AN: Surprise! It's been awhile since I updated this fast. It was already done a few days ago. Anyway enjoy!
"How long is it going to take?" Elena asked nervously, as she stood in the doorway looking out for Stefan or Damon. I shrugged in response as I sat down against the wall twisting the dagger in between my fingers. Elena looked from the hall to down on me. "You okay?"
"Yeah," I answered, still twisting the dagger. "Why wouldn't I be?"
"You can talk to me," Elena stated, turning her body to face me. "You know that, right?"
"I might be a little pissed off that you thought I would let Bonnie die," I answered, now drawing boredly in the dirt with the dagger.
"Look, I'm truly sorry Janelle. It was just everything looked so real," Elena said sadly.
"Thank you for the apology, but I'm sure I would've reacted the same way," I stated, lifting my head to look at her it was silent between us before I spoke up again. "So, are we going to discuss what we're going to do when he does wake up," I mentioned.
"Oh. That may have been a good idea,"
"You think," I retorted sarcastically.
"What are we going to do?" She asked, biting her nails.
"Talk to him would be a good start," I suggested. She looked at me. "I mean, like, apologize for daggering him. Twice," I said reminding her of what we did. "Which I still feel guilty for," I added.
"Do you think he'll still honor our agreement?"
"Probably not, for the number of times we've stabbed him in the back, literally. But Elijah is an honorable man, I think he may listen,"
"I hope so," Elena replied.
We descended into silence once more until Elijah gasped and shot upwards, his back arching and released a sickening crack. Elena and I rushed to his sides, I dropped the dagger on my way. I rested my hands on his shoulder. He looked at Elena with his brown eyes, his face still grey and covered in veins.
"Elijah," she whispered as she pressed her fingers to her lips. "Shhh,"
"Katerina?" He questioned.
"Elijah, look, it's me it's Elena," Elena clarified as I helped him in to a sitting position.
The veins disappeared and he started gaining some color to his features. As I touched him, I was brought back into his flashback.
"Ah, good evening, Trevor," Elijah said. "I am pleased you could join us,"
"I could not miss the birthday celebration,"
"No, considering the gift you claimed to bear," Then, Elijah looked behind Trevor's back. "Where is this mystery girl of which you speak?"
"Right this way," Trevor said, taking Elijah to where he had been talking with the girl a few moments ago.
"My dear," He said touching Nadine's arm.
"Hello," Nadine said, turning on her heels, and greeted him smiling.
He just stared at her like she was some kind of ghost. She inclined her head, waiting for his response.
Elijah finally introduced himself, "Forgive me. You remind me of someone," he excused himself while smiling a little
His kind eyes looked sad. She knew the person she reminded him of had been important to him.
"Nadine," Trevor said to her." May I introduce the Lord Elijah," Elijah extended her hand and she took it.
"Pleasure, my lord," She said, bowing.
"The pleasure's mine," Elijah kissed her hand. "Nadine,"
Their eyes were locked together for a short time, and then he slowly looked away.
~~~x~~~
"Janelle!" Elena whispered, I snapped out of the flashback. "We need to be quieter," Elena hissed.
Elijah's eyes shot to Elena before landing back on me, "Nadine. Oh my God," He said softly, before falling backwards and lying there completely still.
"We need to get out of here now," I urged, but he ignored me and just stared at the ceiling. "Elena," I called gesturing to his other arm.
Elena sighed before grabbing on his arm and we both hoisted him up. But he jumped from our grip and stumbled forward catching himself on the door frame.
"I can't- I can't breathe!" He gasped. "What's h-happening to me?"
Elena started to stutter as we both tried to think of why he could be like this.
He fell forwards against the wall and I ran towards him and supported him up, "I can't be in this house," He stated matter-of-factly.
"You're not invited in," I realized.
He nodded before disappearing from sight. I looked back at Elena who stood there wide eyed before she took off after him. I was about to follow, but I remembered the dagger and went back to retrieve it before following them up the stairs. I stood next to Elena in front of the door as we saw Elijah crouching down just outside. He glared at us before jumping up and trying to get back in. Elena and I jumped back in fear, but the invisible barrier stopped him from coming anywhere near us.
"What happened?" He asked.
"Shhh," Elena said, pressing her finger to her lips while I pointed upstairs.
"We'll tell you, just not here," She whispered. "Can we trust you?"
He leaned forward as far as the barrier would let us and glared at us, mostly me, "Can I trust you?" he whispered. "after all you stabbed a dagger into my heart,"
Looking down at the dagger still in my hand I held it out to him much to his surprise. He carefully took it from my hand before nodding.
~~~x~~~
"You look better," Elena commented as she drove the car.
Elijah was sat in the passenger seat and I was stuck in the back.
"Where did you get the dagger?" He questioned.
"We'll tell you everything Elijah, but we have to work together. We need your word," Elena started.
"Your ability to make demands has long passed," He retorted.
I wouldn't blame him, I mean we killed him.
Twice.
"Okay, so no demands," Elena stated. "We're offering our help and in returned we want yours,"
"Why should I even consider this?" He asked looking in between Elena and I.
"The same reason why you haven't killed us," Elena stated. "You need our help to kill Klaus and we need you,"
We all looked at one another then in silence before Elena's phone started to ring. I watched as Elena sighed while looking at the caller ID before picking it up. It was Stefan. As Elena was talking to Stefan, Elijah twisted in his seat and looked at me and my face drained of color and my body stiffened.
"Elijah..." I began. "...I truly am sorry for what happened and what I did," I said honestly.
Elijah turned his attention back to Elena.
"Elijah is a noble man, Stefan. He lives by a code of honor, we can trust him. He knows we'd be incredibly stupid to betray him again by removing the dagger," Elena continued talking through the phone. "We have proven ourselves,"
After a minute Elena hung up and looked at me then Elijah, but before she could put the phone away Elijah held out his hand for it.
Elena handed her phone to him and Elijah took it gladly placing it in his suit pocket. He then turned to me and held his hand out for mine. I looked at him like he was crazy.
"Really?" I asked.
But he only nodded. I looked at Elena and she gave me a small glare then a nod, I sighed before handing him my phone which he quickly slipped in to his pocket.
"He's here," Elena said as she parked the car.
"Klaus is here?" He questioned, and we both nodded.
"He's taken other Alaric's body," Elena explained.
"Course he has," Elijah said. "It's one of his favorite tricks,"
"Well what are his other tricks?" I asked.
"What's he going to do next?" Elena inquired.
"You're the only one who knows him," I added.
"Yes, I do," He whispered almost to himself.
~~~x~~~
Elijah ringed the doorbell at the Lockwood's and Mrs. Lockwood opened the door, "Elijah, Elena, Janelle, what happened?" She asked looking at Elijah's tattered suit.
"We had a little incident; and I'm hoping you can help," Elijah said politely. Mrs. Lockwood hesitated so Elijah took a step forward looking into her eyes, "It won't take a minute of your time," He compelled.
She smiled then, "Of course, come on in,"
We all walked in as Elena and I shared confused glances, "Well first things first I'm going to need a change of clothing," Elijah stated.
"Well you could try one of my husband's suits; I haven't boxed them up yet," Mrs. Lockwood replied.
"Wonderful," Elijah grinned, as he watched Mrs. Lockwood scatter off up the stairs.
"How did you know she's not on vervain?" I questioned.
"Because I'm the one that got her off it; right before you and your friends killed me," He answered then looked at Elena and I. "Twice," he added with a tone to make us guilty.
"But if you excuse me, I'll be down in a moment,"
~~~x~~~
Elena and I went and sat down in the parlor room and we didn't have to wait long before Elijah was back and dressed in a nice looking suit, "So I assume the Martin witches are no longer with us?" He asked taking a seat opposite us.
"In my defense it was their fault, I had nothing to do with that," I started to reason, but Elena cut me off.
"I'm sorry," She added quickly, glaring at me as Elijah looked at me with an amused gleam in his eyes.
"And Katerina? She would have been released from my compulsion when I died,"
"Klaus took her," Elena answered.
"We think she might be dead," I added.
"I doubt that," He smirked. "That's not Klaus' style; death would be too easy for her after what she did," He said with disgust, I don't understand why he hated Katherine.
"I don't understand," Elena said confused. "You say you want Klaus dead but yet you still make Katherine pay for betraying him,"
"I have my own reasons for wanting Katerina to pay," Elijah explained. "There was a time when I would have done anything for Klaus because he was my brother,"
Elena and I both gasped as we both stared at him with our eyes wide and our mouths agape, "Yes, Klaus is my brother," He clarified clearly amused at the shock on our faces.
"We heard that," I said after a few moments.
"We're just still processing," Elena finished.
"I'm a little behind the times, but I believe the term you're looking for is OMG," Elijah smiled as he took a sip of his tea. Elena and I shared a look before I let out a laugh at that, and Elijah's eyes made its way over to me, a small grin gracing his lips. "As I was saying," Elijah said looking at me. "Klaus is my brother. Part of my family,"
"There's a whole family of Originals?" Elena asked shocked.
"My father was a wealthy land owner in a village in Eastern Europe. Our mother bore seven children," Elijah said.
"Seven?" I said shocked.
"So your parents were human?" Elena asked.
"Our whole family was. Our origin as vampires is a very long story. Just know...We're the oldest vampires in the world. We are the Original family, and from us all, vampires were created," He said.
"Right, but Klaus is your brother. And you want him dead?" Elena asked.
Elijah sighed and looked around, "I need some air," Elijah said. "I'm still feeling a tad..." He pretended to think for the right word. "Dead. Come," He said and gestured to the back of the house.
He walked past us and out the front so we followed after him quickly.
"So as you've seen," He started once we were a safe distance from the house. "Nothing can kill an original, not sun, not fire, not even a werewolf bite. Only the wood from one tree; a tree which my family made sure burnt,"
"That's where the white ash for the dagger came from," Elena stated.
"Witches won't allow anything truly immortal to walk the earth; every creature has to have a weakness in order to maintain balance," He explained.
"So if the sun can't kill an original then why is Klaus so obsessed with breaking the sun and the moon curse?" I asked with furrowed brows.
"The curse of the sun and the moon is all so...biblical sounding, don't you think?" He questioned smirking, as he tried hard not to laugh.
It was like he knew something we didn't, and I'm sure he does.
"What's so funny?"
"Klaus and I drew many scrolls in those days. Aztec was one of them,"
"I don't understand. So Klaus drew the Aztec sketches of the curse?" Elena asked.
"Roman scrolls, African tribal etchings, and any other culture or continent we felt like planting in it," Elijah went on.
"But why?" I asked.
"Easiest way to discover the existence of two doppelgangers or to get your hands on some long, lost moon stone is to have every single member of two warring species on the lookout," He stated, my eyes widened in realization.
"So it's not Aztec at all?" Elena asked, stopping.
"The sun and the moon curse is fake," He answered with a smile.
"I don't understand," Elena said, shaking her head, as my mouth hung open.
This was all fake?
"Klaus and I faked the Sun and Moon curse dating back over a thousand years," Elijah clarified.
"But if there's no curse..." She trailed off, hope in her eyes.
"There's a curse," Elijah and I interrupted Elena simultaneously, making him smirk and Elena grimace. Elijah continued. "Just not that one. The real one's much worse. It's a curse placed on Klaus,"
Elena's phone buzzed in his pocket while she continued looking confused, "What are you talking about?" Elena asked.
"Klaus has been trying to break it for the last thousand years. You two are his only hope," He stopped and turned to face Elena, while her phone continued to buzz in his pocket. I could see the annoyance spreading across his face.
"What is this curse?" Elena asked.
"Your phone won't stop its incessant buzzing," Elijah said, taking the phone out from the suit's inner pocket. "Answer it, please," He said, holding it out to Elena.
She answered the phone and I heard Stefan's panicked voice on the other end.
"Stefan...what's wrong? No. No, no, no, no. Okay, I'll be right there," She said, hanging up the phone. "Klaus went after Jenna. We have to go to her,"
"I'm afraid that wasn't part of today's arrangement," Elijah said, his eyes narrowing.
"She's my family, Elijah. I have to," Elena pleaded, but I could see Elijah wasn't going to go for it.
"I'll stay," I volunteered.
"What?" Elena asked, shocked.
"I'll stay here with Elijah if it makes you feel any better. Elena has to come back for me since she's my ride. Plus there's something we need to discuss," I said, looking at Elijah.
He raised an eyebrow in response. Elena nodded at me and looked towards Elijah.
"I'll be back. You have my word."
"That doesn't mean anything to me until you live up to it," He replied.
"Thank you," Elena replied.
"Make sure Jenna's okay," I told Elena. She nodded and took off.
"You wanted to speak with me?" He asked
"Yes, and I think you know why," I replied.
"I believe it has something to do with Nadine,"
"Yes it does,"
"It's a long story,"
"I have all the time in the world," I stated.
~~~x~~~
Trevor left us alone. Then, I remembered that Bastien and Aurelie left, telling me that they were going to get something to drink. I looked for them and saw Aurelie talking to man in his early twenties who resembled Elijah and Bastien talking to other ladies. So, I decided to return to Elijah's conversation.
"So where is this mysterious host I've heard so much about?" I asked grinning, as we slowly walked amongst the guests. Trevor had brought me to the Lord Niklaus' birthday banquet, but I had not seen him yet. I was quite curious to finally meet him.
"Fashionably late," he replied, as I took in the sight around me once more. "He likes to make an entrance," he continued as he looked around, searching. "Here he is," he said half-smiling.
I slowly turned around, while the Lord pointed towards a figure. He was slowly descending the stairs. I could not see the host, but I was curious to see him. What did he look like? Was he charming and polite like the Lord Elijah? I hoped so. I wanted to make acquaintances and friends as much as I could in England.
The man walked towards us. He was still hidden behind the other guests, so I could not see him. The guests were bowing slowly. I strained my neck, still in attempt to see him. The guests slowly moved away and soon, a path was made for him to travel through with ease. I finally laid eyes on him. He had shoulder-length golden hair, and was wearing a blue suit. Oh my lord, he was handsome, I gasped as he was smirking at the guests who were slowly bowing. I could easily that he was quite a cocky, arrogant Lord.
Then he turned his head towards me and the Lord Elijah. His smile slowly faded, as his gaze was locked with mine, while he kept creeping near. I could see clearer now, his shoulder length hair accentuating his sharp and masculine facial features and his eyes were a deep shade of blue and I found myself trapped in his eyes, unable to look away. He looked like a Greek god. Nothing compared to his beauty.
He finally arrived in front of us both and my hand left Elijah's as I turned to face him formally, "Nadine, may I introduce to you," Elijah slowly said, as he broke me from my trance. "The Lord Niklaus," he continued.
Niklaus and I, both held our stare and I curtsied slowly while his eyes followed my movements, his lips curving into an amusing smirk. I held out my hand as he gently took it, kissing the back of my hand lightly.
"Niklaus is the name my father gave me," the Lord Niklaus said to me. While I noticed his velvety voice which had a heavy British accent. "Please, call me Klaus," as his lips formed once again into a smirk. I slowly put my hand down, feeling his eyes still watching me like a hawk. I felt quite uncomfortable at the moment. "From where have you come, Nadine?" he asked curiously.
"Nadine is from France," Elijah cut in as he saw my uncomfortable gaze.
"Your not from Spain?" Niklaus asked, gazing at my brown skin. "Are you not of Moorish descent,"
"No, Lord Niklaus, I'm from France as Lord Elijah has said,"
"Well then, bonjur, Nadine," he said softly in his velvety voice.
"He has quite the French accent," I thought.
"Very good," I said laughing lightly.
He smiled back at me, a smile which showed his boyish dimples. I slowly turned my head towards Elijah, who was eyeing Niklaus in an odd way. My smile suddenly faded, sensing something was wrong.
I asked a question to break the tense atmosphere, "So, Lord Niklaus,"
"Nadine love, remember call me Klaus,"
"So, Klaus," I corrected myself. "May I ask why you were fashionably late for your own birthday?" I asked smiling.
"I had some other commitments to tend to such as choosing my sister's dress for her; two choices, brown or red,"He answered smiling back.
I laughed at his joke, now being able to force my gaze from him as I turned to meet Elijah's, "Well, personally, I would have chosen the red dress," I joined in with his joke, causing him to laugh as he then looked beside me and towards his brother.
"Well, I agree completely. It saves a lot of stains. Is that not correct, brother?" He smiled, raising his eyebrows towards his brother expectantly.
There was an almost eerie silence between the two, almost as though there was something that the two of them were keeping from me.
Then my mind started to connect everything that had happened since the moment I got here. Trevor was a vampire, and who's to say these two brothers aren't. I was so overcome with their handsomeness that I didn't even use my senses to check. Niklaus making a joke about a red dress, and how saves a lot of stains.
Blood stains.
"Is there something wrong, Nadine?" Elijah asked, breaking me out of my thoughts.
"It looks like you lost some color in your cheeks," Niklaus added.
"I'm fine, but thank you for asking," I replied. I took a deep and weary breath as I stepped around and between the two, attempting to shuffle my way out."Well, it was a pleasure to meet you both. Lord Elijah. Lord Niklaus," I curtsied towards the both of them, my eyes then meeting Niklaus' once again. "Happy Birthday, my Lord," I smiled towards him, then turning towards Elijah once more and walking away slowly, and towards Bastien.
~~~x~~~
"So, Nadine, knew that you and Klaus were vampires the moment she met you?" I asked.
Elijah and I were inside the Lockwood mansion, I was sitting on the couch in the living room, while while Elijah was inspecting the antiques that resided in the room.
"Yes. Nadine started to connect things almost immediately after meeting Klaus," Elijah replied.
"Did you and Klaus know, she realized you were vampires at that moment?" I asked.
"Yes. We could hear her skip a beat when she told us she was fine," Elijah answered. "Now I have a question for you, Janelle," Elijah stated, looking away from the antiques and stared at me.
"What is it?" I asked, afraid what the question would be.
"Where is Rosalie, my sister?" Elijah asked.
"I'm not really sure... Damon most likely put her in one of the basement rooms. We didn't have another dagger, so who know's what Damon did. She's probably very weak," I explained, wringing my hands together. "Was she running from you?" I asked curiously.
I heard the front door open and close and Elijah looked over.
"Welcome back," Elijah said.
"Everything okay here?" Elena asked, looking at me.
"Everything's fine," I answered.
"Right, well. Tell me. What is Klaus' curse?" Elena asked, taking off her jacket. "Please," She added. Elijah gestured for her to sit down and she took a seat next to me, squeezing my knee in reassurance.
AN: Sorry for splitting chapters in half, they would be way too long. Anyways let me know what you think! And thank you for getting me to 100 followers.