Left to Die

Nightmares

Caroline paced in her room while the candlelight burned, wearing her nightgown, Helen had finished with her hair after constant nagging about her puffy red eyes but Caroline quickly dismissed her before she could extend further into the subject. Tear began to flood out of Caroline, she was so confused about everything, to her guards, Kol and even Elijah. Why were her guards Vampires? Why was Elijah keeping secrets? Was she even wanted? Why was she here? Who is really Elijah? Is she really going to die? Why is Kol here? 

"Caroline" A voice said from behind her, making Caroline jumped 

"Elijah, I.. I didn't hear you come in" Caroline said quickly as she tired to wipe away her tears, looking anywhere but at him 

"You're crying, what is the matter" Elijah said as he tried to step closer but Caroline flinched making him stop mid stride 

"I'm fine, I just- I'm fine, really" Caroline muttered, her confidence disappearing 

"Caroline, I know you overheard my conversation with Kol, it isn't polite to eavesdrop" Elijah said looking down at Caroline "I need you to stop lying to me" 

"Like you have lied to me?" Caroline said glaring up at Elijah "I don't understand any of this. Why are my guards vampires? What is the real reason Kol is here? Is there a reason you saved me that night? Who is this Niklaus? Why is he going to kill me? Please tell me the truth Elijah, I can't take any more questions" Caroline said as tears continued to stream down her face 

"Caroline, just calm down" Elijah said worried as he stepped closer, his hands grabbing her upper arms as she trembled under his grip "I'll tell you everything, just let me show you" Elijah said calmly as he placed his hands on either side of her face slipping into her mind, showing her his memories. 

"Long ago in my human days, there was my mother - Esther and my father - Mikeal. They had many children, the eldest - Finn, then second eldest - Me, then Niklaus, Kol, second youngest Rebekah and the youngest Henrik. Our father was very tempered, he would lash out at us for forgetting a chore or for disobeying the smallest of rules of our village. He took out most of his anger on my brother Niklaus causing him to loath our father. Niklaus always protected us and took the blame even if the punishment was harsh. Niklaus took refuge from these beatings with art and a girl, her name was Tatia. She was the talk of our village and a beautiful girl, she come from another village far away and had a child with her but even so, Tatia attracted all the men including me. 

Me and Niklaus fought over her like children fighting over a toy, and our relationship become strained. One of the neighbouring villages was occupied by a pack of werewolves, that forced us to go into hiding in caves every full moon or face the beasts. One full moon Niklaus took Henrik out of the caves to watch the werewolves transform into their beast forms and they were caught by the beasts killing Henrik in the process. Our family was devastated and filled with grief mostly on Niklaus, Mikeal blamed Niklaus to no end making his guilt worsen. 

Our mother was a very powerful witch - the original witch, she never wanted to lose another child ever again scared of the grief so she performed a spell that would give us forever youth, strength of a thousand men and speed faster than light but of course the witches would never create a truly immortal being so we had weaknesses. The power of the sun was used in my mothers spell so it burned us, the white oak tree that gave us life could kill us with a stab to the heart, the flowers that grew at the base of the tree could burn us, and the blood used as a sacrifice gave us the hunger, the bloodlust. My mother wished to kill two birds with one stone, and end our feud so she used Tatia in the sacrifice killing her. And so we were turned into the original vampires, some of these weaknesses we had could be avoided such as sun rings, we burned all the vervain and the tree only leaving ashes.