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Dia awoke next morning to the sound of her phone buzzing. She rolled over and picked it up from the nightstand. It was a text from Elena.
Where are you? I came by your house and there was no answer
Dia bit her lip and sat the phone back on the table deciding to ignore the text. Yes she wasn't home, but Elena didn't need to know where she was. She rolled over to face the sleeping body beside her. Elijah. He had convinced her to stay the night with him. She spent hours just talking about everything that happened while he was gone, what was going on in Dia's life, and what might happen in the future. Things she and Damon would never even consider talking about. She smiled and gazed at him sleeping, looking so peaceful. She shifted closer to him and leaned down and tenderly kissed his lips. After a few moments she felt him run his hand through her hair. She smiled through the kiss and pulled away.
"Good morning" she whispered.
"What a beautiful thing to wake up to" he smiled. "Something I can look forward to in the future?"
"Hmm maybe" she smirked.
"Although we're going to have to do something about you stealing my dress shirts" he told her.
"Hey you were the one who wouldn't let me go home and get stuff" she shot back.
Elijah chuckled before pulling Dia over him so she was on top on him.
"I'm glad I didn't let you leave" he smiled.
"Oh and why is that?" she raised an eyebrow.
"Do you even have to ask that?" he whispered. Dia only responded by leaning down and kissing him. The kiss became heated and passionate.
"Oh so now the show is starting" a voice said. Elijah and Dia pulled away to see Kol sitting in a chair in front of a window.
"Leave Kol" Elijah told him quickly.
"But the show is just getting started" Kol smirked. "I've been waiting all night for it, but all I heard were the two of you talking about your hopes and dreams. Rather boring actually."
"Get out Kol" Elijah said sternly.
"Make me" Kol smirked. Dia sighed and grabbed a pillow from the bed and threw it at him. Kol dodged it before getting up.
"You think I'm scared of you gypsy" Kol glared before storming out. Dia looked down at Elijah and sighed.
"I don't think he likes me very much" she said.
"Just give him time" Elijah said. "But if he doesn't…." He flipped the two of them over so that he was under him.
"It doesn't matter because it only matters how you feel about me" she finished for him smiling.
"Precisely" Elijah smiling kissing her again. Once he pulled away he sat up and leaned over to his bedside table and opened a drawer. He pulled out a small jewelry box and handed it to her.
"This is for you" he said.
"You're spoiling me" Dia sighed.
"You're mine to spoil" he said kissing her forehead. "Open it."
Dia opened the box and her eyes grew wide. It was a silver necklace with a diamond pendant on it. It was simple, but very elegant.
"It's beautiful" she breathed. "Thank you."
"I figured that you couldn't always wear the necklace I had given you for your birthday so I figured that this would be more appropriate" he told her.
"Well I love it" she smiled. "Can you help me put it on?" She took the necklace out of the box and handed it to him. She pulled her messy hair up as he fastened it around her neck. He pulled her close and gently kissed her neck.
"You know I have no intention of giving you up" he whispered.
"I don't want you to" she turned her head to look at him.
"You're mine now" he smiled.
"I know" she grinned. "And you're mine."
Elijah walked around his mother's study. He stopped when he spied some burnt sage in a bowl on the table. He picked it up and looked at it closely.
"Okay, so I am determined to get my college applications done this afternoon so I will have your undivided attention tonight" Dia walked in dressed carrying her dress in a dress bag. She saw him holding the sage.
"What's that?" she asked.
"Sage" Elijah replied looking at her. Dia could tell her was worried about something.
"You have your worry face on" Dia said.
"My what?" he asked.
"Last time your face looked like that was when you found out Damon had fed me blood the day of the sacrifice" she explained. "What's wrong?"
"Nothing you need to concern yourself with" he smiled kissing her forehead. "I promise."
"Alright" Dia gave in. "I need to go."
"I'll come by later" Elijah smiled.
"Please do" Dia said. Elijah leaned down and gently kissed her goodbye. She walked away from him leaving him to wonder why he hadn't told her his suspicions of his mother.
Dia walked towards the front door when it open and Rebekah came walking in still wearing her gown from the night before.
"You had a late night" Dia commented.
"So did you" Rebekah replied. She frowned when she recognized the jeans, ballet flats, white cami, and grey sweater that Dia was wearing was from her own wardrobe. Dia noticed that she was staring.
"I didn't have anything to change into so.."
"Don't worry about it" Rebekah smiled gently. "They look better on you then they would on me."
Dia nodded quickly walking towards the door before Rebekah stopped her.
"I want us to be friends too" she said.
Dia smiled at her. "Then we're friends."
Rebekah walked into the living room to find Kol and Klaus both there. Klaus sat on the couch drawing as Kol saw her and smiled.
"Well, well, well, there's our girl" Kol smirked walking over in front of Rebekah. As she tried to move so did Kol.
"Get out of my way, Kol" Rebekah glared.
"Out all night. What a scandal! I trust you did better than that commoner? Matt, was it?" Kol smiled at her.
"If you don't shut your mouth, the next thing to come out of it will be your teeth" Rebekah sneered. Klaus grinned and quietly chuckled.
"Don't start, Nik!" Rebekah groaned.
"I didn't say anything" Klaus smirked.
"I'm bored. Our sister is a strumpet, Elijah's pining after a gypsy, but at least they're having fun. I need entertainment" Kol sighed.
"What are you waiting for? Go on, have at it" Klaus replied not looking up from his drawing.
"Well there's one thing I need to do first, but after. I will however, it's not fun to go alone. Join me, Nik!" Kol looked at him staring to pout. "It's the least you can do after sticking a dagger in my heart."
"Okay. Why not? I didn't have nearly enough to drink last night, what with you trying to murder Rebekah's date" Klaus said getting up walking away.
"Yes, please go, this house has enough men rolling around it in" Rebekah huffed.
"Just like you, Bekah" Kol smirked leaving.
Rebekah huffed then threw a shoe at Kol. "Good riddance, both of you!" she exclaimed.
"Rebekah" she heard Elijah say. She turned around and saw him standing behind her.
"Not you too, Elijah" Rebekah groaned.
"I'm worried about mother. Have you not noticed her strange behavior?" Elijah asked her.
"She's been dead for a thousand years. What's strange for her?" Rebekah looked at him.
"Burnt sage" he said showing her it. Rebekah took it from his hand and looked at it "She was doing a privacy spell."
"You know she fancies such things. Why don't you ask Finn? He's been doting on her" she said.
"I don't trust, Finn. He hates what we are, he always has" Elijah replied.
"That's not true" Rebekah told him. "And as for mother, she returned for one reason, to make our family whole. She loves us. You have Dia now in your life and all is right in our lives. What trouble are you looking to find?"
Dia sat on her couch in her living room with her laptop sitting on her lap. She had a cup of tea in her hand as she read over her college essays and application one more time. Personally, she thought she had a good a shot as anyone of getting in. Seeing no issues with her application she hit submit.
"Yay" she said unenthused. "They're done." Finally. The last few months had been stressful enough with everything else going on and the applications had just made everything ten times as worse. She sat her computer on her coffee table when she heard the doorbell. Frowning she sat the mug on the table and got up and walked towards the door. She opened it to see Kol on the other side smirking.
"Kol" she smiled slightly.
"Hello Dia" he replied.
"Can I help you with anything in particular?" she asked.
"Well I feel you and I have gotten off on the wrong foot" he said. "I figured that since you were going to be around in Elijah's life for a while, maybe you and I could get reacquainted and patch things up."
"Okay?" Dia titled her head a bit confused.
"So may I come in" he asked smiling.
"Sure why not come right in" she said motioning for him to enter. She closed the door and let out a sigh as she walked back into her living room grabbing her tea mug.
"Do you want anything to drink? Tea? Blood bag maybe? I think there's still some in the basement" she said.
"Why do you have blood bags?" Kol asked curiously.
"I was raised by a vampire" Dia replied.
"Really?" Kol smirked. "That's quite fascinating. A blood bag would be lovely."
"I'll be right back then" Dia said setting her mug down on the bar. She turned and left the kitchen. Once she was out of sight, Kol pulled out a small vial of bronze liquid and put a few drops in her tea putting the vial back in his pocket before Dia came back holding a blood bag.
"Here you go" Dia said.
"Thank you" Kol said taking the bag. "You know I met a gypsy clan once. They're mischievous little things and can be deceitful."
"And I'm assuming that's what you think of me?" Dia asked taking a sip of her tea.
"Perhaps" Kol smiled. "Vampires falling for mortals makes them weak. Elijah falling for you has made him weak."
"So much for trying to patch things up" Dia said before taking a rather large gulp of her tea. She sat the mug down before she began to feel strange and dizzy.
"Tell me Dia have you ever heard of white willow?" Kol smirked. "Fascinating little herb. To gypsies it's what vervain is to vampires." Dia frowned at him before everything went black. Kol caught her before she hit the floor.
"I don't think I've ever had gypsy blood" Kol smirked before biting into her neck. He slowly drank her blood being careful not to take too much knowing very well that if he killed her, Elijah would put a dagger in his heart. He pulled away from her neck and licked his lips.
"You're quite delicious aren't you?" he smiled. He laid Dia's body on her kitchen floor and pulled out his cell phone.
"Rebekah darling" he spoke. "How would you like to have a little fun?"
Elena walked downstairs after hearing a knock on the door. She opened it to reveal Elijah on the other side.
"Elena" Elijah greeted.
"Elijah" Elena smiled. "Where's Dia?"
"At her home working on college applications I believe" Elijah replied. "I don't mean to intrude. I was hoping you might accompany me. I want to show you something."
Elijah drove Elena to the woods. She got out of the car and looking around wondering if he knew she had lied the night before.
"Forgot how much I missed this land" Elijah said stepping out of his car.
"I can't even imagine what it must have been like a thousand years ago" Elena said walking with him.
"You know, your school was built over an Indian village. Where I saw my first werewolf. The town square is where the natives would gather to worship. Matter of fact, near that, there was a field where wild horses use to graze" Elijah told her.
"That's incredible." Elena said.
"Come" Elijah said walking futher.
"Do you know this place too?" Elena asked him.
"I do. Below us is a cavern I use to play in as a boy. Connects to a system of tunnels that stretch across the entire area" he explained crouching on the ground grabbing a few pieces of pine straw. "Perhaps it's nature's way of providing us with shelter against the savagery of the full moon. My mother said there must be a balance."
"Elijah, I should probably go home." Elena told him.
Elijah stood up. "I admire you, Elena. You remind me of qualities I valued long before my mother turned us. It's not in your nature to be deceitful and yet when I asked about your meeting with my mother the other night, you lied to my face" he looked over at her waiting for a response.
"That's not true. I told you that all your mother wanted was a new start" Elena replied.
"I can hear you heartbeat. It jumps when you're being dishonest with me. You lied to me at the ball, you are lying to me now. Tell me the truth" Elijah demanded.
"I never wanted this to happen" she breathed.
"What, Elena?" he asked her.
"We were told that whatever was going to be in that coffin was going to kill Klaus. When we found out that it was your mother…. We didn't know what to think" Elena told him desperately.
"Since her return she says she only wants this family whole again." Elijah said.
"When she asked to see me, I… I thought that maybe she could help." Elena said shakily. "That she would find a way to kill Klaus. It's not just Klaus that she wants to kill."
"She wants to kill us all, doesn't she?" Elijah turned his head and gritted his teeth together and looked back at Elena.
"She wants to undo the evil she created."
"I'm so sorry, Elijah. I know you and Dia have feelings for each other. I wish there was something I could do to help." Elena looked at him.
"You know, one thing I've learned with my time on this Earth… be careful what you wish for." Elijah said quietly. He suddenly stomped his foot on the ground causing a hole to form, grabbed Elena, and jumped down in the hole with her.
Elena walked around the caves trying to find a way out. She had no cell service, so she couldn't call anyone. As she walked she saw a small bit of light. However as she got closer she saw something on the ground. It was a body. As she got closer she realized that it was Dia. She was unconscious and Elena could see the bite mark on her neck.
"Dia!" Elena exclaimed about to run over to her. However someone rushed over to her and blocked her path.
"Going somewhere?" Rebekah glared.
"What are you doing here?" Elena asked surprised.
"Not much. Unless you try to run. In which case, I get to kill you." Rebekah sneered.
Stefan walked into the boarding house after trying to find Elena with no success.
"I can't find her anywhere." Stefan called out to Damon. He walked into the living and saw Elijah sitting by the fire talking to Damon.
"Hello, Stefan." Elijah greeted.
"He has Elena." Damon stated.
"Actually, she's with Rebekah. As you can imagine, my sister is just dying to tear her throat out." Elijah smirked. "So… if you want to save Elena's life, I need you to help me stop my mother."
"I'm a little embarrassed to admit, but when it comes to killing thousand year old resurrected witches, I'm a little rusty." Damon smirked.
"Yes, unfortunately, even when killed my mother doesn't seem to want to stay dead. Not with the spirits of nature at her side." Elijah sighed.
"So, what are we supposed to do?" Stefan asked.
"The witches that released my mother, she's drawing her power from their bloodline, that line needs to be broken." Elijah explained.
"Broken?" Stefan frowned.
"Yeah, he means." Damon made a cutting motion with his finger across his neck
"You want us to kill them." Stefan realized.
"You know I'd do it myself, but I have absolutely no idea where they are. Besides, seeing me, they'd immediately know my intent. They won't expect to be harm by the likes of you. In any case, you have until six minutes after nine to find them." Elijah told them.
"Oh, how super specific of you." Damon rolled his eyes.
"By 9:07, the moon will be full, my mother will have the power she needs to kill me and my family. If you do not stop her before then, Rebekah will kill Elena. So we all have our timeline? I suggest you get started." Elijah said getting up and walking away. Damon's phone rang and he pulled it out and looked at it.
"Tell me something Elijah" he began. "Was Dia supposed to be involved in this ultimatum you gave us?" Elijah turned around and frowned. Damon walked closer to him and showed him his phone. Damon had received a text from Rebekah. It was a picture of Dia unconscious, her neck bloody. Elijah took one look at the photo before rushing off.
Yay another update. Alright you know, I am really tempted to write part two and just deal with the consequences and possibility of having my plans disrupted. I'm pretty sure that they won't be and I realized that there are a few things I can do so if what I have planned doesn't work everything will still be fine. Thank you for the reviews from the previous chapter so far. I won't make any promises about part two getting up tomorrow. It may or may not. If not expect it either Friday or Saturday night. Read and review!
