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"Who's Lucien?" I ask.
"He's the first vampire I turned" Klaus says. "He's my first sire"
"You're very first? What is he doing in town?" Freya asks.
"Well, didn't ask. I saw him talk to Vincent Griffith and left before they could see me."
I frown "Finn? You saw him talk top Finn?"
"Yes, our dear brother has been hard at work trying to find a way to get rid of us, it would seem" Klaus says.
"And what are we going to do about that?" Elijah asks.
"Well, Lucien doesn't know we know about his alliance with our brother. I say we take advantage of the situation."
"Don't do anything stupid, brother. Lucien knows if you die, he dies too, it would be foolish of him to plot your death…" Elijah says.
"Cami met with him. She told me he'll be at the art show tonight. That's where I'll meet him. Alone."
"Why alone?" I ask.
"Lucien never really liked me" Elijah tells me and I look up at him.
"Uh…So, Lucien is the one who's been killing the people in this town?" Freya ask.
"It would seem so…" Klaus says before he leaves the room.
"Rebekah was right…" I sigh "We can't never catch a break"
Elijah left the room to go after Klaus, leaving me and Freya alone.
"You know, I have an elemental friend" she tells me and I raise an eyebrow "She's a mermaid. I've known her for 300 years."
"Seriously?" I can't believe what I'm hearing.
"I've come to know her as her boyfriend, who was an elemental too, died and became a vampire. He tried to kill her and she had to kill him to save herself…"
"That's…not a good story" I tell her.
"Sorry…It's more complicated than that" she says.
"Hey, could you not tell horror stories like that in front of my infant daughter" Hayley says, entering the room with Jackson.
"Hi" I smile at them. Hayley picks up Hope from the floor.
"We'll be just next door" she tells us.
"You know, we should have our own place too" I muse.
"You and Elijah?"
"Yeah… a calmer place" I say.
She chuckles "Don't leave me alone with my brother, please" she begs me and I laugh.
"You won't be alone, you'll be with Bekah and Kol" I tell her.
"True… More reasons for you to stay with me" she laughs.
"Oh, they're not so bad… Not all the time" we laugh.
"You really know a mermaid?" I ask her.
She nods "Yes. Her name's Marina."
"My grandmother was half-mermaid half witch" I tell her.
She raises her eyebrows "Really? That's an unusual mix"
"I know, it's hard to believe…"
Rebekah and Kol came back in the evening.
"Well, time to get me back to my body, love"
"I'll help" Freya says.
"Tomorrow" Davina tells them.
Klaus came back late, angry.
"What happened?" I ask, watching Klaus pacing in the living room.
"Lucien has a witch friend… Apparently there's a prophecy announcing our death" he says.
"A prophecy? There is no such thing as prophecies…Is there?" I ask.
"There is only one way to be sure" Freya says "What happened exactly?"
"I drank the witch's blood and she recited bad poetry and made me see things" he answers, still angry.
Freya nods "Maybe I can get a little more information" she says. "If you fed on this prophetic witch, her blood is still in your system. I can use it to."
She sets a table and Klaus gives her his blood. Her ears started bleeding as she was doing the spell with Klaus' blood. The room started to shake.
"Freya, stop!" Elijah tries to stop her but the spell is already done.
"Is she okay?" I ask as I see her shake, obviously in pain.
She takes deep breaths. "It's true" she says. "You have a terrible shadow over you. If this prophecy is fulfilled you will all fall. One by friend, one by foe and one… by family…" she says.
I frown. "What are we gonna do?" I ask.
"We're gonna stop it" Kol says.
"You can't stop a prophecy, don't you know that?" I say.
"What do we need to do to stop it?" Klaus asks his sister.
"I don't know how to stop a prophecy…" she tells him.
"You can't stop a prophecy" I repeat. "One often meet his destiny on the road he took to avoid it"
"Kung Fu Panda?" Hayley says, confused and I look at her, weird.
"Jean de La Fontaine" Elijah tells her, looking down on me and I laugh.
"Oh, right…I've been watching too many kid movies lately…"
"I might know someone who can help us" Freya says. "My mermaid friend I talked to you about this morning? Who better to talk to us about prophecies than a legendary creature?"
I sigh. "Really? Am I the only one who read Oedipus here? The best thing to do is to do nothing" I say.
"The worst thing to do is to do nothing" Klaus says. "What can she do for us" he asks his sister.
"She knows someone who has the sight. She might be able to tell us who the friend is and…you know…"
"Well, the family part is obviously Finn" I say.
"Obviously…" Kol sighs and I frown.
The next morning Freya takes Rebekah and I to the docks.
"Don't tell me your friend lives around the docks" I ask.
"She doesn't. I need the water to do the spell to call her" she tells me.
"Yes cause mermaids don't have Iphones…" Rebekah sighs.
Freya throws something in the water, I didn't ask what.
"What do we do now?" I ask.
"Now…we wait" she sighs.
"How long?" Rebekah asks her sister.
"It depends on where she was when I made the call"
"Seriously? We have to wait for her to swim her way here?"
"Well there is no metro under water" I laugh.
About half an hour later I see a blonde head coming from the water.
"Hey"
"She's here, don't scare her" she tells us "she's afraid of vampires"
That's right, I'm a vampire now…
Rebekah and I stay behind Freya.
"Marina? Thanks for coming"
"It's been a while, Freya" the mermaid, we could only see her head, says.
"I know. It's good to see you again."
"Where's Dahlia?" she asks.
"She's dead. You don't need to be afraid."
"Who are your friends?"
"This is my sister, Rebekah and my friend, Julie."
I smile at her and she swim back a little. "They're vampires" she says, obviously scared.
"You can trust them. They're not going to hurt you"
She looks at us for a while before she asks "What do you want, Freya?"
"I need your help. My family is in danger, I need the sight to tell me exactly what's going to happen to them" Freya says.
The mermaid shakes her head "I don't know where the descendants are" she says.
The descendants?
"It's important, Marina, you owe me this" Freya insists.
The mermaid takes a deep breath. "I'll see what I can do. What do you want to know, exactly?"
"It is said that my siblings will fall, one by friend, one by foe and one by family"
Marina frowns "You're trying to stop a prophecy" she says. "It won't be easy"
"I know" Freya says. "Tell the descendants I will owe them if they help me"
"The descendants will appreciate that" she says before she disappears in the water.
Rebekah sighs "A mermaid, seriously?"
When we get back to the French Quarter, Marcel was there. In a split second I'm by Elijah's sides.
"What's going on?" I ask.
"Someone paid a visit to Marcel. A vampire named Aya. She's a member of the Strix, she made him an offer."
"What's the Strix? What offer?"
"I created the Strix a long time ago" he tells me "My first sire, is now in charge of it. It's the oldest society of vampires"
"Aya was your first sire?" I ask, a little jealous
"No, his name is Tristan. But I knew Aya back in the day" he tells me and I raise an eyebrow but say nothing, I know what is doing.
"We do agree that the presence of the Strix in New-Orleans, is highly suspicious" Rebekah says.
"Yes, it would be wise to kill them all" Klaus says and I sigh.
"Or you could just kill their leaders" I say and Elijah looks down on me. "No leaders, no society…" I say.
He sighs. I became more ruthless since I became a vampire. Killing didn't bother me as much as it used too.
"We do not know if Tristan is here" Elijah says.
"Of course is here" Klaus yells "Don't be stupid Elijah"
"Fine, you kill Lucien, and Elijah will kill Tristan" Kol says "And Freya will get me back to my old body"
"We can't kill Lucien until we find the weapon that can kill you" I say. "You don't mind if I kill Aya, do you?" I ask Elijah.
"She's almost a thousand years older than you, you're not nearly strong enough" he tells me.
"Well, I just need to take the magic from her daylight ring and she's gone" I shrug. "Or I'll just use fire"
He sighs. "Is this jealousy? Or is this something else?"
I look up at him "Jealousy, probably…You know my feelings are stronger now that I'm a vampire"
He chuckles. "You do not need to be jealous" he tells me.
"I know" I say and walk away.
I go to the kitchen and take a blood bag. I pour the red liquid in a glass and go the living room where I pick up a drawing I didn't finish earlier.
"Are you sure you want to get back to your vampire body now? We could use a witch right now…" I hear Freya say.
"Yes. I'm not nearly as strong as you are, I want to get back to my body, the one I was born in" he says.
Freya sighs. "Fine! But we'll need Davina and we need to go to the cemetery, and we need to do this now" she says and I hear them leave.
I hear someone else enter a few minutes later but I don't look up from my notebook. I know it's Elijah even before he starts talking.
"I'm leaving with Marcel to meet Aya."
That's when I look up. "Want me to come with you?" I smile at him.
He chuckles "No. We need her alive to get information from her" he tells me and I watch him leave.
I'm joined by Hayley, Hope and Jackson. They sit in the couch across from me.
"Don't you have a house of your own?" I ask.
"You can just tell us if we're bothering you" Hayley says.
I sigh "I'm sorry…I'm in a mood…"
"You're jealous. It's increased because you're a vampire" she tells me.
"Thanks, I didn't know that" I spat at her and sigh again. "I'm sorry" I shake my head.
Elijah comes back with Marcel in the end of the afternoon. I was playing with Hope, Hayley thought it'll calm me down and it did.
"Well, Tristan is definitely in New-Orleans" Elijah says. He had blood on his hands.
"Is that his blood?" I ask.
"No, Aya's" he smiles at me "And, no I didn't kill her" he tells me. I roll my eyes before I give my attention back to Hope.
Elijah washes the blood off his hands and comes sit next to me. He kisses my temple and I smile but I don't look up at him which he doesn't like so he kisses me down my cheek, my neck, my shoulder.
"Hey, get a room you two" Hayley says, picking up Hope from the floor.
"It's nothing" I say. "She was more focus on the turtle anyway"
She doesn't answer and leaves the room with Jackson.
"See what you've done?" I turn to look at him and he smiles before he kisses me. I giggle and kiss him back, sliding my finger in his hair. I move so I'm straddling him and pushes his back to the floor.
"Get a room you two" I hear Kol, in his old voice, say. I look up, and get up, vampire speed, leaving Elijah on the floor, disappointed.
"You're back" I say "I mean, your old you" I wave my hands awkwardly.
"I am, love, admit it, you missed me, I'm hotter than your boyfriend" he says and I frown.
"Oh, you're competing with your big brother, how cute" I mock him and Elijah chuckles.
"Oh come on, love, you know I'm right"
"Uh, I don't think so" I shake my hand and laugh.
"Give up, brother, she obviously has better taste than you thought she did" Elijah says, putting his hands on my waist, pulling me against him.
"Whatever" he sighs. "I thought you would like to know that Finn wasn't going to be a problem anymore" he says.
"What?"
"Yes, he showed up trying to stop Davina from bringing me back but Freya was obviously the stronger one in the room" he says before he steps out of the room.
Halloween was close. We still hadn't heard from Marina but Freya said it was going to take some time before she could have answers from the descendants.
"Hey, who are the descendants, by the way?" I asked her, one afternoon, in the living room.
"They're like those 8 powerful mermaids controlling each one element. They inherited the sight."
"What is the sight?"
"Nobody knows. All I know is that you ask the descendants a question and they will tell you the truth. The sight gives them the answer."
"I think there's a story like that in my grimoire…" I thought back to when I was alone with Elijah, before we came back to Mystic Falls. It was a calmer time.
The day after that, I was in the courtyard when a vampire I didn't know dropped by to give an invite to some ball for Halloween tonight. I took the one addressed to Elijah and went to the living room to give it to him.
"Hey, you're invited to a ball "I do hope that you can come, old chump, signed Tristan"" I tell him what was written on the card. "Some random vampire dropped this off."
He closes the book he was reading and gets up, he takes the invite from me to look at it.
"You're going to need a dress and a mask" he tells me.
"That's how you ask me to be your date?" I raise an eyebrow. "How romantic" I sigh.
"My apologies" he says and I smile at him before I kiss him. I left the room to join Freya in the study. She was doing yoga. I was sitting on the couch next to her, we were gossiping when Klaus came in and interrupted us.
"What are you doing here?" he asks.
"I live here" she says.
"Yes, obviously" he sighs "I just hadn't realized you were back from…wherever it is you go to when you leave. Perhaps I was thrown off by the lack of strange gentleman callers perusing the contents of my refrigerator this morning"
I see Freya smile, amused. "Your concern for my whereabouts is touching."
I chuckle.
"I simply want to know who is here at any given moment. I hardly think that's too much to ask" he says.
"Well, as long as we're taking attendance…" Hayley says, entering the room with Elijah.
"Oh, good. It's my not-so-loving elder brother and my former one night stand. What a nice, normal family gathering." Klaus says and I laugh.
"Something I said, love?" I keep laughing.
"This family is hilarious" I say and Freya laughs with me.
"Elijah was just catching me up on how you have no clue which one of your long-lost buddies you can trust and which one is trying to kill you." Hayley says.
"Well, clearly what this situation needs is more opinions." Klaus says.
"You still have no clue on how to stop this prophecy" Hayley says.
"The witch claims her visions are constantly evolving so we might know how to stop it before we hear back from your little fish friend" Klaus says.
"Cause we're trusting Lucien, now?" I ask.
"No, you know me, love, I don't trust anyone"
Night came and Elijah and I were at the ball with Hayley. Everybody was staring at us.
"Why are they all staring at you?" I ask him.
"I'm kind of a big deal around here" he answers.
"They're all part of your sire line?" Hayley asks.
"Most of them, tragically, yes" he sighs "You see, I wanted to assemble minds, curious about the world and eager to improve it…along with time and circumstance to do so. My desire was to create an elite brotherhood devoted to a new, better civilization. It was naïve…Eventually, I was forced to abandon them once I realized I'd cultivated a legion of egomaniacal sociopaths"
I chuckle "Great, we're among at least a hundred of those egomaniacal sociopaths" I say then I frown "Was Kol invited?" I ask.
"I don't think so" he sighs. "He brought Rebekah here… Come" he takes my hand and takes me dancing.
"What's wrong?" I ask him.
"I don't want to deal with my brother, right now" he simply says.
"Marcel is here" I say, surprised. "Who is he talking to?" I ask.
"That…is Aya" he says.
"Really?" I raise an eyebrow. "She's pretty" I say.
"Jealous again?" he asks and I don't answer.
"He seems surprised to see us here." I say.
"Yes, I should've known. This isn't a party, it's an initiation."
"That doesn't sound good" I sigh.
The room goes silent and I see a man enter the room.
"Distinguished friends, welcome" he starts "It's so rare that we're able to come together like this to revel for one night in the company of true equals."
I raise an eyebrow "Is he serious?" I whisper to Elijah.
"Yes, he is the leader of the egomaniacal-sociopaths. This is Tristan" he tells me and I try not to laugh to loud.
"Now, I'd like to take a moment to welcome a very special guest… Mr. Marcel Gerard."
People start applauding.
"Of course, before we tell Marcel all of our secrets, there's one small piece of business to which we must first attend."
Marcel looks confused, and so am I.
"We must determine his worth." Tristan says.
Seriously, who does he think he is?
Marcel chuckles "That's funny. I seem to recall you being the one knocking on my door"
Tristan smiles at that "You'll notice, Mr. Gerard, that over the course of the evening, someone has managed to take something quite dear to you… Your daylight ring."
Marcel looks at his hand and notices it was true.
"What the hell is going on?" I ask but Elijah doesn't answer.
"The test is quite simple. First, you need to deduce the identity of the thief. Then you are simply to take back what is yours…" Tristan says and Marcel starts looking around "Although I doubt the prize will be easily relinquished. After all, despite our refinement, we're still a rather violent bunch."
I'm getting nervous for Marcel. This wasn't going to end well.
"In victory, you become one of us. In failure you meet your death… You have a few hours until dawn. I wish you the best of luck" the sociopath says, smiling.
Marcel looks up at Elijah for a second before looking around.
"Elijah, you're not going to let him die?" I ask. "These vampires are ancient. How is Marcel supposed to beat one of them?" I ask.
"With guile, courage, perhaps a bit of trickery." Tristan answers the question that wasn't meant for him. "Admittedly, it's a long shot, but then sometimes the new candidates surprise us" he says. "Allow me to introduce myself. My name is Tristan de Martel, and you must be Julie Johnson, I heard you got engaged to my sire recently, congratulations" he smiles at me but I don't smile back. Elijah takes my hand and Tristan smile at that, like he knew Elijah thought he was a threat to me. He turns to Hayley "And you must be the famous Hayley Marshall Kenner, Alpha to the Crescent wolves" he says, taking her hand and kiss the back of it. She removes her hand quickly from his. "The pleasure's all mine, I see" he chuckles. "Elijah, when I sent your invitation, I didn't think you'd come. Tell me, as our fonder and patriarch, what do you make of our latest candidate?"
Elijah smiles "Well, let me see, Marcel…He's arrogant. He's stubborn, prone to self-aggrandizement... He shout fit in perfectly" he says and I chuckle to my fiancé's sense of humor.
"If he survives" Tristan says and I shot him a look he notices "I take it he's a friend of yours" he says, looking at me then at Hayley.
"We're friends" she says. "And even if we weren't I don't much like bullies" she says.
"A bully?" he's surprised she just called him that "My dear, you barely know me. Allow me to remedy that and, in so doing, I can explain our methods" he says, holding a hand to her that she doesn't take. "Please, just one dance"
She finishes her champagne and looks at me and I nod to silently tell her I'll keep my eyes on her and I'd intervene if needed be.
I stay by the bar, close to Elijah. Marcel is just in front of me. "I could have warn you' Elijah says to Marcel, handing him a glass of champagne.
"Look, I didn't tell you I was coming because…"
"I wouldn't have allowed it" Elijah cuts him off. I was listening to them but I was still watching Hayley and Tristan dance.
"Yeah, there's that word, "allowed". You know I thought I earned the right to be considered an equal, but that's not the way it works in your family, so it's time I consider my options. If nothing else, the Strix aren't interested in me as a sidekick."
"This options, as you describe them, are a death sentence" Elijah cuts him off again. "I suppose I shall have to intervene, Julie asked me not to let you die" he sighs and I turn to look at Marcel who seemed surprised "You're welcome" I tell him before getting my eyes back on Hayley. "It is a shame I expect it shall ruin my tuxedo" he finishes and I chuckle. "I have had this suit for over a hundred years. It's proven far more reliable than you, Marcellus."
I smile at that.
"Relax, all right. I got this under control."
"Do you?" Elijah asks.
"I hope so. That is a nice jacket" he says before walking away towards Aya, who was looking at me. I looked down on her ring and I see her remove it fast and throw it on the ground from pain. I smile at her and she looked at me confused. Marcel turned to look at me before he takes her arm and walk away.
"You couldn't help yourself, could you?" I hear Elijah asks me, putting his hands on my waist.
"Now I know this isn't her daylight ring" I tell him and he chuckles.
"Can you hear what they're talking about?" I ask him, eyeing Hayley and Tristan who were still dancing.
He was about to answer when we heard someone bark loud.
"My God it's a room full of Elijah's"
"I had the same nightmare once" Klaus says.
"Is that Lucien?" I ask.
"Yes, it looks like my brother is having fun tonight…" he sighs. Both of them are obviously drunk.
One of the girls they were with was a with. I recognized Freya's magic.
"And your sister too" I whisper and he looks down on me when I point at the girl with the purple hair who was leaving the room.
"Tristan? Tristan!" Lucien shout the name.
I sigh. "What is he doing?"
"I believe it's called a distraction" he whispers.
Tristan tries to make them go, politely but Klaus is determined to make a scene.
"Niklaus!" Elijah calls his brother's name.
"What is it?" Klaus turns around.
"You're hammered" Elijah says to his brother and he laughs. "Which should come as very little surprise to anyone here, but it does hamper the festivities somewhat, so could I recommend that you find the nearest exit and…and could you take your playthings with you, too?"
I smile, trying not to laugh at Klaus's fake drunk state. He gives his glass to Elijah, laughing before walking around.
"Hey there, Julie" he says, looking at me.
"Klaus, you're having fun" I smile at him.
"You look stunning, by the way, has my brother told you that tonight?"
"He has" I say "So did Freya" I tell him I know what he's doing and he smiles at me and winks.
"You know, I used to find it insulting that I was barred from your special, little club, but now I realize I lack the flexibility to become a member. I could never get my head far enough up my own ass"
I try not laugh and Elijah looks down on me. I take his arm and get closer to him.
"Come on, let's go. This party is dead anyway." Klaus laughs before he leaves with Lucien.
"I'm going to find Freya" I tiptoe to whisper and kiss his cheek.
"Be careful" he tells me and I nod.
I follow her magic and I enter a room where I see her fight with another woman.
"Julie, a little help here!" she shouts at me and I wave my hand so the other one flies and bangs against the ceiling then against the wall before falling on the ground, knocked out.
"What the hell?" I ask.
"She's Lucien's witch. She said she knows what's going to happen to them. She said she saw Klaus died."
I helped her carry the witch back home where we meet with Klaus, disappointed by Marcel.
"We cannot tell friends from foe and what are you doing? You're pledging a fraternity run by those conspiring against us!" Klaus shouts at Marcel.
"My interest in the Strix is because of you" Marcel says. "I don't get to choose sides. Whoever comes for you comes for me. That's all I need to know."
They're interrupted by Freya. "She's awake."
"Yes, whoever comes for me may very well come for you…" Klaus says before giving his blood to heal Marcel. Hayley had bitten him so he would win the Strix' test tonight. Which he did. "But they may also come though you, Marcellus. Remember that." Klaus says before stepping out of the room.
We were in the courtyard, waiting for the witch to tell us what she knew.
"I'm sorry" she tells Lucien. "I hoped I was wrong, Lucien…I really did…But I saw it…" she turns to look at Klaus "I saw him die"
"Did you see the weapon?" Lucien asks. She nods "What is it?"
"To understand, it must be seen" she says. She holds her wrist to Hayley for her to drink her blood and Elijah takes her other wrist.
"Something's wrong" Elijah says as they throw up the blood they just drank.
"Poison" Hayley says before the witch dies.
"What just happened?" I asked.
"Someone poisoned her" Lucien yells, angry before he leaves.
It was dawn and Elijah decided to go talk to Tristan about what just happened. To see what he had to say about Lucien.
I was exhausted, it has been a long night. I decided to take a shower and to change into something more comfortable.
"My shirts always suit you better" I hear Elijah say. I look up and see him smiling in the corner of the door. I smile back and take a few steps, I put my hands on the back of his neck.
"You think so?"
"Mmhmh" he mumbles before he leans to kiss me and takes his shirt off me.