The Salvatore Sister

Human Time

Nik was right...I got a bad cold. Everyone in the house kept asking if I wanted their blood to heal myself, but I declined. This was the first time I had gotten sick since I was human, I had perished from it...sort of. The memories of my death started to come back to me. It was one week after my brothers turned, and Damon was almost about to leave.

I felt hot, abnormally hot. Sweat was covering me from head to toe, and whenever I tried to breathe, an aching pain shot through my body. I was not stupid, I knew I was going to die. When my brothers visited me I told them this, "You will be fine," Damon said. "I can give you some blood to heal you," Stefan said. But even though I knew that I could be healed, I sort of wanted to die. I could finally see my mother, the woman who I idolized. I just wanted to be with the woman who would love me irrevocably and eternally.I also did not have to carry the burden of being a witch with black magic. I could be free from all of this. The only people that were holding me back were Stefan and Damon. Damon told me of how Stefan was becoming a danger and of how he needed help in controlling the blood lust.

One day, I took one look at the sunrise and smiled, this was the day. I would die today. When my brothers had their daily visit, they understood this. They also knew that my time was over. Stefan told me that he was sorry. I had no idea what he was talking about at the time, but I found out when Damon approached me and fed me his blood. He did not kill me, however. In the dark of the night, I started coughing violently. A soft hand comforted me, and it was the same hand that kept my mouth shut during my transformation. Katherine. "It will be okay, Sydney." She cooed and took my head into her hands. I looked her straight in the eyes when she said, "Do not tell anyone I am here, or am alive for that matter. Find me when you are ready, okay?" I nodded my head and she smiled sadly at me. "Happy birthday, Sydney." Her eyes softened and then my best friend snapped my neck, effectively killing me.

I had gotten better quickly. Niklaus and I had spent almost every waking moment together. He stood by my side when I told everyone of my upcoming transition. Everyone seemed fine with it, happy even, except for my brothers. Damon started yelling at me when I pulled both Stefan and Damon into the den to talk with them privately, even though all of the vampires in the house could hear us. "What the hell, Syd?" Damon yelled. I sighed, I thought that the news would go over smoothly. For once, my brothers truly surprised me.

"What? You didn't think I would just abandon you two, grow up, get married, have kids, and die, did you?" I asked them. By the looks on their faces, I could tell that that was exactly what they were thinking. I scoffed and turned my back from them. Stefan stopped his pacing and said, "Why not? We weren't assuming that you would abandon us. If I was you, I would take advantage of the opportunity of getting a normal life. I would stay human."

I grew angry at that and whipped my head in my brother's direction. "That's the thing Stefan, I'm not you. Everyone compares me to the two of you. But, the truth is I am not you. I am my own person, Stefan."

Damon huffed in annoyance. "Is that what this is? You want to prove that you are different from us?"

I shook my head. "No, Damon. This is me trying to tell you that I don't want to be human! I liked being a vampire, loved it even! I want to live for eternity. I'm not leaving the two of you." My brothers were silent when I said that, and I knew that I had won.

We sat on the couch. I looked at Niklaus and admired his handsome features when he mocked me. "You're staring...it is creepy." I pretended to be offended and defended myself. "I am gazing and it's romantic." I giggled when he tried to hide his face from me by putting a pillow between our faces. I tried to rip the pillow from his grip; but I was pleasantly surprised when Niklaus threw the pillow away and latched his lips onto mine. We rolled over, my back on the couch and him above me. Nik's lips traced a line from my lips to my collarbone, but before it could go anywhere else, Rebekah barged into the room.