexander-" I say before Damon interrupts me.

"are you going to marry him?"

"no! I don't want to marry him" I say turning my body more towards him so now we're looking at each other. "so why are you with him?" he asks me.

"because I don't know if the guy I want wants me back" I say looking at him hoping that he understands what I'm trying to tell him.

"who do you want?" he asks looking like he's about to cry so I reach over and touch his face making him look at me with shocked eyes. He then suddenly leans in and kisses me making me gasp in surprise but I quickly respond and kiss him back. He's kissing me with such passion that I'm thankful we're sitting down because I'm pretty sure my knees would have given out. He pushes me back so that I'm now lying down and he gets on top of me. We continue kissing and making out, he leaves my lips and kisses my neck making me moan in pleasure. I can feel the lights in the barn glow brighter and that's when I realize I'm losing control over my magic so suddenly so I hesitantly pull Damon slightly away from me while gasping and trying to calm my breathing and my racing heartbeat. Damon looks at me and he looks like he's also trying so hard to get control over his emotions. We are both breathing so hard and then Damon gets off me making me immediately miss him and he sits down next to me again. I brush my hand through my hair evening it out a little.

"I've been waiting for you to do that for so long" I finally whisper making Damon look at me and hold my hand. "really?" he asks and I just nod.

"and here I thought you didn't like me. I thought I was going to have to watch you marry someone else and it killed me" he says. "the only person I've ever wanted was you" I say and he leans in and gives me another sweet short kiss.

"I love you Mar" he whispers on top of my lips making me gasp and then smile. "I love you too Damon" I say as I kiss him again.

(1861/Marina POV)

After courting for over a year and then being engaged for eight months, earlier today I finally married Damon and became Mrs. Salvatore! After we had been courting for about 3 months or so Damon found out that I was a witch. Even though I planned to tell him eventually I did not want him to find out the way that he did. He walked in on me casting a spell and at first he was not only extremely confused and scared he was also angry that I hadn't told him. After a few days he finally came around and said that he didn't care if I was a witch because he loved me either way. He also said that he would never try to change me or make stop practicing my magic, in fact he loved it when I used magic and showed him. A few months after we told Stefan and he was also ok with it and also loved watching me do magic.

"we're home Mrs. Salvatore" Damon said as he lifted me up in bridal style and walked us through the door threshold making me giggle. Our parents gave us this property when they realized that we would get married in the future and then we started building our house on it. The house was finished a few weeks ago and it was beautiful, I absolutely love it. He continues carrying me up the stairs and into our new room together. He finally sets me down on my feet gently and goes to turn on the lamps. There are lamps and candles all over the room so I just snap my fingers and they all turn on making Damon look at me and smirk. He walks closer to me, leans in and kisses me. I respond to the kiss and wrap my fingers in his hair and tug at it a little making him moan, I swipe my tongue against his lips and then our tongues start to battle for control. He starts to undo my dress and then drops it to the floor. I undo his suit jacket and start to unbutton his shirt. He suddenly carries me and lies me down on the bed and gets on top of me.

"ti amo tanto(I love you so much)" Damon said to me. "ti amo anch'io(I love you too)" I said as we kissed again. Even though Damon and I didn't exactly wait until our wedding night to sleep together for the first time it was still the most special night of both of our lives.

(1864/Marina POV)

Damon and I have been married for almost three years and a lot has happened in the last few years. A year after we got married his father forced Damon to join the civil war even though neither Damon nor I agreed on what the South was fighting for. I was terrified of watching him leave for war and not know if he would be killed because of this war. In 1863 I got pregnant when Damon had been on leave and we were so happy to start a family but that abruptly changed when I suffered a miscarriage three months into my pregnancy. We were both devastated and I tried everything with my magic to try to prevent the miscarriage but nothing worked. In 1864 Damon decided to leave the war even though his father was furious, Damon wanted to spend our lives together and he knew that I was still vulnerable due to our child's death. I was beginning to think everything would be ok as we were back together and we were happy. Until one day a Miss Katherine Pierce arrived in town and Damon's father took her into his house as she was supposedly an orphan but right away I knew that she was a vampire.

After being together with Damon for so many years and getting stronger in my power and witchcraft I was extremely powerful but nothing could have warned me about the fact that my marriage would end in such a tragic way. I remember the day that we met Katherine. Damon's father called me and Damon to spend dinner with him in his house. I immediately noticed Katherine openly flirting with Damon and I noticed that Damon found her attractive but it never crossed my mind that Damon would ever cheat on me.

As days and weeks passed, I heard the rumors going around town about how Katherine was involved romantically with both of the Salvatore brothers, including Damon, I tried to deny them and trust in my husband but one day I went to the Salvatore mansion to talk with Damon's father, I saw Damon making out with Katherine. Damon had told me he was hanging out with some of his friends and that was when I realized that all those times he had lied to me he was with Katherine! When I saw that I felt my heart break in two, I wanted to attack them both so much, I wanted to kill Katherine but for some reason I couldn't react and all I could do was leave the room and go back to my house. That night I waited for Damon to get home so I could yell at him but he never showed up. The next day a message carrier came to me and gave me a message from Damon. The message was "Marina, I no longer want to be married to you as I love Katherine and I want to be with her forever. I am sorry you had to find out this way." As soon as I heard that I was furious, he didn't even have the dignity to say it to my face himself. Then to make matters worse a few days later him and Katherine were parading around town together completely humiliating me. Everywhere I went I could feel the pitying looks from everyone, everyone telling me their apologies, their attempts to make me feel better. I hated being the victim but just when I was about to release my fury on both Damon and Katherine, I realized that I was pregnant! The last time Damon and I had been together weeks earlier had resulted in a baby.

I was shocked and confused as to what I would do. I thought about going back to live with my family but I wasn't sure as I couldn't take their pitying looks and their attempts to try and fix things. As weeks passed I knew I would start to show and even though I was furious with Damon I loved our baby and I wanted to make sure that I wouldn't lose this baby. Then one night I heard how all the vampires in town were being rounded up and were going to be burned alive in the church, I was happy to hear that Katherine would be dead. Then I heard how Damon and Stefan tried to save Katherine and how they were killed by their own father I was shocked and furious, furious that they tried to save that bitch but also that their own father shot them dead. I wasn't certain if Katherine had been feeding them both her blood but my theory was later confirmed when Emily paid me a visit and told me that they had turned and were now vampires. She also apologized to me for the part she played in Katherine ruining my life and saying that she didn't want to have a DiMera witch as an enemy.

When I was almost four months pregnant, I was attacked in my house by a coven of witches claiming that they wanted revenge. Apparently Damon had killed someone under their protection, someone that one of them loved and they wanted revenge. I tried to fight them but they were too many and just when I thought they were going to kill me I felt something else course through me and I felt myself fall into a deep cursed restless sleep.

Hey guys so what did you think about this story so far? Do you like the idea? Like I said at the beginning this is going to be a Damon/Marina story but they won't get back together very fast because Marina is going to be really mad at Damon for a while, rightfully so right? This chapter was all about the backstory of Marina and Damon, next chapter will be present time and how Damon and Stefan will react to finding out Marina is not fully dead. Also how do you think the entire mystic falls gang will react to Damon having a wife?

I hope you like this story and please don't forget to like, favorite and review so I know whether you like it or not plus I love reading your comments. Your comments motivate me to continue writing so thanks guys.