Chapter 1: Haunting in 1492

"The boundaries which divide Life from Death are at best shadowy and vague. Who shall say where the one ends, and where the other begins?" ~Edgar Allen Poe

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Blue eyes searched the field for answers, or rather for him. He who had drugged her out of bed at such a god awful hour; if only to abandon her in the woods in favor of a quick meal. Her eyes were cold and detached but you could still see her humanity as it lingered. Bare feet moved quickly over the morning's wet ground as she made her way back to the manor. Finally she sighed about halfway to her destination before she flashed, growing wearing of this pointless walking.

As she reached the manor daylight was quick approaching in the sky and she zoomed inside. Having forgotten her daylight ring in the huff of getting up, and not wishing to be burned her actions were more rushed as she flashed past the human staff and the other's bed rooms and into her own. That was where she found him, laying about her bed with a human bleeding out on the floor. She stepped over the body before roughly pulling him to his feet. "Get Out!" Her voice rung around the room in a low breathy tone. The man raised his brow before he was shoved out of her room.

Her eyes looked down at the body on the floor, it was a young girl. Probably fifteen or so, now the only thing left was for her to decide what she was going to do with the human. Walking over to the vanity, she slipped the beautiful silver and gold ring onto her finger. Now her feet carried her body over to the large window, her hands grasped the dark crimson fabric before flinging the curtain aside so she could watch the sun settle across the sky.

Behind her there was a muffled scream, the scent of blood carried its way across her nostrils. With throat burning she turned and glanced over at the human child. She let out a sigh, before sauntering over to the girl. Getting to her level she looked deep into the girls brown eyes. "You're not going to scream, you want make a sound. You will let me drink from your wrist, and then I will kill you." The girl nodded her head eagerly before holding out her wrist to the vampire.

She bit it, blood flowed down her throat it was warm and sweet to her taste. Her lips formed a smile on the human's skin. Suddenly her hands reached for the girl's neck and she snapped it without a second though. The human fell to the floor lifeless and broken, dead. Liking her lips clean of blood, she smirked down at the lifeless human. What a pathetic excuse of an existence.

"What a wonderful display of self control you have. Elijah would be appalled." Blue eyes narrowed as they looked up and saw the face of her now adoptive brother. She glared at him before moving back to her window.

"Elijah doesn't have to know. Besides, blame Kol. He left her here, and I don't fancy draining them dry. Makes it less obvious, wouldn't want to leave the beautiful home yet." She said dryly, her body turned towards the sun beams but her face remained focused on the man in the door.

"You could always compel them to forget." He spoke as he ascended further into her room slowly closing the door behind him, her shoulders shrugged in response.

"I don't like leaving them alive, if I have to see them again. Well I feel guilty, because I used them. I am haunted by them Niklaus, humans of all kind they haunt me." Her voice was filled with malice as she spoke, self loathing clear in her tone. Niklaus rolled his eyes at her statement while making himself comfortable on her bed.

" You could always have Elijah bring you blood, you know if it bothers you that much." He stated in an amused tone. But she could hear the disapproval in his tone. Her response was to turn and face him fully. Looking down at his relax formed she scowled.

"I will not! I am not weak." She told him, her voice was defensive as she spoke. He let off a light chuckle as he watched her.

"Of course not, love. I was only teasing." His voice mocked her and she growled. Why was he amused so much by her discomfort, what had she done to deserve this torment.

"Well I'd appreciate it if you took your teasing elsewhere. I need to get ready for the day." She hissed before leaving the main portion of her room and entering her bathroom with a slammed door.

Niklaus gave a dark chuckle as he watched her leave. She had been the most interesting creature, he was certainly glad that he had her turned.

Her lip twitched in annoyance as she watched both Elijah and Niklaus flirt about that human woman. Fingers twitched at her side as she looked over the scene. That girl had arrived to stay at their manor earlier this week when she was a guest at Niklaus's party. Quickly she turned her heal and headed back towards the manor with a scowl upon her delicate face. As soon as she rounded the corner to her bed chambers she felt another presence near her and looked over with a bored expression at the man following her.

"Care to join me for dinner?" She raised her manicured brow at him with a smirk, before accepting his out stretched hand.

"Certainly." The man, who was not one of her brothers lead her out of the manor. With her on her arm, he passed both Mikealson men. She noted both their expressions with a dull expression; Niklaus looked as if he was going to have a fit. Elijah just looked at her with a raised brow.

"Lord Malichi has asked to take me to dinner." With those spoken words Elijah nodded his head in approval, Niklaus still looked livid and turned and stalked back inside.

The man now dubbed as Malichi escorted her into a carriage, a heavy scowl upon his structured face. Her brow raised, she let off a soft laugh at his expression. Malichi turned and gave her an amused smile before speaking. "I truly do not understand the apparel of live human company." He spoke, his tone confused malicious.

"Neither I, Malichi do tell me what make of my loathsome brother Kol?" She asked, head tilted to the side. Until this week she and Kol had spent almost every day of the last two hundred years together.

"I'm afraid I cannot answer that question. As I am not certain as to where your brother has gone, perhaps you should ask Lord Klaus." Malichi suggested as the carriage stopped. Her blue eyes widened as if something had accrued to her, she placed her hand on his knee a certain look in her eyes.

"Malichi, you must leave. Now. Go back to Spain. I fear I know what has happened to Kol, and sense you are of his bloodline Niklaus will be after you next." Malichi seemed to understand her meaning, something he had gathered about the Original family came flooding back.

"You think he has daggered Kol?" Malichi asked, her eyes widened in fear. How did he know that? No one knew about what Niklaus did to his siblings.

"How? You can't know that, no. Kol, he told you." Malichi nodded his head, giving her a look of worry as she began to pace outside the carriage.

"Then you understand why you must leave. You are my brother's closest friend, I will not have the likes of Niklaus harm you all because he feels need. Run. Far and fast. I will contact you when you are safe." Her voice was ominous, and Malichi could feel her pain and fear all around them.

"Ay, I will go. Keep in touch, my lady." Malichi rushed away, running. Then something hit her, and she screeched.

"I am not your lady!" She shouted into the sky before hiking her skirt up and stepping onto the carriage.

"Take me home. You will not speak of this encounter, no matter what. It will be as if you'd rather take your life then talk about what you've heard." She compelled the driver before taking her seat. Her mind reeling, what was she to do about this new predicament?

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