Author note:
This is a 2 chapters update. I got kinda lost and didn't know if I should continue writing this fic or any fic at all. My skills aren't really that great but I didn't want to give up like that. This update is far from the series. This is something that is beyond canon and would never be canon. But I wanted to explore it anyway.
Part 1
They got back to the mansion, they settled down comfortably. The modern furniture made it look even better but still Elijah had put some Antiques. They weren't barbarian. He said.
-break-
"Coming to bed?" Klaus was leaning on the door frame While Hayley was checking on hope, watching her daughter drift to sleep.
"Yeah. I will just check on the kids and come right away" Hayley said. Then she recalled what she just said and got shocked.
Klaus stood there staring not believing what he just heard.
"Kids? You know Marcel is over 200 years? And to have a kid like Davina you would have her in your teen years" Klaus said smirking at her.
She looked sheepishly "okay. Not kids. But ever since the whole crazy psychopath trying to kill us , seeing them both defending us, protecting hope. Seeing Marcel trying desperately to save us. It … It brought protective instincts from somewhere and I'm just so damn proud of them and want to smother them with all kinds of love" Hayley said fanning away the few tears that got by accident in her eyes. She wasn't crying . You were .
"And I thought that being an orphan was a bad thing. The girl's father tried to kill her. What kind of a monster does that. And don't make me start with Marcel's Father!" half whispering slash shouting. Good thing Hope didn't even stir.
Marcel told her about his history one night.
Klaus came hugging her probably having a shining eyes as well. She rested her head on his chest calming herself with the beat of his heart.
"Klaus"
"Umm"
"You are a good father. You know that, don't you?" Hayley said looking into his eyes.
"I could have done better." Klaus said looking at the floor not meeting her eyes.
"No No look at me, he is your first child. You were allowed to make mistakes. You tried and YOU. DIDN'T. FAIL. On the contrary he turned out to be a very fine young man." Then she rested her head again on his chest just enjoying each other company.
"He did, didn't he?" Klaus asked thoughtfully. She nodded against his chest.
"Okay, let's check on the Kids" Klaus said laughing while dodging a shove from Hayley.
They did. And both were sound asleep.
"what do you think about going to Paris with me next week… just me. No kids" Klaus said after going back to their own room and laid in bed.
"Just us? Not even hope will come? We can't. she is just four. She will miss us."
"Okay .. okay. We bring Hope but we also bring a nanny.. a 24/7 nanny. I have planned for this trip to become special. Very special" Klaus said kissing her deeply.
"I like the sound of that " she removed her shirt and started making out.
-break-
Next day 2 pm.
Davina was about to go out to meet with some friends when Elijah's voice stopped her "Davina, would you kindly stay for the day just so we can discuss something?"
She looked around and asked in disbelief "what thing?"
"you kept the news about your father's arrival and his intentions. Even if Marcel didn't tell us. You should have." Elijah said standing right in front of her.
"It's not like that. I didn't know what he was planning to do. I knew that he wanted me back and I felt his powers but I have never thought that he would go after you guys." Davina said.
"Did you know that he would do anything to have you?" Elijah asked .
She nodded.
"Did you think you could stop him?"
Another nod.
Elijah took a few steps away and sat on the couch.
"You say we are your family but your actions say otherwise. You wanted to face your father alone. How ?" Elijah said looking perplexed like Davina was a puzzle he couldn't solve.
"He is my father. My problem. Don't you think I should have the chance to solve his issue. Just like you and Klaus did when Mikael came back." Davina calmly said.
"So now we compare a 16 years old witch with a thousand years old vampires?" Anyone who doesn't know Elijah would think that he was amused but his eyes told the whole story he was furious of what he was hearing. "You are more arrogant than Marcel ever was. Not even Kol was like this. Full of himself like he could destroy anyone and anything just because he wanted to" he gestured for her to sit and she sat on a chair by his right. "Okay Davina. Let's play your game. My mother wrote a few spells for us if we ever needed a strong witch like her. If the witch could perform them she would be deemed powerful enough to even stop an original. Would you like to try?. After all, you perform a way advanced spells even witches twice your age can't perform. You resurrected the dead. You stood up for the ancestors and you were gonna stop your much powerful father although till now you haven't said how exactly. " Elijah asked glint of mischief in his eyes.
Davina looked at Elijah dumfounded. She thought a lecture was coming about how she wasn't powerful enough etc etc. She didn't expect a challenge at all.
"I .. I accept" she would come later to regret uttering those stupid 2 words without thinking but for now she won't back down.
"Wonderful" Elijah said smiling. He got up and turned when she didn't follow him "shall we?". She followed him to his car but first he brought his mother grimoire. He took her to the woods. In a matter of five minutes he scanned the area to search for anyone whose out there but he found none.
"Now, this is the first spell. You will set this whole area on fire then you put it down just as easily as you set it"
She smirked.. the fire spell it is considered a beginners level even if it was on a bigger scale she could handle it.
"But, we will in the middle of the fire. You and I. You contain the fire for a duration of 10 minutes and you don't let it burn us" it was Elijah's turn to smirk.
"10 minutes is a lot of time. And I will die of smoke inhalation" Davina said irritated glaring daggers at Elijah.
"you are smart enough. You will find a way to survive." Then he said in a sterner tone "Do it"
Davina started the fire but from far away and she kept it going till it formed a circle around her and Elijah. She then drew a circle around them preventing the fire or the smoke from reaching her or Elijah or the car ! She then Smirked at Elijah "count your minutes"
The first 5 minutes weren't hard but after that the fire grew into places she didn't know it would. The trees burnt a lot faster than she anticipated.
Elijah sensed her struggle. "5 more minutes. And you can take it out"
"I can't. I can't" she said guiding her hand into places that were far beyond her vision range. She tried to contain it while maintaining the barrier around them. But she failed. The fire spread fast.
"of course you can. You are the great Davina Claire. You can maintain a few flames" Elijah said looking into her eyes.
Blood started to run from her nose. In that moment ,Elijah proved his point. Even her had a limit. Even her can and will be defeated.
"Take it out. Your limits are 7 minutes"
"No.. I will wait the 10 whole minutes." She whipped the blood and gave a heart wrenching cry but she stopped the fire from reaching new places. Now all she had to do was keep it 3 more minutes like that.
Elijah stood by and watched.. of all the young reckless teenage witches Klaus picked her. He watched her struggle.. never taking her eyes off the flames. Never backing down. She exhausted all her powers and she know it but she is still standing. She fits right in his family. He wanted her to continue. He wanted to see her real limits she will grow and she might as well fight beside him in a war. He wanted to know how much she could take. Where did she get all her powers from? Her mother was powerful yes but Davina was His mother's class if she hounded her powers right. She would be the greatest witch of her time. That lead to a new curiosity in his mind. What is Davina's heritage?
"Take it out, the 10 minutes are up"
She did it on stages small square after another but she did. She dropped on her knees. Her legs were shaking. All her powers were gone she couldn't even stand still. The blood kept flowing from her nose. She felt dizzy but she refused to show that to Elijah. She looked up to him and said proudly "is that all you got?"
Elijah knelt down and gave her his handkerchief.
She whipped her nose and started to get up to find herself so dizzy that she fainted in Elijah's arms.
"Well done little witch" Elijah said to the unconscious girl in his arms. He put her in the car and drove back home.
The girl slept till the evening, when she woke up she found Elijah by her bedside in a chair with a book in his hand Indicating that he indeed stayed by her side the whole time she was unconscious.
She knew there would be a lecture coming and maybe a spanking. Multiple spankings actually. Her fainting isn't a good sign of power at all.
Elijah won and she lost. She is weak. Tears leaked from her eyes that she couldn't stop.
She knew that Elijah knows that she is awake. That she is crying but he didn't acknowledge that in any way.
She pulled herself together and sat up "I'm sorry she said looking at her hands twisting the covers. And she truly meant it.
Elijah closed the book and asked her with kindness in his tone she never heard before "what are you sorry for?"
"For foolishly thinking that I was strong enough. But the truth is I'm weak. I couldn't stop my father. I couldn't bring Kol back. I forget sometimes that I'm not the harvest girl anymore. Not the most feared."
Elijah sat down on the bed taking her hands in his.
"You completed the first spell to become one of the greatest witches of all time. Even if you fainted at the end. With practice you will tap into more of your powers and you will do it easily… The point is Davina. You tell us when you find danger even if you think you can eliminate it with a snap of your finger. You tell us. Your family."
Elijah whipped her tears "Just because he was your father didn't mean you had to face him alone. We never let Klaus fight our father alone even when he became a hybrid. The strongest creature of all time. He always tells us the threats and we deal with it together."
"He wanted to kill me ,Elijah. My own father, I looked him in the eyes and didn't even see a shred of sympathy." She said leaning forward and hid her face in Elijah's chest.
"Not your fault. Never yours. You are the best child a person could ask for. And you have a family right here who love you no matter what"
She stayed like that for half an hour. Her crying to his chest and him rubbing her back without saying anything.
"Okay. I guess I accept the punishment." Davina said after she felt all the hurt and guilt leave her heart.
"No spanking this time. But if you hide a threat ever again I will personally handle it and you know I'm way harsher than your father .. I mean Klaus"
"Its okay. He is my father. He established his place a long time ago. Uncle?" Davina asked with a blush that graced her face. She never thought that she would call Elijah uncle or she would have that strong connection with him.
"you know I missed hearing that word. Now marcel only calls me that when he is in trouble." Elijah said guiding her into his arms for a hug. Klaus is a softie but Elijah is even more. "now since you missed dinner. I will ask someone to bring it here."
"Where is Klaus? And Marcel? I don't see them rushing in here like they usually do when I get .. tired" Davina said sheepishly.
"your father took Hayley out this morning for some business. Marcel sneaked out of the house while we were out"
"Why?. That is the dumbest thing to do. Does Klaus know? Is he looking for him now?"
"I don't think he knows. I want to give Marcel as much time as he could get before Klaus finds out and go all parental on him.."
"Now, food" Elijah said leaving the room.
-break- four days ago
Marcel stayed with Freya all the time in her 'magic room' so she could see how far the suppressed vampirism is powering. "it is repowering but with a slow rate. I will have to put some measured magic inside of you everyday to help speed up the process" Freya said one day.
"Do it" Marcel said immediately.
"Magic coursing through your human body will still be painful Marcel. A lot painful" Freya said sympathy in her eyes for her brother's son.
"Just do it. I need to become vampire again yesterday. You have no idea what it feels to be this powerless."
"Alright, but if you feel its too much; you tell me" Freya knew actually what he felt. But that is a story for another time.
He endured it, he even convinced Klaus to let Freya do her job but the magic didn't do much. He was still very much human with no near date to return as a vampire. He Stormed out of the house madly .
he stayed out till dawn and came back wasted like there was no tomorrow. He was grounded.
He was sat down by Klaus and Elijah and they talked and talked about it being a temporary situation. Klaus ever the loving father kept him at peace with his kind words and comforting hugs. Rehashing old memories and giving him the reassurance he needed. Marcel settled down for now.
-break-
But One of the cons of being human is that Marcel slept a lot and dreamt also a lot.
So It was 4 p.m now and he just had a nap just like Hope!
He woke up after a very, very horrible nightmare of his biological father killing him in his vulnerable state (humanity) all over again but this time it was in front of a teenage Hope. She was standing there smiling the entire time he bleed out in front of her, approaching him She whispered 'pathetic humans would never be Mikaelsons' and left.
He wanted out .. He wanted to run. He was grounded yes. But he didn't care. That's why he checked the house for Klaus or Elijah and found none of them So he sneaked without anyone seeing him.
At this moment He didn't need someone to comfort him.. he needed some confidence in himself. He was terrified of being human. His strength already became considerably low.
That was proven when he tried to move the couch the other day to bring one of Hope's toys. He failed.
Davina did it with her magic. He felt useless then.
But now, that nightmare brought buried memories with a twist of his old fears. His weakness. His humanity.
He hoped to be back before Klaus or Elijah came.
He kept running to the woods. He became angrier by the second so he stopped to take a breath.
He wanted to Scream and punch a wall or even Davina's father for putting him in such position. He found none but he found a tree so with his blind rage he punched the tree 5 times with so much force that he broke his right hand knuckles .
"Ughhhh.. damn it!" Marcel shouted.
"That must hurt a lot" a sound came from above.
Marcel looked up to find Mikael sitting on a very high branch of the very same tree he just hit.
"What are you doing here?" Marcel looked irritated that someone saw what he just did.
"not that I owe you any explanation but I come here every day to watch the sun go down" Mikael said after jumping down to come face to face with Marcel whose hand was trembling and bleeding.
"Let me see , stupid boy" Mikael said taking Marcel's hand inspecting it, he found blisters of woods deep down in his hand.
Marcel couldn't snatch his hand back because it hurt him so much but at least he wasn't as furious as before.
"Follow me" Mikael said then turned and started walking away in the direction of his house.
Marcel didn't know what to do.. should he follow Mikael or not.
He didn't want to risk going back home like this for anyone to see. They will just ask too many questions that he is not ready to answer yet.
So he followed Mikael.
A forceps in his hand , Mikael started to remove the splinters with Marcel grimacing and wincing the entire time. He kept his other hand behind his back so he wouldn't shove Mikael away.
When Mikael got them all out he gave Marcel some of his blood to heal his hand.
"Now, get the hell out of my house you foolish boy" Mikael said irritated.
Marcel suddenly got furious all over again "Call me boy one more time and I will.."
"you will what, boy?" Mikael smirked emphasizing his last word.
Marcel saw red .. he charged at the vampire hunter without thinking, throwing Punch after another while Mikael dodging them all.. just a simple right or left movement and he would have a direct access to Marcel's weak spot and he would give a simple hit there. Marcel decided to change tactics and charged for Mikael's leg but the vampire predicted it, he just moved right and waited as marcel passed by him and gave his behind a harsh slap even Marcel fell from the force of it.
Mikael took advantage of Marcel's position face down on the floor, he grabbed his hands and twisted it behind his back " Now, you have two options. One, You will get up and get the hell out of here. Forget about our little encounter here. OR You could get up and tell me Why the hell you thought it was such a good idea to Punch a tree or even punch a bigger opponent like a thousand years old vampire!" then he let go of Marcel's hands. The boy immediately got up and straightened his clothes and looked at the door then at the couch.