Hi. Here is the next story. I know a lot of you will hate Talia in this chapter but I swear they will be together in the next few chapters. Talia has had a rough life and doesn't trust love matches that well. Don't hate her too much. :) I don't own Vampire Diaries and enjoy.


Talia followed Elijah back to the mansion. On the way his car swerved twice. Talia pulled into the driveway next to Elijah's destroyed vehicle.

Kol was the first one to exit the car. He shot a look at Talia that said they would talk later before marching into the house.

Elijah was the second to exit the car. He tapped on the glass window of Kol's car, right next to Talia's head. Talia jumped. "If you are done staring after my half naked brother, I need to speak with you." Elijah spoke.

Talia visibly shook her head and opened the door. "I'm fine, Elijah."

Elijah hid his knowing grin and led the way to his study. "Please sit." Elijah pointed to a chair across from his desk.

Talia did as she was told and fidgeted when Elijah shuffled some papers on his desk. "I feel like I got called to the principal's office." She muttered.

"I wanted to know what you spoke about with Mister Vaughn." Elijah ignored Talia's comment and motioned for her to speak.

"He wasn't sure about working with us so I told him I would owe him and I would do one thing for him." Talia began.

Elijah raised an eyebrow. "Do you know what that entails?"

Talia looked offended. "Yes I do. I am not an idiot. I would do just about anything to stop Silas from rising."

"Alright. Continue." Elijah placated.

"He was curious about my mate." Talia was surprised at how good those words sounded regarding Kol. At least he was hot. Talia continued with barely a pause. "In short, he agreed to go with us. He will meet us in Richmond at the airport at ten in the morning."

Elijah nodded. "Thank you for making that promise." Elijah kept on speaking without giving time for Talia to respond. "Here is the plan. We go to the island and hike to the cave. When we reach Silas, Mister Vaughn will give him just enough blood to wake him up a little. You and I are the muscle to hold him down. Mister Vaughn will open the cure and shove it down his throat. We hike back to the shore and come home. In all it should take around six days. I think-"

"Yeah, that isn't exactly true. It will take nine to ten days. Galen said so. Three days one way to the cave. Two days for plane travel and boat travel one way as well. That's ten days." Talia interrupted.

"So, I need to pack some blood." Elijah stated.

"Yup." Talia nodded. "For you and me. Also you need human food for Galen and me as well."

Elijah frowned. "Why can't we just use our speed to travel the island? I could-"

"Nope. Galen won't go for that. He would flat out refuse and won't help us if you even suggest that. We need him so no offering to carry him." Talia said firmly. "We go at human pace or not at all."

Elijah sighed. "It seems I have more work to do. You might want to go talk with Kol. He really-"

"No. I don't want to talk to Kol. I am going to help Nik with food." Talia didn't want to hear about Kol right now. She was still upset with him.

Talia stood up and left the room. She ran into Kol who was waiting outside the door. Talia ignored him and walked past him to the stairs.

Kol grew frustrated at Talia's brush off. "You can't ignore me forever Darling. We need to talk."

Talia kept walking.

Kol growled and sped towards her.

Talia heard him coming and swiftly got behind him. Talia snapped Kol's neck. Talia wiped her brow.

There was slow applause from behind her. "Well, that's one way to avoid him, Love."

Talia turned around to see Nik. Talia grinned sheepishly. "Sorry."

"No you aren't." Nik countered.

Talia shrugged. "You're right. I am not. I will be down in a minute to help with dinner."

Nik smirked and walked off. "Okay, Love. Don't put too much in his system. He already will be pissed with you."

Talia was shocked. "I am not going to do anything."

"Uh huh. Sure you're not, Love." Nik's voice called back to her.

Talia shrugged. That was as good as his permission in her book. Talia lifted Kol up halfway and dragged him down the hall to his room. Talia went into her room and grabbed her secret stash of vervain. Talia slipped on thick gloves and put some into a syringe. There was enough to knock out a vampire for the rest of the night and well into the morning. Talia put a teensy bit extra just to be sure. Talia walked back into Kol's room. "I am sorry, Kol. I just can't deal with this now." Talia whispered as she injected the poisonous liquid into Kol's arm.

Kol shuddered violently for a minute then went still.

Talia was tempted to kiss his brow but resisted and walked out of the room instead. Talia went downstairs and saw Nik making some kind of dough.

"What are you doing, Nik?" Talia asked.

"I told you I would make you real pasta one of these days. I figured it would make a great last meal of sorts. A shame Kol will miss out on this." Nik commented.

Rebekah walked into the kitchen just then. "What will Kol miss out on and why will he miss out on it?" She asked.

"I am making some homemade pasta." Nik answered.

Talia avoided eye contact with the blonde.

"And why will he miss out on it?" Rebekah tapped her foot on the floor.

"He's out." Talia said.

"He's asleep." Niklaus also spoke at the same time.

"Uh huh. You have three seconds to tell me the truth or I will call for Elijah." The blonde vampire crossed her arms.

Talia and Niklaus shared looks. Talia's was frantic. Nik's was amused.

"One. Two. Three." Rebekah counted. "All right then. ELIJAH!" Rebekah screamed.

A second later the eldest living Original arrived in the room. "No need to shout Rebekah. We are vampires after all. Now, what is it you need?"

"Those two." Rebekah pointed at Talia and Niklaus. "Did something to Kol. They won't tell me what. I am worried 'Lijah." Rebekah pouted.

Elijah evenly gazed at Talia and Nik. He bypassed Niklaus quickly enough when he noticed Nik's amused look. "Miss Talia? What did you do to my little brother?"

Talia looked caught. "Me?" Talia gestured innocently to herself.

"Talia." Elijah said warningly. "Should I be worried?"

Talia shrugged. "It depends."

"Alright, Love. You had your fun. Kol is currently up in his room. He tried to talk to Talia and she snapped his neck. What she did after that, I have no clue." Nik spilled the beans.

"Traitor." Talia mumbled. Talia straightened up when Elijah leveled a look at her. Talia made herself look cute. "All I did was give him a teensy bit of vervain. Just enough to knock him out until we leave on the plane tomorrow." Elijah glared at her. "I'm sorry." Talia squeaked. "I told him to leave me alone today. He kept pushing. I kind of lost it and broke his neck."

"Make no mistake Talia Young. You might be our protector but if you ever purposely hurt one of my family members again you will not be welcome here." Elijah spoke evenly. Elijah smoothed his suit and left the room.

Talia stood still. "I'm sorry. I am so sorry." Talia had tears in her eyes.

Rebekah softened. "Talia-"

"Don't. Just don't. I need to be alone right now. Let me know when dinner is ready, please?" Talia sped off.

A second later Rebekah and Nik heard Talia's bedroom door close.

Nik looked at Rebekah. "You should go after her."

"I'll give her a few minutes. Do you need help?" Rebekah asked her brother.

Nik looked at her for a long moment. "Sure. Can you get the sauce going?"


As soon as Talia went into her room she immediately lit a piece of sage. Kol had showed her that trick a few days ago.

Talia sat on the window seat with her legs to her chest. She curled her arms around her knees and rocked back and forth. It was all hitting her now. She would never see her old world again. Her cat Stormy. Her warm cozy apartment she shared with Matty. Even her best friend and neighbor Jordan Cooper.

Talia cried into her arms.

A pair of warm arms circled around her. Not the ones she was wanting. "It's okay." Rebekah's voice soothed. "Elijah is just grumpy because you took Kol out."

"Th-that's not why I am cr-crying." Talia hiccuped.

"It's not? Then why are you crying?" Rebekah pulled Talia further into her chest.

"I-I'm cr-crying because I just realized I will never see home again. My cat. My little apartment. It wasn't much but it was all Matty and I had. Matty probably hates me. I promised I would never leave her. 'No matter what I will never leave you.' That is our thing. You guys have your 'Always and forever' thing. We have ours. Matty probably went back with our egg donor and her new boytoy. I will miss my friends. I have a best friend. You would have loved her. Her name was Jordan. She was a big fan of this show as I was. Maybe bigger." Talia laughed a little then hiccuped again. "She had a thing for Elijah. I hope Matty is staying with Jordan. Every Friday night we would gather at Jordan's apartment and we would watch the new episode. Matty would huff and whine but she secretly loved it. We each had our favorite person. I was always a Kol and Rebekah fan. Jordan liked Elijah and Finn. Matty was a Niklaus fan. Matty also liked Jeremy. The brat." Talia scoffed, slowly calming down.

Rebekah sat and listened to the girl that shook up their lives. Rebekah realized that they never really knew Talia. They just accepted her into their house and their family. Rebekah began to get an idea. "I think I know of a way we can fix this. Both Kol and not knowing you. First, let's get my laptop. We need to get some question ideas off the internet."

"What?" Talia asked.

"Get to know you questions." Rebekah said impatiently. "We can play it like a drinking game."

"Uh . . . I am twenty." Talia pointed out.

"Yes and you are also immortal. You forever will be twenty." Rebekah countered.

Talia groaned. "I will never reach my twenty first birthday. I will be stuck at twenty for the rest of my life. I was so looking forward to being twenty one." Talia pouted.

"I am frozen at seventeen. I personally think you have it better. Now, move." Rebekah snapped.

Talia and Rebekah went out of Talia's room and into Rebekah's room down the hall. After printing out a few dozen questions, cutting them up and folding them, they went into Kol's room.

"Now, place your hand over where you injected him." Rebekah instructed.

Talia looked at her weird.

"Just do it." Rebekah said.

Talia warily placed her hand on Kol's arm.

"No. In the air about an inch above it." Rebekah lifted Talia's hand up. "There. Now repeat after me. Spiritibus, adiuva me. Exhaurire venenum ab hoc vulnus. Spiritibus, adiuva me. Corpus abluere. Repeat that until all of the vervain is out of his body."

Talia cautiously repeated Rebekah's words. A wind picked up and Talia's eyes glowed. At first nothing happened but after a while Kol started moaning. Talia looked uncertainly at Rebekah. Rebekah gave a reassuring nod. Talia concentrated on Kol. In thirty seconds he started screaming. Talia yelled the words Rebekah gave her as her nose started to bleed. The injection site opened up and clear liquid came gushing out. Two minutes later Kol's eyes snapped open and Talia's closed. Talia heard Kol's gasp for breath as she blacked out.


Warmth. That was the first thing Talia noticed. The second thing was smell. The thing Talia was laying on smelled really good. Something earthy and just amazing. Slowly Talia's other senses floated back to her.

Touch. Talia felt a hand resting on her head. Her head was resting in a lap.

Taste. A coppery taste was in her mouth.

Sight. Talia opened her eyes to see the underside of Kol's jaw.

Sound. Loud angry voices broke through the last barrier.

"Are you crazy?! That was a huge spell. She could have seriously hurt herself." One of Kol's hands was angrily gesturing. The other was placed soothingly in her hair.

"Oh, come on. She's immortal. She will be fine. Besides, we needed you awake for a game we want to play." Rebekah's voice shattered Talia's ear drums.

Talia winced but stayed still. She didn't want them to know she woke up.

"Are you fucking kidding me?! A stupid game could cost my mate her life." Kol's enraged voice yelled.

Rebekah must have made some movement because Kol said in a deadly quiet voice. "We have no proof if she is immortal. Don't do it again, sister, or my destroying your things is the least of your concerns. My mate comes before you."

Whoa! Talia thought. Time to interrupt. Talia theatrically moved her head to the side and groaned.

Rebekah and Kol went silent. "Darling?" Kol combed his hand through Talia's hair.

Talia quickly sat up, forcing his hand to fall away. "Bekah? What happened?"

"You passed out. The spell was a bit too advanced for you right now. Sorry." Rebekah said, her eyes were suspiciously red.

Talia frowned. "It's okay. How long was I out?"

"About two hours, Darling." Kol butted in.

Talia glanced at Kol and quickly focused on Rebekah. "Is dinner ready yet? I am starving. And we still have that game to play. I have never had any type of drink like that before. You are going to have to make mine for me." Talia chattered hoping to keep Kol's attention occupied.

Kol wasn't so easily distracted though. "Darling? Darling?" Kol's voice was a little louder on the last one. Talia kept talking to Rebekah. "Talia." Kol said loudly.

Talia ignored him and got off the bed. "Come on Bekah, let's go get those papers in a bowl or hat. We have to find the best one. Maybe the most silliest one. Can you imagine Elijah's face when he sees it?"

"You can't ignore me forever Talia. We will talk eventually." Kol said as calmly as he could manage right then. His mate was ignoring him. The vampire inside him snarled at that.

Talia just hesitated a fraction of a second and resumed hooking her arm through an amused Rebekah's arm and pulling her out of the room.

When Talia successfully pulled the blonde from the room, Kol let his vampire features come out. He snarled angrily. What was with her? She was infuriating. Kol threw the closest thing in reach at the wall. Kol watched as a pillow soared through the air and smashed into a pile of feathers on his floor. Kol put his head in his hands. Just his luck. What ever did he do in life to deserve this? A girl who doesn't want him. Not just a girl. His mate. A single tear slipped down his face. Kol hastily wiped it away. He would try one last time. When she gets back from this trip that will be it. If she still doesn't want him, he will leave. Kol snorted with irony. He was one of the most feared creatures in the world. He was over a thousand years old and we was brought to this, crying over a girl. A girl only twenty years of age. A mere baby compared to him.

Kol was brought out of his thoughts by a knock on his door.

Niklaus poked his head in the room. "Hey, Kol, dinner is ready?" Niklaus noticed the feathers in the corner of his room. "Are you okay, Brother?"

Kol pasted a smirk on his face. "I am good, Nik. What is for dinner?"

Niklaus hesitated for a moment before saying, "I made homemade pasta. The girls have something planned for dessert."

Kol smiled grimly. "Oh, I know just what they have planned. You go ahead. I will be down in a second." Kol waved off Nik's worry and got up from the bed. "I just have to clean this mess up."

Niklaus got an understanding look on his face. "She will come around, Kol. You just have to be patient. They do say 'absence makes the heart grow fonder'. Just give her a little time."

Kol growled at him and showed his vampire fangs at him. "Get out of here! I said I will be down in a minute!" Kol grabbed a random item from his dresser and chucked it at Nik.

Niklaus ducked out of the room quickly.

Kol stared at the thing he had thrown. It was a small box containing something very precious to him. Kol gently picked it up and set it back down on his desk. Kol pasted on a fake smirk and went downstairs to face his family and the girl he cared about.


"Dinner was amazing, Nik. Thank you." Talia wiped her mouth with her napkin.

"You're welcome, Love. Now, Rebekah said you have something for after dinner?" Nik spoke.

Talia lit up. "Yes. Bekah? You get the drinks, I will get the bowl."

Both girls got up and went about their tasks. Talia came back in with a huge glass bowl filled with little slips of paper. Rebekah came in with glasses and a bottle of alcohol. Rebekah poured each of them a glass and sat down in her seat. "So, here are the rules. Us four get to ask Talia any of these questions. These are getting to know you questions. Talia has to answer honestly and no lying." Rebekah gave a look at Talia. Talia shrugged innocently. "We will pass around the bowl. I want to start." Rebekah reached in the bowl and grabbed one out. What age do you you wish you could permanently be?"

Talia snorted. "Not twenty." Talia thought seriously for a moment. "Probably twenty two or twenty three."

Rebekah nodded and passed the bowl to Kol. Kol sighed but reached in and grabbed a question. "What is your favorite genre in movies or books?"

"I like action. I am not one for chick flicks or romance movies like most girls. I love the spy movies. I also like a little fantasy movies. I like the effects they use to make them." Talia answered.

Nik looked relieved. "Thank you for not liking those dreadful movies."

"You're welcome Nik." Talia smiled.

Kol passed the bowl to Niklaus.

"What kind of art do you enjoy the most?" Nik read off.

Talia thought before speaking. "I would have to say the theater. I enjoy plays and watching the magic that happens on stage. I know I have said this to Nik before but my favorite opera is The Phantom of the Opera. My little sister likes it as well. I have never seen a broadway play. That is on my list to see."

Nik passed the bowl to Elijah.

"What pets did you have growing up?" Elijah's paper read.

"Not a whole lot. My mother-" Talia spoke those words with as much kindness as she could muster. "Had a pitbull dog. That was about it. The pet I had now was a cat named Stormy."

Elijah passed the bowl to Rebekah. Rebekah eagerly reached in and picked a question. "What is something you will never do again?"

Kol looked up at this.

Talia laughed. "I will never go on a rollercoaster again. The last time I went on one, I threw up. Matty made fun of me that day." Talia reminisced.

Kol's turn again. "Who has impressed you most with what they have accomplished?"

Talia blushed. "Don't laugh, okay? I really like Amelia Earhart. She was so cool, flying solo in a time where men were thought to be the main powerful people. I would love to find out what happened to her."

Nik was handed the bowl. "What city would you most like to live in?"

"Zurich." Talia said quickly.

Niklaus raised an eyebrow.

Kol didn't even bother hiding his interest. He already knew some things from their night they spent together. He didn't know this.

"Spent some time thinking about this?" Rebekah asked.

"Yes." Talia nodded. "I have never been to Switzerland but I really want to go. I want to travel the world and try a famous dish from each country I visit. I can already tick England off the list. I went there a year ago with my little sister and had fish and chips. On my list, is Paris France, Belgium, Greece, Spain, Italy, Switzerland, Sweden, China, Japan, India and Mexico. I want to live in Zurich because I like cold weather. I hate the heat. Also because it is close to the Swiss Alps."

When Talia finished speaking everyone was quiet. Nik was happy that Talia liked to travel. He could take her to all of those countries if she wanted. Nik knew that Kol and Rebekah would want to go as well. Kol was thinking along those same lines but instead of Nik he wanted to go with just him and her. Rebekah was thinking of the fun the two girls could get up to in Paris and a few other cities that Talia had mentioned.

"So, you like to travel?" Elijah asked. He was still a little upset with her that she broke Kol's neck. No one harmed his family. No one. Not even her.

Talia nodded eagerly. "I love to travel."

"Okay. It is Elijah's turn." Nik passed to bowl over to his older brother.

"Who was/is your most interesting friend?" Elijah read.

Talia laughed. "Jordan Cooper by far is the most fun and interesting friend I have ever in my life had." Talia expanded on her best girlfriend when she got curious looks. "Jordan Cooper is my best friend and next door neighbor. We both go to the same college. She is studying to be a NICU nurse. Jordan has red hair so dark it looks burgundy. She dyes it. Her natural color is brown. She has these big blue eyes as well. She is a huge fan of the show. She likes Elijah." Talia smirked. "Matty, Jordan and I would always meet every Friday night to watch the new episode. "We each had our favorite Originals. Matty likes you, Nik and Kol. Jordan liked Elijah, Kol and Finn. I liked Rebekah."

Kol looked hard at Talia. She had a tell when she lied or admitted information. Talia would scratch her ear. Talia did that right now. Kol smirked. She was leaving out information.

"Any way, Jordan is awesome. For senior year of high school, on prank night, Jordan put itching powder on the mean old Math teacher's chair and desk. He was furious. Jordan barely managed to pass that Math class. The teacher had a rash on his hands for weeks." Talia told the story happily.

"What did you do for prank night?" Rebekah asked curious.

Talia smirked. "I had my English teacher. She was a good sport about it. I wrapped everything on her desk, including her computer and keyboard, in aluminum foil." Talia paused. "I also wrapped her car in plastic wrap. Over that I did aluminum foil. Over that I did wrapping paper. I then did a huge bow with ribbon and tied it around her car. I set up a video camera and watched her reaction. It was epic. She got me back though. She had repaid the favor by giving me back one of my tests and marking it with a huge red F- that I am positive the kids in the back row could see. I got so heart broken that I had failed. She laughed and told me to turn it over. I did and on it she had wrote 'Just kidding. A+. Got ya!'."

The siblings laughed.

Talia frowned. "Why am I the only ones answering these?"

"I thought you knew everything." Niklaus said.

"I don't. I only know the big things. I know basically your family history and your reactions to things for the most part. I don't know the little things. I don't know your favorite color. I don't know your favorite music. Little things like that." Talia pointed out.

The siblings exchanged looks.

"Okay." Elijah agreed. "Fair enough. Ask your questions?"

"What was your favorite time period to live in?" Talia asked.

"I liked the 1920's." Rebekah said fondly.

"I was very fond of the 1700's. England in the eighteenth century was beautiful." Elijah reminisced.

"I agree brother." Nik spoke.

"I like the modern times." Kol asserted firmly, staring at Talia.

Talia ducked her head.

"What is your next question?" Nik asked.

"What is your favorite music?" Talia questioned.

"I like pop and jazz." Rebekah answered.

"Classical." Was Elijah's reply.

"I am a fan of jazz." Nik responded.

"I like the modern rock." Kol spoke.

Talia could feel Kol's eyes burning holes through her. Talia did her best to ignore him and kept asking her questions. Soon, they turned into a fun drinking game. At 11:45 pm, Talia was shooed off to bed. Talia sunk down into her mattress gratefully. Today had been a long day. Talia closed her eyes, drifting fitfully to sleep. Her dreams were filled with Kol and her.

Unknown to Talia, a certain Original brother was in her room giving her those dreams. He was determined to get to her. He would not let her ruin him. Not one little bit. After a few hours of dreams, the brother sneaked out of her room. That should do it. He hoped everything would work out for him. Niklaus Mikaelson hated seeing his family cry. He hated it. He had to be up early to send off the girl who has become like family to him. Nik hoped that Talia would listen to his dreams. Niklaus slipped off into an exhausted slumber, hoping tomorrow would be better.


Just a minor authors note down here. The latin used in the spell is roughly translated as Spirits, help me. Drain this poison from this wound. Spirits, help me. Cleanse this body.

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