Growing up a second time was a nightmare. My first couple of years as a baby were filled with nothing but drooling, sleeping, and god awful breastfeeding. That shit was pretty traumatizing. I'm sure I'm scarred for life from seeing my mother's breast and putting them in my mouth daily.

By the time I reached six years old, my parents, Anna and Titus, explained that they knew I was. Death marked me as an old soul and it was thrown into a reincarnation cycle. They knew I was reborn, but they didn't know where I came from or if my real family was in this world. I didn't stress about my old family; I know they were in good hands with my teammates.

My aunts and uncles, Shelia, Lucida, Denzel, and Reggie, were utterly fascinated by my reincarnation. It was safe to say they were disheartened when I told them I didn't remember anything but floating aimlessly in darkness until popping out my moms' vagina.

My bond with my cousins, Lucy, and Bonnie, were pretty good. I loved them to death, and I know the feeling is mutual. I promised myself as soon as I laid eyes on baby Bonnie that I'd protect her with my life. Canon Bonnie Bennett went through hell and back. Always suffering and sacrificing herself for others. But in this timeline, that shit isn't going to fly.

Bennett witches aren't doing shit for free. We won't be bullied and belittled by anyone, especially not by a vampire of all things. I'm making sure to drill that into Lucy and Bonnie's heads now while we're young. Do you want services? You got to pay a fee, no handouts or charity.

I don't know how much I'm hurting the timeline, but I always keep Bonnie and Lucy with me. Sure Lucy is older physically, but I'm older mentally, and I feel like it's my duty to keep my hard headed cousins out of trouble.

My parents in this world were terrific. Titus and Anna never look at me funny or judge me for being an old soul. They didn't question me about the timeline; the only thing Mom told me was, " use your knowledge and power wisely." Everything was free reign as long as I didn't put my family in harm's way.

I know canon Bonnie's mom; Abby abandoned her when she was four, so I made sure to tell my mom about Abby losing her magic when she entombed Mikael. Thankfully when Mikael came rolling into town looking for the doppelgänger, he didn't expect to see three Bennett witches and a warlock waiting for his ass. He won't be a problem for a long time.

Problem solved; Abby, Rudy, Shelia, Bonnie are a happy little family, and it'll stay that way as long as I'm in this timeline. Canon Bonnie suffered abandonment by her mother twice, Rudy was neglectful and got killed by Silas. Sheila was an old drunk that ended up dying and leaving Bonnie behind. Now they're all happy; Shelia even has a husband that wasn't in the original timeline but whatever as long as she's comfortable and breathing.

We needed knowledge, and that's what we got. I'll make sure Grams nor Bonnie die in this timeline because of dumb ass vampires and their fuck ups.

I've already met and sadly by force befriended Elena Gilbert, Caroline Forbes, Tyler Lockwood, Matt & Vicky Donovan. It was known that I couldn't stand Elena but loved Carolina even if she was ridiculously blunt, insecure, and a bit of an attention whore. I loved her. Her, Vicky, Matt, and Tyler were like my little ducklings. I looked out for them. Elena was best friends with Bonnie, and I know it's wrong to dislike a kid, but she was the root of many problems in the future.

I knew it was a matter of time before those moronic Salvatore brothers come into town and wreak havoc. Our peaceful lives would go to hell, but hopefully, with me being here and my slow recollection of memories, things wouldn't be as bad.

I know some things I shouldn't prevent, such as Caroline becoming a vampire. I'd never change that just the way it happened. Katherine was a favorite character of mine on the show, but if she laid a hand on my Caroline, I'd smoke her ass. Caroline became a better version of herself as a vampire, and who would I be to stop her growth? Not a good friend.

When Klaus and his family come into town, my family isn't stopping the ritual. My mom says it was bound to happen one way or the other. She'd find something to keep Elena alive. It was Klaus's fate to finally become a hybrid, or who were we to take that from him? His mom had done enough damage as it was.

I plan on befriending poor Rebekah when she awakens and makes sure she doesn't get stabbed in the back by Elena—keeping Finn and Kol alive—hopefully befriending them as well. Honestly, I'm going to try to befriend the whole family. I loved them in the show.

But for now, I've got shit that needs to be accomplished. I've got a couple more years for all that drama.

"Mama?"

Mama turned away from the biscuits she was rolling. "Yes, baby?"

"Can you teach me magic? I know that I'm physically six, but come on, mentally, I'm thirty-six. I promise I'll be careful!"

My dad lets out a loud chuckle from the dinner table.

"What's so funny, Dad?" I demanded, frowning, looking over at him, confused.

"Nothing, sweetheart. It's just your mother swore up and down that you wouldn't have any interest in your heritage yet, but I told her you meant business about it."

Mama sucked her teeth, "Oh shut up, Titus. Of course, I'll teach you, Ororo. You can even see if Shelia and Bonnie want to come over for lessons."

Dad lowers his newspaper, shooting me a mischievous grin, which I return.

"I don't know what you two got planned, but y'all better not burn down my house." Mom glares at us, waving his wooden spoon threateningly.

God, I love this family.