DAWN (The Originals Fanfiction)

Goodbye

We stopped in the middle of the woods, still holding hands. He sighed deeply before turning to me.

"You can see everything from your life here, right now," he explained. "Are you sure you want to do this, love?"

I shifted nervously, taking in his words. "You say that like it's happened before."

"It has," he replied simply and I tensed a little. "Are you sure about this?"

I nodded my head and he took both my hands. We stared deep into each other's eyes before he told me to close my eyes.

"You can open your eyes now," he said and I fluttered them open. I gasped. All around us, memories appeared and faded.

There was one next to me of two children playing with sticks, laughing uncontrollably. I couldn't help but smile and as I reached out to touch it, the memory vanished and I almost cried.

But then, it came flooding into my brain and I could remember it with every detail. Kol's eyes followed me as I tried to retrieve as many as I could before we woke up.

The more memories I retrieved of my first life, the more my feelings seemed to grow.

Was I falling in love again?

One particular memory stood out and I approached it cautiously. I was sitting near the lake, looking out into the water and Kol was gazing at me.

"What's this one?" I asked.

Kol cleared his throat before answering me, " I believe it's when we had our first kiss."

"OH..." I said watching myself catch Kol staring at me and then giggle at him before he slowly leaned in and pressed his lips to mine. I smiled before retrieving the memory.

"Is that all?" I asked and Kol shook his head. He nodded his head towards the deeper part of the woods and I groaned a little.

I walked further into the woods, trying to find the last memory. When I found it I almost fainted. I was fixing my dress while Kol put his clothes back on.

"Are you alright love?" Kol appeared behind me and I nodded. He followed my gaze and looked very much shocked himself.

"Oh god," he exhaled. As I was rolling up the blankets, Kol said something to me and then brought a small but beautiful ring. Of course, me being me, jumped up onto him and kissed him passionately before saying yes.

"What the...? You proposed to me? Oh my god! THIS MAKES PERFECT SENSE!" I exclaimed and bounced up and down in triumph. Kol raised an eyebrow at me but I saw the small smile on his face.

He gave me a questioning look and I calmed down. "I found a book at my school which had my name written in it but the last part of my name wasn't clear so Hope offered to clear the name and I only found out like recently that the last name was Mikaelson which shocked the hell out of me and I was so confused about it but now it makes sense!"

"We never managed to get married, Dawn," Kol sighed and my feelings of triumph disappeared. "You died."

"But... I came back to life. I saw you again," I claimed.

"Yes we did see each other again but at the time I was a selfish, psychotic maniac and I refused to get married no matter how many times you tried to convince me," he huffed. "You were a part of our family. My bastard of a father gave you his name so that you would be one of us and so that the village wouldn't be suspicious. That's how you were a Mikaelson."

"I was?" I questioned.

"When you came back to life you didn't want to be a part of us because of what we had become. Vampires are, after all, against everything you believe in," he explained.

"So you're telling me that you never wanted to marry your supposed soulmate?" I raised an eyebrow at him and he nodded grimly. "Davina's your soulmate now?"

He turned to me ever so slowly and walked closer to me. His eyes bore into mine and I could feel all the love I had felt for him from my past life, revealing itself. I froze as he moved closer to me and he grabbed my waist and kissed me deeply.

He pulled away and looked deep into my eyes, "No matter how many women I love, you'll always be my soulmate."

I couldn't move except stare back into his eyes and see the truth. I could feel myself slipping away and waking up so I quickly reached out and retrieved the memory. I just waited for the memory to flood my brain without saying anything to Kol. When I turned around, he was gone and I closed my eyes.

I woke up on the floor of the bathroom. The golden liquid had vanished and so had Kol. I felt the sickness rushing up my throat and puked into the toilet. Was this how the next nine months were going to be like?

I pulled myself up and slowly made my way back to the courtyard. Hope was nowhere to be seen except... except for one person who sat near the fountain.

"Noah?"

He stood up immediately, the shock filling his eyes.

"Dawn, I heard about what happened. I'm so sorry," he said and I rushed to him and hugged him, letting my tears fall.

"I'm sorry for everything I did to you. I never meant to hurt you in any way. I'm so sorry Noah," I cried into his chest. He just hugged me tighter.

"It's alright. I forgive you," he mumbled into my hair. "I'm here for you."

"I'm scared Noah. I don't want to do this," I said pulling away. "I don't think I can."

"Hey, hey, hey. You are the strongest person here and I was wrong to ever doubt your strength. You can do this and you'll have Hope and Ink by your side," he cupped my face in his hands.

"What about you?" I said looking into his eyes.

"Dawn..." he trailed off and I removed his hands from my face.

"No you have to be here. I need you!" I shouted and he closed his eyes and sighed deeply. "I know I have Hope and Ink but you... I just need you here."

He didn't say anything but just stared at me. "I'm sorry Dawn. I have to go, I can't stay here with them. My 'family'."

"Noah please!" I begged but he just shook his head. "No you can't leave!"

He hugged me tight. "I'll come back for you. I just can't stay now."

He pulled away a little and kissed my forehead gently. "I love you... so much," he mumbled. And then he disappeared, leaving me.

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