Chapter 21: Mini Leylock Convention

Salvatore Boarding House: Drawing Room

[Damon's POV]

Bella and I prepared lunch for everyone. Platters of cheese, sliced meats, chicken and rice soup, fresh baked bread, condiments, salad greens and mixed vegetables, four types of salad dressing and orange sorbet for dessert, allowing everyone to make their own plates.

Everyone is sitting at the formal dining room table; it's the only one large enough for the family to eat together. "I would like to start our meeting with welcoming two new Leylocks to our group; Freya and Niklaus Mikaelson. Charlie has some information he wants to share with us."

[Charlie's POV]

"I eavesdropped on Esther yesterday; she and Mikael are planning to kill all of her children with an ancient white oak stake. Mikael is to be in Mystic Falls in three days."

[Freya's POV]

"For those of you that are new to our family, this is part of our history. We believe that Dahlia and Esther were from a village in what is now known as Scotland. Mikael's raiding party killed all of Esther and Dahlia's family, and everyone else in their village. They took them back to Scandinavia.

Dahlia made an impotency potion so her captor thought she was barren. She also slipped the same potion to Mikael. The man that took Dahlia eventually realized she was a powerful witch and released her. She was no longer a slave."

"Esther was fascinated by Mikael. He was a fierce warrior and a good provider. They were married. Esther wasn't pregnant after a year and one of the maidservants a recent captive was. He brought the maidservant into their household. She could provide heirs if his wife couldn't. Esther didn't want competition for Mikael's affections so she came to Dahlia for a potion so she could bear children."

"Dahlia felt betrayed by her sister so she put a price on the cure, she wanted the firstborn from every generation for their ancestral witch powers. Esther was desperate enough to accept the deal. Dahlia made the potion and told Esther to put the potion in a goblet for her and Mikael to drink from. Esther became pregnant and the maidservant was sold off to one of Mikael's men."

Dahlia let me escape one time. "I was married to a good man and became pregnant. Dahlia told me of the deal that she made with Esther. I aborted the baby to prevent it from being enslaved to Dahlia for centuries like I was. Then she re-enslaved me and poisoned my husband in retaliation."

"Thanks to my Leylock affinity, I am no longer enslaved to Dahlia. My affinity for this energy broke Dahlia's curse on me. But we need to bind her curse onto Esther where it belongs, so no other children in our family will ever be bound to Dahlia."

[Elijah's POV]

"For the benefit of Freya and Niklaus: we have discussed using Leylock energy to bind Mikael to the Other Side's dimension barrier. In doing so he will be bound to it and not be able to return to this side no matter what spells are cast. If for some reason the barrier is destroyed Mikael will be destroyed along with it. While we are doing that we want to bring Henrik across from the other side. We need Freya to highjack Esther's spell to bring Mikael across the barrier, replacing Henrik instead. Freya is it possible to contact Henrik to see if he can use either or both sides of his magical heritage to help us retrieve him from the Other Side?"

Freya grins at us, "That's brilliant. Thanks to Charlotte I have all the spell components back at the ranch to help bind Mikael with Witch spells also. I have only talked to Henrik in my dreams. He will love to be part of the family again. He has been so lonely for so long. If I contact Henrik from the ranch there will be no chance of Esther finding out and trying to stop us."

"If I can get Henrik to activate his Leylock abilities he should be able to circumvent some of the witch powers and step across the barrier on his own at the right time. We can have him back with us before Esther finds out what we are up to. Alternatively we can high jack Esther's spell to return Mikael to this dimension and convert it to a barrier rebounding and binding spell instead. Esther will still try to stop the process of which ever spell we need to construct."

[Niklaus' POV]

"What are we going to do about Esther?" She will want revenge for interfering with her plans."

[Elżbieta's POV]

"What steps do we need to do to bind Dahlia and Esther's magic to each other, to prevent any further ramifications to the family? Will any of my research help you with this?"

Freya looks up. "I will show you the spells I'm considering and you can check to see if there are any historical references from other sources."

"There are some grimoires in the back shelves of our library; you are welcome to go through them." Damon points out.

Sage and Angela respond at the same time, "I'll help." Everyone laughs at their simultaneous response.

[Finn's POV]

"Will tying Mikael to the barrier to the Other Side preventing his access to this side cause any instability to it?"

[Charlotte's POV]

"Finn, if we use our energy right the magic barrier between the dimensions will not be damaged by our use of Leylock energy. They are two different types of 'magic' based on different energy patterns, or different frequencies if that helps answer your question. We will investigate all options available to us before we act."

He nods, "thanks Charlotte."

"I need everyone with an 'Astral' affinity: Angela, Damon, Charlie and Rebekah to meet with me in the library after we get up from the table. If we work together we may be able to find out more information about what we want to do that way. "Freya if you can find out what affinity Henrik has."

She grins at me. "I was thinking the same thing."

"Niklaus and Kol, I need you to make some 'truth stones'. Henrik will need one soon."

"Let's meet back here in the dining room in two hours to discuss our findings."

Everyone nods at me as we leave the room to complete our tasks.

[Freya's POV]

I use my 'truth stones magic' to port to the living room at the Hacienda. I lay down on one of the couches and closed my eyes concentrating on contacting my brother mentally, "Henrik can you hear me?"

He responds, "I can hear you Freya, you have been busy with Leylock energies. Thanks to your experimentations I have activated my Electrical and Astral affinities also. I can cross the barrier from the Other Side when you are ready for me. The Leylock energies in Mystic Falls are enough to overcome the energy requirement, for the crossover. Mother has chosen a dark path with her magic. You are correct that you need to link Esther's and Dahlia's magic together."

"We need to place both of them in the Other Side dimension with no allowances for escape. Esther has messed with dark magic that has awakened Silas and freed him from Qetsiyah's imprisonment. Qetsiyah is really pissed. Silas wants Dahlia and Esther to locate and free Amara, and place Katherine Pierce in her place as the anchor. He will not kill either of them permanently if they do this task. For their continued existence both of them must be on the Other Side, along with Mikael. Be warned Silas is watching you and our family."

[Rebekah's POV]

A cold feeling slithers down my back. "Bloody Hell, we are going to deal with the current doppelganger. She is being controlled by dark magic." I state to everyone gathered in the library. Damon looks up from the book he is perusing, "when?"

"I would say very soon."

Freya pops into the library. "Silas is controlling Elena and influencing Stefan. Henrik warned me from the Other Side."

There is a loud banging on the front door. "Damon Salvatore, get your butt out here!"

He looks at me with his left eyebrow raised. "Thanks for the heads up."

We all head out into the foyer to see what Damon is going to do. Bella walks up to him and takes his hand. He opens the front door. The rest of the family stands just outside of visual range.

[Damon's POV]

"Elena, it's good to see you again. What can I do for you on this fine day?" Sarcasm dripping from each word I speak.

"Where the hell is Stefan? He isn't answering my calls. Your 'girlfriend' kicked Caroline out of the house this morning! What right does she have? To top it off where the hell have you been? We could have used your help with the 'Curse' breaking ceremony that Niklaus dragged us into. Jenna and my dad might still be alive if you helped."

The rest of our family enter the foyer or move to stand on the stairway balcony overlooking the foyer, to make sure they can be seen. They are backing me up as we listen to her rant.

"What the fuck Damon? You invited the 'Originals' to stay with you? Who spiked your alcohol? Are they 'mind' controlling you?"

I feel Bella tighten her grip on my hand silently offering her support.

Before Elena can take another breath to deliver more of her tirade, I interrupt with: "Bella is my wife. I own the Salvatore Boarding house in its entirety. She and I determine who is allowed to be in our home. Caroline betrayed my trust. It is within Bella's rights to kick her out on her ass for disrespecting both of us. You have no right to tell me who I can be associated with. For your information all the people you see here, I consider to be my family. You are no longer a friend Elena. You need serious counseling, if you think this rant of yours is going to do any good what so ever. Go home Elena and grow up, the world is not revolving around you."

Elena is shaking in her anger. "Fine, but I will be back with Stefan."

I close the front door shaking my head. "I really hope most of that is a result of Silas messing with her and not the result of turned vampire Elena."