I Do Not Own Vampire Diaries/The Originals/Legacies
Davina looked at the ready spell then at Jeremy Gilbert who was eyeing her nervously. "Ready to reclaim your life?" she asked the teen.
"I don't know about this," he admitted.
"That's understandable," Davina said as she walked over shoving her hands in the hoodie pockets. "This is scary," she admitted with a scrunching of her nose and a small smile.
"How are you so calm about all this?" he asked.
"Practice, a lot of practice, besides, Kol's my back up and he knows more about witchcraft than anyone alive to date," she promised.
"He was going to chop off my arms!"
"Nothing personal, mate. Silas, impending doom, idiot teenagers, makes me twitchy," he remarked.
"You'll excuse him, he hasn't had enough blood today," she remarked dryly.
"Seemed pretty personal to me," Jeremy grumbled as he glared at Kol.
"Well, just think, once this mark is gone then you'll be back to being you," she offered. "And never have to deal with us, again."
"And what about… my powers?"
"I don't know, my only focus is your mark, if you retain your Hunter abilities or not is not the worry though. The magic to make a Hunter is Black Magic, Jeremy, it is corrupted and only worsens with time. Removing this mark will help you be you and not lose yourself."
"I'm ready," Bonnie said.
"Alright, it's time," Davina said as she jerked her head over for him to follow her. Jeremy did, and she saw the Salvatore brothers watching her as she moved.
"Remove your clothes, this will be easier this way," she said.
"My clothes?"
"Don't be a baby, you don't have anything we haven't all seen before," she shrugged as she grabbed the soot to prepare the spell.
"You've seen a naked man before, love?"
"My husband," Davina quipped. "And he's a most excellent specimen of the male species."
"I'm now both exceptionally curious about this husband and disgusted at my curiosity," Kol informed Davina. Davina roared with laughter, while Jeremy looked mortified.
"No one is as impressive as my husband," Davina informed Kol playfully. "Now strip Jeremy. Right now. We're doing this."
"Davina?" Bonnie started.
"Relax," Davina said as she turned on Jeremy. "Just a few protection runes so this doesn't shred his soul, as well as a containment spell to keep his soul in place and to stop the mark from spreading, this is best done when there is no obstruction. Strip." She ordered again.
Jeremy eyed her but started complying and Davina walked forward as she started writing the runes she would need over his skin as well as drawing the intricate knot to keep his soul in place and to lock the mark from finding another victim.
She could feel Kol's eyes intently watching her, and it was a bit nerve wracking; Davina had never touched another man beside Kol, even for spells. And Jeremy obviously found the touch arousing which was a bit mortifying to Davina as she just focused on the sensation of Kol watching her and writing out the spell on Jeremy's skin. Thirty-four years old and the only man she'd ever loved, kissed, or touched was Kol Mikaelson; Davina had never even seen another man naked before. Jeremy made a small sound of arrousal, and Kol gave a menacing growl worthy of Klaus; Davina half expected her husband to materialize, snatch her up over his shoulder and march off; Kol was a possessive soul by nature. Finishing the spell Davina set the materials down, relieved she'd no longer have to be touching Jeremy in any capacity.
Whispering the incantations before she lit her fingers on fire and tapped his heart where the soot lit, racing over his skin which had the boy trembling.
"Where did you learn this?" Stefan asked her.
"Kol," she answered.
"Lay down," she said as she went to stand by his shoulder. "This is going to hurt."
Offering her crossed hands to Bonnie she gestured for the girl to come forward. Kol came to stand by her while Elijah was at Bonnie's shoulder.
"Now, when I say, Elijah, take Bonnie's wrist, and Kol will take mine. Bonnie, you're going to contact the Ancestors, when you are channeling them, I will channel you, I will focus the spell, but the spell is yours, you must say it and mean it," she warned. "I will be saying a different spell to keep the focus and connection, do not tap into Expression."
Elena watched nervously from an upper level of the house that looked down on the back lawn, she stared at her brother laid out with strange markings over him as Davina and Bonnie joined hands over him and the Originals step behind Bonnie and Davina. Stefan and Damon were in the wings, watching, ready to move, and Elena bit her lip nervously. She didn't like Davina, she didn't trust her, she didn't know what to make of the young witch who just walked into Mystic Falls and seemed to have been taking over the joint by winning over Kol and then Caroline and Bonnie and now the Originals.
"He's going to be alright," Matt commented on which had her twisting around to see him coming forward.
"You don't know that, we don't know her, we don't know what she's doing!" Elena whispered nervously.
"No, we don't. But she's not afraid of Originals, and she's someone Bonnie likes, which means she can't be all that bad. Bonnie's a pretty good judge of character, witch and all."
"Why are you saying this?" Elena asked.
"Because you need to hear it. Jer's going to be alright, Davina seems to know what she's doing, and she seems pretty good at it from what Bonnie's said."
"But why is she doing this? Doesn't it bother you we don't know her, or what her motives are, or why she's doing this. I mean, what if she's just making it all worse?" she asked. "And how do we know they aren't lying about the cure being bad, and Silas, and everything!?"
"Well, we'll see when Jer can give you a hug and not want to stake you," Matt said. "I'm all for the supernatural, Elena, pretty cool, pretty weird to, but I'd really like my friend not have a little brother trying to kill her every time we leave you two alone. I'd really like for you to keep your family. So would Damon, and so would Stefan, and I get it, you don't want to be a vampire, but you are and that's that," he shrugged.
"She's not normal, Matt, no one helps anyone like she is without wanting something," Elena stressed.
"Seems like Davina Claire isn't your normal people," he shrugged. "It's kind of hot, really, and if she didn't have an Original looming over her shoulder, I think we'd all see that."
"She's just a kid, Matt!" Elena snorted.
"A hot young woman," Matt stated again. "Never really got into short brunettes, but I could dig it, she's got those legs."
"God you're horrible," she laughed, and he smiled. Suddenly the lawn sprung to fire as winds rattled the windows, trees were bowing under the force and Elena looked up as storm clouds started swirling.
"Show time," Matt muttered.
Elijah watched as Davina and Miss Bennett worked in unison on their respective spells, he had grabbed Miss Bennett's wrist when ordered to and gasped feeling the power these girls were channeling. They were working hard. Davina called for Kol to help her channel and he watched his brother do the same.
Young Mister Gilbert screamed as the marks Davina had painted on the boy's body lit in fiery orange and blue to race over the skin of the boy. The child was screaming in pain and suddenly this black leaked from his fingertips killing the grass beneath their very feet.
Davina snarled as she tightened her grip, sharpened her focus and continued her spell, Elijah scented her blood from her nose and noted that Miss Bennett was in a similar state as both girls focused on the other. Winds howled around them, tearing the girls' hair to dance around wildly. The black hit Davina's spells and the orange flames turned white which leapt into raging inferno walls, Elijah about jumped at the force of power which sprung to a raging life but didn't let go of Miss Bennett. There were suddenly a hundred spirits standing around them chanting and Mister Gilbert screamed louder as plant roots wrapped around him to keep him still as Davina's marks started to burn off him and the black finished spilling from his fingers.
There was a loud crack just as lightning came crashing into Davina, she cried out, as did Miss Bennett and then the electricity spilled over the spell dispensing the flames as the rain started falling harder. Then everything stopped, except the rain, and the world seemed to still slowly as the rage of the spell dissipated. The girls released hands, Miss Bennett stumbled, and he caught her as she collapsed, surprised at the young witch's weight.
"Did it work?" Miss Bennett panted.
"Ask Jeremy," Davina breathed as she braced herself on her knees.
"Let's get them inside before they get hypothermia," Elijah stated. The Salvatore brothers were gathering up young Mister Gilbert while he scooped up Miss Bennett. Davina stood on her own two feet as she caught her breathe before they were all inside.
"Jeremy," Stefan shook the boy's shoulder.
"Good God," Rebekah appeared.
"Towels and dry clothes for the witches and Mister Gilbert, Rebekah," he ordered as he sat the Bennett witch on the island stool. She was looking very pale and unsteady.
"Jeremy!" Damon snapped.
The young Gilbert boy jolted to awareness then as he gasped for air and started shivering.
"How you feeling baby Gilbert? Any homicidal impulses?" Damon asked.
"Just the normal ones," the boy shivered as Rebekah shoved towels at him. Elijah accepted a towel and wrapped it around Miss Bennett who was looking a little dazed.
"Do you have a mark?" Davina asked tiredly.
"No… It's gone! It's… It's GONE!" he cheered. "Elena!" he shouted as he was up, sliding over the floor as he ran for his sister.
"How long until he realizes he's naked?" Damon asked Stefan.
Elijah shook his head at their immaturity and in exasperation.
"How'd… how'd you not pass out from all that?" Bonnie asked.
"I'm a thousand years old, Miss Bennett, it will take more than being a conduit to render me unconscious, no matter the considerable power. These are Rebekah's, and they are dry, I suggest you change post haste, to prevent an ailment like pneumonia," he said briskly.
Davina had changed swiftly, she was surprised she was given a shirt of Kol's and a pair of sweats from Rebekah, apparently, she was too tiny for Rebekah to want to lend her a shirt. Kol had produced one while muttering about a pain in the ass, spoiled brat his sister was. Davina didn't care as she walked out of the bathroom still toweling her hair dry.
"That was amazing," Bonnie announced when Davina walked into the kitchen again.
"It worked," Davina admitted with a heavy sigh as she continued rubbing over her hair to dry it.
"What happened with the curse?" Bonnie asked.
"The curse was Black Magic. I had us return it to the earth and to purify it, which meant burning it while the rain would wash it away. The lightning was the final insurance that it was dispersed back to the earth," she explained. "You being related to the caster meant you could summon the curse, I redirected it back to the earth while you pulled it from the soul of every member of the Hunter apart of Brotherhood of the Five. By having the marks on Jeremy, we linked the five Hunters and then we summoned all five Marks."
"That was a lot of power," Bonnie murmured carefully. "How did you channel it?"
"I'm already channeling more power than I would normally possess, and I decided this is how I was utilizing it," she shrugged.
"Those three girls?" Bonnie whispered.
"What three girls?"
"There's… when I reached out to you on the astral plane, there were three other girls with you," Bonnie admitted.
"A blonde, brunette with a bob cut and a girl with long curly black hair?" Davina asked quickly.
"Yes," Bonnie nodded.
"I see," Davina nodded carefully.
"Who are they?"
"They're whose power I currently possess," she admitted. "The blonde's name is Abigail; she is a witch inclined towards air. The girl with the bob cut is Cassie; she is inclined towards water, and the other girl is Monique, she's inclined towards earth."
"You're inclined towards fire," Bonnie murmured.
"I am," she admitted. "You don't need to know, or understand this, but they are the powers I am currently channeling and housing right now. That's all it is," she shrugged.
"That's… all that power…?"
"I am powerful, on my own, but considering my current state though I've decided to put it to use. Stopping Silas and a few other evils seems wise to do while I have the power to do so. It is also why I cannot connect with your ancestors, and I plead with you to never attempt to make me do that again."
"I…?" Bonnie sputtered.
"It's not your fault," she promised. "What happened when they tried to connect, but I would wager you were looking for me with a coven spell and not a general locator spell, which means that your family has had a coven and it sought to connect me to that coven. I can't have that right now, or ever," Davina stated. "I will find you a general locator spell or two, there are a few, ones that don't require coven bonds or familiar bonds," she assured the witch.
Kol walked back into the kitchen to see the two witches talking and dropped the grimoire of basic spells before the Bennett witch.
"This is for you as payment for not getting Davina killed. I've compiled a basic book of spells, ones that won't require ancestors or covens," he explained.
"This is…" Bonnie stared as she slowly opened it.
"There's nothing Black in that book," he warned. "Nor Dark. Merely Elemental, Traditional and a few Spiritual spells, they aren't complex. Should be simple enough to manage while you reconnect with the spirits."
"Thank you," she breathed.
"You didn't kill Davina, so I owed you," he dismissed.
"Personal growth," Davina cheered as she gave him two thumbs up and a massive smile.
"Don't hold your breath, love, I will be taking that back before I leave this godforsaken town after we deal with Silas," he assured Davina.
"We're going to be stuck in this godforsaken town a little longer than you're anticipating," Davina muttered as she continued working over her hair with a towel.
"This is amazing, did you compile these yourself!?" Bonnie demanded eagerly which had him snapping over to her.
"Yes, I did, darling, and I even composed a few of them which is why I know they don't need a coven or ancestors," he stated.
"This is amazing!" she repeated.
He shrugged it off as he looked at Davina who was still toweling off her hair. "When are we dealing with Silas?" he demanded.
"I'll look over things tonight and talk to Marcel, but we should probably handle it sooner rather than later now that we've removed the Hunter's Curse," she admitted.
"Good, I'll arrange transport," he decided as he walked to the fridge and pulled a blood bag for himself.
"Do you guys have Oreos?" Davina asked.
"We do," he admitted. "Klaus' secret stash," he said as he reached up and pulled out the double stuffed chocolate cookie that all of his siblings had grown fond of since waking in this era.
"Yay!" Davina grinned.
"Milk?" he offered.
"Please," she chirped as she took the box of cookies.
"Why do I smell Oreos?" Klaus appeared then and glared at Davina, Kol snickered when Davina stuck out her tongue as she pulled a cookie apart.
"I'm hungry, I used up a little more power than I thought," she said easily.
"Kol," Klaus snarled.
"Nik, you wouldn't get between a witch and her craving, now, would you?" he asked as Davina now dipped her cookie in milk.
"I prefer them with peanut butter," Klaus muttered sourly.
"Oooo! That sounds good!" Davina grinned as she looked up. "Do we…"
"You are not stealing my peanut butter, little witch!" Klaus warned.
"Here you go, love," Kol announced as he sniffed it out and handed it to her.
"Yay!" she grinned manically.
"KOL!"
"Gotta go love!" he called as he ran from his brother and kept his blood bag in hand.
Elena looked up nervously when Jeremy appeared, a towel wrapped around his waist as they both stood there nervously.
"Jeremy?" she asked as she slowly crept towards her baby brother.
"I'm so happy to see you!" he breathed, and she rushed him as she threw her arms around him.
"Oh my God! You're alright!" she sobbed.
"Elena! I feel… I feel amazing!" he gasped as he held her tightly.
"I'm just gonna go," Matt declared awkwardly. "And put some pants on Jer, it's weird!"
She gave a watery laugh at Matt's snark as she held her baby brother.
"I don't feel like killing you, Elena, I feel… happy, and free!" he whispered as she pulled away. "I feel like me again, as messed up as I am," he laughed.
"I… I can't believe this!" she whispered. "And Matt's right, you need clothes."
"Which is exactly what we were chasing you for, buddy," Damon appeared, and her breath hitched at the sight of him and Stefan as they peered at her and Jeremy.
"Bekah got you some of Kol's things, she thinks you two are about the same size," Stefan supplied as they held up the cloths, they were both holding.
"You get dressed, Jer, and we'll talk," Elena decided.
Caroline yelped as Klaus and Kol came crashing through the living room, both snarling and running at vamp speeds before disappearing.
"I apologize for their childishness," Elijah appeared. "It happens upon occasions where the offense crossed is not so hazardous to wage war," he shrugged.
"It's… it's alright," she sighed. "Did it work?"
"The spell to break young Mister Gilbert's curse? Yes, it worked," he answered. "Miss Bennett and Davina worked well together, and they removed the curse."
"That's good," she sighed.
"It is a relief, perhaps it will ease some of my brother's paranoia. Kol is the wildest of us, it is better when his paranoia isn't in overdrive," he admitted as he fixed a cufflink.
"He doesn't seem paranoid," Caroline commented.
"Kol rarely is, he is however wild," Elijah answered.
"I'm just happy everything worked out," Caroline decided as she sat down. There was a thunderous crash before an explosion and Davina appeared with a packet of Oreos, jar of peanut butter and a glass of milk.
"Ah, it appears that the war is over Oreos," Elijah said.
"Want one?" Davina asked with an Oreo stuffed in her teeth.
"If you wouldn't mind," he answered.
"Here you go," Davina shoved him a small handful.
"The double stuffed I see," he said as he left.
"Thank you for saving my friend," Caroline said.
"That was easy compared to Silas," Davina shrugged as she offered an Oreo. Caroline smiled as she accepted.
"It's still nice," Caroline stressed.
"Depends on how you look at it," Davina shrugged her shoulders. "From my standpoint I've eliminated a threat to my family that could be a future problem by possessing a map to the tomb of Silas, or from yours I just did a selfless deed and saved a dead man walking from a painful death of a soulless oblivion on the Other Side. Either way, I win," she cheered herself with the milk and dipped a cookie in it before continuing her snack.
"You're an odd one," Caroline chuckled.