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This is my first foray into the Vampire Diaries universe so please be kind.
15 Years Old, Latha na ban-dia
Calynn sat on a stool in front of her mother as Ayanna braided her hair with feathers and silver jewelry. It was the night of the festival and Ayanna had insisted that Calynn needed to look the part of a warrior goddess. She had already forced Calynn into a metal and leather armor in light brown and burnished gold with arm guards and leg guards and a sleeveless long cape that completed the outfit.
"Now there is only one thing left." Ayanna said as she stepped back from her daughter.
"What?" Calynn turned to her mother.
Ayanna picked up a tiara from a box on the table and placed it on Calynn in such a way that it was over her forehead, "Now you are done."
Calynn stood up and as she turned to her mother Ayanna stepped back with a bow, "Mother?"
"You might not have been born a goddess my beloved daughter," Ayanna smiled at her. "But you are becoming one. The more people start believing in you and start praying to you the closer you become."
Ayanna turned Calynn towards the polished silver that worked as a mirror and Calynn froze at the sight before her. She really did look like a goddess and that freaked her out a little. Before Calynn could start freaking out too much, there was a knock on the door.
"Elijah." Calynn smiled at him as she opened the door.
"Calynn." Elijah smiled and bowed before her and then he offered his arm. He was wearing a black shirt under a red and black corset vest and dark leather pants. "It is time."
Elijah had offered to be her escort through the town this year. Finn had done it last year and Kol the year before that.
It had become a tradition for Calynn to walk through the town and let the villagers see her on this night before she was to take her place in a throne like chair at the front of everyone.
"Thank you for doing this, Elijah." Calynn kissed him on the cheek and sent some of her powers through him, strengthening him.
"It's an honor to escort a beautiful woman through town." Elijah smiled at her teasingly.
"You flatter me." Calynn smiled and took his arm.
"Oh no, it should be me who is flattered." Elijah smirked. "I've got a goddess on my arm, do I not?"
Calynn laughed brightly, that was one of the reasons she adored the Mikaelson siblings so much, they all just mocked her about the whole goddess thing, even Henrik who didn't really understand but treated her like his sibling did.
As Elijah led her through the village she nodded and smiled at people, even as Elijah did his best to make her laugh, which he succeeded in as they approached her chair. The big bonfire in the middle of the tables were not lit yet, that was Calynn's job.
"Welcome one, welcome all." Calynn said as she stood in front of her chair and looked out at the gathered villagers. She could see some unknown people that assumably came from other villages and she had to bite back a sigh. "We gather here today to celebrate life and that we have survived another year."
The villagers cheered loudly as Calynn addressed them.
"And so, I declared that this feast shall begin!" Calynn raised her arms to the sky and the bonfire blazed to life.
After the food had been eaten, Elijah and Niklaus stepped up to either side of her chair, standing as if they were kings guards from Game of Thrones and Calynn smiled at the reminder of her last life. Niklaus was wearing similar clothes to Elijah, the only difference being his corset vest was blue and black instead of red and black.
"Lady Calynn will now accept your gifts and listen to your prayers. So, if you could be kind enough to from a line." Finn stepped forward and the villagers that wanted to give gifts and talk to Calynn or ask her for something quickly lined up.
Calynn hated this part of the festival, she didn't need gifts or devotion from these people, she just wanted their friendship at most, but still, there was nothing for it except sit there and smile as the people approached her.
Most of the people that came up to her gave her flower crowns or baked goods, because they had learned early on that she hated the unnecessary kills of an animal. Killing for food was completely fine and even for the fur to make clothes, but to kill an animal just to give her the crops was disgusting in her eyes.
After around an hour of reviving gifts and talking to some of the villagers a young couple came up to her and presented her with two beautiful gifts. The woman gave her a black leather belt that had two sheaths at the back for the beautiful hand-crafted twin daggers the man presented her with.
Calynn slowly got up from her chair and walked forward as the villagers became quiet. She picked up the daggers and the sheath and inspected them closely, then she turned to the young couple with a smile, "Both of these are beautifully made."
"Thank you, Goddess." The couple bowed with pleased smiles.
"What are your names?" Calynn wanted to know.
"My name is Thorsten and this is my beloved Emeline." The young man, Thorsten, introduced.
"What can I do to repay such a beautiful and thoughtful gift?" Calynn asked softly.
"Well, Goddess, we wondered if you could marry us?" Emeline had a hopeful tone in her voice.
"It would be an honor." Calynn nodded at them with a smile. "When are you planning the wedding for?"
"Two weeks, Goddess." Thorsten smiled lovingly at Emeline.
The rest of the gifts went by in a blur and then it was time for the dancing and Calynn absolutely loved to dance so she was happy. The music started and people got up with their partners and started to dance, but none of the villagers would ask Calynn because they saw themselves unworthy to dance with a goddess.
"Would you honor me with a dance?" A voice spoke from her left.
Calynn turned and smiled at Niklaus who was nervously holding out a hand towards her. "I would be delighted."
Calynn danced with Niklaus, Finn, Kol, Elijah and even Henrik and Rebekah for the rest of the evening and long into the night, the smile never leaving her face.
Two weeks later, Wedding
Calynn stood at the front of a makeshift aisle as Thorsten stood to her left waiting for his bride to be led down towards him by her father. Calynn was wearing a long gray dress with a silver belt that had charms depicting stars and the moon hanging from it.
Slightly behind Calynn to her right stood Rebekah in a pretty blue dress with a wide brown belt. In her arms there was a dark red silk band with gold tread, that would be tied around Thorsten and Emeline's hands to make the wedding binding.
Calynn smiled as she heard Thorsten's breath hitch as he saw Emeline in her wedding dress walking towards him down the aisle with a bright smile. As Emeline's father gave Emeline over to Thorsten, they both smiled so brightly that they could put the sun to shame.
"We have gathered here today to witness the union of love between Thorsten, son of William and Emeline, daughter of Sigurd." Calynn's voice sounded out over the gathered villagers. "Thorsten, are you here with a heart filled with love and truth and with pure intentions of loving and cherishing Emeline for the rest of your days?"
"I am." Thorsten said strongly.
"Emeline, are you here with a heart filled with love and truth and with pure intentions of loving and holding Thorsten dear until the end of your days?"
"I am." Emeline said just as strongly as Thorsten.
"Is there anyone here who which to protest this union?" Calynn turned towards the villagers. "Speak now or forever hold your silence."
"Grasp each other's left wrist." Calynn instructed the couple in front of her, when they did, she grabbed the red silk band from Rebekah and started to wrap it around Thorsten's and Emeline's joint wrists. "You join the left wrist because that is the arm that is connected to your heart."
Calynn looked up and indicated for William and Sigurd to step up to their respective child.
"William, do you give your blessing to Emeline, your soon to be daughter by marriage?" Calynn asked.
"I give my blessing and welcome Emeline into our family with open arms." William smiled at Emeline.
"Sigurd, to you give your blessing to Thorsten, your soon to be son by marriage?" Calynn turned towards him.
"I give my blessing and know with certainty that he will take care of my daughter." Sigurd nodded at Thorsten.
"Whit this band I bind you together so tightly that you will be together for all time, in this life and the next." Calynn tied the silk band around their joint wrist in an intricate way. "Never one without the other."
"Never one without the other." Thorsten and Emeline chorused as the silk bad melted into their wrists, leaving just a shimmer that would never disappear.
"I pronounce you husband and wife; may your days be blessed." Calynn smiled and turned toward Thorsten. "You may kiss the bride."
Everyone cheered as Thorsten kissed his wife for the first time and Calynn smiled but on the inside, she felt sad and maybe a little jealous that she would never have a normal life.
A few hours later Calynn walked through the woods as she thought about everything she knew would soon happen. Every day the Mikaelson sibling looked more and more like the people she remembered from the tv-series from her first life.
She knew that soon Tatia would be arriving and start playing with Elijah and Niklaus, breaking their brotherly bond irreversibly in the process and Calynn wanted to change that but she didn't know how. Calynn herself felt something for the four oldest Mikaelson brothers but hadn't done anything about it, not wanting to be like Tatia or even Elena who played brother against brother.
"It's not safe for young girls to walk around the wood alone in the dark." Someone said from behind her, she must have been very distracted by her thoughts not to have noticed she wasn't alone. "Especially beautiful girls like you."
"I can take care of myself." Calynn hummed. "But thank you for your concern, Mikael."
"You may be a powerful woman but even you can get hurt." Mikael walked up to her and blew some purple dust in her face making her chough.
"What…" Calynn trailed of as she started to feel dizzy and almost fell but Mikael caught her.
"I have watched you for years and you only grow more beautiful as time passes." Mikael growled in her ear as he pulled her to him with her back to his chest.
"Wha… did you…?" Calynn tried to ask but her words slurred together.
"I went to a dark witch and asked her for something that would weaken even you and then make you forget everything that happened as soon as you fell asleep." Mikael licked at her neck and cupped one of her breasts in his hand so he could rub his thumb over the nipple.
"No…" Calynn tried to struggle but her whole body felt lethargic. This must be what being roofied in her time felt like.
"You are going to look so beautiful as I sink my dick into you." Mikael ground his cock against her ass. "Your dark skin against my lighter tone will be a sight to see."
Mikael started to pull up her skirt when they heard a voice call out. "Calynn? You out here?"
"Finn." Calynn tried to call out but it came out as a mumble.
"Damn it." Mikael growled in her ear and quickly kissed her and showed his tongue into her mouth before he pulled back and lifted her into his arms. Then he called out to get his sons attention. "Finn!"
"Father?!" Finn ran over to them. "What happened?"
"I don't know." Mikael made sure to sound confused. "I found her on the ground over there."
Finn looked worried and tried to see anything to give a clue what had happened. As he looked around, he didn't see the way his father buried his face in Calynn's neck and breath in her scent.
"We should get her back to her mother." Finn muttered. "And it would probably be a good idea to take the back door as to not worry the villagers."
"Good idea, son, lead the way." Mikael nodded at Finn to start walking.
When Calynn woke up the next morning she had no memory of the night before. She knew she had walked through the woods and tried to plan for the future but then there was just a blank spot until she woke up. She decided to push it out of her mind for now and break her fast with her mother on what could be one of the last warm mornings before winter.
A/N: Second chapter!
The question I have now is; Who do you want Calynn to be with?
Finn: 8
Elijah: 0
Niklaus: 2
Kol: 11
Finn & Kol: 3
Finn & Elijah & Niklaus & Kol: 15
Freya/Kai/Rebekah: 2
Freya/Keelin/Calynn: 1
Rebekah/Calynn: 2
Someone else?