Hi. Two chapters in one day. I am on a roll. There probably won't be another tonight. I don't own Vampire Diaries. Enjoy. Original Boot Camp starts tomorrow.
Talia woke up the next morning by Rebekah shaking her.
"Go away. I am still sleeping." Talia mumbled.
"Okay then. I guess you don't want to skip out on witch classes to go shopping for a wardrobe for you." Rebekah teased. "Alright then. I will leave you to the mercy of Kol. Just to give you a fair warning, Kol is kind of a hard teacher."
Talia jumped out of bed. "I am up. I am up."
Rebekah wrinkled her nose at Talia's sleepwear. "Again?"
Talia blushed. "I still don't have anything. And Kol was nice enough to leave it for me."
"Well let's go then. You have ten minutes. Elijah is usually up at 6:30 followed by Nik and then Kol. Get going." Rebekah offered her an outfit and left the room.
Talia scrambled to get ready and was out the door in five minutes. "It's still dark out." Talia grumbled. A thermos of coffee was shoved in her face. "Oh bless you." Talia took it and gulped some down.
"Get in the car." Rebekah pulled up in Kol's car.
Talia grinned. "Oh he is going to be so pissed." Talia opened the door and got in. In seconds they were speeding down the road. "Where are we going?" Talia asked drinking more coffee.
"Richmond. It has a good mall." Rebekah said.
"You are buying me breakfast as well right?" Talia said as her stomach growled.
Rebekah leaned over and opened the glove compartment. "I know he has some somewhere."
The car swerved a bit.
Talia yelped. "Hey! Eyes on the road."
"Please. We are vampires and indestructible." Rebekah slammed the glove compartment shut. "Where are they?"
"Yes. But the car isn't. I like my heart right where it is." Talia frantically grabbed the wheel and steered for Rebekah.
"Oh, thank you." Rebekah let go of the wheel completely and looked in the backseat. "Ah, there you are. He moved them." Rebekah contorted her body and grabbed a small package of chocolate doughnuts and tossed them on Talia's lap. "Here you go."
Rebekah took the wheel and started driving again.
"I hate you." Talia grumbled.
Rebekah ignored her and flipped on the radio. "Any preferences?"
"Not really." Talia shrugged. "I will listen to anything."
"Pop it is." Rebekah switched the station from Kol's rock to a pop station.
About an hour into their drive Elijah called. "Rebekah? Have you seen Talia? Kol is going a little crazy."
"Yes I have. She is with me." Rebekah replied, airily.
There was a struggle and Kol was on the phone. "Where are you Bekah? Talia needs to learn to control her magic."
Rebekah growled. "No. What she needs is a new wardrobe. Considering that whoever sent her didn't bring her clothes with her. She can't keep wearing your shirts to bed. She needs actual pajamas that she feels comfortable in."
"His shirts are pretty comfy." Talia muttered.
Rebekah glared at her. "Button it."
"Did you take my car?" Kol asked. "Because it seems to have gone missing."
"Yes we did Brother. Have a problem with that?" Rebekah said innocently.
Kol growled. "Bekah you crash my car and we will have problems."
"What are you doing up this early anyway? It is only 6:30." Rebekah diverted the conversation.
"Don't brush me off. Where are you going?" Kol asked.
"I have to go Kol. See you tonight." Rebekah hung up the phone on Kol's protests. Rebekah threw her phone back in her purse. The phone lit up with another call. "Oh for the love of-" Rebekah muttered and grabbed her phone out of her purse. She rejected the call and turned her phone off. "There we go. Now, we are almost there."
Forty five minutes later they were pulling into the mall parking lot.
"Where to first?" Rebekah asked.
Talia shrugged. "I don't know. I generally buy my clothes at either Cato, Wal-Mart or Kohl's."
"Kol's?" Rebekah asked laughing a bit.
"No. It is spelled KOHL'S. I guess you guys don't have that store here." Talia shrugged. "Kohl's is a department store that has men's, women's, kid's and baby clothes. They also sell house goods and other little nick nacks."
"Okay. We will just have to walk through the whole mall." Rebekah grinned.
The two girls shopped around for a bit. They went into a few clothing stores and got some jeans and a few shirts for her. They went in some accessories stores and picked up a few things. Shoes were next.
"I am hungry." Talia said around 1ish.
"Again? Whatever happened to the vampire thirst?" Rebekah grumbled not pleased that their shopping got interrupted.
"It's not pressing at the moment." Talia smiled in apology.
"Fine." Rebekah sighed.
They made their way to the food court going into a few shops along the way.
"We need to take you to New York City to do some proper shopping one of these days." Rebekah offered.
"Sounds awesome." Talia grinned. "Now, about that food?"
As Talia ate her lunch she tried to convince Rebekah to turn on her phone. "They have probably stopped calling by now. Please?"
Rebekah said nothing and turned on her phone. As she read the messages she got pale. "We have to go. Now. Elijah is in trouble."
Talia's eyes hardened. "Let's go."
The two girls hurriedly made their way out to Kol's car with their bags. They quickly threw them in the backseat, got in the front seats and took off for Mystic Falls. Rebekah going faster than the speed limit would allow.
"Thank you Kol for your fast car." Rebekah muttered pushing the car to its limits.
"What happened?" Talia demanded.
"Elena and the Salvatores managed to get Elijah and are holding him in their house. Apparently they signed their house over to Elena and Kol and Nik can't get in." Rebekah explained. "I think they are going to try and use him to complete the mark. I've told Kol to keep them occupied."
Talia smirked. "I think it's time I introduced myself to the Scooby Gang."
Rebekah had a matching smirk on. "I can't wait to see what you will do."
Talia used the time she had left to outline the plan for what she was going to do to save Elijah to Rebekah.
Soon, Rebekah pulled up to the Salvatore's boarding house.
Talia got out of the car and went around to Rebekah's window.
"Go to Kol and Nik, I got this." Talia smirked.
Talia strutted up to the front door. She threw it open and stepped inside.
Immediately a vampire sped towards her. Damon Salvatore stopped in front of her. "Who are you? The Original's pet come to save Elijah?"
Talia became enraged. Her vampire features showed. Yellow and black fire glittered in her eyes.
Damon took a step back. "How did you get in? You were not invited."
Talia smirked. "Let's just say I am a special kind of vampire. Now, I am only going to ask once as I do hate to repeat myself. Where is Elijah?"
Damon smirked. "I am not telling you."
Talia gave a dangerous grin. "Oh I so hoped you would say that."
Talia sped towards Damon. Damon grabbed her but Talia twisted and got Damon in a position to rip his head off. "Now, you are going to tell me where Elijah is, or I am going to rip your head off. I know it can be done. Start talking boy."
Damon tried to use his strength to pull her hands off of him. Elena had said she was human maybe a witch but Damon knew this girl was no ordinary witch or vampire.
"You have to the count of three. One, two." Talia counted.
"Basement." Damon choked. "You might even be too late."
Talia froze. "I hope for Elena's sake you are wrong. See I already warned the bitch once. I told her I would go after everyone she ever knew. Goodbye Damon." Talia viciously snapped Damon's neck and took his daylight ring. She placed it in her pocket and ran at vampire speed to the basement of the Salvatore's house.
"Elijah!" Talia yelled. "Hold on." Talia burst into the cellar and saw he was locked in the cell down there. Talia looked around for anymore people and saw there was no one besides Damon there. Talia ripped the door off of its hinges.
Elijah was impressed. This girl was strong.
"Come on. Damon is going to wake up soon and I have his ring." Talia coaxed Elijah out of the cellar.
"It is spelled. I cannot leave." Elijah informed her. "Take my phone and call Kol or Rebekah. They can help. Maybe you will get a signal out of this room." Elijah passed her a slim cell phone.
Talia frantically called Kol. "Look. I have Elijah. I can't get him out though because he is in a room that is spelled. How do I undo it?" Talia bypassed a greeting.
"Okay, Darling. I need you to focus. Concentrate on Elijah being free. Now breathe deep. Let it out. Do that a few more times until he can come out." Kol instructed. "Stay on the phone so I can help you."
Talia did as instructed. She felt a wall give way. "Okay I think I did it. Come out here Elijah."
Elijah stepped out of the room.
"Yes!" Talia cheered. "Thanks Kol."
"You're welcome Darling. Now, bring him home." Kol hung up the phone.
The two heard Damon waking up. Elijah disappeared and there was a loud snap as he broke Damon's neck again. Talia sped upstairs as well. Talia grew angry at the man on the floor. Talia tossed Elijah Damon's daylight ring. "Do something with this. Put it in an outbuilding. Don't take it off the property. I have a little business to do with Elena's precious boyfriend."
Elijah smirked. "Have fun." Elijah disappeared.
Talia lifted up Damon and stabbed a stake in his stomach into the wall behind him outside near a different outbuilding than his ring where it was covered in shadows but barely. He would have to be on the stake for a while before he could pull himself off.
Talia then sped towards the boarding house. Using some of Damon's blood she collected she wrote a note to Elena on the inside of the house on a wall. I told you to stay away from the Originals. It is now game on Bitch. - Talia -
"Nice handiwork. Care to go home?" Elijah asked, making Talia jump.
"Gosh Elijah. You scared me. Yes, let's go home. By the way, when the doppelganger calls, let me answer." Talia hooked her arm in Elijah's as they vamp sped back to their mansion.
Talia and the Originals were celebrating their small victory when Kol's phone rang. Kol glanced at the number and smirked. "It's for you Darling."
"Hello. Talia speaking." Talia answered the phone.
"Where is Damon?" The doppelganger's voice demanded.
"Well that is just plain rude. No greeting back?" Talia asked.
"You listen here, I don't know-" Elena began.
"No! You listen, Bitch. I told you to leave the Originals alone. You didn't listen. This is all on you. I told you if they got so much as a scratch I was going to go after everyone you love. Looks like Elijah got a scratch. Damon is somewhere outside on your property without his daylight ring. If I were you and thank God I am not, I'd hurry to save your precious boyfriend before it is ashes to ashes like he should be. His daylight ring on the other hand, you will have to ask Elijah for. I have no clue where it is. Now, I was enjoying playing a game with my family. Next time you harm one of them, I am coming after you brat of a brother. Goodbye Bitch." Talia hung up the phone.
"Talia?" Nik asked.
"Yes?" Talia answered.
"You are truly evil. Welcome to the family, Love." Nik raised his glass of scotch in salute.
"Here here." Elijah toasted also raising his glass of alcohol.
Rebekah and Kol did the same.
Talia blushed. "Thank you. Hey, Nik? Did you know you have a small lake on your property?"
Niklaus raised an eyebrow. "What are you suggesting Love?"
"Anyone care for a swim tomorrow?" Talia grinned.
"I can't and neither can you. You, Talia, skipped out on us this morning. You have to learn your magic before anything else. If something like what happened last night, happens again and we are in danger, we will be dead." Elijah scolded.
"I skipped out for a good reason." Talia argued.
Kol raised an eyebrow. "And what was it Darling?"
"Clothes shopping. I didn't come here with my whole wardrobe you know. I only had one pair of pants and my crappy sandals that I wear in the house. My shirt got ruined from saving you from the Brat and the Bitch." Talia said.
"Where exactly did you go?" Nik asked. "You took quite a while to get here."
"We went to Richmond." Rebekah said. "It has a good mall."
"Why didn't you answer your phone?" Kol interrogated.
"Because I turned it off and forgot to turn it back on." Rebekah muttered.
"See, because of that Elijah could have died today. They were coming after me for the white oak stake that I carefully hid." Kol started.
"About that." Talia piped up. Talia whacked Kol in the arm. "What kind of idiot carries that with them? It is safer to be hidden somewhere than to carry it on your person where anyone could pick pocket you and take it."
"Ouch." Kol winced. "How strong are you exactly, Darling?"
"I pulled the door off of the Salvatore's little dungeon easily enough." Talia shrugged.
"Speaking of that, I wonder if you have the strength from both the werewolf and vampire aspects of you." Elijah mused.
"What I want to know is what is her weakness? Obviously the sun doesn't bother her. What else can harm her?" Nik asked.
Elijah frowned. "I would also like to know that. Too bad all of the vervain in town was blown up."
Talia scoffed. "I don't know why you all think it is so rare. Back in my old world it was very common to find. I know of two places in my hometown where they planted it as decoration. I think some teas are even made from it. I will research where to find some. What about wolfsbane? We already know I can't be compelled. Kol tried that when we first met."
"Hold that thought Love." Niklaus ran through the house and came back with container of wolfsbane. Nik carefully opened the lid and held it out to her.
Talia carefully reached in and jumped back in pain. "Shit! That hurts." Talia blew on her fingers as the burns quickly faded away.
"Well, we can put wolfsbane on the list." Rebekah said cheerfully. "How much do you wanna bet vervain does the same thing?"
Talia glared. "Let's not and say we did. I have a feeling I have at least one weakness from each aspect. Since I can be in the sun without a ring I am guessing vervain is on the list. I also am guessing my humanity part means I don't have a switch to flip."
"That's a good thing." Kol pointed out.
"It can be good and bad. My humanity is good for you guys but also bad for our enemies." Talia told him.
The sun began to dip lower in the sky. Kol looked at the sky. "We have time for one lesson today."
Talia and Rebekah shared looks.
"I see what you mean." Talia told Rebekah.
Rebekah snorted. "Trust me, this is nothing."
Kol looked between the girls, confused. "What are you talking about?"
"I believe they are talking about what a-" Nik started but was cut off by Elijah clearing his throat.
"I believe we have a plan to make Niklaus?" Elijah cut in.
"What plan?" Talia asked.
"Niklaus and I were discussing how to stop Silas. I don't think we need to hear any more. From what I have heard we need to travel to this island and give Silas the cure before Miss Gilbert and the others try to finish the mark. I have contacts trying to track down Mr. Vaughn." Elijah began.
"You are using witches and humans right? Because vampires would be pointless." Talia interrupted.
Elijah gave her a dry look. "Yes, Talia I am using witches and humans. I know better than to send vampires to a vampire hunter."
Talia blushed. "Sorry."
"Anyway. I was thinking of using Rebekah as our inside woman. She can be what do they call it? A double agent?" Elijah asked.
"Well, look who knows his pop culture." Talia said happily. "Kol doesn't know about Doctor Who."
Elijah looked thoughtful. "Is that the one with the alien in the box?"
Talia squealed. "Oh my god! You are officially my new favorite person!"
"I like to watch TV every once in awhile." Elijah offered in explanation to his siblings. "It is actually quite good for a science fiction series."
Talia giggled. "You Elijah Mikaelson are a closet nerd."
"Perhaps. Now, back to our discussion. I was thinking about only a few of us going. Kol, Rebekah and Niklaus would have to stay here. Talia, myself and Mr. Vaughn will go to the island." Elijah laid it out.
"Why can't I go?" Kol asked. He was wary of leaving Talia with Vaughn with only Elijah to stop her from doing anything she might regret.
"Simple. The Scooby gang know that you, Rebekah and Nik are a permanent thing here. Elijah comes and goes and they don't know me very well. By the way I stood up for Elijah earlier today, for all we know they think I am with him. Elijah and I being gone will further prove that. Besides, we need you here keeping up the campaign of stopping Silas. While I am gone, Kol and Rebekah are still in danger of being killed. They can't exactly kill Nik without killing themselves. But, they can still try to desiccate you." Talia explained. "I am not just a pretty face." Talia said to the Originals shocked looks. Talia turned to Elijah. "When do we leave?"
"As soon as I find Mr. Vaughn and we arrange it with him. Probably this weekend." Elijah answered. Elijah phone rang. "Hello? Did you find him?"
Talia listened in on the conversation.
"I found him. He is right outside Mystic Falls, Virginia in America." A male voice on the other end answered.
Elijah hung up the phone without saying goodbye.
"Rude." Talia muttered.
Elijah raised an eyebrow at her. "I have to be rude Talia to keep the feared impression the rest of the world has on us. If we are not feared then anyone could take us on. Fear keeps them in line."
Talia thought for a moment. "You have a point."
Kol frowned. "Stop doing that Darling."
"Doing what?" Talia asked innocently.
"Distracting everyone. We can't do a full lesson but we can do a simple one." Kol said.
"Hard teacher." Talia mumbled.
Kol gave her the stink eye. "Try giving Elijah an aneurysm."
"How do I do that?" Talia asked.
"Didn't you freeze us all last night?" Nik asked.
"I don't know how I did it. I panicked and all I could think about was keeping you guys still and you all froze." Talia defended.
"So your magic can be affected by your emotions. That's a start." Rebekah said.
"Concentrate. Breath deep and ignore everything else. Focus." Kol said softly. "Feel the power inside of you."
Talia stood up and faced Elijah. She closed her eyes and started breathing. Talia felt a soothing breeze and an untapped well of something inside her. Talia opened her eyes. Unknown to her, her hair was blowing softly in a breeze that wasn't there and her eyes were bright white.
"Tap into it just a little and think of Elijah." Kol's voice reached her ears and Talia complied. "That's it Darling. Keep going. Just a little more."
Talia stopped when she felt the magic pushing back and her nose started to bleed. Talia stumbled. Kol caught her. "Whoa. That was a rush."
"What did that feel like?" Rebekah asked.
"It's like I have a river with a strong current. I pull on it a little but the current is too strong and fights back." Talia explained.
"So you have Traditional Magic. It makes sense, seeing as she has no witch family line to practice spirit magic. Over exerting herself is also a weakness she has." Kol thought out loud.
"Don't all witches have that?" Talia asked confused. All she knows of witches is from Bonnie Bennett.
"No. How much did this show tell you of witches?" Kol asked.
"All I have seen in this show is what Bonnie Bennett practiced and in a spin off of that is a witch who practices ancestral magic." Talia answered.
Nik looked up. "So we go back to New Orleans?"
"How do you know that?" Talia questioned.
"Simple. NOLA is one of the few places that practice ancestral magic. Also you said a spin off. Since the one you have been telling us about is centered on the doppelganger and the Salvatores I am guessing the other one is about us." Nik responded.
Talia nodded. "Yes it is. Since Kol was supposed to die, the only Originals left would have been Elijah, Rebekah and Nik."
The siblings looked down.
Talia felt bad for bringing that up. "I am sorry. I promise I will stop. Kol is not dead. He is alive and breathing. Who wants to watch a movie? I am sure you guys have to have some lying around."
"One more thing Miss Talia." Elijah said. "Tomorrow you start training. Witch lessons with Kol and Rebekah in the morning and fighting lessons with Niklaus and myself in the afternoon. The evening is yours to do with as you wish."
"Great." Talia chirped. "Original Bootcamp. Movie?"
"First, dinner." Nik stood up. "Want to help Love?"
"Sure." Talia said. Talia got up and followed Niklaus into the kitchen. "I didn't know you were a cook, Nik." Talia made conversation as she peeled potatoes.
"Yes, well living abroad means I pick up on a few things." Niklaus chopped a few vegetables.
"I have always wanted to do that. Go travel the world and eat a traditional food dish from each country I visit." Talia sighed wistfully.
"You could do that now. After we stop Silas." Nik offered.
"After Matty shows up." Talia corrected. "I won't travel without Matty."
"Fair enough." Nik said no more as they finished dinner.
Talia and Niklaus carried the food on plates out to everyone else. Elijah, Kol and Rebekah were setting up the TV for the showing.
"We have two choices. The first is Rebekah and my pick of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Adventure or Kol's choice of The Bourne Identity."
"Damn you!" Talia swore. "I like both."
"We can always watch the other at another time." Nik offered.
"You are making me chose between Matt Damon and Aiden Turner." Talia pouted.
Rebekah snorted. "Matt Damon."
Talia raised an eyebrow. "What?"
"We know a Matt and a Damon." Rebekah pointed out.
Talia wrinkled her nose. "Aiden Turner it is."
"Which one does Aiden Turner play in?" Kol asked.
"The Hobbit." Talia said. "Oooh. It also has Martin Freeman in it."
Elijah went to put the movie in.
"I have never seen this." Kol mused.
"Me either." Rebekah added in.
"This movie is based on a book series called Lord of the Rings. A man named J. R. R. Tolkien wrote the Hobbit in 1937. He later wrote the sequel to the Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings series in 1954 and 1955. There are three books that follow after the Hobbit. My timeline was ahead of yours. It was 2017 in my world and all of the movie were already made. But the directors did it backwards. They made the Lord of the Rings movies first then the Hobbit movies." Talia explained.
"That would explain it. Kol and I were locked in a coffin for most of the 1900's." Rebekah shot a dirty look at Niklaus.
"Shhh. It's starting." Talia watched the screen eagerly.
Nik and Kol were not really interested in the movie. Nik became interested in it when the villains showed up. Kol became absorbed in it when the action started.
There were lots of laughs and cheers and anger. When the movie ended with the dwarves and Bilbo standing on Carrock Kol frowned. "Is that all there is to it?"
"No." Talia giggled. "There are two more movies. The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug and The Hobbit: The Battle of Five Armies."
"Do you have them?" Kol asked Elijah.
Elijah frowned. "I do not. I don't think they are out."
"They aren't. If this world has any similarities to my world the next one will come out in December of 2013 and the last one will come out December of 2014." Talia offered. "It takes a while to make movies. Roughly two years a movie. Especially the ones with special effects like these."
"Special effects?" Kol asked.
Talia face palmed. "Well, I know what my evenings will be dedicated to. Teaching Kol and Rebekah about the modern world."
"Great." Rebekah teased. "Hybrid Bootcamp."
"Exactly." Talia said emphatically."
"Well, we have to get up early again. We need the sunrise to practice a few things. Original Bootcamp starts tomorrow at dawn." Kol clapped his hands.
"What?" Talia asked shocked. "I think I had some you-have-got-to-be-kidding-me stuck in my ear." Talia rubbed her ears. "Care to repeat that?"
Kol stared unamused at the ginger. "Bed. Now."
Talia started to glare at him but seeing his firm look backed off. She didn't want to be carried again. Talia grumbled all the way up the stairs about hard teachers and mean vampires. Talia prepared for bed in the bathroom. When she came out there was no shirt from Kol waiting for her. Talia frowned. She pulled on the pajamas that she bought with Rebekah and went to sleep. Boot Camp starts tomorrow.
Tala -
