"Katerina, may I introduce the lord Elijah.", Trevor said and Elijah was incredibly gorgeous while staring at me, he said that I reminded him about someone. "It's a pleasure my lord.", I said and he kissed my hand. "The pleasures mine.", he said and I was so smitten with him. Later Elijah introduced me to his younger brother Klaus. After that I moved to their mansion, nobody ever said how long I was going to be here.
I was sitting in my room, thinking about Elijah. I shouldn't think of him! Elijah was the one who introduced me to Klaus. But there were something about him that made my heart beat faster, every time I saw him. Today he spend the day with me because Klaus wasn't around. I would never want to get between two brothers, but Elijah is the one I want. But there is Klaus, the man every woman would want to be with! Not me though, just every other girl in her right mind. Elijah was as good as Klaus, maybe even better than him! And he probably will always see me as his brother's girl. But I can't get him out of my mind!
After breakfast we went to a walk in the garden. We were walking silently until Elijah turned to me and that made me stop. "What do you wish to do today?", he asked and turned to the cottage near the water. "It doesn't matter, I enjoy being your quest", I told him with a smile. "That makes you a wonderfully easy quest to entertain", Elijah said with a laugh in his eyes. "Yes, I am. Do you enjoy having me?", I asked as we reached the cottage, he opened the door for me.
"Yes, Klaus likes to have you here", he was helping me to get inside of the cottage, it was a lovely little thing. "And what about you, do you enjoy me?", Elijah stopped and turned his head slowly to me and looked me in to the eyes with he's deep gaze and my knees went week and I actually collapsed in Elijah's arms. He looked very confused as he hold me close to his chest and I knew he could hear my heartbeat. I inhaled his smell an was still waiting an answer. "Why would you ask a question like that?", he let go of me and turned his back on me, I sighed. "I am sorry, Elijah. It just slipped.", I said lowering my voice. "It's fine, please don't be upset, Katerina.", he said and turned back to me. I put my hand on his arm and nodded. "I'm not upset, I'm just.. I don't even know. ".
Later that evening, I got my servant to help me get dressed. I chose my fairest dress not because I tried to impress Elijah, but.. who I was kidding? Of course I wanted to look pretty for him. The corset was real tight and it was hard to breathe, but I looked beautiful and that was all that mattered at this moment. I was walking towards the dining room, it become really hard to breathe, because of the corset. Then right before I reached the dining room I collapsed to the floor and blacked out.
When I woke up Elijah was sitting right next to me, I felt his fingers on my cheek, It felt nice, different and a bit cold. I didn't want him to leave me too soon. I needed him. So I just laid there and enjoyed Elijah's presence. I was trying to breathe slowly and as if I was at sleep. "Katerina, I know you are awake.", Elijah spoke and his fingers got away from my cheek. I opened my eyes and looked right in to his eyes and my heart started to beat faster, he smiled.
"How are you feeling?", He pulled me up so I was sitting on the bed, which wasn't even mine. I got curious. "I feel fine, where am I?", I asked and looked down, my dress was gone and I had men's shirt and a white blanket on. "You are in my room. Does that bother you?", Elijah asked and he got up on his feet. I was in Elijah's bedroom! I moved, just a bit, not to get up, just to get closer to Elijah. "No, it doesn't. But may I ask why in your room. Is my servant sick or..?", Elijah turned his head towards me, smiled and moved to the window. "She left, I asked her to leave. Because I don't want you to gasp for air because of corsets like that any more.", Elijah pointed the corset on the chair next to the bed, or what was left for it. I blushed because the corset looked like someone had ripped it off me.
I was starting to move to get out of the bed, but suddenly Elijah was right beside me, forcing me back down to the bed. It was really weird, because I could've swear he was looking out of the window. Window that was in the other side of the room. "I'm fine..", I started but felt his finger on my lips. "Please rest, Katerina.. For me?", magical words, how could he know that I was going to do pretty much anything he asked me to. "If you answer my question, I will", I said while he was fixing the blanket so that I was completely under it. "And what is that you want to ask me?", he asked with a smile, he looked so gorgeous when he smiled. "About the corset, did you took it off me?", I started wondering where my dress was at.
"Oh.. It was me.. I found you, I heard you fall. I apologise, I took off your dress and corset. I am really sorry I had to do that, but the servants were no where around.", Elijah was clearly sorry, and I found it sweet. But my thoughts at the moment didn't appreciate that part of it. I was just thinking; 'And I was asleep when he did that!' "Thank you, Elijah. It doesn't matter, I was out wasn't I?", I pulled the blanket closer. "Yes, you were, but I still want to say how sorry I am. Are you cold? You want me to ask to put more heat here for you?", Elijah turned to the door. "Aren't you cold?", I asked and rubbed my hands together to feel how cold they were. "I feel just fine. I'll go tell them to put more heat for you.", he said with a little bit of amusement in his voice. "Please, don't leave me.", I said, but he was already gone.
When I was alone in Elijah's room, I started to look around it, it was different for mine, but yet again my room was a quest room and Elijah actually lived here. I had never been in his room before or Klaus' room. My room only had a bed, a little table and this closet where my dresses were. He had a big bookshelf and the room just looked more inviting than mine. Elijah didn't come back for a long time, but when he did, I was looking out of the window. At first I didn't even hear him come in. "Are you feeling better now?", he asked and walked beside me. I jumped a bit because I didn't hear the door open or his steps when he walked next to me.
"Yes, much better", I looked him and saw the concern in his eyes. "Did you skip dinner because of me?", I asked and turned so I could see him better. He shook his head. "Don't worry about that, I ate something while you were unconscious.", he said an looked down on me, my shirt or maybe it was his shirt. "Do you want to change your clothes now, maybe a looser dress?", he asked and I shook my head. "This is just fine, and soon is night so there is no point of me changing now is there.", he nodded. "As you wish. I'll walk you in your room now.", Elijah smiled and I sighed, he looked at me curiously. "I'm sorry, but.. I really wished I could stay here with you tonight", I was hoping he wouldn't get mad or anything like that.
Elijah looked really confused, I could see it in his face, he was thinking about it. "To sleep in same bed with you?", he asked carefully. "That's right, my servant is gone so you are the only one, only one I trust here..", I said as carefully as he had said. He nodded with an understanding look in his eyes. "I will stay here with you, but first I have to get you something to eat! Because you missed the dinner, while I didn't". Last night was great! I could put my arms around him and it was fine because I was at sleep. Elijah fell asleep before I did, so I could look at his so handsome and calm face without him asking why was I looking at him. I don't actually know if he felt my hands wondering around his body while he was sleeping, that was not a good idea! Now I can't get his body out of my mind!
But when I woke up, he was gone, I felt cold and alone, but I still got up and tried to find my room without losing the image of where Elijah's room was. In the hall I ran into him, Elijah. "I'm sorry", I said before I even noticed who it was. He looked surprised and awkward when I looked him in the eyes. "Don't worry, Katerina. I didn't even fall", he smiled and then he looked confused. "What is it, Elijah?", I asked and my eyes were wondering now so covered body of his. "Why did you leave the room?", he asked and moved my look to his face, by lifting my head with his finger under my chin. "You were gone and I have no clothes in your room, that's why", I smiled and couldn't think of anything but the way his stomach had felt under my hands, so tight and firm, I sighed. "Nothing!", I said quickly before he even asked me.
"Okay, I'll walk you in your room now then.", he turned next to me and I put my hand in his arm when he offered it to me and we started to move in my room's direction. "Thank you.", I said when we reached my room's door. I gathered all my courage and kissed his cheek, then opened the door. Elijah looked stunned, his hand moved the spot I had kissed him. "You thank me for what?", he grabbed my hand to stop me to go in to my room, but then he changed his mind and moved there too, but left the door open. "Because you didn't leave me last night, and you were so.. sweet and warm next to me", I explained. "I was?", Elijah moved closer to me. "Do you think I'm warm now?", he asked and was standing so close that I could hardly stay on my feet, he made me week in some ways I can't even explain. I put my hand to his chest, he moved it lower, maybe he didn't want me to feel his heart. Oh how good he felt!
"Yes, you are warm, but not so warm like you were last night. Why did you ask me that that?", I didn't move my hand. "I thought I couldn't feel warm to you, I've always been a bit colder than other people", he smiled and that made my feet drop, so in a second I was at Elijah's arms, again. "I am so sorry, I didn't mean to..", I looked at him and felt like I could pass out again if I just looked him in the eyes. "You seem to fall real often, what is that for?", he laughed. "You don't want to know.", I said and got on my feet, the shirt had fallen off my shoulder, Elijah lift it up and moved closer to the door. "Please, tell me, Katerina.", he's eyes told me he was curious to know.
"Are you sure, because I don't want to make you mad.", I said and walked the other side of the room. I opened the closet and went in there. I quickly took off the shirt and put a robe on. Then I returned to Elijah. "I won't get mad, I promise.", Elijah said and looked right in to my eyes, does he do that on purpose? To make me weak. I started to think, I could not tell him why, I didn't want him to get nervous or awkward around me. "It's nothing really. Last time I couldn't breathe and the other time was because I was hungry.. That's why.", even I didn't believe what I had just said. I left out the incident few minutes ago on purpose because I couldn't figure out what to explain that with. Elijah looked me awhile silently, then he nodded.
"Weird thing.", he said and I smiled. "Indeed.. But should I get dressed now?", I asked while thinking how I could do that, I've never put a dress on completely alone. Couple days went by, me falling more for Elijah. I had such deep feelings towards him I was starting to get scared! Klaus still was the one I was here for, but I didn't want him. I loved Elijah.
Speaking of Elijah, he had let me all alone in the mansion, he went to the town, it's a bit scary to be all alone. The servants are all gone, Elijah told me that Klaus doesn't want to keep the same servant for long, so he sent them away. So it really is just the two of us! We're always together, just talking, falling in love, or maybe that's just me? Sometimes I get to sleep in the same bed with him, not all nights though. This is our last day together. Klaus is coming back tomorrow. I'm not so thrilled about that. I think Elijah knows where he was at, but neither one of them told me that. And to be honest, I didn't really care. Elijah has been gone for an hour now and I was getting bored so I start to wonder around the mansion.
I found this room where everything looked very old, and I'm a bit scared now. Because I saw a painting where there was Elijah, Klaus and some other people too, maybe it was their family because there was only one girl besides the mother and Elijah had told me he had a sister named Rebekah. I was looking at the painting a long time and it wasn't in the 1400 century and that part was the scary one. I was thinking if I should just pack up and go before Elijah returns. It was like his twin with longer hair and so was the picture of Klaus. I don't know what I should do, I don't get scared easily, but this was creepy.
I didn't run. I waited Elijah to return and asked immediately about the painting, he looked me in a shock. "Please explain. I need to know!", I demanded. He walked away from me and I ran after him. "Elijah!", he stopped and turned around. "Katerina, why did you go there?", he asked lowering his voice. Like it was my fault I found something that was.. well, not normal! "Just tell me, please?", I walked to him and put my hand on his hand. There was a really long silence, but finally Elijah sighed. "This will change your world forever, are you ready for that?", he asked and walked to the dining hall, I was right behind him for all this time. "Yes, I am.", I didn't even think of it when I said that. Elijah stopped and turned back at me, he took a long breath. "Have you ever heard of vampires?".
That night didn't go as I was planning to. I was freaking out. He was a vampire! My sweet Elijah was a vampire, and not just a vampire, he was one of the Original vampires! Which means that he is one of the first vampires ever. Elijah also told me about Klaus. He is a vampire AND a werewolf, that makes him a hybrid. My head started to hurt for all this information. I was scared ad hell! I am just a silly little human, of course there was no chance a normal guy would be as perfect as Elijah was, but still. Elijah did stay the night in the same room as I did, but he was just making sure I didn't run away. How could I? he would catch me if I tried. And I didn't want to run, not from him. Klaus on the other hand.. Today was the day when he was coming back home. And I can't stop shaking, I'm afraid of him! But I am not afraid of Elijah, what's wrong with me? Elijah is still with me, I wonder if he's worried about me or just worried how Klaus will react. I started to think if I could ask Elijah to turn me to a vampire so I could be with him forever. But he'll probably just throw the Klaus-card in.
"Just so you know, I'm afraid of him. Klaus.", I said and looked him right in to those gorgeous eyes. Elijah got up and looked outside of the window. "Then you are afraid of me too.", it wasn't a question. "No! I'm not, how could I? I love you.", I said before I could stop myself. I slapped my hands on my mouth, but obviously it was too late, I had already spilled out the truth. He turned around and looked at me in a shock. "Could I ask you not to tell that to Klaus?", he asked and sat beside me. I nodded.
"You told me about that you can compel people and other vampires. Could you compel me to forget. Would you do that to me, so I wouldn't be afraid of Klaus.", I asked and looked at him, I missed the moments when I could touch him, I moved my hand to his hand that was resting in the bed next to my leg. "But please, don't take away my love.", I said and took his hand on my own. Elijah looked me in the eyes for awhile and then he nodded. "I won't tell him I told you, okay?", he said and now he was thinking of something because his eyebrows wrinkled. Then I felt his lips on my lips, I wasn't expecting that so I kind of blacked out.
I missed that kiss! And I didn't get the chance to kiss him, because when I woke up Klaus was already there. Elijah did compel me to forget, but there was this problem I didn't count when I asked him to do that. I wrote about the whole thing in my diary, so.. It didn't go as it was planned, but I think I can hide it pretty well. I'm not that afraid of Klaus any more, but I feel bored when I'm with him. Today we were walking in the garden, all I was able to think was the time I had spend there with Elijah. I wonder if Elijah would run away with me. Oh.. He did try to compel me to forget about the almost kiss and the fact that I had told him that I loved him, that last one was more likely just for him. Now it was night and my new servant had just left me alone in my room. I missed those nights with Elijah, now I was always alone. It has been almost a week when I last time touched his body so closely. I' have to admit, I got a bit obsessed or addicted to him. I was just about to turn off the light when I thought of it. It was dangerous, I do know that.. But I just had to try! I will go to Elijah's room!
I closed my diary and got out of the bed, took the robe from the chair and walked in to the hall. I was hoping Klaus was asleep so he wouldn't hear me walk in there. I needed to see Elijah, it was a physical need! The floor felt cold under my bare feet, but I was almost at the door I was looking for. And then I tripped! I was on my face on the floor and heard a door open. I wasn't sure which one it was, because I had no idea where Klaus' room was. So I just laid there and waited. "Katerina?", it was Elijah's voice, I smiled to the floor. "What are you doing?", he lifted me up and looked me for awhile, then he spoke again. "You got blood on your lip. You need to fix that.", Elijah was about to walk me down to the servants to help me with it, but I stopped him. "You can fix it.", I took his hand and put it on my lips, he swallowed, but then he pulled me closer, and so he was sucking my lip, it felt weird. I just watched his eyes and was breathing slowly. I loved this man, I really did! At first I didn't even notice the change, but now he was kissing me, I was kissing him too. My heart started to beat faster than ever, it made him smile.
OH MY GOD! It was the best kiss I've ever had! He did walk me in to my room after that, but I was awake the whole night, just thinking about him, and the kiss! My lip was healed, it did had a tiny bruise on it, but that became from the fall. I have fallen a lot lately. All for Elijah. After breakfast I was planning to go with Klaus to visit the town, where every woman would be staring at us because Klaus was something every girl dreamed about. Well, not for me, I wanted his brother. But I was getting really tired when I walked through the garden to the gate so Klaus pleaded me to stay and sleep, we'd go tomorrow. That was fine by me. But the sad part is, I really did go to sleep, not because I wanted to, just because when I found Elijah he practically forced me to go to sleep, maybe I looked so tired. I told him that I didn't get much sleep last night. He didn't reply anything on that.
"Would you turn me?", I asked before thinking. "So I could run.", he shake his head. "Its pointless to run. Klaus will find you wherever you are.", he walked to the window. "Not if you came with me.", I walked to him and put my hands around him. "I can't, I'm sorry, Katerina. I've promised to Klaus. Always and forever.", I was silent for a real long time thinking how I could get out of this mess. "Don't you love me, Elijah?", I asked extra carefully. He turned to me and looked me in to the eyes. "Love is a vampire's greatest weakness. I'm not weak.", he responded, I sighed. "I know you're not weak..", I was turning around to leave. "But.. I do love you, Katerina.", that stopped me. Then I woke up. It was just a dream, I sighed. But then I noticed marks of Elijah, he wasn't in the room any more, but there was definitely signs that he had been there. Did he give me that dream?
It was really late when I got out of my bed, I had been awake for hours, but decided to stay in bed for awhile. I walked down to look for Elijah, or Klaus if he had come back, I didn't know. I walked around without finding anyone, I didn't want to go to ask for the servants if they knew where the brothers were at. I walked outside to watch the stars in the sky. "Katerina!", someone yelled and I looked around, but couldn't see anybody, the yell was so loud I didn't even recognize the voice.
Then something hit me, hard and I felt a big hairy thing bite me, was it Klaus? Because it was full moon. I screamed and then something hit the giant wolf above me and I tried to realize what had just happened. I saw Klaus running to me, he lift me up and he looked to my stomach, his face didn't give away much, was I badly hurt? "Elijah! Come, I'll deal with him!", Klaus yelled and Elijah was soon right there, he took me in his arms from Klaus and ran inside. I saw Klaus turn in to wolf before we were inside. I attached my eyes to Elijah's face. "It's so cold..Elijah.", I said and tried to stay awake, I didn't want to pass out on him again. And I felt like I could have died if I would let myself do that. Elijah looked me with fear in his eyes. "I cannot let you die.", he said and then he bit his wrist and put it on my mouth.
"Please drink, it will heal you.", he said and looked deeply in my eyes and I drank. "What just happened out there?", I asked when he took his wrist off my mouth. "Werewolf, Klaus' friend who didn't leave to the woods soon enough. Katerina, you need to be extra careful now, you have my blood in your system. If you die.. you come back as a vampire.", Elijah said slowly and then he put me on my bed. I didn't realize that he had carried me in my room. "Promise, you'll be careful", he looked me and wiped the blood off my mouth. Then he sat on the bed next to me. "I'll promise, my love.", I said and I closed my eyes, but not before seeing Elijah smile with a confusion in his eyes.
"What did she say to you?", Klaus looked his brother when he got out of Katerina's room. Elijah looked him with an confusion still in his eyes. "What did you hear?", he asked and started to walk away from Klaus. "She called you "love". Elijah, why would she do that?", his voice was getting angrier as he followed and stopped Elijah. "I don't know. Maybe she was hallucinating.", Elijah said and tried to hide the lie in his eyes. "Are you two lovers now, it's that what that was all about?", Klaus raised his voice, he wasn't really upset for Katerina's part of the deal, he didn't love her. But if Elijah had betrayed him, that was a big deal! "No!", Elijah looked shocked. "Of course not! Why would you think that, brother?", Elijah turned to go downstairs, but Klaus stopped him. "Because she called you "love", and you did spend a week without me.", he tried to stay as calm as possible. "I told her about us, maybe that's it. I didn't mean to, but she found the room when I was visiting the town.", Elijah said and hoped Klaus wouldn't get angrier about that. It wasn't a big deal to Klaus, he was actually waiting Katerina to find out about them. "What has happened between two of you while I was away? Tell me, Elijah!", Klaus raised his voice again and Elijah nodded quietly.
"For my part, there was nothing. She just, she told me something.. Nothing happened while you were gone, honestly!", and that wasn't a lie, because the kiss between Katerina and Elijah happened last night. Klaus looked at his brother awhile and then nodded. "I believe you. What did she tell you?", Klaus was asking again. ""I think you know what she told me.", Elijah said because he didn't want to say it out loud to Klaus. "She loves you.", Klaus said calmly and looked Elijah with angry eyes. "I beg you not to dagger me because of that.", Elijah spoke quickly. Klaus laughed.
When I woke up, I was covered in blood, but I was completely healed, it was all because of Elijah's blood. "Good morning, Katerina.", I heard a cold voice and jumped a bit. It was Klaus. "Morning.", I said and lifted my head so I could see him. "Don't you drink you're wine?", Klaus smiled, it wasn't a friendly smile. I looked at the glass that was on the table. Somehow I knew, it wasn't wine. "Sure.", I grabbed the glass and drank from it. It was blood! Klaus was making me drink blood. You couldn't say no. He was terrifying. So I drank the blood without saying a word to him. "Was it good?", Klaus asked with a laugh after I finished.
He didn't let me answer as he took the glass from me. "It was Elijah's goodbye to you.", Klaus said and put the glass back to the table, he was looking out of the window so I couldn't see his face. "Elijah has left?", I asked and tried to fight the tears. Klaus laughed and turned to me. "No, sweetie. Not even a human like you can be that stupid.", Klaus was enjoying the situation and I tried to make my brain work so I could figure what he was talking about. Klaus waited a minute, but not any longer than that. "It was Elijah's blood. That's his goodbye to you, he is dead. And so are you.", Klaus stepped closer to me, waiting me to do something. "He's dead?", I let out a cry. Klaus didn't look happy, it all happened so fast. He snapped my neck and once again, I blacked out.
Klaus waited Katerina to wake up, he was going to make her eternity miserable, he would decide when she would die and he'd keep Elijah hidden. Of course he wasn't dead, not forever at least. Elijah was in a coffin, same place where was the others too. Klaus carried Katerina downstairs and dropped her to the floor. He wrote a note to her and placed a glass of human blood over it. Klaus wasn't a patient man, so he choose to leave Katerina alone. She would never found Elijah, she thought he was dead. Klaus would enjoy playing with her. Would let her think she was safe and then hit again. Klaus left the mansion and headed to the town.
I woke up, again. It was different. I knew what had happened to me. Elijah's blood had turned me into a vampire. Klaus wanted it to be like that. And Elijah was dead. I looked around and noticed I was alone. There was a glass on the table, it had blood in it. Soon enough I drank it. I didn't mean to do it! I was all alone, Klaus had killed Elijah, his own brother! Then I saw the note.
"Dear, Katerina. I hope you are happy now. I didn't want to do what I did. But Elijah has to pay and so do you. So be careful. I'll be watching you. PS. sunlight hurts now."
I started to cry and my fangs pushed out, it hurt. I tried to pull myself together. So I ran to change my clothes, it was hard without help, but I did get a dress on me. I ran back downstairs and noticed my hyper vampire speed, that impressed me a little. I had to get out of here, I didn't know where I would go, but I walked through the front door. Then I screamed out of agony. Klaus was right, sunlight did hurt now.
Hello there :) this is my first chapter ever! Crazy, eh? yeah.. if you like it, please let me know will you? I'm leaving for a week, but then I'll start to write again. Thanks, bye :)