The Bennett twins

Prologue

Sometimes I think the gods hate me, I mean, maybe it's a bit narcissistic to think that they think about me at all but what else am I supposed to think when I've been alone for most of my life and I do everything I can to stay out of trouble and not noticed, I've had a relatively boring life (once my grandmother died) couch surfing, and living on the streets since I was 12 years old. I'm 22 in college and I finally get a place of my own, and think maybe I'll do some grocery shopping now that I can afford to live!! and that's the night that I get mugged.

I'm on the platform waiting for the 95th and Dan Ryan bags in my hand and utterly annoyed. It is a hot July night in Chicago 85° but feels like it's 200 and I'm just ready to go home and lay down. I've spent the whole weekend moving all of my stuff for the first time in my life. I finally have a place to call my own and I just wanna go and tuck away and pretend the world doesn't exist at least until I have to go to work in the morning. I hate riding the subway. it smells like piss and cigarettes down here, but it was either a car or an apartment and I was done living on the streets. It might just be a little studio apartment but it's mine and I'm gonna make the best of it.

As I'm standing on the platform with my headphones blaring, Doja Cat, I feel the hairs on the back of my neck stand up. I instantly turn around, but there's nothing and no one there immediately getting horror movie vibes. I pull out my phone to check and see how long the train is going to be, before I can even pull my phone out of my pocket I start to see the lights signaling that the train is about to pull into the station I relax a little bit because finally I can get out of this creepy Subway before I can fully relax I feel a forceful and violent shove I let out a screen because I know this is the end. Of course this is my end. I have horrible luck right as that thought goes through my mind I feel a blinding pain and then everything goes black.

I don't know how long I've been sitting in the dark. I'm not in pain not what I can remember pain to be, but the loneliness I felt my whole life just grows increasingly more. I would give anything to not feel this anymore.

The darkness has changed it's still dark, but I don't feel alone anymore. I know there's someone here with me now and I know that should make me feel creeped out and very uncomfortable, but I just feel safe and whole I've never really felt that way I don't know how long I've been here, but I really hope this dream ends. I need to go to work the morning as that thought crosses my mind I see a light maybe this is me waking up.

Pain sharp burning pain in my lungs. I can't stop crying. I hear other crying what is going on none of this makes sense. None of my surroundings look familiar. This is definitely not the studio apartment. My eyes finally settle and focus. There's a lady in front of me.
Sheila:(she looks so beautiful Abby what will you name her?)
Abby looks at me and says Onyx
Onyx Lisette Bennett. Bennett??!!! Oh no no nooo noooo I'm hoping this is just a coincidence but my that's definitely sheila Bennett and my mom Abby Bennett I can definitely tell I'm a baby because I'm screaming no and all that's coming out is crying and then I'm placed into my mothers arms and feel a small hand grab mine.

Look Abby, my grandmother says their holding hands, I look over over and see another Carmel baby staring at me and it clicks I can feel the bond, yes Abby says they are twins of course they would bond straight out the womb Bonnie and Onyx Bennett Sheila says proudly it was at that moment I knew that I was reborn into The Vampire Diaries universe and I vowed to make sure that the Bennett line was more than just servants to vampires I was gonna keep my family together and alive and I will become the strongest witch in this world.