Eyes wide open

chapter one

So this was a story idea from AngelColdHeart. As soon as she told me her idea I fell in love with it, so chapter one hope you guys enjoy. Yes this is the real reason my last chapter was late, was typing up the first few chapters of this and got side tracked whoops.

There is a beautiful thing inside you

That is thousands of years old

Too old to be captured in poems

Too old to be loved by everyone

But loved so very deeply

By a chosen few

~Nikiita Gill~

Even as a child Jeremy knew he was different, an old soul his mother called him. His father just called him a pansy. He may as well have two daughters he used to say. Jeremy hated him.

His sister thought he was weird, refused to acknowledge him. It only got worse after he called her Tatia once, it's not his fault, as a child, memories colliding making differentiating between this life and that harder, especially when his sister in this life is identical to the woman his brothers were in love with in his last. As a child Elena would pretend Jeremy didn't exist, their parents though it was harmless childish behaviour. She never grew out of it, there were times when Jeremy was sure she didn't even know his name, until she would spit it in contempt when asked to accompany him anywhere.

At a young age Jeremy found an affinity for drawing, much to his father's disapproval. He would draw people and places his parents couldn't decipher. He would draw people he called his mother and father, his sister and brothers. This would enrage his father; he would tear up the drawing accusing Jeremy of being a selfish child making his mother feel so unwanted. '

As a child Jeremy would spend most of his time in the forests around Mystic falls, watching the echoes of a past life rush by, relishing in the love his family had for him. Wishing he could feel the warmth of their embrace one more time.

Because sometimes his heart felt thousands of years old, nostalgic for all the lands he may never dance with and stories he'll never live and love he'll never meet. And so he hungers for what he can do. What he will do. What is presently within his sight his current reach.

As he got older, he tried to distance himself from his past life, trying to be a normal teenager, to ease the worried in his mother's eyes. After his parents died, he couldn't bear to see into any life past or present, so he took some of his mother's medication from the bathroom cabinet. It was only after he comes down from the high that he realises how much he can forget. He can forget he is Jeremy Gilbert; he can forget he was Henrik Mikaelson. He succumbs to the numbness.

After all the paranormal shit stirs in Mystic falls, Jeremy tries to keep himself as far away as possible, being an old soul comes with perks, he can see supernatural creatures a mile off.

He can see the magic trying to escape Bonnie Bennet, magic she refuses to accept, Anya would be ashamed of what her family has become.

He tries not to care when he sees the vampire showing his sister to much attention, knowing she wouldn't care if it were the other way around.

He knows the beast that lurks beneath Tyler Lockwood's skin, craving flesh, craving release.

He can see the change rushing through Vicki's systems as she craves her first blood.

He cannot be compelled by jackass, 100-year-old arrogant vampires to forget.

He knows anna is a vamp with an agenda the moment they meet, but he likes her she doesn't treat him like a freak, she's kind to him. He debates running away with her, regretting not going sooner when she is killed by his uncle.

He knows there is magic in his family ring but never learnt enough to understand what it does until Damon snaps his neck in retribution for Elena's dismissal. He laughs at him afterwards pointing out that Elena wouldn't have care whether he lived or died.

He knows Mason Lockwood has enacted his cure and follows the moon when she calls.

He knows the moment Tyler awakens his inner beast and runs free truly for the first time in his life,

He can tell the difference between Katerina and Elena in an instant mostly because Katerina is actually kind to him, weird af.

Elena's friends demand he help when new of her being wanted alive by original vampire surface, he declines, she's not even his sister and she killed his mum, and every woman he ever loved, she deserves to die. He's done, he tells Jenna he is leaving town, going to stay with some family in Denver, he can't take the memories here, old and ancient. She begs him to reconsider. So they come to an agreement, he will finish this semester in school and then he can leave, Jenna even offers to sort all the details out for him. A proper fresh start, he just has to get through the rest of this school year, easier said than done.

Not very long but just the beginning quickly rounded up, hope you guys enjoyed it so far, let us know what you think.

T