Broken Reality (The Vampire Diaries)

Chapter 1

They say the passage of time will heal all wounds, but the greater the loss, the deeper the cut and the more difficult the process to become whole again. The pain may fade, but scars serve as a reminder of our suffering and make the bearer all the more resolved never to be wounded again. So as time moves along we get lost in distractions, act out in frustration, react with aggression, give in to anger, and all the while we plot and plan as we wait to grow stronger, and before we know it, the time passes. We are healed; ready to begin anew.

- Niklaus Mikaelson

The pain could not be described. It was like a never ending hole in your stomach. And everytime it had healed, someone clawed it open again. On porpouse. She lost sleep, even though she was asleep the whole time. When she finally opened her eyes she could feel her spirit get drawn back to her body. Earlier she was just floating over it.

"Audrey, honey," her mother called with her soft voice whilst petting Audrey's hair.

"Audrey wake up!" her mother screamed in pain.

Audrey opened her eyes and coughed out water from her loungs. She was lying on her back and turned her head so she wouldn't choke on to the water again. Her eyes were half opened and she could see a male figure being kneeled down on her a body. His face was dark and tired, it gave her chills. He had saved her. She kept replaying the scenary in her mind. She had snuck out with Elena to go to a party and their parents had picked them up and then, what? She remembered her mother screaming and the car hit the water.

"Elena?" she was able to cough out. Everything went black. She heard sirens and then, just darkness.

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Dear diary, today is going to be different. I will go to school and show that I am not a weak little girl who lost her parents. I am going to be strong and independent. I'm going to get through high school with honor. I'm going to be strong.

Audrey closed her journal and threw it on her mahogany bed. She had a room next to her twin sister Elena's and they shared the same bathroom. Her brother Jeremy had a room next to her and next to Jeremy's was her parents room. Was her parents room. Now they were dead, had been the whole summer. It felt like she had cried all the time after their death. Audrey put her hair on a ponytail and picked her day clothing. Blue skinny jeans with a white tank top and a black hoodie. She had brown hair and brown eyes like her sister. She put her blue vans's on. Audrey walked out of her room and knocked on Jeremy's before she opened it.

"Jer?" she asked and peeked from the tiny gap. Jeremy was sitting on his bed putting shoes on. Jeremy lifted his head up and smiled to Audrey.

"Try not to get high today, okay?" she asked kindly but he just grunted.

"Yeah, yeah," he said and got up from the bed. He started walking towards Audrey and tried to pass her. She stopped him by placing her hand on his chest.

"Jeremy, I mean it. It's the first day of school."

"I get it, Audrey," he said and walked by with a tiny push. Audrey sighed and stared at the floor.She closed Jeremy's rooms door and turned around to face the stairs. She ran them down and walked to the large kitchen Her favorite part of the whole house was the living room. It was beautifully decorated and she always walked by it when she went to the kitchen. She saw her aunt Jenna there with her strawberry blonde hair tied up on a ponytail, talking to Elena. Audrey smiled and walked to them.

"Hey," they both said to her as she walked to the coffeemachine. She took a cup and poured the black steaming hot coffee into the cup. She placed the coffee on her lips and took a sip. It tasted awful so she threw the coffee into the sink and cleared her throat. She listened to Jenna's talk with her side-ear.