Disclaimer: I do not own The Vampire Diaries or any recognizable people or places.
This is my first foray into the Vampire Diaries universe so please be kind.
simbacurls: You don't have to choose just one Mikaelson :). And you're right, Esther did Finn a dirty :(
15 Years Old
Calynn was bathing in the woods after having been practicing her martial arts for over an hour. It was a way for her do destress and calm down especially after a long tiresome week like this one. She had noticed over the years that she started to care about children and those that prayed to her, which scared her.
The plan to make the villagers stop worshiping her hadn't worked out at all and now they had made a temple for her in the middle of the village where people came to pray and leave offerings. The worst part was that around six months ago a few traveling merchants had come into the village to sell their wares and of course they had been curious about the temple in the middle.
When they were told about her and that she was a goddess stuck in mortal form they had scoffed and been skeptical. But then when they had seen Calynn and her powers for themselves they had started to believe the villagers, it was cemented after Calynn brought one of them back from the brink of death.
And so, the belief and religion of Calynn spread and she became stronger and was able to sort of astral project herself to the people who prayed to her. Her astral projection was solid and she could still use her powers but she looked like she was shining and her eyes didn't lose the pinkish purple glow in that state. She absolutely hated it!
One such instance had happened around two months ago when one of the traders had wanted to prov to another village that she existed and was a goddess and at the same time save a life.
Flash Back
Calynn felt a pull inside her and decided to sit down and close her eyes and follow it. When she appeared in the middle of a village in front of several people, she was understandably shocked.
"Alexander, what can I help you with?" Calynn turned to the man that had prayed to her.
"Marcus daughter is sick," Alexander knelt in front of her and held up a beautiful flower crown towards her. "I offer this flower crown to you and I know it is not much, but I beg of you, Goddess, please help her."
Something in Calynn told her to take the flower grown and place it on her head. After she had placed the crown on her head, she smiled kindly at Alexander. "Show me the child."
Alexander made a gesture and a man carrying a young child walked forward. The child couldn't have been more then 4 or 5 and she looked very frail even as she looked up at Calynn in awe.
"What is your name, child?" Calynn asked softly as the man laid her down on the ground in front of her.
"Maria, Goddess." Maria said quietly and then her small body was wrecked by coughs that shook her small frame.
"Maria, that's a beautiful name." Calynn smiled at placed one of her hands over Maria's head and the other over her chest.
As Calynn healed Maria she could feel Alexander's prayers give her more power and then several others started to pray to her to which made the healing very easy.
When she was done, she stepped back from Maria with a smile. "I removed the sickness from your body and placed a barrier that makes sure that this sickness won't be able to reach you again."
"Thank you, Goddess." The man who had carried Maria to her fell to his knees and placed his head on the ground.
Calynn smiled slightly at Maria, then she nodded at Alexander and made her way back to her body.
End Flash Back
After that it had only gotten worse. Calynn didn't need to sleep as much anymore and a few days ago when she accidentally cut her hand when she was cutting herbs, her blood looked like it shimmered.
The only ones in the blasted village who didn't treat her like a goddess were her mother and the Mikaelson family. Kol actually mocked her for the way the villagers bowed and worshipped her and Calynn could never thank him enough for it.
Esther were acting weird around her, some days she treated Calynn like one of her own children, other times she acted like Calynn were a respected witch. At least she never bowed to her or treated her as a goddess.
The one who freaked her out the most was Mikael, he was always watching her intently with a freaky sort of intensity. Calynn would feel his eyes on her whenever she was at the Mikaelson house or even if she was just in his proximity and the only thing she wanted to do was hide.
Calynn shook her head clear and started to get up from the water, knowing it was time to go back and help her mother with dinner. She slowly walked towards were she had left her dress and a towel when she heard a gasp. She looked to the side quickly to see a blushing Niklaus staring at her naked body with wide eyes.
"Niklaus?" Calynn gasped, shocked.
"I'm sorry!" Niklaus hurriedly turned around and almost fell in his haste to give her some privacy.
"It's alright." Calynn murmured as she walked over to her dress quickly. She had never really felt embarrassed about her body, but standing naked in front of someone was not something she was used to.
"I didn't mean to spy on you as you bathed." Niklaus spoke up, embarrassment still coloring the nineteen-year-old's voice.
"Why are you this far out in the woods anyway?" Calynn asked as she tied the black string around the waist of her green dress. "You can turn around."
"I just needed to get away." Niklaus slowly turned around but didn't raise his head to look at her.
"Niklaus, look at me." Calynn demanded gently.
Niklaus hesitantly looked up at her and Calynn had to bite sown on her anger because the left side of Niklaus face was covered in bruises and he had a split lip. He must've seen something on her face because he tried to reassure her, "It's not as bad as it looks."
"Oh Nik." Calynn placed a gentle hand on the injured side of his face. "Whatever your father said to you about why he hurt you, you should know that he is wrong. The only thing he is proving by hurting you is how weak he himself is."
"What do you mean?" Niklaus looked at her with vulnerable eyes.
"Your father must be one of the weakest most pathetic people in the village." Calynn hummed thoughtfully. "I mean he obviously hits his own children to make himself feel powerful."
"You really think so?" Niklaus asked, almost afraid to hope.
Calynn took her hand from his now healed face and smiled. "I know so."
"Thank you." Niklaus grabbed her hand and kissed the back of it.
"Any time." Calynn chuckled, then she turned serious. "You can always come to me if you need to, it doesn't matter if it's for healing, to get away from your father or even just for company."
Niklaus smiled gratefully at her, then he offered his arm to her. "Would the lady like an escort back to the village?"
"Much appreciated, kind sir." Calynn laughed softly and took his arm.
As they walked into the village people bowed and murmured Calynn's name in reverence as they passed and Calynn could see that it was making Niklaus slightly uncomfortable but she knew that he tried to ignore it for her sake, which she was grateful for.
When Calynn and Niklaus arrived at Calynn's home there was a note left on the door form her mother stating that Ayanna had gone to gather herbs and wouldn't be back for a few days.
Calynn sighed, she hated eating alone, it was depressing and it made it hard for her to ignore all the prayers in her head. Klaus must have noticed the sadness I her because he smiled at her.
"Mother wouldn't mind if you would have dinner with us." Klaus said. "She asked Rebekah the other day to invite you someday and I guess this is basically the same, right?"
"Almost, the only difference is that I think Rebekah looks better in a dress than you would." Calynn smiled gratefully at him.
"Most likely." Niklaus laughed and started to lead her to his house.
2 months later
Calynn laughed as she walked arm in arm with Finn through the village. It was approaching what would be known in the future as Halloween and the preparations for the celebrations were underway.
The villagers called it 'Latha na ban-dia' which translated to 'The Day of the Goddess' and they used the day as a way to pray and celebrate her. She liked the festival and all the happy people but she hated that they worshipped her, but no matter how much she hated the worship she could never regret saving Harald, even if Harald's father Hardyng had decided that he was her high priest and the other villagers had agreed.
"Goddess." An older man walked up to her and Finn while doing his best to bow even if they could see the pain he was in.
"You don't have to bow to me, Erik." Calynn let go of Finn to help Erik out of his bow while at the same time healing some of the pain he was in.
"Thank you, Goddess." Erik smiled at her.
That was another thing Calynn hated, no one except her mother and the Mikaelson family called her by name anymore. "What can I help you with, Erik?"
"I just wanted to thank you for everything you have done, Goddess." Erik bowed his head to her and walked away.
"I think it's a wonder that you haven't run away to live in the woods by now." Finn told her with a chuckle.
"Don't think I haven't thought about it." Calynn whispered back to him with a giggle.
They walked through the different stands, looking at all the wears and stuff on sale. Many of the stands were people from far away that had traveled so they could sell their stuff to new people and from what Calynn had understood, the merchants that had come were a nomadic people and never settled down for long.
"Oh, that's beautiful." Calynn gasped as she saw a necklace hanging at a stand. It was a big blue, polished stone in the middle of an intricate metal design with a big with pearl hanging beneath it.
"Thank you, child." The woman selling it smiled at her.
"Did you make it?" Calynn asked kindly, feeling happy that the woman didn't treat her any differently than any other customer.
"No but my son did." The woman smiled, then she turned around and called into the wagon behind her. "Arnold could you come out here?"
"Yes, mother?" A man in the middle of his twenties appeared.
"This young woman was wondering about the necklace." The woman smiled at her son.
"Hello." Arnold smiled at her as he walked up to the stand beside his mother. "The necklace is made with Tanzanite which is said to aid in healing and the white pearl to symbolize innocence and beauty. Not that you would need a stone to help you in that department."
Calynn was shocked, did Arnold just flirt with her? No, he couldn't have. As Calynn was thinking this Hardyng walked up to the stand, wearing a dark green cape thing that symbolized him being The Goddess's High Priest.
"You have no idea who you are talking to, do you boy?" Hardyng asked with a kind smile.
One thing Calynn was firm on was that no one would force the belief of her on someone else and her worshippers, and yes, she hated that term to, had accepted that, but that didn't mean that they didn't try to convert and convince very single person who came to the village.
"Should I?" Arnold asked confused.
"She is the Goddess." Hardyng declared strongly and proudly.
"She's a goddess?" Arnolds mother asked skeptically.
"Yes, she is." Hardyng nodded as the villagers that were close by voiced their agreement. "Calynn is the Goddess of Life, Children, Battle and Healing."
Calynn wanted to sink through the ground. She hated being the center of attention. "Hardyng, was there something you wanted?"
"Yes, Goddess." Hardyng bowed to her. "Harald made this for you."
Calynn looked down and smiled as she saw the crudely made armband that Hardyng was holding out towards her. "It's very pretty."
"I shall tell Harald that you liked it when I get home." Hardyng smiled proudly as Calynn took the armband from him.
"Would you help me put it on, Finn?" Calynn held out the armband to Finn who took it with a smile.
"Of course." Finn tied it around her left wrist as the villagers smiled at the sight.
Then Calynn froze and felt a pull to someone who were praying to her in desperation. It sounded like a young female voice and she sounded terrified.
"I need to go." Calynn said and her eyes started to glow as she disappeared in a flash of light, to the gasps of the nomadic merchants.
Calynn appeared in the middle of an unknown forest in front of a terrified young girl who couldn't be more than 17 years old. She was injured and her clothes were ripped as tears were falling down her face.
"Hush young one, you are safe now." Calynn bent down and gently touched the girls face.
Since the whole thing about people worshipping her and praying to her, she had started to care about people in a way she never had before, but only those that were believers of her so called 'religion'.
"I knew you were real." The girl sobbed in relief.
"What's your name, young one?" Calynn asked softly as she helped the girl to her feet. Calynn may look 15 physically but technically, with both her lives counted, she was in the middle of her forties, so she considered everyone under twenty; young ones or children.
"Sarah, Goddess." Sarah curtsied as best she could with her ripped dress.
"You can call me Calynn." Calynn smiled at her. "Why did you pray to me with such desperation?"
"They are chasing me, Lady Calynn." Sarah looked behind her in fear. "They wanted to use me but I didn't want to so I ran and I prayed to you for help and you came."
"Of course, I came." Calynn reassured her. "While I don't come to the ones who pray for the things that they can solve on their own I do try to come to the aid of those that needs it."
Before Sarah could say anything five very dirty men burst into the clearing making Sarah whimper in fear. Calynn pushed Sarah behind her and stood tall as the men approached them.
"Well what do we have here?" Who Calynn assumed was the leader asked as he looked Calynn up and down with a leer. "Seems like our entertainment has doubled, boys!"
"You will not touch either me or Sarah, you shall turn around and walk away if you want to live." Calynn stated calmy, not even the slightest afraid.
"Oh-ho, seems like we have a tough one on our hands." The leader laughed at her.
"Those are always the most fun to break." Another man spoke up as she grabbed his crotch.
Calynn just raised an unimpressed eyebrow at him, "Do you rape women because you are too ugly to get them any other way?"
"You bitch!" The man ran at her but she just held up her hand and flicked him into a tree with a sickening crack.
"Anyone else?" Calynn asked. "If you leave now, the rest of you will survive."
"We'll leave." The leader glared at her.
"Good." Calynn nodded and turned her back to him and his men to check over Sarah.
Calynn felt the leader run at her with his with raised as if to use it to knock her down when all Calynn did was raise her right hand and snap fingers. The leader went splat with blood flying everywhere except on Calynn and Sarah. She had stolen that trick from Lucifer in Supernatural and didn't feel even a little bad about it.
The she turned to the three remaining men and just twisted her hand, breaking their necks with one simple gesture. "Rapist don't deserve do live."
"That was pretty cool." Sarah breathed out before attacking Calynn with a hug. "Thank you for saving me!"
"Of course, young one." Calynn awkwardly patted Sarah on the back.
"Oh, sorry my Lady." Sarah pulled back and went into a curtsy.
"What are your plans now?" Calynn asked as she took Sarah by the hand had led her over to a fallen tree so she could sit down while Calynn healed her cuts and bruises.
"I don't know." Sarah shrugged. "I don't really have anywhere to go."
"Would you like to come with me then?" Calynn asked. "I live in a village with very kind people and you would certainly have a place to stay as long as you contributed to the village."
"I can really come with you?" Sarah asked hopefully.
"I offered, did I not?" Calynn teased as she pulled back when she was done healing Sarah.
"Then I would be honored to go with you, my Lady." Sarah agreed.
"Come on then, grab my hand." Calynn held out her hand and when Sarah grabbed it, they disappeared in a with light.
They appeared again in the middle of the village where most of the villagers were decorating for the party. Calynn looked around and smiled when she saw Marianne, an older woman in her sixties who had become like everyone's grandmother.
"Marianne." Calynn walked up to her, all the while pulling Sarah along with her.
"Goddess." Marianne bowed her head in greeting and reverence.
"Could you do me a favor and give Sarah here a place to stay?" Calynn asked softly. "Some men decided that they wouldn't accept a no so I didn't want to ask Hardyng."
"Of course Goddess." Marianne smiled.
"Thank you." Calynn kissed Marianne on the head and healed some of her aches. "I will pay you back for this."
"No need Goddess, no need," Marianne murmured, then she smiled a tad deviously. "Now go and talk to young Finn, he asked for you to speak with him when you got back."
"I'll leave you in Marianne's capable hands." Calynn smiled at Sarah and walked towards the Mikaelson family home.
A/N: Second chapter!
The question I have now is; Who do you want Calynn to be with?
Finn: 5
Elijah: 0
Niklaus: 1
Kol: 4
Finn & Kol: 2
Finn & Elijah & Niklaus & Kol: 3
Freya/Kai/Rebekah: 1
Someone else?