AN: I hope that everyone likes the story so far. Yes, I have decided to pair Elijah with someone different. I thought it would be interesting to pair him with someone other than Kathrine or Elena. He always seems to get hurt whenever those two are involved. I also want to keep Caroline and Klaus together. I am hoping that might happen next season. I hope you all like it and please remember to review.
Chapter 2: Of boys and toys
Raylynn smiled as the SUV pulled into the driveway of her new home. After making a new friend already, she figured living in the tiny town would not be so bad. Jenny told her that she had a surprise for her. Raylynn looked confused.
"What kind of surprise." Raylynn asked. "One that will make even Tony jealous." Jenny replied, making her quirk an eyebrow.
When they pulled in, she seen her father and brothers rolling something out of the garage next to the house.
She got out and walked over to stand next to her aunt and the forensics tech who was a big sister to her.
"Did Gibbs tell you what it is?" Abby asked, smiling at her. "No... this is the first time seeing the place." Raylynn replied. "Really, you mom brought us here like last week." Abby said, "You will love your bedroom…it's the master bed room." "Abby!" Ziva said, as the goth gasped. "I wasn't supposed to say that." Abby replied, making Raylynn laugh. "It's alright Abs." Raylynn laughed.
Just then, a 1954 Morgan pulls into the drive followed by Volvo. Raylynn smiled, knowing that Ducky and Palmer arrived. She knew that she was going to be four hours away, but it wasn't like she was leaving forever.
"I see we are just in time." Ducky said, walking over. "Yes, we have not told her anything yet." Jenny replied as they finished rolling the dark canvas covered object out.
"Alright, Ray…you need to close your eyes." Gibbs called over to his daughter. "Why?" Raylynn asked. "Just do it." Gibbs told her. "Fine." Raylynn replied, closing her icy eyes.
She felt a pair of keys drop into her hands. Raylynn frowned when as she felt them. She opened her eyes and looked at her parents. Then she looked at the key and all but screamed.
"No freaking way!" Raylynn said, staring at the symbol of the key. "Yes, and no I did not know your grandfather had that." Jenny smiled.
She rushed over to the canvas and yanked it off. Her eyes grew huge when she seen the model of the car. Tony also did and instantly went into freak out mode.
"Is that?" Tony asked, staring at the white car. "Yes, and it is in working condition…Jethro and I changed the oil last week." Ducky replied, smiling at the teen who was froze with amazement. "I am jealous." Tony whined. "I can tell." Ducky replied, laughing.
Just then, a convertible pulled up. Raylynn recognized the driver was Rebekah. She grinned and waved at her. Her eyes then landed on the other occupant in the car. She instantly recognized him.
"Hey…wow, nice car." Rebekah said, coming to stand by Raylynn. "Yeah…HEY!" Raylynn replied as Tony took the keys from her hand, "DADDY!"
The other person with Rebekah laughed, thinking of his younger brother and Rebekah.
"Sounds like you and Kol." He laughed, looking at Rebekah, causing the blonde to smirk. "Yes, though I believe my new friend here is going to maim her brother." Rebekah replied, making Ziva laugh.
"I believe you may be right." Ziva smiled, turning to them.
She instantly noticed that the man looked exactly like a MI6 agent they met a few years ago. Raylynn laughed, knowing exactly why.
"So, you see that too." Raylynn asked, making Rebekah frown. "See what?" Rebekah asked. "He looks exactly like an MI6 agent they had a case with a few years ago, he was undercover on a Royal Navy ship…Agent Malloy looks exactly like your brother, save for the haircut." Raylynn replied. "Oh…that is a bit frightening, you having a doppelganger Elijah." Rebekah teased.
Jenny heard them as she walked over. Little did her daughter know that very agent was no a liaison officer for MI6 along with another agent. Until they were give other assignments, they were on Raylynn's protection detail.
"Actually, Agent Malloy is now working at NCIS as a liaison officer." Jenny said, making Raylynn laugh, "Along with MI6 Officer Clayton Reeves." "Wow…007 is back." Raylynn laughed, "Tony is going to be jealous."
"Really, Ray." Ziva said, looking at her goddaughter. "What, last time he was here, Auntie Ziva could not take her eyes off him…" Raylynn smirked, making Elijah chuckled. "I wonder why." Rebekah mumbled, making her friend giggle.
"Raylynn, this is my elder brother, Elijah." Rebekah said, as Elijah smiled at her, "Elijah, this is Raylynn."
"Hi." Raylynn smiled. "Nice to meet you. So, you're the one everyone has been talking about." Elijah said, smiling warmly at her. "Afraid so…though, I hope all the talk is good." Raylynn replied, grinning. "I believe it is…the town elders were amazed to hear that Jasper Shephard's granddaughter was moving to Mystic Falls." Elijah said, making Jenny smile, "You must be Jenny."
"Yes…so my father was involved here?" Jenny asked, shocked. "Yes, at least from what I have been told…I believe Mayor Lockwood said that he was doing some family research here." Elijah replied, making Raylynn look at Rebekah.
"Do we want to know what he found?" She whispered to the blonde. "I don't know." Rebekah replied as they heard an engine start.
Raylynn snapped her head up to see Tony driving her car down the driveway. She stood there, shocked that he stole her car. The teen turned to her mother and father, pointing the Aston Martin driving away.
"DADDY!" Raylynn cried, "MAMA! He stole my car."
Rebekah laughed, completely understanding her friend's annoyance. Her elder brother, Kol does the same thing to her on occasion. She would always go running to Elijah to make him stop. Elijah chuckled, instantly thinking of his younger sister and brother.
"I see that…Jethro, would you mind calling him." Jenny asked, watching the car disappear. "He better not crash my car or so help me…he will regret taking the keys from my hand." Raylynn said.
Gibbs chuckled as he dialed the agent's number. He knew that something like this might happen.
"He won't crash your car…calm down…why don't you go check out your new house." Gibbs replied, shooing her away. "Fine…I mean it, so much as a scratch and he his dead meat." Raylynn told him, before turning to Rebekah, "Want to see my new room?"
Rebekah smiled and followed the teen toward the house. Elijah and Jenny followed close behind them, smiling. Abby and Ziva had already went into the house to put the finishing touches on Raylynn's room.
Elijah and Rebekah followed the others into the house, as Raylynn entered for the first time. She realized that it was not an ordinary house, but a mansion. She was shocked.
"Whoa…this is huge." Raylynn exclaimed as she walked into the foyer.
Rebekah laughed as she walked in behind Raylynn. Her house was much larger than theirs and there were more people.
"I have to agree…but it is beautiful." Rebekah replied, as she followed Raylynn into the kitchen. "Yes, you said this was your father's house, Jenny?" Elijah replied, looking at her. "Yes, I am not surprised he had this much money…he was a full admiral." Jenny said, smiling at her daughter. "Wow." Raylynn smiled, as she walked down the hall.
The first room she came to was the study and library. She gasped when she seen how big it was. The room was massive with first edition books of some of her favorites. She gasped when she seen one of them was Lord of the Rings. She looked to Jenny with amazement when she seen the trilogy was complete with all the other books that were written to go with.
"Where did he find all this…this is insane." Raylynn asked, looking at her mother. "I do not know, baby girl…I am glad that you like it…this will come in handy with your project for school…also, the internet as well as the phone are all on secure lines. It's tight as a drum." Jenny told her. "Sweet…did Timmy help you set it up?" Raylynn asked, smiling. "Yes, he was very adamant that if you were going to be so far away, that you needed to have a line to us that was safe." Jenny said, as Abby and Ziva came in.
"Is it ready?" She asked them. "Yes…I believe that Ray will flip when she sees it." Ziva replied, smiling. "Alright, do you want to see your room?" Jenny asked. "Am I going to freak?" Raylynn asked. "Yes." Jenny said.
Raylynn looked to Rebekah with a huge grin. The blonde grinned back as she followed the red head from the library. Their laughter filled the house as they raced to the master bedroom. Jenny did not tell her of the other surprise hiding in her bedroom.
When Raylynn and Rebekah reached her room, she all but passed out when she seen it. It was a royal bed room styled suite, complete with the extremely large canopy bed. She smiled when she seen it was all in cream and gold. Her favorite colors. It was everything she ever wanted in her dream bedroom.
"Its beautiful." Rebekah gasped, staring at all the gold. "I know…this was exactly like I imagined my dream bedroom. Everything." She replied, smiling at the blonde.
"If you love your room, you should see your closet." Gibbs said, appearing in the doorway. "Why?" Rebekah asked as Raylynn disappeared into the closet.
Suddenly, two screams of excitement came from the bathroom. Seconds later, Raylynn emerged with her cousin and best friend, Emily. The other redhead had a huge grin on her face.
"OMG! WHAT THE HELL!" Raylynn exclaimed. "Surprise, did you really expect me to be okay with you moving to a completely new state?" Emily replied, "Hi Uncle Gibbs…who is she?"
"This is Rebekah, she is a class mate who has offered to help me settle in…we have a major project for school…Rebekah, this is my baby cousin slash god-sister, Emily." Raylynn replied, as the blonde relaxed.
"Hi…guess that explains the screaming." Rebekah smiled. "Yes, so where are you from?" Emily asked, noticing Rebekah's accent. "Here, I just spent my younger years in Europe with my siblings." Rebekah replied, smiling. "I like her…something tells me that you will be just fine here…oh by the way, mama and daddy are sending me to a boarding school in New England because of Kort." Emily said, looking to Raylynn.
"WHAT!" She exclaimed, staring at her. "That was my reaction…I'll be home for holidays and breaks. But, mom doesn't want me anywhere near the freak." Emily told her.
"Is this the same person who tried to kill you?" Rebekah asked, looking at Raylynn. "Yes, and he is a slimy bastard." Raylynn replied. "I see, well I highly doubt he will find you here." Rebekah said as the movers came in with boxes of Raylynn's clothes.
The teen smiled, glad that she would finally be able to move in properly. She was grateful to have her best friend and new friend to help her move into her new home. It surprisingly took the three girls two hours to get everything into her room away.
Two hours later, Gibbs and Elijah walked down to see Raylynn and Emily standing on the back of the couch in the closet while Rebekah passed them shoes. Elijah looked particularly amused to see the curly haired red head doing so in 6 inch heels.
"I see you also like wearing those death traps women call shoes?" He said, leaning against the frame. "Yes…whoa! ... my mother is the one you should thank. I have been wearing heels since I was little." Raylynn replied, wobbling. "I see…you know it would be a pity for you to break something." Elijah replied, an amused smile on his lips. "Oh really…then who would put my millions of shoes away?" She asked, turning to him with a slightly flirtatious smile on her face.
"You could have called for help." Gibbs said, causing his daughter to look up. "Probably, but that would have taken too long." Raylynn said, as she heard new voices fill the house.
"Sounds like the sheriff and Caroline is here." Rebekah said, handing Raylynn the last pair of boots in the box, "I am so borrowing these from you." "Yes, and the Salvatore Brothers, Elena and Bonnie are with them as well as Niklaus." Elijah replied, looking out into the hall. "Really…Ray, you get to meet another one of my brothers." Rebekah said, as Elijah came over to help Emily and Raylynn off the back of the couch.
Emily easily stepped down with his help, but her friend could not. Elijah easily lifted her up and set her down. Raylynn could not help the smiled the formed when he set her down. There was something drawing her towards him. The look did not go unnoticed by either Gibbs or Rebekah.
When they left the room, Rebekah rushed ahead to hug her brother. Raylynn also noticed Tony was sitting there talking with one of the visitors. One thing she noticed was that he had striking blue eyes. Her blue eyes hardened as she walked over to him.
He grinned over at her until he seen the annoyance in her eyes. Raylynn was not amused by his innocent smirk. She reached for the pillow and bashed him over the head. Tony instantly began to laugh as he protested her messing his hair up.
"Jerk…you stole my car!" Raylynn said, as Tony laughed. "Yes…yes I did." He laughed. "How does it handle?" She asked, making him smile. "Like a dream…here are your keys…had to make sure it was safe for my little sister." Tony replied, earning a snort from the teen. "More like fantasying you were James Bond." She replied, making him grin.
"Wait, that DB5 is your car?" The other brunette asked. "Yup." Raylynn replied, making a popping sound at the end of the word. "Nice…who gave it to you?" He asked, looking at the car out the window. "My grandfather…and a certain very special agent stole it." Raylynn said, eyeing Tony.
"Well, that is brothers for you, love." A new voice said.
Raylynn looked over to see him standing by Rebekah and Elijah. She guessed that this was the other brother Rebekah told her about.
"Yes, but this one has quite literally almost got me killed." Raylynn said, making Tony protest.
"How was I supposed to know plague was in that?" Tony whined, earning a smack from Gibbs. "Should have never blown the powder in the first place, Dinozzo." Gibbs said.
"When did that happen?" Elijah asked, shocked. "I was four…I was visiting and was supposed to back at the embassy. But, Tony kind of made that not happen." Raylynn said, "Long story short, my lungs are permanently scarred." "Ouch…guess it sucks to get sick." Rebekah said. "You have no idea." Raylynn said, making the blonde Mikaelson laugh.
"Ray, this is my other elder brother, Klaus." Rebekah said. "Hi." She smiled as another bubbly blonde came over "And this is his lovely girlfriend, Caroline. Her mother is the sheriff." Elijah said.
"Hi…I love your pumps." Caroline said, looking at Raylynn. "Thanks…so, I take it my parents and your mom are talking." Raylynn replied, noticing all the adults were in the study. "It would appear so." Klaus said as the brunette girl came over.
"So, what is it like having a mom who is a fed." Elena asked. "Interesting…lots of drama at times." Raylynn replied as the other girl joined them. "I can imagine…what is living in Washington like?" She asked. "Fun…there is lots to do, unless there is a terror threat. Then, there in absolutely nothing to do." Raylynn said, making them laugh.
"Raylynn, these are my best friends, Elena and Bonnie. And they are her boyfriend Stefan and his brother, Damon." Caroline said, making the redhead smile.
"Hi." Damon said from the couch. "Hello." Stefan replied, smiling back. "Hi, so what is there to do around here?" Raylynn asked, smiling. "Well, the local hangout is the grill. We have a beach at the river, but most of the fun you have to travel out of town for." Caroline said. "There is also the founder's ball coming up next month." Bonnie said, making Raylynn and Emily look confused. "The what?" Raylynn asked.
"Founder's Day and the ball, honor the founding families." Bonnie said. "Ah…well, what kind of ball, formal or what?" Emily asked. "Formal." Rebekah said. "Well, Ray-Ray has that covered." Emily replied, thinking of all the Israeli designer gowns she owned. "What do you mean?" Elena asked, looking confused.
"I own high end Israeli gowns." Raylynn smiled. "Like, how high end" Caroline asked. "My last one was over $10,000." Raylynn replied, making Elijah laugh. "Who bought the gown?" He asked. "My godfather." She smiled, causing Klaus to laugh. "I take it he spoils you rotten?" Elijah asked. "Unfortunately, he does it to make up for being away all the time. My Uncle Ari works for Mossad." Raylynn replied, "But when he isn't in the field, he is a doctor." "He seems like the perfect godfather." Elijah smiled. "He is…he was one of the people to push me to learn English when I was little. I did not want to leave Israel, but I wanted to know my father. He reminded me that if I wanted to be able to talk to my father, I had to learn his language." Raylynn smiled. "He is wise." Klaus said, "That is something you should always value. Family, isn't always about blood…it is who is going to be there for you, even in times when you have to walk past the devil himself." "Amen to that…that's these knuckle heads…even if they drive me up the wall, they are family. We have gone through so much crap together." Raylynn replied as Ziva came over to sit in Tony's lap.
"Yes we have…which is why we are having a hard time letting you go." Ziva replied, making her smile.
"So, do you want to go to the ball with us…while you can't compete in the Miss Mystic Pageant, it would still be fun." Caroline asked as the parents came over. "I guess…I just don't know anyone to go with." Raylynn said.
"I will also be attending." Elijah said, making her smile. "Well that will be one friendly face." Raylynn smiled. "Rebekah and I will also be there, as well as Elena. We get to ride on the float for the parade." Caroline told her. "Great…I suppose I will have to recycle a gown." Raylynn replied, making Caroline squeal with excitement.
"I see my daughter has roped you into go to the ball." Sheriff Forbes smiled as her and Raylynn's parents came over.
"I think so. Hopefully, my evening gowns made it in this trip." Raylynn replied. "If they haven't, Caroline will drag you to the dress shop in the morning." Sheriff Forbes teased. "Yeah, that reminds me of her." Raylynn replied, pointing to Emily who was busy showing Caroline pictures of the pageant at Washington International.
"You did pageants?" Caroline exclaimed, looking at Raylynn. "Emily…Yes, I did them while in DC, but it got boring when I started winning every two years since sixth grade." Raylynn replied. "Whoa…lots of crowns." Elena laughed. "I gave mine away to the Children's Hospital." Raylynn replied, smiling. "Made a lot of sick girls happy." Caroline said, making the group smile. "A lot." Raylynn replied, smiling at her.
"Well baby girl, we have to head out, but your detail is here." Jenny said as Raylynn went to Gibbs' side. "Noo…not yet." Raylynn said, pouting as she snuggled under his arm. "We have to kido…your mother has a meeting in the morning with the CNO." Gibbs said, making his daughter pouted even more. "Fine…so where is 007 and Clayton?" Raylynn asked. "Outside." Gibbs said as Malloy and Clayton walked in.
"Hey, Sun Ray." Clayton said as he and Malloy reached the top of the stairs. "Clayton!" She grinned, peeling herself from her father's side.
She ran over and hugged the British agent. Clayton smiled as he returned it. Malloy looked over at Elijah with wide brown eyes that caused Raylynn laugh. She could not help the huge grin that crossed her face when she looked to. The look of shock on everyone's face was priceless. Even Abby was shocked.
"Bloody hell, you weren't joking." Rebekah exclaimed. "Told you so." Raylynn laughed, smiling at them. "I just wasn't expecting down to the same style of dress." Rebekah said, as Elijah turned to her with a look of annoyance. "Really Rebekah?" He said, making Raylynn laugh.
"Miss Shepherd, I am amazed that you remembered me." Malloy said, as the teen smiled. "How can I forget someone who enjoyed annoying my father and then teaming up with him." Raylynn replied. "In my defense, he inadvertently blew my cover." Malloy protested. "Still, by the way, the what happened to the uniform, Marine?" She asked, as Ziva and Abby laughed. "Change in assignment I'm afraid." He replied, making Gibbs laugh, "However, the wool was dreadfully irritating." "Amen to that." Gibbs replied.
After the group talked a bit longer, the NCIS crew had to leave. Raylynn tried not to tear up when they all started for the cars. Just as Gibbs went to start the car, Emily bolted across the lawn and hugged her best friend. Raylynn cried as she returned the hug. This would be the last time until Christmas she would see her best friend unless the whole world went to hell.
"Call me as soon as you get to the school." Raylynn said to Emily. "I promise and tell me when you and Mr. Gorgeous over there hook up." Emily replied, making Raylynn laugh through the tears. "I promise…I'm gonna miss you." Raylynn said, pulling back to look at Emily. "Me too." Emily told her.
Reluctantly, the two said their goodbyes and Raylynn watched as her family drove off. Clayton put has hand on her shoulder, trying to comfort her.
"Come on, Sun Ray." He said, as Rebekah came over. "I know how hard it is to leave family behind, but it will be easier next time the come to visit." Rebekah told her as they walked back in.
"I know…I promised myself I would not cry when they left…I must be a baby for doing that." She said. "No, when Nick and I had to leave New Orleans while Elijah was there, it was the hardest thing that I ever done. Family is a precious thing." Rebekah told her as they walked back upstairs to where the others were.
Elijah and Peter sat at the table talking when he seen Raylynn. He instantly knew something was off. The Original easily spotted the red eyes from her crying. Rebekah sent him a look that he knew all too well. He seen the pain of all the years of running from their father and mother.
"All well?" Peter asked, noticing the protective look on Clayton's face. "Yeah, Sun Ray and Fornell's daughter had a hard time saying goodbye." Clayton replied, smiling at her "I see, that is hard to do." Peter smiled as Damon decided to get off the couch.
"Hey, Raylynn, know if your mom has a booze in the house?" Damon asked. "Look in the study…there might be some Gentlemen Jack." Raylynn replied. "Fun, that is something I may have to fix." Damon told her, making Raylynn laugh, "And don't try to tell me you are an angel." "I wasn't going to say that." Raylynn laughed, "I was going to say I prefer bourbon over whiskey."
"My kind of girl." Klaus said, earning a smack from Caroline. "My dad has bourbon made by his great grandfather that he stores with the paint thinners." Raylynn said as Elena and Bonnie grew wide eyed. "Damn, that has to burn going down." Bonnie said. "It does, which is why you sip it." Raylynn told her.
"Otherwise you are drunker than a skunk it ten minutes flat." Damon said, walking back into the room, "Ya know, its Friday night and the Grill is open."
The girls turned to Raylynn with a smile. She groaned in annoyance, knowing that look. Emily would give it to her when she wanted to dress her up.
"Oh no, you are not dressing me up." Raylynn said, looking at Rebekah. " You are going to look cute and you will like it." Rebekah told her, staring directly at her. "Fine…but I draw the line at skirts and dresses." Raylynn relented.
After the girls forced Raylynn to change, they all went to the grill including Elijah, Peter and Clayton. They all knew that Raylynn needed this. She never went out and did things like this because of the large details that would surround her and her friends. While none of them were legal, Damon bought everyone drinks. They were all amazed that Raylynn managed to out drink Klaus and still walked in a perfectly straight line in seven inch heels.
When they got back to her house, all the girls decided to stay over. Elijah smiled as the red head teen looked back at him when he turned to leave. He hoped that possibly that smile could turn to something more. But he knew only time would tell.
AN: I hope that everyone will like the chapter. I know that there are somethings that are off with the Vampire Diaries characters, especially with Klaus and Caroline dating. Please remember to review and tell me what you think. Only character I own is Raylynn.