Chapter 3:
Unraveling Secrets
"The Original family was human too after moving from Europe, after the death of their first-borne due to the plague, to the new world, where they lived peacefully with the werewolves." I start
"My brother and father often clashed for reasons we did not know till later." Elijah added
"One day, Klaus and his little brother Henrik snuck out to watch the werewolves transform, where one of the beasts mauled Henrik. Grief-stricken, Mikael decided to search for a way to protect his family from the werewolves. Though the village witch refused to help him in fear of upsetting the balance of nature, Mikael soon found another witch who would help him – his wife, Esther."
"They devised something that would heighten and oppose the werewolves' own abilities; strength, agility, and speed. Esther drew on mystic symbols to create the spell. She used the Sun as the symbol for life and the white oak tree, one of nature's few eternal objects, as the source of immortality. She made them drink the blood of Tatia, the doppelganger of that time."
"Of course every loophole in had its own clauses, and a young witch and her entire family was this spell's clause. Since, the Originals were immortal and could not die as human, the witch and her entire family was cursed to die, with the Originals." I say. "No offence 'Lijah but I hate your mother."
"Sorry" he muttered sympathetically.
"I don't understand, Originals couldn't die, right? Then how could the family die with the Originals?" Caroline asks.
"What I meant was, every time the Originals cheated death; like being daggered in the heart, getting staked by normal wood or even their neck being snapped. The witch, whose life is currently tied to the Original, would pay the price. Natures loopholes had clauses too." I explain
"How do you know so much about this?" Bonnie asks. "Are you some sort of witch?"
"Yeah, she is but what does that have to do with this?" Damon asks, he looks over at me to study my expression. "No, come on, seriously?"
"Yup, remember all those times, where I would faint and get high fever. That's because of this stupid clause." I say
"So, why haven't you died, yet?" Elena asks.
"I know you want me gone, but that's not how it works" I say.
"I still don't understand, there has never been a witch/vampire hybrid before" Bonnie speculates.
"Well, one of nature's miracles. That or the fact the Original witch played a part in me becoming an immortal witch, so even though I died and transitioned into a vampire, I'm still one of the most powerful witches in the world." I say. Looking around the room, I see all these confused faces, especially Bonnie's.
"I know it's a lot to wrap your head around, but believe me there is so much more to come. I remember the time when Emily Bennet told me this. God, I was so scared and confused." I say,
"You knew my ancestor?" Bonnie asks. "How, what…? I mean, I know you guys knew her and all but you were that close." She says amazed.
"She was my mentor, she practically taught me everything that I know today" I reply
"I don't see how, telling someone information about them means that somehow you two are besties." Elena asks
"Because, Emily Bennet was a closed off person who hated vampires, and the only exception was Katherine." Bonnie explains. "And the fact she taught everything that she knew to someone that wasn't even in her bloodline is even more astounding."
"How is Sheila? I remembering teaching her everything about the Bennet line of magic" I say nostalgically.
After seeing Bonnie's painful expression, I realized that she died.
"How?" I simply asked.
"Overuse of magic, when she broke the spell that released all the vampires" she answered.
I nodded, the only reason I'm still living is because I'm a vampire.
"Guys, can we discuss this later. We need to find out a way to stop Klaus." Damon says irritated.
"Oh yeah, about that you won't be able to stop Klaus." I say nonchalantly.
"What, why?" Stefan asks
"Why did you bring us here if you didn't know a way to stop Klaus?" Damon snaps,
"I brought you here because I knew a way to save Elena, not a way to stop or kill Klaus." I snap back at him.
"That's not possible; you have to stop Klaus because you just told us that Klaus won't stop till he breaks the curse, and to break the curse he needs to sacrifice Elena." Caroline says
"What if I told you that there was a way Klaus's curse gets broken and Elena is still alive." I say, smirking.
"There is no other way, unless you're talking about another loophole." Bonnie says, grinning at the end of it.
"Yup, like I said ever spell has a consequence and a loophole." I explain
"So what is it?" Bonnie asks amazed.
"A necklace but that's all I know" I say frowning
"What? Then how could you piece everything together to say that there was a loophole." Damon says irritated, "You just gave us false hope."
"Because Rebekah knows and that's why I needed Niklaus to be gone." I say, looking over at Elijah.
He was quiet this whole time, but he heard her name and sprang up. "What about her?"
"She's not dead Elijah, Nik didn't kill her" I whisper
"What, so all this time he didn't say anything?" Elijah says "Where is she? Where has she been hiding this entire time?" he says frantically wanting to be reunited with his sister.
"Come on, follow me" We all walk down the stairs as I compel a maid to come down too. We enter into the basement, only to see 4 coffins. Walking over to each one I slowly open each of them to see which one of their desiccated bodies is of Rebekah's. The first one was locked, but the second one had Finn. I never held a conversation with him but I knew him enough from the stories told by the others.
"Were they all daggered," Caroline asks. "And by whom?"
"Niklaus Mikealson, who else would dagger their entire family," Stefan says
"Shut up" Elijah and I snap at him. I move to the next one to see Kol. Kol Mikealson was my best friend, true he was a huge flirt but he was an important figure in my life. A brother I never had. I so badly wanted to pull out the dagger in his, but it was too early, we didn't need his sarcastic remarks now.
"It's true though isn't it?" Stefan asks
"You wanna know a little secret, you were the reason Bekah got daggered. You both fell in love, and when it was time to leave, Bekah wanted to leave with you and live happily ever after. So she was about to ditch Nik, for you, Nik having anger management issues daggered her. Of course I managed him and made him undagger her for at least another 60 years." I say. I turned around not wanting to see their expressions. Moving to the last one I slowly opened it, it had to be her, right?
"Found her, she was the last one." I say. Slowly removing the dagger, I beckon the maid to come closer. Bekah was daggered for over 20 years, she would want blood. As I removed the dagger fully, I tuck it into my jeans, who know what she would do to it if she found it?
It took a few awkward minutes for her to rise, and when she did she sprung up and quickly bit into the maid's neck. While everyone else cringed, I slowly pulled the maid away and compelled her to go back.
She glared at me for interrupting her, "Seriously Eliza, I'm hungry"
"I know but I have something important to ask you" quickly hugging her. She hugs me too and when she lets go, she takes a good look around the room. And when she finds Elijah she goes and quickly hugs him.
"I missed you brother" She says
"I missed you too sister" he whispers back
She turns back and again glances around the room.
"New doppelganger huh, how long was I daggered?" Rebekah asks.
"Another 30 years give or take a few decades but how did you not think it was Katherine?" I ask
"Well it obviously couldn't be Katherine because you would've already killed each other by now." Bekah explains. "Well if isn't Mr. Stefan Salvatore himself? Thought you already tortured your sister enough?"
"Bekah chill, now about that important work I was talking about earlier." I say
"Yeah, what about?" She asks
"We need a way to break Nik's curse without sacrificing the doppelganger." I say. "Do you know a way?" I ask.
She nods and reaches to her neck only to find nothing there.
"Where is my necklace?" She angrily asks her face transforming.
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