Present Day
Elizabeth Forbes Letter
Dearest Caroline,
There is so much I want this letter to do for you when I'm gone. I want it to give you reason to never lose your good heart and tender smile. Maybe it's too much to ask a piece of paper, but I want so very much you to be okay.
I know that it will be challenging initially but take comfort that I am going to a better place where I am free from pain. A place where I can watch over you until we meet again.
Caroline, the greatest moment of my life is when you were born. You have my life reason and purpose. You changed its course for the better. Know in your heart that it's all I've even tried to do for you.
There are things I have not told you to keep you safe. I thought I had more time. Let that be a lesson to you, sweetheart. Time is never guaranteed.
You've always known you were a gift to me because I can't have biological children, but they're more to that story that you need to know.
The day I was born started my existence. I did what I was told. What I wanted was always decided for me. My life didn't become mine for another two decades. I was twenty years old, married to a man I liked but didn't love, unable to have children. Bill was fine. He wasn't abusive or an addict. I wouldn't have chosen him for myself; my mother had chosen him for me. Bill would have married her if it meant being a part of the Forbes Clan. He was fanatical about being one of us. I never understood it. He took my name without a second thought. The Forbes had a presence in New Orleans, acres of land, influence with local law, and many weapons. We were hunters—heroes and everything I hated.
The people that loved us feared the supernatural. My late grandfather said we leveled the playing field, but I often questioned that. It was just in the past five decades that the Forbes' started to work with witches who would trade her services for protection.
Witches like Anna Chantraine, your birth mother. She had become a mother by accident, and when she had you, it was a mistake she had made twice. Her fellow witches wouldn't condone the killing of one of their own, especially a child. So instead, she gave up her daughters. Two, you have a sister named Nyx.
I'm sorry, Caroline, but there are things you need to understand. When you two were given up, it was temporary. Anna wanted you guys back when your powers came in. She said motherhood weakened her powers. She sold your abilities as valuable. Witches that could suck the magic out of anything. Siphons. To hunters, that ability was invaluable.
Nyx stayed with my sister and was raised with them. Melissa is fiercely loyal to the family; she would do anything for them. I ran to the farthest place they would let me. Mystic Falls. I sold this place as a cesspool of vampire history and how they would need Bill and me. That's how we really ended up here and why you never met them.
When you were turned into a vampire, Bill told them right away. They were livid and wanted you dead, so I panicked. Through the years I've been in regular contact with Nyx, she's been giving me heads up and information about the Forbes' in secret.
She doesn't know you don't know about her. She's kept her distance for fear that your powers would be triggered out because of hers. We've been waiting until the Forbes' problem had a solution.
They insisted you be killed, and Bill said he would do it; when he failed, I didn't know what to do to protect you. The Mikaelson's had recently returned to mystic falls, and it gave me an idea. I was desperate.
I'd heard of them long before, in scary campfire stores and talks around the dinner table. Klaus Mikaelson, with his hybrid lore and bloody hands, scared them above all the others. So I made up a lie.
I told them that when Klaus released his werewolf half, he declared you as his soulmate. That is the lie that has kept them away and you safe. Everyone is under the impression you two are happy together, and he would kill anyone for you.
When I am gone, I don't know what will happen. I know you and Klaus have a friendship, and I hope it's enough for him to protect you. I hope your sister will look after you as well, that she will be able to keep this myth going. I am sorry for the pain this may cause, but I would do it again. You are my daughter. Nothing else matters more than that.
I may not be as perfect as you thought, but I love you, and that will never change. And if it's not too much to ask, please tell Klaus Mikaelson I said thank you.
-Nyx POV-
Nyx angrily crumpled up the letter. The Forbes's were horrible people. It had brought her peace that her sister was safe. She was five the last time she had Caroline, but Nyx was the one who took care of her before her mother gave them away. Now the danger was on the horizon, and Caroline didn't know who she was.
At least she had Katherine on her side. Katherine had told her that Caroline didn't get this letter. Elizabeth had sent her a copy in case Caroline didn't receive her original letter. Which she hadn't. Had Liz known her daughter would flip her humanity switch? Possibly, she at least planned for it.
Not well. What if Nyx showed Caroline this letter and she thought it was fake. It sounded fake! All these years, she thought she and Liz were on the same side. Now she hated her. Klaus Mikaelson's reputation was the only thing keeping the Forbes Clan at bay. Now that Liz was dead, they would want to find out for themselves what the truth was. The best thing now was for them to never find out.
She had to find a way to make sure that didn't happen. Nyx picked up the phone.
"Hey Kat, it's me. I need to talk to you. Meet me in Mystic Falls. Caroline is in trouble."
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