As promised here is the next chapter…
Preface from previous chapter...
"We are friends Bon, and we will always be friends, and that's why I'm asking you as a friend to help me. Bonnie glared at Katherine with her arms folded…alright but if we get into trouble this was your idea." Katherine cheered and hugged Bonnie tightly. Just then the doorbell rang. "Showtime!"
Chapter 17…
The Mikaelson Mansion…1745
Hayley Marshal crossed the expansive courtyard to reach the door of the Mikaelson mansion. She released a nervous breath and knocked firmly. One of the maids she had come to know as Josie greeted her at the doorway. "Good Morning Miss Marshal." "Good Morning Josie." Hayley replied whilst looking around to find the only reason she decided to stay on at this job. 'Where is he?' Hayley thought to herself. She wanted to see him before she went in and had to deal with those rotten brats. She huffed angrily when she failed to locate Elijah Mikaelson and headed to the parlour. It wasn't that she hated tutoring, in fact she loved it, but these children drove her crazy.
They were rowdy, mischievous and one of them had an answer for everything. Those twins were cute yes, but they had a terribly low attention spans and would often space out after a while or pick a fight with one another. Their fights often ended in tears and screaming. But the worst one had to be that Katherine, 'what an awful little girl', she thought. She had a rotten attitude and Hayley absolutely despised the girl. Worst of all, she always seemed to be in the way when she wanted to spend time with Elijah. She knew the girl hated her and purposely tried to annoy her. "I never had this problem at the Gilberts, Elena and Jeremy were angels compared to these demons" Hayley whispered under her breath.
Hayley entered the parlour room and found each child seated quietly around the table. She gave them a fake smile and greeting. "Alright, children I see we are very eager to learn today." "Oh, we are Miss Marshal." Katherine said with a sickly-sweet tone that made Hayley suspicious. The lessons continued without a hitch for the first few hours. Hayley was completely surprised that none of the children had tried to kill each other yet. "Well children I think its time for a small break." And Stefan hopped of his chair and stretched his limbs, yawning and heading to the kitchen for a drink. The rest of the kids followed, and Hayley bolted through the parlour room door in search of Elijah. "Josie, have you seen Mr Elijah?" "I'm sorry Miss Marshal, Master Elijah is away on business, he left this morning along with Master Klaus." Josie informed Hayley whose face fell at the news. 'Wonderful, all that searching for nothing...' She thought and headed back to the parlour. She took her seat at the table and rested her forehead on her folded arms, groaning slightly. She couldn't wait for this day to be over.
Katherine entered the parlour first and found Hayley already seated. "Oh, Miss Marshal, are you alright?" "I'm fine Katherine." Hayley replied annoyed. "Are you sure Miss Marshal? You didn't see it did you?" Katherine asked whispering. "See what?" Hayley asked lifting her head from her arms. "The ghost…" Katherine replied in a hushed tone. "What! There's no ghost Katherine." She replied. 'Crazy child…' Hayley thought. "But Miss Marshal there is a ghost. I saw it." "Really now…" the teacher replied, sarcastically. "Yes, there is, I'm not lying Miss Marshal. This entire house is haunted." Hayley rolled her eyes at this. 'This kid is really a piece of work'. "And you say you saw this ghost?" Hayley asked Katherine. Katherine nodded, her eyes lowered to the ground, trying to look as convincing as possible. "It happened the night of the ball, I was tired and went up to the room to lay down, but when I was on the second floor I saw it. A white figure, it was floating in the distance. I got scared and ran down to the first floor and then it came again. This time it was making all the furniture move and the paintings on the wall were floating around."
Hayley sighed in frustration. "Yeah, and the furniture was moving, got it." She said laughing slightly. "And then what happened?" she asked, "Let me guess the white figure started chasing you?" Hayley asked this time smiling sarcastically. Katherine nodded slowly, and then it tried to lift me up but…. but…" "But what?" "I screamed and then I fainted…" Katherine replied. Hayley burst into full blown laughter at this point. "Listen Katherine your story is creative, but I know you're lying." "I'm not lying Miss Marshal, ask Bonnie she saw the furniture moving before."
By this time the rest of the children had returned from the kitchen. "Go on Miss Marshal, ask Bonnie about what happened." Bonnie, now in her seat turned sharply to look at Katherine, who gave her eyes to go along with the story. "Alright Bonnie, Katherine claims that furniture and paintings float around and move because there is a ghost in this house." "Its true Miss Marshal, the mansion is haunted." "HAUNTED!" Caroline screamed, and Stefan began screaming along with his twin. Katherine immediately ran over to the twins. "No! No! Nothing is haunted we were just telling Miss Marshal about a story we read." Katherine reassured her siblings and told them to wait in the kitchen and wait until she came back for them. "Sorry Miss Marshal, Stefan and Caroline don't know about the ghost." All of this was making Hayley extremely irritated. "Listen girls, this is a cute story, but we need to finish our work." "Where do you think Mr Elijah and Mr Klaus went to?" Katherine asked, "They went to find someone to help get rid of the ghost." Hayley thought for a moment, Josie told her Elijah was out on business. "I thought he was out on business." Hayley stated. "Yeah! Ghost business…" Bonnie said. Katherine nodded in agreement. "The ghost has been very troublesome these days, it tried to attack me and tried to kill Bonnie, it threw that vase at her this morning." Katherine said pointing to the vase she had broken earlier.
"You see Grams told me the house is very old and that the people who lived here before us were killed by a fire." Katherine nudged Bonnie and signalled to move the painting on the wall. "Miss Marshal Look!" Katherine said pointing to the painting on the wall which Bonnie was making rattle. Hayley's eyes widened with shock. "What's happening?" she asked in a frightened tone. "It's the ghost Miss Marshal! We told you!" Katherine replied and signalled further with her finger for Bonnie to make the painting levitate. The painting began rattling furiously on the wall and suddenly it shot clear across the room, taking both Hayley and Katherine by surprise. The painting was now above their heads and Hayley and the girls ran to the corner of the room screaming. Katherine pulled Bonnie close and whispered to her to lock the doors and make the furniture move around.
Bonnie smiled and nodded following her friend's instruction. Hayley Marshal stood with her body complete stuck against the wall, she could not believe what was happening everything was moving around on its own. "Those brats were telling the truth…' she thought as a lamp came flying toward her and crashed against the wall beside her head. She screamed at the top of her lungs and ran to the door trying to open it. Katherine and Bonnie added a few screams as to seem scared as Hayley tried desperately to unlock the door. "Open it Bon." Katherine whispered, and the parlour room doors came flying open with a force.
Josie and the rest of the staff came running when they heard the screaming and tried to open the door when it flew open Hayley came stumbling out muttering something about having had enough. Bonnie quickly shut the door and put everything back the way it was, while everyone paid attention to Hayley. "Miss Marshal, what on earth? Are you alright?" Josie asked. "I tell you what Josie I've had enough with these stupid brats and this Goddamn house. I QUIT!" Hayley screamed at the maid and stormed off toward the door slamming it behind her. 'Yes!' Katherine thought to herself. 'Finally, the witch is gone!'
Bonnie and Katherine sat on their bed giggling hysterically. "Bonnie you were excellent!" Katherine cheered and hugged her friend. "Yeah I was good." Bonnie said in a matter of fact voice. The girls were laughing and discussing their previous antics. "We got away with it Bon, lucky Josie and the rest bought our lie about Miss Marshal going crazy." "Yeah, she is crazy though, she called us brats did you hear that?' Bonnie asked. "I told you she was horrible Bon, but its all over now we will never have to see that lady again."
Later that night…
"Are you sure Josie?" Elijah asked. "Yes, Master Elijah I'm sure of it. I heard her myself she shouted at the children and called them horrible names. If I must say Sirs, it is better she has left." Elijah and Klaus along with their sister sat in their office and questioned the staff as to what had occurred with the tutor they had hired four months prior. "Josie is right, I never liked her anyway. Its best that she has gone away." Said Rebekah and took a sip from her glass of wine. Klaus stood against his desk. "I guess we have to start hunting for another more reliable tutor for the children." Elijah nodded in agreement. "I have someone in mind actually, he is quite well versed in all subjects. He teaches down at the local university, however he recently retired. A Professor Saltzman. I will have Ashton set up a meeting with him tomorrow." The siblings agreed and decided to retire for the night.
And that does it for another chapter. Please do not forget to review and stay safe. Peace and Love…. xoxo…Delena Revengero…