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Continuing from the prologue...
~Elijah's POV~
I looked up at her with wide eyes as she got off of me. Smiling she put her hands on her hips and tilted her head to the side.
"Well? Are you going to stand there and stare at me or are you going to greet an old friend?" she asked, grinning. Arcadia's hair was longer last time I saw her but she was still the freesprited woman that I remember. She'd always been a tiny little thing, only about five feet tall. She had bright cobalt blue eyes and long black hair that if put in direct light looked almost blue. Her appearance fooled many people, she looked harmless but even when she was human, she would have found a way to hurt you. She had to be tough growing up with six brothers and no sisters. I could tell that she was still as playful and energetic as I remember her to be. Rebekah seemed to snap out of her shocked state and chuckled, going over to hug Arcadia, or Cade, as we called her. They hugged and giggled like two teenage girls. Rebekah was about to say something when Niklaus and Kol walked in.
"What is all of this racket?" Klaus demanded, ah, my brother. He has never been very patient. I saw Arcadia tense up as she turned around.
"Hello Niklaus." she said calmly, too calmly. They were best friends when we were human, what happened. It seemed as if he went pale and frightened but then he snapped out of it, stepping forward with a smile.
"Cade! It's been too long!" he said happily but she hissed and lunged at him, grabbing him by the throat and pinning him to the wall.
"Bastard." she whispered quietly. When Arcadia was angry she didn't yell, she whispered. I've heard it on several occasions when she was talking to different people but I have never been on the receiving end of her 'deathly whisper' as Klaus liked to put it, then again, he has never been on the receiving end either, that I know of. She was about to say more when Kol walked forward, chuckling.
"Not that I don't love watching my brother get strangled but don't I get a hug?" he asked, grinning at her. She looked up and smiled happily.
"Kol!" she giggled as if she hadn't just been trying to her Niklaus. Speaking of him, he was about to run away when she turned around and gave him a dazzling smile, it was forced though. "Run, and I will hunt you down." she warned, making him huff and pour himself a drink.
"Cade I can explain..." he started but she cut him off.
"Nik I don't really want an explanation right now. Try again later." she said, sitting down beside me. Niklaus snorted and rolled his eyes, sitting down in the chair, brandy in hand.
"Fine, do you want to tell me how you're alive? I thought Mikael staked you." he asked, watching her curiously. She laughed, folding her feet up under her.
"Where should I begin?" she asked rhetorically. Kol shrugged.
"The beginning?" he answered. She chuckled.
"That was a rhetorical question, baby doll." she told him, leaning back a little. Rebekah laughed, grabbing her hand.
"Well first I want to catch up." she said, smiling. Arcadia grinned.
"It seems I have been claimed. Tell ya later boys." and she and Rebekah left us with a wink. Klaus sighed and slumped down in his chair, making Kol and I turn to him.
"What did you do?" I asked him. Klaus laughed and finished off his brandy.
"I killed her family one thousand years ago." he told us. Kol's eyes grew wide as he looked at me. Ah, well, I think the term today is he is in deep shit now.
A/N: holy fudge! :o 4 reviews! Woaaaah! Thanks to those who did review and I know this chapter is short-ish! But I promise that future chapters will be much much much longer! Anyway, review and I'll update! Tell me what you guys think of Arcadia, what you guys think happened, etc.
-marie