I love you, Aisling.
I love you too, Niklaus.
Those are the words we whispered to one another as we fully gave ourselves to one another. I reminisced about that memory. About the man I loved. Keyword being loved.
I stare at this, this monster in front of me. This is not my Niklaus. My Niklaus would have never done this to me. He would have never taken away my life like he is now. I still feel the metallic taste of his blood on my lips. I hear Elijah telling him to stop, to control himself, to not hurt me as he is now. Rebekah is too stunned to do anything.
I stare at these bloodshot, crazed eyes that are not even looking at me. They're looking, but they're definitely not seeing. His eyes are the last thing I see before I feel my head being twisted and dying.
No, this is definitely not my Niklaus.
I wake up to a cold sweat and heavy panting. I have got to stop dreaming about that. It's been nearly a century.
I look down to the arm that has been wrapped around my waist during sleep and then finally look to the man of whom it belongs. I run my fingers through his dark locks. My sweet Elijah.
After Klaus had turned me, Elijah could not forgive him. He could not believe Klaus would have actually done something like that to me. When Klaus was gone away from the village, Elijah took his opportunity and we ran away together. That was many, many decades ago. We've been running ever since.
I grew to love Elijah as much as I had loved Niklaus. It was strange at first because he was Klaus' brother, but it didn't take long for me to fall for him. The two of us were inseparable. Although, it's hard not to be when you've been together for as long as we have.
"What's wrong, my love?" His deep voice enthrals me, as usual.
"Nothing. Just a bad dream. Go back to sleep." I answer.
"Well, I'm not tired anymore." He says. He doesn't like it when I'm uneasy and anxious and is extremely protective.
"Oh, really?" I smirk, "I think I can change that." I say as I roll onto him and straddle his waist.
"Now, that's something that will make me tired." He answers with a mischievous glint in his eyes.
Decades Later
After coming to a mutual agreement, Elijah and I went our separate ways. I decided to travel the world, whereas Elijah was content where he was.
I travelled all across Europe, learning the languages of every country I went to. There's also nothing quite like foreign men. They're just so.. delectable. Plus, you don't have to worry about commitment. Not that I do anyways.
After travelling the world, I spent a lot of time gathering information from Elijah, witches, and any other sources I could get about Niklaus. I learned about his curse and his need for the doppelganger.
Since he screwed me over, I decided to do the same to him. I spent a lot of my life looking out for the doppelganger, making sure she was safe from Klaus. I was always at least two steps ahead of him, seeing as how I was more trustworthy than Klaus. And people weren't reluctant to help me either considering I was working against him.
Thousands of years later, I had received word that there was a new doppelganger living in Mystic Falls, Virginia.
Well, Virginia it is.