I didn't even realize I had fallen asleep until I woke up at 9am the next morning. I noticed that Elena wasn't next to me. The bed was empty. I quickly got dressed and flashed downstairs where I could hear her voice in the kitchen.
Elena POV-
I woke up, still without clothes, and laying halfway on top of a peacefully sleeping Kol. I decided that I would let him sleep and try to do the blood by myself this morning. I quickly got dressed and flashed downstairs to the kitchen, opening the freezer. As soon as I opened it, the scent of blood hit me like a ton of bricks. I hadn't even realized that I was drinking it until I felt someone pulling me away from the freezer. I knew it wasn't Kol, I could smell the difference. I turned to face whoever pulled me away from the blood.
"Elijah?" I said questioningly as I turned around. I suddenly began to panic, seeing blood all over my clothes. And if Elijah was here already that meant that klaus couldn't be far behind.
"Elena, calm down. You will be fine." He said in a controlling tone. I was crying, I hadn't even realized I had lost control. I guess I hadn't realized how much I actually needed Kol around.
"Elijah, I didn't- I couldn't- I had no idea what was happening." I told him, still crying.
"Elena, you have only been a vampire for a few days. I hear Kol waking up, I'm sure he will be here in a moment. " he said, looking towards the kitchen entrance.
Kol-POV
I could smell the blood as soon as I entered the kitchen, I saw Elijah holding Elena's shoulders down in a seat. She was covered in blood. I looked at the freezer, which had blood everywhere. She had tried to feed herself. I was immediately in front of her, pulling her to me as she cried. I nodded at Elijah, who understood it as thanks and retreated to clean himself up.
"I'm so sorry, please don't be mad at me." She said into my chest as she cried. I pulled her away to look at me.
"Elena, don't ever apologize for this. Listen to me, you are a newborn vampire. Even hundred year old vampires have problems controlling themselves around that much blood. I could never be mad at you. Now let's go get you cleaned up." I said, leaving the mess around the freezer. I knew once I had Elena upstairs, Elijah would clean it up as I helped her.
"I thought I could do it by myself, it has been so easy while I'm around you. How can you open that freezer without it even affecting you?" She asked as I put her down in the bathroom and helped her get the bloody clothes off.
"Darling, I am over a thousand years old. I have had plenty of time to get used to that. The only blood that gets to me now is yours, love." I told her. I had learned how to control myself quickly when I became a vampire I just didn't want to. There was a difference.
"Oh, I'm sorry I made such a mess. As soon as I opened the door, the scent hit me and I literally saw red. I didn't even know I was drinking the blood until Elijah pulled me away, it all happened too fast." She said starting to cry again as I turned the shower on, watching the blood swirl around the drain.
"Elena, no more apologizing. It is different when you are around me, I am your mate. My scent and blood helps cancel out most of the bloodlust, but when you are not close to me, you don't have that extra help. When you drink my blood, the reason it helps is because it is running through your veins, you constantly smell it, feel it. You haven't had my blood since yesterday afternoon. It was out of your system. That's why you responded so strongly." I stepped in the shower with her after discarding the shorts I had put on. My chest was covered in blood, but was quickly washed off. I took the soap and began washing her, feeling her disappointment in herself.
"My love, it was only a freezer of blood bags, there is nothing to be disappointed in yourself for. You didn't hurt anyone. And you won't." I told her as I began to wash the blood out of her hair. The smell didn't even bother me anymore.
"But what if that would have been a human? I would have killed them before I even knew it!" She looked up at me.
"It wasn't. And that freezer was full of blood, much more than even 10 humans. Now what we are going to do is you will take some of my blood every morning until you can be fully in control. We will lessen it over time, but for now, love, it will keep you in control." She nodded and as soon as all of the blood was gone, we got out of the shower.
I could hear Elijah talking downstairs. I quickly got dressed, but kept my sleeve rolled up so that I could give Elena some of my blood. She walked in the room and I could hear her still worrying about herself.
"Darling, it will make you feel better, I give you my word." I said as I walked up behind her and held my wrist in front of her face. I could sense her face changing and she gently bit down, only taking a little. After a few seconds I could feel her emotions changing and a new surge of confidence run through her.
"Our guests have arrived, I will go see that they are situated while you get dressed and then I will call you down there when it is time." I said as I kissed her forehead. She nodded and I sped off downstairs.
"Elijah, thank you for your help this morning." I said as I walked up next to him. He was looking at the front door waiting for it to open.
"It was no problem, brother. Should we help Niklaus get your guests inside?" Elijah said motioning to the door.
"I believe we shall. And I have the perfect spot for them." I said with an evil smirk. I hadn't lost all of my old ways. We walked outside to see Nik's big black SUV sitting in the drive. Nik himself leaning against the hood.
"Hello, brothers. I will tell you, next time I will have my hybrids doing the dirty work. I had to snap their necks every three hours on the way here! Oh and I brought another guest." Nik said, with his arms crossed and his smirk plastered on his face as always.
I heard the passenger door open and within a second, I saw Rebekah standing in front of me.
"Ah, Rebekah, glad you came, little sister. What convinced you?" I asked as she stood in front of me with her arms crossed.
"Nik and Elijah told me everything and I got myself a dagger threat if I do not behave towards your new wife. Now why didn't I hear any of it from you?" She asked still not moving.
"Well, considering who my wife is, I didn't really want to hear you screeching over the phone, so I asked Nik to do it. Now, be nice or I will put the dagger in you myself. She is my mate." I told her, watching her eyes go wide at my last statement. "I suppose they didn't tell you everything, then." I said, looking at Elijah and Nik, both laughing. I sniggered at them.
"The doppelgänger is your mate?!" She screeched. I immediately got defensive at hearing the horrid nickname for her.
"Her name is Elena. And yes, she is my mate and my wife. You will treat her with respect as you would a sister. Who knows, you could become friends." She scoffed, but I could see the hope in her eyes as I said friends. That was all she ever longed for. She nodded and walked inside while Elijah and I grabbed the two Salvatore's from the back seat. They were still unconscious from having their necks snapped, but I couldn't help but fight the urge to kill them right there. We all walked inside and took them to the basement, which was more like a dungeon. It was an old house, and what could I say, we actually have uses for a dungeon. I turned on the lights and chained them up to the wall, I didn't bother with vervain if I was going to bleed them dry anyways.
Elena, we are in the basement. Feel free to come when you are ready, but I should tell you, Rebekah is here as well. I spoke into her mind.
I figured as much. She won't try to kill me, will she?
No, love. I promise she won't touch you.
Alright I'm coming.
"She is on her way down. Behave." I said to my siblings as they looked at me in confusion. A few seconds later, she showed up at the base of the stairs. I could feel her nervousness and anxiety.
It will be fine, come here and I will introduce you properly. I said to her and she nodded, coming straight to my side. My siblings looked at each other and I realized they had no idea I could communicate with her. This would be fun.
"Now, Rebekah, Nik, meet Elena Mikaelson, your new sister-in-law." I said as she grabbed my hand. She was wearing all black, and it looked sexy.
"Elena, I formally apologize for everything I have done to you, and your family and friends. You are part of this family now, even though I didn't know until after the fact, and I will do anything to protect my family. Though sometimes I have a strange way of showing it." Nik said, honestly I was surprised he was that forward with her. Maybe he was trying to get on my good side, in fear of what I might do to him about the past events.
"Thank you. I may not be able to forgive you yet, but I will try to understand. I don't want anymore trouble." She said from my side, in a new confident voice.
"Elena, I'm sorry for trying to kill you, but in my defense you did kill me. So I guess we are even now that you are technically dead. I might not have been excited about this whole thing, but seeing as you are my brothers mate, I want to try to get along, seeing as we will be seeing a lot of each other for eternity." Rebekah said, holding her hand out to Elena. Well I was shocked.
"I'm sorry for the whole befriending then daggering thing, Rebekah. At the time,I thought it was the best thing to protect my family. Now looking back at it, it was only Damon and Stefan who kept convincing me to try and kill you all. I don't like having enemies. If you agree to forgive me, then I will forgive you and we can try to be friends. I kind of need a friend right now." Elena said taking Rebekah's hand. Well this was going much better than I expected.
I agree. She said into my mind, I looked at her and smiled. Then she looked over at the idiots hanging from the wall, who were starting to stir. I felt the sudden surge of hate run through her and I could sense her face changing. She was going to attack them. I would have let her, but I know she wouldn't want this to be the way, so I held her back.
Calm down, you will get your revenge, but let it be slow. It's more satisfying that way. I said into her mind as I held her shoulders, her face automatically returned to normal and she laughed.
My siblings watched the entire encounter between us, and were highly confused, but amused at the new vampire Elena.
"What just happened?" Rebekah spoke up, curious as to how I stopped her silently.
"Nothing, Rebekah. She wants revenge, she started to act, I stopped her." I said, keeping a straight face.
"But you were behind her, how did you know she was about to attack?" Rebekah continued.
"I saw her leaning forward." I lied, laughing on the inside. She rolled her eyes and gave up for now.
I put Elena behind me and watched as the Salvatore's started looking around, struggling against their constraints.
"Ah hello, Damon, Stefan. Have a nice sleep?" Nik said, walking up to them laughing.
"Where the fuck are we, and why are we being held captive?" Damon spat at Nik and I motioned for Elena to stay hidden for a few minutes. I ran up to the boys at vampire speed.
"You are at my house, and you are here because you hurt my wife." I spat back at Damon.
"So baby brother original is married, never expected that." Damon said back. I wanted to pull his heart out. But I heard Rebekah mumble something about 'neither did we'. "So what did we do to wifey original?"
"I will just say you have made her very angry, and by doing so, have angered me greatly as well." I said in a venomous tone.
"So who exactly is your wife?" Stefan decided to speak up.
Elena, go ahead and come out. She walked out from behind the pillar and ran straight to me. The Salvatore's face went from shock to confusion.
"Katherine?" Stefan asked. I hadn't realized that her hair was curly from letting it dry naturally. And what she was wearing could easily fool them.
"Nope. Try again." She said with venom in her tone. Their eyes widened in shock. They watched her latch herself to my side.
"Elena?" Damon said sounding pitiful.
"Yes, Damon." She spat at him.
"No, no they compelled you! What did you do to her?! You compelled her didn't you?!" The older brother yelled at us. Rebekah walked over to Elena and looked her straight in the eyes.
"Did anyone of us compel you to be with my brother?" She said, compelling the truth out of her.
"No. I did it because I wanted to." Elena said to her in a monotone voice. The Salvatore's faces went to shock.
"Did anyone compel you to be angry or want revenge on the Salvatore's?" Rebekah spoke again.
"No." Elena replied robotically. I nodded at Rebekah and she walked back over to Nik.
"See, we have done nothing, I found her in the woods after you forced her to transition and stopped her from killing herself." I said. Elena winced.
Sorry, love.
"You-, there's no way- she would never go with you. You must have threatened someone that she cares about." Stefan said thinking he figured it out.
"They didn't threaten anyone. I went with him because he helped me. He saved my life and offered to teach me. He is my mate." She growled at them. That was sexy. They looked even more shocked then before.
"Your mate? That's impossible." Damon said. Time to inflict some pain, they needed to start bleeding out that vervain anyways.
That okay, love? he's made me angry.
Go ahead, but next one is on me. She whispered back in my mind. I walked over to Nik, who had one of the silver daggers in his hand. Oh this would be fun.
In a flash I was back in front of Damon, sliding the dagger down his arm, letting the blood fall on the floor. He winced in pain, and I just chuckled.
"She is my mate. And I'm sure you know what that means." I said to him angrily.
"Yeah, it means she couldn't choose one of us, so she chose an original. She is exactly like Katherine." Stefan spoke up. I looked at Elena who was beyond angry at that statement.
Go ahead, love. She sped over to Stefan reaching her hand in his chest, getting a hold on his heart.
"If you ever call me Katherine again, I will not hesitate to rip this out of your chest." She said as her face changed.
"She's got the Petrova fire, I'm liking this side of our new sister." I heard Nik whisper to Rebekah. I laughed.
"Elena, this isn't you. You were supposed to be one of our mates, that's why we turned you!" Damon spoke up. Elena released Stefan's heart, letting the blood drip from his chest and walking over to Damon.
"You planned to turn me?!" She growled. That made me angry. She had her hand around Damon's neck.
"We thought you were going to be one of our mates. We were sure of it." Damon struggled to say as her grip on his neck got tighter.
"So you killed me as well?!" She nearly screamed at me. The brothers looked at each other then looked back at her but remained silent. She flashed over to an old wooden table in the corner, kicking it. It flew apart into many different pieces and she picked a couple up. Flashing back over to them. She took a piece of the wood and shoved it in his chest, very close to his heart, but not close enough to kill him. He screamed in pain.
"And you helped him with this plan?" She asked Stefan who just looked down, bracing for the pain. Silence was the only answer she needed. She stabbed the piece of wood into his shoulder. He screamed out as well.
That's my girl.
Would you like to say anything to them?
Of course, love.
She traded spots with me and I began to tap on the makeshift wooden stake getting closer to his heart.
"You planned this. You killed my wife. Then you forced her to transition, against her will. I should kill the both of you, right now. But I haven't, because she asked me not to. But she did allow me to have my fun with you." I said as I dragged the dagger across Damon's neck, along the wall, and across Stefan's neck, letting the blood run down their Shirts.
"Niklaus, can you assist me, please?" I asked nicely. I saw his face light up. I've began walking over to me, but Elena stopped him, whispering something in his ear. I listened from her thoughts and I smiled. I was definitely rubbing off on her.
"Yes, brother?" Nik asked as he walked up to me, a giant smirk plastered on his face.
"I'm sure you have something to say to these two." I told him and he smiled back at me. I knew what Elena had asked him to do.
"It seems you have messed with my family again. You see, that doesn't really settle well with me. And I am not as gracious as my brother when it comes to you two. You've tried to kill me and my family. on multiple occasions. Now you have hurt my new sister. So, I'm going to enjoy this." He said to them with a growl. I watched his face change, his vampire features coming out, with the yellow eyes of the werewolf. He then bit into Damon's neck quickly, and flashed over and bit Stefan's neck.
"How long do they have, Nik?" I asked as he walked away from them with a smile on his face.
"Usually takes about an hour. They will be begging for their lives in probably about 45 minutes or so." He said. I turned back to Elena, Elijah, and Rebekah.
"How's about a family lunch. But first, Rebekah, you were always the best at giving people dreams." I winked at her, she smiled a sadistic smile and walked over to the Salvatore's, who were now writing in pain.
"This is for my new sister, and me." She said as she closed her eyes, forcing a dream into their minds. She then walked back and I grabbed Elena's hand and walked upstairs.