Past, Present & Future

17

I felt weaker than before and it wasn't only due to me walking for the past few hours. It all started when I went to that forsaken house which now ruined everything – this information drained me and I finally understood what Elijah meant by ignorance being a bliss. To be honest, I didn't even fully believe it – it sounded outrageous after all. Perhaps it was because I didn't believe in reincarnation, I thought it would be the end for your mortal life and you would either become a ghost or move on and find peace and maybe these witches were putting images in my head for some secret plan of theirs.

My body was heavy as I walked down the empty road. After the house, I began wandering off the roads of Mystic Falls trying to clear my thoughts. The slight breeze and the sun up in the blue sky did at least make me feel a little better allowing me to just breathe and relax and the fact that I didn't know where I was made me feel a little safer – if I didn't know where I was then maybe nobody else would know either. That was the logic that I was going for.

Deep in thought, I stared at the cars passing me. What was I doing here, in Mystic Falls? Nothing was stopping me from leaving – absolutely nothing stopped me from just packing the belongings I had and driving away from all this mess to a place where none of it could follow me anymore, yet I didn't. Even with all the opportunities I stayed put in this town, not even thinking of leaving. There were so many problems here, so much risk but even that didn't deter me anymore – it might have just when I got here but now, now I was used to it.

Mystic Falls was toxic but I was already dragged in and there was no way I could escape.

A car stopped on the sidewalk beside me and immediately knew that it wasn't something good and it wasn't just a coincidence. I discreetly took out my wand, hiding it under my sleeve. The wand of course I found in the house, after the whole remembering thing; it laid on the table as if planted there waiting for me. A woman stepped out of the car and something about her ticked me off immediately – maybe it was her dark hair and grey eyes or maybe it was the fact that she was a vampire (nowadays I could just tell if someone was a vampire just by their aura) but I did not like her.

She stared directly at me as if taking in my features and smiled. It was almost unnoticeable yet I still spotted that light curve of her lips when she looked at me. Why was that?

"I need you to come with me. We have something very important to discuss. Also, if you do no come, I will be forced to kill Elena – I'm sure you have heard of her."

I almost groaned hearing this – I was sick of how many times I have been kidnapped, especially with Elena who always attracted the vampires but I couldn't just leave her – yes, sometimes I found her a little annoying but that didn't mean I wanted her to die.

"Fine but if you even attempt to do something to her, I will not hesitate to hurt you. I have had enough of vampires." I glared and the woman smiled somewhat proudly. "Of course."

Considering the circumstances, I didn't know how I managed to fall asleep at all - it had probably been all the exhaustion and strain that my body had been going through. Yet, when I woke up, we weren't in the same car we were in before and the position I sat in was a bit strange – I sat sprawled out across the back seat whilst Elena's head rested on my lap. I was glad to see that my wand was still in its righteous place. "Now that we are all here together, who the hell are you? What do you want with Elena and me?" I asked, pointing it at her neck but she didn't react, slowly putting her hands up in peace, not threatened. Perhaps she could sense my restraint – I didn't want to hurt her, despite the countless threats. After I came back, I didn't want to hurt anyone anymore – seeing my mother made me feel guilty, so guilty that I couldn't do it anymore.

"I'm Isobel. Elena's mother." I relaxed a bit allowing my hand to drop. If she was her mother, she couldn't possibly hurt her, right? It was obvious that she still cared about Elena even if she hid it – I could see it in her eyes and how they dropped to check on Elena every few seconds before looking back at me. "And if you are Elena's mother, what could you possibly want with me?"