A/N: Sorry for the extra long delay college is a lot of work! Last chapter Alex turned for the first time and bit Damon. She found out Mason was her father and ended up running away right to The Originals. Hopefully, I make up for the delay with this chapter that offers answers. Read away!
Chapter 11: Illuminating the Darkness
Point of View: Alexandria Verdine
"I'm sorry."
"You can't even stand up in the shower. No need to be sorry for being yourself." Elijah offers a gentle smile I'm sure in an attempt to ease my awkwardness. I literally just met the man but now he's scrubbing me down. "The first turn is always the worst."
"I guess you're used to supporting crazy hybrid monsters."
"You're not a monster Alexandria simply an untrained puppy." I can't help but laugh, "Niklaus on the other hand, let's just say he's a little rambunctious."
"I wonder how it's going at the Salvatore Mansion."
[X]
Point of View: Stefan Salvatore
I come downstairs after checking on Damon, "The hallucinations are getting worse."
Elena gets up and hugs me tight, "We will figure out something."
"I've only heard of Klaus's blood curing werewolf bites."
"What about Alex? I mean she's technically a hybrid too. Plus, she might be more magical than an Original."
"Her blood is different… It's worth a shot. I'll be right back call me if Damon gets worse."
She kisses me and I head for the door only to stop in my tracks. "Hello long lost friend. May we come in?" Klaus smirks and Rebekah waves from behind him.
"Why are you here?"
He looks at the invisible barrier, "A better a question would be who owns the house? Also, why are we sitting here while your gruesome brother is suffering from a nasty bite?"
"That isn't important and how did you know?"
"Alexandria told me. She sent me here as part of our deal."
"What deal?"
"Oh come on Stefan just let us in and I'll give you all the details. I truly do come in peace."
I look back at Elena who eyes Klaus but reluctantly says, "Come in."
With a big smile Klaus walks in followed by Rebekah, "Was that so hard?"
They follow me upstairs to Damon's room where he is slowly drifting off. Klaus grabs a glass off the table then fills it almost halfway with his blood. He hands it over to me with a raised eyebrow, "I'm a man of my word but I do need a tiny favor."
"When don't you?"
"Alexandria is safe with my family and I so I need you to keep your dog on a leash. She needs a break."
"So you know her after not even a day with her?"
"I'm the only one who can understand her situation. She is strong but she's tired."
"Look at you Nik being caring," Rebekah chimes in.
He rolls his eyes, "Leave her alone for at least a week or until she's ready to reach out to you and your clan. Especially Damon, I don't need him storming into my home. I won't hurt her she will come back in her own time she's been manipulated enough."
"You were in her mind weren't you?"
"I was and boy does Damon have years of explaining to do but that's none of my business. Do we have a deal?"
"Yes I don't have much of a choice anyway."
"Great now could you please show me where Alexandria's belongings are?" Rebekah says before crossing her arms.
[X]
Point of View: Alexandria Verdine
"You really didn't have to carry me… or cook for me… or loan me a shirt."
Elijah chuckles, "I really did. You are still very weak, to build your strength you need to eat, and I don't think it would be the best thing for you to be prancing around nakedly."
"Well thank you. I'm just used to doing everything on my own." I manage to sit myself up in the huge bed Elijah picked for me.
"I understand I'm the same way. I just want you to know that if you need anything, let me know. Considering that you could be here for a week I think you should be as comfortable as possible."
"Why are you so nice? All of you are being very nice to me and from what I've heard, you don't associate Originals with happiness."
"We all deserve to be happy. You haven't done anything to my family to deserve our wrath so why not be nice?"
Klaus walks into the room carrying two boxes followed by Rebekah who carries one. "Delivery for a Miss Verdine. I see you've begun to make yourself at home."
"Thanks to Elijah and thank you both as well for helping me. I didn't have that much stuff there though."
"I know but brother here insisted we visit your home to collect more of your belongings," Rebekah says.
"It looks like I'm moving in."
"You are… temporarily of course," Klaus says with a big smile before unpacking my stuff.
Elijah leans over and whispers, "Be happy because he is never this nice."
[X]
3 Days Later Point of View: Damon Salvatore
"We shouldn't be talking about this right now."
"When are we supposed to talk about you giving my daughter up in a deal? I should've been told right when you realized where she was!"
"Well excuse me for having my brother's life as my first priority."
"I get it that Alex isn't blood but she's my blood! See this is why I never trust vampires!" Mason passes me as he storms out the door.
I finally come from around the corner, "You told me Alex was with Mason."
"You needed to heal," Stefan explains plopping down on the couch.
"I thought I was the brother that was a liar."
"I'm not a liar! You can't stand here and act like if you had known Alex wasn't here that you would just lay in bed like you needed to Damon."
"So what? She should be back with us now that everyone is coming after her."
"She's safe I know that she is."
"How? What was the deal?"
"Klaus gave me his blood for you in exchange for getting to keep Alex, unbothered, for at least a week. She still can leave at anytime she wants before the week is over."
"Are you kidding me? I'm going to get her right now!"
I turn around and head to the door but stop when Stefan says, "He specifically asked that you don't see her because he knows whatever you did to her years ago."
"Did he tell you? How in the hell does he know about me and Alex?"
"He was inside her mind. He said you had years of explaining to do so what did you do? I didn't even know you knew her before she came here."
"Shit. Well now I really can't go over there because if I do I'm sure he will tell her. I knew her mom Parker I actually turned her maybe twenty years ago. Parker was dying in the middle of the woods I had no clue why she was there."
"You were there because?"
"Passed out the night before at a party in the woods it was some college thing. What I didn't know was that she was pregnant."
"Wait, so Parker, Mason's long lost love and Alex's mother, died when she was pregnant. Therefore, a vampire gave birth? How did Alex not die?"
"I have no clue I guess because Parker was pregnant before she died and before she turned. Mason and Parker's family thought she was dead because Mason had found Parker in the woods. He left to go get help but I knew she wouldn't make it so when he left I saved her. Parker decided to run away from Mason once she turned because she knew he was a werewolf kind of a toxic mix."
"Alex thought her parents died and that she was adopted but obviously knows that Mason and Parker are her parents. Did you kill Parker?"
"She was getting reckless and she was showing then so she didn't need to be running around. I thought by killing her I was doing the baby a favor. Now that I know who her daughter is, I'm sure her special blood saved her mother before she was even born. Parker hunted me down a few years later to kill me but I'm still here. I didn't know I killed Parker right in front of Alex who was watching the whole time."
"Alex was the little girl you brought here back in 1996?"
"Yup I didn't know what else to do. I compelled a family to take her in then compelled her to forget everything before her sixth birthday. Almost every year around her birthday, when I killed Parker, she would get bad dreams. Obviously that was her remembering what happened so I would come by for her birthday every year to compel her again. I never understood why it didn't stick by now I know it was because you can't compel the Omnipotent. I mean you can but it wears off because she isn't completely human."
"Wow. Are you ever going to tell her this?"
"I don't know. I don't want Alexandria to hate me… I couldn't handle it."
Well it looks like someone is catching feelings. Review and all that stuff please and thank you!:) Don't be afraid to tell me what you want to see.
