Elena and Roman were now both in the living room of the Salvatore Boarding House. Elena was sitting on one of the couches while Roman stood behind the couch across from her, a drink in his hand and a look of thought on his face, it looked as though he was trying to find the right way to start the conversation. A moment later Stefan walked into the room, both Roman and Elena looked at him.

"Hey, Bonnie just called with something important, so I gotta go out for a while". Roman spoke up concerned.

"Something you need help with?". Stefan shook his head while putting on his jacket at the front door.

"No,nothing you need to be worried about, you just stay here and keep Elena company. I'll be back later". Roman nodded in acceptance and Stefan turned and left the house. Roman and Elena turned their attention back to each other. Roman finally spoke after a moment.

"So you said that in your world,you've never heard of me?". Elena nodded, Roman's eyes went downward. He was searching the ground for his next words, a bit puzzled by the news. Roman looked up again, wonder now in his eyes.

"Well...have you ever heard of Zach". Elena's eyebrows creased.

"Yeah, Stefan said he was his uncle when I first met him". Elena looked back now and knew that Stefan was too old for Zach to be his uncle, but truth be told she had never thought much about it. Roman chuckled slightly at her statement.

"Well, Stefan and Damon called him that for appearance sake, but Zach was actually their great great nephew and my great great grandson". Elena now looked at Roman confused.

"Great great grand...". Elena's sentence was cut off when the realization hit her, her eyes widened.

"So you're how the Salvatore line kept going after Stefan and Damon were turned". Roman nodded and finally walked around and sat down on the couch across from Elena, he took a sip of his drink and then looked at her.

"Guilty as charged". Elena looked at him a bit stunned, Stefan and Damon had never mentioned Roman,at least not to her. Roman smirked at her expression and continued on.

"You see, the story as I know it is like this...During the Civil War Giuseppe Salvatore began sleeping with one of the Salvatore house maids AKA my Mom. I've never been sure on the details in between, but as far as I know Giuseppe was killed before I was born and with Stefan and Damon both thought dead, everything Giuseppe owned went to me, or rather my Mom given I was just an infant". Elena nodded.

"So you're Stefan and Damon's half brother?". Roman shrugged.

"Technically". Elena nodded again and sat back for a moment, taking in the information, she leaned forward a second later, her expression filled with curiosity.

"But you're a hybrid, so that means your Mom would have been". Elena didn't finish her sentence, she knew Roman picked up on where she was going. Roman nodded at her and took another sip of his drink before speaking again.

"Yeah unbeknownst to her at the time, but then when I was about Fifteen, my Mom had a date over one night and he got a little too forceful".

Flashback

Mystic Falls, 1880

Roman walked through the front door of the Salvatore house, he was dressed in the clothing of the time, his hair long and his face clean shaven, he had stepped out for a few hours to give his Mother and her male friend of the night some privacy. As Roman walked into the main room of the Salvatore house he called out for her.

"Mother". Roman heard no response, his eyebrows creased in confusion and worry, the house was way too quiet, he began to cautiously make his way up the stairs to his Mother's room,listening carefully for any sound. As he approached the door to the room slowly he called out one more time.

"Mother". Roman again heard no response, so her pushed open the door, finding it had no resistance, he stepped inside, his eyes taking a moment to adjust to the darkness, when they did the sight he saw made his eyes widen in complete horror, he saw his Mom on the floor,hugging her legs to her chest, she looked to be in a state of shock. Roman peered over to the bed, the man she had brought home lied there in a pool of blood. Roman looked back and forth between his Mom and the body on the bed a few times, trying to comprehend what he was seeing, he finally shook himself out of his own state of shock and rushed over to his Mother's side. Once he crouched beside her he looked her over, noticing her clothes were torn and she had various bruises and scratch marks, her brunette hair in a frenzy, he grabbed her face and made her look at him, their matching sky blue eyes meeting. Roman spoke softly.

"Mother what happened?". She just started a hole through him, it was as if he wasn't even there, he shook her a few times, trying to get her to answer him. When that didn't work Roman got up and paced around the room, trying to think of what to do. After a minute a stopped and looked at the body on the bed and then a moment later in panic mode he picked his Mother up bridal style and ran out the door.

Present day

As Roman finished, Elena looked at him, stunned.

"She killed him". Roman nodded, his eyes seemed to be full of rage bubbling under the surface.

"Yeah, it took her awhile be she finally told me what happened a few weeks later, and truth be told,guy is lucky that it was just a quick blow to the head,because if I had been there I would have tried to tear him into pieces". Roman's hand gripped his glass hard, Elena could tell he was trying to suppress his rage, which considering the glass in his hand had not shattered yet, she supposed he was actually doing so pretty well. Roman looked to see Elena concerned expression and managed to begrudgingly calm himself, he sat his glass down and spoke softly to her.

"Sorry". Elena looked at him in understanding and shook her head.

"No, it's okay. I get it, but what did you do after that?". Roman sighed.

"Well...we ran. I took her to a small town in Ohio,we slept in the woods, lived off the land,it wasn't easy, but we were scared and let me tell you. I thought that finding a dead body in my Moms room was the most horrific thing I could ever see, then the next full moon came".

Flashback

Loveland,Ohio 1880

Roman was asleep on the ground, the dirt soiling his clothes, the leaves were his only pillow, he awoke, sitting up startled when he heard blood curdling scream. Roman looked in every direction before finding his Mom curled up in pain in the near distance, he got up and ran to her, scooping her up in his arms.
"Mother what's wrong". She cried and jerked in pain thrashing around.
"I DON'T KNOW….IT HURTS". Roman tried to keep hold of her, but her thrashing became to strong, he was thrown backwards a moment later, he got back to his feet and tried to approach her again only to see her look up at him, her eyes yellow, she growled at him like a hungry animal, he scream and unwilling tripped backward over his own feet, he managed to turn and get back up, running for his life through the woods.

Present day

Elena looked at Roman with sympathy, she could relate to seeing horrible things and not know what to do, especially when it involved parents. Roman continued his story.
"She told me later that the pain had been going for hours before I woke up. I still don't know how I didn't hear it before then, but I guess it doesn't matter. I managed to keep running until day break. I don't know how, but somehow I grew enough nerve to go look for her".

Flashback
Loveland, Ohio 1880

Roman had been wandering through the woods for hours searching for his Mother, calling out her name, the previous nights events shook him to his core, and on top of that he was absolutely exhausted. As he walked through the forest he stumbled upon a small village that had been set up right in the middle, there were men, women and children outside, doing various things. Playing, working, talking, he called out to get their attention.
"Excuse me". Before Roman knew it he was rushed by various members of the village, all different kinds of weapons being pointed at him, he put his hands up in surrender. A moment later a soft voice called out from behind the mob.
"Wait". Roman looked to see his Mother work her way through the various people to him, she hugged him and turned to the group. "This is my son". Roman's eyebrows creased in confusion, he was obviously wondering what on earth was going on.
"Mother...Who are these people?". Just then and the mob relaxed there stances, a man with long gray hair, accompanied with a grey beard emerged and stood in front of Roman.
"Hello, my name is Elias. I know what you and your Mother are and we're going to help".

Present day

Elena listened to Roman intently, a questioning look dawned on her face.
"So who was Elias". Just as Roman opened his mouth to answer, he stopped, his expression growing confused. Elena looked at him concerned
"Roman, what's wrong?". Roman got up and tilted his head to the side, almost like he was trying to listen to something closely.
"It's just that I hear something...strange". Elena got up too, trying to hear what he was hearing, but her human ears were far less sensitive, she heard nothing, but Roman continued trying to figure out what the sound was, he could hear a sort of ticking sound. A moment later Roman's eyes widened, he figured out exactly what the sound was. Roman rushed to Elena and grabbed her, speeding out the door, just moments before the Salvatore Boarding House exploded, going up in flames.