Previously: Sophie nodded then asked. What are we to do with Slater Papa? He knows a lot of things that he should not. Elijah looked Pensively at him. He then asked her if she could tell the vampire he was like what she did with Damon? she nodded and cast Legilimens on him. She reported that he was nothing but a bookworm and that he'd never killed a human, but he has many human contacts. he nodded then said...
"Mon amour, I believe that it would be advantageous to ask Slater what he would prefer? His options are to kill him or if he would prefer to be useful to your mission? By using his contacts to pass on your message."
Sophie looked at him curiously. She wondered why she was giving this vampire any consideration at all, given that he had Lobbed off Trevor's head without much hesitation; it was so unlike him to care about one of the many nameless, faceless vampires. Sophie met his eyes. The answer to her questioning gaze was in his eyes. Elijah inclined his head and looked straight into his eyes. Sophie knew he was giving her permission to look into his mind to see what he was thinking. Sophie delved deep within his mind. She saw the senseless human deaths not only caused by him, but they were also caused by his siblings. She saw the deaths of various Wiccan witches, Wiccan spelled Werewolves, and many Vampires.
Sophie saw how he and his siblings saw themselves. They viewed themselves as Gods who walked among men. They had forgotten that their lives were given to them by the Ancient Gods. She saw that he finally realized he and his siblings were just pieces that fit in the whole, for lack of a better Idiom (Grand workings of the world.) He was grateful that Sophie gave them all, every magical human, every creature. In the modern vernacular, she was giving them a reset to the original manufacturer's design. Sophie pulled out of his mind. Once she came back to herself, Sophie gave him a blinding smile. She squeezed his hand, then turned to Slater and said.
"I am going to tell all of you a story, but before I do that, we need to drive to Pilot Mountain Papa. She pulled out her map and tapped on the location where she desired to go, and what Elijah and the other Vampires saw was a mass of crisscrossing lines that were pulsating. Before they could question what that was, Sophie continued her explanation. The Map indicates that There is a Ley line convergence. And that is the spot where we begin to Heal the Earth. Elijah took the map to study while Sophie summoned a pen and paper to her and began to Jot down a list of items for the ritual; she traded the map for the list, which she handed to Elijah when she was done. Papa will send one of them to pick up the Items and meet us there. While they are busy doing that, I shall tell you the story I promised. By the end of it, I want to know all of you to decide if you desire to die or if you Will swear a vow to help me complete my quest."
Slater, Damon, and Rose agreed to the stipulations; they weren't about to argue with an all-powerful witch, the daughter of the Original Vampire. She requested Elijah bring Alice with them after receiving some blood replenishing potions from the House elf given to her to use by President Donavan. When the three Vampires were startled by Hippy's sudden teleportation to Sophie's side, The witch explained what house-elves were and how they tethered their lives and magic to the house they served and would receive a power boost and longevity from the bond. In balance, the masters received their service and guarded their secrets and could only be released if their Master presented them with clothes. Sophie put a somnium (sleep) hex on Alice to not wake up during their trip; Damon carried her down. When Elijah opened the car with the key fob Damon practically dropped her in the back of the SUV
Once their three guests were situated, With Damon in the driver's seat, Rose in the front passenger seat, and Slater in the Very back with Alice. Elijah and Sophie got in the Middle seat, and Rose laid down in the boot with rose, and then they were off. They stopped at the blood bank and picked up some blood bags to heal Rose from the sunlight burn at a Café. Then Sophie began her story.
"In the beginning, there was nothing but Chaos in the cosmos; there was no form and no order to it. Until Gia, the earth came into being after eons of growth, she began to see that she was alone. She had upon her self no Identity, no form or depth to her. So within herself, she bore her first three children. The first was the Ouranos, who is the sky. Her second child was Ourea, who was the mountains that curved her body. And her last child was Pontus, who was the sea. The immortals were in Awe; the images changed with her magic. It was because Damon was a vampire that he could watch and pay attention to the road simultaneously. Getting in a car accident would be bad; Elijah would hesitate to kill him if Sophie got hurt. Plus, he liked the little witch, even if she did Juju his brain before. Rose, Slater, and Elijah viewed the scene before them. The images appeared as shadow puppets. Sophie, Elijah thought, had such a way of gripping people with her words they inspired something within each of them to seek more, to seek something better. So that was the Family of Gaia, and they lived content for a time;" Sophie showed them how the earth developed and grew. "This is the natural way of things. Do you know what the definition of hell is, Rose?" Rose stiffened. She Hadn't expected to be questioned. Rose had been ignored mostly since Rose had met Elijah and Sophie in the underground of the café, but rose couldn't help but be intrigued by the girl, the witch was a wonder in magic, but Sophie was a slip of a girl; one that others would underestimate. She had until she saw the raw power that came from her. And Sophie did it as if it was as easy as breathing, which Rose guessed it was. She was something else. She drew herself out of her thoughts when Slater bumped her shoulder. "Um... No, not really. Sorry." She winced. She sounded so stupid and foolish that her French was immaculate before this girl who couldn't even speak proper English. Still, when she tried to speak English, it was hard to make out the words through the accent; though she and Trevor had spent 500 years on the run and spoke several different languages, it was always hard to understand someone when English wasn't their native language. Sophie laughed at Roses's obvious embarrassment, she couldn't understand what about the discomfort amused her, but it did.
"It is alright Rose, Hell is defined in the most basic sense as a lack of progression, to be stopped, and to not grow. When you and your friend Trevor were on the run, did you stay somewhere long enough to put down roots and create a family/Coven? did you establish yourself in the community?" Elijah and Rose were stunned. He had not been actively looking for Trevor and rose for quite a while. It was only when he had been contacted that they had found the Doppelganger that his old grudge had resurfaced. Not that Rose and Trevor had known that at the time, all they had been aware of was that Niklaus and himself were after them. So they'd hidden and stayed hidden for 500 years, much like Katerina had done. Rose was equally as shocked as Elijah was. Shed never thought of her and Trevor's exile like that because they'd been together. It had been easier to bear. But she understood the root of the statement; they hadn't progressed, they hadn't stayed with the friends they had made. They were constantly in a state of looking over their shoulders. And that had indeed been hell. "I understand, what you are saying, Sophie. It was kind of hell to Exist only to be discontent with our lives, to be so consumed by fear that our past would catch up with us. Knowing that this was all we had to look forward to and that nothing was changing."
Sophie nodded. She couldn't imagine that scenario, not in this life she had never experienced such a thing, and she would never, not with the teacher, to guide her. Once she reconnected the seven siblings, she would not need to worry if she would ever befall such a fate. They were her family, and they always protected their family, Always and Forever. The face of that man appeared before her eyes again. He had piercing black eyes, a lordly face, and long black hair that framed his face. This man was familiar to her, but she couldn't remember the name. Once the Vision had dissipated, she focused her attention back on the story.
"Then you know that though Gia was now not alone, she was not progressing and growing the way that things should. So she joined with her son Ouranos and mated, giving birth to the Titans, six male. Oceanus, Coeus, Cirus, Hyperion, Iapetus, and Cronus. And six females. Theia, Rhea, Themis, Mnemosyne, Pheobe, and Tethys. From Oceanus and Tethys came the three river gods and three thousand Oceanid nymphs, the river gods ran all across Gia, giving her hills and valleys to run through, and the nymphs were to maintain it. Then from Coeus and Pheobe Came Leto, who became one of the Wives of Zeus who bore him Apolo(god of the sun) and Artemis(goddess of the moon and the hunt) from the mating of Cirus and Eurybia came Astraeus, Pallas, and Perses. Then From Gias son and Daughter Hyperion and Theia came the celestial personification of Helios(sun), Selene(moon), and Eos(Dawn) from the twining of Iapetus and Clymene came to Atlas(hard, enduring), Menoetius(Doomed pain), Prometheus(Foresight), and Epimetheus(Afterthought). Gias youngest son Cronus And second Dauther Rhea mated and became the parents of the first generations of Olympians, Zeus, Hades, Poseidon, Hestia, Demeter, and Hera. Slater was stunned. It was like he was taking a college course in mythology and science; this was how the earth was formed and made this was how people began, the religious myth of Adam and Eve was false, he had been raised Christian when he was a boy, of course, he was. He lived in the south, for heavens sake. But to hear that the gods had been replaced that they were fading away because of a thousand-year-old myth? It was crazy to think about that the Christian myth was that the earth had been made in seven days with all its complexities, like the weather, nature, they had to be governed over by someone to delegate the time for change and growth the passage of the days and years and time. To maintain oceans, rivers, and the life contained within, humans had forsaken their gods, and the earth was dying because of it."
The Fates were then born of from the coupling of Zeus and Themis, Three Horaes (Hours), and three Moirai ( fates) theses three Daughters, gave the lives of mother Earth's first Children a purpose and time, and a journey to travel for their lives. But his children with Mnemosyne bore the Nine muses, who were the embodiment of knowledge, inspiration, and the arts. Cronus seeing his mother progressing and growing, did not like that she was going beyond him. The Titan didn't want any more of his mother to be shared, so he cut off his father's Genitals and from the lifeblood of her son/husband, dropping onto mother earth, deformed children were born, and she named them Giants. Mother earth became unbalanced during the reign of Cronus. He did not want his mother changing and growing beyond what he could rule."
Sophie then went on to tell them the Titan of times half-sisters. "The Fates predicted that because Cronus would not allow their mother to progress and grow the way she needed to, that his son would overthrow him, and the time of the titans would be ended, and a new age would arise, and Gia would grow and flourish and become balanced again." When Cronus heard this, he became afraid. Cronus began to eat his children one by one until the Wife of Cronus, Rhea, who was also his sister, she Having been guided by her Gia, her mother, and sisters, the Fates to give her husband a rock that was wrapped in swaddling clothes and given to his Cronus to consume. In contrast, the real Baby Zeus had been hidden in a cave with her muses until he grew and Could and overthrow his father.
They Stopped at a back road Diner so Sophie could eat lunch. She looked through the menu as Elijah again described the food items to her, giving her his opinion on what he thought would be suitable for her to try. The three other Vampires were boggled at how childlike she was now. The knowledgeable and powerful witch was nowhere to be seen. Slater wondered if it was a split personality disorder, Rose was concerned at what the young woman didn't know or was aware of now, and Damon thought he could maybe work with this new development get her to release them so he could go back to Mystic falls with all that he had learned. Their musings were interrupted when Sophie ordered a chicken wrap with fried chips, which Rose smilingly reminded her that they were called French fries, which made the girl giggle because she was French in this life. Still, Nor Rose or she was unaware that Sophie had lived any other life that would have made a difference.
Rose also recommended that she order an Ice tea which was something that Sophie had before but found she wasn't averse to it, while she was sitting in the booth and Damon was off grabbing a Drink with Elijah. Sophie had created a rune stone from a citrine crystal that Hippy had brought her when she asked. She had inscribed it with a reversed Laguz Rune that would block the mind and erase the experience of being attacked and drank from by a Vampire. It would essentially act as an Elijah obliviate. "So this whole Greek Mythology thing isn't really a thing is it. It's real, huh?"
Slater asked excitedly, leaning forward; Sophie could tell he was really drawn in and wanted to know more. She saw out of the corner of her eyes that Elijah had come back, and she sent up a notice-me-not charm so the Humans would not see and ignore them. Elijah informed her that he had sent Damon to get the things on her list, he had compelled him to speak to no one that was not necessary to the task Damon was sent on, and that Damon was to come straight back to the diner when he was done.
Sophie smiled in acknowledgment and held out her hand, then said. "I, Sophie Margaux Mikelson, Vow on my life and magic in witness of Lady magic and the Teacher; that all that I have said is true. The vow swirled and went into each of them, then she lifted her hand and said, Lumos!"
Her palm lit up with a globe of light sitting there; she smiled while Elijah looked at her with pride shining in his eyes. About an hour later, Damon sat down in the booth. She sipped some of her tea then said. "Et voilà I'm not dead, and I haven't lost my Magik, so are you convinced, do you believe me?"
Slater and Rose Nodded wide-eyed they couldn't believe that the Greek myths were true that they were connected to them. "So if we were made by corrupted magic, what is the Greek version of a vampire then?" Damon asked as they walked out of the diner. "The Lamia, empusa, and the Strix are the children of Goddess Hekate, but they are much like the succubi. They seduce men then suck their blood. The Lamia is a lot like mermaids. They also are sexually insatiable, but they also, if they have the opportunity, will kill any child they come in contact with. The Stryx would, if they were still around would be bird women that are a denotation of bad omens. They are Vampiric in nature, but they are not the Living Dead. When Hekate adopted my papa into her family and restored him to what he should have been, he became like the Creatures of myth. He is no longer one of the walking dead. He has a heartbeat, and he can produce children; though he is still immortal, Elijah has been redeemed."
Rose, Slater, and Damon stared at Elijah. He could see in their eyes that they needed confirmation; it simply wasn't enough that he confirmed with his agreement of the facts, they each tilted their heads to the side and focused their hearing, and there it was. Not one heartbeat, but two. Sophie's heartbeat and now Elijahs. Incredible. Slater and Rose exclaimed. Sophie then mentioned that he was protected from Death that they and no one could kill him by any means because the goddess had ensured it. Sophie knew that Damon had thought that he could take advantage of the information. Damon was just that kind of person. Damon would always try to take advantage. It was a good thing that he was spelled and unable to do so unless he wanted the debilitating pain of the cruciatus curse upon him until he begged for death. They got back in the car once they filled up with gas again, and they were on the road again. Sophie Showed them how Zeus defeated his father and began the Golden age of the Gods.
"When Zeus was chosen as the king of the Gods on Mount Olympus by his brothers and sisters, Progress was made, though men and women had already been created, they gained knowledge, language, wealth, they learned craftsmanship and trade. When Humans reached a stage of prime evolution. Hecate, the goddess of witchcraft and Magic, Death, goddess of crossroads, took some of the first humans and activated the earth magic, and she taught them how to sacrifice and give thanks to their mother for what she gave them, how to worship the Gods for life provided to them with. Hecate received power over Heaven, the Earth, and the Sea from Zeus. Since she was so connected with the innate natural magic formed, Gaia became a life source to her Grandmother. Hecate created the Telluric Currents or, as they are now, called Ley Lines. Hekate laid them all over her Gias Body that she and her chosen magic users would have points of access to push their magic into the earth. The sacrifices of Humans could be used so that not only could life go back to the earth that they were created from but also magic. Hekate used them so that wherever Hekate was on the earth, She and her chosen had several contact points. My Lady Hekate taught those she had chosen, Sacrifices and rituals that were to be performed on all the holy days so that Gia could remain balanced and Powerful."
So what does this story have to do with whatever your mission is, and can you quicken it up a bit chick-a-dee? Damon snarked from the front passenger seat. Slater and Rose cringed at the disrespect that he'd just shown the daughter of the original Redeemed vampire. Didn't Damon get how stupid that was? Slater focused on the road more now that he was Driving than before because he really didn't want to see Damon's head being lopped off. They had switched when they had filled up with gas
Elijah grabbed the back of his head by his hair and then flashed his fangs at him and said Viciously. "Quiet your tongue, Mr. Salvatore, Lest I rip it out and let you grow it back the hard way. Please, Sophie, finish your story."
Sophie nodded. The tone Damon had Startled her a bit. She did not understand his anger, impatience, and Hostility. Why would he behave like that with her? She had done nothing to him; well, she did be spell him to never cause death to human nor creature again lest he receives unmitigated pain. But he had been well behaved up until now. She looked at him questioningly, and he answered her in French. "vampyrisme de la magie Wicca améliore tous les traits personaity, et certaines personnes sont plus impertinées que dautres, ma chère." Rose spluttered out a giggle when Elijah looked at her with a raised eyebrow. She looked away, embarrassed that she had found what he had said amusingly. Yes, Damon was an impertinent ass. But he had one thing going for him when he became loyal to someone. It was hard to break it. He was passionate and loving. Damon was also clever in many ways that other people saw as harsh, Vengeful, and arrogant. Rose hated to admit it, but she was taken with him. He was very charming.
Sophie appreciated her teacher's explanation of Damon's attitude. It was a character flaw from birth, apparently heightened because of the misused magic. Papa, I need as many witches and warlocks as you can get to meet us at Point Mountain. Have them bring one Ram and One sheep each. Ask them to bring along anointing oil and candles as well as a Non- Magical man and woman with them.
Slater looked into the SUVs back through the rearview mirror at Alice and the unconscious man who had joined them. That was one of the items Damon had procured from Sophie's list that Elijah had sent him to retrieve. He wondered what they were going to be used for. Slater was curious. All this knowledge that he was gaining was a breath of fresh air. Yes, the young vampire was relearning ancient wisdom, but it was all new and exciting for him. Slater loved ability up until he'd met Sophie and Elijah. He had been in college getting degree after degree because really, what else was he going to do with the rest of his eternity. "What do you need all that for?" he asked.
Sophie smiled warmly at him. He was kind, he was interesting, and Slater had a thirst for knowledge. He would be one that she would trust when delegating tasks too. She might even ask him to infiltrate business and government to erase all the esoteric knowledge from their minds and technology. But before any of that could happen, she would need their vow of loyalty. We are going to breathe new life into Gia with our first sacrificial ritual, and then we are going to talk to some spirits and ask if they'll be willing to come back to the world.
Sophie looked at Elijah and smiled brighter. He had no idea whom she was going to ask to join them. She hoped that they would bring him hope and peace, ignoring the questioning glance from Elijah. Her eyes just continued to twinkle in joy and Excitement. She would be reuniting Elijah with the Innocent child taken too soon, and possibly the man she kept seeing in a vision. She felt like she was being guided to choose him for some unknown reason. Without further thought on things, and while Elijah pulled out his cell phone to make calls and send texts to various Wiccan contacts. Sophie continued the story.
"The human population continued to grow; it continued to take life and Magic from Gaia. A time later, Gaia began to deteriorate, so Hecate continued to help her by birthing a new type of magic user. The Sorceress Circe was her eldest daughter, and her second daughter was the Conjurer Medea. Hecate also created the first Magical Creatures Charybdis and Scylla, the Empusa, the Lamia, and the Stregas. They were created because man's population became too much for Gaia, so they lured the Humans. They fed off of them then Sacrificed their bones, flesh, and blood back to mother earth. Simultaneously, the Sorceress and Conjurers guided the sacrificial magic back into Gia to help strengthen her to keep the mortals unknowing of the workings of Hekate and her children. the Sorceress Circe protected the Magical's humans and the creatures by creating the mist its purpose was to hide them from all from mortal sight."
Rose raised her hand like a schoolgirl. She said nothing but waited to be noticed because she was too nervous to answer the question. Sophie smiled at her. The witch liked Rose. Rose was shy like her, Inexperienced in a lot of things in the world just like Sophie was, but she also had the advantage of age. Rose has been on the earth for five hundred sixty years, but most of that time, she and Trevor were just trying to survive the best they could. Uh...Why is this mist not around now? "Why aren't the Magical's and creatures?" she asked.
"that is part of the next phase of the story. now pay attention because I won't be repeating the story. Sophie said. She conjured the shadow Images again."
"Humans continued to populate the earth when their numbers grew too many. They began creating kings and kingdoms, they began to forget the Gods and thought themselves more extraordinary than their creators, greed ran rampant throughout. The Gods punished them with plagues. Zeus allowed Hecate to create Lycanthropes because King Lycian tried to feed him human body parts when asked to join the king for a feast. It was done as an insult, Hekate the Lycanthropes to keep the Empusa and Lamia in control because the Draw to blood was fierce. Since Hecate connected the Werewolves to Gaia, the Werewolves ensured that the other magical creatures didn't take too many humans, lest they be noticed and killed for not completing their responsibility to help maintain balance."
"In contrast, the other creatures and magical humans maintained what their mother needed. Humans continued to rebel, their belief in the Gods dwindled, and the gods changed their aspects from Greek to Roman as the flame of the west traveled across the continent of Europe. The gods became more warlike and tactical. They had sterner rules of worship. At the same time, they also gained the aspect of Norse Gods/ pagans. who were reliant upon Sacrificial and earth Magic. "Non-Magical Humans continued to teach the Christian Ideology that there was only one true God, that the only thing that needed to be sacrificed was a broken heart and a contrite spirit. Christianity arose to appease the non-magical; the other magical users and creatures had to hide even more because of the Wicca. The connection to magic was weakening. The mist was almost gone, and the humans could see us. Humans did not understand that we were needed to keep Gaia alive. We were called monsters and Demons. All because there were no more Sacrifices to Gaia and the Gods. Every time the God's aspect changed, they always tried to maintain the balance that Gaia needed to create and grow what the humans took from her. Hecate Gave birth to Mages, Arithmancers, Necromancers, Alchemists and enchantresses, and Seers. She created witches and warlocks, then finally Wizards who were given magic at birth; these were blessed to Carry a Magical core within themselves to hide the children of Hecate and the creatures that she made, so they might continue to fulfill the measure of their creation. It worked with Wards and charms and Jinxes that were powered by ward stones that were fuel by their own power core, but with time, even those were failing."
Slater, Damon, couldn't imagine it. They hadn't been alive when the Witch burnings were at their highest. Rose had been a vampire in the mid-1400s and early 1500s. Elijah could also go back into his memory; even in the 10th century as Vikings, they had sacked many Christian churches. If they were beaten in battle, the king would try to persuade them to be baptized Christian and turn traitor to their kin and religion, he had been on many a raid with Fin, and Mikel Niklaus and the rest of his siblings had been too young or not born yet. Yes, it was a very fraught time to be a pagan. As the 12century came for two hundred years, the Spanish inquisition killed Jews and Muslims, those who would not submit to the catholic religion. War was fought between the believers of Protestantism and their counterparts in Catholicism. Paganism vanished because of it and was lost. Core witches, wizards, and creatures hid, and communities. It would be good to observe his religion again and ask Odin for guidance and Thor for strength.
"Corruption has been fraught though out our communities because we have forgotten the old ways and our purpose in them. Thinking that we are greater than Gaia, the mother, and the gods who gave and sustained our lives. That was what the Blood war in England was fought over in 1991-1998." Elijah stiffened. How did Sophie know? That was supposed to stay part of her previous life. She was not to know anything that happened then. A wave of calm enveloped him. In his mind, he could hear the voice of the goddess, telling him that she had allowed the knowledge of general information to be remembered but not her previous role in it. She would never know because the specifics had been completely removed from her. Sophie was not Holland Potter any more than that as far as Sophie was concerned had never been her life. Elijah was relieved that he didn't know what he would do if her memories had come back. He refocused on Sophie, listening to the rest of her tale.
"purebloods were considered the best of the magical world. Half-bloods were tolerated at best. Those with redeemed blood from non-magical families were the dregs of humanity. Voldemort killed more magical, human, and creature blood than ever before. When the goddess Hekate created me, then called me to be her champion; and by the time she gave me power and authority to intervene. Chaos came back to the world. As I am sure you know, non-magical Human Hunters and Supernatural human Hunters were killing Wiccans, vampires, Werewolves. They will eventually discover the magical world if we do not set things to right. The technology will overcome wards, the recorded births will continue to dwindle. People will die. There will barely be one child to every three families. The magic of the earth is waning. Humans, Wicca, Wixen, and creatures care more about themselves and their blood status and what they deem pure and blessed than they do about what they are depriving their Mother Earth of. They are not. Even when Hecate has already chosen her own blessed, Hekate informed me that the leading cause of discovery by the Non-magical comes from here and that My family, The Mikelsons, are involved alongside their enemies. I was created at the moment you, Damon. And my papa was fighting over Elena Gilbert. I know she's a Doppelganger, and the curse of Doppelgangers is to have binding blood, and because they have this, they have Personalities that break relationships around them. She will be sacrificed, which is non-negotiable. If she came willingly, whoever she benefits, those Elena would leave behind far more than if she had run as Katerina did. Do you know what happens when you sacrifice yourself for someone you love? It leaves protection upon those you sacrificed yourself for."
That was the last she had said on the matter because, at that time, they arrived at Pilot Mountain. They all got out and began their trek to the top of the mount. She wand-Lesly Levitated Alice and the unconscious man up, she floated along behind her. They walked for several hours; when they reached the pinnacle, Sophie lowered Alice, and the man to the ground then turned to the others and said, I need stones for an to alter, and I need to build a Bon Fire.
Sophie transfigured a branch into an ax and then used the Geminio curse, and the Ax doubled. Elijah sent Damon and Slater off to start chopping wood. At the same time, Elijah and Rose began to gather rocks together. While they were doing that, Sophie went to the river and bathed to purify herself to act as priestess and spokesperson to the Goddess Gaia and Hekate, as well as Lord Thanatos. When Sophie came back out. She sat upon the ground and began to chant. "Oh, Goddess, Source of Gods, Mortals, and all that is Fertile. All Destroying Gaia, Mother of all, the mother who brings Froth the Bounteous fruits and flowers, of all Variety. The mother who anchors the eternal world to our own. Great Gaia Thou art Immortal and Blessed, thou art crowned ever with grace, Thou art the Deep Bosomed Earth. We honor your Sweet Plains, Fields Fragrant grasses, and rains. Come Blessed Goddess, hear the Prayers of your children, make the Increase of t fruits and Grains. With thy constant Care, with the Fertile seasons, Your Servants Draw near, bless your Supplicants."
Sophie continued her chant as Damon and Slater built up the pyre. The Teacher and Rose were busy building up the Alter stones. The vampires stopped to observe Sophie's invocation. It was powerful and complete. It filled them as each of her words invoked the presence of the goddess. Once the pyre was done and the alter built, Sophie continued to chant, but other voices joined with her. Elijah recognized Jonas's voice and that of his son Luka. Several other witches and Warlocks came out of the trees chanting with her. It was as if they were in a trance; they followed Sophie word for word, action for action. The witches and warlocks began to strip their clothes and stand in a circle, alternating man and woman while chanting. They cut their hand let the blood drop to the ground. Once, the air was permeated with blood and magic. Sophie also stripped and bore herself to the goddess; it took everything in Elijah not to break Slater and Damon's neck as they stared at his daughter. Intellectually he knew that she was acting in her role as champion. Still, he had become very fond and protective of her as her teacher and father. Having two young vampires, Ogling, his little girl. As Sophie stood in the moonlight in all her bare naked glory, she motioned that Alice should be brought to her. Elijah then laid Alice on the Alter; he stepped back after receiving a nod from her.
"Mother Gaia, I beseech thee to accept our offering of magic, blood, and Flesh we bring the animals of the earth we offer the Ram in the symbolism of power, strength, Determination, Energy, and Virility, protection, and Fearlessness and Fertility."
With that, the men slit the throats of the rams they let the blood flow upon the earth, and with that done, the Telluric Currents began to simmer beneath them and the energy raised in level.
Mother Gaia, I beseech thee to accept our offering of the blood of sheep in the symbolism of Purity, Innocence, Peacefulness." With that, two women slit their sheep's throats and laid them on the ground so the blood would flow to mother earth. She looked up at the moon, and it was in its Zenith. She looked over at Elijah
"Teacher, I need you to bite her in the neck." He nodded and walked over to Alice; Sophie canceled the sleeping Hex; Alice began to stir as Elijah bit down, she screamed in pain. Sophie then looked over at Rose. She held out her hand, Rose walked over, and Sophie led her over to Alice and picked up the wrist of her left hand. Sophie instructed Rose to bite and drink just for a minute. Once done, they both walked over around the table to the other side, and Sophie ordered Rose to do the same to the other wrist. Rose walked back out of the circle, and Sophie resumed her chant.
"Great mother, I offer in sacrifice this woman so that her blood, Flesh, and Bone may fill and strengthen you to grow and protect us and all who take footsteps upon you."
When Alice left the world of the living, Elijah picked her body up and removed it from the altar. Sophie waved her hand and opened the earth. He laid her in the newly formed grave. Damon drug the man who had been yelling and screaming at the scene because the male had woken up when Alice cried out. He compelled the man to lay on the altar and to not move. The ritual progressed much the same; this time, Damon bit him on the neck and Slater to a bite on each wrist. The blood was drained, and the man was buried the same way Alice was. "Great mother, if you find our sacrifice acceptable, we ask that you pour upon us your peace and love that we might begin to know thee once more."
Sophie ended her supplication when she did; the young champion fell to the floor and cried out in ecstasy as her body was filled with immense peace, joy, and release. It was a feeling that she had never known before, and she didnt know how to handle the over-stimulation. Elijah sped over to her and held her as her body shook with wave after wave of electricity running along her nerves. The other Wiccan witches and warlocks also fell to the ground as well feeling what she felt. Rose, Damon, and Slater were all astonished, watching them orgasm in ecstasy. This was something they had never seen before. Damon and Slater had, of course, heard of the orgies that used to happen in the Greek temples during history class, but Rose had learned about it as she got closer to the modern world. She had been suitable sheltered in England in 1490.
"what the Hell is going on with these people?" Rose asked.
"Sex magic is any type of sexual activity used in magical, ritualistic or otherwise religious and spiritual pursuits. One practice of sex magic is using sexual arousal or orgasm with visualization to achieve the desired result. Its posited by sex magicians that the concept of sexual energy is a potent force that can be harnessed to transcend one's normally perceived reality." Slater replied.
Sophie struggled to find her mind again, But her body kept drawing her into the throes of release. She didn't know how to make it stop. Elijah took off his jacket and covered her body which was drenched in sweat. Sophie was trembling in his arms. Elijah was having a hard time dealing with the fact that he'd been in the presence of his daughter's first orgasm. It was both appalling and awing in the fact that it was part of her responsibility as the champion, and as her teacher, he was honored to guide her. soufflé Sophie, "vous devez respirer et se détendre, laisser ce sentiment aller et revenir à votre esprit".
Sophie began to breathe, and soon she came down from the high of the magic. Once she was calm enough, she began to cast the binding spell on the Wicca so that the only magic they could do was after they fulfilled a ritual in the old way. Once that was done, Elijah helped her stand. He averted his eyes as was proper as she dressed. Anyone who had seen or experienced what she had might have been embarrassed by having an orgasm in front of more than half a dozen strangers, but that was the beauty of Sophie's childlike innocence. She didn't feel any impropriety. When done, Sophie walked over and broke the sacred circle. Before the Wicca dispersed, Sophie explained who Sophie was to them and what she had done. Sophie explained that she pushed the knowledge of what her mission was into their minds and told them that if they attempted to work against her, she would cut off their connection to the magic forever. Before they left, each of them gave her a vow upon their life and magic that they would work with her and start to secure the Wiccan world by completing rituals to keep the supernatural world and creatures safe. Soon the clearing emptied. Elijah told Jonas and Luka to get a Hotel room nearby because tomorrow they would be finding Klaus and his siblings. Jonas nodded and led Luka out of the forest.
"Now we talk to the Dead papa. I will Call upon my patron Deities. Lady Hecate and Lord Thanatos, I come before you to call upon three spirits that I would speak to request that they return to the world of the living I request Henrik Michelson, The man from my Vision dark eyes, black hair and a lordly face, as well as Shelia Bennett." As Sophie asked, the air shimmered. A young boy about 14 years old appeared into view along with what the Vampires assumed was the man named that Sophie described, and Damon recognized Shelia.
Elijah Still only had eyes for Henrik Elijah walked up to the boy, Elijah longed to reach out and touch him, but he was currently just a spirit. "Brother, I have missed you each day since you died."
Henrik just stared into his brother's eyes, a thousand years it had been the last time he'd seen any of his family face to face. "I have watched you, brother, I have been with each member of our family, I have cried each time you were sad and angry each time our father tracked you down to try and kill you, and I mourned each time the vow of always and forever had been broken equally among each of you."
The tears were streaming down Elijah's face. "will you come back, brother?" He hoped the goddess had promised him that he would be reunited with the child that had been taken too soon from their family, but he recognized that it was his choice to accept the gift. Henrik could do nothing but nod because he was too choked up.
While Elijah had been talking, Sophie had been greeting her old professor and speaking to him as well. "Hello, Severus Snape."
Severus looked at the girl he had watched grow up, had saved multiple times in her previous life. It was good to know that she was getting a chance to have a new life to be happy and complete the prophecy the way it was meant to be. "May I ask you what exactly is going on here, miss?"
Sophie looked down, trying to sort out her thoughts. She looked back up and began to explain all of the situations to him, how Lady Magic chose her as her champion. Lord Death had also selected her as his champion as well. He chuckled. He knew all of this; Severus had watched Sophie with Lilly and James. Once Severus died, he saw the sacrifice that she made as Holland, and he and her parents watched as she became unmade by the goddess and reborn as Sophie Margaux Mikelson. They all watched her as she struggled in her new life but were infinitely grateful to the goddess that she was not only given a unique chance at life but no memory of her previous one so it wouldn't hold her back. They were happy that Elijah was her Teacher and New father. He would be suitable for her. Lilly and James didn't harbor any anger or Jealousy that the vampire was basically raising their daughter because she was not Holland Potter anymore. There Was a Holland potter, but Sophie was utterly different from the past version of her past self. Because you couldn't have two in the same timeline. "Why have you brought me here, Sophie?" Severus asked.
"I Want to offer you a second chance at the life you want. Severus, you can stay here in America, work as a potions master, or do something else. The Goddess and Lord Thanatos have shown me that you had never got a chance to be happy, to live the life you wanted. From the moment you went away to school, Severus was the moment you and your life spiraled out of your control. Bullies at the school you attended were merciless to you; Voldemort trapped you, then Dumbledore trapped you as well. You were running on righteous anger because all then, your friend was murdered. And you had expectations to fulfill, but now it's so much more than just revenge. It's about life and death, and if you could see away from working with us, you're free to live your life, will you come back?"
Severus looked at her for a long moment. He had found peace with Lilly and James, but she was right. Severus hadn't ever been a free man. If he regained his life, Severus would be leaving the peace that he had earned with all he'd done to achieve redemption. Still, just looking at Sophie and seeing the helplessness in her eyes, she was around nothing familiar except for the Elder Vampire.
Sophie didn't know how she knew Severus, but she had seen him in her visions, and his presence felt familiar. If what she knew about him was true, she hoped he would take this gift she was offering him. "Alright, Ms... Sophie, Ill come back."
She smiled brilliantly at him, and her smile lifted his spirits. Then she moved over to Shelia Bennett, who had been listening to Sophie's explanation to Severus about everything. Before Sophie could speak, Shelia took the lead. "I have been keeping an eye on my granddaughter, she is doing what she ought naught, and I will do anything to keep her safe I take care of my own."
Sophie looked at her quizzically. If she really thought that, then Shelia would not be this insolent, she looked over towards Elijah, but he was still talking with his little brother. The witch would have to try and work this out on her own, but she had watched him and listen to him speak, and she was the champion of Magic and Death! She was Sophie Margaux Mikelson. "The situation we are in is way beyond that, Mrs. Bennett. If your granddaughter, Bonnie Bennett, doesn't cooperate, I will take her magic and leave her to ruin. This is about the life and death of magic, the world. And you will risk it all for one Elena who is destined to ruin Bonnie any way because she would risk the world for her. I will not let this happen. You must vow to be loyal to the cause, or I will cut the Bennett line from magic all together with the remaining living Bennett's and your spiritual ancestors."
Shelia cocked him and pursed her lips in annoyance. She was not used to being out strong-armed, but she could understand the things she would have to do to save the world from what she had said. Sophie had already saved her community once, and now it was up to her to save the world. She didn't envy that. "Alright, so do I have to wait till I have a body to make the vow?"
Sophie smiled; she heard Damon chuckle; when she looked over, she saw that he was smirking at the Wiccan witch. They all had an inflated sense of importance which Sophie agreed with Damons obvious opinion. Sophie knew that Wiccans didn't understand that they weren't the higher power in the world. That all they were was a conduit to feed Gaia through ritual and sacrifice. "Yes, because it will be on your life and magic, you cant have that without a body, well she clapped her hands to draw attention to each other. let's get this show on the road, Sophie said."
Sophie cast an aguamenti charm; water spilled on the earth. Sophie stirred it into the mud with another wave, the Mobilarbus Circumage charm. Then she transfigured the dirt into bodies with no gender or definition because the spirits would mold the bodies the way they wanted them. Sophie then called the Hippy the house-elf and requested a bottle of skelegro and a blood replenisher. Once Sophie had them, she instructed Elijah on what was going to happen. He was a bit horrified, but Sophie made him give his word that he would not interfere but that he would administer the dosage Severus spirit told him. She then walked over to the poppets, and took her knife, and said. Lord Thanatos as the champion of your choice, I have summoned the three spirits that you have granted freely to me. Through my blood and my flesh, and my bone, I ask you to release them back into this life.
Elijah lifted the blade and cut off three of her fingers, and tossed them onto the poppets. As the blood, flesh, and bone sank into the poppets, she fell to the ground in agony, crying out her pain as she continued to lose blood. Elijah gave her the blood replenisher and then the Skelegro. They watched in amazement as the blood stopped. Barebones regrew, but the flesh remained gone. She continued to scream until Goddess Hecate shimmered to the clearing and walked over to Sophie and gave her new fingers of silver. The goddess kissed her on the forehead and blessed her champion. The magic pulsed out her and provide the poppets form and depth, then Lord Death after he appeared right next to the goddess. Thanatos held out his hand to each and welcomed bade their spirits back into their mortal form; the first to wake was Shelia looking younger and more vibrant than when she had died. Then a few minutes later was Severus, and then the last was Henrik. Severus lifted his hand and cast a Lumos, pleased that he seemed to have access to his previous power without the need for a wand he walked over to Sophie and made the vow on his life and magic that he would be loyal to the cause,
Sophie asked him to be the binder for Shelia's unbreakable vow. Since she was a Wiccan, the vow would latch itself onto her heart instead of a magical core like it would with any other core witch or wizard, and Hecate witnessed the vow approving it. Then Henrik also vowed to be loyal to the family since he was technically her Uncle. The three other Vampires just stood there and watched everything happen and didn't dare say a word except for Damon. "What the Hell just happened?" He exclaimed. It was Rose who answered. "She just raised the Dead Damon."
Et voilà (and that's all)
Magik (magic)
Le vampyrisme de la magie Wicca améliore tous les traits personnifiés, et certaines personnes sont plus impertinées que dautres, ma chère.(Vampyrism of Wicca magic enhances all personaity traits, and some people are more impertinated than others, my dear.)
soufflé Sophie, vous devez respirer et se détendre, laisser ce sentiment aller et revenir à votre esprit. (Sophie breath, you have to breathe and relax, let that feeling go and get back to your mind.)