Elijah's POV
Beginning to wake, my unconscious mind clings to the familiar smell of Brooklyn that lingers around me; how soothing, intoxicating, and all-consuming her scent was to my inner beast.
Desperate to keep the lingering scent close, I shift against the sheets, only to realize the scent was too strong, too real.
Flashing my eyes open, the memories of the night flood through my mind; Esther trying to kill us, Brooklyn in wolf form fighting Finn, her getting hurt, coming back to the mansion, patching her ribs up, the talk, becoming vulnerable to her, and finally her soothing touch that lulled me to sleep.
Quickly rising from the empty bed, I flash into my room, changing quickly before heading down stairs.
"Hello brother." Rebekah says, catching me as I walk down.
"Good morning, sister." I greet. "Where are Niklaus and Brooklyn?"
"Downstairs." Rebekah replies shortly, breezing past me into the living room.
Suddenly hearing thump and then a grunt and a surprised scream I flash into the living room just in time to see Brooklyn fall flat on the floor, Niklaus glaring at Rebekah, and Rebekah with a triumphant expression and pillow in hand.
"Now, Bekah. That wasn't nice!" Niklaus growls, glaring harder, helping Brooklyn untangle herself from the blanket and floor.
From the looks of it, Niklaus and Brooklyn had fallen asleep together on the couch, a thought that sent a spark of jealousy through my body; that should be me with Brooklyn, not my brother.
"It's later. We need to talk about this problem we have." Rebekah states, looking less than remorseful for her actions, if not a little smug.
"What problem are you referring to? Are you okay, Brooklyn?" I ask, flashing over to my siblings, ready to aid Brooklyn if needed.
"I'm fine, 'Lijah." Brooklyn assures, giving me a smile.
Nodding, I turn my attention to my siblings once more.
"Finn is still in the basement dying, we are all still bound to each other, and it seems that Rebekah found some interesting information while holding the dear Elena captive. The White Oak tree we burnt down had a sapling." Niklaus informs, recapping things from last night.
"Are you sure of this, Rebekah?" I ask.
"Positive. It was in the cave where I was guarding Elena." Rebekah explains, pulling out her phone to show me a video.
"We need to find it before it gets into the wrong hands." Niklaus states simply.
"Agreed. Now about Finn and us being bound?" I ask.
"I can help with that." Brooklyn interjects, stepping up beside me and Niklaus.
"I told Nik I can heal Finn. Similar to Nik and regular werewolves, my blood is the cure to my bite. Then none of you are in danger of dying. Once he is cured I offered to talk to him as well as unbind you guys with a counter spell. Then you can decide what you want to do with Finn. Meanwhile you guys can focus on locating the last of the White Oak." Brooklyn offers her suggestion.
"That is a lot to ask of you. Are you sure?" I ask concerned. Not only had Brooklyn done so much for my family already, but I worried with all that had already happened it was too much strain to put on her physically or mentally and simply, it was too much to ask when we had little to offer in return.
"I'm sure. I want to help you guys. This is my decision. It's not too much. Really. The spell is not that difficult and I'm sure I can handle Finn." Brooklyn says confidently.
"Very well. Is there anything you need for the spell?" I ask.
"I'll need a few drops of everyone's blood. Kol and Finn included. But other than that nothing out of the ordinary." Brooklyn replies promptly.
"Then I shall contact Kol immediately." I respond.
"Yes, and I will accompany Brooklyn to the basement. No doubt Finn is angry and I don't want something to happen." Niklaus adds. "Rebekah, can you begin to track down the White Oak?"
Seeing Rebekah nod shortly, all of us disperse, Brooklyn and Niklaus wandering into the kitchen talking. It seemed that even with Esther gone she still managed to create problems for our family and I wondered if we would ever be free of our past and our monsters.
A short chapter I know.
Also, just an fyi, the story will now begin to diverge slightly from the episodes. As you can see already Brooklyn will be the one to undo the spell, not Bonnie, which in turn will affect several other aspects in the story line. There are also a few other changes in the coming chapters that will alter the story line from here on out.
In other words, from now on my story will only adhere to the overall themes/plot lines; i.e Alaric's alter ego, Esther's involvement in turning Alaric into an Original, Niklaus' "death" and switch into Tyler's body, a hunter from "The Five" coming to Mystic Falls, and finally the threat of Silas.
Much love,
Polkadottedgiraffe11
Edited 12/9/18
