Fandom Leap - Chapter 8
Series Masterlist
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Fandom: The Vampire Diaries
A/N: My contribution is finally here! Just wanna say I'm flattered to be in this project with such wonderful authors! @nickfowlerrr @unabashed-lover-of-fictional-men @crazyunsexycool @swiftlymoniquesblog @missvelvetsstuff @vibraniumarm06-bucket @rosedpetal @imyourbratzdoll @herdreamywasteland @jamneuromain @potterhead2207@supraveng
Previous chapter || You can both feel a shift in the air around you. Sitting in each other's presence the feeling begins to come over you, “Buck, I don’t wanna go” You whisper softly gripping his hand tight. “Please don’t leave me, Doll” his voice trembling in fear, You can’t help but shed some tears because You don’t want to go either, but You have no control over this. “Come back to me baby, please” He whispers holding you close to him, his please sounds absolutely broken which makes your heart heavier. “I love y-,” as the shift overtakes You, You can still feel his presence. Shedding a few tears your heart feels heavy and You hope that where you end up next is a place in which you will be safe and protected like how You were with Bucky.
There was a pounding in your head. Your eyelids were heavy when you opened them, and by the way your stomach rumbled, you knew you had to eat something rather sooner than later.
You looked at your surroundings. You were lying in a queen-sized bed with a cherry print bedding set, a nightstand to your left that had a pink alarm clock that seemed to be broken by having been beaten against the wall too many times.
"Wakey-wakey."
You screamed. You finally acknowledged the pretty blonde that was lying next to you.
"Caroline Forbes?"
It really was her. Her perfect golden locks were around her head like a halo, and her shiny green eyes had smudged mascara around them.
She was as stunning as a beauty queen, all the same.
"Are we on a full-name basis now, Y/N L/N?" She teased you, and yawned, stretching her arms and sitting up in the bed.
"What happened last night?" You asked, the memories all blurred and confusing in your head.
She grinned at you. "Before or after you confessed to Elijah Mikaelson that he was the hottest man on earth?"
Oh. My. God.
"I need context, Care."
She squinted her eyes at you.
"I knew we shouldn't have let you get in a drinking contest with Damon."
"Damon Salvatore?"
"Who else would it be? You're so weird this morning, jeez."
Of course. You were in The Vampire Diaries universe. You didn't know where this left you, or why you had a previous life here. Maybe it was a pattern. The first two times you didn't belong. The third, you did. In other universes, you were an anomaly. A version of you probably didn't exist in those places.
Here, you could see by the memory board in the wall with pictures of you with Bonnie Bennett, Elena Gilbert, Tyler Lockwood, Matt Donovan and the Salvatore siblings that you actually belonged here.
Hell, there even was a polaroid taken by you of Rebekah Mikaelson flipping the camera (you) off, the caption "Barbie Klaus" written with permanent marker under the picture.
Like everything was right.
Except, something was missing.
As your mind drifted to Bucky's lovingly gaze on you and the feel of his hand in your strong grip, the way you were holding on for dear life when you shifted again...
You got up too fast, almost falling in the process, and ran to the toilet. Caroline was behind you next, holding your hair while you threw up.
You had tears in your eyes when she turned the shower on and helped you out of your clothes, washing your hair without another word as you sobbed uncontrollably.
Caroline held you in her arms when you couldn't formulate words, brushing your hair and getting you into something comfortable.
"Do you want to lay down?"
You nodded your head negatively.
"I need to tell you something, Care."
"What is it?" Her voice was soft but you knew she was worried about you. She was your best friend in the whole world.
This world, at least.
"I'm not Y/N. Well, not the Y/N you grew up with, at least. I'm from another universe, and I'm scared to death because I want to go back to my fiancé, but I don't belong there either."
You told her the whole story, from how you were just struggling with too much work and had nothing going on in your life, to the Comic Con event and how you just woke up the next day to find yourself in Bucky's universe. How you jumped through dimensions, finding your favorite characters and bonding with them.
You left out the part that you were obsessed with The Vampire Diaries in your teens. You were not about to tell Caroline she was a character in a show and all the shit that was about to happen to her and each one of your friends in Mystic Falls.
After you finished, Caroline stared at you with wide eyes. "We can't seem to catch a break, can we?"
"What do I do now, Care?"
"Babe, you're friends with vampires, witches, a werewolf and the originals. You have Matt too, but he's human like you so he's useless about anything involving the supernatural. No offense. We'll find a way."
You sniffed, hugging her. "Thank you, Care. Now tell me what the hell was last night about!"
She laughed.
"We threw you a birthday party. Bonnie casted a spell on you so you wouldn't get too drunk when you and Damon started taking shots."
"Oh, crap. And why Elijah was there? Doesn't seem like his type of fun."
"It's not." She snorted. "But he came anyway because he adores you."
It felt weird when she said that, the thought of you with another man making you sick. There was a little flirting now and then, but you couldn't forget that you were about to get married.
Why did it hurt so fucking much?
"Now get up! We're doing research before you leave us too." Caroline laughed humorlessly. Deep down, you knew she was just as afraid as you.
"So, you've made all of us come here, and not that I want to bitch about it, but I had to change shifts last minute, just for you to come with this nonsense story when in reality Y/N could just be losing her shit?"
"Matt!" Elena glared at him.
"I'm not blaming her! I'm just saying, with all the things we have to go through because of you guys, maybe she's just so stressed that her mind is finally shattering?"
"For the love of Taylor Swift, shut up." Damon rolled his eyes at Matt. "Don't worry, kid. We all believe you and we know you're not crazy."
"Not that I'm condoning with that asshole, but what if Y/N is really going insane?"
"Tyler, I'm right here!" You crossed your arms, outraged. "I didn't give you this shit when I found out you were a werewolf." You complained.
Caroline called everyone to the Salvatore's boarding house, just so you didn't have to repeat the same story over and over again. That's why she had the Mikaelson siblings on the speakerphone too.
"Bon, what do you think?" Elena turned to the witch, who had a serious look on her face.
"I don't know. Granny never had the chance to explain to me about multiple simultaneous lives. Let alone the multiverse jumping. All I know is that is possible, but I don't play with this kind of magic. It bends all the rules we know of."
"I'd ask my mother if she wasn't dead." Klaus finally spoke on the other side, and you almost smiled at his words. "The best I can do to help sweet Y/N is get Freya to do some research."
"Thank you so much, Klaus." You sighed, feeling a little bit better.
"In the meanwhile, what can we do?" Stefan asked.
"If there's nothing we can do, we can put her in a straitjacket."
"Too soon, Damon." You murmured, sending him a death glare.
Caroline took on a mission to distract you from your distress. She dressed you up and took you to the Mystic Grill, ordered pancakes and soda for you both, and took you to see the most important spots in the city.
"That's Elena's house. We tried to smoke cigarettes in her room when we were fifth graders and we spent a whole bottle of her mother's perfume to mask the tobacco scent. There's a spot under her rug where we put them out."
"In Bonnie's place, she finally told you she was a witch."
"Damon and you were playing stupid games as always, and he dared you to go to the forest on a full moon, that's when Tyler almost bit you. I tried to save you and he bit me instead, so Klaus had to come here and cure me."
"Matt, Vicky and you used to play hide and seek in the church when you guys were little."
"Oh! You're gonna love this one! Elijah gave you a daylight ring right there in the gazebo! He told that if you ever transitioned you'd need one and it would be nice if that was already taken care of."
The memories were permanently imprinted on you. How you and Caroline always teamed up against Bonnie and Elena when the four of you fought, how angry you were at Matt when he couldn't let Elena move on, how heartbroken you became at Vicky's funeral.
And the day Elijah gave you the daylight ring, you were so touched by his gesture that you spilled "I love you." in a serious tone before hugging him. He was taken back by your reaction, but he hugged you back.
The sun was setting in the horizon, when Caroline received a call. She smiled at you in a cryptic way.
"Okay, I'm taking her."
The whole drive back to the Salvatore's board house was silent. You suddenly had a feeling your time in Mystic Falls was ending.
Caroline pulled over and walked you to the front door. She sighed.
"This is my cue. I hope you find what you're looking for, Y/N. And I just want you to know that you are my best friend and you are loved in every universe you exist. Please, never forget me."
You sniffed, and hugged her tight. Caroline's delicate form embraced you.
"Thank you, Care. I love you to the moon and back. And hopefully, in a few hours, you'll have your Y/N version back."
Caroline took off full vampire speed, leaving you alone on the Salvatore doorstep. The door opened, and a gasp left your lips.
"Elijah?"
"Whenever you say "I love you", you always say "to the moon and back" too. Must've been too much on her."
You looked over your shoulder, grateful for everything Caroline has done for you in the last hours. She let you go without putting up a fight, just so you didn't have to worry about her too.
"I guess we are alone?" You raised your brow, and Elijah's lip curled upwards.
He offered you his hand and as you took it in your own, he guided you to the living room.
"Freya and Bonnie crafted this." He took a little bottle of his pocket, the content a red liquid that resembled blood. "You just have to drink it, and you'll be off again. I guess you'd like to finally do this in your own terms."
"I don't know what to say."
"Then allow me, Y/N. You are a kind soul. You told me once that I deserved to have a life of my own and pursue my own dreams instead of always taking care of Niklaus. You were the one who confronted him when everyone was walking on eggshells around him, and you captivated all of us. You deserve to have a life of your own too, Y/N, and I know it's gonna be brilliant."
As he spoke, Elijah brought the bottle to your lips, and you drank its rich liquid. As you felt the ground swirl under your feet and Elijah becoming more and more distant, all you could keep was an opal daylight ring.
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