She stopped, and looked wide eyed at her surroundings. Never did it cross her mind that this was the place father was taking her too. It was heard about only in vampire fiction and tall tales of survival through senile individuals. It was practically impossible for one to walk freely here, especially if that one was human. But Elena Gilbert was the exception to most vampire rules and regulations, one being that she was born genetically and physically to one of the vampire originals.
Bought up as royalty among the supernatural world, she was created to carry on Jonathan Gilbert's legacy and keep his blood line in complete control of the vampire world; made possible by an extremely powerful witch who sought her freedom after an impossible deal was made with another of the originals – Elijah. John, Elijah and Klaus each ruled one third of the world and within their piece of geography lay rules bound by them and expected to be upheld by the vampires that lived there. The originals had minions and loyal followers all over and if not followed the said vampire who committed sin will be bought here, to the vampire prison Elena was currently standing in.
She looked through the hood of her black robe at her father as he strode beside her, he looked determined and obviously powerful and she wondered by he had asked her to accompany him here, by the sounds of it they were staying at least a week and this wasn't the sort of place Elena would like to be. She hated violence, suffering, blood and vampires – John was intent on turning her after she had born him a grandson but she often wondered if he doubted her ability to survive the lifestyle and had thought of disowning her instead. She knew he loved her enough to let her go and live a full life if that was her wish. Jonathan Gilbert's one true downfall was the love for his human daughter and she hated herself for causing him so much worry and concern.
Jonathan stopped at a pair of large black gates and sniffed suspiciously. The gates held a strong odour he would identify anywhere.
"Vervain." He uttered to the two vampire guards behind them, and pulled out his mobile to make a call. Despite being old, John prided himself on keeping up with the times and he was right into the 21st century. Two minutes later they were being led through the gates and down a corridor by a blonde vampire who had introduced himself as Clive.
Clive looked to be in his thirties, with a muscular body and strong looking arms. Dressed in black pants and a tight grey tank top; Elena thought he was beautiful and despised that seemingly all beautiful men were nasty controlling selfish vampires. Her father was the only vampire that she held respect for, as he did business fairly and led his people well. She highly disliked any and all vampires she had come in contact with, and although disappointing to her father she had no vampire friends or relatives. Her best friends were human, one being a witch and the other a normal human neither knowing how important she was or who she would one day be if she chose to turn, and she liked it that way.
John turned to Elena and sighed, picking up on her thoughts even through the vervain necklace he had given her to keep her safe, a handy trick the originals had gained. "Elena, I need to attend to some business, can I trust you to keep out of trouble for a few minutes? Your guards will be within hearing distance at all times."
She snapped out of her thoughts and processed what he said "You're leaving me? In this place of all paces! Father I am just human, and there are a lot of hungry law breaking vampires around here." She was annoyed and upset he bought her here only to disregard her upon entering.
"They're in cages Elena." He rolled his eyes and turned to go "Be careful dear, and remember to be polite!" And with that he was gone, using his supernatural speed to withdraw from the oncoming argument.
She huffed and noticed herself to be completely alone, the two guards having removed themselves also to avoid her complaint of invasion of space. She looked around wondering what to do, it didn't seem like there was much to do here at all, ugh awful place she thought and instantly regretted coming. Noticing a corridor to her right she started forward and walked down it, noting that it appeared to be leading underground, the smell was dank and musty and she hoped her vampire guards had decided to ignore her space wishes and follow at a close distance in case something did happen.
As she walked, Elena was startled to see cages upon cages lining the growing corridor; they couldn't have been bigger than a dogs cage and she squinted in the light to notice bodies curled up inside.
What the hell.
Elena noticed movement to her left and gasped suddenly as a rouge vampire was snapping at the bars of the cage, eyes wild and fangs bared desperate to get a taste of her blood. She noticed smoke rising from his hands on the cage and realised they must be coated in vervain, a thought of sympathy flittered quickly through her mind, as evil as some vampires were she didn't think they deserved this kind of treatment.
"Back away quickly and leave, it's cruel to tempt us you know." She heard a voice drawl from behind her and looking into one of the small dirty cages she encountered the brightest blue eyes she had ever seen. They were tainted by hunger and anger though, and weren't as beautiful as they had the potential to be given happiness and blood. She felt herself staring into his hate filled eyes for a little too long and could almost sense the turmoil and pain he was feeling.
"In case you didn't understand, that means fuck off! God knows what a human is doing here anyway; did you escape from the feeding pen?" He chuckled darkly while she glared at him, the rouge vampire longing for her blood had withdrawn into the far corner of his cage, gritting his teeth together and growling lightly bathing his wounds. The blue eyed vampire looked without energy to move, aside from his taunt and looking around Elena noticed they all looked that way -As if they'd been starved just enough to have no energy but not enough to waste away to the world without pain. Cruel and calculated and it seemed to be for all eternity. She felt a pang of pain for all vampires here, regardless of what they had done, death was better than this. Snapping her attention back to the blue eyed vampire she noticed he was trying to use his last bit of energy to look menacing and tough but somehow she knew he was tired of it and decided to go against her better judgement and attempt to pacify him.
"It's okay...I'm not here to hurt you" She was suddenly shy and uncertain about him, who he was and what he'd done to get himself here was on the top of her list. He certainly had amazing eyes, but that didn't excuse him from his crimes.
He looked at her intently, his gaze harsh and unwavering, as if he was trying to figure her out. His clothes were ripped and dirty, his face and body probably hadn't seen a shower for many many years. She doubted whether he had many visitors either. It seemed the cruellest form of punishment, entrapment with an eternity of being stuck in a small cage allowing only as much room as it took to sit up.
"I thought I told you to leave." He rolled his blue eyes and glared at her attempting to understand what exactly she was doing.
"Excuse me for not listening" She retorted, annoyance seeping into her tone.
"Elena Gilbert! Come back here right this instance or I swear to god I will rip someone to shreds!" The angry tone of her father drifted through the corridor and into the dungeon, he could have come and got her but preferred to make her do to the walk of shame back to him.
The blue eyes widened in surprise before being carefully concealed once again "Run along to Daddy Elena." He mocked, spitting out her name as if it were a curse. She gave him one last look before turning and walking back from where she came, knowing another lecture about her carelessness was in the cards but throughout it, certain piercing blue eyes wouldn't leave her mind and questions swirled around incessantly.
A/N: Congratulations if you made it this far! I don't know if I will continue this, maaaybe! It was just something I quickly jotted down. Let me know if you think it's worth continuing! I haven't read the books, just watched the episodes. The original thing with John is weird, I know haha. x