Prologue
Elijah is sitting in a chair in the mansion. Klaus marches into the room angrily.
Klaus: What have you done?
Elijah: I don't understand.
Klaus: Katerina has gone. She has fled.
Elijah: No.
Klaus: What did you tell her?
Elijah: I told her nothing.
Klaus grabs him and pushes him against the wall. His face has changed.
Klaus: Do not lie to me!
He shouted.
Elijah: I will find her. You have my word.
Klaus: If you do not, I give you my word you will be dead.
Elijah: Split up.
He said to the men behind him as he walked forward. he looked around him after they left. Looking ahead, he vamp sped. Stopping when he heard a heartbeat. In front of him, wasn't the person he was looking for, instead of leaving he walked forward a few steps toward the woman with her back to him, in navy blue gown, with a bow and arrow in hand, aiming at the tree in front of her. Hair long and wavy with dark skin, a quiver next to her feet.
Elijah: What are you doing here all alone?
She lowered her hands and turned her head to the side, smile on her face.
Mia: Well, I'm not all alone, now am I?
Her British accent between light and heavy. He smirked.
Elijah: What were you doing here all alone?
She turned around, seeing similar but darker brown eyes looking at her.
Mia: Not going to tell me your name before requiring information?
She raised an brow.
Elijah: My apologies. Seems I've misplaced my manners. It's Elijah.
He smiles and she returns it.
Mia: Mia. I'm looking for food. I've been on my own for a year now.
He frowned a little.
Elijah: Why is that?
Mia: There was a fire in the village I lived in. I survived, family didn't. Not many people would take in someone who is black. And people who will, will make them a slave.
Mia: Are you looking for someone?
She said after he said nothing. He titled his head.
Elijah: Why do you ask that?
Mia: Not many people come this way.
She smiled.
Elijah: I do happen to be looking for someone. Am I correct to assume no one has recently come this way?
Mia: You are.
He nodded, looking ahead. After awhile he turned back to her.
Elijah: I'll be on my way then.
Mia: Nice meeting you, Elijah.
She smiled and aimed her arrow at a tree to her left. He smiled.
Elijah: You as well, Mia.
He vamp speed off, just as she released the arrow.
After looking for hours, Elijah didn't find her. It was well after dark before he started to head back the way he came. When he was almost home, he heard a familiar voice. Listening in, he recognized the speaker.
Mia: I said get away from me. I don't care what you are. You won't be getting my blood.
He stopped in his tracks when he smelled blood. He vamp sped forward. Stopping when he was in view. Vampires dead on the ground with multiple arrows in their chest or around. Three vampires facing the girl he just met earlier that day.
Vampire 1: I don't think you have a choice.
Mia: I think I do.
She quickly grabbed two arrows from the quiver on her back, aiming and shooting the vamps on the sides in a blink of eye. The remaining vampire smirked when she reached back for another and came back with nothing.
Vampire 3: Don't know when to give up?
Mia: I always give a good fight before I even think of going down.
She said while eyeing an arrow in one of the dead bodies by her feet.
Elijah: Leave her alone, Malcolm.
Malcolm and Mia both look over at him. He looked her over, she was only bleeding from her shoulder.
Mia: Elijah.
He walked over to Malcolm.
Elijah: I think you should head back.
Malcolm turned, but before he could walk, Elijah ripped his heart out, dropping the heart on the body once it fell. Mia took a step back.
Mia: You told him to head back.
Elijah: I know.
He turned around.
Mia: You lied to him.
Elijah: Not really.
He walked over to her.
Elijah: I never said anything about killing him.
He brought his wrist to his mouth and bit it, holding it to Mia.
Elijah: It'll heal you.
Mia: Ok.
She brought his wrist to her mouth.
Elijah: Most people would run screaming.
He said. After while, pulling his wrist away.
Mia: I'm not most people.
She said after wiping her mouth with her arm.
Elijah: There something's I have to do. Do you trust me?
She nodded.
Mia: Yes.
Elijah: Come with me.
Mia: You live in this huge castle?
Elijah: Yes.
Mia: Are you sure about this? He might kill you for not finding Katherina. I just found someone I can trust, and I'm not going to lose that.
He told her all his family and the supernatural- and she took it surprisingly well. But then again, she's not like most people.
Elijah: Your not going to loose me, Mia.
Mia: Yes well, if I find you with a dagger in your heart, I'm going to pull it out, wait til you wake and stab you with it, right back in your heart.
He smirked at her.
Elijah: I'm touched.
She glared at him.
Mia: Just try not to get killed. I've never had anyone since my parents died.
He opened the door.
Elijah: Come on in.
Mia: Your sure I can stay with you and your family?
He smiled and motioned for her to go in.
Over 500 years later, New York
Mia: So You finally get word on the doppelganger, and yet you want me to take a vacation?
She took a sip of her coffee, looking around the coffee shop.
Elijah: You deserve it. You've also been talking about vacations lately. You've been stressed lately.
She sighed and put her cup down.
Mia: Yes well, since that witch did what she did to me.. I keep having that dream.
He frowned a little and sat up.
Elijah: I thought you said you only had it two times.
Mia: I've been having it more as of lately since you got that call. I don't know how it happens. All I see is an open coffin with you in it...
She looked down at her Mikaelson ring. When she turned, Elijah had a witch duplicate his ring for her. Recently a witch with a vendetta against vampires decided to put a spell on Mia, that made her kill at night. Long story short, Elijah had to lock Mia up at night until he found a witch to stop the spell and located the witch who did it and killed her.
Mia: Dagger in heart.
She looked back up at him.
Mia: I don't want that to happen. But if it does, I'm not there to pull you out.
He reached across the table to hold her hand in his, giving her hand a squeeze.
Elijah: You'll be there if this comes to pass. You need to relax. Another reason you need this vacation.. It's only a year.
He smiled at her.
Mia: Fine.
She smiled.
Elijah: Hey.
He said after awhile. She looked up.
Elijah: Always.
Mia: And forever.