Broken Reality (The Vampire Diaries)

Chapter 17

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. The darkness was heavy; like a bourdon over her shoulders. Every sound was heightened. Every word, every whisper. The sounds of the cars, door slams; even steps. Even the sound of someone taking the shower.

Her eyes opened and she saw again. It was like she had been blind for years and only in death she found life. She was in her bed, in her own room. But she was alone. Why was she alone? Audrey could've sworn there was someone in this room just seconds ago.

Audrey got off of the bed. She was surprised by her speed. Her senses, they were amazing. She heard Elena and Jenna talking down stairs. She heard Damon and Stefan and Ric. She heard them all. Her vision was clear. Audrey could see every tiny detail of the room. She heard the electricity running. The water pipes.

"What happened to you?" Katherine's voice whispered in shock. Audrey turned around and frowned to Katherine's appearance.

"You look like shit," Audrey said with confidence

"This is all my fault and now I have ruined my chance," Katherine spoke to herself and looked at Audrey. "And of course you are a vampire that isn't good either."

"Should I scream for help or do you have something to say?" Audrey didn't know where this confedence was pouring, but it was. Katherine sped inches away from her.

"Honey, you're not a vampire yet. And I'm about five hundred years older than you," Katherine said with a smirk. Audrey breathed deeply and closed her eyes. When she opened them, Katherine was gone and someone was knocking on her door.

"Come in," she said and the door opened. Elena walked in the Salvatore brothers after her. Audrey pulled next to her bed and sat down. Quickly. She was in transition, she knew it.

"Are you okay?" Elena asked. Nobody dared to come closer than the door: Maybe it was a good thing, because Audrey felt like she could explode with emotions. First when Elena came in her room she wanted to scream leave me alone, but then after that she just wanted to cry and hug her sister.

"You are in transition."

Audrey started laughing uncontrollably. She couldn't help it. "You seriously ask if I'm okay? I'm fucking dead. What do you think?" the laughs started slightly turning into sobs and tears. Tears started falling from her eyes. "I'm dead."

Damon sped to Audrey and took her into a tight embrace. "Your emotions are heightened. Everything you feel is doubled up but you need to feed, to become a vampire."

It was all quite blurry. Audrey really didn't remember how she got from her house to the Salvatore boarding house, but there she was. On the couch, contemplating her eternity with a glass of blood in front of her. Damon had told her not to move, that he carried a surprise for her. Audrey had had her suspicions but decided to wait. She had not dared to touch the glass of blood. She felt desperate need to eat.

Audrey reached for the glass and started drawing it towards her lips. The crystal glass was touching her rosie lips. Suddenly she felt anger take control over her body and threw the glass with her new power to the floor. It shattered creating million pieces of glass.

"Audrey," Damon's voice woked her. He seemed to be the most important thing right now. Audrey got up and turned around. He stood there with a girl. The girl had bite wound on her neck. She was a blonde, probably starting high school soon. Audrey couldn't resist the urge to start slowly walking to them. With every step she took her whole body felt more vibrant and most of all more alive. She was now suddenly so close to the girl that she didn't even realize her next action.