Isabella P.O.V
Right now I'm pissed... No I'm beyond pissed. Why the hell would Stefan even give Natalia the freaking Ascendant? Was he out of his god damn mind? I know he has mommy issues and maybe with her coming back it might have made him emotional but that wasn't any excuse. I swear if my dad don't give him a world full of pain I certainly will. Between this and what happened here I really feel like I'm about to blow, you know what right now I could do with talking with my mom. Maybe if I told her about.... God no she will lose it but then again she had a right to know what was going on. Like we couldn't hide the fact that Natalia back forever, the thing is we all need to face the consequences of how she's going to react. So I pulled out my cell and dialled her number but all I got was her voicemail. I kind feel like my mom been avoiding me, like I hadn't heard nothing from her from that night when stupid Caroline nearly had me cut up like chop suey. I needed to focus on the matter in hand and deal with all the drama that I had here, Natalia was going to confess, and it was time for her to do so, with or without Elijah here.
I made my way back to the apartment as I walked in I saw Klaus guarding over Natalia, I was really grateful for all of his help today. I knew he was put in an awkward position when his brother turned up, the thing about Klaus he may portray this evil persona but that wasn't the real him. I knew from the way he spoke that family meant everything to him, that his brother Elijah and sister Rebekah meant the world to him. I know about all the bad things they did to one another with the betrayals but they still loved one another because in fact they were family. I mean it was the same with Nico, I couldn't hate him what happened that night when I first came into their lives. I read a quote once by Gandhi which had remained strongly in my mind 'The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong'. Did that apply to Natalia? Well I guess it depends on what come out of her mouth about her reasons for doing what she did.
"I think you have had enough time to recover. Talk." I watched as Natalia head snapped up looking at me with worrisome look, she needed to be worried because whatever she tells me will decide her fate.
"Elijah...." She began to say but I wasn't going to wait on him also that Natalia can get all juiced up. No I wanted answers now and she wasn't going to get out of it.
"Screw Elijah. God dam it I'm your granddaughter!" I raised my voice to her, some may see that as being disrespectful but I didn't care, just because we had the same blood run through our veins didn't mean that we were family. You don't need to have actual blood ties to call someone your family, with Natalia action, she wasn't worth of that title. "You said you were going tell me everything. So tell me!" Natalia eyes shifted between Klaus and myself, I knew she was contemplating about opening up.
"Everything I did was to protect my family"
Flash Back—Europe 1852
After leaving Mystic Falls in 1852, when Giuseppe threaten the lives of my two boys I went in search to find Elijah but he wasn't anywhere in sight I made my way to Europe. If I wasn't allowed to be with my boys, then I need to be as far as possible it was the only way I could deal with it. I travelled to a few countries throughout the months I quenched my thirst with animal blood rabbit, deer's, foxes whatever I could get my hands on. I made my way to Paris that where my family came from before we moved to America. I thought maybe being back in familiar surrounding might help. I walked the streets and everything seem different I had no money, no home, no family. I stopped in a tavern I thought I may be able to find some work, well it didn't work out like that; it was difficult for a woman in those times to find work. So I slept on the street and any source of blood I could get was from rats they didn't taste pleasant but it controlled my urge from hurting a human.
Weeks and months went by I lived like that until a day when a stranger approached me his name was Vincent he was a vampire to, he offered me shelter in his home he offered me a human to feed on but I refused which surprised him. But Vincent accept my way of life he began to teach me the many thing that a vampire was capable of, unfortunately because I drank animal blood some of the ability I couldn't do. Vincent could see that I was unhappy with the life I was leading all I kept thinking about where my two little angels. From the moment when my eyes opened till they closed I thought of my Damon and Stefan.
I lived with Vincent for over a year he was friendly but I didn't like the way he treated humans they would be dead body all over the place, then he could compel other humans to clear up his mess. One evening he asked me an odd question that if there was a cure for vampirism would I take it? Well I responded that I would in a heartbeat to not have these craving and be immortal and live a miserable life of course I would. He told me about a myth about a man called Silas that he betrayed his friend for the elixir of immortality. All so that he and his true love could be together forever sounded very romantic. The friend name was Qetsiyah who was in love with him and when she found out about the betrayal she made supernatural purgatory. When she sentenced him to his death he wouldn't be with his true love, she had fossil him with the cure of immortally.
After hearing the story and knowing that there could be a cure for me I was determined to look for it and Vincent was willing to help me. We began our search which lead us to Bulgaria where we found a group of followers of Silas. That when I met Sebastian the witch we need to gather more information on the location of Silas, Vincent and I thought we were rather clever but we underestimated Sebastian he knew what we were after and he would do at anything to stop either of us from finding it.
I remember that night so clearly when the followers turned on us at Sebastian command I watched as they burnt Vincent in the middle of their town, all I could do was cry as I watched. Sebastian has cast a spell on me to not make me move. Once they made an example of Vincent all eyes went on me I knew my death was coming and Sebastian kept on looking at me curiously.
"I see that your bloodline will create sanguinis nexus" He spoke a little intrigued I didn't know what he meant "One of your children will create a that bloodline the most powerful line to walk this earth" He began to smirk "Human will bow for sanguinis nexus..... but you and your friend came here to find the cure and unfortunately I can't let you have that" He spoke and little darkly as he came closer to me "You will be the grandmother of sanguinis nexus unfortunately for me I can't kill you" I felt relief but I didn't like the sounds of future for my future grandchild, suddenly he put his hand into my chest I felt his hand around my heart I began to grasp for air "I think I know just were to put you for your betrayal" I felt my heart slowing down and my vision began to become impaired I tried to keep my eyes opened but I couldn't then I fell into an obelisk of darkness.
Present Day
"Okay so this Sebastian knew about Nico, but why was he chose to have that douche Nickar possess him?" That what I didn't understand, Nico was important and powerful because he was this sanguinis nexus, then where the hell did this Nickar fit into all of it.
"Your mother, she is from an extremely powerful bloodline. Your biological great grandfather Angelis was the oldest of the three siblings, followed by Qetsiyah and lastly Nickar, whom walked this earth over 2000 years ago. Angelis who is able to walk this earth for 30 days every 500 years met and fell in love with Anya, your great grandmother. That when it was set in stone of the rising of Dimidium Sanguine" This was all crazy and sounded like some wild story but I knew about Qetsiyah and Nickar apparently being siblings. I had no idea that my great grandfather was a part of the crazies. My poor mom who inherited all the crazy ass relatives that just wanna ruin her life, I surprised that she's not had a break down to it all.
"As interesting your story telling is Natalia, why did Nickar take over Nico?" Elijah spoke as he entered the room, he didn't seem overly impressed with her right now. "Why aren't you dead? I watched Siena rip your heart out. How is it even possible for you to be alive, let alone be in a prison world?" I could see that Elijah was getting frustrated, it just seemed like Natalia was stalling, it wouldn't surprise me if she was going to make up another story.
"Elijah you must understand that my hands were tied I had to keep to my word, everything I did was in the hopes to return to you and to have my family freed from the world we were trapped in" In that one moment I felt my blood boil as she classed those freaks as her family, she didn't give a damn about her actual family. I went to attack her but Klaus stopped me which didn't make me happy in the slightest.
"Sweetheart I don't think violence is the way you need to go" He spoke firmly, which annoyed me because I knew if it was him standing in my position, she would have been dead on the spot. "Natalia I would explain in great detail about the part of you keeping your word" He spoke to her calmly as she stood there looking torn, if she wasn't going to speak the truth because I was her actual granddaughter. Then she could at least tell the man she claims to love the truth, one of persons that apparently she did everything for.
Flashback—Europe 1853
I had been held prisoner by Sebastian for months, I watched as the travellers would come and go. They could never be together for long period of times, I had planned to escape on many occasions, but there wasn't any use. Fear began to spread through the travellers as news of a coven of witches where heading to come and destroy them. Travellers hate any form of the impure magic and these witches were not the your average witches. They came from Garcia Coven and very unique type of witch they were an elite of their own. Why did the Travellers fear them? It was because they were a direct descendent of Dimidium Sanguine. All though not born yet Dimidium Sanguine was fear amongst the travellers and witches but Garcia witches they did not fear her. They didn't agree with the fate that was laid upon her and the children she was to bare, they wanted to stop the travellers from completing there plan. So when they come to the village they destroy everything in sight and as they did the traveller fled, I stood there was I watched the six of them doing unspeakable thing to the one that didn't flee in time. I stood there frozen on the spot unable to move as one of them began to approach me, I was immortal vampire I could have used my speed to get a way but I didn't.
"You do not need to fear us" He spoke in a gentle cooing tone. "We have come here to help you, not to harm you Natalia" I didn't feel threatened by him which was strange after everything that happened to me since leaving Mystic Falls I didn't trust no one.
"H-how d-do you know my name?" He stood there with a charming smile as another member approaches from behind him.
"We have been looking for you for a long time. You will change everything for our coven"
Present Day
"I know what you did to change their coven—" I felt all eyes on me in that moment but my focus was on Natalia who was staring at me intensely. "You turned them. Your vampire dolls back in 1903 prison world are Heretics" I watched as Natalia clenched her jaw, she obviously didn't expect me to find out about her so called freaky family.
"What the bloody hell is a Heretic?" Klaus spoke with confusion in his voice, I would have thought a thousand year old vampire would know about them but it seems for once I'm the one with source of information.
"Oh they aren't your average vampire" Both Elijah and Klaus looked with confusion while Natalia looked even more worried than before. "They were witches that siphon power from another source—Like psycho Kai" As soon as I mentioned Kai name I saw Klaus tense up, when I told him about what he did to me he wanted to kill him. I assured him that I had my own method of dealing with him, which worked out for the best as Bonnie and I both got our revenge on him. "You know what I think, I think that you've been playing us all with your innocent act, with the fake amnesia." I began to approach her slowly as we both locked eyes with one another. Natalia knew she was caught out and there was no way she could get herself out of this. "There is no way in hell Natalia that they are going to be brought back. So give me the ascendant" Her ice blue eyes pierced my skin with extreme anger and tore apart my soul, if only looks could kill.
"I was prepare to tell you everything, to tell you my reasons of why I did the things I did. How I was pulled out from the other side and came to be in that prison world" She took a step towards me, I didn't feel threatened by her because I know how to defend myself. "You Isabella are just like your mother, ready to throw threats before even knowing the reason behind someone's actions. So young, so naïve to think I'm going to just hand it over. That isn't going to happen, my family will return you will not stop me. I have the Ascendant all I need the Bennett witch..." With that being her final words she used her speed to escape before Klaus and Elijah could catch her. It was official Natalia Salvatore was a certified loon.
Siena P.O.V
All night I felt waves of pain washing over me; it was exquisite, and debilitating even for someone like me. It was the worst burning sensation either had ever felt, even worse than actually being burned. The vervain seeping into my bloodstream making me struggled to breathe, spitting blood. My body was shaking, sweating all things that I shouldn't be experiencing, but Damon was certainly making sure that I didn't break out of here. I finally dragged myself into a sitting position hand clutching my side from the pain that went through my body. The pain was merciless without escape, I knew I had to figure out a way to get out of here that all my focus was on. For a second I felt too weak to continue, my head fell onto my shoulder my eyes flickered as they struggled to stay open. Eventually, the pain settled into a sort of sharp throbbing that kept time with my heart, like someone was poking repeatedly with a burning stick.
I knew that I was slowly going through the desiccation processes that was the only way that Damon could have any control over me, when I'm weak. He would never face me at full strength alone, the only reason why I'm even here right now is because of that demon child I had. My vision was blotched with violet colours that move and merge without pattern or design. The pain commands my attention, it does not sit quietly in the background like garish wallpaper, it cows my brain into meek submission demanding a solution that I cannot provide. I used to think that the intermittent pains were the worst because they were chaotic, random. Now that they are constant I know that this is far more debilitating.
The only thing that was giving me the will not to give up was that I knew in time I would escape, I had to think of a strategy. Working the angle of telling Blue eyes that I love him and I would turn it back on wasn't going to happen. I am not gonna allow myself to be defeated by what that sad version of myself may think his love within me. I will not allow myself to go back to what is wrong, what continues to make me weak, to find myself back within his traps, in the chains he had made for me. I WILL NOT ALLOW myself ever again to go back to what I thought was love, what was perfect and once beautiful. Because now I'm better and now my heart is made of armour. I was broken out of my thought by the noise of the lock being turned and opened of the cell door. As the door opened I expect the smug Damon to be standing there, but instead it was that pathetic excuse of a sister.
"I brought you some blood." Elena spoke nervously as she held a small glass of blood in her hand and shut the door behind her.
"Oh it's Saint Elena." I spoke groggily, even to speak hurt my throat was dry and just the slight of seeing that ruby coloured liquid made it even worse. "I don't want anything from you. Shove your sympathy where the sun don't shine" I wasn't in any kind of mood for this and Elena might as well know that from the get go.
"Siena... It was hard enough to convince Damon to let me come and see you." I couldn't help but roll my eyes to that comment, like who is she kidding with this concern act. "You need to have this or you will desiccate." She held the glass out toward me, with the little strength I had I knocked it out of her hand causing it to spill over the floor. I didn't want anything from her and I didn't trust any of them, if I was going to have blood it was going to be right from the source. "You are really making this harder than it should be... I know how it is when your humanity off. There no feelings, you feel nothing and—" I really couldn't listen to no more of her bullshit, Elena always had to make everything about her.
"Oh Elena Gilbert actually caring about her sister, you must drank some bad blood... Aren't you meant to be all over Damon now? You know, now I took the compulsion off you." I teased which didn't sit right with her as her expression changed, I was speaking the truth Elena hadn't given a damn about me from the moment she kissed Damon when he was dying from that werewolf bite. Stupid human me risked everything to save him and even went with egoistic Klaus Mikaelson all summer cause of it, but hey all in the past now. Once I'm out of here and it will be today I'll never have to see any of these idiots again.
"Look I get your mad at me, I know what I put you through when I wouldn't back down from wanting Damon. With you compelling me... I know you did it because it was your only option." Elena crouched in front of me and every single part of me just wanted to rip out her throat, but even moving an inch hurt. I needed to conserve my energy for the right moment to make my move. "I'm so sorry for everything I did, for everything that I made you do." I looked into her eyes that were filled with sorry and regret and I couldn't help but laugh, she looked taken back but what did she expect from me.
"Such an easy words to say... Sorry." I rested my head back against the wall and closed my eyes, I didn't want to hear any more of what this pathetic excuse of a vampire had to say. Sorry won't fix anything, what done is done.
"Siena I-I know we can't get back to how we once were, but I'm not giving up on you. You are my sister and you being like this just isn't you." I heard her whiny voice rang in my ears, as I slowly opened my eyes she was still crouched down in front of me with puppy dog eyes in hope I would be all forgiving.
"When I get out of here and I will. I'm gonna kill you." Elena eyes widen as she heard the words come out of my mouth, I meant every single words of it and when that moment came I was going to enjoy every single moment. "No I don't just want to kill you, I want to put you in a pit and add the shovels of dirt slowly until your Goddamn mouth is full of muck. I want to hear your cries as the rocks rain down on you thicker than a hail storm. I don't care if you're sorry anymore, I don't want to hear it. You took what was once beautiful in me and made it into what it is today. I hope you're proud, it's all your handiwork Elena." I grinned showing my teeth with my eyes widen more than any sane person should be "Bonding time over" Elena looked at me horrified, I didn't care that I was scaring her because I meant everything I said. Elena had been saved by the Salvatore twice from stopping me from killing her, but this time it will be different.
Isabella P.O.V
I swear I'm going to personally kill Natalia and finish off what my mom didn't get to do, I don't care that she blood related. Getting rid of her would do the world a favour because if she has her way and brings back her psycho family into this world. My family had enough drama and there isn't going to be anymore coming into our lives. I'm so freaking mad right now that I feel like I'm going out of my mind. Why the hell did Stefan even give her the Ascendant, god I wanna kick his ass for doing that. The original brothers tried to stop me from going after Natalia, I wasn't having any of it so I use my magic to give them one of those pesky margins that vampires hate. The look in Klaus eyes before I left killed me, I know he was only trying to protect me and in some way so was Elijah. This had nothing to do with them, this was issue that involved my family and when I say I'm tired of it all I'm really tired of it. Natalia my so called grandmother was the poison that was corruption in my family from turning Nico to breaking my mom. This was going to end and the only way I could do that was to stop her from bring back those loons from the prison world.
So I left Atlanta and drove back home so much was running through my mind right now, like the fact on how pissed my dad was going to be. Oh I so don't see this being pretty whatsoever, maybe I should talk to my mom about all this and she could somehow clam him down. God who am I kidding she going to flip out just as much, I mean this morning when I left dad never mention that she knew about Natalia return. God all of this was just a freaking mess and I really feel like I can't turn to anyone to talk about this, so I had to deal and fix this mess on my own. All I needed to do was find that stupid ascendant and try to get hold of Bonnie before Natalia does. I tried calling Bonnie but her phone was constantly in use, it just felt like everything was against me today like give me a break. After breaking every state speed limit I finally arrived home, I parked up the car and saw that my dad wasn't home. That was a blessing on it own because I wasn't ready to tell him about this mess, hopefully I can defuse it all before it really get's out of hand.
I walked into the house and I could hear someone in the living room, as I walked in I saw Bonnie walking through with her cell to her ear talking to someone panicking.
"Still looking." Bonnie spoke with frustration in her voice, I slowly walked down the steps, and Bonnie hadn't notice that I was even in the room. "I told you to stall her." Something told me that Natalia had played her hand in trying to get to Bonnie. "When did they leave?" I could hear the fear in her voice, I wasn't going to have Natalia bully Bonnie into bring back her psycho clan.
"Bonnie—" She jumped at the sound of my voice which made her drop her phone. "I'm guessing your talking about Natalia, I'm guessing she's on her mission to free those douches in that prison world" Bonnie looked at me with disbelief, probably thinking how the hell I knew that what Natalia wanted. "I'm here to help, I don't want her to let them out as much as you do. So let's get searching" Bonnie picked up her phone on the floor while I looked around the room, where would that psychotic grandmother hide that ascendant?
"Matt, I'll call you back" Bonnie spoke with panic in her voice, while I picture the ascendant in my mind. Aleeya thought me a spell to find lost things, it was actually one of the first spells she thought me so this should be a breeze in finding it. "Do you know how many places there are to hide things in this house?" As Bonnie spoke I felt drawn to a dresser across the room, I walked over and opened the draw, and low and behold there was the ascendant.
"She really sucks at hiding stuff" I spoke as I held up the small box toward Bonnie who sighed in relief, both Bonnie and I freeze in place as we turns our head we heard the sound of Natalia's voice echoing through the foyer.
"So kind of you to bring me home Lorenzo." My eyes advert to Bonnie and I could see that she was panicking, I indicated to her to hide as Natalia and Enzo began to walk towards the living room. Bonnie quickly ran toward the library while I went toward the kitchen. I stopped halfway down the hallway, I wanted to know why the hell this Enzo guy was with her. So I slowly made my way back and peered around the corner to see Natalia and Enzo.
"Still, I think you're wrong to worry about the ascendant." Enzo assured her, while Natalia didn't seem overly convince.
"You've got a lot to learn about the Salvatore's, they will do everything in their power to stop me bringing my family home." She was right about that, there was no way any of us was going to allow her to bring back the crazies. I watched as Natalia freezes when she sees that the drawer to the dresser is open and the Ascendant gone. She hurries over to search the drawer thoroughly. "The ascendant has been taken from me? That I've lost the only means of rescuing my family?" Enzo looked at her with concern as she sounded like a crazy person right now, she really looked unhinged.
"Your family?" Enzo spoke with confusion as he approached her, I never knew that Enzo actually knew Natalia the way they are together it's like they known each other for a while.
"You know what I am, Lorenzo. The people in that prison world are the only thing that keep me from becoming that monster again." What the hell did she mean by that? You know what I am? Of course he knew that she was a vampire... god this woman just gives me a migraine with all of her secrets.
"Your real family is right here in this house." Enzo stated firmly which I was kinda impressed with, but I was told that he was a real good friend to my dad so of course his trying to control the unhinged grandmother.
"Get out." Natalia spoke as she angrily squeezes her eyes shut, she looked like she was about to blow.
"Natalia, relax." Enzo spoke calmly raising his hands in the air in surrender as Natalia's eye veins start to peek out under her eyes as she vamps-out. "I said get out!" Her face returns to normal, and Enzo, scared of what she'll do, leaves without a word. I knew what I had to do and that was to give Bonnie the ascendant and destroy it before Natalia gets her hands on it. I pulled out my phone and text Bonnie to meet me in the back yard, I quietly walked away from seeing Natalia spiralling out of control throwing things around the living room. I made my way out to the back yard where I saw Bonnie waiting looking nervous around.
"Take this. Destroy it. Do what you have to do" I spoke as I placed it in her hand, I wanted to destroy myself but this world prison worlds and ascendant were all linked to the Bennett witches. If I interfered with the magic it contained it might just backfire on me.
"Wh-what about Natalia? She's not going to let this go." Bonnie was obviously worried about the consequences of taking this, but she didn't need to because one that thing destroyed there was nothing Natalia could do to hurt us.
"Bonnie what else can she do to this family? She's caused enough damage, Natalia dealt all her hands. When you destroy that it will finally be over." Bonnie gave me a final look before walking away. It would all finally be over there was no more dangers for this family and if the unhinge grandmother wanted to carry on acting crazy then I think we all can agree there was only one way to shut her up.
Damon P.O.V
I had to leave the house for a while after what Bonnie told me, I didn't know how to take it. Siena and I had been through hell and back. From the moment she came into my life she changed it all for the better, I felt like I had a purpose to wanna live another day. Not saying that I didn't feel that I didn't want to live, but life was like a broken record, between Stefan and I arguing and my feeling developing for Elena. It was such a messy period in my life then one day out of the blue this gorgeous creature came into my life. With having this angel coming into my life there was complications that came with it all, and through it all we battle through it. From Klaus wanting to take her, to having the witches taking our son which nearly destroyed us. That wasn't just it because something up there wanted to test us further with having Nico possessed by that dick Nickar, courtesy of my own mother which brought Siena death. When I thought about that dark time in my life when she was gone, the aching I felt that I wouldn't see her again. I literally did whatever I had to bring her back... I'm getting a headache thinking about all of this, but the beauty of all it is that in the end somehow Siena and I always survived through the odds.
With her turning off her humanity, which I will never forgive Caroline for I had to make this choice. To keep fighting her to turn it on, which Bonnie kindly informed me that wouldn't happen because Siena wasn't wired like us normal vampires. Or for me to give her the cure and make her human, not a dimidium sanguine but 100% human. That would mean that Siena would get to live a normal human life, she wouldn't have to look over her shoulder for the next bad person coming for her. It all sounds perfect for my Siena to not be battling whatever coming around the corner, but what scares me is the fact if she a human Siena couldn't be in this world that I live in. I love her more than anything in this world as she gave me things that I thought would never be possible, I have Nico and Isabella because of her. I had felt love at it's most powerful because of her, we may have had ups and downs from the moment we met but would I change it? Nope not in a million years. This wasn't about me, was it? Could I live a life without her? No I can't. That where this struggle with my head and heart comes into play.
I couldn't have Siena locked up with the way she is, seeing her in so much pain was the hardest thing ever. Then giving her the cure and allowing her to walk away from all this is just as painful, not only for me but for my kids. They need their mom, but with the way she is right now she wouldn't fulfil that role and as a human would she be able to do that? I honestly don't know. So what do I do? I only have two choices right now and I don't like either of them. I got out of the car and sat on the bonnet with my bottle of bourbon looking at the pictures scenery of Mystic Falls, it looked all so peaceful up here no would never know of the horrors that goes on in that town. Could I really face all those horror all alone if I give Siena the cure, just because it a quick fix? Am I going to listen to whatever witchy prophecy's about her not able to come back from the darkness. Tia Dalma and Julian both said that I was the one to bring Siena back from the darkness that will consume her, I wish they gave me some warning what that would mean. I was broken out of my thoughts by my cell phone ringing, I looked at the caller ID and saw it was my so call mother. I was in two minds in answering it but I knew she was with Isabella and she might give me a hard time about trying to make amends.
"Where have you been?" I was taken back by her tone, what the hell was her problem? I really wasn't going to be spoken to her like that and I'm gonna make that clear right now.
"What are you...My mother?" I snapped back at her before taking another swig from the bottle, this wasn't what I needed right now with her getting all territorial with me asking where the hell I was. She was 160 years too late to play mom, she can't just drop into that role not after everything that happened, whether she remembered nor not.
"Is it with you?" She demanded. Seriously what the hell was her problem right now, today wasn't the day to get on my bad side.
"Is what with me?" I spoke through my teeth as I had no idea what she walk talking about and I didn't appreciate the fact her calling my phone and yelling.
"The Ascendant. It's not where I left it, and I very much doubt the housekeeper took it." I felt my jaw drop when I heard her mention the fact that somehow she had hold of the Ascendant that I freaking hid from her.
"How the hell did you have the Ascendant?" I yelled as I jump off the bonnet of the car, how the hell did she even find it? I actually put it in a place that none would think of.
"Stefan gave it to me, funny it's just disappeared after your daughter demanded it back" I was taken back by everything I had just heard, firstly being that my stupid brother gave her it then to hear that Isabella knew about and neither of them told me. "It is the only thing that can get my people back." Just hearing that just tipped the scale because if the stupid thing was gone then that all good, but it doesn't mean that Stefan get off lightly. What the hell was he thinking?
"Well, I don't have it, so start pulling up pillow cushions." I wasn't in the mood for her to start having a tantrum, I made my feeling every clear to her that I wouldn't give up the Ascendant. I wish I was the one who had so I could actually destroy the damn thing myself, all its done is cause more complications. I had more important things going on with my life like the fact I need to figure out what I'm going to do about Siena.
"You have not heard me, son. I need it back." She spoke a little dangerously, which once upon a time would affected me in some way but now I didn't care about her issue about getting her freak friends back.
"It's really not a priority on my list of problems right now, Mother." What was important to me right now wasn't even to go and find Stefan and kick his ass, or speak to Isabella and find out what happened between her and my mom. No what mattered to me more than anything was somehow saving Siena from herself, nothing else mattered.
"Find it, or rest assured, I can just as easily destroy something of great significance to you." She spoke in a threatening tone. "Tucked inside a shoe box." I immediately realizes what she is referring to the cure, I felt my heart race as giving Siena was my last option. If everything else didn't work I would have to give into the idea of giving her the cure. "Clearly you've learned the art of hiding from your mother." She was out of her mind there was no way she would add more bad blood between us. Would she?
"You wouldn't do that." I tried to sound positive as I spoke to her, as crazy as she has been talking recently beneath all that there still had to be the mother who still care for her son.
"Bring me the Ascendant, or I wish crush the cure to vampirism with my own hand." She spoke threateningly before hanging up on me, leaving me utterly speechless.
The first thing I did was call Isabella and find out what was going on, she explained to me about the trip to Atlanta and how it wasn't some shopping trip. That she asked Klaus to help her get the truth out of my mom, at that point I just lost my temper. Klaus always had to get involved in my family business, I warned Isabella that she and I are going to have a serious talk about all of this. All I needed to know right now was where the hell the freaking Ascendant was, Isabella spilled quickly I think with me losing my temper actually frighten her. It seems that it was given to Bonnie to destroy and I couldn't allow that to happen not with my mom having the cure in her possession and will do god know what with it. It was my last card if I could get Siena back to how she was, I couldn't allow it to be destroyed. So once again it was going to be me and Bonnie having a argument which I'm not looking forward to but she was the one who brought the cure to me. She knows how important it is not only to me and everyone around but for Siena too.
I made my way to Whitmore the whole way I was literally praying that Bonnie hadn't destroyed it yet, I understood why she was doing it but she had to hear me out. I know as soon as Bonnie knows that my mother got the cure she will stop this craziness. As I opened the door to the dorm room I saw Bonnie sitting on the floor surrounded by a circle of lit white candles as she chants a spell. The Ascendant is in the middle surrounded by a thick layer of salt.
"Incendia. Phesmatos de strutos avox addellum." I walked further into the room, I knew I could vamp sped over and grab the Ascendant, but before I could take another step Bonnie sighs in frustration. "Do not take another step." Believe me I was unhappy to have to do this to Bonnie again, but I am desperate so I slowly took another step toward her.
"You don't know what you're doing, Bonnie." I had to try and talk her out of this, to speak to her calmly without all this getting out of hand. I watched as Bonnie slowly turned to face me and she really wasn't impressed with me coming here.
"I know exactly what I'm doing. I'm protecting myself." She stands up and faces me. "For the first time, I'm putting me first." I understood where Bonnie was coming from, yes she did put others before her and I got that but this situation wasn't as simple as she thinks.
"Look. I'm all about girl power, but just give me the damn Ascendant, and I promise you, Kai will not get out." That was one thing I could promise her because I would never allow him to harm her in any way, Bonnie and I connected when we were in the prison world. I did not want anything terrible to happen to, I would protect her like I will protect my own family.
"Oh. You promise me? Is that supposed to mean something? This isn't about Kai anymore. The people that that this would free are a million times stronger than him and us, and don't get me started on the fun they would have with a newly-human Siena." Bonnie had a point with everything she just spoke about but I needed to let know if I don't get that back that all hopes of Siena being cured will be gone.
"My mom has the cure, Bonnie." Bonnie stood there with a look of disbelief on her face, this wasn't me trying to pull a fast one on here. This was me being totally honest with her and wanting to kick myself for leaving the cure in a vulnerable place so my evil mom could get hold of it.
"What are you talking about?" Bonnie looked at me confused as hell and I hated that I was doing this to her but I don't have any other choice right now.
"If I don't bring her that, she's gonna destroy it." I watched as Bonnie eyes widen to the shocking news that my own mom was using something that was important to me to get her own way.
"So your own mother is leveraging you? Guess the apple doesn't fall far from the tree." She spoke a little disinterested then she begins to chant again. "Phesmatos de strutos avox addellum." The circle around the Ascendant catches fire.
"Stop!" I vamp-sped toward her, putting her in a choke hold, but she uses her magical strength to throw me off her before she magically puts the fire out. We both gasp for breath as Bonnie points at the Ascendant on the floor.
"If I hand this over to you, I am sacrificing myself. Again. I'm risking my life, again. I could end up dead, again!" I understood what she was telling me but there wasn't a choice here, Siena would always win no matter what.
"You don't want to push me, Bon-Bon." I warned her, as I did she stood there shaking her head, she wasn't going to make this easy for me.
"What do you want? To save Siena it would mean she will have a human life, to be happy, to grow old without you? If that's what you really wanted, you would have given her the cure by now. Am I wrong?" I stood there knowing that Bonnie is right, I could have given the cure to Siena straight away from the moment Bonnie told me. "I said, "Am I wrong?" I know you, Damon. I spent four months with you, day in and day out. We went to hell and back again-- literally-- and you're more scared now than I have ever seen you before. It's not about what happens if you don't give Siena the cure. You're scared about what happens if you do." She picks up the Ascendant and holds it out towards me. "If you think you can handle it-- free a bunch of people who will want to kill me and anyone else who tries to stand in their way-- then you can spend the next 70 years watching Siena grow old and die. If that's what you want, take it. We can find another way to help her, the cure doesn't need to be our only option for her." We both stood there staring at the Ascendant, both scared and angry. After a long moment, I walked away without taking the Ascendant. Bonnie was right it was too much of a risk to let my mother win, so I had to give up on that little hope of returning Siena back. Was I relieved that Siena wouldn't be human, yes I was because that would mean she couldn't spend an eternity with me. That thought alone was my discussion maker, I will find another way to bring back the Siena I love.
Siena P.O.V
I was going out of my mind here, sitting here studying that door, working out way I could break it open. No one has come down here since Elena pathetic attempt of trying to be the concerned sister, am assuming that she ran to Damon, and told him everything. That would mean I'm on some kind of time out, well that perfectly fine with me. My hopes in being free today are slowly fading away but I will go totally insane if I stay in this place one more day. That what blue eyes wants for me to slowly spiral and plead for my freedom, the only way he would ever do that is I go back to my obey ways. If in life we are defined by the choices we make then I am a monster. I know when Damon is bleeding for love, when his eyes are moist and it's like an animal showing you its soft underbelly. I can't stop though, I don't want to. I push harder, dig deeper and get what I want. Why should I give in? I'm stronger, he's weaker, and that's just life baby. He's mine and not a girl in this world can take him away. He's property. He's got LOVE stamped on his retinas every time he looks my way.
Once again the lock of the cell turned and the door slowly opened, I looked up to see what annoying person was coming to make me drink some blood but there was none there. This had to be some kind of trap, I bet one of those Salvatore's were standing around the corner waiting for me to come out so they could attack me. No I'm not a fool and I won't be playing there stupid games, I sat there eyes focus at the open door. I focus on my surrounding to hear a footstep or something to indicate that there was someone on the other side, but nothing. I kept telling myself that this was a trap but the craving for blood was clouding my thought, I knew all I needed to do was quietly get out of this house and I'll be home free. I gathered up all my strength I had to get to my feet, I slowly began to stumble towards the open door as I did I peer out and the dark hallway was empty. This was too easy right now but if I didn't take this opportunity then I'll be locked away like a caged animal for god knows how long.
I used whatever little energy I had and used my vampire sped to get out, I kept jerking into walls, but I pushed myself to be free of this house. I finally got out of the front door, I stopped to take in a deep breath as I did I could smell something delicious, I knew exactly what it was. The thing I had been craving for what it felt like days for, I began to follow the scent and the closer I got the more intoxicating the scent was. From a far I could see a pair of headlight crashed into a tree, the driver head was on the steering wheel. He was still alive I could hear his blood still pumping, it was like it was singing to me, I felt myself turn as I was a few feet away. This pain this torture would be over within a matter of seconds, I placed my hand on the door handle as I did I was thrown into the air hitting a nearby tree. I shook away the daze feeling as I looked up I could see a dark figure standing in front of the bright head lights.
"I thought it was too good to be true" God I hate him, did he honestly think that I was going to be as weak and gullible as Elena using tricks to draw me out. "I bet your getting a real kick out of this blue eyes" I jumped up to my feet about to attack him, but once again his strength over powered me sending me flying again landing on my back. I felt dizzy from the impact, the stars above glistening above, while the rage within me began to boil, I wasn't going to have him win, mark my words this is Damon final mistake.
"Oh more than you'll ever know" A woman stood looking down at me with dark hair, and that voice sounded so familiar. "Hello Siena, it's been a long time" I focused on the face that looked down on me I couldn't believe my eyes, this was impossible.
"Natalia..." I slowly sat up, she stood there looking like butter wouldn't melt, and this was the woman that destroyed my world a year ago. This couldn't be real this was another of Damon mind game for mission 'Turn Siena humanity on'. "Either they really do let anyone out of hell, or blue eyes playing with my mind... You are really trying hard to let that one emotion out." God he was well and truly pathetic to use his dead mother to bring out that one emotion out of me, hatred.
"You are a little different this time" She spoke as she crouched down in front of me with a playful smile on her face as she observed me. "Not certain about this homeless look you are portraying" She teased, but my focus went back to the truck where the scent of the oozing blood was going to waste, all I needed was a few drops and I'll send Damon back where he should be for the last 148 years, that's six feet under. "Oh you are wanting some of that delicious blood that going to waste." I knew I wouldn't even get a chance to even get near that truck, so it seems that I need to play along with blue eyes 101 how to turn a vampire humanity back on.
"Not falling for it" I stated firmly, I wasn't going to play into his hands like he wants me to, this was all going to be on my terms. "So what now you vervain me, send me back to the cell... If you are wanting that to happen, drop the demonic mother look" I was trying so hard to not let that emotion of anger rise to the surface, the anger I had toward Natalia wasn't going to trigger anything off, because if I allow that to come to the surface it will be 1 to Damon and 0 for Siena. There was no way in hell I was going to let Salvatore win, no I'm stronger than this, god dammit I'm the freaking dimidium sanguine.
"Oh Siena, this isn't Damon playing with your mind" She taunted with a smirk upon her face, no this couldn't be really her... Could it? "It's a long story, but I'm here in the flesh courtesy of your daughter" She place her hand on my face as she did there was flicking of images, with Natalia being in some other world with others. Faces I didn't recognise, it was like a motion movie on fast forward as I watch the 6 people that were with her slowly desiccate. Followed by a visit by my bratty daughter and Mr Hero bringing Natalia back in to this world. Once again anger was rising to the surface and with all my might I kept it in check, because right now I was weak and the only reason Natalia was here was to finish off what she couldn't a year ago.
"Right. This is your perfect opportunity to get your own back... I bet you've been dreaming for this moment I'm sure you thought of something more imaginative than a room filled with fire and using a pitchfork" I mocked her as her and Enzo attempt in killing me that night was pathetic, like a stupid pitchfork and flames were going to kill me. I was unique and not easily killed, there was only one thing that could kill me, and I knew that Natalia didn't have that, as I put one thing that can destroy me in very safe place.
"Oh Siena believe me what I'm about to do to you, no one will ever see it coming"
Damon P.O.V
I had to walk away from Bonnie because she was right, I did fear what it could mean in giving Siena the cure. That with her being human that would mean she couldn't live this life with me, because she would be vulnerable. Yes I'm selfish that I chose to have Bonnie destroy the ascendant, but I didn't do it solely because I'm scared of what may happen. Bonnie was right she always put others before her, she had died to save others. So why should she put her life endanger again. I guess deep down I don't think my mother would really go to the extrema of destroying the cure, that would mean she would lose everything. I for a start then Stefan will follow suite after along with my kids, she will be left with nothing. She might be obsessed in bring back her so called family from that prison world, but it wasn't going to happen. The cost of it all is possible the only way to revert Siena back to normal. It was time for me to face the music to tell Natalia that her chances of their return was gone, something told me she was bluffing about destroy the cure. I guess I was about to find out if she was well and truly unhinged as I've thought all along.
I got out of the car slowly making my way to the front door, fear hit me like a ton of bricks. That I might have done the biggest mistake ever, there was no turning back, there wasn't a rewind button where I could go back and fix this. No it was time for me to finally face the music, just maybe there was still a tiny piece of my mother left. The woman who I used to admire more than anything in this world, the only way I would find out is when I would walk through that door. I opened the door as I entered into the foyer I could see my mother standing in front of the fireplace. She stood there with a poker in her hand stroking the crackling fire.
"Tell me you have the Ascendant." She spoke as I entered further into the room without turning around, her voice was edgy like she was restraining herself from yelling at me. Well that is soon going to change once I tell her that it's gone for good.
"I can't, because I don't." I told her flatly as she placed the poker back in the stand and slowly turns to face me, that's when I notice that in her hand she had the box containing the cure.
"Then you understand what's going to happen next." She spoke with disappointment, a tone I used to use to as a child when I didn't do something that she asked. This wasn't about her this was about the people I cared about, I know in my heart that I'll find a way to get Siena to turn her humanity on without using the cure. I also believe that my mother doesn't have the guts to actually do this as she knew what it would mean for this frail mother and son relationship that we have.
"Oh, it will just be like old times. I screw up, and you punish me for it." I watched as she drops the box with the cure into the fire. I stood there surprised for a moment then walks toward her with wide eyes, while she mirrored back to me a look of indifference. I didn't know what to make of her, every part of me wanted to beat the living daylight out of her, then that little voice of reason in my head would say 'this is your mother'.
"Some things never change. Spare me your indignation. We both know I did you a favour. That sense of relief you feel right now, that's the realization you have all the time in the world to fix Siena. That somehow in your mind you think that the love you have for one another will overcome all odds"
Flashback—From Earlier
"Oh Siena believe me what I'm about to do to you, no one will ever see it coming" I watched as Siena eyes adverted to the tiny box I held in my hand, the look in her eyes she knew exactly what it was. "Do you know what this is Siena. This is apparently the one thing that can fix you from you spiralling out of control" I asked as I opened the box revealing the pill shape cure to vampirism.
Present
"You made her choice for her. There's no harm in that. As long as you're happy, she never needed to know." I stood there still refrain myself from causing her damage, she was loving every moment of this right now. "Although, wait a minute... with Siena being yours forever, that's exactly what you want. That wouldn't be a punishment at all."
Flashback- From Earlier
"I bet you want to destroy it, you really like how you are don't you?" Siena reached to grab it and I grabbed hold of her wrist twisting it back that her bone snapped. She cried out in pain, I grabbed hold of her face forcing her mouth open. "I think it's time to finally see what dimidium sanguine like without her supernatural abilities" I pushed the pill into her mouth and forcing her mouth shut, while Siena looked at me in shock to what I had done to her.
Present
"D-D-Damon..." I heard Siena voice muffling from upstairs, I couldn't take my eyes off my mother, while she stood there with a huge smile on her face. "Da-Da-Damon" Once again Siena called out my name followed by a thud from the room above.
"I think your non-supernatural wife needs help. No thanks needed" I couldn't hold back all this penetrated anger back no longer, in one movement I grabbed hold of my mother head and snapped her neck. She dropped down to the floor dead, well dead for a short time but I was going to deal with her later. I stood there with sweaty palms and the adrenaline coursing through me shutting down my ability to think logically.
"Da-Damon..." Once again I heard her angelic voice from above, every part of me wanted to move to see what this thing I called a mother had done to her, but I was frighten, I was frighten of the fact that a human Siena might not see me in the same way. The adrenalin flew my veins like a carp through the river, but I couldn't move a single muscle. The absolute horror completely paralyzed me, and the more I thought about moving, the more I felt discouraged and utterly terrified. I shook those fears away and made my way up the stairs slowly, I could hear her coughing from our room, as I got closer to the door I saw her on the floor with knees to her chin, her face stained with tears. She looked so weak and fragile nothing like the woman I had known all this time.
"I'm here" I spoke as I rushed over to her, her eyes were as brighter than ever it was that kind of green colour that brings hope and life no matter what has happened. And looking into those eyes, I could see my world crumbling right before me. "I'm here Siena, I'm here" I cooed to her as she cried into my chest, the realization that what we had wouldn't be forever.
After a short while Siena pulled herself together, she wanted to talk about all this and what it would mean now with her having the cure running through her veins. I didn't know if I was ready for this discussion but I told her to have a shower and we talk after. I left her and made my way downstairs, the first thing I saw was my mother unconscious body on the floor. I wanted to get rid of it before Siena came down, so I threw her into one of the cells in the basement and deal with her when I was ready. Would I ever be ready to talk to her, maybe not and maybe leaving her to rot in the basement is the best place for her.
I went back up into the living room and sat on the couch looking into the fire, thinking about what happens next. Right now my brain was racing with coming to terms with the fact that Siena was 100% certified human. This news passed through me like hurricane. My mind became an icy wasteland, the wind howled in my soul and wrapped icy tentacles around my heart so tightly it almost felt like my heart was going to stop beating. I knew life would never be the same that I would stay this way forever while Siena would slowly grow older and in years to come not be here. The pain of that left me emotionally bankrupt, there was nothing left to feel, nothing left to say. I was broken out of my thought by a warm touch, I looked down to see Siena hand placed on top of mine. I turned to face her and I could see a million emotions across her face.
"All that talk about our future, being together for eternity—" Siena spoke absent minded as she looked into the fire. "Then in just one moment it's all gone" She was still focus looking into the flames, I wish I knew what was going on in her mind right now. "Now I'm meant to deal with what I did while my humanity was off, I kill all those people, hurt the ones close to me" Tears began to stream down her cheeks and I pulled her into a hug. "Damon I don't know if I can deal with all that." She spoke through her tears, I wanted to take the pain away from her, I wanted to make everything better, but in reality I couldn't.
"I knew it was the only way to bring you back" I spoke just above a whisper, as I did Siena pulled away and wiped away her tears with a look of confusion. "Bonnie told me that it was the only way I could get you back" Siena eyes widen to the news, I'm guessing she didn't believe my mom when she told her, but I needed to be truthful with her. "My mother wanted the Ascendant so she could be back her crazies" Siena looked at me frowning of course she was out of the loop with everything that going on but that was a discussion for later. "When I told her I wouldn't help, she threatened to destroy cure... And I didn't stop her." Admitting to that was difficult because it just proved that without having Siena by my side forever I would be vulnerable.
"Why not?" Siena questioned I could see a little hurt in her eyes, it was so strange to see her like this after all this time with her being so heartless. When she would speak venomous words to me of how much she hated being with me, I guess I wanted to change her on my own accord. That I thought that the love we had would overcome this ugly side of her that I could remind her of what we had.
"I was so certain that I could get you to turn your emotions on without having to make you human" Siena eyes soften as she heard those words, as much as it may have affected her now it didn't matter. I needed to let her the truth behind my fears, I owed her that. "If your human that would mean—" I began to say but Siena interrupted me.
"That we don't have a future together" She spoke with sadness in her voice, I looked at her and nodded. "There was heartless version of myself determined to break what we had and all it took was for your mother to shove the cure down my throat to change everything between us" She stood up and I could hear her heart racing as she tried to control her emotions, she turned to walk away but I couldn't let her do that. There was no way I was going to allow anything to change between us, I love Siena as much or more than the moment when I realized I was in love with her. I grabbed hold of her hand making her turn to face me, the pearl-shaped tears rolling down her cheeks from wide luminous eyes, as on the covers of True Love comics, leaving no smears or streaks.
"That day I first saw you there was something even then, though I didn't know what. I wonder if there's an element of time that allows us to feel a strong love, like an orange glow bursting over a dark horizon. It was light for our eyes only, something to carry us through this life. It was the dawn of the person I am today, the person I was destined to be." That what Siena did she turn me into this person I'm proud to be today and I couldn't see myself being that person without her. "I would give up anything in the world for you, I would do anything to keep you safe." I pulled her closer to me so there was no space between us, she looked up with glistening eyes, filled with sorrow that broke my heart, I never want to see Siena like this. "I could never wish to go back to even a day before that. You are the greatest treasure of my life, the one, the only one." A small smile appeared on her face but there was still that lingering of sadness, I knew that I couldn't live in a world without her. "I don't want to face my future without you. I'll become human, too." Siena looked at me speechlessly but I knew this was right that my future was with her, as a human. In her embrace the world stopped still on its axis. There was no time, no wind, no rain. Both of our minds at peace. This was the love I waited for, prayed for. A love like this was to be cherished for life, I wasn't going to give it up for no one.