The next morning Ebony woke up in her old room. A room she hadn't seen in almost three years. They had left it alone, nothing had been touched since she left, which she was very surprised by. She had painted her walls with chalkboard black paint, and had drawn all over her walls. She loves drawing, and painting, she had wanted to pursue art, but her father would not hear of it. Her comforter had jack and Sally from the nightmare before Christmas on it, with her old stuffed Jack skeleton toy laying on it. Her vanity had pictures of her and Ian all over it. They had been friends since diapers, and both had a duty of being the first born of a founding family.
Ebony groaned as she rolled out of bed, her feet hitting the soft fluffy Jack Skellington rug she had begged for on her seventeenth birthday. She had only brought her duffel bag with one set of clothes, so she had to dig though her old pjs. She had found some Jack Skeleton pajamas and almost laughed as memories rushed through her of her teen years. She walked downstairs to the kitchen yawning as she headed straight for the coffee machine. She had almost reached it when she felt someone in the room with her. As a hand grabbed her arm she whipped around grabbed the arm twisted it and the person around to where she had their hand behind their back and she had her free arm around their neck. She took a second to realize it was the cocky older Salvatore, so she very violently threw him into the wall into the entryway a good fifteen feet away.
"Whoa, Ebony, we just came to make peace and talk. Please…." Stefan said holding his hands up as he looked over to check on his brother who was trying to stand up with blood coming from his nose, and a broke arm. Ebony kept her defensive stance, her eyes never wavering from Damon until she saw Elena run over to him coddling him. Ebony rolled her eyes as she watched her sister. She looked over to Stefan who was also watching Elena betrayal in his eyes. Ebony put her fists down and walked back to the coffee maker.
"It's to early for this." Ebony growled as she poured herself a cup of coffee.
"What the heck Buffy?" Damon snarled as he wiped his own blood from his lip. "How the hell did you hurt me?"
"If only you knew Edward Cullen." Ebony smirked as Damon bowed up starting to go after her. Elena caught his arm making him stop and look at her. She shook her head no and Damon frowned as he stopped mid-step.
"Do not compare me to the sparkling vampire!" Damon hissed towards Ebony. Ebony glared as she stirred her coffee mindlessly.
"Oh what was I thinking… Edward was much hotter then you, sparkles and all." She said sarcastically as Damon growled again.
"Sorry for my brother, but we did get off on the wrong foot. We are just….protective… of Elena." Stefan started again glaring at his brother and Elena.
"Of course we did Stefan you and Sparkles over there literally brought hell on my family. Why should I welcome you with open arms?" Ebony asked sitting at the island sipping her coffee.
"I understand your concern, but I promise we mean no harm. We want to be on your side, especially now that I just saw you manhandle my brother like that." Stefan said laughing as he cautiously sat down opposite Ebony. She arched her eyebrow wondering if she should play nice or not.
" Okay can we address the fact that Buffy here just threw me a good 15 feet and actually hurt me?" Damon asked still feeling his arm.
"Well that is kind of on the list of questions, sis. How did you do that?" Elena asked rubbing her hand along Damon's arm. Ebony glanced at her sister for a second then put her attention on Stefan.
" That is something none of you need to know right now. Now Stefan, we can be on okay terms, but sparkling boy toy there is not okay with me. I don't want him around."
"But sis…" Elena started to whine.
" I understand that completely Ebony. I am so sorry but I'm afraid we are both stuck with him right now." Stefan said interrupting Elena mid-sentence.
"Nope. I will talk to you only. No Sparkles." Ebony stated matter of factly as she stood up and started heading towards the stairs.
"Stop calling me that!" Damon demanded as Ebony ignored him and walked upstairs.
Ebony sighed going through her old clothes, looking for work out clothing. She had filled out a lot. Her breasts and butt had gotten bigger and more toned. Her legs were muscled and tan, she had modeled for some athletic wear before when her and Ian had ran low on cash. She finally found some black tight booty shorts and a black tanktop with some old sneakers. She put her black mass of curls into a ponytail and sat her music on her phone and jogged down the stairs, past the brothers and her sister who were huddled up in the living room talking. She got out the door and headed down the street towards the woods. Running had always helped her clear her mind, and she needed a clear mind after dealing with the brothers. Before she knew it she was running through the woods jumping tree roots and dodging branches. Her heart was racing, her adrenaline flowing, she smiled as she started to finally get a groove going.
After 20 minutes she made it to the falls and stopped catching her breath and looking at the amazing sight before her. She stood just basking in the beauty around her, when she heard something behind her.
"Again with the stalking?" Ebony asked not even looking behind.
"Observing, yes." Elijah smirked as he watched Ebony turn around rolling her beautiful eyes at him as she crossed her arms.
"Well there is nothing to observe here Mr. Mikelson. You might as well go and do your families dirty work somewhere else." She dismissed Elijah shoulder checking him as she walked past him, stretching her right arm getting ready to train.
"Awe but I think there us something to observe." He said charmingly as he grabbed her arm. She stopped mid-step glared down at his hand on her arm. She quickly went into self preservation mode. She grabbed his arm that was holding her flipped him over onto his back. He lay on thr ground stunned as she slammed her foot into his chest.
"I don't knows what you're problem is, but never grab me. EVER!" She warned as she turned to walk away. Elijah smiled as he grabbed her ankle pulled her down onto her back, and he pinned her arms firmly to the ground as she struggled.
" See I knew there was a reason you caught my attention. What are you truly?" He smirked as he studied Ebony's face. For some reason he couldn't get this girl out of his mind, and that wasn't good. He needed to be on his way. They had taken care of their father and mother, he had no business here anymore. He was going to leave last night, but the sudden appearance of this vixen had intrigued him. As he distracted himself with thoughts of the girl below him she managed to get leverage and he was now laying on his back as she quickly pounced up forwards standing and getting into a fighting stance. Elijah quickly vamp sped up and over to her,somehow she anticipated his movements and she grabbed his right arm which he had thrust forward to hold her neck. She threw him over towards the treeline as she flipped over to a pile branches which she was now holding ready to shove it through his heart.
" I know you and your family Elijah. Why are you even still here? You have usually run off by now. Especially since Klaus has his hybrid army, and your sister has become more independent. Why stay?" Ebony taunted as she watched his every move. Elijah vamp sped over to her wrapping his hand around her throat and pinning her to the nearest tree.
" Do not ever presume you know me or my family. However I could ask the same of you Miss Gilbert. You have only feelings of obligation towards Elena, and you know those baby brothers path will lead away from family. So why are you back?" Elijah sneered as Ebony half smirked grabbing his hand twisting his arm to where it was now behind his back and she had him around the neck, her right arm around his neck as she pushed the branch into his chest.
" Well it looks like we both have secrets. Now this was fun, but I have to go and pretend I care about this funding family bs, and take care of my family. Goodbye Elijah." Ebony smiled as she pushed him across the little clearing, a look of confusion, admiration and something else crossing his face. She turned around putting her earbuds back in as she started sprinting back to her family home. Elijah looked after her his Curiousty very much peaked now. This girl was a game changer, and he had to know more about her. He gave one last look to her disappearing form in the woods as he vamp sped back to the Mikelson mansion to a different suit on as he had a meeting with the mayor soon.