Jeremy POV
"Hey Jer, you doing okay?" Asked Caroline who had come to see what I was doing, don't ask why I don't know either. "Look I know you probably don't want to talk to me but I thought I should try be around people What with the blood and stuff and I thought who better than someone with a death defying ring?" She asked in a nervous voice. I looked up from my sketch book and looked at the newly turned blonde vampire.
"You're scared you'll hurt Matt again?" I asked her whilst patting the spot next to me on my bed. She nodded and seemed to collapse in exhaustion next to me. "It's a matter of mind, you just have to learn" I told her and she gave me a confused looked but I stood up instead to take my contacts out, they were irritating my eyes.
Walking back into the room I saw Caroline looking through my sketch book at the drawings. "Who's this?" She asked when she got to a specific drawing I had hoped to god nobody ever saw. Looking at the page I saw her, my teacher, trainer and all around bitch.
"No one just go to sleep" I Said and she nodded her head before she got sight of my eyes, thankfully she didn't say anything about it. I looked at the sketch Caroline was looking at as the blonde fell asleep, she was suppose to be having a sleepover with Elena but Elena had to bail for some reason, most likely Katherine.
-FLASHBACK-
I was punching the air, so was the others. Me being the only male, young at only around 5 years old. A women, late teens, stood in the corner watching with sorrow filled eyes her bright red hair framing her face, she looked for lack of better word regretful.
"Жатка!" A women shouted her hair pulled back into a tight bun. She motioned for me to go to the centre of the room where a mat was. A girl, about 10 years old, was also motioned forward and we were told to fight. Punches and kicks were exchanged although I gave more than I received. I had the girl in a head lock and looked up at the women with a tight bun.
"закончи это" she said calmly. I did as I was told.
-PRESENT-
I shook my head to get rid of the thought and started to change into some sleep clothes, laying down I felt for the knife I usually kept under my pillow and wrapped my hand around the handle content that I'd be able to protect myself, and Caroline too of course.
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Caroline PIV
"Elena!!" I shouted as I made my way into the boarding house the night after I slept at the Gilbert house. She and the Salvatore brothers looked up surprised at my sudden appearance and that everyone, even Matt who at this point doesn't know about vampires (I think).
"Hey Care I'm sorry I had to bail yesterday, but urr what you doing?" She asked. She was probably curious about the sketch book in hand and the small box that was used for contacts, Wait Until she saw what else I'd found.
"Actually all of us need to have a serious discussion and the Salvatores should be informed of something" I Said as I sat on the sofa. Her eyes held disbelief and understanding, she knew what I meant. "Stefan you may not know this but Jeremy is adopted" I Said and his expression turned surprised but he waved his hand as a signal to continue. "Well I decided that 2 years is enough time and that we should talk to Jeremy about his past and I brought along a few things we should ask him about" I Said.
"What do contacts and a sketch book have to do with his past?" Asked Damon and god I was no artist but even I knew the answer to that.
"People who draw like Jeremy does usually draw or paint their thoughts, feelings or maybe traumatic events" answered Tyler, he was the only other person here who liked to draw although not as much as Jeremy.
"So the sketch book could clue us to something's and I put post it notes in the pages I want to talk about and the contacts well look" I Said opening the box. It showed prescription-less contacts with brown iris', brown apparently wasn't his natural eye colour. "Elena, do you know why he has brown contacts?" I asked and she sighed nodding.
"He has heterochromia, so he uses contacts to hide it" she said and I nodded, that was easy enough. "But he has, naturally, a blue and a green eye" and god why? I bet his eyes looked nice how they were why make them brown.
"Hey Caroline texted to meet here and I see everyone is already here, am I late?" He asked confused. Nobody spoke as he sat down slowly probably unnerved by the amount of stares in him.
"Tell is something about yourself Jeremy" Said Damon. Good thing too cause I had no idea how to start and this was a good a place as any.
"What do you mean?" He asked and I sighed, time to go direct.
"We know nothing about you before you cane here and honestly I've been in your bedroom once since you got here and I found this under your pillow and don't think I didn't know you also had a dagger" I Said pullling a sleek gun from my bag. Everyone turned to look at Jeremy shocked.
"Look my past isn't something I like to talk about, okay? It's not pretty, Stefan you don't like to talk about when you were a ripper so I'm not talking about this. And Caroline please put my stuff back" he said pissed off beyond belief before he left. I expected the door to slam but it just shut normally.
"Maybe we should leave the past in the past guys, but I gotta go I'm late for work".
Oh no I'm not giving up on this, this is big. I thought whilst looking at one particular sketch.
A child being experimented on, one that looks too much like Jeremy for comfort.
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The Reaper
FanfictionJeremy Gilbert was adopted by Miranda and Grayson Gilbert when he was 13, he didn't have a name before then. He has no records, a complete ghost. What happens when vampires risk exposing his heavily guarded secret, one that could make his new life c...
