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Chapter 25~The Vampire, The Witch and The Wardrobe
Elijah sat across from Jade on a cream colored leather sofa. Her home smelled of apple cinnamon and brown sugar. At first he thought a pie was in the oven, but the witch wasn't baking, she had simply lit some candles and incents around the room. It was late evening and both Original and witch were discussing Klaus's plans regarding Elena.
"Niklaus is planning to mark Elena, and he told me you will help him manipulate nature's course on this ancient ritual. He intends to keep Elena human, but protected from all vampires."
Jade picks up her teacup and looks intently at Elijah but remains silent, collecting her thoughts.
"If he marks her then he cannot drink human blood until Elena completes—"
"Her transformation, blah, blah, skip the dramatics Elijah, I already know everything there is to know about marking." Jade interjects.
The Original stares at the witch; a little dumbfounded and annoyed.
Jade sets her teacup down on the coffee table and takes a deep breath before reciting;
"When a vampire marks a human, they swear an oath to never intake a drop of human blood until their human has completed the transformation through the lunar phase and feeds. If the vampire feeds on human blood before their human's transformation is complete, the vampire and human will die. They will share one life force after the marking ritual. It's a sacrifice, and something amongst all vampires that is respected"
Elijah looks at Jade wide eyed and in shock. "You took the words right out of my mouth…are you mind reading?"
"I can't always, I just happened to successfully complete a 12 hour mind reading spell, but it'll ware off soon. I need to be sure you're not up to any tricks with me. I'm not exactly on Klaus's good side at the moment."
"Do you want to be?" Elijah asks.
Jade takes a moment to think about her response. She's desperately in love with Klaus, this much she knows is true, but her faith in the hybrid is diminishing. She clears her throat and answers;
"I'm faithful and loyal to Klaus, always have been Elijah. I don't think he'd appreciate the fact that you're double crossing him by coming to me to convince me to botch his plans…"
Elijah feared this would happen.
"But- Klaus is breaking his promises to me every day."
Elijah frowns and asks; "What promises if I may ask?"
Jade gives nothing away but a smile. "It's between Klaus and I, I'm sure you understand that."
Elijah nods, but the look of worry doesn't wash away from his face.
"What I can share with you Elijah, is that Klaus is requesting, well…more like demanding that I manipulate the marking ritual with a spell so that Elena remains human no matter how many lunar phases pass, and also so that Klaus may relish in his blood lust and drink human blood whenever, wherever he pleases. This will secure Elena's safety." Jade hesitates a moment.
Elijah uses the brief pause to his advantage.
"Then you must be aware that once Elena consumes his blood and is marked, she will feel a natural bond with my brother, vampire blood has magical properties in humans, she will always feel a magnetic pull to him, loyalty, lust….love." He manages to utter out the last word, but with great difficulty, for Elijah fears all of the above will happen to the sweet and innocent girl he fell in love with.
Jade shifts around and crosses her leg over the other before she clasps her hands together and rests them on her knee. Her fingers are all bejewelled in a colorful spectrum of gemstone rings.
"This is the part where I can be of help to you Elijah. My purpose is to obey Klaus and follow through on a spell to protect Elena's human life, and to manipulate the rules of the vampire marking system. But, the spell I'll cast will give Elena immunity to the side effects from the consumption of Klaus's blood. Which means, no sexual fantasies, his seduction on her won't ever work, she won't feel a bond, not desire, and definitely not love. Elena will feel nothing for him, and when I say nothing, I mean; if she feels something for him now…she'll definitely despise him forever after being marked."
Elijah slowly exhales in relief.
"But all comes with a price…" The witch smirks and grabs a cookie from the blue china plate sitting on the coffee table.
"I will not do or agree with anything that endangers Elena or my family." Elijah says straight away.
Jade takes a bite out of her delectable cookie and chews before replying.
"Relax Elijah, it's nothing like that." She smiles again and continues; "I know you have access to Klaus's things, and since I have known him, I know fully well that he keeps a lock of Cassandra's hair locked away in his things."
"You know about Cassandra?" Elijah asks, caught off guard.
"Klaus and I go way back." Jade replies, flashing a sardonic smile.
"Why do you need Cassandra's hair?"
"That knowledge is for me to know and for me only."
Elijah sighs, he knows he's stuck now and could very well be playing with fire. But the thought of Elena falling in love with Klaus and getting into bed with him drives him completely mad. Even if he were to take her away, she would never look at him the same, Elena would be in misery until she saw Klaus's face again. Her love for Elijah would die, and undying passion for her new guardian would consume her. If this were to happen, then Elijah would really be stuck, for there would be no way to undo it.
"Very well, I shall bring you what you are asking for, on the condition that you swear no one will get hurt. I do not much care about Klaus's safety; he has manipulated and toyed with all of us for centuries now."
"I assure you that no one will come to injury or harm's way, Klaus included." Jade smiles again to convince Elijah, but it only worries him more. He ignores it and gets straight to business.
"Then let us arrange our next meeting. Klaus told me he plans to mark Elena a week from now."
"That's a lie. He's planning it in two days. I'll be flying out to New York to follow through with the spell."
Elijah is shocked for a moment, but grateful that he came and met with the witch; for if he didn't, he would've been too late.
"Then I will depart back to New York tonight, retrieve what you require and return to Mystic Falls on the next flight out. I shall meet you here tomorrow afternoon."
"That's perfect." Jade tries her best to hold back her triumph.
"Then I believe we are done here. I will take my leave now." Elijah stands up and heads towards the front door of Jade's home.
The witch stands up and follows him.
"It was a pleasure doing business with you." She smirks at Elijah and watches him disappear into the night.
"YES!" Jade screams in excitement. She strides past her living room and walks into her bedroom. A large mahogany coloured antique wardrobe stands tall next to the window. Jade opens it and pushes the rack of her clothing to the side before pressing her palm flat against the rear surface of the wardrobe.
"Aperio" She whispers into the wall in Latin, commanding it to open. A secret chamber unbolts revealing a shrine full of Klaus's pictures, drawings and letters within it; her love sick obsession all hidden behind a room.
Jade quickly lights some candles and grabs her favorite photo of Klaus and kisses it so passionately.
"Oh my love, my looooovee, we'll be together soon I promise you. You'll love me like I love you, you'll want me like I want you, and no one will EVER EVERRRRR tear us apart. Ohhh Klausy, I love you! I'm so happy I could die! But no, I won't ever die. I'm immortal just like you my love, that's why we are meant to be together, forever. Immortal lovers; vampire hybrid and witch. " She spins around the room, lost in her delusion and uncloaked insanity. This was Jade Forrester.
A/N: K guys, you might be disappointed that there's not Kelena or Elejah in this chapter, but I had to devote this chapter to Elijah's meeting with Jade. I am writing the next chapter already and it will be posted by the following deadline: Sunday Nov, 25, 2012. Drop me a review! Tell me your thoughts on this chapter. Love you guys!