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It was silent in the house as Klaus glanced at his brother who was calmly flipping through the pages of their mother's grimoire, Elijah has not advanced against him, but he has also barely spoken a word to Klaus. His peace offering benefaction has gone completely ignored. To an outsider, the two of them are perfectly at ease. A more attentive observer, however, could easily sense the air thick with tension. His brother's mask of civility ends in his eyes, at once cold and hostile. He's angry, bitter, but uncharacteristically not acting on it. Klaus had expected retaliation from his elder brother but till now he had not seen one coming, if Klaus had to hazard a guess on why he'd say his brother's reason for holding back answers by the name of Elena. It seemed as if Elijah never learned falling for the same face over and over again although what he had with Katerina had been merely an attraction to her innocence for she was once as innocent as any human. Although Elijah's actions had proved to Klaus what he had once suspected. Elena however don't seem to be returning these feelings as of yet, yes she did and admiration and respect for Elijah, who wouldn't he was the noble brother after all, but she had not yet gotten over the Salvatores, her inability to meet Stefan's eyes had convinced him of the fact. And Klaus had checked her phone violating Elena's privacy and had not been overly pleased by the string of messages Damon Salvatore had written. It came as no surprise to Klaus that Elena had maintained a civil and cordial if not warm relationship with the two siblings, and he had returned the favor It came as no surprise to Klaus that she would their family dynamic shocking, horrific, dreadful, and disgusting in equal measures. And maybe it was but he had only his parents to blame for that. The sound of Rebekah's clicking heels reached the ears of the Mikaelson's brother,
" So this is what you do the first time we are back together as a family - Vampire book club ?" Rebekah asked.
" Reading edifies the mind sister," Klaus replied, "Isn't that right Elijah?"
" Yes that's quite right Niklaus," Elijah said looking up.
" And what's this business?" Rebekah asked pointing to the dead girl on the table.
" This a peace offering," Elijah replied,
" I presumed after so much time, desiccating in a coffin that my big brother, might be a bit peckish," Klaus added,
" So I explained to my little brother that forgiveness cannot be bought. I'd simply prefer to see a change in behavior that indicates contrition and personal growth, not this... nonsense," Elijah's lips curl distastefully.
" I couldn't very well let her go to waste now could I.," Klaus said with a smirk.
" Well, I suppose I could fetch the rubbish bin because she was staining a two-hundred-year-old carpet," Rebekah said, storming out of the place as Elijah glanced at the table looking intensely and saying,
" Oh, yes"
"I was angry with my friend;
I told my wrath, my wrath did end."
"I was angry with my foe;
I told it not, my wrath did grow."
"And I water'd it in fear
Night and morning with my tears.
And I sunned it with smiles
And it with soft deceitful wiles."
"And it grew both day and night
Till it bore an apple bright;
And my foe behind it shine,
And he knew that it was mine."
As Klaus and Elijah again descended into silence, Elena entered the room and stopped dead at the sight of the girl staring at her as Elijah gave her a questioning glance and Klaus looked up from the poetry he was reading. Both the brothers looked at her,
" I am not even going to ask," Elena said, as she shook her head, it was obvious that she was ready for her date by the clothes she was wearing which included a pair of dark blue jeans and a t-shirt which she had paired with a denim jacket and sneakers, the bracelet on her left wrist prevented her from looking pregnant. Elena moved out of the room making her way toward the kitchen before stopping again and looking at the girl who still laid at the table wearing her printed dress,
" Is something of the matter?" Elijah asked when Elena continued looking at the girl in shock,
" She is Mary Sheiles, a college grad student, she has a younger sister and her elder brother is married to a witch. She likes prose and singing.." Elijah and Klaus cast each other surprised and confused glances,
" I am sorry love was she a friend of yours," Klaus asked although he did not look like he meant it,
" No, she wasn't, I don't even know her, didn't know she existed."
" Now you are giving contradicting statements, how do you know her name and personal details," Klaus asked with a raised eyebrow.
" I don't know," Elena replied looking confused,
" Maybe you mistook her for someone else," Elijah proposed,
" No, I am sure perfectly sure. " Elena said before she shook her head " You know what I just think it some side effect of the miracle pregnancy. Don't mind me, continue your reading. " And with that Elena left and went to the kitchen, Elijah after a moment of hesitation followed her as Klaus looked a6t his brother and continued with his poetry.
"And into my garden stole
When the night had veiled the pole
In the morning glad I see
My foe outstretched beneath the tree."
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Living with the Original family is going to be even more of a challenge than Elena first imagined, and her expectations weren't that great, to begin with.
As much as she's used to being around vampires, finding dead bodies around the house is one thing that won't ever get old. She keeps forgetting that there are ruthless predators under those pretty packages. Their general disregard for human life is in their very nature. Tyler almost lost his mind after he accidentally triggered his curse, but somehow, after Klaus turned him, he just... Didn't care that much about death anymore. He said it was the hunger, that it was so overwhelming it silenced everything else, and the guilt only came later, dulled and distant. Somehow this situation also reminded her of Damon who although had been trying to change still didn't particularly mind killing people while Stefan regretted every second of it. If you live long enough, she guesses, at some point, the guilt just stops coming altogether. As the oldest, there is, Original vampires are especially vicious. Even Elijah, with that mask of refinement and politeness. Didn't even bat an eyelid at the poor girl. Elena is not naive to believe that they are going to stop eating people just because it upsets her. But if she keeps finding corpses around the house, they're going to have a serious problem. Like they haven't more than enough of those already. Sighing Elena went to the kitchen and searched for some light snack, she didn't know what Diego has planned so it was better to be safe than sorry.
"Good morning," Elijah said suddenly making Elena nearly jump out of her skin, even with spending months with a vampire it had not made her get used to their insane ability to just come out of nowhere. Stefan, Damon, and Caroline just used to do that with her to annoy her she had even ended in almost stabbing Damon when he had surprised her from behind while she was cutting vegetables. Keyword, almost because Damon had caught the knife easily and replied with a quirky,
" Look who decided to get a little vampire hunter in the morning, although be warned that you do that again on me and you will d8ie for the ladies would kill you for getting rid of this absolute perfection." By Elijah's tiny smile, he had noticed as well,
" Good morning," Elena replied as she took out the cereal and searched for the milk, Rebekah entered the kitchen with a cleaning cloth and looking quite pissed.
" I am aware that we talked about this earlier, but I do hope my siblings were hospitable towards you in my absence," Elijah said,
" Well, absence is a way too polite way of saying that your brother put a dagger in your heart and locked you in a coffin, I have been attacked by physco witches who think that my daughter is the spawn of Satan while my son is going to be the most powerful being on earth, which is crazy, but you do not listen to witches and keep your sanity intact." here Elijah pored Elena milk in her Cereals and she thanked him with a smile,
Elijah sighs. "Yes, Niklaus has filled me in on all the latest developments."
"Right. To sum it up, absolutely everyone has been crappy. But your siblings are... Fine. They're weirdly protective." Elena said, looking like she did not even believe in it herself. Then she paused for a second before looking at Elijah in the eyes and said
" I know I have you to thank for that."
" I am just happy to see that you are in one piece," he replied, And Elena laughed,
" Well, for me that's an achievement,"
" Quite so," Elijah said with a smile, before turning serious once again,
"So back to the murderous witches," Elijah said. "I have some concerns."
" They are evil or they have totally lost it and my life is still magically linked to Sophie Deveraux, which is not really comforting."
" Yes, I think it is time that we took care of that little problem," Elijah replied,
" I am all for it," Rebekah said as she walked into the kitchen, dragging the body of the recently murdered girl behind her, " As soon as they are unlinked we get to leave this crap town. Who do we have to kill?"
" Probably no one," Elijah replied before looking at Elena, who looked like she didn't believe it as apparent by her raised an eyebrow. After a while he relented,
"All right. Potentially everyone." There was a period of silence before Elena said,
" Elijah,"
" Hmmm,"
" Well if you want to start with the itches, I have a feeling that the last remaining elder- Agnes will be here," And with that, she passed him a chit, and Elijah on looking at it said,
" I think all of this, these visions or how you are able to know all this information is because of one of your child, were I to wager a guess it would be on the boy," And with that Elijah left, Elena sighed before checking her watch and swearing,
" Holy shit, I am late for the date." and hurried out. In the paper Elena had given to one of the original brothers there was an address written,
3631 Charbonnet St. Lower 9th ward.
Rebekah scoffs as she looks at her brother,
"Poetry about poisoned apples from dead trees?" she asks, reading the title of his book. "Looks like someone is worried about impending daddyhood."
Niklaus lifts his eyes to her, a crude smile tickling the corners of his lips. "Nonsense. Elijah is safely returned. In his presence, all problems turn to pixie dust and float away."
"Strange. I don't recall any pixie dust from the darkness of the coffin I was recently forced to endure," Elijah said on entering the room apparently still bitter about his confinement in the coffin and picking up the old book he was previously reading. Rebekah's brow bunches as she realizes it's not just any old book.
"What are you doing with mother's spellbook?" Elijah flips through a few pages,
"In exchange for my freedom, I promised the witch Davina that I would share a few pages from mother's grimoire. Right now her magic controls her more than the other way around and she is scared of it. I offered to help her learn how to control it. Thought we'd start with a little unlinking spell," he explains, smirking.
"Wait, You want to use her to unlink Elena from Sophie Deveraux?" Rebekah said
"Sophie brought us to this town under false pretenses. She doesn't just want us to take down Marcel and his minions; she wants to take Davina back so she can murder her. So she yoked her own cause to ours with magic, threats, and half-truths. I don't know about you, but I'm not willing to indulge her any longer." Klaus smirks and Rebekah gets up.
"As of now, our deal with Sophie Deveraux is null and void. We just need to make sure Caroline can no longer be used as leverage. A little representational magic in the hands of an all-powerful witch harboring a lot of resentment towards her coven should do the trick. Niklaus, I need you to come with me. I need five minutes alone with Davina and you need to make certain that I'm not interrupted." And then he looked at his younger sister, and shrugged and said,
" Meanwhile you Rebekah can do whatever you want." Rebekah looks offended, " You can't just leave me here."
"More importantly," Klaus started as he got up from his seat and put down his book, his grim expression leaving no doubt that he is just as annoyed at Elijah as she is, albeit for very different reasons. "Who put him in charge?"
Sophie Deveraux struggled as the two men tied her hands,
" Let go of me," she screamed.
" Leave her be," Agnes said, as entered the small dome and put down her bag and went through it,
" Killing me to get to Klaus or his unborn children is not the answer,"
" I am not gonna kill you Sophie I was there the day you were born." Agnes replied patiently," I am the last remaining elder of our coven, and it is my duty to protect our power and our power means nothing if that baby grows another day." She then turned to face the younger witch," Sabine's omen was clear that his daughter will bring death to us all."
" And what about the unborn boy?" Sophie questioned desperately, " He is a gift, perhaps the most powerful being to ever exist. The spirits will punish you if you ever harm him,"
" Klaus is more monster than man, imagine how much more powerful he would be with that child with him," Agnes said," And I would gladly befall more such fates if that means I protect my legacy. Besides, I won't be the reason the child dies at least not directly he cannot be harmed by witch magic but his sister is another thing entirely when she dies in her mother's womb the layer required to surround the babies when they are developing will dissolve too, and the child for not yet immortal will die a natural death,"
" What are you going to do," Sophie questioned desperately with fear in her eyes before protesting when Agnes showed her a needle before injecting it into her neck.
So do you all like this one, I do hope so. Please review the story and give me your thoughts. One thing that I am a bit confused about is the pairing, many of you are interested in Klaus and Elena and while I do ship these two as well I am leaning forward with more of Elena and Elijah or Stefan and Elena pairing. I actually do not hate Delena but it is very unlikely that it will happen in this story, although you may get few scenes of bonnie and Damon Jeremy is dead in this one. If in the end, I do decide to write a Klaus and Elena pairing then it will be a more slow burn. Do give me your ideas of what changes I could make and I love constructive criticism. As for you Klaus and Caroline and Klaus and Camille fan well as previously stated I like both of these and both of them will be potential romantic interests. So you just have to wait and watch. One spoiler that I would like to give is that Lexi will be resurrected, I mean I love her character and was disappointed with how easily she was killed before. A query that was recently posted to me about Silas and the cure hunt, did happen but this time it was more because of the fact that many other characters included but not limited to Stefan, Rebekah, and Bonnie for her mom wanted it.
