~over a century ago~
"He will find me, you know that right? They all will." I state, tied up. I have no idea where the hell I am, and no idea how I got here, but I feel as if I'm about to die. My body is so weak. It feels as though someone has been repeatedly attacking it. I cannot even use my powers. I'm useless right now. But I know my siblings will find me. They wouldn't leave me like this.
"Oh, I hope they do. It makes my job a lot easier."
"You have no idea who you're messing with. I may have no clue of what you did to make my powers so weak, but I will escape. And everyone you love, everyone you care for, will die a slow and painful death. And you will watch as they suffer." I threaten.
"It's expected of you to threaten me like this, without even knowing my motives, or who I am. I guess that's what happens when you're an original."
"You know who I am?" I asked, confused. Usually no one knows about my existence. The only way for this person to know who I am, is if we have crossed paths. "We have met before, haven't we?"
"You can say that." I hear the voice getting closer. I still cannot see anything. But now that I think about it, this voice sounds familiar. However, I'm very weak at the moment, and I can barely see. I wouldn't be able to recognize my own family's voice at the moment.
"If you know of me, you know how powerful my siblings and I are. Which means you know only an idiot would come after us." I state.
"Obviously not powerful enough, considering how easily I got control over you. But, you did put up a good fight."
Fight? I don't remember a fight. Why can't I remember it? I can't remember how I got here.
"But then, I said his name, and you crumbled. How incredible, a supposedly powerful being, became as weak as a rock with the call of a single name, Alexander."
No... No, this. This cannot be happening. How. How did I let this happen. I remember now. I remember the fight. I remember how I was captured. It was all my fault. I could have fought him off, I could have won. But he knew my weakness. He had been keeping a watch over us.
"Father." I state defeated.
"Oh wonderful. Your memory is intact. It saves me the trouble of explaining why you are here." Father states, and I finally see him enter into my vision. I have not seen my father in centuries. It feels as if this is a nightmare. But it is real. And I could've prevented this terrible nightmare.
How could we have been so foolish. No, how could I? I knew it was a mistake to stay. I knew it, but I stayed anyways. And then I met...
I could have been far, far away by now. I could have taken him. I became strong enough to. I almost did; we almost did. We...oh no. What happened to Elijah?
"Where is my brother." I state angry.
"Gone. And he is not coming back, unless he knows what's good for him." Mikael states, sharpening a stake.
"He got away?" I asked, confused. "You let him get away?"
"I didn't let him get away. I only needed you. Elijah is no use to me dead or alive. Though, your usefulness is different. You're more powerful and it's much easier to find that... abomination when I don't have a witch throwing me off my path."
I try to lunge at him from my chair, but the chains and my weakened body make it impossible for me to even move. I have always hated that word. When I was a little girl, my father would call Nik that same name and I would never do anything about it. He was my father, and I had to listen to him. But even now, with all the hatred I carry for him, I am still powerless against him.
"How did you find us?" I state, trying to calm myself.
"You have your sister to thank for that." He states, not even giving it a second thought.
"You're a liar." I immediately state back. No way Rebekah would ever do that to us. She would never send father after Nik, not in a million years.
"Believe what you want; I'm just telling you the truth. I have no reason to lie."
"You want to separate us. Make us turn against each other, strain our relationship, and that won't happen."
"Why do I need to do that when that boy has already strained your relationship. He has put Kol and Finn in a box, if I am not mistaken? Kol, most recently but Finn has been in that box for centuries. Though you all do not say anything as you are afraid to be put in that box as well."
"You're wrong. Finn is there because he doesn't want to be a vampire and has tried to go against us repeatedly..."
"So that excuses Niklaus to dagger him? To silence anyone who disapproves of him?" Mikeal states, finishing sharpening a stake.
"Well, I.."
"Finn is your eldest brother, and you watch as he stays in a box for the rest of eternity. But because he defines Niklaus, you believe that's okay?" Mikeal states, cutting me off.
"No, I believe..."
"You believe whatever Niklaus tells you to believe. You think that he can redeem all his terrible acts he has committed, just because you are blood, but that is not how it works." He states with his voice becoming more condescending.
"Shut up..." I whisper.
"Your brother has killed hundreds of thousands of people, while you sit back and watch. He has harmed your family, your siblings, many times, but you continue to follow him." Mikeal continues.
"Stop..."
"You watched as he daggered Kol and let him rot in a box. You let your own twin suffer Niklaus's wrath because you are scared of him. You are afraid of that boy! YOU ALL ARE!" Mikeal screams at me and I get startled back. I start to look at father, afraid, as if it is a 1000 years ago and I'm a little girl once more.
"Do you want to know why you're afraid of him?" He whispers it to me. I shake my head no, but he continues. "Because you know deep down that he's what he's always been."
He moves closer to me so he can be right at my ear, close enough that I can hear his breathing. "An abomination...a monster."
"ENOUGH!!!" I screamed at Mikeal's face, and he moved back with a smile.
"You know what, maybe he is an abomination. Maybe he is a monster. But a monster is not born, it is created. You might believe that Niklaus has always been a monster, but you are wrong. He became what he did to survive, like we all did. We all became monsters along the way, and we came too far to give up now." I state angrily.
He believes he can turn me against my brother. He's only telling me things I tell myself every night. I know all of this already. But I would do anything to protect my family, and I know Nik would too. But in his own way.
"You're the reason Nik became this monster. You're the reason they all became abominations. Our lives were never the same, because of you." I tell him, and I can see that smile fading away and turning into a glare.
"You turned them into vampires. You and mom wanted to turn them all like me, but it didn't work out that way. That's why you captured me. You wanted to turn me against my siblings, so you could finally have my power in your control. Because that's all you ever wanted, wasn't it? My power. But guess what, Mikeal. You will never have my power because you are an even bigger abomination than all of us combined. And nature won't let an abomination like you control this power."
He then slapped me across the face. I know I hit a nerve because that slap left a bruise. I tried to feel it, but I was tied up. I couldn't even heal it. So I just wince in pain.
"You're wrong, Kallandra. I don't need your witch power. I just need that power gone." He states.
I look at him confused. "What are you talking ab-"
I cough up blood, as I feel a sharp stake going through me. I hold the stake, as I feel my body giving out. I can't do anything. I see the blood dripping from my stomach and make eye contact with Mikael.
"And I need you dead." That was the last thing I heard, before I blacked out.
Elena and I have been sitting in Stefan's room for hours. I've been trying to go after Rose, but Elena won't let me. I get that I made a mistake earlier, but I won't let that happen again. I was just surprised to hear that name. I don't know why, but I just was. In any case, I won't let that happen again. It can't happen or I could cost someone's life, like I did today.
"Elena, I'm fine." I tell her for the 100th time.
"You were stabbed with a stake a few hours ago; how can you be fine?" Elena asked, confused.
"Like you said, it was a few hours ago. I'm all wrapped up and have the energy to fight again." I told her.
"No. Rose has lost it and neither one of us can kill her, especially in the state we're in." She states.
"Speak for yourself. I've been in more deadly situations than this, and still fought amazingly." I state cockily, and she looks at me confused. Oh, I thought I'd said that in my head.
"What situations could you have been in that were worse than this? You're only 19." She asked me.
Well I've been chased by my father for the last 1000 years, had people who have tried to kill my siblings come after me as well. Not to mention the towns that hated witches and wanted them all dead. Oh, the town where we found out about daggers. That one was terrible.
"Um...you're 16 and have been in many dangerous situations." I retaliate back to her.
"Fair point." She states in defeat. Phew.
"But seriously, I'm going out there." I state, moving the dresser out of the way and lifting my little spell.
"Why do you need to go? We can just wait until Damon comes back." Elena states, trying to convince me not to go."
"Well for starters, we haven't heard from her in a while." I open the door. Rose is nowhere to be seen. "She probably left. It's nighttime."
"Oh." Elena stated. "Wait! She can't be on the loose right now. She can hurt someone!"
"Really? I had no idea." I state, feigning a gasp. I then start to make my way downstairs to see if she's still here.
"Wait for me." Elena rushes behind me with the stake.
We make our way slowly to the living room. All we see is the same mess we left here a few hours ago. I feel a breeze on my neck and I turn around to see what it was. The door is open. She must have gotten out, dammit.
"Okay. Maybe I should have let you leave earlier." Elena states, staring at the open door, and I roll my eyes. Then I feel someone coming up behind me.
I turn around and throw the figure across the room, but I realize it's not Rose. "Damon?"
"Ow!" Damon yells, and Elena goes to help him up.
"Sorry. I thought you were Rose." I state sincerely.
"Where is Rose?" Damon asks, and Elena helps him up. I shake my head, not knowing the answer.
"We don't know." Elena told him, distraught. He looked at both of us angrily.
"We have to find her and kill her, or she'll kill someone else." I state, and he looks at me irritated.
"We will figure out what to do when we find her. Let's go." Damon signals Elena and me to follow, and we head to the car.
We are driving when we arrive at a barbecue. Apparently, there was an attack around the same time we lost Rose. Once we arrive, Damon leaves to go talk to the sheriff. Elena, of course, calls Stefan to see where he is and to make sure he's okay. God, these people make me want to vomit.
"Your love for each other is nauseating." I told Elena when she got off the phone.
"Love is not nauseating, it's something to live for." Elena says.
"That's what sad people tell themselves when they need other people to make them happy. I, on the other hand, am happy to be single." I state.
"I promise once you fall in love, you won't think that way." Elena says knowingly.
"Maybe, maybe not. But you're too young to understand love. You believe that if you find your soulmate, you will stay together forever, but that's not how it works. Especially considering your situation as an immortal vampire and a human with a deadline. That's not exactly 'soulmate' material." I cross my arms and Elena looks at me sadly.
"What is the point of telling me this?
"The moral of the story is that love is overrated. You shouldn't let it dictate your life, as you have." I tell her.
She knows I'm right about that last statement, but she doesn't say anything back. Maybe it's because Damon came up to us with a stake and a worried face.
He hands Elena the stake as we go to look for Rose. We head to the rest of the parking lot, but we can't see her near the barbecue. Damon hears noise so he runs in that direction and Elena and I follow.
We finally see Rose bite someone's neck. I quickly give her an aneurism to get her off the girl.
"Rose!" Damon screams at her as I give her an aneurysm. Rose then tries to attack Damon, but he gets the upper hand.
I head over to see if the girl is alive, hoping she is. "Hello?"
"Kalle is she alive?" Elena asks worried. I can already see by her unmoving pulse, that she is gone. I shake my head to Elena question and put her body on the ground. I go back to Elena.
"Rose! Snap out of it!" Damon repeatedly screamed at her, and she eventually did. I could see the distress on her face and knew she wasn't going to take any of it well.
"Did I do this? I...I didn't mean to hurt anyone...I didn't mean to do any of this." Rose cried on the ground. I knew this would happen. I knew it would, and no one listened.
"I know, I know." Damon tries to calm her.
Rose then looks at Elena and me. "Omg. Omg. I'm so sorry. I didn't mean to. I didn't want to hurt you."
"It's okay. We're fine." I state, covering my wound with my jacket.
"Hey, hey. Let's go home." Damon tries to bring Rose up, but she refuses.
"No! No! I don't have a home. I haven't had a home in so long!" Rose continues to cry on the floor. "Please, make it stop!"
Damon looks at me as Rose is crying on the floor. I know he knows what he has to do. Otherwise, she will suffer even more. "I told you, death is better than the bite."
He then looks back and sees Rose crying on the ground. He picks her up and starts walking back to the car. Elena looks at Rose with the same worried expression as Damon had. We all followed right behind Damon and Rose.
"You were right." Elena states. I look at her, but she is just looking forward. As she says that, I continue to look forward as well.
"Sometimes I don't like to be." I state back and we make our way into the car.