Meeting Marcellus "What is your name?" I asked the seven year old boy. I had just saved him from a stupid slave owner.
He looked up at me then down and then back up. He was nervous because I was a white man?
"Don't got one." He kept looking away from me and then back at me. "Mamma wouldn't name me until I turned 10. Casila took me. Then they took her." Then he looked away.
I leaned to his level and gently took hold of his jaw and forced him to look at me, direct eye contact.
"Please don't hurt me." He begged. I tried not to laugh.
"You're a survivor and survivors need names. How about Marcellus?"
"Marcellus?" He said confused.
"It comes from Mars. The God of war...and it means little warrior." I said and stood up. I offered my hand to him.
He stared at it for a bit then looked at the man I killed, then he gulped and took my hand and I pulled him up. I led him to Rebekah and Elijah.
"I should get him healed. Do I use your witch? Or myself?"
"First let's get this funeral over." Eli said and I had Marcellus follow me from behind.
"Very well but I am not going too far in. I need to put him in on my secret so you won't mind if I don't say anything." I said and smiled at Marcellus, who was looking down. He had a lot to learn.
"Not really Niklaus. After all you and I did not really know him that well." He said as we arrived at the scene of the funeral.
"Well Marcellus I think I should tell you my story before I do anything else. What do you know about vampires?"
"I know they drink blood, kill people and get to live forever."
"Well my siblings and I are vampires. We were turned by our mother so to be protected from the werewolves of this world but she died. We mourned her and we found that it was not the magic but our own father that killed her. So that is how we were made. Any questions?"
"No sir." He answered and sat on my lap to look at me. I had kept my word and was in the back. No one dared to look at me.
""Well now on to what I can do. I as a vampire can heal others with my blood. I can also break or obliterate anything I want. Basically I have super strength that no one can beat. I can out run anything I want but a werewolf, but then again I cannot die of a wolf bite. I can compel others to do as I please but the other Originals do not compel each other. Cause we cannot. Otherwise I'm sure Eli would have compelled me to behave long ago. Hehe. I can get into heads if I please. Let's see. What else can I do? ... I got nothing. Any questions?"
"Get into heads? What does that mean?"
"This." I said and put my hand up to his cheek.
I showed him an image of him riding a horse as an adult by my side as I also rode a horse. We stopped at a house and we tied the horses to a tree and we went inside where there was a feast waiting in Marcellus' honour. When we finished eating we headed out again. I took my hand away. I saw him smiling at me.
"Can you do it again?"
""Yes I can but I will not. I want to heal you. So here Marcellus." I bit my wrist and waited for him to act.
He stared at it. "It's not working."
"Put your mouth to it and drink then it will work."
"But isn't that unsanitary?"
"No it is not. Drink Marcellus. Let the magic happen so you can see for yourself." I re-bit myself and put it back in position.
This time he drank and then I took it away from him. My skin healed as did Marcellus' wound.
"WOW! The pain. It is gone." He said. Then he yawned but stood.
I sat him back down. He seemed upset. "What's wrong?"
"I have been working before dawn and I am sort of tired. But I am not allowed to sleep until way after dark." He said as a tear formed in his eye. A tear fell, I wiped it off his face.
"Take a nap. I will hold you. IF anyone gets upset at you I will fight them off. Besides I have decided to keep you for myself."
He smiled, got comfortable and instantly fell asleep. Beky and Eli sat beside me. Beky had just got down from talking and was crying into Elis' shoulder. I just cooed at her since my arms were full with Marcellus.
Eventually the stupid funeral was over, Beky had cried into my shoulder and was now just sitting. I wanted so much to hold her but I had my new son to hold.
"Thank you all for coming. May Ameil rest in peace." The man said. I was tempted to add 'es' as in pieces of a puzzle but I knew that would upset Elijah and he'd spank me... again.
I held Marcellus close to my body and stood up. I walked out and Eli and Beky followed me to the house.
The vampires inside the house stared at the human but I knew they knew better than to feed on any human I brought home.
I went up to my room and chose the one on the right for him to live in. I laid him down in the bed and tucked hi in. I went down and chose Rebekah, Marvin and William to go buy clothes for Marcellus; I chose Elijah, Rachael and Chelsea to go buy food for my Marcellus. I then chose Aria and Joseph to go guy a pony for Marcellus. Then I went back upstairs to watch Marcellus. I sat beside him and put my hand to his cheek.
I was teleported to a world of blood and hurt. Marcellus was down on his knees begging for them to stop. The man was hitting Marcellus and a dead lady of his same race. Maybe his mom?
I stepped up and drained the man dry. Then I gave my blood to the woman and Marcellus.
Marcellus ran but I grabbed him and gave him a hug as the woman stood up.
I heard words in my head in the voice of a woman.
"Thank you for saving him. Now maybe my son will find some freedom. Will you find him a good home?"
"If I wish." I replied in my head. Then I shoved her out.
"You'll never hurt me ill you sir?"
"NEVER! I'd rather DIE than hurt one cell of your body."
"May I call you dad sir?"
"Yes Marcellus you can. For I shall always call you son."
Then I left the dream after I put him in a pasture of ponies where he kept petting and talking to them.
"Your Majesty I have to tell you that the groups you sent out are back." said the vampire named Christopher.
"Thank you. Christopher will you get a warm bath ready for my son?"
"Son? Yes sir." He left to go get done what I said.
I went downstairs to see the clothes and food. I told them thanks and chose the softest and comfiest clothes for Marcellus to wear. After I had made a plate of food for him I heard Marcel call.
"Dad?" but he mumbled so I decided he was still sleeping.
I took the food, drink and the clothes up to his room. I put the clothes on the desk and held the food and drink.
He woke a few minutes later and I gave him the food and drink.
"Eat. Then it is time for a bath. Christopher will lead you to the bath and then it's time for you to try on these clothes I had Beky buy." I said and left Chris with him.