Reborn as a Gilbert

I DO NOT OWN ANYTHING EXCEPT MY IDEAS AND EVERYTHING I WRITE IS FICTION

Summary: Riley Collins was a normal sixteen-year-old foster kid from Harlem. One night her curiosity got the better of her and it cost her her life, or that is what she thought. One moment she lays on the ground in the middle on Central Park where her life was being drained from her and then the next she is being reborn into a world where Vampires were real and her family has a legacy of vampire hunting. This is her journey.

Crib: White Delta Children Gateway 4 inch 1 Convertible Crib

Car Seat: Black and Pink Extend2fit Convertible Car Seat by Graco

Stroller: Black Grey and White Baby Trend Sit N Stand Tandem Stroller + Car Seat Travel System

Playpen: Black Pink and White Baby Trend Go Lite ELX Nursery Center Rose Gold

Room: Purple Walls with pink and aqua blue bubbles painted on the walls with the star constellations on the ceiling. With hardwood floors and a window with a window seat on the wall across from the door.

Highchair: Purple and White Evezo Merly High Chair/Desk Combo

Rocker: Pink Fisher-Price Infant-To-Toddler Rocker Floral Confetti, Pink

Walker: Pink and Grey Dream on Me 2 in 1 Crossover Musical Walker and Rocker

Chapter 1: Curiosity Killed the Cat but it came back

Riley Collins was a normal sixteen-year-old foster kid from Harlem. Ever since she was a baby she had been bounced around from foster home to foster home until she landed in the South Harlem Group Home for Troubled Youth or SHG. She had been there for the past three years and was happy. Most children hated Group Homes but when you consider some of the foster homes she had been in SHG was like a five-star hotel. Like most foster kids Riley learned early on that all foster parents wanted was some extra money coming in and they didn't care for the kids under their care. So like most foster children Riley grew up without the love of a parent and learned to only count on herself but all that is about change because as Riley lays on the ground in Central Park dying her fate had been sealed by the race she had unknowingly saved. It was decided that she would be given a second chance at living all the while fixing the mistakes that one Elena Gilbert would make.

The first thing that Riley registered after taking what she thought would be her last breath was warmth. Warmth and safety. At first, she couldn't figure out what was going on but it soon became quite clear, even if it was a bit bizarre. She was a baby but not just a normal baby no she was an unborn baby. Do you know how it feels to have sixteen years' worth of memories and then realize that you haven't been born? Technically it would be born again. Let's just say that it was a long nine months for Riley but she did learn some valuable information while being the best unknown eavesdropper. It was weird that she could hear everything that was going on around her and her 'mother' crystal clear while being encased in fluid in her mother's abdomen.

Anyways she learned that her parent's names were Miranda and Grayson Gilbert and she also had two older siblings. An older sister named Elena who was 3 and an older brother named Jeremy who was 1. Her dad was a doctor while her mom was a stay at home mom. They lived in a small town called Mystic Falls and her family was one of the Founding Families of said town. She had an aunt named Jenna and an uncle named John who hated each other. Oh, and VAMPIRES WERE REAL AND HER FAMILY CONSIDERS THEMSELVES VAMPIRE HUNTERS.

Of course, only her parents and uncle John knew of the family legacy but it has been said that when Elena, Jeremy, and Riley turned 18 they would be brought into the family secret. Ya, I am not waiting that long. If Vampires were really real then I wasn't going to wait 18 years. She had been in this world for about 8 months when she had her first incident.

It was a normal day, her mom had dropped Elena and Jeremy off at daycare and was going around town doing errands when Riley felt her mother's heart rate start to accelerate and then a force hit them with so much force that she felt one of her mother's ribs crack and puncture her safe place. Before everything turned black she felt a force go out of her but that was all she remembered. She didn't find out what happened until days later.

Nobody's POV

Miranda Gilbert was walking across the street when a car came out of nowhere and hit her head on and kept ongoing. It was later released that it was a miracle that she survived and that alone left everyone baffled. The only injury she had was a couple of busted ribs one of which punctured her uterus but was luckily repaired in time to save her unborn child's life and allow her to stay in her mother until she was ready to come out. Her survival was later named the Gilbert Miracle because with the speed that the car was going should of fractured or broken every bone in her body.

Riley third-person POV

When she heard all of this she replayed what she remembered of that day before she blacked out. She remembered feeling that surge of power release out of her. Did she save herself and her mother or did something else happen? Riley had decided to table those thoughts until she was released from her current prison which by her calculations should be less than a month after the incident. Luckily nothing else happened before Riley was born again and her mother's ribs had healed enough that she would not have to go through a c-section. Although Riley didn't know if that was lucky for her or unlucky. On one side she didn't feel like being cut out of her 'mother' but she also didn't feel like being squeezed out of her 'mother' as well.

Before she knew it, they were on their way to the hospital for her 'birth' and she was stubborn because it took her 26 hours to get in the position for her mother to be able to push. Riley might have been silently praying for a C-section at the end just the get out into the real world.

The first thing Riley saw after escaping her mother was the very bright lights. They were so bright that she started crying much to her displeasure and before she knew it she was bathed and swaddled in a pink hospital blanket and being held by her father while her mother rested in the bed nearby. Wow, she can't believe that this was happening. I mean it was one thing to know what was going on but being in the world now and being able to see everything and knowing that it was really real and not a fabricated dream was a new experience for her. This was going to take some getting used to.

Her 'father' was an average looking guy in Riley's opinion. He had black hair with brown eyes and a gentle look to him that told her that he wasn't like the foster families that 'took care of her' in what she was calling her past life. Maybe just maybe her life would be better this time around. Her mother was very pretty with brown hair and brown eyes and again she had a gentle look to her as well. Her attention was brought back to her father when he started to talk to her which made her heart swell, even though she knew he didn't think she could understand him.

Riley 1st person POV

"Hi, baby girl. I am your daddy." When he saw that he had my attention again he continued. "You might not understand what I am saying right now but don't worry because I will tell you every day. I love you so much baby girl and I will always protect you no matter what. You will never want for anything I will always make sure you are happy and know that you are loved. Oh baby girl you are so loved by everyone in this family, even your uncle John. He might not show it very much but family is the most important thing in his life and yes that still includes aunt Jenna." He bent down closer to me then as if sharing a secret. "Just between you and me John still loves Jenna and Jenna still loves John but they are too stubborn to tell each other."

Before he could keep going my mom woke up.

"Grey. You better not be corrupting our daughter before she even has a chance to meet anybody else."

"Oh Mer, would I ever do that?" He asked her while turning from the window he was looking out while holding me.

"You and I both know the answer to that. Now hand her to me unless you plan on growing boobs and feeding her."

Oh my gosh, I so did not need that image in my brain of my dad on my first day in this world, but it was hilarious how fast he handed me over to her. The experience that followed though will haunt me for years. I honestly can't tell you how happy I will be when they either decide to bottle feed me or I grow teeth and can eat on my own.

After what felt like forever I could finally feel myself getting full thankfully. My dad took me from her again so she could clean herself up and anything else she needed to do before the rest of our family came in to meet me. While my mom went into the bathroom he took me back to the window and but kept up conversing with mom.

"So Mer, we should settle on a name for this little one now that she is here."

"I was thinking the same thing but I just don't know. Everything we have come up with just doesn't seem to fit our angel."

"I know what you mean."

They both went quite trying to think of the perfect name for me. That's when I had an idea. I remember back when my mom got hit by the car and the surge of power that I had released that I know somehow protected us. Maybe somehow I could use that to tell them to name me Riley. I honestly didn't know how to accomplish this so I just squeezed my eyes shut real tight and focused extremely hard on the name Riley. When that accomplished nothing I thought back to how it felt to release 'my power as I was now calling it'. I remembered how scared I was and then before I knew it I could feel it. My power. I didn't know exactly what it was but I felt it down deep in me. I then focused on my power while thinking my name is Riley. I don't know how long it took but finally, I felt my power move from inside me and reach out to my dad before it snapped back to me. It was then that I heard my dad say.

"What about Riley?"

"Riley?" my mom asked.

"Ya Riley. It just came to me Riley Miranda Gilbert." my dad finished.

"Riley Andrea Gilbert." mom countered which made dad chuckled and smile.

"I guess it is settled." dad said as mom made her way back to her bed. "Welcome to the world Riley Andrea Gilbert. Now, how about I give you back to your mother while I go and gather the rest of your family who is probably dying to meet you." Dad then handed me back to mom and left the room. Which prompted mom to talk to me and again the love I could hear coming from her voice made my heart swell just as dad's speech did.

"Oh my baby girl, my Riley. I love you so much and I am so happy you are finally here."

Before she could go on the door to the room we were in opened and in came the rest of the family. Dad led the group carrying another baby in his arms which had to be Jeremy. Then a woman came in holding a little girl, Aunt Jenna, Elena and then a man walked in behind them, Uncle John. Dad then got a clap on the shoulder from Uncle John and congratulations. The next thing I knew I was being picked up by dad as he gave Jeremy to mom.

"Everybody I would like you to meet the newest member of the Gilbert Family. Riley Andrea Gilbert.' dad said.

After a round of applause, I was then handed to Uncle John.

"Riley I would like you to meet your Uncle John. John I would like to introduce you to your youngest niece Riley."

Uncle John's hold was different from dad's. While dads felt more loving Uncle John's felt more protective. Now I'm not saying that dad's hold was not protective because it was but Uncle John's felt more like protection would come before love. I didn't get to contemplate much more on this topic because Uncle john's hold became more like dad's as soon as he asked John a question.

"John. I and Miranda have been talking and we were wondering if you would agree to be Riley's godfather."

"Really. You want me to be her godfather." Uncle John asked surprised.

"Yes, John we both would be honored for you to be her godfather," Miranda answered uncle john.

"I will be honored to accept the position. This does mean that I get to spoil her right." Uncle John asked, breaking the serious atmosphere that had descended onto the room.

I didn't get to officially meet Aunt Jenna until the next day because I fell asleep for the first time in this new world feeling safe and protected in my godfather/uncle's arms.

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