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Subconscious (Deep with in Alex/Amelia's Psyche)
After initially failing to get Alex to break free of her guilt, do to her not taking him at his word. Aiden soon realizes that if he is truly to save his fellow druid from herself, then he is going to have to earn her trust.
"Alex" started Aiden, but before the he could get what he wanted to say out. The angry, disoriented, and some what
"Don't you dare say my name, You don't get to say my name! Not after this!" interrupted Alex, as she pointed to the empty void of darkness that surrounded both her and Aide. "God, why won't you people just leave me alone!" Immediately following her little freak out, Alex suddenly begins pacing back and forth, all the while muttering countless spells to herself, in hopes of breaking out of the hell whole she now finds herself in.
Seeing as he was making no progress with Alex, Aiden let's out somewhat frustrated sight before then regain composure as he now focuses on what ever it is Alex was off muttering to herself. It didn't take very long for Aiden to ascertain that Alex was in fact trying to emerge from up out of her subconscious with the help of a spell, but little did the priestess know that her efforts were all in vain.
"Alex a simple spell isn't going to get you out of here. This isn't something you can just magic your way out of. You have to come to grip with your…" started Aiden, before then suddenly fading out of both Alex and Amelia's subconscious, only to then suddenly reappear.
Alex immediately stops muttering her spells after witnessing what happened to Aiden, and upon the male druids quick return Alex asks, "What in the hell was that all about?"
With a look of shock clearly present on his face Aiden answers back, "I don't know, I didn't do that." Following his response, Aiden once again fades out and back in.
"You did it again," said Alex, before then running over to Aiden and firmly gripping both his shoulder. "Look whatever you're doing do it me. I need to get out of here!" stated a frantic Alex
"Alex I'm not doing this, it has to be Amelia. She must know I'm here and this is here way of getting rid of me."
"Well can't you take me with you, I mean there must be some way for me to get out of this!" pleaded Alex
"Alex listen to me cause I don't how much more time I have left. The only way for you to get out of here is for you to come to terms with your past and who were as a person, ok. It is your fear, doubt, and emotional instability that is crippling you and stopping you from regaining yourself. Now I know you don't trust me, but I swear to you that I'm just trying to help. So I am begging you Alex, break free because if you don't, you will be vanish out of existence." explained Aiden in the most caring and loving of tones, and then just like that Aiden is violently projected out of the shared subconscious of both priestesses.
With Aiden now gone, Alex once again finds herself alone in the dark void. Now alone Alex replays Aiden's last statement in hopes of building her reserve, but before she could actually start building herself up Alex is suddenly swept back up into yet another past memory.
"Oh fuck my life." is all Alex would say, after being forced yet again to relive the cruelty & evil that was her.
0~o~0
Foreclosed House
Aiden had just been projected out of Alex and Amelia's mind, and the backlash from that was just reaching both the Druid Legacy, and Amelia's traitorous acolyte
Brianna suddenly let's out an earth shattering scream, just as Aiden was struck my an unknown which sent him flying clear across the room, stopping only after he slammed back first into a wall.
"Aiden, I can't see! Why can't I see?!" screamed Brianna
As a low and painful groan passed through Aiden lips, the young Druid slow picks himself up off the floor before then heading over to the now frantic Brianna.
"Aiden? Aiden!" yelled Brianna, as she was beyond scared
Now back in front of Brianna, Aiden notices some burning around her eyes. "Brianna open your eyes." said a now overly concerned Aiden, as he now feared the worst after noticing the burns just underneath Brianna's eyes.
The moment Brianna opened her eyes, a frightful gasp escaped from out of Aiden's mouth as he saw that the Brianna's eyes were completely glazed over white. "Oh my god." uttered Aiden
"What, what is it?" asked Brianna. "Aiden why can't I see?"
"Cause you've been put under a cuir pionos ar. It's like the original hex, but far stronger and more potent. I mean all hexes originally derive from that one spell. Back in the day it was a druids way of providing a suitable punishing for a guilty party. The spell would be casted and based on what ever sin the person did, the spell itself would take on a life of it's own and punish the guilty party in a way associated to there crime, but it could also be used for vengeance. And in your case, we used your connection to Amelia to peak into her and Alex's subconscious and as your punishment you've lost your site." explained Aiden,
"Ok but you're a druid, do something." cried Brianna
"I can't the problem with a cuir pionos ar is that it can only be undone by the person or persons who casted it. Which means…" started Aiden
"Only Amelia can undo it." chimed in a now devastated Brianna.
"Brianna I promise I will get your site back." replied a guilt filled Aiden
"How, we just tried to free Alex. There is no way Amelia's going to do us any favors." countered Brianna
"Yes she will, because I'll grant her two things she would be a fool to turn down." rebutted Aiden
"And what's that?" asked Brianna, between cries
"A meeting me with, and a promise that I will no longer try to free Alex." answered a somewhat defeated sounding Aiden
"What!? You can't give up on Alex." pointed out Brianna
"As of right now Brianna, we've done all that we can for her. Which means right now it's time for her to fight, only she knows what she needs to do in order for her to get over her past. And if she can't do that then all of this was in vein, so trust when I say I'm not giving up on her, I'm just choosing to believe that she can find her way out of this." explained Aiden, before then digging into his jacket pocket, pulling out his phone, and dialing the queen priestess herself.
"Hello, Amelia. I have a deal I'd like to offer you. Do mind swinging by?" asked Aiden, as he peered over to his now disabled comrade.
0~o~0
Fell's Church
While everyone else in Mystic falls were going about there business, the Progenitor of Petrova's Doppelgängers was up to no good. Standing among the ruins of Fell's Church, Illianna goes about chanting something in a demonic tongue
"N nbb cnbb oep Veedfol Rlbbe mbb, K myt xzic hsui veedfol feexz" repeated the original Petrova.
As Illianna continues to chant this one phrase, her entire body combined with the pendant made from her mother's bones were suddenly encased with an ominous dark blue aura. And from there Illianna would summon the demon gate from under the school, to the ruins that were once the Fell's Church.
With the gate now before her, Illianna slowly begins to run her right hand over the gate as she smiles a devious smile. "Very soon grandfather, very soon you and yours will once again be free to roam this world as you did all those millennia's ago, and together we shall exact our revenge on those who imprisoned you. But first I will unleash a plague on this town to the likes no one has ever seen before." ranted Illianna as her dreams were now closer than they'd ever been to becoming a reality.
0~o~0
New Orleans
In New Orleans, an old vibrant powerful witch with long flowing grey/white hair easily forces her way into The Abattoir.
"Look here witch, bitch. I'm not going to tell you again to leave." stated one of the vampire body guards.
"I wish not to hurt you all but if I have to, to get Klaus then I will." explained the unshaken witch, as she did fear the vampires that stood before her.
Peering a glance at the other vampires, the lead guard finally bears his fangs. "So be it." said the lead vampire, as he gestured for the others to attack the old witch all at once. In hopes of over powering her, but just as they were about to pounce, a voice from upstairs ordered them to stop.
"Enough!" yelled Klaus, just seconds before vamp speeding from the top floor of the abattoir to the ground floor. "This witch is an old friend, and not a native of New Orleans. So let's show her some common courtesy shall we." grinned Klaus as he walked up to the witch, all while dismissing his recently acquired vampire army.
"Well, well, well, if isn't the Hybrid that couldn't" smiled the witch
"Well as a matter of fact I could, and I did." grinned Klaus, as he hugged the witch. Upon ending their embrace the newly made King of the quarter now questions the witch. "Astrid tell me what brings you to not only New Orleans, but my door step."
"It's always business first with you, isn't it. Oh How I miss the days when you use to put pleasure before business." smirked Astrid
"Yes, well those days have long since been gone, and believe you me they are not missed. Now are you just here to reminisce over shared and long forgotten memories, or do you come with some actual purpose?" replied Klaus, with a hint of bitterness now present in his tone.
Astrid let's out a light chuckle as she knew for a fact that Klaus wasn't actually bitter about past memories, but about a shared psychic they both worked with. "As much as I would love to just rehash older memories and loved ones, I'm actually here to suggest to you that you take a little trip very soon."
"And why would I do that?" asked Klaus
"Over the years every time I've told given you a destination, it was to help you acquire more power, and now let's just say that this time isn't different from any of those other times. Besides, with a baby on the way this can only further help you and your expanding family." baited Astrid
Now a bit intrigued, Klaus decides to get a little more information out of the old ding bat witch. "So what one pony town will I have the privilege of wreaking havoc on?" teased Klaus
"Mystic Falls." answered Astrid
With a look a of confusion, Klaus questions Astrid on what the hell he hoped to retrieve from Mystic Falls, seeing as that town had nothing left to offer him. Except maybe Caroline Forbes, who to this day still wasn't willing to admitted her feelings for the strapping Hybrid.
"Now what would be the fun in me telling you what you're going up there to retrieve? Besides, you'll know it when you see it, and might I just say, it's a pretty big blast from your past." taunted Astrid, as she planted the necessary needed to get the Klaus up to Mystic Falls. And now all the sneaky witch had to do was sit and wait, as her plans fell into place.