author note:
Hello lovely readers,
its been a while that i updated this story. i am sorry for that. I am currently bustmy writing on 'the Swan and the Raven' and a new story based on the serries Lucifier called 'The Devils sister'. I updated both these stories recently.have fun reading this chapter!i dont own twilight or the vampire diaries! i just like playing around with the characters.
Chapter 03 tragedy strikes PART I
1848, Mystic Falls, Virginia
It was spring in Mystic Falls, the sun was shining and there was a warm breeze going through the town. Nothing seemed different that day, it started as any other. This day would end differently then any before, this dat would be remembered by everyone in this quiete town.
Marie started getting ready for her day. Her maid Kate helped her getting the tight corset and dress on. She quickly does her hair and made her way to her daughter's room. When she enter the twelve year old girl was fast asleep. Not wanting to wake her just yet Marie tip toed to the bed, enjoying the peaceful look on Isabelle's face. Marie smiles softly at he daughter's sleeping form while stroking her head softly. After a couple of minutes two sleepy brown eyes started at her.
"Good morning Isa love, time to get out of bed" Marie said gently. Isa brought her hands to her face and tried to rub the sleep out of them.
"Can I sleep a little more mother?" Isa said softly.
"If you are going to sleep who will play with Damon and Stefan?" Marie replied to her, knowing that would get the girl out of bed. Isa quickly sat up in her bed and threw the blanket she was laying under to the side. A large excited smile appeared on the girl's face. "Did you forget it was today?"
"I did forget!" Isa rushed out of bed and ran to her closet. "Mother can you help me find a dress?"
"Of course love." Marie walked to her daughter and looked inside the closet for a dress. Isa pointed out one of her newer ones, but Marie was quick to put it away. Her daughter was going to play with two boys, meaning her clothes and probably Isa herself would get dirty. Soon they found the perfect dress and put it on. Isa sped downstairs and into the kitchen.
"Good morning father!" She almost shouted in excitement. Charles laughed at his daughters.
"Good morning to you too sweetheart. You seem very cheerful this morning." He replied.
"I am going to Damon and Stefan today!"
"Oh that is right. I am sure you will have fun."
Isa walked to him and gave him a hug. When she let go she sat down next to him. Marie walked in when he gave a kiss on top their daughter's head. She felt happy seeing her family happy. She sat down opposite from her husband ready to begin the day.
Halve hour after finishing breakfast Marie kissed her husband goodbye, she gave him a quick hug as well. Charles also gave a kiss on top of Isa's head and wished her a fun time at the Salvatore's.
"Be careful Marie." He said. Charles was always nervous when his wife would go into the woods alone. He did not want to forbid her to go since she loved going.
"Don't worry my love. You know I always come back to you two." She smiled lovingly at him, trying to cease his troubled mind. "I will see you tonight."
Charles nodded and went back into the house as Marie and Isabelle walked away. For some reason he had a bad feeling about today.
It was a short walk towards the Salvatore house. Marie knocked on the door while Isa was jumping up and down next to her. She loved this side of her daughter, it was a shame she would need to act as a lady soon. Her thoughts were interrupted by the door opening. Lillian stood there greeting her friend and daughter.
"It is good to see you and you both look absolutely amazing." Lillian said, earning a smile from both Swan's.
"Thank you!" Isa replied and impatiently said. "Can I go look for Damon and Stefan?"
"Of course darling go ahead." Lillian stepped out of the door to let Isa pass. " I am sorry for not going with you today Marie, something happened two days ago."
Marie studied her friend, she saw Lilly was stressed, on guard and extremely sad. Every time Giuseppe got aggressive her friend had the same look in her eyes. Anger boiled in her veins at this disgusting man that her husband called a friend. "What did he do now?"
Lillian quickly closed the door behind her and grabbed her friends hand, guiding her to a spot no one could hear.
"It all went very badly and it is all my fault!" Tears looked into her blue eyes. Marie put an arm around her friend for support. "He hurt Damon."
"He did What!!! Why?" Marie whisper yelled. She could not believe a parent would hurt their children or any family member for that matter. "Why do you blame yourself?"
"Because it is my fault" Lillian looked at her hands, guilty tears threatened to spill over. "I stole some money from Giuseppe. Yesterday he blamed Damon for is and he burned him with his cigar as punishment. I… I was frozen and I could not make the words leave my mouth."
"Lilly…" Marie spoke gently, she tried to contain her anger at her friends husband. Marie put a hand on her friends shoulder. "He should not have raised his hands to you in the first place! You always told me he never hurt your two boys, why the sudden change?"
Lillian looked up at her friend, she could feel her tears running over her cheek. Marie gently brushed hem away with her thumbs. "I was shocked to see him hurt our son. It was a cruel punishment and not deserved at all… It should have been me, not Damon. I know I should have protected him, I should have confessed my crime to him in that moment. I am afraid of him Marie, I need to protect my sons and I have failed them once already. If I confess now… I am scared what he will do to me."
Marie could see in her friends eyes how afraid she actually was and She could understand where Lilly was coming from. Giuseppe's behaviour made Marie's skin crawl. She wrapped her arms Lilly, pulling her into a hug. "Love, you maybe should consider leaving him. You could always stay with us. We have to many rooms anyways. I could talk to Charles if you want."
Lilly stepped out of the hug and smiled sadly at her. "Thank you for the offer, but I am not sure if that would be wise. He would be furious if i would leave and I will not go without my boys."
"You do not have to decide at this moment Lilly, sleep on it and think about your desires."
"I will take it in consideration." She said in reply. "Thank you Marie for being there for me. I should see what the children are doing, you never know what they are doing. Although Isa keeps the boys in line most of the times."
"That would be wise because she was very excited which means trouble most of the times, with your boys concerned." Both women grinned. "Charles is at the house today, so if she is much trouble you can bring her home or if she wants to go home before I pick her up. Please try to relax today. I will see you soon Darling"
Marie kissed Lillian's cheek and made her way towards the forest. It was a beautiful day to collect some herbs, flowers and maybe some wild berries or mushrooms.
She greeted people along the way with a smile on her face. She was one of the specialist in town when it came to herbs, medicine and flowers. She often made bouquets for people whom fell ill, to lift their spirits. Marie had started the apothecary in Mystic Falls with the occasional help of Lillian. After the birth of Isabelle, Marie was forced to stop running the business. Lillian could not take over so she had the help of from the Smallwood family whom run it for her now. She supplies them with the herbs and taught then how to make medicine.
It was a quiet walk towards her usual spot, the birds were singing their magical melodies, the trees blossomed with life again. Marie arrived twenty minutes later and began to scan the area, to look what she mother nature supplied to her.
She quickly spotted Yarrow, a plant with a lot of small white flowers, if you apply the flowers on a wound the bleeding would stop with in seconds. She grabbed the knife out of her basket and carefully cut the plant and laid it gently in her empty basket.
When she walked a little further she saw Chamomile, a small flower with white petals and a yellow heart. This flower helps remedy an upset stomach and could help you sleep. It was most common to make tea from it. She put a lot of Chamomile in to her basket, for tea she would need a bit more than the usual medicine.
All day she harvests what she needed. She had went further into the forest. When Marie looked through the canopy of leave above her she saw the sun was ready to set. She was in her own world all day and realized that she already late to pick up Isabelle at the Salvatore's. She hurried back to the clearing where she started. When she almost reached the path that would lead her back to the main road, She saw an Asian woman in a dark blue dress and matching hat, her hair was in a right bun at the back of her head. Marie greeted her as she passed the woman. She never had seen her in the area so she concluded that it must be a traveller. "Good afternoon, are you lost?"
"No I am not lost I was just looking for some dinner." The woman reply coldly, which made Marie take a step back. She found it strange that the woman was looking for food in this part of the forest. She definitely was nor hunting any animals, Marie could not see a weapon on the stranger. She relax a bit more Although a voice in her head was telling her to run away from this lady.
"There is a place in town you can eat delicious meals, I could show you if you are interested." Marie offered kindly. The woman smiled at her in a predatory way. A chill ran down Marie's spine when she saw two razor sharp teeth that were longer than the rest of the woman's teeth. She swore they were not there a moment ago.
"I would have thought I needed to go into that strangely named town for dinner but now I have stumbled on you." Marie's eyes widened and She quickly tried running away towards her town. The woman laugh reached her ears, it made her blood run cold. "You pathetic human! You think you can get away.
Marie kept running, within seconds the woman stood before her again. Her face had changed, dark veins had appeared underneath her eyes and the white of her eyes had turned red. The woman grabbed Marie by her throat and pushed her against a tree with a wicked smile on her face.
"Please let go of me." Marie's voice came out as a whisper. The hand around her throat made it hard to speak.
"I am rather hungry I will not do such a thing." It appeared the woman sniffed the air around Marie. "I have to say you smell extrememy good. Not sure if i smelled a human like you before. I surely will take my time draining you."
"No!" Marie was mortified by the woman's words. She tried struggling free but it was in vain. Her captor was to strong. "I have a daughter who needs me please."
"Your pleas will not work I already made up my mind and if you taste as you smell that daughter of yours will probably taste devine as well." The woman let go of her throat, but roughly moved her head towards her left shoulder, exposing the right side of her neck and felt a sharp pain when the woman took a bite. Marie let put an agonizing scream. Her mind racing with the thought of what was happening this felt surreal. This woman was drinking her blood, what on earth was she? As the woman kept drinking Marie felt herself weakening and She knew in that moment she would not survive this attack. She would never see her loving husband and sweet daughter ever again. Her heart broke at the thought, tears streamed over her face, the breeze making the trails of them feel colder then the rest to her skin. She also thought about her best friend and how she could not help any further, she hoped someone would.
Marie desperately tried to brake free of the iron hold that kept her in place one last time. She felt her strength wavering, her mind was fighting the tiredness she felt. Her eyes felt heavier and heavier. The last thought she has was of her daughter imagining her all grown up and married, with a couple of children. She imagined herself being there at her daughter wedding, imagining Damon at the altar waiting for her little girl to appear in a magnificent white dress and flowers in her wavy brown hair. She prayed to god that her loved ones would stay safe before her whole world went black.
Author note:
I hope you enjoyed this chapter! Let me know what you like to see in this story!
please concider reading The swan and the raven, since this is the background story for that one.
The next chapter will be focused of the same day as this one but then from Isabelle and Charles perspective.
please review and until the next chapter!