"Great, all I wanted to do was get some scratch offs for my birthday and then I get involved in a drive-by, and now I'm here, Wherever the hell here is anyways!" I complain agitatedly.
'What a disappointing life…I lived.' I say in my head and yet my ears ring as my voice seems to be echoing off of the star filled void all around me.
"At least it's a beautiful view…even with the acoustics the way they are." I mutter softly as I breathe in deeply in an attempt to calm myself down.
Suddenly a holographic screen appears in front of me like the one from the Ironman movies.
[Hello, This is an automated message for policy holder number: #68-580-03207221996, Your life has ended, but thankfully you purchased a Death Insurance policy through Isekai Insurance Corporation (Isekai Insurance Corp, has no affiliation with Truck-kun, nor Truck-Kun industries.) and you have been approved for for a new life in The Vampire Diaries Universe: as the twin born son of Esther Mikaelson and Mikael, your twin will be Freya and to counteract her power as a witch you shall be a Siphoner.]
'Huh, even R.O.B's use automated systems…too bad I can't combine…worlds because I can think of some combinations that would be pretty cool…' I think, before cheering in my mind, 'Whoo-Hoo!' for some reason the holographic screen doesn't disappear after the initial message.
[Your policy comes with a randomly generated boon system, your boons will be listed below:
-Twins Of Shadow
Create a copy of yourself that has all your physical and mental stats, follows your commands faithfully and without question without regard for it's own personal safety, All knowledge and experience your copy attains is transferred to you, such as memories and workout gains, negative side effects are not transferred, When copy is destroyed, a new one can be summoned again after 24 hours has passed, if you desummon the clone away you can resummon the clone instantly, clone can use all of your abilities/powers, (Note, you can inhabit both bodies at once but the influx of doubled sensory input can be overwhelming, can mentally communicate with clone, can take over clone's body.)
-Inventory: An inventory of 12 slots, (Think of Minecraft quick bar.) can store living beings, no size limit on things stored, can not store yourself, Items will appear in your hand or in front of you within a meter and on the ground.
-Plant Pot (Item)
Any plant seed placed in this pot will grow 25 times as fast and produce 25 times normal yield in acceptable conditions, the plant will never get sick and never die while it remains in the pot, needing no water or tending. (Pot is soul bound and will repair itself if damaged within 48 hours depending on severity, if pot is completely destroyed, it'll return to you in a week.)
Case of Magical Potions. These are some unique potions, some effects only last for 12 hours and some only work just once per twenty four hours. The potions vials will refill themselves after 24 Hs of being drunk. If the potion vials are lost/stolen they will reappear in their case the next time you wake up, the potions can only be drunk by you and those with your permission.
Wealth Potion: When you drink this potion you will receive $1,000 of any currency you desire, the money will be completely legal, tax free and adjusted for inflation, the money can either appear in either a wallet, bank account, pocket, or purse of your desire, upon drinking the potion. (One daily use)
Fortune Potion: When you drink this potion you will receive a Luck Boost, you will win more often in games of chance, from poker to slot machines, your winnings will almost always outstrip what you paid in by a significant margin. This will also affect your daily life: you will naturally avoid danger, become a magnet for opportunity, and just have fortunate coincidences.(Last for 12HS)
Intelligence Potion: When you drink this potion you will receive an IQ of 250 and have expanded Brainpower and Memory. (Last for 12HS)
Strength Potion: When you drink this potion you will receive a boost in your Strength by 200%, have incredible dexterity and hand-eye coordination and have incredible stamina and endurance.(Last for 12 Hs)
Invisibility Potion: When you drink this potion your body and clothes will be completely invisible and indetectable by any means, can't be detected by smell, thermal vision, sound, etc.(Last for 12HS)
Speed Potion: When you drink this potion you will be able to run 200% faster, with stamina and reaction time to match up. (Last for 12 Hs)
Size Potion: When you drink this potion it will allow you to consciously change size, from 6 inches (15.24 Cm) to 10 Feet (304.8 Cm)in height at will. The rest of the body and clothes adjust proportionally to the new height.(Last for 12 Hs)
Nullifying Potion: Nullifies, Potions, curses and poisons/venoms, drugs, alcohol, etc etc. (One Daily Use)
Healing Potion: When you drink this potion all bodily ailments will be cured (but no mental ones). It will for example defeat cancer, reform malformed or lost limbs, close wounds, purge Aids, and more. It will not reverse or affect aging. (One Daily Use)
Mental Health Potion: when you drink this potion all mental ailments/problems will be cured, schizophrenia, depression, delutions, etc this will get rid of it. This will not affect your personality beyond a serious problem. (One Daily Use)
Teleportation Potion: By drinking this potion you will be able to teleport once. You may be able to teleport to any spot you've seen with your eyes, on a map or in pictures. (One Daily Use)
Love Potion: The next person you touch after you drink this potion will fall madly in love with you and will be absolutely loyal to you and your ideals, you can dispel this effect at will, Alternatively, you can make the person, unsatiable, submissive/dominant (your choice) lust for you. (Effects Permanent, Unless dispelled, One Daily Use)
All potions will be contained inside of an apothecary bag that can be summoned to you at will.
I look over the list of gifted powers/items and feel happy with them, 'This gonna be fucking awesome!' Is the only thought that passes through my mind as my…body?
As my body begins failing through space the life of Shane Town, a late 20's something loser and waste of space, who was slightly obsessed with reading and writing fanfictions about media from many genres from anime, TV shows, movies and even actual works of literature, and the start of my new life as a Mikaelson which I would have loved writing an ff about when I was alive in my first life.
The darkness of space is replaced by an odd painful squeezing sensation all over me but currently the strongest sensation is coming from my forehead, feeling a sudden flex around my body I can suddenly hear someone yelling/screaming in pain and exhaustion.
My nostrils, throat and lungs burn with cool air that has a wood smoke smell and taste to it, as I take my first breath.
"Just one more good push, Esther the other one's almost here." A dusky sounding woman says.
'That's weird as a newborn I should only be able to interpret the cadence of a voice and not the spoken word…also how can I understand…The old Nordic language or old-bastardized English…or whatever is being spoken…right now?' I express my sincere surprise in my head.
After a final squeezing sensation on my lower half I felt free whilst also feeling a deep sense of loss, I feel something soft and wet wipe over my eyes and my dark world becomes awash with light and now the sounds I hear are deafening, my senses rapidly become overwhelmed especially as I feel a sharp smack on my ass, which makes me let out a yell of indignation and disorientation.
When everything calms down I find myself looking up staring at a face I'd only seen on tv…with crystal clear eyesight, 'What the fuck! A baby shouldn't be able to see beyond shadowy silhouettes at this point, I mean sure a baby's vision develops rapidly, transitioning from blurry black and white to seeing a full range of colors and developing depth perception. And it usually takes newborns a week or two for their vision to clear up but usually the range of that vision is 8-12 inches, primarily so that the offspring is focusing on it's caregivers faces. By 2-3 months, they begin to follow moving objects and recognize familiar faces. Depth perception and the ability to grab objects with thumb and forefinger emerge around 9-12 months.' I express my shock as I look up at the gorgeous face of a twentyish
Taraji P. Henson, with wild long curly black hair.
"It's a healthy baby boy, Esther…Mikael." Ayana says as she gently brushes her soft finger against my cheek her eyes suddenly glossing over.
"Hahahaha, we have been blessed by the old gods…they have given us twins, a boy and a girl…you my dear daughter will be a goddess of beauty and war." I hear a booming laugh that makes my ears ache as the man proclaims loudly his voice sounding fulfilled.
Ayana hands me off to the man as he hands Freya off to Esther…I can feel an ache deep in my chest…a need to be close to Freya and even though I knew it was going to happen at some point but it's happening sooner than I expected. I can't help but feel mystified at seeing a Viking-fied Sebastian Roché…'So, this is my new Dad Mikael.'
Out of some ingrained instinct I find myself reaching out with my tiny hands for his face to feel him to make sure everything is real and not a hallucination brought on by blood loss after getting shot.
Mikael smiles at me and brings up his massive hand sticking his finger in my face to play with me, 'Hey, watch it Gigantor!' I shout in my mind as I grab his index finger with both of my hands and squeeze with all my strength, which makes his eyes go wide and his skin feels so warm and rough.
Mikael chuckles.
"He'll make a fine warrior when he grows up…his name shall be Vidar." Mikael proclaims proudly as he smiles and I hear a weak voice speak up. "Let me hold them."
Mikael turns towards the owner of the voice and the feeling of being moved makes me nauseous as I'm handed off to Esther.
'God…damn, the woman I love and hate the most from the show…I have to admit…she's a much prettier woman in real life than in the show.' I say in my head as I stare at the face of the woman I'd come to both love and hate in the series as she smiles at me tiredly, her hair mated to her head and face from her sweating during her laborious labor.
'It's hard to believe Esther…is my mother, I mean I instantly and instinctively accepted Mikael…but for some reason I feel odd about viewing her as mother…wait…' I express the way I feel in my head, but suddenly let out a cry as there is this odd feeling inside of me, this pulling sensation and I feel a rush of power flow into me from where she touched me.
'I FEEL SO POWERFUL ! ! !' I shout out in my head as power…energy…magic courses through my veins and something metaphysical that is there but not there at the same time, my world erupts into absolute bliss, as I feel the best rush and buzz I've ever felt.
"Quickly take the child away from her, it's consuming her magic and life force!" Ayana shouts to Mikael and I barely register her words through the haze of euphoria I'm in.
Suddenly everything around me goes dark, I wake up in soft furs and look up at a sad reluctant faced Mikael as he looks between two people.
"I can't care for that…that child Mikael." Esther say in an exhaustion filled voice.
Mikael looks down at me, some moisture glittering at the corners of his eyes in the flickering light of a fire.
"Mikael, I'll visit everyday and help tend to him…" Ayana says softly and her voice is filled with repressed longing, as her hand rests on his leather armor clad bicep.
"It would be a mercy for you to drown him my husband, it's better than letting him starve, as I can't nurse him from my bosom." Esther says with her voice filled with a reluctantly cruel resignation.
'Ahh…there's the cunt I love to hate…' I mutter in my head while feeling a deep sense of hurt and betrayal.
I get hit with a sense of nausea as Mikael moves, and I hear the sound of a meaty smack.
"I care not for your magic, but you will not abandon our children…any of them because of it!" Mikael snarls at her his hand coming back with a bit of spit and blood staining his knuckles.
Days pass by slowly for me over the course of a few months, with Esther absolutely refusing to touch me and keeping me as far away from Freya as possible.
Leaving the caring of me completely up to Ayana and Mikael.
'Honestly…it's so jarring the image of Mikael from the show and the Mikael who patiently milks a goat and feeds me through a thin hide bladder…' I internally admire Mikael seeing a side of him I'm almost a 100% sure no one but Freya would probably ever see…besides maybe Ayana.
Everyday I was being taken care of by
either Mikael or Ayana, when Mikael would leave to go on raids, or to go hunting, Ayana would take me into her home and I'd stay until he would return.
The full separation from Freya and Mikael just feels intrinsically wrong though I could always feel the echo of a heartbeat next to mine in my chest and I knew somehow that it is Freya's heartbeat I feel in my chest beating next to my own.