Hello everyone! This chapter is a two parter! I'm kind of in a hurry to get the Eben buildup done with, so we will be seeing him very soon! I do need your input on who Sydney should ultimately end up with because I really want the Original love square to come to a head! So, who should it be? Kol, Elijah or Klaus? Please Review or else I will pick!
"Okay, Sydney. The first thing I am gonna have you do is shoot at these targets with your bow. Okay? Go." Elijah commanded. I loaded my bow and aimed each arrow at the targets, hitting the bulls eye every time. Elijah was being gentle with me, and I was thankful for that, but I needed to learn this stuff fast. "Elijah, don't you think I should learn how to fight? It is unlikely that there will be a bow and arrow lying around when they come for me." I told him. He looked at me, staring into my eyes. "The point of this is that if there is no bow, you must conjure one. But, if you want to learn how to fight, then I will teach you."
He then used his vampire speed to put my back to him and he pressed himself against me. "Now, try to fight against me." Elijah whispered in my ear. He had no idea how much of an effect he had on me, and I wanted to keep it that way. I chanted a temporary spell under my breath, and then I elbowed Elijah in the gut and tackled him to the ground. I pinned his hands and legs to the ground also with a little help from my magic. I had almost lost control, and my eyes were black. I was scared that I would hurt him even more than I had, so I got off of him and turned away, being careful not to show him my face, I was an abomination. Elijah recovered and I heard him get up, he then zoomed over to me and frowned when I would not look up at him. "Hey, it's just me. Don't hide from me." Elijah then put his hands on my face and stroked my cheek with his thumb. I finally looked into his eyes, and he did not flinch or anything. I showed him the monster inside of me, but then Elijah showed me his. The veins on the bottom of his eyes popped out, and I could see that his eyes were turning red. "I don't want to hurt you. You should not be my practice dummy, just tell me what to do, I will not be able to live with myself if I hurt you." I told him, and he nodded.
"If that is what you want, we can get someone else to fight you, but I will be right here the whole time. You are not getting rid of me that easily." Elijah smirked. I smiled, and we just looked into each other's eyes for a few moments. I saw him differently now than I had before, he was more than just a mentor or a friend, he was a man who needed to be loved, just like Niklaus. "I forgive you." I blurted out. He looked shocked at what I said. "I forgive you for what happened with my brothers, but you need to know that they will come for me. I have to be the one to destroy Eben. Not you, not my brothers, not Niklaus. Me. You all need to realize that I'm a big girl, and I can take care of myself. You are the one that taught me that. Just if it comes down to it, let me go." I pleaded and repeated, "Let me go." I placed my hand over his hand that was still cupping my face and brushed my thumb in circles on his skin.
"You and I both know that I won't be able to." Elijah breathed, his face just inches away from mine. I thought he was about to kiss me when I heard someone cough in the background.
"Rebekah."
General POV
Katherine walked into Stefan's bedroom and saw that Elena was there. She rolled her eyes, poor Elena being abandoned by her boyfriend and his brother. Katherine rolled her eyes, Elena always played the victim. Truth be told, she was extremely surprised when Elena tracked her down. Kat knew that Sydney had her powers back, but it was too much of a risk going back to Mystic Falls with Klaus there. Elena had then preceded to tell her everything that had happened since she left good ol' Mystic Falls. Her best friend had gotten in quite the predicament, and she decided that she needed to help her. After all, Katherine was with Sydney the last time the witch hunters came for her.
"Poor Elena, always the victim. Get over yourself already, not everything is always about you." Katherine spoke. Elena looked up and rolled her eyes. "Go away Katherine." Elena responded. Katherine laughed, "That's the thing Elena, you're a vampire now. I can make you live an eternity of pure misery." Kat threatened her. Elena stood up and turned to face her look-a-like. "Why don't you just get it over with and kill me then if you hate me that much?" Elena asked her. "I still can." Katherine replied nonchalantly. Elena shook her head, "No you won't. You can't because Sydney would never forgive you and she would hate you forever, and forever is a very long time." Katherine smirked, amused at the baby vamp. "Sydney just threatened the love of her life because he touched me. I think you truly underestimate how close we are." Katherine taunted.
Just then, Katherine's cell phone rang. "Damon, I thought I only told you to call in an emergency. Yeah, why? I think it's better to have this conversation in person, where are you?"
Stefan POV
We were going to head back to Mystic Falls, but I finally realized something. "Damon, wait. We can't go back, at least not yet. There is still so much to find out." I told my brother. I wanted to go back to Mystic Falls just as much as he did, but I couldn't, I had to find out exactly what was going to happen. Maybe there was a way around all the bloodshed. "And what do you suggest we look for, Stefan? Magical flying ponies?" Damon retorted. "You know how in Sydney's diary she said that there was a ritual the hunters use to kill the witches with dark magic? Maybe it's how the hybrid ritual is and it has a certain process to it?" I explained, and Damon cut me off. "And if we find out what the ritual is we can prevent it somehow." Damon's eyes flickered back to the road and he slammed on the brakes. "Thank god you're not completely idiotic all the time. Call Bonnie and tell her to look through Emily's journals." I nodded and dialed Bonnie's number. Damon pulled out his phone and called someone. "It's an emergency. You said you were in Mystic Falls, right? Because I need to know exactly what my sister told you about that night. We're in Georgia, just south of Atlanta." He then hung up. "Who was that?" I asked him. "Katherine."
Sydney POV
I followed Rebekah inside the mansion, and called her name. "Yes?" She asked from behind me. I jumped a little bit, shaken up. "Sorry if I scared you." Rebekah apologized. I could tell she was walking on egg shells around me, not sure if I still hated her or not. "I just wanted to talk to you. I want to say that I-I forgive you." She was confused, I could tell. "Why do you forgive me? You're supposed to hate me." Rebekah stated. I smiled sadly and said, "If it was you, I would have done the same thing. You were just trying to keep me alive, and that's all that matters. But if it comes down to it, I would gladly die if it meant that all of you, including my brothers, were safe." Rebekah then pulled me into a hug that I returned, and she said into my ear, "I know that you think you're this abomination, but you're far from it. Niklaus always told us that love is our greatest weakness, but it's not. You taught me that love is strength. You're good." She pulled back and I could see she was almost in tears, but she tried to hide her emotions.
Rebekah pulled herself together and told me, "You should talk to Nik, I know he misses you." I sighed, "I can't. What would I say? I just cannot go back to the way things were, I just- I do not know anymore Beks. Right now, I just need to put all of my energy into training. I can feel it, Eben is coming, and someone's going to get hurt. I think it is best if we all prepare for what might happen." I heard footsteps approaching us and I turned to see Nik standing there, watching me. "Hi" He said. Hi? HI? We've been through all this and you just come and say hi? That's your big opening line? "Hi." I said back, putting a little bit of attitude into it. Rebekah looked somewhat amused, and I playfully glared at her.
"I overheard you saying that you needed another person to fight, and I am offering my services." I was surprised to hear that he would train with me. It would be a good excuse to spend time with him...and see him in action which I LOVE! "Fine, outside one hour." I said sharply, and I nodded at Rebekah before I walked out of the room, bumping into Niklaus' shoulder in the process. Messing with him was fun, and I thought I would let him sweat it out for a little bit before I forgave him. I'm back, thank you very much. I walked back outside where Elijah was nowhere to be found. I shrugged and made my bow and arrows appear in my hands. I loaded my bow and took a deep breath, releasing the arrow, and hitting the target. Instantly, I started relaxing, I was in my element. Ever since I was a girl, I loved being outdoors, probably from having two older brothers who loved to play in the hot Virginia weather. I decided to put my bow down and rest for a little while, at least until Niklaus and I start back up.
I walked to the backyard of the mansion and into the garden, feeling the warm air on my face. I inhaled, smelling the flowers around me. Snapping me out of my daze, an incoming breeze pushed my hair back, and that's when I could sense it, Vampire. A gust of wind went by me again, this time someone tugging on my curls. I turned around, ready to face the mysterious newcomer. Then, I felt a pair of hands wrap around my mouth and my stomach. My eyes went wide and I went into action. Using the same spell I used on Elijah, I stepped on the vampire's foot and they released me, so I elbowed them in the gut and turned around and punched them. The person on the ground smirked at me, amused. "Relax, darling." He chuckled. I rolled my eyes, Kol. Rebekah and Nik ran out and saw Kol on the ground. "What's going on?" Rebekah said. I looked at Kol and laughed, "Kol here snuck up behind me, so I kicked his ass."
Nik burst out laughing at that. "A human! A human beat you up!" Niklaus continued to laugh in between each word, and I drowned out his laugh. "How did you do that?" Kol asked me. "A little bit of magic." I winked at him, he always brought out my flirty side. "What spell did you use?" Rebekah questioned curiously. I shrugged, it was a pretty easy spell to learn, well for me anyway. "The spell weakens my opponent so they are weaker than I am. I took it easy on you, I had Eli pinned to the ground in minutes." I bragged. Kol rolled his eyes, "So I see you are indeed back like Elijah said. Except now, you seem to be just as cocky as you were when you were a baby vampire. Now, who exactly are we fighting?"
"There is no we, only me. I am fighting Eben." I explained to him. Kol looked confused. "Eben? I thought I killed that psyco!" He huffed. "You were there? How much of the story did you leave out Sydney?!" Rebekah questioned me. I winced, not wanting to talk about it, but I knew that they needed to know why I am being hunted down. "Kol helped me escape. He found me right before they were about to light the match and burn me. He snapped Eben's neck, and I later found out that he stole Jonathan Gilbert's magic ring, bringing him back to life. Eben's been searching for me ever since." I said. We then heard a twig snap in the woods behind us, and I swore I saw Jesse's face. Niklaus stepped protectively in front of me, his arm blocking me from going closer to the sound. An uneasiness settled, and drowsiness now filled my mind. I was tired, and I could fall asleep at any second. That's what he wants. Yet as hard as I tried to fight it off, I could not overcome it, and darkness consumed me as Nik shook me.
I woke up in a dark room, and I realized that I recognized this room. I had been here before, in 1864, this was where I was to burn all those years ago. Why was I here? I looked around and saw myself lying in the corner, my clothes were torn, and my own blood covered my body. I was looking at myself in the future. It was true, the witch hunters would capture me. 'You can't change the future.' A whisper said. Just then, a man walked into the room carrying a whip. He stalked up to me and grabbed me by the hair. The man then tied me to the pole, but after his hand skimmed up my body and he whispered in my ear. "You're not getting away from me." He said. I said nothing in response and my eyes shut, for actions are louder than words, and this man's actions disgusted me. His hand raised and came down, whipping me for the first time. I clenched my fists, expecting the pain each time. First, I received 5 lashes, then 10, and finally 25, all down my back. I was extremely weak, and I was leaning all of my weight on the pole. I could feel the wounds on my back stinging, blood dripping from my back. "I bet you wish you didn't turn yourself over, huh?" He said, I could practically hear his smirk, venom dripping from his voice. Give myself over? Why in the world would I do that? "Better I die than my friends and family." My future self replied. Now I had finally realized what happened- or what would happen. One of my loved ones was threatened, so I complied with Eben.
Suddenly, the scene changed. Where was I? I was standing on a dock I think, and I heard a splash of water. I looked up to see that I was at the harbor, where all of the boats were. Was this where I was? Am I on that boat? This was the place where I was going to die, I assumed. I knew what was going to happen and where I would be, and that was all I needed to know. It would happen soon, I could feel it.
I regained consciousness in my bed at the Mikealson Manor. I only felt the presence of one vampire in the room, so I pretended to be asleep. I recognized the footsteps as a mans, but I felt the same aura around this person that I had felt the same day my brothers left. I felt comfortable around this person, and I was happy that the bed dipped. I could tell that their eyes were on my back, so I rolled over and opened my eyes. Elijah. He was the one person who had been haunting my dreams for the past few nights. "Niklaus has been crazy worried about you. Rebekah called me right after you collapsed. What happened?" Eli tucked a strand of my hair behind my ear. "It was nothing." I replied and got up out of the bed. I stumbled a little and Elijah zoomed over next to me. "I'm fine." I said. He did not look convinced, so I walked out of the room with Elijah on my tail. "I would not call collapsing after seeing someone in the woods nothing." Elijah said, walking down the stairs beside me.
I sighed and halted in the middle of the staircase. "I am going to say this once, so you all better listen to me. You cannot change the future, or else bad things will happen and the consequences will be deadly. My vision showed me that the witch hunters will capture me. and someone's life will be at stake. I know what will happen and I know where it will be." I yelled throughout the house. Elijah looked shocked, and I guessed that the others felt the same. "Well then tell us what you know." Niklaus made his presence known as he walked in the room. I looked at him sadly, "I can't. You will try to stop me."