Sorry for the delay guys. This chapter was so long, I had to cut it in three parts and separately write them as chapters. Thanks to everyone who reviewed and read this story. I don't own vampire diaries and I can't do anything about it. So without further delay I present chapter eight.
Chapter eight
I wanna hide the truth
I wanna shelter you
But with the beast inside
There's nowhere we can hide
No matter what we breed
We still are made of greed
This is my kingdom come
This is my kingdom come
When you feel my heat
Look into my eyes
It's where my demons hide
It's where my demons hide
Don't get too close
It's dark inside
It's where my demons hide
It's where my demons hide
-Demons by imagine dragons
There were few things in the world that didn't vex Nicklaus Mikaelson and recently Katerina Petrova had become one of them. He watched dispassionately as Katherine broke Nyx's neck and stuffed her in the trunk. He could see the expression of hate written evidently on lovely Katherine's face.
"She isn't permanently dead is she Katerina? Because if she is then you can choose your coffin and grave marker."
"Trust me Klaus I don't think rich bitch Evyanton has joined Saint Elena." She snarled.
"Jealous Elijah couldn't take his eyes off her?" Klaus smiled with vindictive pleasure.
"I don't care."
"But your face tells a different story love."
She didn't answer as he started the car and sped off towards his destination.
She could hear them bickering and yet she was swimming in the depths of darkness. However hard she tried to swim to top, she always ended up at the bottom. Her arms felt heavy, her legs were tiring from this futile struggle. She wanted to give up, to let go and sink at the bottom of this nameless sentient sea.
The last vestiges of her hope were dying; she was on the brink of surrender when somebody shouted her name. She could feel the ripples in the sea. Somebody was coming towards her.
"Nyx Evyanton you cannot give up. They need you. Wake up."
She thought she knew the voice but it was too far away. Her eyes were closing, she was sinking slowly, protected inside this safe dark cocoon when somebody grasped her arms and wrenched her up towards the surface.
She gasped as cool air filled her lungs and her eyes opened up on their own accord.
To say she was surprised was the hugest understatement of the century.
For the first time in her life Nyx Evyanton couldn't close her mouth because of the sheer awe worthy beauty in front of her eyes.
If there was a heaven this was it.
She was still in the water but she could see the shore of the island. It was Eden, if ever there was an Eden.
"There was an Eden once." The voice came from beside her and she wheeled around in surprise.
He was in water but he seemed floating over it rather than wading. He was in his late twenties, a tall handsome man with green catlike eyes.
His blonde hair was wavy and he had a very nice smile. Nyx couldn't fathom but it seemed she knew him.
"Satisfied with the inspection little one? Now can we get out of the water? You look like a drowned kitten." His voice was pleasantly deep.
Where had she met him?
The golden sand was warm beneath her feet as she rose from the surf. The trees were bowing down, laden with fruits, weird fruits.
"How did you stumble in here?"
He appeared in front of her, this time in a long sleeved T-shirt and faded denims.
"Where is here?" she was confused. Last thing she remembered was Klaus and Katherine overpowering her. She wasn't dead, was she?
"This is world of dreams and you aren't dead."
He gestured her to follow him. There was something about him that instinctively told her to trust him. So she walked behind him. Soon they were entering the dense patch of trees. He waited at the edge, his hands outstretched and her hands went automatically in his. There was something about him that made her giddy with delight and heart achingly sad at the same time.
"I am Nyx."
"I know. I am Julius Evyanton."
His new sister was a persona in herself. So much pain in her young life. He felt sad for her. He had been there from the beginning when he and his siblings had created humans but still their ability to hurt others surprised him. He knew her blood recognized him even when she didn't. After all it was Verrira's blood in her veins. It had been ages since he had seen his Verrira and this was the close he ever could get till her sentence ran its course.
For the first time in millennium's he saw his sister in Nyx Evyanton's memories. And he wanted to cry for her. She had been his baby, he had brought her up since the day she had been days old. She was the greatest achievement of elementals. She was their baby, their kid sister and the things she had faced because of their father and that Vearinniar angered him.
"You are the time elemental aren't you?" her voice was a bit timid.
"Yes but you forgot thoughts and dreams." She smiled.
"So tell me what brings you here sister?" he asked her.
"I don't know how I got here. One moment I am in party and Klaus & Katherine subdue me and next I am waking at the bottom of the ocean and then I assume it was you who dragged me up. So tell me how did I get here and what day is it?"
"You are still where you were Nyx; it's all in your head. Somebody mortally injured you so your body shut down to heal itself and your mind went in void. I was passing by when I heard you. I thought it was time we met."
"You live here?" she was bewildered. He lived in someone's head? How odd.
He laughed. "I don't live here little one, I am an elemental. So I am everywhere yet nowhere. And all this which you are seeing is product of your own imagination; I just put the final touch, that's all."
"That's what Nikki says after he cheats when we are playing." She had an adorable smile on her face.
"How is my cousin Nikolas?"
"As amazing as he ever can be."
"And Verrira? Does she talks about us? Does she remember us?" there was a hint of vulnerability about him in that moment.
"She talks about you guys all the time. We would be eating breakfast and Jason would pounce from his chair for the last piece of bacon and she would be like, Mathilda used to do it every time. She misses you and loves you guys a lot." He could see the happiness shining in the eyes of his new sister.
"So I assume you want to wake up little one?"
"Off course. I have to wipe the floor with a hybrid and a doppelganger vampire. How will I do that if I don't wake up?"
"Fair reason sister. When you see Verrira tell her we love her and we miss her and we are trying to reason with our father for her return. And tell Nikolas to take care of our baby sister."
"Anything else?" she smiled.
"It was nice meeting you sister and someday when you meet my other siblings I hope I will be your favorite. Till then goodbye and kick some hybrid butt for me will you?"
He leaned in and kissed her on cheek. She could feel colors rushing, sound fading but still his voice lingered.
"You can open your eyes sister."
The ritual had started. She could hear the witches chanting and Nicklaus behaving as if he was ruler of the galaxy which he definitely wasn't. Katherine was boasting as usually about how she had tricked Verrira Evyanton and her brother. She wanted to laugh at their antics. If they thought that she would cower and beg him to spare her as Elena Gilbert had then he was wrong. She could feel him lifting her and moving her in the center of fire circle. Her senses told her there was a wolf and a vampire near her ready for sacrifice.
"We can begin now Klaus." The witch on the far end of the clearing spoke.
"Nyx can you hear me?" it was voice of her bother Nikki resonating in her head.
"Yeah"
"Stay put, I am coming."
"I am not going anywhere Nikki and you can take all the time you need. I have few lessons to teach." She thought.
"Well then I was fretting unnecessarily it seems. See ya in an hour." He was amused.
"You betcha brother."
Nikolas Barosche was a man of infinite patience so he could definitely play Hayley Marshall's game of hide and seek and win. He knew exactly where she was in this house but her notion that she could hide from him was a comic relief. He could still prolong this game for another hour but he was getting bored.
"Come out little wolf. It's getting tedious watching your futile attempts to shield yourself from me. I know exactly where you are."
Still no word but he could hear the increased tiny flutters of heartbeats.
"If I wanted I could have sent Marcel and his minions for you. And they wouldn't have been considerate about the baby you are carrying so consider me an improvement and don't anger me by your petty defiance. You know Nicklaus committed the biggest mistake of his life when he took Nyx. He should have thought about you."
He could sense the distress. It was fun playing with her mind. And by the time he was done she would rue the day she ever met Nicklaus Mikaelson. She would pity herself for the part she had played in Caroline Forbes death.
"Oh now I understand, nobody thinks about you, do they Hayley? You are just a body they use to appease themselves. Tell me does Nicklaus hold your hands, tries to comfort you when you are afraid? He used to do such things with Caroline. I guess you aren't important then, even if you are carrying his child."
A small sob reached his ears. This was an improvement.
"Poor little wolf nobody gives a damn about you do they? Even when they find you dead next day they won't be sad that you died. They would mourn for their precious freak of a nature baby. you are a whore for him, for Nicklaus. Does it hurt when they don't want you but the baby you carry? So you see it's rather in your favor if you come with me right now. I will exchange you in lieu of my sister and although I can't promise but I may try to keep my truthful opinions to myself."
He could smell the tears.
"Don't try my patience Hayley. If I wanted I could force your body to go in labor right now. I can take your kid from you. Oh don't mistake me for a psychopath like Nicklaus. I won't harm the baby little wolf, but I can take her far away from you." He paused, "do you want that? Because I can tell you love her Hayley even when you are a selfish bitch most of the times. So are you coming out or shall I come to retrieve you from your hiding place on the first floor."
He pushed a heavy dose of fear towards her but frankly there had been no need. She wasn't even trying to be quite now. He could hear her crying heavily. So much better.
"Come out, come out little wolf. We don't have time to play. After all I have promised my sister I would return before midnight and a promise to my siblings is one that I never break. I am reaching the end of my patience Hayley."
He could hear her sobbing, trying to get up in haste to escape from where she was hiding. He waited and there she was coming towards him as if some ghost was chasing her and in a manner it was.
He dialed a number on his phone and the person at opposite end picked up on the first ring.
"Elijah Mikaelson, your brother has my sister but I have something of yours which is equally important. I want my sister returned in 30 minutes and if there is even a single scratch on Nyx's body, Hayley's condition will be ten times worse. I can lay waste to your entire family if my sister comes to any harm while she is out there and there is nothing in this universe that is going to stop me….."
Another cliffhanger. So where is Verrira and is Nyx going to meet more Evyanton siblings? Will Nyx be able to thrash Klaus and Katherine and when is Carissa going to come into the picture? To know the answers stay tuned for the next chapter of 'Broken promises of always and forever.'
-Eos
