I think that most of you noticed that I'm in a TVD and TO binge, I'm sorry (not sorry) but since TO ended I've been in glass case of emotion and this is me trying to cope with that motherfucking ending, cause no, nu uh, it didn't happen, nope, IGNORING IT.
so yeah, bear with me :)
-Alex (A very unhappy writer trying to fix things through the power of fanfiction.)
Damon and I arrived on time to the bridge, I wondered if Elijah knew that the bridge was made out of the only thing that could kill him, maybe not, since he seemed nonchalant about the whole thing. Damon had a smirk on his face that I felt the need to smack away, I didn't, I wouldn't try to change how Damon was, since just the night before I had basically told him that he deserved someone who accepted just Damon with all his murderous quirks.
"The pack will arrive in the next twenty minutes" said Jonas, I nodded and looked at Damon.
"They're dangerous, their leader Brody is a sadistic fucker that likes to torture vampires for fun… maybe he should be Nik's sacrifice instead of Jules, it would be poetic" I said, a smile on my face.
"And the others?" asked Damon, I shrugged.
"Nik will need wolves to make his hybrids, those could work" I said, Damon's eyes widened.
"You are enabling Klaus to make an army of hybrids" he said, I rolled my eyes.
"I literally just told you that Nik is not a threat unless he feels threatened, his hybrids will be sired to him, they will cause you no harm unless you provoke them first, besides would you rather have feral wolves roaming around or tame hybrids, because once Nik kills their alpha this will be a mercy" I explained, Damon didn't seem to like it but nodded, Elijah had a pensive look on his face.
"Oh, I always knew you were a smart one Nibblet" said a voice from behind us, we turned to see Nik with Maddox.
"Nik, you're here early" I said with a smile, he smirked.
"I am never early Nibblet, I'm exactly on time" he said then looked at Elijah, "Brother, what a surprise and look you have your very own witch"
"Niklaus, Alexandra tells me the strangest things about you" Elijah said, Nik looked between the two of us.
"She tends to be right, Elijah, so whatever she told you" he said a smug look on his face, Elijah sighed, I clapped my hands getting their attention.
"So wolves, we could trap them in the forest, tonight is the full moon so maybe ward a small section where they can't escape" I proposed, Jonas and Maddox exchanged glances and then look at their respective originals.
"It could work" said Maddox.
"Then what are we waiting for? We have wolves to catch" said Nik gleefully.
Two hours later we had rounded the wolves and Damon and I had retrieved Jules from sedation. The she-wolf was out of it but otherwise unharmed, the nine wolves had been trapped in the woods as per accorded. Nik looked gleeful while Elijah just looked done with his brother. Damon was being a good sport about the whole thing and I had to thank god for small miracles.
"I have to give it to you Nibblet, this is just one of the best presents I've received" Nik said, I smirked at him.
"What can I say Nik? I've always been fond of you, and I had nothing else to do this century" I said cheekily.
"Really? No world domination plans?" he asked.
"Not really, but my kill list has just gotten longer and longer, you know how it is in the business" Nik smiled at me.
"Anything else I should know before the ritual?" he asked after a moment, I frowned and tilted my head to the side.
"Well from what I know you'll be a true hybrid, werewolf side will be unlocked, stronger, harder to kill and" I looked between him and Elijah who looked interested, "I believe if you have sex with any other than a vampire, you could father children"
"Fair enough" he said and returned his gaze to the wolves.
"If you don't need me anymore for now, I have a girl to assure that she will survive through tonight, please do text me the location you choose for the ritual, Isobel, your vampire has been compelled to follow your orders" I said, Elijah and Nik nodded, I then offered my hand to Damon, "If you are so kind Mister Salvatore"
"Of course Lady Black" he said with a smirk as he took my hand.
Damon and I went to the Gilbert residence since everyone was already there, Caroline and Tyler included. Elena eyed me distrustfully as I walked in with Damon. Bonnie was sitting on the couch next to Jeremy, John was on the other end of the couch while Jenna and Alaric were sharing the loveseat, Stefan and Elena both sharing a chair, while Tyler and Caroline were both on the floor.
"Well isn't this gloomy, we're not preparing a funeral here" I said with a smile.
"There is a possibility that Elena could die tonight" said John, I rolled my eyes at him.
"I already told you that she will survive the ritual, have a little faith Gilbert" I said as I unpocketed the vial carrying the elixir, "This is what will keep Elena alive, she must drink it before going to the ritual and I will be there the entire time making sure that she's okay"
"Why can't we be there?" asked Stefan from his seat.
"Because Nik will transform into a werewolf and if you didn't know a bite from a wolf is fatal to vampires, I'm trying to keep you all from danger"
"And what about me?" asked Tyler, I sighed and ran my hand through my hair.
"Since is your second transformation I will spell the Lockwood Cellar to lock you in, the woods won't be safe and I won't have you out there" I explained.
"Why didn't you just do that the first time?" asked Caroline, I shrugged.
"It was his first time, the wolf needed to roam free, now that he's more accustomed to it I'm sure that it will be easier, I will, of course, ask Nik to turn you into a Hybrid, that way you won't have to change ever again against your will" I said softly and Tyler looked hopeful.
"Won't you need a witch to trap Tyler?" asked Bonnie, I grinned wolfishly at her and lifted a hand, fire dancing at the tip of my fingers.
"I am a witch" I said and everyone looked at me surprised, "I mean it's kind of obvious that I'm not your everyday vampire, I can walk into places without invitation, the sun doesn't really bother me and I have magic of my own, I don't need to draw magic from spirits or the earth"
"How is that possible?" Bonnie asked surprised.
"I don't really know, and trust me I've done my research, I've read of siphoners and such, but nothing such as me" I explained.
"And weren't you turned by Klaus or Elijah?" asked Elena, I shook my head.
"The events surrounding my turning elude me, I came across Nik and Elijah here in the new world before New Orleans was a city, I just existed in this world one day and accidentally killed a man who was planning to kill me instead" I said remembering my first day in this universe, it seemed so far away, although to be fair it had been a while ago.
"Not creepy at all" muttered Damon, I smiled at him.
"It has kept me alive all these years, maybe one day I'll know, but at the moment I'm happy defying Nature"
After locking Tyler inside the cellar and Caroline deciding that she would stay with Tyler, I drove Elena to the location that Nik had texted me, she seemed scared by the whole thing, Stefan was also with us as a failsafe, while Damon stayed behind with the rest of the gang.
"Bottoms up" I said handing Elena the elixir, she took it and drank it all.
"Are you sure this will work?" asked Stefan, I looked at him and nodded.
"It will" I said convinced, it had to, I handed Stefan a blood bag from the small cooler in my trunk and he scrunched his nose, "Oh right, vegetarian"
"Kind of" he said with a smile understanding the joke.
"I could compel your bloodlust away" I offered, he seemed hopeful.
"Is it possible?" he asked, I shrugged.
"It should be, wanna give it a go?" I asked, he nodded.
I looked him straight in the eyes, "You will only drink blood from blood bags, you will suppress all your bloodlust tendencies, you will not kill any humans unless it is in self-defense, you will not become a ripper anymore" I said and Stefan seemed dazed for a moment and blinked at me, I smiled and handed him the blood bag, "Drink up, nobody should walk hungry to a ritual"
Elena and I watched as Stefan drank from the bag, he drank slowly and I could tell that he was savoring every drop of it, once he was done I took the empty bag from his hand.
"How you feeling?" I asked, he smiled at me.
"Actually, I feel really good" he said and I grinned.
"Good, now let's go, I hate being late"
We walked through the forest to where Nik has several torches lit up, Maddox, Greta, Luka and Jonas were all there, Brady and Isobel too. The latter two were trapped in fire circles, Elijah was also there standing to the far right under a tree.
"Hey Nik" I said getting the hybrid's attention, "Catch" I said as I tossed the moonstone to him, he grinned at me.
"You keep impressing me Nibblet," he said, I winked at him before I turned my attention to Elena.
"I won't promise you that it will be painless, nor that it will be easy, I do promise you that you will survive this, okay?" I asked holding her hands in mine, as much as I disliked Elena Gilbert, she was only a child who had been unlucky enough to be of Katerina's bloodline.
"Okay" she said softly, I smiled at her and pulled her into a hug.
"Be strong kiddo" I said as I released her, she nodded and went to stand next to Nik, I sent a pointed look his way and he nodded, "Come here Stefan, when Nik finishes with Elena you are to retrieve her body and get her to my apartment until she awakens"
"Anything else?" he asked, I shook my head and placed a hand on his shoulder.
"Keep her from trying to be a martyr though, it gets tiring" I said with a smile, Stefan nodded.
I kept walking until I was standing next to Elijah, he raised his eyebrows at me and I smiled at him.
"You have a big heart" he said after a moment, I smiled at him.
"I try my best" I said as I crossed my arms and looked at him, his lips were quirked upwards in a small smile.
"Although, I do wonder if your tastes have decayed with time, Salvatore?" he asked amused and I laughed as I smacked his arm.
"I am pretty sure that if we were to see all the girls you've ever dated we could find a few questionable choices" I said with a smirk, Elijah hummed noncommittally.
We returned our attention to the ritual, the witches were working and the wolf and the vampire were being sacrificed, Nik stood next to Elena and she offered her hand to him, he was careful with her and I felt a little proud of him, he was not a monster. He drained her and laid her body on the ground as magic worked its way through the curse.
"Stefan, out now!" I hissed as I saw as Nik began to change, Stefan was quick to move and take Elena's body with him, I looked at Elijah, "Get the very mortal witches out of here, I'll deal with Nik"
"Are you sure?" he asked, I nodded.
Elijah and I moved in tandem to remove the witches and I erected a shield around Nik keeping him in the woods, the wolf howled and bared its teeth at me.
"Hush it Nik, you're doing none of the cleansing" I said flicking my hand and disappearing the corpses, the wolf howled again and I sighed, "Fine, give me a moment and I'll get you a few bodies you can kill to your amusement"
I sped into town trying to find several nobodies that no one would miss, two muggers and a rapist later I returned to the woods with the three men compelled to walk into Nik's space, the wolf looked at the men before returning its gaze to me.
"What? You wanted people to kill, here they are" I said and the wolf growled, I rolled my eyes at it, "Don't kill them too soon, I have your doppelgänger to sort,"
I said before leaving Nik and speeding to my apartment.
When I walked in I bumped into Damon who was standing next to Stefan, Elena was laying unconscious on my couch.
"She's dead" said Stefan looking at me menacingly, I huffed.
"Of course she's dead, the elixir is supposed to bring her back to life, those things take time, it's not instant ramen" I said crouching next to the dead girl, I placed my hand on her forehead willing a little bit of magic into her body as it couldn't hurt to have a failsafe.
Elena spluttered her way into consciousness, I held her up as she gasped and breathed in. Her eyes were wide as she took in her surroundings.
"Easy there" I said softly, her gaze focused on me and she held onto me, I smiled and patted her hair, "shhhh, you're okay now, be calm" I soothed her, she was breathing heavily.
"I died" she said shakily, I held her tighter.
"You're not dead anymore Elena," I whispered, Elena was trembling in my arms as I ran my hand through her hair.
She stayed in shock for the better part of an hour, Stefan and Damon never leaving my apartment, I had Damon phone Jenna and John so they could know that Elena was alive and well, after the shock wore off Elena fell asleep and I moved her to my guest room.
"Well, there's that" I said brushing my hands on my jeans as I walked into the living room, Elijah had joined Stefan and Damon, "How are the witches?"
"Maddox is waiting for orders from Niklaus, the Martins are trying to convince Greta to leave with them, however she doesn't want to leave" Elijah said, I nodded, "How is Elena?"
"Sleeping off the shock of dying, she will be okay once she awakens, John and Jenna were notified of this, I also texted Caroline who probably texted Bonnie" I said, Elijah nodded, "Can I offer you something? I have wine and whiskey"
"A glass of whiskey would be welcomed; I trust Niklaus is also safe?" Elijah asked, I smiled at him as I made my way to my kitchen.
"Yes, Nik is contained, I even left a couple bodies with him, can't have him becoming bored," I said, Elijah raised an eyebrow, "How about you Salvatores, whiskey or wine?"
"Whiskey please" said Stefan, I looked at Damon.
"Same"
I served four glasses of whiskey and rejoined the men in the living room, we stayed there drinking until the morning. When the day dawned I went into the kitchen to retrieve four blood bags.
"Stefan doesn't drink humans" said Damon, I smirked at him.
"He does now, I compelled away his bloodlust" I said and Damon seemed surprised, "Blood bags only for your brother and he can't kill unless it's in self-defense"
"That's useful" Damon said, I chuckled.
"Tell me about it" muttered Stefan as he began drinking his blood.
After tasking Stefan to returning Elena home and assuring Elijah that Nik would be in wolf form for another day, Damon and I were left alone at my place. I texted Caroline and told her that breakfast would be available at my place once she and Tyler were ready.
"I don't know how you do this" said Damon sitting at the counter nursing a glass of whiskey, I smiled at him as I flipped the pancakes I was making.
"I've had a couple of years to come to terms with my life and how I wanted it to play out" I said, he snorted into his drink.
"And Elijah?" he asked, I raised an eyebrow at him.
"What about him?"
"You two were married, how do you go on living?" he asked, I turned off the stove and sighed.
"Is this about Katerina too?" I asked softly, Damon refused to meet my eyes, I walked up to him and lifted his chin with my fingers, so he was looking at me "I won't judge you for loving her for as long as you do, I'm not the perfect picture of getting over someone, I was young and naïve when I fell in love with Elijah, the world was too new to me and I thought that he and I could have forever, I was the one who suggested the divorce, I had noticed how he had fallen out of love and while I still loved him I tried to be mature about it" I explained softly, Damon's eyes never left mine as I spoke.
"Elijah was all I had wanted in that moment and more, so I let him go, you know how the saying goes, if you love someone let them go, if they return to you they were yours to keep, if they do not, they were never yours to begin with, that realization hurt and many innocents paid for it, then I returned home to my son and he reminded me that there was more to life than the love of a man, so that's how you live on, you find that of which reminds you that there is more to life than a misguided love, I'm not proud of many of the things I did to get over Elijah, but I will not ask for forgiveness for them because that is not who I am, I am strong enough to carry that burden and soldier on"
"If leaving Elijah hurt you so, why help Klaus then?" Damon asked and I wanted to laugh at the bitterness that had been eating at me.
"Nik has always been dear to me, and how could he not be? He's the one who gave me Marcellus, our little warrior, and our son grew out to be a great man" I said running a hand through Damon's hair, "And Nik is a complex man, not many understand him, not even Elijah who claims to love all of Nik's faults"
"And you do?" asked Damon, I smiled softly at him.
"I wouldn't say I don't, but then again, I could be surprised, did you truly know Katerina? Would you say that you did?"
"Life has taught me that I didn't know the first thing about her" he said somberly, I chuckled.
"Look what pair we make, it gets better Damon Salvatore, I can tell you that, you have your brother, Alaric, even me if you would have me as a friend" I said with a smile.
"Just a friend?" he asked, a smirk working its way into his face, I grabbed his face in my hands as his hands grasped my waist.
"Mmmm… I guess we could add a few benefits to that friendship" I said before closing the distance between us.
Friends with benefits sounded just like the thing we both needed at the moment.
A/N: Guys, guys... guys... I'd like to hear your opinions on the Damon/Alexandra interactions, would you like to see more of them or nah?
Also I'd like to heard from you... Who should be our EndGame!Pairing? I have a few thoughts on the matter, but what do you think of it?
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