Reading Universal Vampire

Reading Rose

Damon threw himself onto his bed. He was angry – No, scratch that. He was fuming. Elena and Stefan were trying to sabotage him and he was so close to just snapping. While he didn't necessarily want to kill Elena, he was seriously thinking about it now. She looked just like Katherine and for some reason that was the last thing he needed. Having known one of them had been bad enough. He did kind of like the girl but there was this voice in the back of his head that sounded suspiciously like Tyra. Tyra who had told him about Doppelgängers and how he shouldn't let Katherine stop him from living. She was right. He shouldn't let her stop him but... He still loved her. Deep down, there was a part of him that had always loved Katherine and wanted to help free her from the tomb.

"Hello, Damon," a voice spoke up from the corner of his room.

He jumped to his feet, cursing himself for not paying enough attention "Who are you?" he demanded. He shot forward but fell to his knees, clutching at his head before he even took two steps.

The witch stepped forward, dropping the spell "I'm sorry. I didn't want to hurt you but I need you to listen to me."

"Why?" he frowned, rubbing at his temples.

"I'm going to explain to you what's going to happen and why I'm here," the girl gestured, perching herself on the edge of his bed.

"And why is that?" he asked "How did you get in here anyway?"

The girl shrugged "I could have brought you somewhere safe but I think you'd be more comfortable in a familiar environment. Look, I'm telling you this because you have more of an idea about what's going to happen than the others that I'll bring in at the start."

Damon raised his eyebrows at her "Whenever you want to start making sense... Be my guest."

"Sorry, sorry," she groaned "This is harder than I thought. Okay, you're here to read these books." She handed him a stack of books "You know about Tyra and the Doctor – you met them once, right?" When he nodded, she continued "I want you all to see a different side to the Originals before you find out about them. There are also a few things that I would like you to change when the time comes."

Damon opened one of the books before frowning when he couldn't turn past the first page "What's this?"

"Ah." The girl let out a laugh "Sorry. But I'd rather prefer it if no one were to peek. Too many things could go wrong."

Damon hummed "And these books are all about Tyra?"

"And her journey with the Doctor, yes," the witch nodded "I'm Sienna, by the way. I'm a friend of Tyra's."

"That explains why you're doing this," Damon nodded "And I to assume that Tyra's siblings will be here as well?"

Sienna inclined her head "At the beginning, only one of them will be here. I was planning to start with you, your brother, the Doppelgänger and one of Tyra's brothers. More people will be joining you the more you get through the story."

Damon frowned "Will Tyra be there?"

Sienna shook her head "I don't think so. Not yet in any case. I don't want to do this to her right now but I need people to understand some things. I want people to understand that the Originals aren't the monsters many believe them to be. And I need Tyra's family to understand."

"How would you know that though?" Damon questioned "I mean, you've only met Tyra. You don't really know any of the others, do you?"

Sienna bit her lip "I'm a seer. That's also how those books came to be. It's – it's complicated and a lot of it goes against the rules but this is something that I feel is necessary."