THE ORIGINALS: BLOODLINE

⚜ Epilogue ⚜

Cecilion Vetrova Lorenzittee

I already expected it that we can have a peace within us family. Me, Nathaniel and Ambrogio. But never in my life I think that we can be this close together.

I thought what we have before is still what we have now. Me and Ambrogio as best friends and do a lots of adventures, and Nathaniel as the psychotic maniac vampire who's always into kill and games.

But it's all change now. All of us are best friends. A relationship we never had before. Even though we've lost our parents. We didn't even have time to say goodbye to our mother. We'll at least we found our way to each other again.

"Before mother's death. She told me she love us all. She's just feeling guilty about Ambrogio because it reminds her of her mistakes", si Veronika. "Mother loves you Ambrogio. She told me that and she's sorry".

Veronika told us our mother's last words. If I don't know the whole story, I would be mad at mother for having an affair with another man while she's married to father. But on the other side, Antonius Morgenstien, Ambrogio's real father and Thalia's grandfather. His mate is our mother. But he let her go because of love. He loves her but mother loves our father. On the other side, I'm mad at our father.

He wasn't a vampire when he married our mother so his beloved must be just around or something if he turned one before transitioning to vampire.

"I wish I could have told her how much I love her", si Ambrogio.

"I know where she is buried", si Veronika. "We can go there".

Hindi na namin pinatagal. We brough a carriage with us to go there. Two carriage went out from our gate's mansion. Sa naunang karwahe ay si Ambrogio, Olena at Veronika. And for the other one is me with my beloved Thalia, and Nathaniel with his beloved Marguerette.

Hindi rin nagtagal ang byahe papunta sa kung saan nilibing ang aming ina. She's buried with her families. The Vetrova. With her grave is our grandfather on her side, Sultan Mumhed Vetrova and our uncle, Vasladav Vetrova.

We put flowers on her graveyard. We light a candles for them. Kaagad namang napaluhod si Ambrogio at todo ang kanyang mga luha. Olena tried to calm him down as he's saying 'sorry' multiple times to our mother's graveyard.

Sa kaliwa ko naman ay si Marguerette ay Nathaniel. He's hugging her from the back as he cries.

While me, Thalia is patting my back and combing my hair and oush it back. She knows how to comfort me. Nakatingala siya sa akin habang sinusuklay ang aking buhok gamit ang kanyang mga daliri.

"Your mom would be so proud of you. You've become this good person. You've become the best for me", she smile as she said those words to me.

Mabilis ko siyang niyakap. "I'm not the best without you. For seven centuries without you. I've become a monster I've never imagined", hinaplos ko ang kanyang buhok pababa.

She massage the back of my head and  continue brushing my hair with her fingers.

"The other side is dark, you know. It's very dark that I couldn't even give myself a motivation if we ever see each other again. Hug you like this, kiss you. Cecilion, I'm so lost".

Hindi na namin namalayan ang oras. Naroon lamang kami. After that, we visited the grave of Antonius Morgenstien. And all the Morgenstien.

"This is where Uncle Ambrogio raised me from the dead", sabi ni Thalia.

Mabilis namang tumalim ang tingin ko sa kay Ambrogio.

"Easy, brother. I'm sorry", sabi naman ni Ambrogio sa akin at ngumiti siya sa amin ni Thalia.

"She won't be buried here if you didn't killed her", sabi ko naman, but in a calm voice.

"That's enough. Hey, it's alright. At least Uncle tried to make things right", si Thalia.

Ngumiti si Ambrogio at tinapik niya ang aking balikat. "I'm really sorry, brother. I hope my peace offering is worth it", minuwestra niya si Thalia.

"If I didn't die, you won't be this strong. Imagine, you're both Original vampire, a witch and you have a spirit of a hunter. You're very powerful, baby. Come on, everything happens for a reason", Thalia push back my hair. I guess that's her hobby. "I'm here now, baby".

"A baby, huh? Oh! Come on, brother. You're not a baby anymore!", sabi ni Nathaniel na narinig pala ang aming pinag-uusapan. "A cute baby when he's mad", he poke my cheek.

I clenched my jaw and dagger him with a look in my eyes.

"Urgh! Stop teasing them, Nathaniel, like you don't act like a baby too", saway ni Marguerette. "You're also a baby yourself", sabi nito at naiirita.

Napatingin si Nathaniel sa kay Marguerette. "At least our endearment isn't 'baby'. Right, darling?", ngumisi si Nathaniel sa kay Marguerette.

"It's her idea to call me baby", sabi ko naman sabay turo kay Thalia.

"So, it's my fault?", tumalim ang tingin niya sa akin.

"No, it's not because I like it too, baby", ngumisi ako sa kanya.

"Everyone, stop acting like a baby. We are all a babies!", boses ni Ambrogio na umalingawngaw sa buong kweba.

"You're not a baby, Ambrogio. You're a puppy!", si Olena na pinagtatawanan si Ambrogio.

"What did you say, love, huh?", kiniliti niya si Olena. "I'm not a puppy".

"Oh! You are. A cute mad werewolf", si Olena.

Natawa kaming lahat sa asaran. Father made Ambrogio take the cure so he's only a werewolf now. He is not a hybrid anymore. His vampirism is gone when father made him drink the cure.

They say, love is a vampires weakness. That's the truth. And that, I give you. It is real. But love isn't just our weakness. It is our strength too. Only if you know how to use it. Like what we have now. A love that we holds for each other. A love for a brother and a love for our special someone.

I conclude that love is our weakness because love can hurt us deeply more than anything. We are all hurting. Became of love, we suffer the kind of pain that is unable to explain. And that's why we are hurt because we love them. Dahil mahal natin, masasaktan tayo. We can't love without getting hurt, beca it is all part of the process of loving someone. We won't get hurt if we don't love. And that's why we are hurting, because we love each other.

And I say, love is also our strength. Because it gives us courage to fight for what we love. No matter how difficult the situation is. We fight for someone whom we love. They gives us courage, strength and motivation to do more and to do better. Love what keeps us alive. I've experience that when I lost Thalia. I love her. And when she's gone, I've became the most ruthless and I don't know what I did. Anger ate me whole that I couldn't see the light from above. And when Ambrogio and Nathaniel almost died during our fight with our own father. I'm willing to sacrifice myself for them because I love them. Even though I'm getting weak and weaker. They give me enough strenght to be stronger. They give me reason not to give up. And that's what love is.

It is the most essential thing. We need to have it and live for it. It is both weakness and strength. You just have to manage it and balance it.

Love. That's what we always need.

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