Helllloo. I realise I've made Esther a lot darker in this fic than she is on the show, but I wanted her to be a real bitch that everyone hates. Also, this story is almost over, I know, not very long but I don't want to drag it on and write meaningless chapters. I've already got lots of ideas for new Elejah stories, so if you like this make sure to keep checking in on me!
-Ace
Elena's screams echoed off the walls. She had no idea how long this torture had been going on for, losing all sense of time in her pain fuelled haze.
"They are monsters, Elena. I'm going to inflict upon you all the pain their future victims will feel." Esther said viciously as pain seared through Elena's body. Each attack more painful than the last.
"You're the real monster." Elena managed to whisper. "Elijah will find me."
"Oh yes, I'm sure he will. But you'll be dead by then." Esther snarled.
Tears rolled down her face as the pain rolled over her body again.
At the Boarding House
Visions ran through Elijah's and Bonnie's minds, the spell allowing them both to see where Elena was.
"Is it working?" Rebekah asked Kol.
There were dark walls and dripping pipes, the building obviously abandoned.
"I do not recognise this place." Elijah spoke in a hoarse voice.
Bonnie was trying to rack her brain, this place seemed familiar. Then she saw a dirt covered sign with a red cross on and the word 'mercy'.
"I know where she is!" Bonnie cried. She released Elijah's hand and the spell was broken. She turned to face the others. "She's at the abandoned hospital near the end of town."
Kol picked up Elijah as the whole group rushed outside and into their cars, heading for the hospital. Klaus was driving like a maniac, but no one cared to scold him. Within 15 minutes they were at the building and everyone clambered inside. The place was huge. How would they find her?
Elijah closed his eyes and took deep breaths, trying to use his bond to find her.
"This way." He groaned and led them down a corridor. No one questioned him, figuring he must be using their bond.
The closer he got to Elena the more he could feel her fear and pain. He swore he would make his mother pay.
Everyone heard a scream as Elijah dropped to the floor. More determined than ever to find her, Elijah picked himself up and ran towards the noise. Everyone followed as he flashed through a door and it flew off its hinges.
Elijah ran straight to where Elena was strapped down, as his siblings detained their mother and knocked her unconscious.
"Elena." Elijah breathed in relief.
"…Lijah" Elena trailed off.
Elijah ripped the restraints from her wrists and ankles, growling at the angry red and bloodied marks on her skin. He pulled her off the table and they both collapsed to the floor, weak from the pain. Elijah held Elena in his arms. Stroking the hair away from her face, perspiration causing it to sick to her skin.
"I knew you'd find me." Elena smiled weakly.
"Hush now, you're not strong enough, my love." Elijah said, stroking her face in a soothing manner and placing light kisses on her face.
"Don't worry, everything will be fine." Elena tried to comfort him.
"She almost killed you, Elena, I can't lose you." Elijah was rocking her back and forth slowly.
"It's okay." Elena touched his face. "I've seen our future, we get to be together, happy…" Elena revealed as she coughed up some blood.
"Elena, you're dying." Elijah said brokenly.
Elena looked into his tear-filled eyes, "I guess it's time to change then." Elena whispered.
Elijah wasted no time in biting his wrist and offering it to her, she took his wrist with one hand and slowly and weakly drank his blood. Elijah watched as her lips stilled and her hand fell from its hold on his own and landed weakly by her side.
Elijah allowed the tears to slide down his face as he watched the life leave Elena. His precious, Elena. He wanted her to have many more years of being human, and if she chose to transition, for it to be on her terms and not after she had been brutally tortured by his insane mother.
Everyone watched as Elijah held Elena close to his body, no one knew what to say in this situation. So, they just watched.
Esther regained consciousness.
"Well, isn't that a shame." Esther muttered darkly. "I wanted her to die before you got to say goodbye, her last thoughts wondering why you didn't save her."
Elijah looked up at his mother, slowly and gently lowering Elena to the ground, before he flashed in front of her. "How dare you." Elijah spat furiously. "How dare you cause her pain." His hand wrapped around her neck. Not one if his siblings made a move to stop him, Esther had to die.
"She deserved it." Esther mumbled, breathless. She tried to use her magic to escape his hold, but nothing happened, she looked to the Bennett witch, who had a dark smirk on her face.
"Magic not working, Esther?" Bonnie raised one eyebrow.
"Your fate is sealed, mother." Rebekah said with finality.
"I wonder how the witches on the other side will greet you after your actions here tonight?" Kol felt no sympathy for his mother.
Esther's eyes widened slightly for a moment. True, they would not be happy with her.
"Goodbye, mother." Elijah said with distaste as he thrust his hand into her chest and ripped her heart out, dropping it on the floor next to her body. Elijah wiped the blood off his hands and cradled Elena in his arms.
"Let's go home." He said and carried Elena outside.
They arrived at the mansion shortly after they left, burning Esther's body as they left.
Elijah took Elena upstairs and laid her on his bed, everyone else waited downstairs, even the Salvatore's, until Elena would wake. Bonnie took the time to call Caroline and she quickly joined the rest of the gang in the living room.
Elijah laid beside Elena's body wondering how long it would be before she woke up. Elijah promised himself he would do everything he could to teach her how to be a vampire without losing her humanity, he didn't want Elena to become a monster and he wouldn't let her.
An hour or so later, Elena's heart started fluttering and her hands twitched. Elijah was next to her immediately and gently rubbed her shoulders to try and rouse her.
"Elena, can you hear me?" Elijah called. "Open your eyes, lovely."
Elena blinked a few times and scrunched her nose, her new senses acting on overload. She looked over to Elijah.
"Hi." She squeaked.
"Hello there." He replied, a small smile on her face. "What do you remember?"
Elena thought back to the torture Esther provided. She immediately shuddered and closed her eyes tightly.
"Don't worry, she can't hurt you anymore." Elijah said as he wrapped his arms around her.
"How did you know where I was?" Elena's voice was muffled against Elijah's chest.
"We have a bond, Elena. It is very special and rare to our species. I could feel your pain, I knew the moment you were taken. Bonnie knew of a spell that would allow our bond to find you." Elijah explained.
"So, we're like, soul mates then?" Elena asked.
"Kind of, we were meant to be together, no matter how long it took. Nature would have found a way to push us towards each other." Elijah clarified. "It will become stronger with time, I'm excited to learn more about it and how it will grow."
Elijah remembered something Elena had said earlier.
"Elena," he began. "what did you mean when you said that you had 'seen our future'?"
"Oh, that." Elena swallowed. "Well, a few weeks ago, Bonnie cast a spell on me so I could see my future, but it went wrong and she temporarily sent me 5 years into the future." She paused looking for his reaction, he seemed more stunned than anything.
"That's where I saw the two of us together. Happy and in love. I got you to tell me the story of our first kiss, so I'd know how long I would have to wait for you. Luckily, it was no time at all."
"Why did you keep this from me?" Elijah asked with a confused expression.
"Well, at first I didn't want to do anything that could ruin the future I saw. I knew I wanted it and as hard as it was, not knowing how long it would take to be with you, I couldn't tell you in case it messed with the future." Elena explained hoping he would understand.
"And after that?" Elijah asked.
"After, I just didn't know what to say. It sounds insane."
Elijah chuckled.
"And I didn't want you to think the only reason I was with you was because the future had dictated it." She looked up at Elijah. "I knew I was in love with you before Bonnie's spell. I hope you believe that I really do want to spend the rest of my life with you."
Elijah cupped her face and kissed her lips firmly. "Of course, I believe you, lovely. I was merely curious as to your reason for not telling me." Elijah kissed her again. "I love you very much Elena, I know you'd never keep something important from me purposely."
Elena's throat was dry. "Elijah, I'm thirsty, my throat is burning."
"You need blood. I'm sorry it happened like this, Elena. I know you never envisioned yourself as a vampire." Elijah said sincerely.
"It had to happen sometime." Elijah's head shot up. "I could never leave you Elijah, I'd do anything to be with you, even becoming a vampire. I know you'll help me through this."
"Of course, my love, I just wish it had happened under better circumstances." Elijah kissed her softly before sitting them both up and offering his neck to her.
He made a small cut and Elena hesitantly sucked on the wound. Almost immediately she felt pain as fangs erupted through her gums. She pulled back and put her hand over her mouth. Caroline wasn't exaggerating when she said it felt like your mouth was being torn to shreds.
Elijah captured her attention again. "You need more, lovely."
Elena sunk her fangs into his neck and groaned at how delicious his blood was. She hadn't forgotten how good it felt to drink from him.
Elijah groaned as Elena repositioned herself so she was straddling him and Elijah's hands came down to grip her hips. Elena retracted her fangs and licked up the excess blood, guessing she'd learn how not to leave a mess in the future.
Elijah kissed her fiercely, tasting his blood on her lips was really turning him on, but now was not the time.
"Everyone is downstairs, if you feel comfortable seeing people." Elijah said, not wanting her to see people if she wasn't ready.
"I think that I'll be okay." Elena said with a small smile and taking a breath before they exited the room and descended the stairs.
Immediately, all the eyes in the room were on her, and she suddenly felt very shy. Elijah sensing her discomfort wrapped an arm around her waist.
"Elena." Caroline came closer. "I'm so glad you're okay. I was so worried. We all were." Elena allowed her to hug her tightly, feeling comfort in her best friend's embrace. Bonnie came over and joined in the hug.
"I'm so sorry we didn't find you sooner." Bonnie said.
"It's not your fault, Bon. If you weren't there, you might not have even found me at all." Elena tried to reassure her other best friend.
They realised how close they had come to losing Elena for real this time and hugged her tighter before releasing her.
She looked to Stefan and Damon, misery on their faces.
"Elena, I'm so sorry for the way I acted this morning." Damon began. "I only said those things because it hurt that you didn't love me back, but now I realise I'd rather have you in my life as a friend than not at all." Damon spoke passionately. It hurt to see her with Elijah, but he didn't want her gone from his life.
"Yeah, I want you as a friend, Elena. You're too important to lose forever." Stefan agreed with his brother.
Elena rushed over to them and pulled them both in for a hug.
"Woah, ow, vampire strength Elena." Damon winced.
"Oh, sorry, guess I'm going to have to learn to control that." She smiled bashfully and walked back to Elijah.
"You're doing great." He reassured her.
"Nice to see you alive, Elena." Kol commented. "I was getting tired lugging Elijah all over the place." He smirked. Elijah glared.
"Well, can't say I'm too happy I won't have any more hybrids, but at least Elijah's feeling better."
"Niklaus." Elijah chided.
"Sorry, brother." He apologised hands raised in front of him. "Dopp-"Caroline's smack to the back of his head stopped him. "I mean, Elena, I'm sure you'll do well as a vampire, especially with an Original as your teacher." Klaus amended.
Elena nodded, not sure what to say to the hybrid.
"Well, I think that's quite enough excitement for one day." Elijah concluded. "About time everyone retired for the night."
Everyone said their goodbyes as Bonnie, Caroline, Damon and Stefan left the mansion. Elijah wasn't letting Elena out of his sight.
"Rebekah." Elena called and chased after her. "Hey, I wanted to talk to you and let you know that I'm very sorry for daggering you. I know you won't forgive me straight away, but now that I have a lot of time on my hands, I'll keep working until I have your forgiveness." Elena breathed, trying to get along with Rebekah for Elijah's sake, she wasn't a bad person and hoped they could become friends again.
Rebekah looked at the doppelganger trying to work out if she was being sincere.
"Forever, is a long time to be mad at someone." Rebekah smiled and left to her room.
Elena grinned as she took her first steps to being in Rebekah's good graces again. She turned around to see Elijah standing at the bottom of the stairs smiling at her, he held his hand out.
"Come on, let's get to bed."
Elena took his hand as they made their way upstairs. They reached Elijah's bedroom and he gave Elena one of his t-shirts to sleep in since she didn't keep any of her clothes here. Elijah returned from the closet in a pair of pyjama bottoms and climbed into bed with Elena, pulling her flush against his body, so her head was resting on his chest. They both sighed contently.
"I love you, Elena." Elijah said kissing the top of her head.
"I love you too, Elijah."
"I promise, I'll never let anyone hurt you. I'm going to teach you how to be the best vampire you can be." Elijah said resolutely.
"I know you will, Elijah. That's why I wasn't scared to change, because I have you." Elena said snuggling into his side.
They both swiftly fell asleep.