"Now close your eyes and open up your ears." Elijah instructed, he and Lily were currently in the woods that was located at the back of the mansion,
"Is that even possible? Opening up your ears?" she questioned, the Original gave her a dry look causing her to scoff. "These breeches are slightly itchy; perhaps I should go get another pair?" Lily uttered and went to walk off but Elijah's large hand clamped down around her wrist, he gently tugged her towards him.
"Lily do not think I do not know what you are up to." He murmured rubbing his thumb across the skin of her wrist.
Lily played dumb, "Sorry but I do not know what-"
"You are attempting to delay the inevitable." Elijah uttered, "You do not wish to feed on humans, so we are going for alternative, animals."
Lily sighed and idly played with the hem of his tunic he was sporting, "They're still living things…it'd be easier if blood is just give out in…bags or something." She groused, Elijah chuckled,
"Perhaps one day….but for now we have to make due." He said, and tilted her chin up, staring into her bright green orbs, "You need to feed and this is an alternative way."
Lily hummed and reluctantly nodded, he was right. Elijah leant down and pressed his lips against hers and kissed her. She smiled feeling the familiar sensation swooping down the pit of her stomach whenever the dark haired Original kissed her. A low growl rumbled through his chest when the new vampire pressed herself against him, he felt her soft breast against his hard chest. Their tongues danced in a battle of dominance, Elijah's hands fell to her hips and groaned when she pulled back, her lips latched onto his pulse point and she sucked. Elijah growled and pinned her to a tree trunk,
"You are a vixen." His eyes were dark with desire, Lily's lips were reddened and slightly swollen, and her porcelain was flushed pink. "Don't think I do not know what you are doing." He murmured, his voice was low and hoarse,
"What?" Lily panted, her chest heaved, he had captured both of her wrists with one of his hands.
Elijah quirked an eyebrow and stared down at her, and he leant down so that his lips were aligned with her ear. "You are attempting to seduce me in hopes of distracting me from what we set out to do. Which was to hunt." Lily huffed and sagged against him, knowing she had been busted. "We can carry on after we're done."
Lily licked her lips, and Elijah took a step back, the sun was bearing down on them, she glanced down at her daylight ring, it still somewhat marvelled her that this little piece of jewellery prevented her from burning in the sun. She was brought out of her musings when Elijah took her hand.
"Ok, Lily now close your eyes and open up your ears." This time the red head did as she was instructed, and felt all of her other senses opening up….it was brilliant, she could hear the birds chirping, the sound of rushing water that came from stream which was further down. "You are trying to pick up the sound of a strong heartbeat…"Elijah stood behind her, placing his hands on her shoulders. He knew that there were no humans around these parts, just group of deer, hares and rabbits…and many other small critters. Lily licked her lips and stiffened when she picked up the sound of a beating heart…"I've got one."
"Good. Now follow it." He instructed, the red head did just as he instructed, and a few moments later Lilly found herself crouching behind a bush with Elijah. They were currently watching a group of deer's
"Go for that one." The older vampire said in hushed tones, he was pointing at a feeble looking deer…the creature looked as if a run would be the end of it.
Lily swallowed nervously; Elijah could sense the anxiety coming off of her. "You can do this." He encouraged her. She nodded and slowly crept out of the bushes, it was a good idea to wear breeches she knew wearing a dress would make this impossible.
As soon as a twig snapped beneath her foot the animals scattered, Lily didn't waste any time and lunged at the deer that Elijah picked out and pinned it down. The animal let out a terrified shrieked and kicked its' legs out.
"Snap it's neck-"he ordered, but the red head struggled to do so…she'd be ending another life…despite it being an animal…her humanity found this to be intolerable, the Original stepped in. Elijah blurred forwards and snapped the animal's neck instantly killing it. Lily jumped and looked up at him.
"Descend your fangs." He crouched down opposite her, and tore some flesh off of the deer's throat revealing a bloodied mess.
The young vampire smelt the blood, and automatically the veins around her eyes darkened and she felt her fangs breaking through her gums. She sunk them into the flesh and drank, her finger clenched into the dirt covered floor, it wasn't as good as human blood….in fact it was horrendous. When she couldn't drink anymore, Lily pushed herself away and gagged.
"How do you feel?" Elijah asked reaching over to wipe some of the blood from her lips. Lily bristled, her gaze dropped down to the deer…the creature's eyes was wide open…unseeing, it unnerved her.
"Terrible." Lily admitted tearfully, Elijah didn't expect anything less, feeding knowingly was a traumatic event, and he knew that the red head would find it hard. He blurred around so he was in behind her, and pulled her against his chest. Lily buried her face into his chest.
"It'll get easier I promise you that." Elijah whispered into her ear. Lily nodded but the truth was she didn't know whether she want it to get easier.
Lily stepped out of her shower hurriedly since she could hear her cell ringing in the other room; she wrapped the towel around her wet form, and grabbed her cell. Her lips stretched into a grimace seeing the name flashing across the screen.
"Hello Carol." She greeted the mayor, and flopped down onto the couch. Lily didn't hate the woman, but she always seems to only call her when she needed something. "What can I do for you?" she asked.
"Lily-"Carol's voice filtered through the speaker, Lily rested one bare leg over the other, "today is the volunteer picnic for the historical society, and we're short staffed since Raymond's-"she was referring to one of the other teachers "had just had a baby. Most of the other staff are coming and we could really do with the extra hands…"
Lily sighed; she wanted to spend her day really in her back yard lounging in the sun. "Carol I really would love to but-"
"Now this is every guy's fantasy-"Damon smirked, and snickered when the older vampire jumped. Lily glared at him, "I had a dream ya know….but I was- naked as well." He smirked; she lobbed a pillow at him, and stifled her giggle when it hit his face. He blurred over to her and dropped down on the couch beside her, but not before placing her legs over his lap.
She forced herself to tune back in to the conversation that she was having with Carol…."I'd really appreciate it if you could come and help out…-"she batted Damon's roaming hand away, and whacked him upside the head when he tried to get his hand up underneath the towel.
"Could you hold on for a second Carol?" she didn't bother waiting for a reply, and pulled the cell away from her ear. "Damon-"she twisted his ear causing him to yelp in pain. "What the hell? You know that's sexual harassment?" she barked.
Damon groaned when she let go of his ear, "Alright…sorry plus I knew you'd be able to kick my ass." He drawled.
"Why are you here?" she asked.
Damon propped his feet up on the coffee table and attempted to touch her again, but she was quicker and evaded him, the red head opted to stand up.
"I know I'm asking a lot but can you not be a pervert for five minutes." She drawled, she knew she still had Carol on the line, so wanted Damon to spit out whatever he was going to say quicker.
"No fun." He mocked pouted and rolled his icy blue orbs when she gave him a stoic look, "gosh please don't tell me you're turning into a bigger buzz-kill…right since you're giving me 'the look' I'll tell…you should offer your services to Carol since everyone else would be here. Plus Mason Lockwood would be there…and you know that-"
"Hey Carol? I'll be there." Lily uttered into the phone, and hanged up.
Damon grinned "So my persuasion works?" he asked helping himself to some Bourbon but stopped seeing the look that the red head was giving him.
"No I just want you out of my home. And this is mine." She snatched the bottle of Bourbon off of me.
Damon sighed and shrugged his shoulders.
"What are you doing here anyway? Don't you have a doppelganger to stalk or something?" she cocked an eyebrow.
"Ha ha you're so funny." He said sarcasm oozed from him, Lily chuckled "You know what Lils…I can see up your towel from this angle." He smirked, and laughed when she launched the bottle of Bourbon at him.
"GET OUT!" the red head shouted.
"This is so boring…."Lily grumbled, she, and Jenna were grouped together as Alaric who had accompanied them went off to get them some drinks, they were at the Historical society volunteer picnic. The park was packed with teens and young adults, and a few older people.
"Lily don't be such a Debbie Downer, the sun is out and-"Jenna grinned, she was rather giddy more than usual, this didn't slip past the red head. "It's a glorious day-"just then Alaric returned with their drinks, the vampire thanked him and took a sip of the ice cold lemonade.
"You and Alaric had morning sex didn't you?" Lily asked bluntly and wasn't disappointed by their reactions; Jenna just gaped at her whilst Alaric choked on his beer.
"What-"
"Morning sex?" Mrs Gareth said loudly, she was only a few yards away from them. "Oh I miss that…Ted can't get it up anymore." She gestured towards her husband who was standing to her right; Lily pressed her lips together to stop herself erupting from laughter.
"Hey-WHAT?" Mr Gareth shouted rubbing his ear, Mrs Gareth rolled her eyes and tutted.
"He can't hear us. He's having problems with his hearing aid." She informed them.
"I CAN'T HEAR YA….I'M HAVING TROUBLE WITH MY HEARING AID." The elderly man yelled, Lily wasn't too surprised when she saw the looks they were getting from some of the crowd.
"Clarence stop shouting" the silver haired woman said loudly trying to quieten the man down.
Lily shifted getting slightly uncomfortable with the attention they were receiving.
"Should we just back away slowly?" Lily whispered to her two companions.
"Yep." Jenna whispered back, and they inched away so they were further back in the crowd, that had gathered around the small stage for the Mayor. "And next time can you not mention me and Ric having sex-"
Lily clutched her heart in mock "But then how would I know what's going on with you? my sex life is non-existent so I have to live vicariously through you." she grinned and giggled when Jenna playfully shoved her.
Alaric huffed "Woman say men are the ones who constantly talk about sex…that is so not true, since you and Jen yack about it all the time." He muttered.
Lily and Jenna laughed, the mayor appeared on the stage and tapped the microphone alerting everyone that she was about to begin. The vampire idly played with her necklace as Carol started to speak.
"Everyone thank you for coming." The mayor smiled down at the crowd. "This is all part of the historical society continuing effort to give back to the community. Thanks to the generous donation from the Fell family-"
"Ergh Fells." Jenna grumbled under her breath, Lily chuckled, "you know they're only doing this so they'll be the top founding family."
Lily hummed and nodded "I know…plus I thought you didn't care about all of that?" she glanced over to the other woman.
Jenna cleared her throat "I don't care." She denied, both Lily and Alaric saw through her lie and exchanged amused looks.
"Yet you just want the Gilberts to be on top?" Alaric smiled down at his girlfriend; it grew wider when she pouted.
"Oh gosh you two are so love sick. It makes me want to barf." She grumbled.
Jenna rolled her eyes "Well Scrooge maybe if you went on a date with someone then you won't be so miserable…come on it'll loosen you up." She grinned.
Lily cocked an eyebrow, this wasn't the first time that Jenna attempted to lure her onto the dating scene, before Alaric came along she and Jenna went along to a few bars out of town, to see if there were any fellas there…but whenever the red head attempted to go out with a guy by the end of the night she felt as if it was wrong, almost as if she was meant to be waiting for someone.
"I just realised something-"Lily cut Jenna off mid rant, "Elena and Jeremy are out, so the house is empty…what are you two still doing here?"
"You're right" Jenna hastily grabbed Alaric by the hand and dragged him off, to do god knows what. Lily shook her head, and could hear the hunter grumbling about not finishing her beer or something. Jenna and Alaric were still in that stage where they could barely keep their hands off of each other, the red head felt a small bout of jealousy shooting through her, she wanted that….she wanted that type of love….nowadays she felt lonely, sure she had Stefan, Damon and the others, but they didn't feel that void in her heart. She was brought out of her musings when the crowd clapped; she hurriedly clapped along as well.
"Lily." Carol called as she stepped off the stage, Lily waited for the human to come to her.
"Hi." The vampire smiled politely wondering what she wondering what the mayor needed for her. "I have some people here for you to meet. Come on." the vampire trailed after her, Lily was stumped when they came to a stop in front of a group of children.
"Erm…Hello" Lily smiled at the kids who waved at her. "Carol what's going on?" she turned to the mayor.
"Well" the brunette explained "They are volunteers and I think they need someone to guide them?"
Lily nodded, all the whilst thinking that Carol was using her as a babysitting service.
"Kids I like for you to meet Lily" Carol introduced her, as soon as she said the English teacher's name a hand shot up, the red head cooed internally seeing the blond little girl, she was adorable, and must be the youngest out of the group.
"Yes….Claudia?"
"Is…isn't lily a flower?" the four year old asked wide eye Carol nodded, "But she's a person…how can she be a flower?".
"No stupid that's her name-"one of the older kids scoffed,
"No name calling." The vampire snapped and glared at the preteen…she hated those ones, they were always so moody. "Git…and you're right it is a flower." She smiled down at the little girl, causing her to grin back.
The mayor grinned, "Well seems like you've got a handle on them. Just give them some jobs to do but nothing too-"
"Carol relax I teach teens, I got this." Lily assured Carole, she nodded and left, leaving behind a vampire and a group of kids.
Soon enough Lily had organised the kids, she had split them into smaller groups, in either threes or fours, and had managed to appoint them jobs, whether it be painting some of the fences or being in charge of the refreshment stands. The red head kept a close eye on them,
"Miss Lily" Claudia chirped,
"Claudia." She grinned at the six year old "You know you can just drop the Miss.-"
"But mummy said to call our elders….something…I can't remember. But I have to call you Miss." She said beseechingly, Lily smiled warmly at the blond, and knelt down in front of her
"How about I don't tell your mummy?" she winked, the vampire grinned hearing the little giggle come from the child, gosh she reminded Lily of Clara when she was young.
"Ok Lily." Claudia uttered, she was in awe at the nice lady…she found her to be kind and nice, plus her hair was so….different.
"Aren't you meant to be painting the fences?" Lily asked her.
Claudia scrunched up her nose…"I was but the older kids took all the paintings and….I didn't want to do it."
"Fair enough. I won't force you…how about…"the red head looked around, there were more people lingering around, she spotted Stefan and Mason talking, she'll speak to the other vampire about this after. "Oh…how about you help with the flower boxes?"
Claudia nodded eagerly, so Lily sent her off. When petite female saw that all her charges were busy and not getting into any trouble, she strolled over to Stefan, just as the werewolf walked away.
She just managed to catch the last few words from Stefan, and was pleased to have witness them shaking hands. So there was a shaky truce at the moment.
"Hey Lily."
"Stefan." She smiled at him, "Good to know that there is a sensible Salvatore after all." Stefan chuckled and nodded.
"No point of keeping up with whole alpha thing." The dark haired vampire uttered, "We both don't want innocent people to get hurt."
Lily nodded and folded her arms across her chest; she couldn't help but feel that there was something more to the werewolf's return. "And what happens if he doesn't hold true to the truce?" she asked him.
"If it comes to that I guess we have to just deal with it." Stefan uttered, "What's up?" he saw the somewhat troubled expression on the red head's face.
"It…something else is going on here." she said quietly. Her hand shot out and grabbed Damon's wrist before he could tug one of her curls. "Don't be so childish…or obvious." She added.
Damon rolled his eyes, "One day I'll surprise you-"Lily snorted "anyway what are you doing?" he asked, the questioned was aimed more at his brother.
"He is being smart." The older vampire exclaimed.
"How so?" Damon frowned; he followed their gazes and saw the retreating figure of Mason Lockwood.
"I'm negotiating peace on your behalf." Stefan replied,
"I don't want peace." The raven head vampire whined, causing Lily to snort.
"Well consider it opposite day." Damon moved around so he was in front of the pair.
"Do you two actually think that a handshake can solve all our problems?" he asked,
Lily cocked an eyebrow "No you ass…what's going to happen is the first chance Mason Lockwood gets. He will drive a stake right through here-"she tapped the spot of his chest where his heart resided. "And when that happens soon enough he'll go after Stefan…all because-"
"You had to take it upon yourself to piss him off." Stefan lightly slapped his cheek and stalked off. Lily cleared her throat, she was getting thirsty not for blood though since she made sure she was sated before she left the house.
"Damon you're about to get some very wise words from someone who is nearly four hundred years old."
Lily smiled sweetly, and couldn't resist toying with the arrogant vampire, she took several steps forwards, till her chest brushed against his. "Do you really want to hear it?" she purred into his ear. Damon bit back a groan and hastily nodded, he was itching to touch her.
"Oh yes." He groaned licking his lips.
"Well-"she smiled coyly, her lips brushed against the shell of his ear "try and not be yourself, then you'll piss less people off." Damon was abruptly brought back to reality when the older vampire punched his arm.
"Lily-"
"Don't pout; it looks ridiculous on a man your age." She tapped his nose, causing Damon to huff,
"Well you can help me get rid of the pout…by getting naked-"Lily however wasn't listening, she was too focused on a commotion that was going on behind him.
"No Freya-"the red head shouted "DON'T EAT THE GLUE!" Lily nearly shoved Damon aside as she ran off.
"And now you got worms in your hair…how?" Lily muttered to herself, she was sitting at one of the tables, with Claudia in her lap, she grimaced at the sight of the slimy creature…one thing she despised was creepy crawlies; she could never stand bugs even when she was human.
"Well-"Claudia took a massive lick from the ice cream cone that Lilly had gotten her. it did its job of stopping the six year old from crying, the red head pulled out a twig. "Marco was being mean Lyssa…and I told him you can't be a meanie-…and he should say sorry…-"she took another lick, Lily ran her fingers through Claudia's now clean hair. "And then…he dumped the pot on my head." She finished off.
Lily shook her head. "I should speak to his mom." She looked up since her light was being blocked. Elena and Caroline were standing in front of her, "Hi" she greeted the teens,
"Hey Lily, the mayor said you got some jobs for us to do." Elena uttered, smiling at Claudia who shyly ducked against Lily's chest.
"Right I do, Claudia go find Lyssa you two can go and check on those flowers for me." The red head smiled and set the six year old on her feet; she ruffled the child's hair and watched as she ran off. Lily stood up and smoothed down her dress.
"You're good with kids." Caroline commented,
"Yeah but glad I never had my own, they'll drive me mental." Lily said, she looked around and spotted what she needed. "We have fences to be painting, come on."
They walked across the grassy grounds, both Lily and Caroline were carrying the buckets of paint, whilst Elena was holding the brushes.
"So now she's in the running of the mother of the year." The new vampire ranted, Lily was now kind of regretting asking her how she was coping. The red head noted that the doppelganger seemed somewhat distracted. "And now I'm ranting you don't want to hear it-"
"Nope-"Lily uttered as they came to a stop at the fencing that needed painted. Elena elbowed the English teacher, "I mean no…no I love hearing about teen drama."
Caroline rolled her eyes, and the brunette snorted "You can't do sarcasm Lily." She grumbled.
"And you my dear are having trouble being calm." She resorted, Lily knelt down and plied opened the cans of paint. She handed one over to Elena and grabbed a brush, they started to paint.
"So what happened next?" Elena asked.
Lily glanced over her shoulder and saw that the kids she was put in charge of were still either working or running around. "Well I was a bitch." Caroline answered.
"Nothing new then?" the older vampire uttered, the blond flicked the paint covered brush at her, "No I like this dress." Lily huffed.
Caroline smiled and her eyes flew over to Elena, who was now wearing a frown on her face. "So how are you and Stefan doing? Anything?"
"You and Stefan?" Lily asked,
Elena swallowed; it'd be tricky lying to the red head, so when she replied she made sure to keep her eyes down. "I and Stefan are going through a rough patch…he said we needed some time apart since Katherine is lingering around." She replied,
The pale vampire idly painted the fence, "Huh….."Lily didn't buy it for a second, after everything they've been through they broken up? She was sure that wasn't the case, but she opted not to get involved in their relationship.
"We haven't spoken since the fight" Elena said "He keeps pushing me away because he thinks Katherine could get jealous enough to hurt me. I just don't know how to change his mind"
Lily looked over to her, "Well…Granny is a bit crazy and she will most likely end up hurting you. Stefan is being smart…"she commented, she stood up and dropped the brush into the pot of paint. Lily stretched her arms above her head and heard herr bones cracking.
"Stefan said and even Lily said that Katherine is dangerous, hell she threw Lily into the mirror. They've got a point." Caroline uttered, she felt awful being Katherine's little puppet.
"I know she's dangerous, and I know he's trying to protect me but it feels like giving up." Elena stated, "I just thought that we were stronger than that."
Lily smiled sadly, and patted her shoulder "Elena no relationship last forever, but if it's meant to be then it'll happen. Just give it some time." She said, and groaned when she saw Mark shoving one of the little kids over making them cry.
"Erm Lily I think you're needed." Caroline exclaimed,
The red head scowled "I hate that freaking kid. Always causing trouble…"she stalked off towards the two kids, Elena and Caroline watched on as she scolded Mark.
"We are so lucky she's not a violent person." The blond exclaimed seeing the red head scolding the boy "oh my god…she's going to make him cry." And sure enough Mark burst out into tears.
Lily returned and was grateful when the parents started to take over, she walked over to where she could see Caroline and Damon, the blond was still at the fences.
"Why are you standing around?" she asked coming to stand against the post. "You're meant to be working." She took a sip of the ice cold water.
"Taking a break and why aren't you working?" Caroline asked, she followed her gaze and saw that Damon and her were watching Elena and Stefan.
"Because I am supervising, plus I spent my morning surrounded by little demons." The red head exclaimed.
Damon snickered "I thought you liked kids?" he questioned, they were leaning against the side of the table.
"I do…but one can only stand their company for so long." Lily drawled, "So you two having fun trying to eavesdrop?" she questioned after a moment, seeing that both vampires seemed to have zone out.
"We're not eavesdropping…well I'm not but Damon could be." Caroline exclaimed, the older vampire cocked an eyebrow simply stating that she didn't believe her. Lily didn't bother to listen to the couple's conversation but she did see Elena gesturing towards Damon before walking off.
"Relationships are about communication." The raven head vampire said snidely causing Caroline to glare at him before leaving.
Lily scoffed "So you're not taking my advice? About not pissing people off?" she asked, Damon rolled his eyes
"Nope…so since it's such a sunny day how about we go and make use of my very big tub and-"Lily clapped her hand over his mouth.
"Careful Damon there are kiddies around" she waved her finger around pointing out the kids who were running everywhere. "Plus don't hit on one of your only friends. It's creepy and sad." Lily grinned and pecked him on the cheek, before making her way over to the area where the food was.
"Lils-"Damon shouted, causing her to pause "you missed my lips."
Lily wondered through the woods, and spotted Elena sitting on floor bunching up the grass. She dropped down beside the doppelganger, and handed the teen a spoon.
"I thought you might be here. And this might help." Lily said producing a tub of ben and jerry ice cream.
"Where did you get the ice cream from?" Elena asked,
"I have my ways. So what are you doing so far out?" she asked, the sun was still out, and Lily was glad she decided to wear a dress. She dug her spoon into the ice cream.
"Well I just wanted to be on my own." She shrugged her shoulders also digging her spoon into the cold treat; Lily plucked the spoon from her mouth and hummed.
"I get it." The red head nodded "It must be exhausting lying all day." This caused Elena to choke on the ice cream.
"What? I'm not lying-"
"Honey I know you, and I know yours and Stefan's drama is all for Katherine." she exclaimed, Elena looked panic stricken, Lily reached out and grasped her hand "don't worry I won't spill the beans." This made the doppelganger sag in relief.
"So you won't-"Elena stopped talking when Lily placed her finger against her lips, indicating for the teenager to be quiet.
"Caroline is coming, and your secret is safe." She murmured the last part, she slipped off her heels and dipped her feet into the running stream, and sighed feeling the cold water washing over her feet.
"Hey-"Caroline broke through the trees, and sat down on Elena's other side. "Are you ok?" she asked, taking Lily's offered spoon before helping herself to the ice cream.
"No." Elena replied, the red head vampire closed her eyes and revelled in the sun light.
"You know maybe it's for the best." Caroline exclaimed,
"It's not for the best Caroline; none of this is for the best." The brunette snapped, Lily forced herself not to roll her eyes…she found this little drama tiring…sure she was going to play along but she really honestly didn't care. Gosh she wished Jenna and Alaric were around, and then perhaps she'd be able to have some sensible conversation.
"Calm down Elena." Lily muttered.
"Right" Elena exclaimed "I don't mean to take it out on you. You're just being a good friend." She huffed, Lily's brows furrowed together, she knew that both Elena and Stefan knew that Caroline was being controlled by Katherine at the moment. It discerned her to hear the little digs the brunette was giving the blond vampire.
"No I'm not…I'm not being a good friend at all." Caroline admitted, Lily's eyes opened and she squinted because of the sunlight, wondering if the newly turned vampire would tell the doppelganger what was going on.
But that didn't happen, since they all got distracted when they spied Sheriff Forbes sneaking off. Caroline jogged after her with Elena on her heels; Lily quickly slipped on her shoes and easily caught up with them.
"What's going on?" Elena asked,
Lily followed Caroline's gaze, the sheriff was in a rush to get somewhere. "I don't know but something's up." The blond muttered.
Lily quirked an eyebrow, there were less people around now since the picnic was nearly over, so at the moment she wasn't needed anyway. "Well I guess we have to find out what's going on." she stated.
"Come on." Lily was taking the lead, she ignored the whines and complaints from the female teenagers, and they were going uphill at the moment. She reached the top and saw that Caroline and Elena weren't too far away.
"Where are you going?" Elena said she was breathless from their brief hike up the hill. "And Lily what are you doing?"
Lily placed her hands on her hips, now would be an ample time to teach the new vampire some skills. "Well this is the perfect place to hear better. Caroline I want you to do this-"
"Hear what-"
"Shush Elena." The red head hushed her "trying to teach here.-"the doppelganger immediately quietened down. "Well something is up with the sheriff, and you can easily figure it out. I want you to close your eyes and open up your ears." She instructed the blond vampire. Lily felt like she heard that saying before but brushed it off for the time being. Caroline did as she was told; unlike her Lily obviously didn't need to put so much concentration into this.
The older vampire could pick out the sounds of the lawnmowers, the laughter of the children and then she managed to zero in on Damon's voice, her lips downturned into a frown hearing him talking to Mason Lockwood of all people. She knew something was up, when she heard Stefan's voice.
Her eyes widened hearing gun shots, now she knew that they were in trouble.
"Oh god." Caroline breathed she heard it too, Elena grew worried when she saw the expression on both of their faces.
"What is it?" Elena asked.
"Damon and Stefan." Lily didn't bother to explain and ran off in the direction where the shots came from, Caroline swiftly followed after her.
Lily came to a screeching halt in the middle of a clearing, Caroline bumped into her, the red head grabbed her wrist to steady her. She could smell the blood in the air.
"What is it?" Elena questioned also coming to a stop, neither vampires were out of breath the way she was.
"They've been here." Caroline murmured,
"Follow your nose." Lily uttered, the young vampire did just that, and knelt down and swiped her fingers on some leaves, it left stains of blood on her fingers. "They're hurt." She muttered, her head snapped to the left hearing footsteps.
"What are you doing here?" Mason asked, his eyes darted over to the red head, he knew she was a vampire but he didn't have anything against her, no the real threat for him was Damon and Stefan Salvatore.
Lily's lips thinned "I could ask you the same thing." She uttered,
"I'm on trash duty." Mason replied taking several steps towards the group of females. Elena took some steps forward as well.
"Have you seen Stefan?" she asked.
Mason scowled "Yeah Elena I have."
"Well where are they?" the brunette was beginning to get even more worried. She could feel something bad was going on.
"Why don't you get your friends to sniff them out, does your mother know what you are? I can tell her if you want." Mason taunted Caroline; Lily knew that was one of the teen's biggest fear.
"Back off Mason." The red head sneered, she thought him to be decent at first, but her opinion of him was quickly spiralling downhill.
"I think I won't" he took them by surprised when he grabbed Elena, and brought his arm around her neck, pinning the girl against him.
Lily snarled and grabbed the younger vampire's wrist to stop her from jumping him. "Don't be stupid…necks snap easy around here." Mason threatened.
Lily rolled her eyes, her heart was pumping fast, she would've preferred to have sped off towards Damon and Stefan to get them out of whatever trouble they found themselves in. but now one of her descendants were being threatened which irritated her. She promised Clara she would look out for the rest of her line.
"I never thought you to be stupid Mason." Lily drawled, "You're a mutt that's only strong when the moon is full…I can take you, without a piece of hair getting out of place." She smirked,
Mason gritted his teeth, he didn't really know a lot about the red head, only that she was somewhat related to Katherine. "What makes you so sure?" he uttered.
Lily canted her head to the side before blurring forward, startling him enough to loosen his grip on the teenager, the vampire threw Elena towards Caroline, and hurled Mason across the clearing. Elena and Caroline watched wide-eye as Lily flew towards the werewolf, and slammed him down onto the forest floor, and held him down by the throat.
"Told you." she taunted "Honey I am nearing four hundred years old, you're puppy chow. You're going to have a killer headache."
Without further ado she slammed his head against the floor, instantly knocking him out, Lily stood up and smoothed down her dress.
"Lily that was awesome." Caroline grinned, Lily chuckled "You so have to teach me that."
"Right. Well come on." Once again they set off in a run in a brisk pace, Lily was forced to go at a slower pace since she knew Caroline wouldn't be able to keep up, the red head was following her nose, there was the distinct smell of blood and vervaine, alerting her that both Stefan and Damon were knocked out.
Lily felt the wind in her hair as she ran, she could hear voice nearby and came to a stop, she recognised this place, it was the old Lockwood cellar.
"They're here." she announced causing Elena and Caroline to come to a stop.
"Oh my god." Caroline gasped horrified, Lily frowned they heard the same thing. Liz was planning to kill both Damon and Stefan.
"What is it?" Elena asked, the red head noted that she seemed to be asking that a lot.
"My mom is going to kill them." Caroline cried,
"What?" Elena asked shocked and went to rush off but Lily grabbed her wrist and hauled her back "What are you doing? We have to stop them-"
"No offence but you're useless in this situation." The red head exclaimed, "I and Caroline will handle this." She said. "Come-"Lily only went down two steps when she saw that the other vampire hadn't moved.
"I can't-"Caroline said, Lily frowned in concern and didn't notice Elena sneaking off down the steps since she was so focused on the blond. "My mom will find out what I am."
Lily frowned "Caroline, if your mother finds out then-"
"She'll kill me. I-"
"And we can easily get rid of the vervaine in her system." She assured her "I-"the red head froze hearing a commotion coming from the cellar, she looked around and saw that Elena wasn't anywhere to be seen.
She growled in her throat "I told her-fine Care if you don't want to it's fine. I just hope you do the right thing" Lily turned on her heel and blurred into the cellar starling the group, she knocked out the gun from one of the deputy's hand.
"Lily-"Liz frowned "You're…you're a vampire?" she asked shocked at how fast the red head moved.
Lily cleared her throat "Yes. You're not going to kill them-"
"I will." The sheriff scowled and fired, Lily grimaced when she felt the bullet skimming her arm, and she didn't want to make a move yet since there was still someone pointing a gun to Elena's head. Before she could make a move, the creaky gate slammed shut. Caroline arrived, and unlike Lily she flew straight into action, the blond rushed towards the deputy who wasn't armed and savagely bit into his neck.
Lily rushed towards the other deputy and knocked him out, the red head wasn't one for killing, she saw Caroline was getting out of control. She'll drain the poor man
"ENOUGH" Lily roared pinning Caroline against the wall, the blond was out in full vampire mode and struggled against the smaller female's iron grip. "Calm yourself…."she said in a softer tone.
The young vampire seemed to come back from reality when she heard a small horrified gasp. Lily sighed in defeat, and looked over to Liz and knew that they had more to deal with. But first things first were to sort Damon and Stefan out.
"Oww." Damon groaned in pain, as Lily plucked another bullet from his leg. She dropped it to the ground,
"Quit being a baby." She drawled, and ignored the glare he thrown her way.
"Sorry I try not to whine so much when you're sticking your fingers in me." He said gruffly, Elena was tending to Stefan, whilst Caroline and Liz chose to remain silent and still. The elder vampire knew that the blond was incredibly anxious about her mother.
"Try that Damon." Lily stood up and moved over to the compelled human; since the deputies weren't part of the founding families they had no vervaine in their system. "I want you to offer Damon your wrist and allow him to drink from you. You will not feel any pain." She said catching his eye with hers; she saw her compulsion beginning to take affect when his pupils dilated.
The deputy moved soundlessly over to the vampire that was on the floor and let him drink. Lily stood close by not wanting Damon to drain the man. When he was full he pulled back, and the other vampire took his place, Lily smiled at the human, she could hear Damon telling Stefan he needed to drink but knew that wasn't going to happen since the younger Salvatore wasn't going to break from his diet. Lily bit into her wrist and pressed the gash against his lips, forcing the man to drink, right before her eyes she saw the wound healing up.
"Good." She said, her voice was calm and soothing. "Now you are going to go home and go to sleep, you won't remember anything from today. Now leave." The compelled deputy did just that, Lily had dealt with the other deputy earlier and had also compelled him to forget.
Lily moved over to a distraught Caroline, "Well this is the most unfortunate situation." Damon slurred "What are we going to do with you?" he turned on Liz.
"You won't tell anyone will you?" Caroline asked her mother; Lily sighed and folded her arms across her chest, "Mom? Mom? I know we don't get along, and I know you hate me. But you can't tell anyone about us." she gestured around the group of vampires. "But I'm your daughter and you'd do this for me…please…he'll kill you."
Lily straightened up when Damon stalked towards Liz. "Then kill me." Liz cried "I can't take it anymore-"
"But you were going to drag it out so painfully." Damon's eyes were hard.
"Damon-"Lily shouted when the younger vampire snatched the deputy up, Caroline cried out in anguish.
"Relax…no one is going to kill anyone." Damon rolled his eyes, "And kind of offended you lot think so little of me…you're my friend." He uttered, Lily's lips twitched into a smile hearing that.
"But we need to clean this up."
"We'll just have to wait till the vervaine leaves your system and you'll just forget about this." Lily explained she and Damon were currently in the cellar that was located in the Salvatore boarding house.
Elena and Stefan were upstairs waiting for Caroline to return with some of her mother's belongings. "Now just call your higher ups and tell them you won't be able to come in." she handed the phone over.
Damon and Lily leant against the wall, and watched as the sheriff did just that. When Liz was done she handed the phone back.
"I know it's not the ritz but it'll do." Damon said, the cellar was damp and cold. "You'll walk out a free woman though." The sheriff sat down on the edge of the cot, and frowned,
"Can you do me a favour and keep Caroline away from me?" Liz said not meeting their gaze, Lily frowned and caught sight of the blond vampire at the door. "I don't want to see her."
"She's your daughter Liz." Damon exclaimed fiddling with the phone.
What Liz said next upset Lily "Not anymore." The red head's jaw clenched at that and didn't miss the devastated look on the young vampire's face before she left.
"You are so, so wrong." Lily took several step forwards till she was standing right in front of the other woman. "Your daughter is still there. You should be there for her like any mother would be. She was killed Liz, someone killed her and you're lucky enough that she was strong enough to become what she is. If you hate your daughter and never repair this relationship it'd be the biggest regret of your life." Lily said, Damon got the feeling that she was referring from her own experience. "I'm off. Call me if something happens." She bid them goodnight and exited the cellar. Lily headed upstairs and saw a crying Caroline in the parlour.
"Care you want me to drive you home?" the red head offered,
Caroline sniffed "I can't go home…I'm scared." She admitted.
Lily moved forward, concerned was brimming from her "Why are you scared honey?" she asked, but the blond shook her head. "Talk to me." She sat down beside her,
"You can tell us anything." Elena said coming into the room, she sat down on the edge of the coffee table. "Why don't you want to go home?"
A sob tore from Caroline's throat; Lily wrapped her arm around the teen's shoulder pulling her close. "Because Katherine will be there." She confided in them, "She'll want me to tell her everything that happened today. She told me that I had to spy on you and report back to her." Caroline finally admitted,
Lily sighed and could feel the other vampire trembling, "I know. Lily said she saw you and Katherine talking, I've been so mad at you but then I tried to put myself in your shoes. Who did she threatened Caroline?" there was something that the other Petrova vampire was holding over Caroline's head.
"Matt. She threatened Matt." Caroline blurted out "And I'm so scared of her, so scared of her."
"You'd be a fool not to be." Lily uttered "Katerina isn't a vampire to be trifled with." She knew that, Katherine was a volatile creature and wouldn't hesitate to hurt innocent people.
"Why is she doing this?" Caroline asked.
"That's the million dollar question." Elena muttered, Lily held the younger vampire as she wept. Caroline wrapped her arms around her waist and was comforted by the familiar scent of the older vampire.
"Caroline you're more than welcome to stay at my place." Lily murmured,
"I'd like that." Caroline nodded, her voice was slightly muffled.
Lily nodded she did tell the young vampire that she was welcomed to come over any time, truth was that she'd preferred Caroline to stay somewhere where she felt safe, and if that was her home than so be it.
"So…I've come to a conclusion Klaus…you are totally crazy." Laughed Lily, she was still in New York and had been getting to know Niklaus, she found him to be somewhat of an enigma. They were at the top of one of the taller buildings in the city. The vampire had spent several days with the other male vampire.
"Come on love it's called having some fun." Klaus grinned down at her; they were standing right at the edge of the building,
"It's called being reckless and-"
"Fine. Be like that, you're just scared." He smirked,
Her mouth dropped open "No I am not-"
"Do it-"he dared her,
"Oh you're a smarmy vamp-"the red head grumbled, it was past midnights, so the streets of New York weren't too busy. "Really Klaus-and he's gone." She tutted, and witnessed Klaus leaping off of the building landing right on top of the other building.
"Come on-"he shouted at the top of his lungs, Lily cursed under her breath, she wasn't one to be reckless or impulsive, but something about him brought it out of her.
She took several steps back, before taking a running jump off of the building; she laughed loudly feeling the wind whipping through her thick tresses, it almost felt like she was flying.
Lily landed right on the edge of the other building; she slipped but was easily caught. Klaus grasped her hand and pulled her against his chest, her hand latched onto his shoulder to keep herself upright. She laughed,
"See sweetheart being a vampire isn't all doom and gloom." Klaus smiled down at her, brushing aside some of her curls away from her face. "So is it working?" he asked, for the last couple of nights Klaus had been taking her out and showing New York,
"Yes, you're reminding me what it is to have fun." Lily smiled, "Thank you." Klaus chuckled and nodded, "But you're still an arrogant sod."
He smirked "I know that already." She laughed, and her breath hitched in her throat when he ran a finger down her cheek.
"I just want you to be happy." He murmured, Lily's smile faltered, times like these she felt like she knew him from somewhere before…but that couldn't be the case could it? His eyes glinting with emotion, "Would you hit me if a stole a kiss from you?" he whispered, the moon shone down on them.
Lily felt an emotion bubbling up within her, she felt something for him…he was something special. "No." she whispered back, that was all he needed to hear before he leant down and kissed her on the lips. Lily felt as if fireworks were going off, she kissed him back, and let out a delighted moan when he slipped his tongue into her mouth. Desire ripped through her when a low growl rumbled from within his chest.
Klaus pulled back, and he rubbed his thumb across her plump bottom lip, she stared up at him, her eyes were dark and full of lust and something else.
"You don't know how long I've wanted to do that." His voice was low and husky, "So long." before she could blink his lips were on hers again.
AN: Apologies for any grammar or spelling mistakes. Outfit link of profile. Thanks to those who reviewed.
So in this chap-At the beginning we see Lily and Elijah in the woods, he is teaching her to hunt. Damon arrives at her house and can see up her towel, Lily gets dragged to the picnic, where some brief Jenna and Alaric interaction. Lily gets put in charged of kids, she knows Stefan and Elena are faking their fight. Mason attacks Elena, Lily comes to the rescue, and she has to take control of Caroline. Caroline comes to stay at Lily's place after she tells them that she's scared of Katherine. A flashback of Lily and Klaus at the end, Klaus is teaching Lily to have fun, and they kiss.
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