Chapter 5

(1000 years later)

In a closed cave on the outskirts of a small town named 'Mystic Falls.' Ivan's body laid bare on the cold hard ground; the once beautiful coffin had long since faded and withered with time. Suddenly his eyes opened, and there was confusion. Standing up, he looked around the dark cave, and a piece of light could be seen from one end of the cave. Walking towards the morning light, he frowned, seeing the boulder blocking the entrance. Light entered through the tiny cracks. It was apparent someone had hoped to keep him inside.

Placing his hand on the boulder, he pushed lightly, and he could feel his unnatural strength. It was nothing like he had ever felt before. With one more push, the boulder began to move. As he walked out, his body was bathed in light. He felt reborn, the rumbling sound of his stomach brought him back to reality, and while a cheeseburger sounded appealing, he was craving something else.

The surrounding area was nothing but woods, and he didn't know how far away he was from the nearest town. Suddenly like moving his arm, he could hear almost everything in the surrounding area. *Crack* Someone was close by…

And on impulse, veins appeared around his eyes, and if you were to look in them, you would see they were bright red.

His body moved without his control, and he appeared in front of a dark-haired man built like a bodybuilder. He remembered how in the show, they compelled people. He looked into the man's eyes and tried, "don't move or make a sound; it'll all be over in a minute." He then looks at the man with sadness because he doesn't know if he can control the bloodlust.

And without waiting for another second, he tears into the hiker's neck, drinking his blood as if it was water. When he stopped and was ready to send the man away, he noticed his body was still not in peak condition, so he could only steel his nerves and continued until the man was dead. He then tore the body into pieces as if a wild animal attacked it.

He realized he didn't know where he was, so he focused his hearing and heard what he remembered from his past life as cars. He then sprinted in the direction with a speed that could make anyone give their life to gain.

He looked around as he ran down the streets invisible to the naked eye looking for a clothing store. In the middle of town, he sees a sign that says clothing. He runs in and notices he's the only one in the store, so he compels the worker and looks at what the store has to offer. He sees fancy Italian suits on the left side, and on the right, he notices clothing that looks like before he reincarnated. They have nikes polos, heck. They even have Gucci. After looking around for a while, he decides to pick a white v-neck polo t-shirt and a dark levis pair with all white air force ones.

He then picked out a couple of other outfits, compaled the clerk not to remember anything, and left.

As he was walking out of the store and crossing the road, he hears the sound of tires skidding across the street and sees a blueish silver Prius sliding sideways about to hit him; he takes a step back it stops just in front of him.

When he looks through the car window, he sees a face he never again wished to see. It was the same face as the girl Tatia that he killed almost a thousand years ago.

He walks up to the car and knocks on the window, and asks. "Hello, are you two both ok?"

Elena jumps when she hears something tap the window, but when she sees it's someone around the same age as her, she calms down. "Yes, we're both okay I don't know what happened. A bird came out of nowhere and hit the windshield.

"If you wouldn't mind, I was wondering if I can know your name? I don't think I've seen you in town before."

"Oh, my name's Ivan. I've just arrived in town. Now since you know my name, could I please know who I'm talking to."

"Oh my bad, I forgot to introduce myself. I'm Elena, and my beautiful friend driving is Bonnie."

Bonnie is a light brown-skinned girl with dark brown hair and pretty brown eyes.

As Ivan looked at Bonnie, he instantly remembered her from the show. But it wasn't until Elena said her name did he remember her; he wondered if it was a side effect for sleeping so long.

"Well, nice to meet you, Bonnie; once again, my name is Ivan. If you wouldn't mind, could I ask where the two of you are headed?"

Bonnie looks at Ivan with a slight blush that's almost unnoticeable and answers. "Oh, we're just on our way to school. Do you know where it is?"

"No, I haven't a clue; if it's possible, could I maybe get a ride with you, please?"

"Sure, just hop in my car, or we'll be late" as Ivan gets in the car, Bonnie goes to shake his hand, but when their hands' touch, Bonnie sees a vision, the ground is littered with dead bodies, and they are all on fire. She jumps back in shock as Elena looks at her worried and asks "Bonnie what's wrong what happened to you?"

Bonnie looks at Ivan confused but still answers "oh it's nothing it's just when I touched his hand I was shocked and it scared me. As you can see I'm perfectly fine now let's get going."