Reborn as a Gilbert

by blessedcountrygirl

Riley Collins is reborn as Riley Gilbert Elena's baby sister. When Elena is kidnapped by Trevor and Rose, Riley is as well. She is unknowingly left behind in the house when Damon and Stephan recuse Elena. What will happen when she is found by Elijah and how will this change the story especially when it is found out that she is part Mage Witch and part seer. Starts before the show.

6. Chapter 5: Episode 2

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 of 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.

(All Riley's Point of View from now on sorry for the confusion in the previous chapters. I will make it all her POV when I get finished and fix all the mistakes I missed.)

As of right now, the powers Riley has:

Sensing her surroundings

Light power

Telekinesis

Shield

Fire

Animal Forms

Mind-scape

She will be developing a new power or at least there will be hints of her new power, but this power will be her last one. I am not going to make her a super witch and be able to overcome all obstacles with a snap of her finger because lets be honest that is not a story. So no for everyone worried, yes Riley is powerful but she is not invisible and she isn't going to be a Mary Sue character.

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Chapter 5: Unforeseen help and hey look at the comet.

That night after the Gilbert house was quiet and dark, a white, grey, and black tabby cat could be seen exiting out of the youngest Gilbert's bedroom window. Then like something out of a movie the cat turned into an eagle and flew off into the night. Riley wanted answers and she was certain that the Salvatores had them.

Ares, Riley's name for her bird form, landed in a tree outside the Old Salvatore Boarding House just in time to see Stefan land on the ground. The conversation that a certain bird overheard was very enlightening. Her hunch about Stefan was correct. Stefan Salvatore is a vampire along with his older brother Damon, and Zach is completely human. Stefan is responsible for the decline in bunnies while his brother prefers humans.

If Uncle John were here he would just kill them both and be done with it, but Riley isn't like that. She doesn't mind vampires as long as they don't pull a ripper and slaughter an entire town. In her mind, if vampires didn't exist all the world's problems like global warming, overpopulation, and stuff, would be much worse than it already is. Vampires have to eat just like humans do so to her it isn't right just to kill them for surviving.

After the family of three went back inside Riley flew home to get some sleep, her curiosity was stated for now. She would be keeping a close eye on Damon though. Luckily she found a way to enter her mind-scape after falling asleep so she had very productive nights if she wanted to.

Riley's Mind-scape

Riley was sitting in her mind library after just finishing up sorting that day's memories when she suddenly felt someone else enter her mind, but before she could do anything about it her world went black. When she woke up, she was still in her library but sitting on the coffee table in front of her was a book and a letter with her name on it. She quickly brought up all her defenses stats to see how the intruder not only got into her mind but into her mind library, but there was nothing. It was as if nothing had happened. To be on the safe side she spent the next week of mind time (5 minutes real-world time) adding new defenses.

First, she pushed herself out into what would be outer-space in her mind, basically how she was when she first entered her mind-scape. She then made empty copy after empty copy of her planet: the copies looked just like her planet down her estate and protections, the only different thing was that each copy was devoid of all her memories and things. She made copy after copy and just threw them out into space. In the end, if someone else entered her mind they would have to search through all the worlds to find her real one, her last count was 50,678 copies.

The next thing she did was cloak her real planet by shrinking in down just a tiny bit so it would fit inside one of her copies. This way even if the intruder picked the copy her planet was inside they wouldn't know it unless they dug down about 300 feet. Think about Journey to the center of the earth.

After that, she went to random copies and put explosive traps all over the planets. Heck, she even made invisible mines and placed them in the space between the planets. In the end, the chances of anyone else getting into her sanctuary was less than .09%.

After her work was done she took an extremely long soak in her hot tub before returning to the library to go over the letter and the book.

The envelope was very thick but plain white with only her name on the front and closed with a wax seal on the back. With trembling fingers, Riley opened the letter and began to read.

Dear Riley

My name is Skylar Saltzman from the Aquila coven in England, you do not know me but I know you. Before I get into that I would like to tell you a story, well more like personal history.

The Saltzman family is originally from Germany. In 1755 the last of the family Daniel and Jasper decided to leave and start new in another country. Jasper was tired of the supernatural world and magic in general so before he left he had his brother bind his magic and the magic of any future descendants from him. Jasper then moved to America and I believe settled in Texas or what is now known as Texas.

Daniel on the other hand loved everything to do with magic and never forgave his brother for abandoning their birthright and cut all contact. Daniel then traveled to England with his wife Jessica and they joined the Aquila coven. Now the Aquila coven was originally known as the shifter coven because the creators of the coven was a very powerful witch and a werewolf. Due to the witch's great power, any children they had together were able to control their wolf change and then over the centuries as more and more witches joined the coven bringing with them more diverse magics the werewolf gene in the coven was eventually changed into the shifter gene. Then into shifter magic. Any child conceived by a born member of the coven will have the shifter magic in them and will be able to turn into their inner animal. Kind of like the animagus transformation on Harry Potter.

Another thing the Aquila coven is known for is producing Mage witches. A mage witch is a super overpowered witch that doesn't even need spells to do magic but they are still bound by nature. Their magic works on their intent alone, in simple terms they want something their magic makes it happen.

Now we have an allied coven in Cardiff Wales known as the Channeler Coven because they are known for producing seers. And yes I am talking about people who can see the future. This is because the Channeler coven was formed in Cardiff where a rift in time and space once was open. Long story short over time their magic mixed with the rift energy creating seers.

Now in both covens, seers and mages are revered as a coven secret and both must marry in the coven. About 15 years ago my sister Aspen Saltzman the newest mage witch of our coven fell in love with Ashley Jones the newest seer of the Channeler coven. They knew that they would never be able to be together but they wanted their first time to be with each other so on their last night together they did it and then went back to their homes where they married their betrothed. Little did they know was that Aspen was pregnant. It was later found out by our coven leader who decided that he did not want it to be known that his mage was pregnant by a seer. He gathered the elders and they used an ancient spell to magically transplant the unborn child into a random regular human woman. To ensure that they never had to deal with the child in the long run they had made a special trip to America just for this spell. After the spell was completed my sister could not live with herself and committed suicide. When Ashley found all of this out he soon followed my sister into the other-side. It turned out that their magic had blended that fateful night, meaning that in the eyes of magic they were married.

Three years later I wanted to know what had happened to my niece so I went and investigated. I eventually found out the name of the woman who my niece had been transplanted into. Her name was Miranda Gilbert.

Riley stopped reading after that. Could it be true, could she not be Miranda and Greyson Gilbert's biological daughter? It would explain how she had all these powers while her family remained human. She decided that she had to keep reading.

I don't know how to say this gently Riley, but Miranda and Greyson might be your birth parents but they are not your biological ones. When I had tracked you down I saw how happy you were, your sister Elena is a brat by the way, so I decided to just let you be. By now I am sure you have discovered some of your special girls.

You see there is a reason that the covens made sure that a seer bloodline and a mage witch bloodline never crossed. Seer magic and Mage magic are completely different and nobody knows what will happen if the two are combined. There have been plenty of theories throughout the years, which cover all sorts of crazy and impossible things but all the theories do agree on some things.

1. child will not be a servant of nature and will not have full access to magic but will most likely have access to a couple of aspects of magic, which the child could master so well that more abilities will grow from that one aspect.

2. shifter magic will still be present and they could have more than one form.

3. seer magic won't appear until their 15 birthday and will be watered down so to speak. The child will have more gut feelings than seeing the actual future but the gut feeling will always be right.

4. Children should still have complete control over their minds like every other Aquila witch. Meaning no form of mind control will work on the child.

There was this one theory that the child could just pop out of the mom already in animal form and never take human form but that was quickly dismissed as unlikely and since you are human I am going to take a guess and say that that did not happen.

Look, kid, I know that this is a lot to take in but I just thought that you deserve the truth. My advice for you is to find a witch you can trust and tell them all this. I know for a fact that Sheila Bennett would love to have an apprentice right now and she also has a granddaughter who will soon start to show magic. Learning new things is always easier with a friend. You might not have access to all magic but Shelia will be able to help you hone the skills you already have and teach you potions. Potions are the one thing that any witch can do even if they have their magic bound so you should excel in it.

I just want you to know that your parents loved you and if things were different you would have been a very spoiled, loved, and happy child here.

The book I have sent along is spelled to show you our family tree and history back about 1000 years. It is spelled to never run out of paper no matter how many books you put into it or no matter how much you write in it. This book is a magical representative of the book that will be by your bedside when you wake up. Whatever you do to the book in your mind will happen in the real world and whatever you do to the book in the real world will happen in your mind.

All you have to do is link the book to your magic, write your full name given to you by magic and put 7 drops of your blood on the name. Most of the time a young witch in our coven will do this and then start writing her own personal spellbook. For you, it could be a journal that you write about your powers or stuff you learned. Just because you can't do magic like the rest of us doesn't mean you should be denied your heritage.

If you already have a journal then cut your finger run the blood up both books spines and then press them together they will combine. You can do this to any book so it is like having a library inside one book. Any books you add will show up in the table of contents that is after the family history. To get to a certain book just say the book's name, for instance for journal say journal. It also has tons of protective magic on it so only a blood relative can even open it, let alone read it.

To find out your full name by magic go to your core, put your hand inside, and just focus on your name. It will then pop into your head, but be careful. In the supernatural world especially with magic users, names have power.

With lots of love your aunt Skylar

Well, there was one way to figure out if all this was real or just a big hoax from a witch. Riley took Skylar's advice and went to her core and followed the instructions. It took about 5 minutes of clearly thinking about only her name but it was worth the wait in the end. Her full name given to her magic was Riley Andrea Agenta Saltzman-Jones Gilbert. Wow, talk about a long name. So not only was she reborn into this world, she was magically transplanted into her birth mother by her biological mother's crazy witch European coven. Could her life get any weirder, crap she just jinxed herself she knows it?

Back in her library, she decided to follow her "Aunt's" instructions about the book. One cut later after signing her name tada her family history appears.

Book Name Page

Riley Andra Agenta Saltzman-Jones Gilbert

Born November 16, 1990, in Mystic Falls Virginia

Species: Magical Hybrid Sage: Seer and Mage

Book Page 1

Birth Family

Mother: Miranda Gilbert Knee Sommers (mom)

Father: Greyson Gilbert (dad)

Brother: Jeremey Gilbert (Jer)

Sister: Elena Gilbert (BHB)

Uncle: Johnathan Gilbert (Uncle John)

Aunt: Jenna Sommers (Jenna)

Book Page 2

Biological Family

Mother: Aspen Saltzman

Father: Ashley Jones

Aunt: Skylar Saltzman

Uncle: Carlos Saltzman

Book Page 3

Biological Ancestry (European)

Daniel Saltzman married Katelyn Saltzman Knee Simmons.

Their children: Joseph, Carrie, and Leopold.

Leopold married Amanda Saltzman knee Kole

Their children: Jackson and Jordan

Jackson married Audrey Saltzman knee Jefferson

Their children: Raylynn, Kyle and Jessie

Kyle Saltzman married Amanda Saltzman knee Briggs

Their children: Lynn, Johnnie, and Amber.

Johnnie Saltzman married Olivia Saltzman knee, Jenson.

Their children: Skylar, Aspen, and Carlos

Aspen Saltzman magically bonded with Ashely Jones.

Their child: Riley Gilbert ( Riley Andrea Agenta Saltzman-Jones Gilbert )

Book Page 4

Biological Ancestry (American)

Jasper Saltzman married Jessica Saltzman knee Tyler

Their Children: Rachel, Zoey, Zachary, Johnathan, Clarke, and Raymond Saltzman

Raymond married Rachel Saltzman knee Ryan

Their Children: Alaric, Ashley, and Jamie Saltzman

Alaric married Suzie Saltzman knee, Black

Their children: Hayley, Maggie, Nicholas, and Steven

Nicholas Saltzman married Jasmine Saltzman knee Johnson

Their children: Jake and Janie

Jake Saltzman married Luciel Saltzman knee Mason

They had only one child Alaric Saltzman

Alaric married Isobel Flemming

They had no children together but Isobel had a child out of wedlock: Elena Gilbert

The other pages had the rest of the family history and tree going back to the forming of Germany. The history only came out to about 50 pages and the rest of the book was blank so she quickly merged her journal with the book and now she had her very own grimoire. Riley spent the next few hours familiarizing herself with her biological family history. Then she went around her library and merged her entire book selection to the book. Now she had all her books in the real world and not just in her mind. This will make proving some research points so much easier.

The next day was the day before the comet and everyone was getting ready for it. The school even let out early because honestly, nothing productive was going to get done that day. While Jeremy stalked Vicki some more, and Elena was folding flyers with Bonnie and Caroline, Riley decided to go ahead and visit Sheila Bennett.

Sheila was a very powerful witch and she was able to confirm everything that Skylar had revealed to her the night before. Before she left the house Riley now had a new schedule, every day after school she would come over to Sheila's house and Sheila would teach her various magical subjects. Potions, Magical Healing not requiring active connection to nature, and more importantly honing all of her powers to not only help with magic but protect from magic as well. It was also agreed that since her birthday was the day after the comet, Riley would spend the night with Sheila so when her unknown seer heritage activated Riley would have help. Shelia personally thinks something else will happen besides just having gut feelings but she is keeping her lips sealed on her theory.

Finally, the day of the comet came and with it so did the drama. BHB was in a mood because Stefan is on the rebound which made staying at home for the day a no go. Jeremy was too busy stalking Vicki and getting high to be any fun and her Uncle John only stayed on the phone long enough to tell Riley Happy Early Birthday before saying he was on a case and couldn't call for a while. This left Riley with nothing remotely interesting to do so she decided to go for a run as Ace, her German Shepherd name. She finally changed back when it started to get dark and made her way into the town square.

Of course, it couldn't be a peaceful comet watching night, not with her luck. Vicki started to remember that Damon was the one who attacked her because Stefan was an animal killer and couldn't compel right. It eventually got worked out and in the end, Stefan and Elena spent the night talking while Damon disappeared as well as Caroline.

Riley told Jenna that she was staying at a friend's house earlier that day so after all the excitement she made her way over to Shelia's to prepare for whatever was happening tonight.

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