The Salvatore Sister

The Turning Point

I opened my eyes and immediately was hit with an immense amount of pain throughout my whole body. The pain was like none that I had felt before, and I felt severely weak. My vision started to clear and I could make out two silhouettes looking down at me. Hearing a man's voice, I began to tune into what he was saying. "Oh my god it worked. Syd can you hear me? Sydney?" He said. I recognized that voice as my brother Stefan, I looked at him and opened my mouth to speak, but nothing came out. "Go get her some water and wake up Rebekah." Damon ordered, and Stefan wasted no time and ran full speed to wake up Rebekah. Damon held my hand tighter as we stared at each other, What's happening?

A gust of wind flew next to Damon and Rebekah appeared looking concerned. Just then, Stefan emerged from the kitchen with a glass of water in his hand. He put a straw in it and brought the straw to my lips. I greedily gulped down the liquid and felt a little bit better, but I still felt dreadful. I tried to speak again and found myself able to speak in soft whispers. "What happened?" I asked them. They all looked at each other, and Rebekah finally questioned me. "What was the last thing you remember?" She said. "I remember doing the spell and Eben dying, then I blacked out." I replied and looked at my brothers to fill in the blanks for me. Damon caught this and explained to me what happened, "You collapsed and we brought you here. You had a lot of wounds and you were bleeding, like you looked like you walked straight out of a horror film. We tried to feed you our blood, but it did not work, so Rebekah started to heal you with herbs." I was so confused, why did the vampire blood not work?

"How long have I been out?" I asked. "A couple of days. Bonnie told us your mind was being taken over, and we had no idea how to wake you up, but we eventually figured it out." Stefan told me. Days? I was in the purgatory for that long? My mind was reeling, and I was exhausted. With my eyelids fluttering, Rebekah spoke up. "I think that is enough chit chat for now, you must be tired. Go to sleep, we will all be here when you wake up." I half smiled, Rebekah could be so human sometimes, and I loved her for it. It made me proud to see that my friend had her humanity. I muttered a thank you and drifted off to sleep, hoping that I would feel better after.

Thankfully, I did not have a dream while I slept. I felt like I fell asleep and woke up mere seconds later. My breath caught in my throat for a second, I was surprised to say the least to wake up to about five or six people crowding around me. Suddenly, I felt a little claustrophobic and my breathing was shallow, but loved, yes, I felt loved. I smiled at my friends and family, and they all stared at me with concern. "How are you feeling?" Stefan asked me, and I looked at him for what felt like the first time in a long time. I saw the frown lines on his face and the stress and worry that his eyes gave away. When was the last time I had seen Stefan happy? I thought about this as everyone in the room waited for my answer.

"I feel like I got hit by a car. Why couldn't you guys dope me up on morphine or something?" I half complained half joked with them. No one laughed, or even smiled for that matter. "What's with all the furrowed brows? You guys look like someone just shot a panda bear." I added. Damon snapped his head over to glare at me and he growled, "Probably because you almost freaking died not that long ago, and we had no way to heal you quickly or wake you up!" I rolled my eyes, I expected this kind of reaction from Damon, he was always very protective of me. Just then, Elena and Bonnie walked in. Elena smiled at me while Rebekah made faces at her. I laughed at Rebekah's antics and she grinned, laughing with me. I stopped laughing when I saw everyone else's faces, Elijah's face was the one that made me turn serious though. "I'm fine, I promise." I told them, but none of them looked like they believed me.

"No you're not, we can hear your breathing." Elijah said. I stared at my hands, trying not to look at any of them. The room fell into an awkward silence, and you could practically cut the tension with a knife. Thankfully after a little, Bonnie spoke up and sat next to me. "Sydney, what was going on with you? I couldn't get a read on you while you were unconscious." I nodded and answered her, "I was in supernatural purgatory." Rebekah told me to continue, so I did. "Your mother was there. She explained to me that Jesse gave me an herb that can prevent death. All magic comes with a price. That was mine, I was left to endure the pain of seeing my friends and losing them again." I looked at my brothers, and Stefan interrupted. "Did you see-" "Lexi? Yes. I saw Lexi and Rose." Damon's head shot up. "You knew Rose?" He questioned. I nodded and spoke softly, "Another story for another time."