It was the next day and Araiya stirred slightly in her bed. The sun was shining through the windows and she groaned. She waved her hand and the sunny weather suddenly changed. It was cloudy and no irritating sunlight could disturb her sleep. She smiled in satisfaction and snuggled deeper in the bed. It was a peaceful morning until Kol decided to make his entrance.
She was sleeping calmly one moment and the next she was drenched in cold water. She shot up and looked at Kol laughing and running down the hallway.
"I AM GOING TO KILL YOU MIKAELSON!" She yells as she darts right after him with water dripping from her hair.
The windows shattered, that was how much angry Araiya was. Kol screamed as he saw a bunch of cobras in front of him. He darted to the side with Araiya hot on his trail. Complaining could be heard from Rebekah as the water pipe burst open. Elijah walked out of his room without any shirt which caused Araiya to slow down.
She stared at Elijah shamelessly to which he raised an eyebrow. She snapped out of staring session and shook her head before smiling cheekily at him and darting off. She found Kol in a dead end. He looked for an escape but he knew he was doomed.
"Oh, Darling! You shouldn't have done that." She said calmly.
Kol gulped before nervously smiling.
"You won't hurt me, right?" He tried.
"Well. I won't kill you. Just hurt you real bad."She clarifies.
"Or better yet. I will not do anything to you but you will be in debt to me." She grins as she thinks of an idea.
She could see the gears turning in his head as he processed the offer.
"The latter please." He says hesitantly.
"Okay. I will call you when I will require."
"No way," Kol exclaimed.
"Yes, way. But first things first, We are going to buy food next time I am free." Araiya said jumping and clapping her hands.
"I can't be Mad at you even if I wanted." He mumbles shaking his head.
The two made their way back to the main lobby where they met with Rebekah standing in a towel, Elijah standing shirtless, not that Araiya was complaining, and Niklaus standing there covered in paint. All of them were glaring at the two. Evanore joined them looking extremely irritated.
"Snakes in the hallway and the shattered windows?" She asks looking disappointed.
"Water pipe freaking bursting?" Rebekah gritted.
"A lovely earthquake which left me and the room covered in paint?" Niklaus added.
" A fire erupting in closet, burning almost all my shirts?" Elijah asks.
" At least that is a good one." She mumbles underneath her breath but they heard it because of bloody superhearing.
Everyone except Elijah, who was smiling slightly, groaned.
" Not my fault that some Idiot threw water on me at such ungodly hour." She exclaims
"Raiya. It is 8."Rebekah gave a bored look.
"Exactly, It is so early." She whined.
"Maybe you should stop chatting with that 'love of your life'at night?" Kol mutters.
"Geez Man, He is my freaking best friend-cum-brother okay?" She clarifies.
"You were talking to Rae?" Rebekah asked.
"Yeah! He is planning to propose to Magnus and I am helping him with that." She informs excited.
"Woah! He is finally proposing!" Rebekah and Araiya jumped giggling.
"I know right. He is making me his maid of honor and-" Araiya informed grinning.
"Lovely and all. But can you fix this?" Niklaus asked irritated.
"Fine." Araiya snapped her fingers turning everything back to normal.
Everyone returned to their respective tasks. Evanore informed Araiya that all the materials for the ritual are ready. Araiya hung around the main lobby for a while with Evanore, making a sort of foolproof plan about bringing Mason Lockwood back to life.
"It won't disturb the balance would it?" Evanore couldn't help but voice her doubts.
"No, It won't. I have made that sure." She reassured the sorcerous.
"RAIYA! MY SHIRTS!" Elijah's voice boomed around the mansion.
"WHY?! YOU DON'T NEED THEM. YOU LOOK GOOD ANYWAY!" She yelled back.
She could picture Elijah clenching his jaw. She can play with this some more. She snapped her fingers.
"NOT BLACK!" He yells again.
"AT LEAST TRY!" She responds.
It goes quiet suddenly and Elijah descends from the stairs wearing a black fitted shirt with his usual suit.
Araiya stands in front of him and adjusts his suit. She unbuttoned the first few buttons and pat Elijah on his back.
"Now don't you look delicious." She grins tilting her hand to a side.
He quickly clears his throat and tries to hide his slightly red cheeks.
"Perhaps You shouldn't use that word." He quietly mumbles.
"Why? I would love to savor you." Araiya said playing along.
"You are adorable, Lijah!" She said playfully pinching his cheek.
He playfully pushes her away and orders her to freshen up.
She mockingly bows before going to take a shower. Once done, Araiya exited the bathroom to find Klaus sitting on her bed and reading.
"Nik, Shoes!" She says as Niklaus glanced up. He moved slightly so that his legs were off the bed and then properly glanced at the Black who was standing in a towel.
She ignored him and instead made her way to the walk-in closet. She searched for an outfit which would be family appropriate but still cool. She held up two outfits and whistled to get Klaus's attention.
"Family Appropriate but still like a cool cousin." She explains to him.
He looks between the two outfits and pointed to the left one.
"I don't want you to Gilbert's house, alone." He says to the black.
"I am not going alone. Eva would be there with me."She responds searching for her underwear.
"I am curious Nik, but how do you know my size?" She asks Klaus holding up a Black bra.
"I have been with you for a long time." He responds coming up behind her and pulling out a red lacy one.
He grins at her and then the bra while wiggling his eyebrows.
"I am not stripping there Klaus." Araiya just rolls her eyes and puts the outfit she picked at the bed.
She pulled Niklaus out of her closet and pushed him towards the door.
"Ta-da Bye Bye! I need to change." She gave him a wave.
"Why? It is not like I haven't seen anything before." He smirks staying put.
"Yeah, Alright." she closes the door behind Niklaus who gave her a confusing look.
His eyes widened as She slowly remove the towel and he quickly turned around as the towel fell to the ground. All the blood rushing to his cheeks.
"You act like I don't know you, Klaus. You are too pure for this world love." She jokes.
After a few moments of standing there awkwardly. Niklaus cleared his throat not trusting his voice.
"Alright, I am decent now," Araiya said causing Klaus to turn around and look at her approvingly.
"You chose your members?" He asks her.
"In the process of. I already chose 3. The training would be starting soon."She informs.
He nods his head trying to figure out the rest. They descend down the stairway and Araiya hijacks the kitchen, warning everyone to stay away.
But the smell of heavenly baked goodies reached their nose really soon causing Kol to stand outside the kitchen with a puppy face.
"No." Araiya firmly said as she pulled the chocolate chips cookies out of the oven.
"Why?" Kol pouts.
"They are not for you," She states while adding the frosting on the cupcakes.
"I thought you cared," He sniffled.
"Who is telling you all these lies, love." She gave a look full of pity to Kol.
Rebekah soon joins Kol and they make a plan to smuggle the goodies out of the kitchen.
"You know that I can hear you right?" She asked, rolling her eyes, waiting for the chocolate cake to cool down before decorating it.
After almost an hour and many failed attempts to steal some cookies by Kol and Rebekah, all the baking was done.
"Something smells good," Klaus comments entering the kitchen. He quickly put a cookie in his mouth and moaned at the melted goodness.
"How come he get one?!" Kol askes in disbelief.
"Don't you know, I am her favorite." Klaus declares in a childish manner
Kol and Rebekah protested while Elijah, who was passing by, muttered 'liar'
Araiya ignored the siblings and packed all the baked goods in a basket.
"Alright. They are extra cookies and cupcakes kept in the kitchen. BUT Kol, don't stuff them up like you did last time." She warned.
Araiya quickly joined Evanore as she stood near the door. The two exited and drove to the Witches burial ground.
"His blood?" Evanore asked.
"Check." She informs.
The duo entered the ground and the witches greeted them. Evanore quickly placed all the materials required down and set it all up while Araiya waited patiently.
Once Evanore finished, she started the spell causing the witches to join in.
Araiya poured Mason Lockwood's blood in a goblet and added her's in it too. She dipped her fingers in it and wrote the spell down on the ground. The blood instantly disappeared and a lifeless body of Mason emerged instead.
Evanore called out to his spirit from the other side. She dropped down the Veil for a moment. letting Mason cross it. Araiya smiled at Mason and crouched down to his body. She raised the goblet to his lips and opened his mouth. A few droplets of blood slipped in.
After some silence, A naked Mason shot up gasping for air. He wildly moved his hands, having no control over his actions. Araiya strangled him while pinning hands over his body.
"Luna?" Mason asked confused.
"Mason." She said back flashing her eyes silver. Mason immediately stilled and showed his neck submitting to the woman before him.
" We will talk later. The Black mansion is completely renovated now." She ordered to a confused Mason who agreed without a word.
"Why Luna?" Mason asked in a raspy voice referring to bringing him back from dead.
"Council is forming and It is Araiya now." She informed getting off him. Evanore passed a water bottle to Mason who silently thanked her.
"A car is waiting outside and You will find some clothes there," Araiya explained to the werewolf.
"Lun-Araiya, Thank you." The wolf gave out a genuine smile.
"It was due for a long time, my friend," Araiya replied dismissing the gratitude.
Araiya and Evanore waited for Mason to leave after instructing him on what he needs to do. They made a detour to the mansion and grabbed the peace offerings. They drove to Gilbert's house, singing along with the radio.
"GIVE ME A CHANCEEE. HIT ME BABY ONE MORE TIME!" Araiya completed while exiting the vehicle. Evanore cheered as Araiya landed a pose. The Black sang well so Evanore was not complaining. They walked to the porch with Evanore carrying the basket with cookies and cakes.
They didn't have to ring the doorbell because the door swung open revealing Stefan and his brother. Elena was hiding slightly behind Stefan as she looked up in confusion.
"What do you need?" Stefan growls.
"Umm... Is Jenna here?" Araiya diverted from the topic.
"Why do you need my aunt?" Elena questioned.
"To take a bite. She is smokin' hot okay." Araiya drawls out licking her lips.
Elena let out a gasp and Damon watched the beauty in amusement.
"I am not inviting you in." Elena declared smugly causing the duo to snort.
"We don't need your invitation, Elena but being the respectful people we are, we would like to wait. So will you call your aunt now?" Araiya rolled her eyes impatiently.
"B-But you are a vampire?" Elena shutters. Evanore huffed from Araiya side.
"Oh, Your dear Damon didn't tell you. We aren't bloodsuckers." Araiya responded bored.
"You knew about this?!" Stefan angrily asked Damon.
"Maybe." He gave a smirk.
"JENNA!" Araiya yelled as the others glared at her.
Footsteps could be heard as Jenna Sommers descended downstairs wearing a dress. She moved the vampires and Elena away from the door.
"Oh My God. Rai!" Jenna exclaimed rushing towards the tall figure.
Araiya purposely set her foot inside and greeted Jenna who engulfed the girl into a bone-crushing hug. Araiya smirked at Stefan's and Elena's shocked looks.
"Seriously, I thought that you were joking when you said you were back. I never thought that you actually would come." Jenna gushed.
"Still you are all dolled up." She teased.
Jenna hit the Black arm playfully before pulling her into another hug.
"You haven't aged a day!" Jenna compliments while Damon snickered behind.
"You look hot, mama!"Araiya comment looking at Jenna.
Jenna gave a laugh before acknowledging Evanore who was still standing outside.
"Oh right! Jenna, This is Evanore Beckett and Eva, this is the second Sommers." Araiya introduced. Evanore gave a polite wave.
"You chose the perfect time even Jeremy is home today," Jenna informs as she pulls the girl to the living area.
"Elena, Can you please call Jeremy?" Elena reluctantly nodded before leaving.
"I came bearing offerings." Araiya laughed as she saw Jenna's face lit up.
"Your Baked goodness?" She asked hopefully.
Araiya nodded and set the basket down on the kitchen counter.
Jeremy follows Elena down coming face to face with a literal goddess. He sucked in a breath as he examined the beauty before him. She looked up to meet his eyes. He could feel his cheeks reddening due to the intense stare. Damon rolled his eyes seeing the awestruck Jeremy Gilbert and ignored the ache in his chest.
"Jeremy," Araiya stated being oblivious to the effect she had on him.
"I-I...Hello...What?" He speaks not being able to form a complete sentence.
Araiya bit her lip and gave a sultry look. Jeremy flustered even more.
"Gosh! Who knew that you would turn out to be such a Hottie." She comments checking him out and watched him shiver as she trailed a finger down his chest.
"Rai. Stop flirting with my nephew." Jenna scolded.
"Yes of course. Imagine the scandal." Araiya stepped back and sent a wink in his direction.
"Okay. Elena and Jeremey, Meet Araiya Black, your godmother."Jenna dropped the bomb.
What can Araiya say, Seeing Jaws dropping was extremely satisfying.
Author's note-
So, the cat is out of the bag. The next few chapters will be interesting and You will more of Araiya's origin. I have this awful stomach flu but at least I could blame it for not doing any studying. I am a huge huge marvel fan and desperately waiting for endgame. So enough of my boring life. Have a great day!
Till next time.