AN: This is my first Originals story, so please bear with me. I always loved the idea of Elijah being a father. So, theme it goes. Ashlynn and Jamie are his twin son and daughter he had with a witch. However, their mother died giving birth to them and left them to him. He has taken care of there every need and is heartbroken when someone poisons his daughter. Hope everyone likes it and please remember to review.
Ashlynn looks just like Elijah in hair and eye color. Her temperament is also very much like his as well. She is the more level head one of the twins. Her brother, Jamie has red hair and blue eyes like Rebekah and Klaus. He also is more like Kol and Klaus in his personality. He is more impulsive than his sister, but is very protective of those he cares about.
Chapter 1: Fever
The Mikaelson house was filled with the sound of sneezing and coughing as Ashlynn walked into the room. Ever since she got back from their school in Montana, where they had been enrolled at for the past year, she had been feeling miserable.
Elijah looked up from his book in the study. Finn and Klaus smirked when they saw the worried and overprotective look cross his face. He had always reacted this way when his children were sick.
"Sounds like someone has the sniffles." Klaus smirked. "She is fine, Elijah." Finn said, making his younger half-brother laugh.
Elijah sighed as he put the book down and rose. Klaus smirked, knowing what was coming next. Unlike his niece and nephew, his own daughter had yet to be sick like her elder cousins.
He walked down the stairs to the parlor where he found his sister making his daughter lay down. He smiled softly when he seen her dark brown eyes looking up at him.
"I see she has gotten a hold of you." Elijah smiled, looking at her. "Yes, Elijah, she is burning up." Rebekah said, making him frown, "Did the school doctor give you the flu shot while you two were there, sweetheart?"
"Yeah, she ran out of them and had to go get more. I got the last one. It took her like three hours to get them before Ash got her's." Jamie replied, from his spot on the sofa across from them, "Come on, man!"
Elijah looked over at him and Kol, who were both engrossed in playing video games.
"Elijah, there is only one other time that I remember seeing symptoms like this…" Rebekah said as his phone rang.
He looked down at his phone to see the school headmaster's name pop up. He frowned as he opened his phone. Elijah had sired him nearly a century ago.
"Jonathan, now would be an excellent time to explain to me why my daughter is ill." Elijah replied, looking at the half-conscious form of his daughter. "And I have one, there is a family member of the twin's mother. They apparently have some beef against your family, something about your sister killed their sister via the Spanish Flu." Jonathan replied. "What did they do to my daughter?" Elijah growled. "...They injected her with the Spanish flu and it has been altered with magic to kill her. "He replied. "That will not happen." Elijah said curtly, hanging up.
"What is wrong, dad?" Jamie asked, noticing the growl in his voice. "Kol, I want you to get a hold of Hayley and get Jamie, Davina and Hope away from her right now. You call me if he starts showing any signs of being ill." Elijah said, looking at his brother.
"What is it?" Klaus asked, having heard the last couple of words of the phone call. "Elijah, what is wrong?" Finn asked.
"Ashlynn was injected with the Spanish Influenza." Rebekah said, lifting her niece into her arms. "Bloody hell." Kol exclaimed. "Get them out of here now, never mind packing a bag...get them to the family home in Arkansas." Klaus snapped, pointing to Kol. "I'll call Hayley and tell her." Elijah said.
Jamie, however started fighting to get to his sister. Elijah grabbed him by the waist and dragged him over to Kol.
"No, I am not leaving my sister!" Jamie screamed. Elijah sighed, hating that he had to resort to doing the very thing that he hated. "You will leave this house with your uncle and return when she is better." Elijah said, staring into the baby blue eyes of his son.
Jamie immediately stopped fighting his father and looked at his father with tear filled eyes. He hated that he had to leave her, but he had no choice.
"Fine, seeing that you compelled me to leave, let me know how she is, at least." Jamie said, as Rebekah carried her from the room. "You have my word, my son." Elijah said, kissing his forehead, "Now go."
With that, Kol and Jamie left the house with Davina. She looked at her friend with pity. She knew how much Jamie loved his sister.
Meanwhile, Rebekah set Ashlynn down on her bed and proceeded to strip her of the clothes she wore. She knew that this was thankfully not one of her favorite outfits. Due to it still being winter, the fireplace was lit. Rebekah tossed all the clothing into the fireplace.
Afterwards, she lifted her up and carried her to the bathroom. She set Ashlynn in the tub and started to fill it with warm water. Suddenly, Ashlynn's dark eyes snapped open and a pained screech left her mouth.
Elijah was there in a flash, helping Rebekah hold her in the water. She began fighting, begging to get out.
"Papa, please...let me out." She cried, as he held her to him. "No, darling, you must stay for a few minutes." Elijah said, feeling his heart breaking. "Shh, Ash, listen to me...I need you to relax, this will help your body cool off." Rebekah told her, wiping a damp cloth across her forehead. "Don't care, hurts." She cried, arching against her father.
After a few more minutes, Elijah and Rebekah let her out of the tub. Rebekah also told him to burn the suit to prevent the spread of the deadly virus. They also dressed her in a light pair of shorts and a tank top and put her to bed. Rebekah also called a friend at the hospital to get an IV. It was thankfully brought over quickly and Rebekah and she set it.
Elijah came back in and sat by her. Rebekah did as well, holding her hand.
"She looks bad...this is worse than the outbreak." Rebekah said, showing him the slight bluing of her fingers. "I can't lose her...nor can Jamie." Elijah replied. "Give her some of your blood...if it is as bad as Jonathan says, she will come back...we just need to get her away from her brother till she learned some control. We don't need another Kol on our hands." Rebekah said. "I swore I would never sire one of my own children...I don't want to deprive her of growing up." He said, looking at the picture of them at Christmas. "You wouldn't, something tells me that this would eventually happen, no matter how hard we have tried to spare those we love from harm, it follows." Rebekah told him.
Just then, Cami and Freya appeared in the doorway. They both had heard about what happened. Elijah was worried that Freya would catch it if she got too close.
"How is she?" Cami asked, as Freya stayed in the door way. "Not good, she is already developing pneumonia." Rebekah told her, listening to her wheeze. "Isn't there something you can do?" Cami replied. "No, this is a killer...and it is made worse by the fact that it has been alter genetically by magic." Rebekah told her.
"That is not good, especially since that cannot be altered." Freya said. "What do you mean?" Elijah asked. "That particular spell cannot be undone." Freya told them, "It will kill her...unless find a loop hole." "There might be one if Elijah gives her his blood, then she could come back." Rebekah said. "Since she has never showed signs of having any magic from her mother, then she should be fine." Freya said as her niece started to cough.
Rebekah and Elijah sat her up as he patted her back. Rebekah grabbed the rag she left for when she started coughing. Elijah placed it over his shoulder, already knowing she was coughing up blood. He gently rocked, trying to keep her calm.
"Listen, my angel…just listen to my voice." He said, as she struggled to regain breath, "I remember the first time you were sick…. You and your brother had snuck out of the house in Berlin and were jumping puddles in the street. You ended up with a cold…by the time you were better, there was nearly a foot of snow on the ground."
All the girls smiled, they all had an adorable mental image of Elijah catching the twins jumping in rain puddles. Rebekah wished she could have been there.
"Then…Jami…e got sick." She coughed. "Yes, he did…you two were terrible about passing colds to each other when you were little." He smiled, rubbing her back.
She smiled as she sleepily laid her head on his shoulder. Rebekah adjusted the pillows so she was laying more elevated than before to breathe easier. Elijah set her against the pillows and held her hand. He knew that Rebekah was right. He wanted to wait until she could not fight any longer. But for now, he would let her sleep, with him there to keep her safe.
AN: I hope that everyone likes this story. Please remember to review. Only characters I own and Jamie and Ashlynn.