Author's note; The original is a tv show that i have fallen in love with recently. It characters are so complex and intriguing. So intriguing that I finished 3 season in less that a week.

I 'm more of a reader than a writer. However, there is only a handful of 'The Originals' fiction out there and I feel compelled to contributed some.

Beware English is my second language and grammar is not my strong point.

Disclaimer: The Original does not belong to me.

Timeline of story: Season 4 of 'The Original', Haunter of ruins.

Characters: Elijah and Rebekah

Parting. new beginnings.

"Elijah"

He turns around and stares at his fast approaching sister.

Rebekah walks towards him in a stride. Her blonde hair looks golden under the sunlight. Genuine smile decorates her face but there is also a hint of sadness in her eyes and Elijah know what is to come.

"Dear sister. Are you here to bid me farewell?"

His sister smiles beautifully and guiltily at the same time. It hit him with a pang of sorrows that she would feel guilty whenever she is happy, like being happy is a shameful sin.

"I am. I am leaving this time for real." She tell him in a soft voice.

He nodded understandingly. It is not a surprise for Elijah. He has already come to expect this of her when she told him to meet her here.

"Fret not, I'm just going to be a call away with all with this modern technology."

"I will come back if you or anyone of our family ever needed me."

Elijah heart softens.

Rebekah sighs and laugh humorously.

"What am I saying. I'm sure I will be needed soon enough since our family has never be lacking of enemies. All wanting to seek revenge on our family especially Niklaus on one reason or another."

Elijah couldn't help but smiles at her sarcastic remark.

"I will try my best to stop him from making new enemies."

Rebekah forehead crease as her eyes starts watering.

"Yea. You do that and beat some sense into him once in a while, Elijah."

She is going to miss him dearly and Niklaus too.

"You need not have to worry."Elijah assure her.

Rebekah hugs her brother tightly. She hates how he knows her so well. Feelings that she could not express.

She looks up and stares at her older brother and when he looks at her, she is overwhelm by the love he had for her.

Out of her brother Elijah is the one that she has relied on the most since.. forever.

Her light in darkness, her voice of reason.

She had never told this to him or to anyone really. It doesn't matter. She had the feeling that Elijah already knows.

"I hope you find happiness."

Elijah says holding her face tenderly and kisses her forehead. Rebekah chokes on her tears and Elijah hold her close to his chest. She hugs him tightly in return.

Rebekah hates the ways Elijah says it, like he is apologizing. Like it was his fault somehow.

Elijah who has come to her rescue countless times despite everything. Elijah that put himself at risks to protect her, when Niklaus is dead set on killing her.

Elijah that is nearly kill by a white oak bullet because he choose not to destroy because Finn needed it.

Elijah that kills Marcel without hesitation when he became a threat to their family.

Elijah had kills him so that Klaus wouldn't have to because he know it would destroy Klaus if he had to kill Marcel, the person that he had come to think of as a son.

Hayley told her how Elijah came to her distraught after killing Marcel and cried in her arms for a long time. It is because Elijah did care for Marcel almost as much as Klaus did if not more. If it weren't for Hayley, She wouldn't know any of this.

She realizes the painful truth. She has been so blind to all of his sacrifices, how Elijah was always putting his siblings need first. Never himself.

The guilt of knowing that feels so massive. It is threatening to swallowed her could feel the panic rising in her chest. She has to do something. She moves away from her brother embrace.

She stares into Elijah eyes searching for glimpses of the man that broken down and cried in Hayley arm. He looks as strong and reliable as ever.

"Come with me." She blurts out.

Elijah wonders what lead her to ask this of him.

"Rebekah..." Elijah says softly.

Rebekah shakes her head and grab his coats lapel.

"Elijah when are going to starts thinking about yourself. Niklaus can take care of himself." She said panicky and breathless.

"I.." Elijah is lost for words. He stares at Rebekah shocked. He doesn't' know what could have brought them to this.

"You listen to me."

Elijah listen without a word because he know when Rebekah uses that tone she means business.

"I love Niklaus. He is my brother. Although our sibling relationship is volatile at most."

She shakes her head and rolls her eyes, a bit annoyed when she thinks about it.

Elijah smirks and nods understandingly.

"That not a surprise, with Niklaus killing every man that I had fallen in love with for the 1000 years. I made plot to kill him for that and Niklaus did try to kill me in return. All very dramatic."

She states sardonically while waggling her eyebrow at him.

Elijah smiles fondly at her antics. "Yes dear sister I remember. I was there saving you from Niklaus wrath."He reminded her.

While Elijah's words makes her smile. Rebekah need him to understand this.

"Elijah. I love him. I will kill anyone who tries to hurt him and I believe he would do the same for me."

"However, that doesn't change the fact that he had hurt me. Even when he said that it was for my own benefit that he was looking out for me."

"Our brother is a very twisted son of bitch."

" I agree, " Elijah says flatly.

"I just want to wring his neck sometimes". Rebekah frown. "Ha. Glad to let that out of my chest."

"All he ever did was bring me pain. Bring both of us pain. He kills everyone that you and I both dare to fall in love with."

Rebekah takes a deep breath before she continues.

"I will be there for him if he needs me anytime, anywhere. Always and forever."

She hold his hands tightly and continues

"..but i can't no longer sacrifice my happiness for his when he clearly does not intent to be happy..ever."

"Niklaus,he.."

Always so quick to defend him.

She doesn't want to hear it. So, she cuts Elijah off before he can continues.

"Personally, I don't think Niklaus would ever be happy. He is not capable of happiness. All he know of is betrayal, plotting, vengeance and world domination. "

"Maybe our father really did broken him all those years ago, before this wretched immortality did."

"I think Niklaus is past saving but not you, Elijah."

Elijah thinks that Rebekah could not be more wrong.

Niklaus can be save given time and persistent push toward the right path.

Elijah did had time on his hand, perks of immortality.

"I remember when you were happy a long time ago when you met Celeste. I remember thinking happiness looks good on you. You had so much love in you." She caress his face tenderly.

"I wonder when did you stop trying."

"Think about it, Elijah. You know where to find me."

She whisper softly in his ear and press a light kiss on his cheek. When Elijah opens his eyes Rebekah is already gone.

Rebekah walks towards the city limits. She had said her piece. She sure hopes that Elijah listen to her.

She can't wait to leave this forsaken city. Rebekah smiles. She wonders whether Kol had left the town yet.