This will be the first non-One shot I post. As such, I would love all the feedback you're willing to give me. I have no clear plan on posting, but I have around 20 something chapters ready to be edited and posted. After that the frequency will probably slow dramatically.

I own only my OC. Sarafina Salvatore. I imagine her to look something like Julia Voth or Serinda Swan, but feel free to see her however you wish.

I do not own anything recognizable as being part of The Vampire Diaries or from any other source.

Prologue

She heard the sound of laughter. Innocent, childish laughter. The sound of pure untampered joy. It filled the air and danced around the trees. She followed it to a clearing. Before her stood Damon Salvatore dressed in his confederate uniform with a young girl in his arms. They were spinning around. Her white dress flowed around her, as they twirled. She caught the sight of the girls face. Long black curly hair surrounded ivory skin and ocean blue eyes. Innocence and beauty radiated off of her. She couldn't have been more than six.

She laughed looking at him with eyes full of love. The love of a child. It was pure. It was perfect. He looked at her with the biggest smile she'd ever seen him show. He smirked normally, or smiled in joy, but here he was free. For once his entire heart shone through that smile. His eyes were filled with love and exhalation.

Someone's approaching laughter could he heard. Damon put the girl down and she tore off towards the man. When Bonnie turned around she saw Stefan pick the young lady up and hold her close. He kissed her forehead.

Suddenly, the landscape changed and she was alone, in a cemetery. She passed head stones with the names of her ancestors. SHEILA BENNET. AMELIA BENNET. ERNESTINE BENNET.

In the middle of them all stood a coffin. The coffin she recognized from her waking life. It was Klaus' lock box. It was the one no one could open. She moved towards it. Just as her hand touched it a voice startled her. She jumped and turned around to face Klaus.

"I figured out how to open it." He smirked at her. "Can you?" He shot forward and sank his fangs into her neck. She screamed into the empty forest.

Next thing she knew, she was waking up in the dark. The light of her phone showed she was in somewhere small and confined. Her only guess was the coffin. Her pain rose. Her breathing was laboured. She it the solid surface with all her might. She screamed for help.

Her fists did not work. Her screams went unheard. Even magic had no effect.

Footsteps were heard approaching. She fought her cage and yelled at the top of her lungs. If anyone was around they would hear her.

The lid was lifted and there stood a women she recognized. One she never thought to see again. And behind the woman, a few yards back, sitting on a tombstone, sat the girl she'd seen with Damon and Stefan. Her eyes were closed and she was humming to herself.