Everly had always been a seclusive creature. From the day she was born, she tended to shy away from humanity and those akin to it. Instead, she kept to her fox form, living her day-to-day life as a silver fox with a darker colored silver upon the tips of her paws and ears, even her tails.
Due to her coloring, and the clan she hailed from, she was cast out as an abomination. That was the day that she learned that she could only depend on herself. That was, until she met Rebekah.
She stumbled upon her when she was still a human, fragile, and absolutely lovely. Her fascination grew as she continued to watch the girl grow up, but she never intervened. Her fear of what the human's would do to her was too great to risk it.
Everly watched over Rebekah for sixteen years, before she was seen by said girl. On the night of a full moon, the children of the family snuck out, Rebekah, among them. One of the children was killed before Everly could protect him, for Rebekah's sake.
On top of that, the young girl was smelt by a heathen mutt. To Everly's amusement, the thing thought it could beat her in a battle over the girl.
It was wrong.
With a bite to the throat, she locked on and didn't let go until the creature fell, dead. A soft gasp was heard, and Everly's fox head snapped in the direction it came from.
Standing, not ten feet from her, was Rebekah. Her skin was pale, in fright, and the terror within her eyes was enough to make Everly turn tail and run. Sadness emanated through her as Rebekah's face came to mind, for years to come.
It would be another five hundred years before she saw her, once more. This time, in her human form. The astonishment she felt as she spied the girl from the other side of the market coursed through her from head to toe.
How?
She stayed another two years in that town, before she moved along. Everly did not want to risk being caught, once again.
As the years passed her by, slowly, she integrated herself into society. By the time the sixties rolled around, Everly was well-versed in human culture. That is also when she met Rebekah, in person.
They ran into each other at a speakeasy, Everly's bi-colored ocean blue and emerald green eyes, due to heterochromia, widened when they fell upon Rebekah's own sky blue gaze. She tried to leave, immediately after being spotted, but Rebekah was faster.
"Have we met before?" She asked.
Everly smiled, "I think I'd remember a beautiful face like yours, if we had."
Rebekah blushed, and from then on, Everly was smitten, not that anyone other than herself, knew that. She never was introduced to the rest of Rebekah's family, only told stories about them.
At the time, she wondered if Rebekah was ashamed of her, in some way. Now, she knew better. From the stories she was told, Everly could understand why Rebekah tried to keep her away, even though she knew what she was. Her family was volatile, and that was putting it lightly.
Honestly, Everly had no clue how Rebekah survived, vampire or not.
When Rebekah disappeared, years later, due to being daggered by Klaus, Everly was heartbroken. Her kind don't take well to having their possessions taken away, and make no mistake, Rebekah was hers.
She had claimed her, years ago, unknowingly. The problem was, how was she ever going to be able to tell Rebekah? In the end, she never got the chance to, until Rebekah called her, crying.
Her beast reared up its ugly head, within her, begging to kill the people responsible for her tears. Leaving the phone on her nightstand table, she reigned it back in before asking for Rebekah's location. Afterwards, she'd hunt her down and never let her out of her sight, again.
Family be-damned.
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Her eyes bled red as she took in the scene in front of her. A man, Mikael, she mused, was hovering over Rebekah, her feileacan, trying to shove a stake through her heart.
Her beast surged forth as she rushed at the man, throwing him off of Rebekah before checking her over, herself. The wound was bad.
The skin around the wound was starting to decay, and it was beginning to spread outwards, to her horror. Not giving the man another thought, she gathered Rebekah up into her arms, and followed her scent to her home.
She was a blur in the wind, not visible to the human eye as she ran. Her heart was thundering through her chest, the rage she felt shaking her to her core.
That man will pay for this.
Barging through the front door, she leapt up the staircase and sped into Rebekah's room. Her scent was strongest, here. Placing her on the bed, she began to pull her shirt off, needing a better view of the wound to go about healing it.
Her hair stood on end as the sound of running footsteps entered her ears. She flashed to the end of Rebekah's bed, crouching into a defensive position. As three men busted into the room, she snarled at them, letting her humanoid illusion go, as they stared from her to the bed, in confusion.
She knew she resembled a wild animal, especially with her six tails swaying behind her. Her eyes would be a blood red, due to her rage. The claws she kept so carefully manicured, lengthened enough to be deadly in a physical confrontation.
Scenting the air, she could tell they were related, which allowed her to relax, a little bit. She was still tense, but her attention turned back to Rebekah as soon as she uttered a whimper.
Gliding back to her bedside, she continued to remove her shirt, half of her attention trained on the men in the doorway. Her fluffy, silver tails, swished back and forth in anger, as she worked.
Staring down into the wound, she winced as she saw her heart. From what she could tell, it wasn't punctured. However, if she didn't get a handle on the rotting skin, it wasn't going to matter.
Snapping the necklace from around Rebekah's throat, she folded her hands around the jewel, as if she was praying, she focused her energy and called forth her life force, or Kitsune Ball. Without Rebekah knowing, she had intrusted her with her own life force.
She knew no better place for it, than with her.
Once it was within her hands, she separated a small piece of it, and let the rest dissolve back into the cage. With the small piece of her life force in hand, she debated on not doing this at all. Rebekah meant the world to her, but would she want to be connected to Everly, forever?
A groan left Rebekah's lips as she blinked her eyes open, "Ev..Ever...Everly?"
Rebekah's voice was soft, hesitant, and it broke Everly's heart as she listened to it. Leaning over her face, she stared down into her sky blue eyes.
"I'm here, feileacan," she reached her empty hand up to caress her face, to which Rebekah sighed and fell unconscious, once more.
Growling, she placed the Kitsune Ball in the palm of her right hand, and placed it over Rebekah's own heart. She could be angry with her later, at least she would be alive. Shoving it down into the wound, she watched as her skin began to stitch back together. Everly's life force embedded itself into Rebekah's own heart, connecting them together, for the rest of their lives.
As soon as it was finished, she relaxed back onto her feet before she was thrown across the room and held off the ground by a hand to her throat. If she didn't know this man was Rebekah's brother, she would have killed him for the disrespect he has shown her. Both of her hands reached up to claw at the offending appendage, but it remained where it was.
Her crimson eyes glared into a deep blue sea, in an instant, she took in his form. He had blonde hair, and striking, angular cheekbones. His jaw was something a male model would have killed for.
As she took in his scent, she knew which brother this was, Klaus.
"Who are you, and what have you done to Rebekah?" He snarled in her face, and it took everything she had not to retaliate.
He has a right to his anger, especially since this was something beyond his control. Klaus didn't like things being out of his control.
Her eyes receded back to their normal color as she watched Rebekah's breath's fall, evenly.
Snapping her attention back to Klaus, she narrowed her eyes on him, "Mikael showed up at the Mystic Grill. I hand no hand in this, beyond throwing him through a wall, and getting my feileacan to safety."
His eyes narrowed on her, "That doesn't tell me who you are, you could be lying to me, as well."
Before she could retort, one of the other men stepped forward and addressed Klaus, "Brother, if she meant any harm, wouldn't she have let Rebekah die? What would be the point in saving our sister if she was just going to hurt us?"
Glancing at him, the first thing she noticed was the depth of pain within his dark brown eyes. The second, was his cleft chin. After that, it was his over all physique. He was tall, quite taller than her small 5'3" stature. She was pretty sure, that if they stood side by side, he would tower over her.
The third man stepped forward, and she noticed that he resembled the other brother, she was just looking at. The main difference, was the chaotic aura he was emitting. That, and he was shorter, but not by much.
"Elijah may be right, Klaus, but I think we should kill her anyways. She may become a problem, later on. On top of that, we have no idea what she actually is. That was no witch's spell she used on our sister."
"Kol's right, Elijah. Why should we let her live, she's a liability." Klaus spoke, his hand squeezing her throat even tighter than before.
Frowning, Everly prayed that Rebekah would forgive her for what she was about to do. Centering herself, she took a breath before using both of her feet to kick outwards at Klaus' chest.
They hit their mark, sending him flying to the other side of the room where he crashed to the ground with a heavy thud. Growling, she remained where he left her, eyes flashing to the other two men, waiting for an attack of some sort.
Her attention was so focused on the two male's closest to her, that she forgot about the one that she had thrown across the room. He jumped to his feet, roaring in an uncontrolled rage as he glared straight at her. His eyes flashed a golden color, and she knew he was barely holding himself together. Everly crouched down, waiting for him to make his move, but she wasn't prepared for all three of them to launch themselves at her at the same time. Instinctively, she jumped over the one named Kol, using his shoulders to propel her up through the air, out of reach of the other two.
Thank God for cathedral ceilings..
She landed, gracefully, on the other side of the room, much to their chagrin. She took up her crouched position once more, staying on the defensive so as not to hurt Rebekah's family. Everly didn't want to hurt her.
Her tails swished back and forth, agitatedly as she stood there, observing them as they did the same with her. When Rebekah let out a groan, she snapped out of her crouched position to go to her bedside. The brother's took advantage of that, and quickly had her restrained.
Her beast surged forth as she fought against their hold, to no avail. She could hear Rebekah coming to, as she struggled to get back to her side. She didn't want her to wake up alone, but she wasn't given a choice.
They carted her out of the room, and into a dark, damp old basement. The smell of mold was almost too much for her senses, alone. They tossed her into a cell of some sort, it resembled a metal box with only one window on the door. As she hit the floor, she spun around to just barely catch the scene of the door as it shut behind her.
Elijah peeked in through the door window, "As soon as we learn the truth from Rebekah, we'll inform you of what will go on from there."
She snarled at him, barely holding herself back from breaking down the door.
They have no idea who, or what, they are dealing with. She could have easily snapped them all in two, it should be considered a grand accomplishment that she hadn't, not that they realize that.
Making herself comfortable, she got into a meditative stance and tried to calm herself down. There was no need to ruin their house, especially since Rebekah lives here.
This is all for Rebekah...Rebekah..
She would come for her. Rebekah would tear her brothers a new one, once she figures out what they've done.
Honestly, Everly would love to see the look on their faces once Rebekah explains what she is, and what she's capable of.
She let them put her in here.
There were a lot of things they were going to learn, pretty soon.
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feileacan- butterfly
