Hey guys,so this is chapter one, just to clarify Elena has lost both parents and her aunt Jenna looked after her and Jer but she's now done High school but is taking a year off before college, in this story she's around 20 and lets just say a lot can happen in a anything in italics are Elena's thoughts
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Chapter 1:
Elena Pov:
I get up and Im in this room, its dark and extremely large. There is four large wall length rounded windows, they are grand and beautiful yet there is no light coming through them, they seem to be covered by bricks which suffocate the room and make it seem far more smaller than it truly is.
Where am I? I have never been here before I would defiantly recognise a room like this, a room so dull and bleak.
I am intrigued by the windows so I walk towards them but I don't understand, I just can't seem to wrap my head around it, if these windows are boarded up then where is this light coming from. I run my hands over the brick its worn and I feel dust partials as I pull my hand away. I then turn around to see what other strange things are present in this creepy room. I feel a shiver run down my back as I discover there are no other objects the room, its spacious and empty
This is just really weird, where is everything, shouldn't there be something in here besides these windows.
After the inital shock of realising I'm the only thing in this room, I begin to absorb my surroundings. The walls are covered in green wallpaper which is tainted with brown splotches, tears and rips can be found along every wall, I start to feel small as I look upwards and see the abnormally high ceilings, they are covered in cobwebs and seem to continue upwards for eternity until they meet. I desperately search the ceiling for some kind of lamp or candles but I find none.
Where is this light coming from?
I start to feel panicky, I know the room is big and extremely tall but I've never felt so suffocated in my life, It isn't immensely bright its quite dim actually but the fact that there is no light source yet I can see my surroundings clearly, really makes me uncomfortable. I don't want to venture out to far for the fear of what lurks in the shadows of areas I can't quite see.
There has to be a way out of here.
This room was giving me all the wrong vibes and I couldnt stand being in here for a second longer, I straighten up and I stick on a brave face, there can't be anything to fear in this room. If I can't get out surely no-one can get in. At least that's the what I hope.I begin pacing around the room,its only then when im stepping around the room that I realise Im bare footed. I can feel tiny rock partials sticking to my feet making it uncomfortable to walk.
Why am I bare footed?And what am I wearing?
When \I look down I see im dressed in black flowing dress, with a laced bodice and the lower section of the dress is torn and messy in looks like something a corpse bride would wear. I must admit the dress looks beautiful but I've never seen it before, I most certainly do not own this.
I am distracted by my train of thought when I heard a loud audible slam from behind me.
What was that? Is there someone else in here?
I turn by body so quickly, I think I snapped a bone.I turn around to be greeted with the large dominant windows which shadow over me. But a flicker between two windows catches my gaze. I slowly creep towards the flicker, if someone is there I don't want any trouble. With each step the flicker reveals its true form to me. It's a door handle. I lose all sense and immediately run towards the door. I impatiently bang on the door, trying to seek help, or an explanation.
"Please, Let me out, let me out now" I yell out in frustration, I don't even know if there is anyone on the other side of the door but I pray there is someone to rescue me from this nightmare.
"Anyone please, help me...help me, please..." I am banging on the door with all my might but all that responds is an eerie silence, my begging has become muffled by the lump forming in my throat and tears that are threatening to pour.
"What do you want with me" I cry out, frustrated and feeling empty of hope, at this point all I want is validation. I slowly cease my banging on the door until I finally let it out, I slide down the door to sit on the floor, I land with a painful thud. I can't take the reality of knowing I'm trapped here. I just put my head in my lap and cry. I wont give who ever has me trapped the pleasure of hearing my sobs.
I hear a few sounds of movement and what sounds like a tap being turned. I slowly raise my head to see what all the noise is in relation to. When I look up I'm completely room has shrank to a minute size and I barely have enough space to move. I feel the catastrophic side of me kicking in. The sound eventually ceases. I sigh with relief, perhaps my capturor will leave me to suffer in peace. I try to calm down but the sound of water dripping is annoying me too much to ignore it. I place my hands on the ground to help me get up but something wet and sticky meets my hand.
What is this?
I force myself to look at the ground only to see a horrific sight. I'm surrounded by a pool of dark, thick blood.
Oh, god who's blood is this? Where is it coming from?
I frantically try to rub the blood off of my hands but it has bonded with my skin and refuses to leave, I try to rub it off with the cloth from my dress but it only results in me smearing my beautiful dress in horrid blood. I quickly discover that the blood flow isn't ceasing but continuing to fill the room at a rapid warm blood is now past my ankles and is rising upwards.
No,no,no,no,no this can't be happening no,it can't be real,can it?
I can't stay here, ill die.I begin looking for a way out of this tiny room but the door has disappeared and has been replaced by a brick chances are looking slim.I have to get out. I am really panicking now, my body is shaking, my spine has shivers running down it, my heart is pounding furiously against my chest, my head is thumping so hard against my skull that my vision is being blurred.I just scream, yell and cry out,anything to get their it's no use the blood is now around my waist and there is too much resistance between the blood and my body, so much so that im incapable of moving anymore.I know now that there is no way out unless its through death,which now seems no one is coming to rescue me, nobody cares about me anymore, I'm just a dead girl floating in blood.I keep thrashing my arms in the hope that I could swim through it but the blood just keeps rising until I reach the top of the ceiling. I turn my face up towards the ceiling so I can breathe for as long as possible but i know it wont be long now the blood level hs surged its way to my neck and its stinging with the searing heat excreting from it.
Then it finally captures me,the blood consumes my body. I close my eyes and try not to think of the ache in my chest from lack of air, I try to think of happier times with Jeremy,Caroline,Jenna,Bonnie,Matt even times with my mother and father but nothing comes but the horrible memories of them drowning before my eyes and I feel as though I'm now drowning before theirs.I know that resistance is futile so I let the feeling of emptiness consume me.
"Elena" I hear my name being called but it sounds so distant, so far away from where I am, I want to reply but I just feel to empty inside.
"Elena focus, what do you see? "I hear the voice again this time it sounds louder and I feel myself falling as I eventually open my eyes.
I wake up with a gasp, I'm still shaking and recovering from the eventful nightmare which has made by skin crawl.I grap my neck which is flushed with heat. Thankfully I recognise the room I am in now, it is my sanctuary where I can discuss my issues with . He insists I call him Klaus because we have known each other for two years and in that time I have come to confide in him and trust his opinions. I remember our first session, I was being forced by my aunt to attend his sessions after I clearly wasnt accepting my parents demise. I struck out and rebelled to help grieve over their passing.I got into the wrong crowd with people for a while and completely shut out my other friends and family, drinking and drug use became a daily ritual,It helped me escape the harsh reality of life and I was depressed every second of every day, suicidal would be a gentle word on describing my mental state.I was completely lost and angry at the world and Aunt Jenna and Jeremy just couldn't handle me anymore, I was out of I met Klaus, I was originally completely against our sessions and i refused to co-operate but somehow he related to me and saw the good in me and ever since he has helped me keep the demons at bay and seeing good in life, something which I was blind to before we met.
"Elena,are you feeling alright?" he asked in a soft voice, he really was concerned for my well-being and I think that's why we connected so well,he was the first person who seemed to actually care about my problems and not try sympathise with me.I didnt really know how to answer his question, I was by no means alright after that terrifying dream but I trusted him so I knew I would have to tell him about it.
"Uh..yeah,Im feeling better now,uh what was going on?" I asked genially, I didn't have the faintest clue what we were discussing before my nightmare.
A smile spread across his face and a quiet chuckle escaped from his mouth "Ah, you don't remember, I take it I was boring you too much, eh?"
I couldn't help but smile at his remark, even after the disgusting events that played in my mind he still knew how to help cheer me up, to a certain both sat there just smiling like fools for a moment, it was peaceful. That's how it always was with Klaus he made me feel at peace and I always thanked him for that, all be it that his rambling could sent you in to a coma at times, but I chose not to dwell on that.
"Of corse not, Doctor Mikaelson, with your entirely interesting information about the human mind and its role, its like music to my ears" I cheekly replied, my words were dripping with sarcasm and we both knew it.
"Oh,har har Miss Gilbert, you smartass, if you must know we weren't discussing the motor neurons that accompany the brain to the body,well not toady, I asked you to lay back and relax and listen to my words-"
"You told me to picture that I was in a room of my choice" I cut in after remembering parts of the previous conversation, Klaus nodded in compliance, it started to form together like bits of a jigsaw puzzle.
"Yes, that's right, I told you to imagine you were in a room, I didn't specify what was in the room or the appearance, that was entirely up to you, I simply asked you what was inside the room, you remember what you said you saw?" he asked me, checking that most of my memory of the last few minutes were still intact.
"Yes, I was in a big dark room with large boarded up windows but there was a light coming from somewhere but I didn't know where"I answered him honestly even though I was slightly afraid of him delving into my twisted seemed pleased by my answer.
"Ah, yes the large room you were muttering about that but after a few moments you stopped speaking you seemed to be deep within thought, I allowed you to continue your thought process but you started to moan and you began thrashing around violently, what did you see that made you react this way?"
I feared answering his question its been over a year since I have had these disturbing thoughts and dreams, somehow one resurfaced today. I don't want to worry Klaus he has been speaking highly of my excellent progress, I feel as though I'll disappoint him or make him believe im going in the wrong direction. A lie sprung to mind, although I never enjoyed lying to him, I have told a white lie here and there but I felt the need to lie for both our sakes.
I went to open my mouth but the ringing of a bell, from his alarm clock signalled that the session was over for toady, I quickly shut my mouth as I had been saved by the bell.I looked over to Klaus whose gentle smile had fallen and been replaced with an annoyed wasnt that I needed his approval to leave but I felt that he should be the one to say goodbye first. After a few excruciatingly long seconds he finally gave in. He lifted his head and announced that the session was over.
"Your free to go now,Elena, I will be seeing you next week." He said but then he some reason everything seemed tense, I was not sure how to reply so I waited for him to speak again."Have a nice week Elena"He said with a smile and like that the tension was gone.
"You too Klaus, bye" I said, I did not wait for his reply this time so I quietly closed the door behind me and I walked out through the office into the car park. I made my way to my car and I decided to skip doing anything else for the day and just go home. I hopped in the car but before I started the engine I said a silent prayer that I would have a safe journey before going into my car seat pocket and pulling out a photo of my parents. I brought the picture to my lips and gave it a swift loving kiss. I then put it back in the pocket. I started the engine and hoped for the day when it would be so painful to not have them in my life.
Yeah so that's chapter one its kind of big and I know half of it is a dream sequence but I just wanted to convey how her parents death has effected her completely even 3 years later.I ust thought I would show how she hasn't learnt to fully accept their passing like she did in the show but who knows maybe thing will get better...or next time :)
