ReSumption✔️ (Book Three of ReIncarnated)

Chapter X: Nightmares

Opening my eyes, I see I'm in the middle of the road. Mystic Falls surrounding me in an eery embrace. The sound of silence surrounding me, not even bird chirping as I stood up to look at the sun rising above me. Just like that, the sun was setting in front of me. The wind picking up as it seemed like time was on fast forward. But it wasn't. It was actually going backwards as I watched my life go backwards in front of me.

Tucker running backwards from the house. Our car moving backwards and only forward when it was in reverse. It kept going. Clouds moving slowly to cover the sky's, something that had never been there. The stars and moon and even the sun disappearing behind the black Smokey looking clouds. The only light coming from the occasional lightening that lit up the clouds, creating shadows that should scare me. But for some reason, I wasn't. I felt uncomfortable as time kept going.

I watched on as a woman appeared in front of me, her eyes having an unnatural darkened look. She seemed familiar.

"Esther?" I questioned as she stepped towards me, I saw the gleam of the silver white oak stake in her hand as she walked to me. "What is this? Is this your doing??" She didn't answer me as she came towards me. "SAY SOMETHING!" I demanded as she reached me, raising the stake. I couldn't move. Frozen.

"You should have stayed dead." She breathed out as the stake rammed through my chest, piercing my heart. The pain running through me as it started in my chest, spreading like the lightening in the sky. Webs of grey spreading through my chest at a slow pass, like it was taunting me with the pain that followed. When screaming met my ears, I jumped. The tears in my eyes moving faster down my cheeks as I saw Kol and Nik in front of me, on their knees as they screamed into oblivion. Nik's eyes were a bright yellow as pain filled them. Kol's eyes were a bright red, tears spilling out of them as he was frozen in the pain and panic of the situation.

Finn flashed to me- or tried to. Looking around I was in some bubble. Finn slamming his fist against the bubble hard. His eyes darkening as his fangs extended. Pain being hidden by the anger he was feeling. Slamming into the bubble like if he hit it hard enough he could get to me. I reached out to him as I felt like I was falling. Falling into an endless pit of darkness.

I could hear Kai's harsh breath as his pain was being forced down- trying to conceal the pain. I wondered how he looked, but at the same time I didn't want to see the pain in his eyes. I could feel something wrapping their arms around me, but it felt like I fell right through them as the darkness enveloped me into it's own hug. Cold. Numb. Chilling. That's how I would describe it.

The further I fell the more numb and cold I got. Until I was standing up again. Standing in the middle of the street once more as a pain shot through my stomach. Glancing down, my stomach was swollen. Labor pains running through my sides and moving to wrap around the underbelly of my pregnant stomach. Bending at the back as another pain ran though me. A low scream flooding out of my mouth. Unable to hold it in.

"NO!" I screamed as I felt the contractions. The memory of laying on a thin mattress as I stared into a floor length mirror. Watching as I pushed Tucker out of me. A 7lb 9oz baby. Having to clamp the cord and cut it myself as I followed it by pushing the afterbirth out. Praying I didn't have to stitch myself up. I was so thankful for the Vampire healing traits as I watched it heal itself back up. The pain was still there though. But the warmth of having a child with me. Laying him on my chest as I cried. Sobs raking through me in waves like a Tsunami over the Ocean.

I was finally not alone. Finally someone to be with me.

The darkness enveloped me once more as Esther stood in front of me again, the stake thrusting into my heart once more as I gasped out a scream.

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I sat up in a silent scream, my hand going to my chest to see nothing there. The pain still numbingly real though. I was alone. The emptiness of loneliness bringing a silent sob to my throat. Trying to bubble out of me. Choking it back, I let out a breath. These dreams were always there- expect I didn't know the people in the dream. At the end I would usually sneak into Tucker's room and lay next to him. I know he knows I have had these nightmares, but never brought it up.

Now though- I felt I had to handle this on my own. I had to learn to deal with this on my own. Tucker had his father's now. I had my own thing. Standing up, I slipped on some house shoes and headed to the kitchen. Thankful for the baking therapy I had with me always.