Maria Salvatore || The Vampire Diaries

twenty two

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Third Person's POV

Maria was gone, Damon had managed to scare Klaus away with saying the simple name Mikael and Stefan was stuck in Mystic Falls.

He still had his emotions on, but he was told to stay and protect Elena, under Klaus's compulsion. When Maria vanished the other night, Klaus hesitated before grabbing Elena and compelling Stefan to do whatever he said.

Somehow, Klaus had put together that the solution to his problem was Elena's blood. So when Tyler woke up, gasping for air, he made him feed and the transition worked perfectly. Tyler was now a hybrid.

When Klaus left Stefan with the simple order, to protect Elena, Stefan felt guilty. He hadn't let himself be with Elena again, he mostly kept a watchful eye from afar, it was him who was supposed to be compelled that night and if he was, his little sister would still be here, but she wasn't.

Rebekah was left behind in Mystic Falls, so she took it upon herself to move into the Salvatore boarding house, thankfully there seemed to be several rooms in the house so there was room for her. Nobody had trusted her, so for the time being, Damon suggested Beth sleep with him in his room, for her safety. Beth didn't hesitate to agree.

"We need to find Maria." Is the first thing that's said the next day, Damon looked around the room, where Elena, Beth, Caroline and Stefan sat. Stefan had barely uttered a word though.

Elena nodded, "Do you know where she could be?" She asks him and Damon let's out a huff, "No.. the only person who could possibly know that is who she was with for the last century.. I don't know about you, but Katherine isn't someone I want to spend my time with." Damon answered.

Elena frowned, "Well we need to do something. She is your sister after all and Matt... he won't stop until she's found."

Damon nodded once and turned to face the fireplace, "I'll try and talk to Katherine. Maria couldn't have gone far."

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Maria danced wildly, the beat of the music and the crazy amount of alcohol and drugs coursing through her veins made everything seem brighter and more alive. Although she didn't feel anything- not one thing. She didn't care, she danced and danced.

The first place she went wasn't too far from Mystic Falls, a bar just on the outskirts of Virginia. She fed, drank, and then left again.

She had no particular idea where she was going, the only thing she knew was that she was free. She didn't feel the need to be with anyone anymore, she had been told what to do her whole life, she was done. She hadn't even thought about Matt or Klaus or her brothers or even Beth. She was truly alone and that didn't even scare her one bit.

Maria found herself in New York. Funny thing really, she always found herself coming back here ever few decades. The city that never slept was captivating, the parties went on for weeks, the people were high on life and willing to do whatever she pleased. Maria never wanted to leave.

She didn't know how long she'd been partying, she didn't know when she exactly left Mystic Falls, but alas she didn't care.

A few hours later she pushed the sweaty bodies away from her roughly, the rave music blasting through the speakers was making her ear drums nearly bleed, her surroundings were unfamiliar and the black out she seemed to wake up from washed away when whatever drug she took had finally washed out of her system. Plus being on a crazy blood high didn't help with her foggy mind.