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"Ok so I know you know me Bon, but since I'm basically a different Rowan maybe we should start over? get to know each other- And maybe you could tell me about who I used to be?" Rowan speaks over the comfortable silence as she looks towards the Young witch flicking through her closet trying to find something to wear for the back to school party later that night.
Bonnie looks over her shoulder and smiles at the brunette. She walks over until she is stood in front of Rowan, putting her hand out for her to shake it. "Hi I'm Bonnie Bennett" She introduced herself as if she hadn't known the girl her whole life.
"The names Rowan, Rowan Matthews" She retorts with a breathy chuckle, shaking her head in relief to how well the young girl in front of her responded to the recent conversation the girls had.
"Ok you're going to have to catch me up since, you know... don't have any sort of memories of what has happened within this lifetime. But who knows I might get more within time. I just need to figure out how I can trigger the memories of who she was or well who I was. I basically I am her, but I don't know It feels like I don't really know who I am supposed to be here." Rowan rambles as she fidgets with her fingers.
Bonnie places her hand on the brunette's shoulder reassuringly. "It's going to be ok Rowan. you're not alone anymore- I have your back and I'm not going anywhere anytime soon." Rowan looks up to her with a weak smile and nods to herself.
'I know. Well, that's if the plot hasn't changed all too much.' Rowan thought to herself. It hadn't even occurred to her how much her presence could have an effect on the story until that moment and now it was the only thing that she seemed to able to think about, but at this point, there was nothing she could do. Only go on with her days as if everything were normal, but it was anything but normal.
Rowan took a deep breath and pulled herself together. She wasn't going to be a weak damsel in distress in this story. No. She wanted to be an independent woman capable of taking care of herself even in the most unpredictable situations which seemed like was going to become a regular thing in her new life.
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Rowan wandered through the crowd of drunk teenagers looking to find a familiar face, but none came to show. Bonnie had gone to talk to Elena while she got a drink, but now she was unable to be found by the brunette. You would think after watching the show over 100 times she would have every inch of Mystic Falls memorised to the t, but nope it appears it's very different being there in person.
The girl finally notices her friend pushing through the crowd in a bit of a rush, so she makes a beeline in her direction, quickly catching up to her. She reaches out to the young witch who is still unaware of her powers, grasping her hand. Bonnie whirls around looking quite startled. "Bon, what's wrong?" Rowan asks taking in the confused look on the girls face. Bonnie begins to relax noticing it's only Rowan, and she motions for Rowan to follow her.
They make an abrupt stop Bonnie turning to face her. "It happened again. With Elena." She finally spoke composing her anxious self. "What did you see? Rowan replies with an understanding nod as she looks around checking that they were alone.
"Umm... There was a crow, fog and a man." With that statement Rowan knew it was about Damon, he always had a knack for the dramatics.
Rowan takes a deep breath as she considered the ridiculous idea that came to mind. "I'll be back" Rowan turns and heads towards the woods with the idea of preventing a certain situation. "Where are you going?" Bonnie's voice was heard in the distance. "To do something stupid" she answers turning her head to look back at her friend.
Ok, it probably wasn't a smart idea on her behalf considering she had no clue of her past and what she was capable of in this world. All she knew was that she was no vampire, and running into a situation totally unprepared was probably not the best of ideas. She stopped suddenly as she heard movement behind her. She whirls round to see no one there, but when turning back round to continue heading in that direction she is met by none other than Damon Salvatore himself. "Shit," she mumbles to herself as she looks up at the tall blue-eyed vampire in front of her.
He stood there with his usual cocky smirk. She moves to walk around him, but the next thing she knows she is thrown up against the tree. "Now, where do you think you're going," he whispers into her ear. Rowan looked around with the plan of avoiding the dark-haired vampire's gaze, as her breath became shallow and she gulped nervously. 'Note to self need to get vervain.' she thought to herself. She opened her mouth to speak but no words appeared. She had already managed to get herself in quite the pickle and it had only been a day.
Think Rowan. Think. Her brain was running a hundred miles an hour trying to figure a way out of the mess she had created for herself. Being a flimsy human he could snap her bones like a branch. She would just be another body to the pile for Damon. This wasn't supposed to happen. It was supposed to be Vicki Donavon. She wasn't intentionally being selfish she just wasn't expecting to be taking the Donavon's place, she had seen the scene go down multiple times and even though she makes it out alive at this point in time, in the end, she ended up dead, and Rowan was determined to make it out alive and escape death through and through. She couldn't help but scoff at her recent thought of wanting to be an 'independent woman who's capable of protecting herself in these types of situations. How's that going for you?
She wasn't even paying attention to the blue-eyed vampire in front of her who was looking down at her curiously. He was surprised, to say the least, most of his victims would be screaming like a banshee or begging for their lives but the young girl in front of him had a blank expression and besides from her uneven breathing and her hesitance to look at him in the eyes he would have thought she wasn't scared at all.
Footsteps are heard not so far away which distract him giving her enough time to escape his grasp. Rowan sprints towards the direction in which she heard the footsteps coming from.
Of course, he could have caught up to her easily, but he wanted to see how this would play out. So he hid in the shadows waiting for the right time to make his move.
She knew from countless movies that you never look back, but the curiosity was eating at her. So she turns her head to see that yet again he had disappeared. But because she wasn't paying attention to where she was going, she hadn't noticed the log right in front of her, resulting in her tripping and twisting her ankle. "Just my luck" she mumbles to herself as she looks around uncertain of her safety.
Rowan suddenly feels a hand on her shoulder, making her spin round at lightning speed to see the one and only Vicki Donovan. "Rowan? what are you doing out here?" She asks taking the girls hand and helping her up. Rowan felt relief rush over her but she couldn't help but wonder where Damon had vanished off to.
"I- ugh. I was just taking a break from all the noise. Sore head" Rowan answers looking around frantically. Vicki narrows her eyes at the young girl suspiciously. She could tell the young girl was worried about something but she just didn't know about what.
"Right ok then." She says before heading further into the forest. Rowan suddenly sees a shadow sneaking up behind Vicki. "Vick!" Rowan shouts making the older girl spin round in her direction but it was gone as if it was never there. As she looks at the younger girl she notices Damon standing behind her with blood-red eyes and dark veins under them. He opens his mouth, fangs appearing about to sink his teeth into her. Vicki screams in fear. Rowan noticed the older girls face and span around speedily.
Her breath got stuck in her throat as she stared up at him. Damn his good looks and witty personality had got her through the screen. But standing there in front of her was something different. She was utterly screwed. And she knew that. 'Come on Rowan- are you serious right now he's trying to kill you' She shakes herself out of the daze, your right- focus woman.
Damon gets a firm grip on her and bites into her neck draining her of her blood. Rowan wanted to scream but she didn't have it in her. Time felt none existent and the next thing she knew, her body was dropped to the ground like a bag of bones. Damon heads towards his next victim just appearing in front of her like a flash. Rowan's vision was starting to darken and she was slipping in and out of consciousness. Vicki's scream echo's through the tree's and that was the last thing Rowan remembers.
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The sound of beeping resonated through the room as Rowan's eyes began to flicker open, she was confused, to say the least. How did she end up here? She knew she wasn't compelled because she remembered everything- well apart from how she had gotten to the hospital bed that she was now in. She moved her head around groggily looking for any sign of life.
She met the sympathetic eyes of Elena Gilbert looking down at her. "Hey Rowan, how you feeling?"
"I have a killer headache but other than that I feel fine. How long have I been out?" Rowan question stretching her tired muscles.
"Row- you have been out for 2 weeks because of severe blood loss and a head injury. We almost thought we had lost you" she answers with tears in her eyes.
"What was the last thing you remember?" Elena asks. Rowan opens her mouth to answer but pauses trying to think of how to answer her. She remembered what happened, but was she supposed to say 'that she was attacked by a vampire.' She was going through the episode in her head thinking of what story she was going to go with.
She hadn't noticed the younger Salvatore walking to the room. "Hey Rowan, I know we haven't officially met, but I wanted to see how you were doing." He spoke looking at me up and down as if he was looking for something. I couldn't help but feel that he had an ulterior motive for being here. Then it hit me- he's covering Damon's tracks. 'Is he going to try and compel me?' The thought entered Rowan's mind making her attention fade from the conversation.
"Are you ok Rowan? you have been awfully quiet" Elena sighs sitting down beside her. " yeah I'm fine." Rowan replies quickly, she could feel Stefan's eyes on her as she spoke. It was like he was waiting for her to mess up and drop her act.
Stefan was suspicious of her to no surprise. He knew Damon hadn't compelled her and it confused him why she hadn't spilt the beans to what they were. Damon had attached her. Wasn't she scared for her life right now? Or did she even remember what happened? The thoughts circled his mind like a roundabout.
Rowan just wanted to get out of the hospital; They made her uncomfortable and brought back memories of when her parents had been in an accident. She sits up with the intention of getting discharged and getting out of the place as soon as possible. "Where do you think you're going? You only just woke up Rowan." Stefan and Elena step in front of her to stop her from getting too far. "Home." Rowan absently gathering her things together, not really paying attention to the two.
"I feel fine guys I don't know why yous two are worrying" The girl spoke looking at the two lovers. There was a knock on the door redirecting her attention to the two girls who stood looking at the young girl.
"Row- what are you doing?" Bonnie comes over to the young girl who starting packing up her stuff again spinning her round to face her. "I'm going home. I feel fine. No, actually I feel great." The four looked between each other. "Where's my phone?" She huffs walking past them rummaging through different drawers to find it. Bonnie eyes for the other three to leave so she could talk to Rowan.
"Rowan," Bonnie called out to her best friend trying to grasp her attention but little did she know her voice was just an echo to the girl as she replayed her last memories. She grabs onto her shoulders and looks into her dark brown eyes. She could basically see the emotions swirling through her eyes as she kept her face blank. Trying to look strong and brave.
"I'm fine Bonnie. Really" Rowan sighs finally acknowledging her presence. "Hiding behind that brave facade isn't fooling anyone Row. I don't think you realise how worried we all were about you. I--I thought I lost you." Bonnie words came out as almost a whisper, wiping away the tears that were forming in her eyes.
Rowan nods her head towards the door before walking towards the bathroom and turning on the tap. She looks at her confused but after a second she nods in understanding that Elena and Stefan were probably trying to listen to what she was saying. "I can't stay here Bon," Rowan whispers to her.
It suddenly dawned on her that she wasn't the only one. "Vicki?" Her name came out almost inaudible. "She's ok- but what happened Rowan? You ran off and the next thing your being took off in an ambulance. You obviously knew something was going to happen." Bonnie whispers crossing her arms, Rowan sighs in response looking down to her feet. Now that she looked back to that night she should have realised how unprepared she was especially walking into that kind of situation. She could have prevented this, But then again what had happened was different to what she had seen happen. It seemed that she had already made a change to what she knew to happen. Maybe this was a blessing in disguise and she could do some good to help prevent some of the situations to happen.
"Meet me at my house in 2 hours" That was all she said before turning off the tap and exiting the room past Elena and Stefan, heading towards the reception to get herself discharged.
She wasn't surprised to find Stefan in front of her as she walked out the doors of the hospital. She rolled her eyes and walked around him "What can I do for you, Stefan?" Rowan spoke up as she continued to walk knowing he would catch up to her. In mere seconds he was walking side by side with her. "I know you're not here to check up on me, so spit it out." She added looking over at him with her eyebrow raised, crossing her arms impatiently.
"You remember and you haven't said anything, why?" He blurted out looking at her confused. "I don't know what you could possibly be talking about" She replies innocently before looking away with a small smirk. He grabs her arm not enough to hurt her, making her stop in her tracks. She looks down sighing before looking back up at him and answering "Look Stefan there are some secrets that are just meant to be kept, mine included. And they are going to stay like that so you don't have to worry." He was obviously hesitant to trust her. "You don't seem surprised or anything. Why?" "I know more than you think Stefan, but as I previously said some secrets are meant to be kept. And for now, that's the way there going to stay." She states before walking away from the vampire.
She wasn't intimidated by the youngest Salvatore as he didn't have any dangerous intentions in Mystic Falls. Damon, on the other hand, was a lose canon running on revenge, yes he becomes a better person further down the line but he was the reason she ended up in hospital. However, it did confuse the girl on how she felt completely fine as if nothing had happened after waking up after a vampire attack...
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