DISCLAIMER! I do not own any of the Vampire Diaries or the characters! If I did, Elena would just choose Damon, Rebekah and Stefan would just finally be together, Elijah would find Katherine and love her forever, Matt would find himself someone human and not crazy, and Klaus would fall for me. ;)
AUTHOR'S NOTE: The story is set in 2068, but let's just say it seems present day and not much has changed except for maybe music and movies/TV shows. So basically all Lailah's likes will be from 2012 or any of the past. Also, the song she is singing in the shower is "Help I'm Alive" the title of the story. This is one is a little bit longer. :) The italics suggest flashback or dream.
Chapter Three – In Which the Doppelganger Has Grown, As Has the Hybrid
As her grandmother drove the car, Lailah played with her teddy bear that was a gift from her favorite uncle, Uncle Klaus but she'd never had the pleasure of meeting him and he'd only sent her small letters as she could barely read at four. Grandma was taking Lailah back to her parents' house, where her Aunt Vicki, Grandpa Matt, and parents were right now. As she turned the corner, Elena knew something was wrong. As she came closer to the neighborhood, she saw smoke and lots of it.
All Lailah remembered hearing her grandma says was "Oh no."
-HelpI'mAlive-
The witch murmured chants under their breath as they closed their eyes. Klaus looked at them intently, waiting for an answer. The candles burning all around them suddenly went out and the witch opened her eyes, trying to adjust to the light. Klaus looked at his mother expectantly, urging her to tell him what they saw with a "Well?"
"She has darkness in her heart, but it's dormant. She will never allow herself to become like you, Niklaus. Tatia's memories can be shown through her but that does not mean that she is Tatia. You may as well give up now," said Esther gravely.
"I don't need her to become like me," Klaus grounded out his teeth. "I know she's not Tatia, I don't want the same thing over and over again, you should know that by now, Mother. I get bored of the same thing twice. I just need her to know that she belongs to me. She was born to belong to me, as are all Petrova doppelgangers."
"If her grandmother could fight you off, so can the girl," stated Esther.
"But her grandmother was nothing," hissed Klaus. "I can feel it, Lailah is my mate. She is my Queen of Darkness; she is my Angel of the Night. She will love me, just like Tatia did. Just like Katerina and Elena would've if they hadn't been so scared of surviving."
The other witch chuckled, "In biblical times, Lailah, the angel of nightfall, was sent by God to help protect Abraham and fight off the ungodly and corrupt kings. She had easily destroyed all the sinners with Abraham by her side. She may represent the strength in darkness."
Klaus mulled this over for a moment, "My angel of night, I shall meet her soon."
-HelpI'mAlive-
The doorbell rang and Elena walked to the door to answer her, old age starting to get the best of her. She opened the door and saw familiar blue eyes.
"Damon…"
"Hello Elena," said Damon, looking pained to see her. But he had something small in his arms, a small black puppy.
"Another one of Klaus' presents?" said Elena bitterly. "Can't he just leave us alone till she's eighteen?"
"You know he can't, Elena," said Damon sorrowfully. "I heard about Matt and the kids. I am so sorry."
"Took you long enough, it's been eight years," said Elena angrily. "Why are you working with him? Why is Stefan? Caroline is with Tyler, I understand that, but you two…I don't get it."
"We have no where else to go," said Damon. "Stefan is with Rebekah, as you know that now."
Elena felt a stab at her heart but nodded. "And you?"
"Katherine. She loves me, Elena, she finally realized it."
Another stab, but Elena smiled for him. She had made this choice; it was her fault she had lost both of them. "But Klaus wanted to kill her?"
"Klaus has grown soft in the waiting of his Queen, Elena, plus Elijah refused to allow him to." said Damon, tearing his eyes away from the girl's that he once loved. "Where is she anyway?"
"Will you take care of her when she's there?" Elena said, tears threatening to spill. Damon nodded silently.
"We miss you," he said, softly. The puppy in his arms stirred. Elena nodded, she didn't want to say it back, she couldn't show weakness, not when she was this far.
"Lailah, honey, look at what Uncle Klaus sent you for your twelfth birthday!" Elena called with an edge in her voice from the end of the stairs. Lailah ran down the stairs, she looked exactly like Elena except that her wavy/curly hair was black, like her father's.
One glance and Damon could see the girl was an exact replica of Katherine, of Elena. He quickly put the puppy in Elena's arms and left without another word.
"Oh my goodness, Grams, can we name him Klaus?" smiled Lailah brightly as she looked at the puppy bouncing around.
Elena saw the irony in this and dared to crack a smile in amusement. "Of course we can."
-HelpI'mAlive-
Klaus sat with his new family at the dinner table. They weren't eating, of course, they were discussing the matters that would come up in two years. They knew that Elena had made the deal, but they had never really gotten details. Klaus decided to let them know beforehand.
Even those whom he never saw to be a part of this family were now some of his most trusted comrades. It was cruel, but even though he didn't harm them, he did basically take away everyone Elena had loved and made them a vampire or hybrid.
The Original family, of course, with Rebekah, Elijah, Kol, Finn, and Esther would never leave his side, they were a family. Stefan and Rebekah finally shut up their banter and were married, they had a wedding three times. Rebekah was not one to only have one grand wedding, she wanted three. And probably more as time went on. Finn, Elijah, and Kol were still bachelors, unfortunately, and Kol was one to bring girls home every other night, whereas, Finn and Elijah resorted to bond with each other.
Damon and Katherine had joined this group, they thought 'Why not be with the most powerful family in the world?' and though Klaus was not happy the idea at first, Elijah and Esther pointed out that Katherine's skills and Damon's fighting could be useful.
Tyler had been Klaus right hand hybrid for as long as he had been a hybrid and Caroline was right beside Tyler, saying that she couldn't leave him. Those two were set to stay with him forever. Klaus had even turned Alaric, the vampire hunter, and Jeremy, Elena's own brother, into vampires because Elena had left both of them to start that little happy family with the human boy.
"When will the girl be arriving?" asked Kol curiously. "Will she be human when she arrives?"
"Yes," said Klaus. "She must be human, I will have to procreate with her and the witches say the heir must be born while she is human."
"But I want to meet her now! She may be Elena's granddaughter," Rebekah sneered the name, but went on urgently. "But from what Damon and Stefan have told me from meeting her, she's fun."
"Baby, stop pouting, you'll meet her soon," Stefan said, gently. "Klaus has a plan, he wasn't going not see her for this long."
Klaus grinned, "She goes to Mystic Falls High." He looked over to Caroline, Tyler, Stefan, Rebekah, Alaric, and Jeremy. "Anyone missing high school?"
Caroline smiled at Tyler, then looked at Klaus, "We can go to high school with her?"
"For senior year, yes," said Klaus, grinning as he thought of meeting his lovely Lailah before he was meant to. "In a year, we will all be going to visit her in Mystic Falls.
"Maybe even have a sleepover or two," Kol added with a wink. Klaus growled at him.
"Brother, brother, he is only joking," said Elijah, sipping the blood from the glass he had nonchalantly.
"No way, I want sleepovers, Rebekah and I get bored, three's a party!" said Caroline smiling.
Alaric looked over to Klaus, "Am I supposed to come in as a teacher?"
"Maybe for a while," said Klaus, pursing his lips then twisting into a smirk. "I could sub for you for a little bit."
"What's her name?" asked Jeremy quietly. This was his granddaughter, basically, and he had never met her.
Klaus smiled as he looked at the picture he had asked for from Elena, showing it to the group. "Lailah. Lailah Marie Lafferty. Soon to be Mikaelson, of course."
The table was filled with smiles and giggles. Esther raised her glass of wine at the table. "Cheers to the soon to be newest member of the family.
- Present Time -
"Lailah, wake up, honey," said the elderly Elena as she opened the curtains to let in some bright light. Lailah groaned and turned to lie on her stomach, burying her face into her soft pillow. "Need I remind you it's senior year? If you don't get up, I'll be forced to tell you about my old days in high school…"
That got Lailah up quickly. "Okay, Grams, I'm up! Happy?" Lailah didn't wait for an answer as she bolted to the bathroom and brushed her teeth. She heard her grandmother's hearty laugh from her bedroom and then her calling to say she'll be making her famous chocolate chip pancakes.
Lailah sighed. Senior year, all this time she'd gone through school without her parents. Her grandmother took her in when she was four years old and never showed her weakness. Apart from grandma and the old letters she'd gotten from her Uncle Klaus, she knew no other family members, unfortunately.
Lailah took this time to look in the mirror, her dark, almond shaped eyes still looked bright and her small, button nose was still pointing up in a perfect 'J', her grandmother told her how much she looked like her everyday and Lailah still didn't get tired of it. The only different was that she had black as night hair, one of the things she had gotten from her father as well as his wit, so Grams said. But those same eyes, same olive toned, smooth skin, same thick, curly waves.
Lailah scrunched up her nose, call it the teenager in her but she wanted to be independent, to be different, not the same as someone in her family, no matter how brave and strong they were.
Downstairs, as Elena cooked breakfast, she could feel herself choking up. The last year with her granddaughter, and then she'd be alone. How could she have made the deal? Why? She sighed to herself as Lailah bounced down the stairs, clad in dark wash skinny jeans and a dark red V neck tee shirt, with some two inch heels, making her five foot five inch height boost up to five foot seven.
She quickly fed her black Labrador, Klaus, and rubbed his back.
"Good boy," Lailah cooed, lovingly. She went to the table to get her own food and smiled at her grandma in thanks.
"It may rain today, bring a coat!" called Elena, as Lailah finished her breakfast and was headed out the door.
Lailah groaned, "But it's the first day of school!" and grabbed a black coat anyway.
'Today is going to be long day,' she thought and how right she was, only Klaus would know.