AN: This chapter is about double what I usually post because I just couldn't find a good stopping point. I hope you guys enjoy this as much as I enjoyed writing it. Please like and review!
The first week of school flew by but I kept my distance from everyone. I wasn't ready to answer their questions and I knew that when they got the answers, things would change. Damon always knew that I was different. That I was immortal. He just figured I had done some 'witchy hoodoo' as he liked to call it and made myself and my family immortal. Sure he was correct to a degree but if he knew the truth. If any of them knew the whole truth, I don't know how they would handle it.
Since Klaus hadn't shown up yet, I told my wolf pack to hang out in the mountains. Too many new people around town may make Klaus panic and snatch Elena. Speaking of Elene, she had managed to finally get my over to her house. Jenna was slowly becoming my favorite human. She had such a spark in her and so much life that it was infectious. I always felt so human around her.
It was the end of the day Friday and school was finally over for the week. I had planned on going home and soaking in the tub to wash away the stress that managed to accumulate from all the teenage angst. I should have known it wouldn't go as planned. Nothing every does.
As I was making my way out of the double doors on the front of school, I felt two hands grab my arms. Damon and Stefan Salvatore. I always did like them better when they were at odds. They were nearly unstoppable when they were working together.
"What the hell are you two doing?" They both smiled at me and it was at that moment I knew they were finally going to try and get their answers. Dragging me to the edge of the woods, they began ghosting through the trees and we ended up in front of their house.
"If you wanted to have a slumber party girls, all you had to do was ask." They let me go as soon as I was inside. Making my way into the library, I decided a drink, or fifty, was in order for this walk. I walk over and pour myself a drink before taking a seat and propping my legs up.
"We didn't want to have to take this route but you aren't leaving us much of a choice." I look over at Stefan and cock my head to the side. "So you figure you could force the answers out of me? You both know if I wanted to leave, you couldn't stop me."
"I figured since we both know you, you would be willing to speak to us and tell us what's going on. Why you are in Mystic Falls and how you are really related to Elena."
Deciding I was far too sober for this talk, I get up and grab the bottle. Slamming my drink back, I toss the tumbler into the fire and take a swig from the bottle.
"Well I hope you boys are comfortable." I really hated talking about this which is why I never did but I knew that given the position we were in, there wasn't much of a choice.
"I was 17 when the attacks started. They lasted for three weeks. A few people here and there began disappearing. No one thought anything of it. Wild animals were prominent in the area and people were known to get killed on occasion. We didn't realize how truly dire things were until the night I lost nearly everything. My father. My mother. My baby brother." Letting out a heavy breath, I stare unseeing into the fire as I continue.
"The final attack was the night of a full moon. A month before my marriage to my betrothed was to take place. First to go down were the towns nightly patrols. Then the fires started. Each house was lit on fire on the back. Back then towns were built in a circular fashion with the town market in the middle and because of this, the fire formed a barrier between us and escape. Due to the fires everyone fled from their homes and huddled into the center of the village.
"We were intent to wait the fire out but some of the people thought they could gather enough water to extinguish at least one of the houses so we could escape. As soon as they disappeared between the houses they didn't come back out." I took another long drink from the bottle in my hand.
"Some assumed the smoke was too much so others went to help them. Then they didn't return either. The moon had started to rise and the wolves of the town started the transformation. We were safe since they were our pack mates but some who had married into the families of the pack were not. Once they transformed, they began slaughtering those that were once family. Friends. Neighbors. My own father killed my mother and my baby brother. My brother had not inherited the curse and my mother was a witch. No sooner was my brother dead then did I witness my father's head ripped from his body.
"I had not the heart to look at the attacker. My eyes were transfixed on my family. My older brother was out of town visiting our neighboring village so he was free from the carnage. My uncle and cousin were with him that night so I was completely alone. I stared at their bodies until the sun rose. I found myself the last left alive in the entire town of two hundred. I then heard my uncle screaming my name and that seemed to break me out of my shocked state. I looked out to the town and houses were still burning. Blood flowed and the entire ground was flooded with it. My favorite white dress was stained with the flesh and blood of my family.
"When I reached my uncle we fled to the neighboring town that they were in during the attack. On the way he told me that one of the prestigious families had been seen returning home in the early hours of the morning covered in blood. It was at that moment I knew that I had to figure out whatever secret they had to help avenge my family. So after some misdirection, I was able to discover their secret.
"Luckily the things I needed were... still fresh. So I stole everything and we fled. I repeated the spell but given one of the ingredients was not as fresh as was called for, it actually worked in our favor. Using my magic, I was able to change what remained of my family into hybrids. They are part vampire part werewolf while I am equal parts werewolf, vampire and witch. Well, we aren't truly vampires. We have no intolerance to vervain or sunlight. A special stake is needed to kill us.
"We do have to feed from a vein once a month if we don't want to start weakening. We should feed more often so we are stronger. However, as you both know, when you change the balance with nature, there is a price to be paid. Ours is, we have to completely drain our victim. While we have complete control around blood we lose all control while feeding. We are quite literally unable to stop. If we try, we are overcome with a crippling pain. Also, we can no longer transform into wolves. We are forever bound to be trapped.
"We seek out other wolves and help them through the transition if they are already changing. If they aren't, we present them the option to complete the final requirement to begin the change. We then help keep them away from innocents while they are transformed. If they choose not to complete the transition, then we leave them alone to their lives. We originally came to this town to try and recruit Tyler Lockwood but as you can see, other things have caused it to take the back burner."
By the time I was done with my story there were half dozen empty bottles scattered on the carpet. Damon and Stefan were sitting completely still in complete silence.
"Why did they leave you alive?" I looked over at Damon with a raised eyebrow.
"Why would the attackers leave you alive but kill everyone else?"
I let out a sigh. "The family that was responsible knew me. But whether that is truly the reason they left me alive, I don't know." It killed me to lie to Damon but he couldn't know the real reason. The reason being I was to be part of their family one day.
"Who was the family responsible?" I let out a long sigh and smile wearily at Stefan.
"The Mickaelsons. The Originals." They both stopped breathing at that moment.
"Dani, how old are you?" I let out a humorless laugh.
"I'm as old as they are. I used the dead blood of Tatia to perform the same spell their mother did. But since she was dead, it had slightly different results."
"Here I always thought I was robbing the cradle but you are quite literally as old as dirt." I scowled at Damon and threw an empty bottle at his head. He easily caught it and set it down.
"You still haven't explained how you are related to Elena." Stefan says.
I nod my head in agreement. "My brother that was away the night of the attack was with his wife since she had just given birth to a son. We watched over his bloodline and Elena's uncle Charlie married Renee who was descended from that bloodline. Elena and I aren't blood related but through marriage in an odd way. I am her second aunt way removed." I chuckle at my own crappy joke.
"So, now that Katherine is here and you know Elena is the doppelganger, what are your plans?" I sigh at Stefan.
"You know you have always been the biggest buzz kill. Even when we were tearing shit up together." I shake my head and sit up from position on the couch opposite them.
"I am going to kill Katherine. I am going to protect Elena and I will kill anyone who tries to stop me from doing either. I have been doing some thinking this past week. If Katherine is here and she knows of Elena, that means she will try and sell her to the highest bidder. Doppelganger blood has powerful magical properties. So in the grand scheme of things, as long as Elena is human, she isn't safe."
Stefan narrowed his eyes at me as did Damon. "I have no plans on turning her or saying she should be turned but you both need to face the reality that since Katherine knows Elena exists the world does. She. Will. Never. Be. Safe."
Damon scoffed at me. "Always the one for the dramatics. That's a pretty big assumption." I shake my head. "Always prepare for the worse but hope for the best. That's what has kept me alive for a thousand years Damon. We both know Katherine's mouth is as loose as the sand trap between her legs."
Stefan tried to hold back the snort at my comparison. "Laugh it up squirrel muncher. Last time I heard you both have stuck your dicks in her. And for the record Damon, if I would have known before I slept with you that the resident Petrova vamp-whore had, I wouldn't have slept with you either. When I found out I went and had myself checked by every witch I knew. There's no telling what kind of vampire herps that bitch could be carrying." I shiver in disgust and get up. With a long stretch I make my way to the door.
"Where are you going Dani?" I smile, "Out. You guys ran out of booze and it's still early. Why, did you two want to join me?" They both grab their jackets and we run to the grill. Me of course leaving their asses in the dust. It was a good thirty seconds later they arrived and I was already inside sitting at the bar.
About an hour into our drinks Jeremy and Caroline come running with Bonnie.
"Oh god Stefan!" We turn on our seats and can see the horror on their faces.
"Someone has taken Elena. We can't find her. Bonnie has been trying to locate her but she is having trouble." I look to Bonnie with a raised eyebrow.
"How is that possible? Bennet witches are one of the most powerful lines." She rolls her eyes and gives me a 'no shit' look.
"I haven't been practicing that long. I was hoping that maybe if we work together we can find her."
She hands me a map and we make our way out of the bar. Laying the map on top of Caroline's hood, Bonnie takes out the items she was using to channel Elena with. I was able to easily pin point her location and immediately took off before any of the others could register.
I ran for about five minutes and came upon an old foreclosed house. I immediately knew it was vampires. I could over hear them talking about curses, the Pertrova doppelganger and Elijah. Fuck. So much for time to prepare.
I walk up to the house and use my magic to open the door for me. Walking straight into the house I begin frowning at the dilapidated structure. My hands tucked into my blue jeans and black heels making no noise as I walked, the ones that took her didn't know I had entered the house yet. Following Elena's heartbeat to the back of the house, I walk into the room, and my eyes immediately went to Elena.
It was clear she had been knocked unconscious by the darkening bruise on her cheek.
"Which one of you hit her?" My voice comes out eerily calm.
"Who the hell are you?!" the girl yells at me. Using my magic, I slam them both into the wall to the right of the couch and hold them there. Making my way down one of the sets of stairs to bring me to their level, I turn a cold look to each of them.
"If anyone is going to be asking questions, it will be me. Now, I will ask again, who hit her?" Neither of them would talk. I just shook my head. "Okay, different question. Why the hell are you working with an Original?"
The male seeing that their best hope would be to try and appease me began talking. If he only knew they were already dead.
"We have been running from the Originals for over five hundred years after we crossed them. The doppelganger was to be our bargaining chip for freedom." I could hear the female growl.
"Shut up Trevor! What the hell are you thinking?" He just shakes his head. "To hell with you Rose. This was your idea and now we have a witch against us." I couldn't help but let out a chuckle.
"How right you are." I stiffened as I heard a voice I had not heard in over a thousand years behind me.
As he walked into the room, Elena started stirring on the couch. She slowly sits up and looks around confused. Her eyes land on me, "What happened?" I shake my head, "Elena, you need to hide. Now." I say. She looks to Elijah behind me and the vampires against the wall. With a quick nod she runs through a side door and deeper into the house.
"Now, am I mistaken or is that Katerina Petrova?" In what only could be considered a controlled fury; I couldn't help the laugh that bubbled out. "Hardly." I say reverting back to my natural English accent.
"Well, perhaps you care to turn around and we can discuss this civilly." I snort and turn to look at him. I can see his eyes go wide in recognition. "Civil?" I question bitterly. "Daniella?" He asks in nothing more than whisper. The whimpering coming from Rose and Trevor pulled my attention from Elijah's shocked face.
Turning to them, I slowly make my way over and come to a stop in front of them. "My apologies Elijah." I say snidely, "I have to take care of a bit of light work."
Extending my hand and pulling them from the wall with my magic, I crush both of my hands into fists and their bodies crush along with it. Unfortunate side effect, I am now covered in vampire blood. Dropping my hands and 'dusting' them off I turn back to Elijah to see he is still staring at me in shock.
"Close your mouth Elijah. You're bound to catch flies." He quickly composes himself and steps down the stairs. I can see him eyeing the corridor that Elena ran through eagerly.
"Don't even think about it." I say menacingly. He turns to me and puts his hands in his pockets. "Forgive me. I'm just having a bit of difficulty understanding why you would be here. Alive. You should of been dead." He says with a tone of wonderment.
"I am dead Elijah." He looks at me in confusion, "You are obviously not a spirit." I blur in front of him stopping a couple feet away. "Obviously." I say without any humor in my voice.
"It's just not possible." He whispers. I can tell he is restraining himself from pulling me to him. He was pathetic to see that he would so easily show his feelings towards me.
"I'm going to ask you a simple question, and I expect you to answer." I say. He cocks an eyebrow, "Alright. And what questions would that be?"
I step back a few feet and start walking around the room, feigning interest in the cracked walls and broken plaster. "Have you ever felt any remorse for the hand you and the rest of your family had in slaughtering my village and murdering my family?" I ask as if it's Tuesday.
"Ella what are you talking about?" I blur to him and shove him into a wall.
"You have no right to call me that!" I snarl out. He slowly gets up dusting the plaster and paint chips of his sleeves. He narrows his eyes, "We didn't kill your family Ella. It was our father."
I growl and blur towards him. This time he is expecting it and tosses me into the opposite wall. Slowly standing and dusting myself off, which while caked in blood, is quite hard to do.
"You lie. Your family was seen returning early that morning. Covered in blood." He rolls his eyes, "Of course we were covered in blood. A few werewolves got too close to the caves we hid in, so we dispatched them."
I let out a humorless laugh, "To think I once considered you one of my best friends." I mutter to myself loud enough that he could here. "I am your best friend. Just as you are mine Ella." I use my magic and send him flying into the next room. Blurring over to him I grab him by the neck and slam him into the ground.
"Stop lying!" I roar into his face. He twists my arm and flips me over him. Quickly rolling to stand he grabs me by the throat and slams me into the floor. He comes within inches of my face, his fangs elongated and his eyes dark. "I am telling you the truth." He grits out between clenched teeth.
Putting my hand up to his head, I delve into his memories. Going over the event of the night my parents died from his eyes.
I saw the Mikaelson children running to the caves with the rest of their village. As they usher the families into the caves they can hear the howls of the wolves coming from the direction of our village. "Wolves." I hear Elijah spat out. "Rebekah, you stay here and keep them away from the caves. Finn, you and Klaus go and make sure there aren't any stragglers in the village." They blur away.
Kol is getting ready to run in the direction of our village, "Kol! What are you doing?" He stops and turns, "I'm going to make sure my Ellie is safe!" Elijah blurs over to him grabs him by the collar, "We protect our own. Their family knows how to protect themselves against the wolves."
Elijah lets go of Kol as three wolves break through the clearing and dive at the two of them. They roll to the side and Kol reaches out tearing into the side of one of the wolves getting sprayed with blood. Elijah leaps onto the back of one and punches through the back of its head. As the third is about to leap at Kol, Finn takes it out midair tearing it in half. As he does, Rebekah comes out of the cave and gets sprayed down her front with blood.
I can see the disgusted look on her face, "This is the most disgusting thing." She said sniffing the blood and yanking her hand away in disgust.
"Where's father?" Kol asks looking around. "I don't see him. I haven't seen him for a couple of hours. Did he not clear the way for the first wave of people?" Finn asks, "He's not in the caves. Mother stated that he had some business to take care of."
"Do you smell that?" Asks Klaus, "I do. Is that, something burning?" Rebekah asks.
Running towards the smell, as they come closer I can see the dawning on their face as they realize that it was my village. There standing in the middle of the slaughter is their father. Mikael.
"What is father doing?" Screams Rebekah. She starts going towards the fire but Finn pulls her back. "Ellie?" I hear Kol whisper. I follow his eyes and he was looking at my father starting to transform.
Then Elijah and Klaus drag Kol away as Finn drags Rebekah.
Yanking my hand from his head, I shove him off me. All these years, all the hate, it was directed at the wrong Mikaelsons. "Why didn't you let them stop him?" I whisper through the tears that are falling.
"We didn't know the effects of fire on us at the time. If I would have known we would have survived, nothing in the world would have stopped us Ella. You have to believe me." He says desperately.
Standing and wiping the tears from my face. "I don't have time for this. I have to get Elena out of here." I say rushing past him. I can hear him following me. "Ella, please talk to me. Don't run away again." I stop mid step and turn to him, "Is that what you think I did? You thought I ran away?"
I scoff in indignation, "You know nothing Elijah. Don't pretend like you do." I say. Continuing my way to where I know Elena is hiding. Opening the door that leads to the basement, I call out for her.
"Elena, it's safe to come out. I hear Damon and Stefan upstairs." She comes out from under the basement stairs and rushes to me. "Thank god you came Dani." She whispers through her tears. Putting my arms around her, "I won't let anything happen to you Elena." I whisper to her.
Knowing full well Elijah can hear me but I couldn't bring myself to care. Putting an arm around her shoulder I lead her upstairs where I know Damon and Stefan are. Coming out into the hallway, Stefan is over to me and pulling Elena in his arms. Not being able to handle any more tears, "Get her home Stefan." I whisper dropping my English accent. He nods and picks her up bridal style.
Blurring out of the house I turn to Damon. He looks me in the eyes and squints a bit as he's studying what he sees. "Baby doll, you alright?" He asks noticing Elijah coming up the stairs. "I'm fine Damon." I turn to see Elijah standing there dusting off his suit.
"Elijah, Damon. Damon, Elijah." Elijah sticks his hand out and Damon hesitantly shakes it. Letting out a huff, I start making my way towards the door.
"Ella..." I hear Elijah say. I stop and turn to him, "Yes, Elijah?" He comes up to me and pulls me into a hug. Tensing at the gesture I can see Damon raise an eyebrow at him and me.
"I'm happy you are alive." He whispers. Pulling back, I shrug my shoulders, "That makes one of us." I whisper. Damon walks up and pulls me into a hug. "None of that baby doll." He pulls back and takes time to look me over, "You also look like shit." He says with a smirk.
Rolling my eyes, "Yeah fuck you too Princess." I say. "Are you gonna be okay with talk, dark and broody?" He says, looking at Elijah who actually looked somewhat amused at our exchange.
"Yeah. I'll be fine Damon. Give me a call and let me know how Elena is doing. She's pretty shaken up." He nods and blurs out of there.
Walking out of the house at a normal pace I hear Elijah shut the door to the house and join me. Snapping my fingers, the house catches on fire. Elijah stops and looks back, "You are quite powerful." He mumbles. "Being over a thousand-year-old witch tends to do that."
As I turn towards the direction of my house he falls into step next to me. "How were you able to keep your powers if you were changed? Who changed you?" I snort, "I changed me. I repeated the spell your mother did. I had to make a deal with nature. I had my wolf cursed, much like Nik, only there isn't any way for me to break it." He nods his head, "So you experience the pain of the change every full moon?" I nod my head.
"Why would you curse yourself to this existence?"
"To avenge my family. When you have nothing but hate fueling you, it's amazing what you can do." I say wistfully. "You sound an awful lot like Kol used to." He whispers. "What? Did he miraculously become saved?' I say jokingly, "He's dead Ella." I stop and turn to him, "What?" I whisper, "What do you mean he's dead?" Elijah looks at me sadly, "Klaus. He daggered all of my siblings and tossed them into an ocean."
How can this be? Why? What did he possibly have to gain from this? "He always swore family was the most important thing to him. Why would he do this?" I shake my head and let out a shaky breath.
Just then my phone rings pulling my thoughts away, "Hello?" I say not looking at the caller id. "Where are you? Why aren't you home yet?" I roll my eyes. "Something came up uncle." I can see Elijah look at me confused. "I'll be home shortly." I say hanging up.
"So you are living in Mystic Falls now?" He asks with a raised eyebrow. I nod my head. "I am. My uncle Phillip, Mathias and myself." He nods his head, "So I take it, whatever you did to make yourself immortal, you did the same for them as well?"
"I did. I had already lost everyone else. My brother wanted to live a mortal life with his wife and son. So it was just the three of us. We've been protecting the remaining werewolves and watching over his bloodline."
Getting a thoughtful look on his face, "Perhaps then it would be in my best interest to stick around as well." I raise an eyebrow, "Do you think Klaus would be stupid enough to come after Elena?"
"Most likely. He still hasn't broken his curse. He needs her to do it. Why is she still human though? She is surrounded by the Salvatore brothers. Surely they would have changed her by now."
"I don't think she wants to be changed. I've already stressed the importance of her safety. Even if Klaus hasn't heard about her yet, which I am sure he has, her blood is a rarity in and of itself."
"Indeed it is. So, perhaps you wouldn't mind putting up an old friend for the night?" I smile at him, "I'm not sure how my uncle and cousin will handle it to be honest. One second." I pull out my phone and call Alice.
"Hey cuz! What can I do ya for?" I smile into the phone, "Hey Ally. I need your help." I can hear the line go silent a few seconds. "Already on it. They'll be gone by the time you get home."
"You're the best Ally." She giggles, "I know. Which is why you are going to let me plan your birthday party. See you in a month!" I hang up and chuckle.
Looking at Elijah's amused face, "Ally is a seer. A cold one in fact." He nods his head and we begin walking again, "Why did she call you cousin? Is she with Mathias?" I let out a loud laugh, "Heavens no. Her adoptive brother married the last of my brother's line. Her mother was descended from my brother's child. We traveled northwest to see if she showed signs of the werewolf gene but she didn't. She was changed by her mate."
He nods his head in understanding. "So you have quite a large family now it would seem." I shake my head, "It's not the same though Elijah. For example, I was to be your sister one day. My being here doesn't make up for your siblings not. For my Kol not." I whisper sadly.
"You still love him? Even after all these years and what you believed my family to have done?' I nod my head solemnly.
"I knew I would never have been able to put Kol down. I've tried so hard to hate him. I've convinced the world I hate him but at the end of the day, I just can't." I say defeated. "Now I'll never be able to tell him." I say letting a few tears fall.
There had to be a way to get them back. They weren't truly dead. Only daggered. Why couldn't I just do a locator spell on them? "Elijah, what if I were to do a locator spell on their coffins? We could then pay divers to retrieve them."
He stopped, "I tried locating them using a witch. They failed." I cock an eyebrow and point to myself, "This is me we are talking about. I'm powerful Elijah. Extremely powerful." I say. "It's worth a try but forgive me if I do not dare to hope." I smile, "Well, I have enough for the both of us."
Blurring away with Elijah following me, I reach the edge of our property just as my uncle and cousin are loading their suitcases. I put a hand up to stop Elijah. After a few minutes they get in their cars and take off.
Walking across the yard, "This is your home?" I nod my head. "It is. As I am sure you know, living this long allows you to obtain a vast amount of wealth."
"Indeed it does. I must say, my siblings would be most impressed by this house." I smile at him, "I'm happy to hear that. If we find them, it will be their home as well."
"That is very generous of you Ella. I'm happy to see that there is still part of you in there." I shrug, "I see my old friend in you as well Elijah. Come on. I need a shower." I say blurring up to the house and inviting him in.
Stepping into the foyer he looks around. The large foyer leads to an open area with two staircases leading up on either side of the room to the second floor. The marble floor reflecting the light brightly. To the left of the foyer was the large living room with crème color couches surrounding a dark oak coffee table. To the right was the formal dining room and off that room you could see the large double doors leading into the kitchen.
"Feel free to look around. I am going to shower and change. When I come back downstairs, I'll try and do the spell." Walking up the stairs and going to the left at the top of the stairs I make my way down to the end of the hall. Passing several doors on my left and right I open the doors at the end of the hall that leads into my bedroom.
Opening the double doors, I make my way towards my dresser. Pulling out a dark green bra and matching boy shorts. I make my way into the bathroom. Quickly stripping I hop into the shower and scrub myself for a good twenty minutes to get the blood cleaned off.
After that is done, I step out of the shower quickly drying with a black towel. Putting on my bra and underwear, I make my way into my room wrapping the towel around my hair. Opening my closet, I pull out a black maxi skirt with a slit on either side to the knee. Putting that on and then a white tank top I take the towel down and shake out my hair. Scowling at the curls, I pick up my ruined clothes and make my way down stairs.
Walking into the living room I can hear Elijah in the library. Continuing into the library, I flick my hand and start a fire in the fireplace. Tossing my clothes into the fire I turn to Elijah.
"Damn shame. That jacket looked amazing on you." I smile, "I have a few more like it upstairs and in different colors." He smiles, "So, are you ready?" I nod my head. Walking over to a wide drawer that is on one of the book cases, I pull out a rolled up map and a few candles. Making my way to the coffee table, I take a seat on the small red couch. Unrolling the map, I grab two candlesticks and place them on their side of the map to keep it flat. Placing a candle in each, I snap my fingers to light them.
Taking off my necklace with my engagement ring on it I begin hovering it over the map. Closing my eyes, I begin chanting to myself "You still have that?" Not wanting to answer I shush him and continue chanting. After a few minutes it drops from my hand and onto the map.
Opening my eyes, I look down, "That's not possible." Mutters Elijah. "What do you mean? It's pointing to the US. I thought you said they were dropped into the Ocean?" He nods his head, "That's what Klaus said." I scoff, "Well obviously he lied."
I see Elijah look at me sternly, "Or maybe you aren't as good as you say you are." I snort, "Really? Let's see shall we?" standing I go back to the same bookshelf and open the drawer below the one I opened previously. Pulling a map out of the US I make my way back to the table. Clearing the old map off the table and handing it to Elijah, "Here, make yourself useful." I hear him chuckle and begin rolling up the map.
Unrolling the next map, I repeat the process and this time the ring lands on Chicago. Turning to Elijah and cocking an eyebrow. "You were saying Mr. Mikaelson?"
He cowls at the map, "It appears my brother lied to me. Well, I guess I will be fetching my family. Care to join me Ella?" I let out a sigh and shake my head.
"No."
I stand leaving the ring on the table. Walking over to look into the fire, "I can't Elijah." I whisper. "Why not?" Not turning to look at him, "I'm not ready. I've gone from thinking Kol killed my family, to knowing he didn't, to thinking he was lost forever, to finding out he is in Chicago somewhere. I'm not prepared for this."
He walks over and puts his hand on my shoulder turning me around and pulling me into a hug. "I understand. Come with me to Chicago and help me get them back. When we have them in a safe location, I will undagger them and then you can leave. They will never know you are still alive till you are ready."
I let out a sigh, "Only because I know any other witch wouldn't be able to do it. He could have the coffins spelled for all we know."
I remove myself from his arms and begin making my way to the door. "Where are you going?" I stop and furrow my brows, "To pack a bag. We have to make this quick. I have school on Monday." I say smiling.
Blurring up to my room I pull out a duffle bag. Changing into a pair of jeans from my skirt, I pull on a brown leather jacket and matching lace up boots with no heel. Going into my closet I pull out a couple of outfits and grab a couple pairs of shoes and shove them into the duffle bag.
Grabbing my shampoo, conditioner, body wash and hairbrush I shove them into the bag as well. Going to my black oak dresser, I lift up a drawer and pull out twenty grand in cash. Shoving that to the bottom, I zip it up and make my way out of the door grabbing my phone on the way.
Making way back downstairs I see Elijah isn't in the house. Waiting a few minutes, he comes back in with his own duffle bag. I cock an eyebrow, "Your suits are going to get wrinkled."
"I'll manage." I shrug my shoulders and make my way towards the door, "We running or we flying?" He stops and thinks about it, "Running will be faster. It's only about four hours away."
I open the door and wait for him to walk out. Pulling out my phone and sending a text to Damon that I will be out of town but back by Monday morning, I slide it back into my back pocket. Elijah takes off and I blur after him. The trip was quiet as we were lost in our own thoughts. By the time we reached Chicago it was around four in the morning.
"I'm tired Elijah. Let's find a suite large enough that you can keep your family in as they get acclimated."
As we make our way through Chicago we come across the Waldorf first. We both stop and nod our heads in agreement. Making our way in and to the front desk. I see a man in a suit standing to greet us.
"Hello Sir and Madam. Welcome to Waldorf. Will you be checking in?" I catch his eyes and begin to compel him, "You will give us your largest suite until we direct you otherwise. You will also not book any rooms out on the same floor. All of this will be comp."
Typing into his computer he reaches behind him and pulls out two keys. "Here you go mam. Please enjoy your stay with us." I nod my head and make my way over to the elevator with Elijah following behind me.
As the doors close I put the keycard into the slot and hit PS for Presidential Suite. Removing the key, the elevator begins making its way up. "We will catch a few hours of sleep and then I will do a tracking spell to find them. Hopefully, no Klaus sized surprises when we do find them."
"I agree. If we confront him as a united family, perhaps we can convince my brother to give up on breaking his curse. If not, then he will have all of us between him and Elena."
As the doors open we step into the suite. Looking around there is a large sitting area with a fully stocked bar to the right wall. A fireplace across from that. There is a dark brown oak dining table with eight chairs. The floors are black marble with various carpets laid out.
"There's four bedrooms. I'll take the one to the left. See you in a few hours Elijah." I make my way into the room and it's fairly plain for such a luxurious suite.
Not even bothering to take off my shoes, I collapse onto the bed and immediately fall asleep. After what seems like no time at all, I hear a knock on my door, "Ella. It's nine o'clock. I figured you would want some breakfast."
"I'll be out in twenty." I mumble into my pillow. I hear him chuckle and then walk away. Dragging myself up and stretching I open my bag and get out a pair of ripped black jeans, a dark blue blouse and my black open toe pumps. Setting them out, I take out my bath stuff and quickly shower in the connected suite. Quickly showering and dressing, I run a brush through my hair and step out of my room.
Elijah is setting the table with our food. Sitting down I start eating my eggs and bacon. As Elijah begins eating the reality of what's happening is finally starting to set in. After we eat he clears the table and brings over a map of the city along with the candles and Kol's ring.
I set everything up quickly and hold out my hand for the ring. "Why do you still have this?" He asks, "Why do you think?" I ask sarcastically. Taking it from him I begin muttering the spell. The ring lands on a group of warehouses along the pier.
"Well, we have at least narrowed it down to a few blocks. It's the weekend so they should be fairly empty." He says.
Standing I put the ring around my neck and blow out the candles. As we make our ways to the door I see Elijah put one of the keys in his wallet. He also pulls out a bag and hands it to me. Giving him a confused look, I open it and find a replacement leather jacket in black. Smiling I take it out and slide it on.
"Much better." He says with a wink. I roll my eyes and make my way into the elevator. After reaching the ground floor we make our way outside and hail a taxi. Stopping by a few stores and picking them up some changes of clothes we make our way to the area.
Getting out with our bags we begin looking for the correct building. As we move deeper into the warehouse district I can feel a tug on my chest. "This way." I say letting the pull lead me. As we round a corner we can make out a couple of vampires standing guard outside one of the warehouses.
Nodding our heads to each other I start making my way down the street looking at my phone and then up at the buildings around me. As I get closer to them I start mumbling about GPS, "Stupid GPS piece of shit. There's no way in hell this right." I say with a huff and a stomp of my foot.
"Can we help you miss?" One of the vampires says. I smile my best at them and cautiously approach them. "Yeah actually. I got an address for a reunion but I think I must of took it down wrong." He smiles and I can see the predatory look take over. "Why don't you come inside and we can discuss it."
I let out a sigh of relief, "That would be so awesome." I say and step in with them behind me. I can immediately see the coffins in the middle of the floor. "Is it just you guys in here?" I ask innocently.
"Of course. But there's plenty of you to go around." I drop the bags and slide my phone into my pocket. Spinning around, "Perfect." I say menacingly. Snapping one of their necks and latching onto the other I begin draining him dry. After I'm done I toss his body to the side. Dragging them both to the casket while whistling I drop them next to two of the coffins.
A few seconds later Elijah steps in. "That wasn't part of the plan Ella." He says with amusement in his voice. Turning around and wiping the blood from my chin. I can see him frown, "I just bought you that coat." He says with a huff of fake irritation.
"Well I was hungry." I say with a fake pout. He shakes his head with a chuckle and walks over to the coffins. "Why are there four?" He asks to himself. I shrug my shoulders even though I knew the question was rhetoric. "Well, given the size of these two, I would say that's Rebekah and Finn. One of the others must be Kol."
Opening the first coffin and sighing in relief there wasn't any magic binding them, I see Rebekah in a flapper era gold and white dress. "Damn. Over ninety years?" I chuckle, "Klaus is a real prick." I mutter.
Moving to the next I see my Kol. Noticing his clothes, they are even older than Rebekah's. Feeling my breath hitch at his appearance, I have to fight the tears welling up in my eyes. Moving to the next one I find Finn. I knew he had been daggered for over nine hundred years.
As I approach the last one and reach out I can feel a flash go through my head of Esther staking Finn. Reaching back, "Don't open this coffin Elijah." I say. Picking the coffin up I blur out of the warehouse that is luckily on the water. I toss it into the water and watch it sink.
Moving back into the room I see him removing the dagger from Finn and the other three are already laying on the ground next to the coffin.
"Who was in the coffin?" I shake my head, "It's best you don't know." Walking over to the coffins I can already see the veins slowly receding. "You best go fetch them something to drink Elijah. I'll watch them." I whisper.
He nods his head and blurs out of the room. Not being able to take my eyes off Kol I take a seat next to his coffin. "I wonder if you can hear me." I whisper. I chuckle, "Probably not. I'm sorry Kol. I should have trusted you. I should have believed in you. But I didn't."
With a sigh I look at the others and shake my head. "I won't let him dagger you ever again Kol. I promise." Standing I grab one of the bags and move the clothes out of it. Grabbing each of the daggers and putting them in the bag, I blur out of the room and leave them just outside the same door that I took Esther's coffin through.
Blurring back into the room I take my position up against the wall right next to the door and wait for Elijah. Ten minutes later he comes back in carrying two bodies. He drops them and walks back out, bringing another two. He stands back just staring at me. He could tell that I was going to take off any second.
"Ella, please tell me this isn't goodbye." I smile and shake my head, "I doubt it. One more thing," I take off my necklace and throw it across the room to Elijah. "Make sure he gets that." I say nodding my head towards Kol's coffin.
Just then two loud breaths can be heard and both Rebekah and Kol sit up coughing. "That's my queue." I whisper.
Blurring out of the room and grabbing the bag, I make my way straight back home. Reaching it six hours later I rush up to my room. Making my way over to my closet, I walk into it. Reaching the back wall, I pull down on one of the shelves holding my shoes. The wall opens and I walk further in. Using an eye scanner, I make my way through the last door.
Looking at the table in the middle of the room. Five white oak stakes are laying on the table. Reaching into the bag and taking out the daggers, I lay them next to the stakes. Letting out a heavy sigh. Spelling the table so it goes invisible, I make my way out of both doors and close them behind me. Closing my closet doors, I pull down a crème sundress. Grabbing a pair of gold sandals, I make my way and quickly shower. Cursing myself for leaving my bag and clothes at the hotel. Hopefully Elijah takes care of it.
Quickly showering and getting dressed I pull my phone out of my pants that are on the floor. Opening it I call Damon. "Hey baby doll. How was your trip?" I smile, "Successful. Although we are going to probably have a rather pissed off Original on our hands here soon."
"Shit Ellie, what did you do now?" I chuckle, "Took something from Klaus. He's not very nice when he gets his things taken away." I hear him let out a strained chuckle.
"This is exactly what we didn't want Ella." I growl, "He's already in town or at least he's heading this way. So I only sped things up a bit. We have three weeks till the full moon. I'm pretty sure we can put him down in that time."
"Yeah yeah. So, Elena has been worried about you. Seems she wasn't expecting to see...well the mess you made." I sigh, "I'll call her and straighten everything out before school tomorrow."
"Good. Tyler Lockwood was just here with an invitation for some masquerade ball that his mother is holding this Saturday. Care to be my plus one?"
I smile, "Absolutely. You know how I love these types of things. I'm sure we can find some type of trouble to cause." He chuckles darkly, "If you weren't my best friend I'd be tempted to ask you to marry me."
I laughed, "Well, if you weren't you, I would be tempted to say yes. Later." I say hanging up. Chuckling as I make my way downstairs, I see a note on the table in the foyer. Elijah's number is listed on it.
Dialing it, I hold my breath, "I wasn't expecting to hear from you so soon. Miss me already?" He says with a chuckle. "Hardly. I screwed up." I can hear the smile in his face, "You mean taking the daggers?"
I scoff, "Hardly. I was doing you all a favor. No, I left my bag in my room." I could hear him drop the phone and a door slam open. "Why does my room smell like my Ellie Elijah?!" I hear Kol yell. "Shit." I whisper into the phone. I can hear struggling and then a voice I hadn't heard in years, "Ellie? Darling, is that you?" I hang up the phone and throw it against the wall. "FUCK!" I yell.