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Homecoming:
I stood in front of the full length mirror just staring at myself in my thigh length purple cocktail homecoming dress. Rebekah and I had chosen this dress for me out of ten choices because she said I needed to look gorgeous for the first time that Nik had seen me still being turned into a vampire. I had argued that I still didn't know how I felt about Nik at the moment. I was still extremely upset that he had compelled me on a number of occasions. I looked down at the daylight bracelet on my wrist and sighed audibly.
"You beautiful." Stefan said from the doorway and I looked up at him in the mirror. He was leaning against the doorframe and smirking at me. I smiled back at him with a light chuckle but nervously bit my lip and tucked a stray piece of hair behind me ear.
"Really?" I asked him nervously. I wasn't used to people even noticing me because they were normally doting on Elena. I was always the forgotten one. Stefan chuckled from the doorway and ducked his head in amusement before sauntering into the guestroom I had claimed as my own. I turned to face him as he came closer to me. I raised an eyebrow at him in question as he moved over to the closet and pulled out a box that was in there. I knew that the box was in the closet I hadn't ever gone through it because I didn't want to invade anyone's privacy. He searched through the box until he found what he was looking for and pulled out a wooden box with a gold clasp.
"Ah ha!" he exclaimed as he blew dust off the box.
"The teeth of victims, Ripper Stefan?" I teased him as I walked over to join him at the vanity table he approached with the box. He chuckled lightly as he turned to face me with smirk.
"It's not teeth." He assured me.
"Finger bones then." I stated knowingly with a nod and he shook his head in amusement as he smiled slightly. Instead of commenting, he just grabbed the box off the table and held it in his hands. He opened the gold clasp for me to see what was inside and I leaned forward to get a good look inside the box. My mouth fell open when I saw what was in the wooden box. "It's beautiful." I whispered as I gazed at the necklace inside. It was a row of diamonds with the occasional purple amethyst. I gently ran a finger over the diamond, afraid to touch the gorgeous piece of jewellery. Stefan placed the wooden box down on the desk and I watched as he reached into the box the pulled out the necklace. I frowned in confusion as he did so.
"Turn around." He ordered me and I backed away from him with wide eyes as I realised what he was doing.
"No. No way. I can't be trusted with something like that." I told him honestly as I shook my head rapidly at him.
"Yes, you can. Come on." He said with a roll of his eyes. I was still hesitating to wear such an expensive piece of jewellery so Stefan used his vampire speed to rush behind me.
"Ah!" I called out in surprise as I laughed as he appeared behind me in the mirror with a smug smirk.
"I'm older than you so don't even try attacking me." he said teasingly and I laughed rolled my eyes playfully as I giggled. Stefan reached up to move my hair to the side and I bit my lip at the feel of his skin on mine. He placed the necklace around my neck and clasped it shut. I gently reached up to stroke the beautiful piece as I looked at it in the mirror. My eyes shot up and I locked gazes with Stefan, who was smiling smugly.
"Thank you." I whispered seriously as I looked at the image of me in the mirror.
"It needed someone equally as gorgeous." He replied and I smiled softly as I looked down.
"Thank you." I repeated to him and he gave me a half smile before leaving the room. I turned back to the mirror and smiled at the reflection. I wasn't used to actually being happy with my appearance but today I was feeling beautiful. I stripped out of my dress and hung it back up before I took off the necklace Stefan had placed on me. I got changed into some jeans and a shirt before I went over to Rebekah's room to see how she was.
"Getting a head start, huh?" I asked as I walked in and saw her standing in front of a full length mirror in the red homecoming dress we had chosen much like I had been earlier.
"Embarrassing truth? This is my first high school dance." She admitted with an embarrassed smile.
"Ever?"
"I never really had time for high school before. Nik and I were always moving around, running. Anyway- I didn't want to leave anything to chance." She told me and I nodded in understanding. After Rebekah had cried her eyes out the night she found out the truth about Nik killing their mother, she had decided that when he got back she was going to leave him up his own devices and go about on her own for the first time in a thousand years. "How do I look?" she asked me as she spun around in a circle for me.
"You look amazing! But you're missing one thing." I said teasingly and she raised an eyebrow at me in question. I pull Elena's necklace out of my bra and held it up for her to see look at.
"My mother's necklace. You hid it in your bra?" she asked in amusement and I just shrugged shoulders in response.
"You should wear it tonight. May I?" I asked as I walked up behind her and she nodded her consent. I placed it around her neck and clasped it shut.
"Thank you." She said sincerely and I smiled back at her. There was a knock at the door and we both turned to see Elena standing in the doorway.
"Can I speak to Rebekah for a minute?" she asked politely and Bec nodded in agreement so I stepped aside. "Is that my necklace?" Elena asked and I snorted in amusement.
"Finders keepers is not a thing, Elena." I informed her as I walked towards the door.
"I might go to the school early so I'll just meet you there!" Rebekah called after me as I walked out of the room.
"Okay!" I called back to her as I walked down the stair and decided that I should probably go for a hunt before going to the homecoming dance where so many humans were going to be.
I was in my room at the boarding house, looking in the mirror at the reflection of myself in my homecoming dress much like I had earlier that morning, except this time it wasn't Stefan whose voice broke into my silence marvelling.
"You look exquisite." Nik drawled from his spot against the doorframe. At the sound of his voice I immediately stiffened and froze where I was. All the pain and anger I had felt at him since my turning into a vampire faded and all the longing and desire that had been building in me since he left erupted. I turned around and used my new vampire speed to fly into his arms. I wrapped my arms around his neck as he lift my off the ground so that my legs wrapped around his waist. My lips were on his instantly and our kiss was filled with all the passion that we had been missing out on since he left. Nik used his own speed to push me up against the nearest wall and I gasped in surprise. It was different doing this as I vampire. In the past Nik had been worried about injuring me with his strength but now I was more durable. His talented lips moved down my neck and I closed my eyes in pleasure. "Ellyse." He whispered my name into my neck and his voice snapped me back to reality. I was meant to be pissed at him for compelling me when I was human. I used my strength to push him away from me and he dropped me in surprise. I landed on the floor and scowled at him as I stood back up. Before he could ask why I had stopped him, I sped over to the coat rack in the corner and broke off one of the hooks. I ran back over to Nik and used the wooden hook as a stake as I pressed it into his heart. He gasped in surprise and pain as I smiled maliciously in satisfaction. I pulled the make-shift stake out of his heart and then jammed it back in sharply. He growled in pain again and put a hand on his shoulder to steady myself before taking the stake out one last time and then slamming it into his chest and stepping back with a victorious smirk plastered on my lips. He fell to his knees in pain and grimaced as he pulled the stake out of his heart with a groan. I watched with narrowed eyes as he stood back up and glared at me.
"You deserved that." I declared as I crossed my arms over my chest and glared at him. He sighed dramatically and walked over to sit on the edge of my bed.
"You want an explanation, I suppose?"
"Not really. You're just a dick." I stated with a shrug of my shoulders and he smirked at me from the bed.
"Language." He scolded me and I narrowed my eyes at him, not amused in the slightest.
"Nik, I'm done. And don't even think about compelling me again." I said slowly as I let the betrayal of what he had done leak into my voice.
"Ellyse…" he started to protest but I closed my eyes and held up a hand to stop him before I continued.
"But I have an eternity to forgive you and I can. But not just yet because it's still hurts to know that you could do that me." I told him and opened my eyes to look at him. His blue eyes were filled with sadness that I could only guess mirrored my own. He stood up from the bed and walked slowly over to where I stood near the door.
"If time is what you need, Ellyse, then time I can give you." He said softly as he cupped my cheeks in his hands. I closed my eyes and leaned into his gentle hold as I put one of my hands over his. One single tear ran down my cheek and Nik used his thumb to brush it way. He leaned down to gently kiss my lips and I kissed him back just as softly. He stepped back from me and cleared his throat before walking towards the door. I watched him go sadly but raised an eyebrow in surprise when he stopped in the doorway. He turned back to me with his signature smirk in place. "Oh, the homecoming dance has been moved to the Lockwood Mansion. You really do look stunning, Miss Gilbert." he told me with a wink before sauntering out of the room. I breathe out in relief as he heard the front door of the boarding house close. I walked back over to the mirror and quickly putting on the necklace Stefan had given me that morning. I looked in the mirror at my completed outfit and smiled softly at the person in the mirror that I didn't even recognise as myself.
I arrived at the Lockwood Mansion to the homecoming dance in full swing and after making the rounds of the crowded room, I still couldn't catch a glimpse of Rebekah. I decided to ask Niklaus if he had seen her since he had been back so I headed over to where I had seen him playing beer pong earlier. I looked around the room as I walked and noticed that half the people here didn't go to our school. I smirked when I realised that these people must have been Nik's new hybrids. I strutted over to the beer pong tournament and leaned against the side of the table near Nik.
"Having fun?" I asked him with a smirk.
"I am actually. How about you?" He replied to me with a smile as he concentrated on the match in front of him.
"It's okay. Far too many hybrids for my taste." I teased him as I glanced around the room.
"I'd get used to that, love."
"Hmm. How you seen Rebekah?" I asked him in concern, finally getting to the reason I was here.
"Nope. I'm sure she around somewhere. Probably falling in love with every man that glances at her." he said and I slapped his arm hard as I frowned at him. I looked over my shoulder when I heard the quick footsteps approaching us.
"You have a visitor." A male hybrid said urgently to Nik.
"Well, tell his visitor he's on the brink of victory here." I said smoothly and Nik chuckled at my speaking for him.
"He said his name is Mikael." The hybrid told us and I stood up straight and looked at Nik in shock and panic.
"Then we mustn`t keep him waiting. Move everyone out back. I`m gonna have a little chat with my dad. Tony, you know what to do." Nik replied easily and I looked at him with wide eyes. Nik stood up from his game and started towards the door but I grabbed his arm with a questioning look. He looked back at me and put one hand on my cheek in reassurance. He grabbed my hand and pulled me with him towards the front of the house. A good looking middle aged man stood just outside the front door and Nik guided me to the side of the room so that I could still see but I was far enough away not to get hurt. He kissed me cheek before leaving me and walking over to stand just inside the door facing Mikael.
"Hello, Niklaus." Mikael greeted him with a scowl.
"Hello, Mikael. Why don`t you come in? Oh, that`s right. I forgot you can`t." Nik taunted him and I rolled my eyes at his childishness.
"Or you can come outside if you want." Mikael countered as he gestured for him to step outside.
"Or I could watch my hybrids tear you limb from limb." Nik sneered at the older man.
"They can`t kill me." Mikael replied confidently.
"True. But it`ll make a hell of a party game. All I have to do is rub these two fingers together and they`ll pounce."
"The big bad wolf. You haven`t changed. Still hiding behind your playthings like a coward. You only forget. They may be sired by you, but they`re still part vampire. And they can be compelled by me." Mikael reminded him and then a female hybrid pushed Elena at Mikael and my nerves jumped up a notch. I grabbed onto the banister next to me to stop from rushing over there. "Come out and face me, Nikaus. Or she dies." Mikael threatened.
"Go ahead. Kill her." Nik replied and I whimpered a protest pathetically.
"No, Klaus. He`ll do it." Elena pleaded and I felt tears fill my eyes.
"If she dies, this lot will be last of your abominations." Mikael told Nik.
"I don`t need them. I just need to be rid of you." Nik replied easily but I could hear the pain in his voice.
"To what end, Niklaus? So you can live forever, with no one at your side? Nobody cares about you anymore, boy! What do you have other than those whose loyalty you forced? No one. No one." Mikael yelled at him and Nik's gaze but over to me for a second before looking back at his father.
"I`m calling your bluff, father. Kill her."
"Come outside and face me, you little coward. And I won`t have to."
"My whole life you've underestimated me. If you kill her you lose your leverage. So go ahead. Go on. Kill her. Come on, old man. Kill her. Kill her!" Nik screamed and I pressed my lips together in a straight line to keep from crying out or screaming in protest. Mikael started laughing and I frowned in confusion.
"Your impulse, Niklaus. It has and will forever be the one thing that keeps you from truly being great." Mikael said before stabbing Elena with a dagger.
"NO!" I screamed and turned to rush forward but Stefan grabbed me around the waist. Elena was laying on the ground dead and all I could do was looking at her fallen body. Damon appeared out of no way and stabbed Nik in the stomach with a dagger as well. I was frozen in Stefan's arm in shock as I watched in horror with my mouth open. Elena jumped up off the floor and I watched in confusion.
"Katherine..." I heard Mikael say and my mouth opened in surprise.
"Kaboom." Katherine said with a smile. She held up two grenades in her hands and threw them at the hybrids surrounding her. Damon was about to stake Nik in the heart with a white oak dagger but Stefan dropped me abruptly and hurried over to them. Stefan knocked Damon off of Nik and held him down on the ground.
"What are you doing?!" Damon cried out loudly but Stefan's attention was on Nik. Nik stood up and pulled the stake out of himself and drove it through Mikael's heart. Mikael's mouth opened in surprise as he burst into flames before dying. "What the hell did you do?" Damon yelled at Stefan as he stood up from the floor.
"He`s earned his freedom. Thank you my friend. You no longer have to do as I say. You`re free." Nik said as he uncompelled Stefan. I stood there in shock as to what just happened.
"What the hell just happened?!" I shouted at the two of them.