Sire Bond (The Vision)

Chapter Fourteen

Acceptance

Elijah entered his study and Freya whipped around at the sound of the door opening. She had been surveying her brother's extensive book collection, which she happily realized contained their mother's grimoires.

She stared at her brother, remembering when he was a baby and when she was torn from his life. She could tell by his expression that their siblings had filled him in, and that he believed she was indeed his long-lost sister. "Hello brother Elijah," she greeted him. "I can't tell you how happy I am to see you again."

"I believed you were dead my entire life," he told her. "Mother told father and all of us that you had succumbed to plague. I knew father was a cruel bastard, but I never suspected that mother was as well."

Freya wanted to cry with gratitude at his words and obvious acceptance of her. "I don't blame you brother, but I don't understand how mother could have given me away. Aunt Daliah told me she did it to settle some dispute between then, but wouldn't tell me what that dispute was. Daliah wanted me to increase her own power. She could tell I had inherited mother's magic even when I was very young. I'll spare you the gruesome details of how she used me over the years."

"I'm so sorry you had to endure that," Elijah replied. "But why did you get involved with Tristan DuMartel? Why didn't you just reach out to us once you were free of Daliah?"

"Perhaps I should explain it to all of you together?"

Elijah nodded his head. "That's fine. But first," he opened his arms, "come give your little brother a hug."

Freya couldn't stop the tears pouring from her eyes and launched herself into her brother's embrace.

Back with the others, Freya began her tale. "After I got free of Daliah, an experience I'd rather not relive, I found myself in Bulgaria and finally able to search for my family. I did know from our aunt that you had all been turned into vampires. She must have somehow kept in touch with mother up until her death. But when I performed a locator spell using my blood, which should have shown me where my family was, it was hampered by those you have all sired. I got results from all over the world. So, I found a local coven of witches in and joined up with them. I didn't show them the full extent of my powers, but they were still very impressed with my skills. They told me about a vampire who had come to them seeking help with his sire-bond illness. They asked me to try to help him."

"Why did they care about helping a vampire?" Elijah asked.

"Apparently he had threatened them when they told him they couldn't help him. They were afraid he would come back and kill them all. I agreed to see him thinking he might be able to help me find you. Once I met him and heard his story I knew he was the key to getting back to my family. He told me all about you Elijah. How he loved you, how he hated you, how he wanted to destroy you but couldn't without destroying himself and all the vampires."

"What about the prophecy, the vision?" Klaus asked.

"I took a blood sample from him under the pretense of finding a cure for his illness. I didn't think there would be a cure, and I confirmed that after working on it for a while. There'd be no way to break him free from you, Elijah, without severing the bond to all you have sired. And I certainly wasn't going to tell him that and give him any other ideas. But during that time, being exposed to his blood, I began to have visions. After all, Mikaelson blood did run through his veins too."

"A double-dose," Kol chimed in; "Elijah's and mine."

Freya nodded her head, "And the vision was very strong. I saw the white-oak horse in your house. I knew, also from Daliah, that the white-oak tree had been used to turn Elijah into the first vampire."

"Second, after father," Elijah corrected her.

"Right," Freya continued. "I didn't know if that horse had been carved before or after mother's spell so I was afraid you were all in danger. I also saw you standing in the woods in the Bayou, and I saw you get shot with an arrow and fall. I then saw all the other vampires fall, including Tristan. If I hadn't intervened, someone, someday, would have used that wood to kill you. I figured the quickest way to get to you would be to play along with Tristan. I told him the white oak, properly spelled, could be used to kill you, but that if I spelled it to put you to sleep he would be cured. He decided to go to New Orleans and tell you only that you could be killed. The rest you know."

"You practically handed him to us on a silver-platter," Klaus said. "Why?"

"He was very clear," Freya answered. "He wanted to put Elijah to sleep and then do whatever was necessary, with my help, to get the rest of you out of the way."

"Out of the way?" Hayley didn't understand. "If he thought his sickness would go away why would he still want to be around Elijah?"

"Even if the physical symptoms were gone he still had a psychological need to be near his king. I would guess you all feel that need."

Hayley nodded her head. Of course she felt that way, but for different reasons. Elijah's siblings all realized it was probably the truth for all of them in varying degrees. Their Sire was part of their souls. Kol spoke up. "I have to admit that even though Finn and I live on the other side of the world, we both find ourselves thinking about you often Elijah. Not that we don't think of Klaus and Rebekah too, but it's different with you."

Freya continued. "He wouldn't have rested until he achieved his goal one way or another. I thought it best to make him think I was helping him. What are you going to do with him now brother?"

"I still haven't decided," Elijah replied. "I can't kill him because that would also kill all his progeny. And that is not fair or just."

Freya had a suggestion. "As I mentioned earlier, I could break the sire link between him and those he turned."

"Is that even possible?" Elijah was surprised at the suggestion.

"I'd have to do some research, but I'm confident it's possible. And if not, we can find a way to permanently imprison him somehow."

"Do your research," Elijah instructed. "If it is an option, I'll give him the choice. Die for his crimes, or live and suffer forever. I believe I know what he'll choose."