The Most Powerful Scream is Silence

Chapter 10: I Need You

Luna has this memory of when she was three or four, her family is sitting on the grass and she's twisting her fingers through the blades and pulling it out in fistfuls. The sun is beating down on her, warming her face and bronzing her skin.

"Better put some sunscreen on you, munchkin!" Her mom pipes up, pulling a bottle of white lotion with a sun on it out.

Luna in her own world ignores her mother and lets the blades of grass flutter between her fingers and onto the earth below.

Kaitlyn squeezes a dollop of sunscreen onto her palm and begins to rub it into her fair-skinned daughter.

"We can go get ice cream after this, and then head to the beach" her mother offers, a soft, sweet smile on her face.

"Yeah! Yeah!" The bright-eyed child cheers, a toothy grin full of childlike wonder and happiness filling her face.

"I thought you would like that" her mother responds, a content look adorning her features as she continues to rub in the lotion.

Luna giggles, the soft laughter filling the air and wafting throughout the park.

"Love you, mommy!" The little girl squeals happily, kicking her feet in the air and digging them back into the dirt.

"I love you too, Luna" Kaitlyn replies, her eyes filled with hope and love.

That's the only thing that Luna could think of. All the memories she has with her mother and all the moments she will never forget.

She could feel tears filling her eyes as she looked at the sheriff's body before her, and couldn't help think of all the moments she never got to share with her mom.

All the things a mom should be there for, and all the memories she'll never get.

And now Caroline won't get them either.

A piercing scream followed by heart-wrenching sobs fill the air, as Caroline collapses onto her knees beside her mother's limp body. Her knees cracked onto the stone below making Luna flinch.

"I-I'm sorry" Luna tries to spit out, her bottom lip wobbling as her vision blurs with tears.

A larger hand squeezes hers, comforting the pale girl. Luna looks over at Damon, his eyes are filled with confusion and sadness, something Luna can relate to.

She tries to talk but the words get stuck in her throat, and she's choking on them.

Damon shushes her softly and used his free hand to cup her face.

"It's okay" he murmurs, wiping away a tear with his thumb.

Caroline stared at her mother, she couldn't believe she was gone.

No. She wouldn't accept this, not after her father had left too. Her mother was all she had left. And even though they fought like cats and dogs, and never seemed to agree it didn't mean she loved her any less.

The blonde, filled with determination and sadness, quickly bit into her wrist with her protruding fangs till blood seeped down her arm.

She then swiftly pulled back and held her wrist against her mother's mouth, smearing blood on her lips.

"Come on, mom!" Caroline screamed, tears streaming down her cheeks.

Luna stared at the girl before her, not quite understanding what she was seeing.

Veins the colour of wine sprang from Caroline's eyes and down her cheek, like delicate spider webs. Her eyes, usually a vibrant green and blue mixture were dark, a blood red or deep black that Luna couldn't quite distinguish without getting closer.