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Elijah.
That's it, that's all I have to say.
Oh and that I don't own TVD.
Gia woke up in what seemed to be an abandoned manor somewhere. She groaned at the weak feeling that still ran through her body, doing her best to sit up and noticing a woman who was looking at the spot right beside her on the sofa. She looked at it as well, noticing Elena had been there, still in her clothes from yesterday. Noticing the movement, the short haired woman turned to her, looking her body up and down and raising an eyebrow at her choice of outfit as Gia looked around, noticing the action and shifting uncomfortably as she tried to pull her dress down, already feeling better as her vision returned to normal.
"What? I didn't have time to change, I didn't think I was getting kidnapped" She snapped, earning a laugh from a man who was just descending the stairs.
"Now this one is nicer. Qute entertaining, she's got spunk. And gorgeous too" The man said, outstretching a hand for her to take as he introduced himself. "I'm Trevor". She looked into his eyes, remembering the icy blue of her kidnapper and rationalizing that he was simply doing a job for the vampire, the real danger now staring at her as if she was a meal.
"I'm Rose" The female said, turning to her male companion. "Of course she is attractive, she has to be"
"Well, most of the ones I met were tall, skinny blonde ditzes. It's a nice change to have a small latina" He countered, shrugging.
"Gia, don't get attached. Why are we here?" She said, earning an eye roll from the female.
"If you don't keep quiet, I will have to force you to like I did to your friend, and it won't be pleasant". She spoke with a british accent, making Gia nod and reluctantly stay quiet.
"Oh, she's a good girl. I'm sure he will enjoy her. If not Elijah, then the others. Did you call him?" He said, turning to the female, the two staying in the room just in case the girls found themselves with the possibility of running into the sun, where they couldn't catch them.
"No, I called one of his contacts. You know how this works."
"Did you or did you not get the message to Elijah?"
"They say he got it" She answered, annoyed with his questions. She noticed Elena start to move, gesturing for her to be quiet as the vampires were distracted by their exchange.
"Wonderful, and what?" Trevor spoke.
"So that's it, Trevor. He either got it, or he didn't. We just have to wait"
"Look, it's not too late, we can leave them here, we don't have to go through with this" He said, his tone climbing slightly. Gia noticed that he was scared, making her wary of whoever this Elijah was.
"I'm sick of running" She said, enunciating every word and making Gia frown. He surely was that bad, then. But she didn't know the vampires; if they were bad, too dangerous or if they were like Stefan and Damon. She mentally face-palmed. Vampires were bad, and her captors were bad, no matter how scared and vulnerable they seemed. She knew it wasn't all black and white, but she was sure that they wouldn't get away with it, and decided not to get attached in any way to them.
"Yeah? Well running keeps us from dying"
"Elijah's old school. If he accepts our deal, we're free"
Gia, getting fed up with the secrecy, decided to ask, noticing that Elena had sat up as well at the conversation. "Who's Elijah?"
Rose and Trevor looked at her, seeming incredibly tense as Rose approached her. "He's your worst nightmare"
"Why are we here?" Elena asked, the both of us following rose into a room full of stray books as we searched for an answer.
"You keep asking me these questions, like I'm gonna answer them"
"Why won't you?" Gia asked, crossing her arms over her chest.
"There's another one" the female vampire countered as she lit a lamp and covered the windows to keep the sun from coming in.
"You got us, ok? The least you could do is tell us why we're here, what you want with us" Elena stated, keeping her voice calm.
"I personally want nothing, I'm just a delivery service"
"To Elijah, we've figured as much. The question is why" Gia butted in.
Rose laughed, looking at her with a small smile. "You do have a fire in you. If I could keep you out of this, I would, but you would be taken by one or the other eventually" she said
Elena chose to ignore it, feeling slightly jealous of the attention and admiration given to Gia when the vampire had only treated her badly. "Who is he? Is he a vampire?"
"He's one of the vampires, the Originals"
"As in the first vampires? That is so cool!" Gia said, earning a strange look from both of the girls; Elena's laced with horror while Rose's was laced with surprise. The young girl was quick to apologize for her outburst.
"What do you mean the originals?" Elena asked despite Gia's answer to the question, looking at Rose with furrowed brows.
"Again with the questions. Haven't the Salvatores been teaching you vampire history?"
"How do you know Stefan and Damon?" Gia asked protectively.
"I know of them. A hundred years back a friend of mine tried setting me up with Stefa. Said he was one of the good ones. More of a sucker for the bad boys, though, but I digress" she said, making Gia laugh lightly and walk forward, feeling more comfortable round the vampire and sensing that she would not hurt them.
She had noticed her instincts telling her a lot lately, as if she was driven by them and some sort of mystical energy possessing her body. Her senses were stronger, but she didn't crave blood. She felt more powerful, but at the same time, even if having died before by Katherine's hands, her body still functioned normally. She had felt her feelings were slightly changed as well. She felt powerful, but at the same time needy.
"Who are the Originals" Elena asked coldly, making Rose finally turn to them.
"Trevor and I have been running for five hundred years. We're tired, we want it over. We're using you to negotiate ourselves out of an old mess, and you" she turned to Gia "to hopefully keep him happy and keep him from killing us after your friend is delivered".
"Why us? Why me?" Elena asked.
"Because you're a Petrova doppelganger" answered Rose flatly, adding "And your friend is a succubus. They are often kept as pets by vampires, and the originals have a history of hunting them down for it"
"Pets? What the hell? You want to trade me to be a sex slave? And what does that even mean?"
"There are four originals - five if you count Finn, who hasn't been sighted by anyone I have ever met - If you don't please Elijah, you will probably go to Kol or… " She strailed off, swallowing a lump in her throat, deciding to approach the other topics. "You don't know a thing about who you are, do you?" Rose questioned curiously, looking as Gia ran a hand through hor straight, messy hair before shaking her head no. Turning back to Elena, she finished. "You're the key to breaking the curse"
"Curse… The sun and the moon curse?" Elena asked, making Rose roll her eyes.
"So you do know your history"
"What do you mean I'm the key? The moonstone is what breaks the curse" She answered, walking forward, her face still scrunched up in confusion.
"No. The moonstone is what binds the curse. Sacrifice breaks it. The blood of the doppelganger. You are the doppelganger" Rose said, making Elena's eyes widen slightly as she took a step back in realization "Which means, in order to break the curse, you're the one that has to die". There was a pause before Elena continued.
"Tell me more" Gia noticed Trevor coming back into the room.
"Captivity's made her pushy, eh? What about you, sweet stuff?" Trevor said after coming in, winking at Gia and earning a scoff, chuckling at her reaction.
"I don't suppose you know anything about succubi?" Gia finally spoke up, turning to Trevor and deciding to help him cover the windows as she waited for an answer.
"I do. I can fill you in if you give me something in return"
"I am not going into anyone's dungeon to get tied up to a stripper pole" Gia joked, earning a laugh from the two vampires.
"That's the kinkiest you can some up with? I just want a taste" He purred, grinning at her.
"Trevor, no. You know the consequences" Rose stated seriously.
"It's just a sip, nothing will happen" He protested, already going closer to the girl.
"Trevor" Rose scolded. "They already have a reason to want us dead, don't give them another"
"Who are you running from?" Elena asked dumbly, making Gia groan in annoyance and earn an amused look from Rose, who knew exactly how she currently felt about the girl.
"The Originals"
"Yeah, she said that, but what does it mean?" She pushed.
"The first family. From the Old World. Rose and I pissed them off" Trevor said, earning a look from Rose that told him he was off. "Correction. I pissed them off, Rose had my back and for over half a millennium they've wanted us dead" he said, rose now agreeing with her head and a satisfied smile in return to his explanation. He threw a book at Elena's foot, making the girl flinch away and ask shyly. "What did you do?"
"He made the same mistake that countless others did. He trusted Katerina Petrova"
"Katherine" Elena whispered in shock, Gia holding herself back from another eye roll, which did not go unnoticed by Trevor.
"Hmm, the one and only. The first Petrova doppelganger" Rose said, already seemingly done with the conversation.
"I helped her escape her fate. And I've - sorry, we've, been marked ever since".
"Which is why we're not gonna make the same mistake again" they said, leaving the room with Gia by the hand.
As awful as it sounded, she wanted to help the two vampires, but had no idea how to do so and let Elena live at the same time. No matter how annoyed of frustrated she got with the girl, she was still her friend and had not done anything to deserve such a fate. Elena walked back to the couch, calling Gia to come with her but the youngest decided to stay.
"I don't want to push, it, but I need answers. Please, if you know anything about what I am, tell me".
Rose sighed, looking at Trevor, who still seemed to be captivated by the girl. Looking back at Gia, she started. "A succubus is a supernatural, corporeal-spiritual entity, which means they have to die to be turned completely. From the moment they turn, they remain the exact same, almost as if a frozen picture. Your hair won't grow, you won't get periods but will still be fertile, you won't age a day, and if you have any scars, they shall remain with you for eternity, quite like vampires. Your body will also remain the same in every way, so I hope you shaved before the party" Rose added jokingly, earning an eye roll and a slight blush from the girl.
"Aren't they those girl demons that fuck people in their dreams?" she questioned, making the vampires laugh, Trevor deciding to answer this time.
"They feed off of sexual energy, instead of blood like us. They can possess some mystical powers, specially for persuasion and mind reading, but they only work with humans and a few young vampires, as well as werewolves. They are instinctive creatures, so they can sense other's energy to know if they feeding would be beneficial or 'healthy', so to speak. The catch is that their blood is filled with mystical power itself, making it sweet and delicious and highly addictive to vampires. That's why, throughout the years, some of us have kept one or two as a pet They are extremely rare to come by, and can be used for sacrifice in a lot of dark magic spells, making witches either their allies for protection or their sworn enemies."
"Everything is heightened. My senses, my feelings, my neediness… " She trailed off, making the two of them chuckle.
"It means you will have to feed soon" Rose added.
"To feed, do I have to sleep with someone?" She asked, thinking back to her encounters with Bonnie and how she had always felt energized once they were done, Bonnie on the other hand, always looking tired. "And why would one just give up and be a vampire's living blood bag?"
"You don't need sex, simple touches or kisses would suffice unless you are really hungry. They most often than not have a mutualistic relationship with vampires, actually. Succubi can feed too much, especially when young, and end up draining all of the person's energy, either driving them to insanity or killing them. Since vampires only die with a stake to the heart, that means that they don't have to kill to feed" Rose finished, making the mortified girl nod.
"The sex is great too. Imagine high sex, only a thousand times better. They tend to be really good at pleasing, it is euphoric" Trevor added, smirking down at her and making her take a step back.
"How can they be killed? What are their weaknesses?" Gia asked, looking at Rose expectantly.
"Heart ripping, cutting you up into quarters or desiccation. If you don't feed, you die. You don't have rapid healing, although you do resurrect. Your body functions as if one of a human. You still need food, bathroom breaks, your heart still beats normally, your skin is warm, and you are able to walk freely in the sunlight or use any herb you like. If someone snaps your neck, you come back. If someone bruises you or makes you bleed, you can be healed with vampire blood, if not by natural, human processes".
Gia nodded, noticing that their attention was diverted to something else, a noise outside. Trevor started to panic, taking her by the arm and running with her to the living room, where they found Elena on the couch, Rose soon following.
"He's here, this was a mistake" Trevor stated nervously, pacing around the room.
"No, I told you I would get us out of this, you have to trust me" she attempted to comfort him.
"No! He wants me dead, Rose!"
"But he wants her more!"
"I can't do this, you give her to him, he'll have mercy on you but I need to get out of here".
"Hey" Rose stopped his pacing, holding his hand and looking into his eyes seriously. "What are we?"
He closed his eyes and took a deep breath as he tried to calm himself down. "We're family. Forever" Trevor said, already seemingly calmer. At that, Rose nodded reassuringly and smiled slightly, glancing between the two girls who were now on the couch, Elena looking at them sympathetically. They all startled at the strong series of three slow knocks on the door, looking back at Elena who breathed out a "You're scared" in realization, Gia doing her best to look calm, silently telling them it would be alright when Rose diverted her eyes to her.
"Stay here with them, and don't make a sound" The three of them obeying quietly as they heard the door creak loudly.
Rose decided to come back at last minute, taking Gia by the hand with Elena being shushed as she moved to protest. The younger girl looked scared, but went with Rose anyway, squeezing her hand in assurance despite the shaking of her own.
They descended the stairs, being met with a tall, brown-haired man with strong features that radiated elegance and wisdom, paired with the power. Rose felt Gia calm down, despite her getting more nervous with every step.
"Rose-Marie" He spoke up, his voice soft before he turned to the succubi. "I see you have a guest?"
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