i'm not me || tvd [1]

•i'm not scared of mikael•

"So, vampirism was a form of protection?" Elena asked.

"What else would it be?"

"A curse?"

"My parents only saw a way of keeping their children alive." Rebekah clarified.

"Imogen's a vampire?" Elena asked, dubiously.

Rebekah looked at the Petrova doppelgänger as if she was the stupidest doppelgänger ever. "Imogen's not a vampire." she stated.

"Then what is she?"

"An Immortal Being."

Elena nodded. "Okay but why stay, if they were so afraid of the werewolves? Why not leave?" she said as if it was that easy.

"Pride." Rebekah simply said and turned to her. "My father didn't want to run anymore. He wanted to fight and be superior to the wolves. Where they could bite, we had to bite harder. Where they had speed, we had to be faster. Agility, strength, senses."

~•~•~

"Everything could be heightened. Our family could live forever." Mikael said.

"At what cost? This magic you speak of breeds consequence. This is the makings of a plague, Esther. The spirits will turn on you." Ayana warned Esther.

"Please, Ayana." Esther ignored the witch's warning.

"I will have no part in it." Ayana started to leave but stopped. "And don't you dare turn Imogen what she is not meant to be."

Ayana looked at Esther earnestly before leaving the Mikaelsons. Both Imogen and Rebekah hid and turned to each other.

"What does Ayana mean about you, Imogen?" Rebekah whispered.

Imogen shakes her head. "I do not know."

Imogen turned away from a confused Rebekah and continued listening.

"If she will not protect our family then it is in your hands alone, my love." Mikael said as he touched Esther's cheek and Esther nodded.

~•~•~

"In her hands? How could she do anything?" Elena asked.

"Because my mother was also a witch." Rebekah answered.

"What?" Elena asked in disbelief as she stared at the blonde Mikaelson.

"The witch of the Original Family. The Original Witch."

Rebekah and Elena walked inside the Salvatore's library.

"Where do they keep their best vintage?"

"But if your mother was a witch, then..." Elena trailed off.

"Am I? No, a witch is nature's servant; a vampire is an abomination of nature. You can either be one or the other, never both." Rebekah said as she took a bottle of wine from a cabinet. "My mother did this for us. She did not turn."