Chapter 9: The Transformation
Red's P.O.V.
Nik and I hadn't left our room for what felt like days, but you wouldn't hear me complaining. It was the afternoon and I knew I couldn't stay in Nik's arms forever.
"Nik, you do realize we have to leave this room eventually. Right?" I asked as I looked into his eye. His eyes were full of life, as if he were still human.
"Not really," he said playfully. Then, I tried to leave to take a bath and get dressed. I only got to the side of the bed when he pulled me back to him. He then kissed me intensely, very intensely. The kiss gave me the sense that he feared losing me. That he did not want to share me with the rest of the world. Selfish? Yes, but I knew that meant he cared.
"Stay, love. Please," he whispered seductively.
Wow, he was trying to seduce me into staying here with him. I couldn't lie, it was working. But, I had to be strong. So, I pulled away from him and whispered, "Nice try, love," into his ear mockingly.
He smirked as I walked away into the bathroom. He knew I knew how to play the game as well as he could, if not better.
When I came back we were both dressed, sadly.
"Well, you look quite beautiful, love."
"Why thank you... Nice try Nik, but we both need to leave here. You need to feed and I need to eat." I smiled while he pouted.
"I suppose you are right." He sighed.
"Good. Now I am going to eat and then take a walk."
"Fine, but you better stay on the grounds. Or else."
"Or else what? Nik, I am old enough to take a walk on my own." I gave him my normal stare down look.
"Or else... Well never mind. I must go." He quickly kissed me. "But, promise me you will not wander off." He gazed at me with those damn eyes that I felt could look into my soul.
"I promise." I sighed. "I'll miss you, Nik."
"I'll miss you too, but I will be home soon." He hugged me into his embrace and I didn't feel like leaving his arms. But, then in the blink of an eye he kissed my forehead and was gone in a flash.
I had finished eating and went for a walk in the woods of course. He may be my husband, but he sure as hell can't tell me where to walk.
It would be sunset soon. So I thought it best to turn back after having walk almost ten miles.
I couldn't help walking so far, it was something I did when I needed to clear my head. I kept thinking about Nikolaus... I knew someday soon I would need to visit him, it wasn't as if he was going to live forever. Then, I decided I would tell Nik about him in a few years, when the time was right. But, everyone knows the time is never right. Saying that you will do something when the time is right is a load of crap. Code for I am afraid and a procrastination.
I started walking back, but then I hear the sound of stomping of what seemed like hooves. I reacted with instinct. I started to run to the house as fast as I could, not stopping until I got there.
I didn't make it very far when a horse came out of nowhere. It had gone rabid or something, because when it saw me it didn't stop. Instead, it ran into me. It hit me with such force that I was knocked me over and sent tumbling down a steep hill. The hill had a lot of sharp rocks and trees that I hit on the way down. Finally, I made it to the bottom and stopped screaming bloody murder, only because I fell into a freezing river and hit my head on a rock. I was knocked out cold...
I woke up about nine miles down stream from where I fell. Great, I was probably 20 miles from home. I was in a shallow little stream and there was blood everywhere. My dress was ruined, I was soaking wet, and overall I was a terrible trembling wreck. I was so weak, so hungry, and some strange moon was almost out.
I quickly got up and started walking in the directing of the house, despite how much pain I was in. I finally made it far away from the water when I heard a heartbeat. This made me think... Did I die? I knew I had Nik's blood in my system, but I could not have died. Could I? An older man came closer to me with a candle in his hand.
"Miss, are you alright? Do you need help? Why are you out here all alone at this hour?" he asked.
He was only a few feet away from me and I could hear his heartbeat changing speeds as he got came to help me. Right then I knew I had died. Oh great, I thought.I had died on accident because of a horse. Just marvelous, Nik was never going to let me live this one down.
I knew what I had to do... When the old man went to touch me, I gave him my I am a helpless girl look. Then, in a split second I grabbed the old man and sank my teeth into him. He yelled, screamed, and shouted, but no one was there to save him. I ripped him limb from limb in the process of draining him, thus he was dead. I believed he died just as the moon reached it's highest point.
As soon as he died I felt something different. Something that had been dying to escape for so long. I felt my eyes start to glow, my bones start to break, and the full moon appeared. I thought it was impossible since I was not an original, but I was changing. Changing into a monster and that only meant one thing, I was a hybrid.
I could not control my actions or my emotions. I broke every bone in my body and was screaming in pain. Finally, I was all wolf. I ran off into the woods and things got a little hazy...
Niklaus P.O.V.
I got back to the house and the sun was to rise in an hour or two. I was anxious to see Red. I entered the house with Elijah and Kol who had gone out to feed with me. "Red!" I yelled, but there was no answer. "Lucy! Rebekah!"
Suddenly, Rebekah appeared by herself. "Ugh, what do you want, Nik. It's late you knew."
"Where are Red and Lucy?" I asked anxiously.
"Lucy is sleeping. So keep it down. I assumed Red is sleeping too. I saw her at lunch and then she went for a walk. So, I assume she's back here sleeping now," she yawned.
With that I blurred up to our room to find her, because something didn't seem right. She wasn't there.
I felt angry and abandoned. But, she couldn't have just left, could she? All her stuff was still here. No, I decided. I know she wouldn't, but something felt off. She was in trouble and I couldn't lose her. Losing her just wasn't in the cards, it just wasn't an option.
I ran downstairs to my brothers and sister. "She's not here! She's in trouble, I can feel it. We have to go and find her! Now!" I yelled and Elijah's and Kol's face got very serious as I got very angry.
"Calm down, Nik. She is problem fine. She knows how to look out for herself."
"Shut up, Rebekah," said Kol.
"We have to go and find her," said Elijah.
"Agreed. Rebekah, stay here and look after Lucy," said Kol. And with that the three of us dashed off to find her, following her scent.
Who would have thought Kol would have cared what happened to her. I knew Elijah cared deeply, but what took me by surprise was Kol, but either way I was thankful of his help. He was probably just a good friend to her anyways since he was into Red's sister. Apparently Kol and Lucy use to be together, but then she refused to speak to him and what not. Red had filled me in on the whole thing so I wouldn't hurting Kol if he starting flirting with Lucy. They were probably back together now, but really who knew.
But none of that mattered. I had to find her and fast. What if something happened to her and she died? And to top it off, what if she didn't drink the special blood I had retrieved? If it was my fault and she died I would NEVER forgive myself.
Red's P.O.V.
When I woke, up everything looked so clear and vivid. Although, I did have a pounding headache. I looked down only to find that I was covered in dirt and blood, and to top it off I was naked. I HAD NO CLOTHES ON! Seriously, what had happened last night, it wasn't like I was drunk.
I was sitting up against a building and tilted my head back in frustration, thus hitting it against the wood and it all started to come back... I had died, became a vampire, and now I was a hybrid. Oh God, was all I thought. I definitely could not tell Nik about this. He would hate me if I was a hybrid while he had that side of him trapped. It would be hard, but I knew I could never let him find out I was one. Maybe after he broke the curse I could tell him, but not now. I had turned into a werewolf last night and I suddenly remembered every kill, every scream, every tremble, and I liked it, I liked it a lot. I liked the feeling of killing and the taste of sweet human blood, but ever since I died my emotions kept going back and forth and I was confused, maybe even lost, possibly angry.
Then, an old man who seemed to be a priest came up to me. I did not attack him, for I was too tired to move.
"You seem lost," he said as he handed me his long coat. I accepted it and used it to cover my body.
"Thank you, Priest. I am not lost. I know how to get home from here."
"You are lost not physically, but mentally."
"What makes you say that? You have never even met me before, Priest."
"True, but I know a lost person when I see one." The nerve of this man telling me I was lost. "Take my advice, child."
"And what would that be?"
"If he truly loves you, then he will not care what you are. But, try not to string him along with any secrets. The true always come out in the end, whether you want it to or not."
"But how do you-"
"Your friends are almost here. I must go, but promise me that you will not deny him the truth of his family." I nodded and he disappeared after he took back his coat.
It was strange. I had never seen that man before, but it seemed he knew me as if I were an open book. The hybrid thing I could do. It was the telling him about Nikolaus thing I did not think I could do.
Suddenly, Nik was in front of me and this proved the priest right. Nik was silent as he hugged me, refusing to let me go. I saw Elijah and Kol in the distance, but they did not want to interfere, so they silently headed home.
"I thought you were gone," he whispered as a tear fell. I felt safe in his embrace, never wanting to leave. But, I pulled away and kissed him on the cheek. Then, I buried my head in his chest and started to cry. I could not control my emotion and I did not want him to leave. "It's okay. Everything is going to be ok," he muttered into my hair as he kissed me head.
He put his coat on me and cared me home, bridal style. "I'm so sorry," I sniffed. "I never should have disobeyed you and left the grounds," I said in a weak voice and buried my head back into his shirt trying to hide from the world. I ruined his shirt, but he did not seem to care.
"Red, it is okay. You have nothing to be sorry for."
"But I-I-" he cut me off.
"No buts and no sorries. I love you. So just let me take care of you. We can talk later if you wish."
I thought for sure he would yell at me, but he didn't. "I love you too," I mumbled into his shirt.
He carried me into our room, took off the coat, and placed me into a bath. He washed all the blood and dirty off of me, since I was too weak to move without feeling the pain. He never complained once. The whole time his face was filled only with concern for my well being. He then helped me into my nightgown, feed me some human blood, and put me under the covers of the bed. Not even a minute later we was back. He crawled under the covers next to me and pulled me into his chest. We still hadn't spoken since he carried me home. Instead of saying anything, he spoke to me with his actions. He held me tightly as to never ever let me go, and in that moment, I knew that he loved me unconditionally, always and forever.
A.N.
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