"So another exciting little town." Lily muttered gazing out of carriage window; they were passing tree after tree, she, and five of the Originals were all heading into a new town. At the moment she was sharing the carriage with Kol and Rebekah, whilst Elijah and Klaus were in a different one, most likely discussing important matters or something.
"Cheer up darling." Kol smirked he was sitting opposite her as Rebekah sat to her right. "New town means fresh blood….oh and there's the woods for that odd little bunny obsession you have." He added.
Lily rolled her emerald green orbs, and sniffed. "Excuse me just because I don't want to kill innocent people doesn't mean I'm odd." She glared at him; she leant back against the cool wood.
"I'm not criticising sweets, I find it….adorable." Kol grinned, the red head glared at him and looked away, and she could see that they were nearing the town, as they passed several mansions along the way. One thing Lily learnt from staying with the group of elite vampires is that they tend to do everything in style. So she wasn't too surprised when the carriage finally pulled up to the grand looking mansion that was on the outskirts of the town. Sooner or later she reckoned that they would host a ball for the town to make the townsfolk become aware of them.
"Did Klaus get the most-"
"Expensive mansion in the area? Yes." Rebekah smiled, the carriage door swung open bathing the carriage occupants in sunlight. Kol exited first who was then followed by Rebekah. Lily clamoured out of the carriage and stumbled over the hem of her dress. She wasn't accustomed to such fine wear compared to Rebekah, by no means was her family poor but since they were so far out in the countryside, that they received any visitors, so it left her to wear more of her simple dresses, something which she preferred. Before she could fall though, a firm grip was around her waist.
"Ever so clumsy are we not Lillian?" Elijah murmured, burying his nose in her scarlet hair.
"And you are ever so punctual Elijah." She smiled back, and pressed a soft kiss on to his cheek. He attempted to capture her lips but she dodged him.
"Lily-"
"Not in the open." Lily tutted, the dark haired Original found it delectable that the red head could still get so shy about showing affection in a public place. He didn't know how to ease her into things still. It also discerned him to know that she only fed from animals, he knew sooner or later that would catch up to them.
The young vampire gazed around at the large grand mansion and couldn't help but smile. "So Klaus certainly has style…this is our new home?" she looked up at him.
Elijah grinned and tightened his hold onto her hand before bringing the backs of her knuckles up to his lips and kissed them.
"It most certainly is our new home….now I believe we should see how are our chambers are." Elijah smirked, a devilish glint in his eye.
Soon enough they had settled into the mansion. Lily yawned and stretched her arms above her head as she padded barefooted across the stone floor. She had woken up earlier that night to a sleeping Elijah beside her. The red head was thirsty and she didn't want to wake him so she opted to go find her own meal tonight.
She did remember him saying that he had bottled some animal blood for her. Lily walked quietly through the empty hallways and shivered when a cool breeze hit her skin her eyes glanced over to the flickering candles as she rounded the corner. Lily stopped when she walked passed a door, it was slightly ajar. Her heightened hearing picked up the sound of quiet slurping a whisper of a groan.
Ever so curious she moved towards the door, and peeked inside, she swallowed seeing Klaus feeding from one of the maids. Her bright green eyes were drawn to the red liquid that dribbled down the woman's throat. She inhaled and was greeted with the intoxicating smell….oh god that did smell delicious. Lily's fangs began to ache, a small gasp left her mouth. That was enough to attract Klaus's attention.
"Don't be shy Lillian come in." He cajoled her, the younger vampire bit her plump bottom lip slightly, she was tempted to turn on her heel and run back to Elijah. "Lillian come in…."he said in an even more firmer tone.
Lily did just that and entered the room; she was drawn in by the fresh delicious smelling blood. She could feel her face changing and held up her hand to cover her red reddened eyes. But before she could, a large warm hand clasped over her hand and tugged it down. She blinked seeing Klaus standing right in front of her, there was a strange look in his eye.
"It's nothing to be ashamed of Lillian. There is no need to hide yourself." He uttered, his breath fanned across her skin, she could smell the metallic tang of human blood.
"But…I can't-"she swallowed
"You are a vampire, you are meant to feed from humans." Klaus tugged her towards the compelled woman.
"No-"last time she had fed from a human, she had killed him. Lily couldn't risk it again. "I can't-"
"But you want to." Klaus murmured standing behind her. "You can do this Lillian….I believe you can. That animal diet will just make you weak. You cannot be weak….you can't" the red head frowned,
"Klaus-"
But the fair head Original didn't listen and gestured for the maid to come over, till she was standing right in front of the petite woman. Klaus stood behind her. "I'll be right here Lily." He uttered and reached over her shoulder and pushed the woman's hair aside revealing the creamy expanse of the woman's throat.
Lily felt the fiery sensation building up inside her throat. "Just breathe it in…"he whispered into her ear. She did as she instructed and felt the undeniable bout of hunger coursing through her system. "And exhale…"she did just that. Klaus's fingers grazed the nape of her neck. "Now lean forward and press your lips against the wound." Lily hummed and tasted the sweet nectar she swallowed a mouthful and moaned ever so slightly. She was oblivious to Klaus's fingers digging into her soft flesh. She took another mouthful.
"Hear that Lily." Klaus hummed into her ear, his lips brushing the shell of her ear. "That is her heart-"Lily could hear the woman's steady heartbeat. "Sync it with yours as you drink." He told her, idly twirling his finger around one of her loose curl. Lily did as she was told and drank more from the woman, her grip tightened on the maid.
"Lily that's enough…"Klaus advised, he could pick up the sound of the maid's heartbeat slowing down.
Lily though only wanted to feed; she forced herself away hearing the woman gasping. She licked her lips and breathed heavily as she held the woman up. "Now give her your blood and compel her to forget." Klaus was adamant about wanting Lily to feed properly, it made her able to defend herself.
The red head bit into her wrist and pressed it against the maid's lips, when she had a small sips Lily pulled back. Now was time for the compulsion to happen. Lily caught the woman's gaze, "You are to forget about this night, and return to your chamber." She compelled her. When the woman left a triumphant smile flew across her face. She turned in glee and looked at Klaus.
"I did it." Lily had her first successful feed.
"Congratulat-"Klaus grunted when she launched herself at him. She hugged him tightly, his arms automatically came around her.
"Thank you-thank you so much Klaus." she uttered and pressed a kiss to his stubble cheek. "I have to tell Elijah." With that Lily blurred off, she didn't see the dejected look on Klaus's face, nor the way his hand lingered on his kissed cheek.
"You know I gave you that key for emergencies." A familiar voice rang throughout the empty Gilbert kitchen, there was only one occupant at the moment though, was busy at the moment rummaging through the cupboards.
"It's ironic right? I swear I heard that somewhere before…oh wait it was me." Lily grinned spinning around so she was facing Jenna. She didn't miss the flustered state of the strawberry blond haired woman, or the disarray of her clothes. That only meant one thing; Jenna had a certain someone over. Lily's heightened hearing could pick up the sound of footsteps on the staircase.
"Have a good day Ric." She called, Jenna's cheek flushed pink, a second later a sheepish looking history teacher appeared in the doorway.
"Hi I was-"he mumbled,
Lily cocked an eyebrow and folded her arms across her chest, "He was just fixing the…the toilet it's blocked" Jenna exclaimed "And now he has….good job Ric bye."
Lily smirked and nodded, not believing a word that was coming out of her best friend's mouth. "Right…well your story would be believable if Ric's flier was done up." Alaric's eyes bugged out and looked down; sure enough his zip was undone.
"Right…well catch you guys later." He dropped a kiss on his girlfriend's cheek before leaving.
"Oh shush you." Jenna threw a dish-cloth at the red head, "What are you doing here anyway?" she asked pushing Lily aside so she could get to the cupboard.
"Well I have an emergency of course." Lily declared leaning against the counter.
"And that would be?"
Like the last couple of days in Mystic Falls, the sun was shining and the sky was clear. "Tea?" she uttered and pulled out two mugs from the cupboard, whilst Jenna put the kettle on. Before Jenna was never one for drinking tea but Lily had managed to get her into it, she preferred Ginger tea though.
"Tea? You don't have-"
Lily rolled her eyes and plucked the pot from the shelf and dropped the tea bags into the cups, "Well I have good alcohol, and didn't think of buying tea. Anyway forget that, why were you trying to sneak Ric out?" she asked, Jenna grabbed the sugar pot and slid it over to the red head,
Jenna grinned at the mention of her boyfriend; Lily smiled knowingly, "What?" she asked.
"You are so smitten" Lily uttered as Jenna handed the hot water, she poured herself some before pouring the rest of the contents into the other cup.
"Shut up-"she whacked the other woman,
"Aww…Jenna and Ric sitting in a tree…how does it go again?" Lily muttered under her breath, "Ah right…K-I-S-S-OWW" she yelped when Jenna whacked her in the arm, "What the hell?" she glared at the taller woman.
"You're teasing me-"Jenna huffed.
Lily's jaw dropped at that "You seriously are craz-stop hitting me-"she easily dodged out of the way of Jenna's next attack. "You're such a child-"she grumbled.
Jenna snorted "Says the woman who refused to go home after watching the Exorcist-"she sniggered seeing the red head blushing.
Lily pouted "What? That little girl is scary…when she did that head thing-"she shuddered and took a sip of her tea. "Forget about that, why is Ric sneaking out anyway?"
Jenna licked her lips and took a sip of her own hot beverage, "Well it's hardly appropriate…Elena and Jeremy seeing their teacher the night after."
Lily shrugged her shoulders, "They're not stupid, teens do know about sex." Jenna nodded and was about to reply but before she could her cell rang, just as the red head's own cell rang. The vampire sighed seeing whose name was flashing across the scene.
"I'm going to take mine outside." Jenna said, Lily didn't detect the flat tone her voice had taken; she was too focused on her own caller.
The red head answered the phone. "Carol." She plastered a smile onto her face. "What can I do for you?"
"Well…"the mayor replied, and then went onto explain that they needed more hands at the Lockwood mansion, to help set up the masquerade ball, once again the brunette mayor pulled the usual card when it came to Lily. They needed help; the red head said she'll be there since she didn't have a lot to do today.
She hanged up and looked at the time, Lily had also volunteered Jenna to come and help out. The red head finished off her tea in one gulp and walked down the hallway just as the front door opened.
"Hey Jen." She smiled at the other woman, and frowned seeing her eyes were slightly glazed. "You ok?" she asked, seemingly to have snap Jenna out of her odd mood.
"Hi…"
"So Carol called and you're coming with me to Lockwood mansion to help out-"Lily declared, and saw that Jenna opened her mouth to no doubt protest but the red head cut her off. "No you're coming its fair anyway-"she grinned, and pulled open the front door.
"How?" Jenna huffed, the vampire wouldn't put it pass the grown woman to pout…they do what best friends do…bring out their childish side.
"Because you drag me to loads of crappy events, now it's your turn." Lily smiled, "Well I'm gonna go get dressed-"the vampire was only dressed in her nightclothes and robe. "And I'll pick you up." She turned on her heel and smiled hearing Jenna grumbling under her breath. Lily just stepped off the porch and her heightened hearing picked up the sound of giggling and a groan. She rolled her eyes knowing that it was Stefan and Elena. They really needed to quieten down if they wanted to keep their rouse up.
"Where did you even get that from?" Jenna asked, she and Lily were currently at Lockwood manor, slap bang in the middle of the foyer. There were caterers, decorators and volunteers milling around
"I can be very persuasive" Lily smirked and took a sip of her wine, the strawberry blond haired woman cocked an eyebrow.
"You do know you sound kind of like you're selling yourself." Jenna commented idly Lily rolled her eyes.
"Such a good friend aren't you?" the vampire said sarcastically, "insinuating that I'm a whore."
"Nope…I'm saying it." Jenna grinned, eyeing the wine "Now-"
"Ah huh-"Lily grinned "you're not getting any, one of us shouldn't be tipsy…"she smirked and raised it to her lips, but Jenna attempted to snatch it away "Jesus Jen, what the hell-"
"Give me some. I hate bloody events-"
"Says the woman who always goes for it-"the pair of women were still in the foyer and were gathering quiet a crowd of spectators,
"Please Lily-"Jenna whines,
"No-"and downed it just as she pushed Jenna back, causing the other woman to glare at her,
"You are so evil-"Lily grinned and glanced around seeing some of the other residents of Mystic Falls looking at them. "Well…don't you have work to be doing? Chop chop-"she clapped her hands,
"Oh Lily so glad you're taking charge." Carol beamed, Lily's eyes widened briefly and she quickly hid the empty wine glass behind her back.
"Just doing my bit Carol." She smiled politely at the mayor, Jenna snickered but an elbow to the ribs shut her up, she attracted Carol's attention.
"Oh Jenna thanks for helping to wrangle some volunteers." She uttered, Lily leant her hip against the table, together her and Jenna did manage to get some more help for the masquerade ball, she wasn't going to lie though she enjoyed this party…the idea of dressing up and sporting a mask didn't regularly happen in Mystic Falls.
"Of course, it's for a good cause…plus I'm a sucker for the masquerade ball." Jenna laughed,
"So was Richard…"Carole muttered, Lily smiled sadly at the woman, sure the man was a major dick but she did love him. "It was his favourite event."
"Hmm well you're doing a great job." Lily said encouragingly, causing the mayor to smile. Just then Tyler and Matt stumbled in; they were both carrying a heavy wooden table.
"Boys be careful with that. That's from the 1800s be careful with that…excuse me…"Carol rushed off, Lily grinned
"That is so not from the 1800s" she whispered to Jenna causing her to giggle,
"Right…so who did you managed to convince someone to get you some wine?" Jenna asked, as Lily hid the empty glass behind a potted plant.
"Oh…nope, not gonna tell." The vampire tapped her nose, causing Jenna to roll her eyes and shove her. Making the red head push her back. "You're meant to be the mature one…"Lily smoothed down her top,
"And you're meant to be a teacher." Jenna quipped back; Lily hummed and spotted Stefan in the next room,
"Stefan-"she greeted the younger vampire,
"Hi…"he smiled at the pair,
"I'm cooking dinner tonight, Ric would be there...you and Lily should come…"Jenna offered,
"I'd love to. But I'm planning a nice quiet night in." the red head stated, she just wanted an evening of doing nothing…sometimes that was the most relaxing thing to do.
"Right…"Jenna waved her off and looked over to Stefan "And you?" she asked.
"Erm…"Stefan shifted and sighed "Oh…erm Elena and I….are taking a pause." He lied, Lily cocked an eyebrow he definitely needed to work on his acting skills.
"Really?" Jenna asked in disbelief "Because that's not what it sounded like this morning." Lily's eyes widened ever so slightly, so now Jenna was on to their rouse. She didn't miss the brief look of panic crossing Stefan's face. The strawberry haired woman smiled. "Light sleeper….you know what I heard nothing. Catch you later Lily." She said before walking off.
Lily nodded and as soon as she left, the older vampire reached over and slapped Stefan upside the head.
"Oww…"he grunted, "What-"
"Seriously, keep it in your pants while Katherine is around." Lily uttered crossing her arms in front of her chest, "otherwise your little plan is going to go down the drain."
Stefan rubbed the back of his head "Fair point…"he grumbled, "so really quiet a night in huh?...you and Damon not going to binge or-"
"Stefan, we're responsible drinkers." Lily smiled serenely, but rolled her eyes seeing the look that the younger vampire was shooting her.
"Fine…fair point. We do tend to indulge ourselves at times." Lily said, and her attention was drawn to the window that was behind Stefan, she spotted Elena and Bonnie walking off, the doppelganger was most likely going to fill in her best friend.
"So you're-"
"Why the hell is that kid using one of the lanterns as a football…sorry Stefan." Lily rushed off towards the back doors; Stefan glanced over his shoulder and watched on in amusement as the red head started to scold the footballer.
"And this is the last crate." Lily grunted placing the crate of glasses on the table, as Stefan was sorting through them, she had moved outside to sort the wineglasses and other parts out.
"You're meant to be keeping up appearances of being human and carrying glasses-"
"Makes me a strong woman, and there's not that many in there." Lily said, glancing down at her watch, she had about half an hour left before she could make her getaway. Stefan chuckled
"Are you that bored?" he asked.
Lily smiled, there were a few volunteers scattered around, "There's only so many times that a three hundred year old plus could do the same thing over and over without getting bored." She pulled some glasses out "so how's your dose of daily human blood going?" she asked.
Stefan swallowed, "It's hard…but I'm getting there. I don't feel the same urge to rip someone's throat out all the time."
Lily grinned and nodded "Well that my dear fellow is something…you know Stefan if you ever need help you can come to me. Caroline is doing well and-"
"She's doing more than well, I reckon Caroline is one of the most well controlled newbies ever."
"And that's because of my teacher style." Lily winked, causing him to laugh "But the offer is always there." She added,
"Thanks Lily, that means a lot." Stefan said sincerely, she smiled and the pair of vampires got back to work.
Personally Lily didn't really understood Stefan's blood choice, she knew he had trouble keeping control of himself, but the worst thing to do was to completely ignore it, which is exactly what Stefan seem to have done when he completely bypassed human blood and went for animal blood, he should be doing what Caroline had done, dealt with it straight on. Lily knew it wasn't easy, she remembered that she seemed to have trouble with blood at the beginning, but for some reason she had got through it…the red head felt like someone important had helped her.
She was brought out of her musings when Stefan lightly elbowed her, she followed his gaze and saw Mason Lockwood strolling towards them, her lips morphed into a frown.
"Hey Stefan, Lily." He greeted them, as if nothing was wrong.
"Hi…"the red head drawled, clearly the werewolf didn't expect to see the Salvatore vampire
"Hey Mason." Stefan nodded, as Mason placed the box on one of the tables.
He turned to face the pair "I wasn't expecting to see you here Stefan." He uttered.
"Yeah…well that's probably because you had set him and Damon up." Lily quipped cocking an eyebrow, her eyes were hard.
"Yeah…sort of a little accident…"Stefan murmured handing a glass over to the red head, she set it down with the others. "I'm all better now."
Mason frowned and stalked over to them. "Where is Sheriff Forbes?"
"We killed her-"
"Lily-"
"Kidding, she's safe and sound and won't remember a thing." The red head informed him,
"She's fine." Stefan nodded "but from now on you're going to have to do your own dirty work?"
"Not a problem-"Mason went to walk off but Lily grabbed his wrist, he attempted to hide his wince at her bruising grip, but she didn't relent.
The petite woman leant forward, so her lips were right beside his ear. "Do not make the same mistake again Mason, next time a kick to the groin wouldn't be all that you'd get." Mason hastily nodded and left, "What?" she saw the expression on Stefan's face.
"You are aware one bite from him, and it'll kill you." Stefan uttered,
Lily scrunched up her nose in irritation "Only once a month….he'll be able to do that. Plus Mason isn't stupid enough to go up against three vampires…well I hope he isn't." she added under her breath, and picked up the empty crate.
"Why?" Stefan asked.
"Because that man is way too good looking to be killed….and he's Jenna's friend." Lily answered "now…I apparently I have more people to boss about. You'd think that since this is Carol's event she'd do more." she uttered "oh and if anything comes up let me know." She added on, and noticed Bonnie further ahead, neither she nor Stefan missed the way the witch bumped into the werewolf, Lily frowned seeing the look on the Bonnie's face. Something was going on.
"Bonnie?" the English teacher approached her student, with Stefan on her heels. "What's up?" she asked.
Bonnie pressed her lips together, knowing she'd have to tell the pair "When I touched him, I saw something…"
Lily licked her lips, whenever a witch had a vision it wasn't such a good thing. "What?" she asked, Stefan shifted in interest.
"Like a vision?" the younger vampire asked.
Bonnie nodded, "I saw Elena…he was kissing her…"
Lily whistled "Damn…lucky-and Stefan doesn't approve."
Stefan shook his head, a breeze passed over them, Lily picked up the scent of pizza no doubt Matt and Tyler were slacking off somewhere.
"No Elena wouldn't be kissing Mason…"
"Someone she looks like will be. Katherine." Lily deduced, "But why would she and Mason be in cahoots?"
"No clue." Stefan frowned, lines appearing on his temple, "but they're up to something." Bonnie nodded,
"Right…and we have no idea of what."
Lily sighed and ran her fingers through her thick hair, of course Katherine can't have a day off. There's always some drama going on Mystic Falls, she wouldn't mind going on vacation right now…but that was definitely out of the question, as they all knew what Katherine was capable of.
"Damon!" Lily called catching sight of the raven head vampire, she and Stefan had split up to look for the elder Salvatore, knowing that they needed to fill him in,
"Hello sexy." Damon smirked, "looking mighty fine in those shorts, and that shirt does-"
"Honey you're not country, you can't pull off 'mighty fine'" the red head cut him off, and quickly sent a text to Stefan, telling him to meet her and Damon at the back of the manor. "come on-"she grabbed his wrist dragging him away from the crowd.
"Oh Lils…you're rough I like that." Damon smirked and winked, Lily cocked an eyebrow.
"Are you done being your pervy self?" she drawled,
Damon gnashed his teeth causing her to smirk. "Honey…I can eat you up-"he purred leaning close.
Lily hummed "And I can easily rip your heart out. Now stop being a pervert…if this is how you are with Alaric…well then…I can seriously tell you he doesn't swing that way."
Damon huffed "I'm not gay-"
"Nothing to be ashamed of…"Lily grinned
"I am not gay I can prove it-"
"Please don't-"Stefan appeared hurriedly making his way towards the pair of vampires.
"So buzzkill-"he was referring to Stefan "What is it?" he asked, Lily glanced up at the sky it was nearing two in the afternoon. Her heightened hearing could pick up the sound of music being played in the background, and people chatting. She could make out Carole's voice and forced herself not to sigh hearing the woman.
The younger vampire gave his brother run down of what they had learnt. "Wait Mason is with Katherine?" he asked.
"Apparently so…they're plotting something." Lily said, and she really didn't know what. They were foolish not to link the two. She hopped onto the wooden table as Stefan and Damon paced the floor.
"We missed it, she got right into town just as he did." Stefan said,
"But what would a werewolf want with a vampire?" the red head asked, swinging her legs back and forth,
"Mason Lockwood though?" Damon asked "What does he have besides the werewolf thing?"
Lily snickered, "He's dreamy looking" she pitched in. and ignored the scathing look the raven head vampire shot her.
"Seriously? You'd turn me down for him?" the older Salvatore questioned "have you seen this? A blind woman wouldn't turn me down." He gestured to himself.
Lily grinned in amusement "Arrogant much-"
"Part of my charm." Damon declared. "But serious Mason-"
"I would if I could…you're too much-"
"Hotness? Sexy? Bad-ass-"
"Of an arse for me." Lily finished off, and flicked a bottle lid at him, Stefan shook his head
"You two are weird." Stefan muttered earning incredulous looks from the pair.
Lily rolled her head and shoulders back, she sighed hearing them crack ever so slightly. "Says the vampire who doesn't like blood-"Damon commented.
"Can we get back to the topic?" Stefan huffed "And would you quit with the eye-thing?" he added. Damon looked at him in confusion.
"No…no eye-thing…"Damon uttered, Lily tucked in a stray curl, "anyway she's got to be using him." he said talking about Katherine and Mason.
"But what for?" Lily asked, coming back to town with a werewolf, she was clearly up to something. Her eyes caught Damon's "you know something. What is it?"
Damon sat down beside the red head "Mason Lockwood is looking for the moonstone, that can allegedly break the full moon curse." He supplied, the skin between her brows puckered at that.
"Maybe Katherine wants it as well." He shrugged his shoulders.
"She is aware though that a single bite will kill her?" Lily said, "There's more…"
"But no idea what." Damon declared leaning back slightly "that's the beauty of Katherine, she's always up to something."
Lily cleared her throat, and felt her cell vibrating in the pockets of her shorts. "So how are we going to get the moonstone?" Stefan asked.
"Jeremy is getting it from Tyler." Damon told them, Lily shot him a look, "What?" he asked seeing the disapproving looks.
"You got Jeremy involved? What is wrong with you?" Stefan muttered and stalked passed them, Lily hopped onto her feet.
"You're an arse." The red head stated and slapped him on the arm. Damon trailed after them "oh and you do have a weird eye thing by the way." She added.
"What?" Damon called after her.
"So Tyler doesn't know about vampires…"Lily commented, she, Stefan and Damon were standing on the stone steps overhearing Jeremy's and Tyler's conversation.
"Or werewolves, so he has no clue where the moonstone is." Damon finished off, "come on." the three vampires headed further away from the assortment of people so they could get some privacy.
"Bonnie-"Lily grabbed the witch's hand as they walked passed her, they'd be needing her help, plus the red head felt that it was only right that she was in the loop.
"Lily- what's going on?" Bonnie asked her English teacher, she glared at the raven head vampire.
They came to a stop, from the corner of her eye she could see Stefan tapping away at his phone,
"We need a favour" Damon told her shoving his phone into his pocket.
"Like that's going to happen." Bonnie scoffed; it was no secret that the witch despised the raven head vampire.
"So predictable, that's why I brought them…plus I'm sure Lily can boost your grade up." He added Lily rolled her green eyes.
"I get why she doesn't like you." she muttered, Damon shoved her,
"Look, I get why you don't want to help us…"Stefan said playing mediator, "But since you're the one who linked Mason with Katherine, we've got the opportunity to get one up and find out what's going on, so just here us out."
Just then Stefan's cell ran, "I have to fill Elena in on what's happening, Lily make sure Damon behaves." He added,
"Thanks for thinking so highly of me brother." Damon drawled,
"He does have a point" Lily said, she looked over to the witch "Bonnie…it's completely fine if you don't want-"
"But it'd be better if you do." Damon threatened, gaining incredulous looks from the pair of females.
"Yeah…no wonder you're not that great with the ladies." Lily muttered under her breath,
"Look all you have to do is touch Mason again." The raven head vampire said, as Stefan shuffled away as he was filling Elena in on the plan. "And tell us what you see of Katherine." he finished off with a grin.
"My visions don't work like that," Bonnie exclaimed.
"Well how inconvenient for you-"Damon sniped.
"Don't be a dick, she can send you on your knees." Lily defended the witch, causing her student to smile, she was one of the only vampires that Bonnie truly welcomed, never in Lily's time in Mystic Falls had she forced Bonnie to do anything she didn't want to nor did she make her feel so uncomfortable, like the Salvatores had done in the past.
An idea hit Damon like a ton of bricks as he heard the older vampire's words. "Lily's right you got your witchy juju….where my head feels like its exploding."
"It's a brain aneurysm…"Bonnie replied with a slight smile on her face.
"Huh is it just exclusive to vampires?" he asked,
Lily frowned wondering what he was up to, she pulled out her cell feeling it vibrate it once again, she glanced down at the screen and saw Jenna's name flashing across it, this was the second time she had called her, the red head opted to send it straight to voice mail, deciding to catch up with her friend later.
"Is it just exclusive to vampires?" he asked.
"Really?" Lily countered,
"I'm not going to help you hurt him." Bonnie stated, Damon eyes narrowed and they darted between them
"Are you kidding me?" he said incredulously "Mason is a werewolf and Katherine is evil, they're the bad guys." He uttered, Lily knew that her great grandmother was more than evil but she wouldn't put her in the same boat as Mason. "Really you're going to play morality police with me? Let me put it in another way…they're a danger to Elena. You witch are going to get over yourself and help us." he snarled, Lily scowled at him.
"He meant it as a suggestion." Stefan said coming back to them, "Please-"
"Bonnie-"just then Lily's phone rang again, she sighed and pulled it out, "It's Jenna…I should take this…Bonnie it's up to you." she added and turned on her heel leaving the trio behind. "Hey Jen what's up?" she asked stepping back into the backyard where volunteers were still milling about.
"Where've you been?" Jenna said from the other end
"Just helping out." Lily improvised on the spot, she stood on the tips of her toes so she could attempt to find the other woman, "where are you?" she asked.
"Inside, hurry up."
"You're so bossy…and a bit bitchy…"she added,
"What-"
"Nothing, see you in a second." Lily hastily hanged up, and headed back inside of the manor, she arrived inside the front room and saw Jenna standing by the tables. She crept up behind the strawberry blond haired woman, "boo." Lily whispered causing Jenna to squeal.
"Lily you cow-"Jenna huffed and whacked the giggling vampire.
"Sorry but it was fun…and you seemed to be not having any." She added, Lily glanced down at the table and saw boxes, after boxes of masquerade masks.
"Because I'm not…Elena is supposed to be helping me but she disappeared." Jenna grumbled, as Lily dove into the box and pulled a garish red mask. "Ergh…serious?"
"Yeah they are not great." Jenna chuckled plucking another one from the pile, "what'd you think?" she asked.
"Erm…"Lily canted her head to the side, and took in the sight of Jenna sporting a peach coloured furred mask. "You look very…-"
"Gorgeous? Sexy ultra-mysterious?" the words rolled off of Jenna's tongue.
Lily pressed her lips together and shook her head. "Nope…you look cheap." She declared. Jenna rolled her eyes and threw the mask back into the pile. "And you're extremely luck you've got such a good friend that'd she would be happy to lend you one of her vintage mask." Lily chirped causing Jenna to smile.
"Thanks…Carol is still bumbling about somewhere." She added, Lily nodded and started to help her friend out, they separated the masks from one another, she made sure to keep an ear out for Mason and the others. "So apparently Elena and Stefan are 'fighting'" Jenna commented, the red head vampire looked up wondering why she was speaking about the teen's love life.
"Well if they are they are…."Lily shrugged her shoulders eyeing her friend. "Why are you so interested in teen drama anyway?"
Jenna hummed and shook her head "No reason….it's funny though right? They say they're arguing yet…the sound they were making in the morning didn't sound like they were broken up." Lily narrowed her eyes slightly, getting the feeling that there was something off with the other woman.
"Jenna….are you-"before she could finish her sentence her heightened hearing picked the sound of Mason screaming, seems like Bonnie was helping out. "I'll be back." She excused herself, and hurried off in the direction where she could hear the commotion coming from.
Lily exited the Manor and caught sight of Damon and Stefan hauling Mason into the back of the car. "You did it?" she asked coming to stand besides Damon.
"Yep…and you are staying here, it'll be too suspicious if you leave as well." Damon said, as Bonnie clamoured into the car.
"I know, but Damon don't kill him." Lily said seriously,
"Please don't tell me you're turning in to Stefan…"Damon tutted.
"Nice. Just don't kill him." the red head stated "He'll be missed otherwise." She added. Damon nodded and hopped into the car, she took a step back so that now she was standing beside Stefan.
"Damon is so going to do a Damon thing…"Lily muttered, causing him to chuckle. "So as soon as he gets back to us and says where the moonstone is…."
"I'll go get it out." Stefan finished off, the older vampire nodded and winced hearing Carol Lockwood asking where she was.
"This is meant to be a voluntary thing…then why on earth is that woman a freaking slave-driver?" Lily huffed and stalked off.
"And Stefan went off to get the moonstone" Lily grumbled under her breath, re-reading the text the younger vampire sent her.
"Everything ok?" Jenna popped up behind her, causing the red head to spin around.
"Jesus Jenna-"she chuckled "you're good at sneaking around."
"Years and years of practise." Jenna grinned, they were now outside in the backyard, Lily could see that the masquerade ball was really starting to take shape now, most of the small round tables were set up. "So I reckon we deserve a good stiff drink-"she added, Lily grinned and nodded
"No kidding-"
"STEFAN! SOMEONE HELP….STEFAN YOU'LL BE OK!" Lily jumped her heightened hearing picked up the sound of Elena shouting. Something definitely had gone wrong.
"Lily everything ok?" Jenna asked looking at her friend in concern, she didn't miss the brief look of panic.
Lily cleared her throat and licked her lips, she plastered a smile onto her face. "Yeah I just remembered that Carol asked me to check the wine list before I leave. How about I catch up with you later?" she went to walk pass her but Jenna grabbed her wrist.
"Jenna-"
"You're my ride….and I can wait…"she said a little bit more forcefully, the red head frowned and easily manoeuvred herself out of Jenna's grip.
"Are you ok?" Lily asked
"Yeah…erm-"
"Here take my car. I really have to go before Carol blows a gasket." Lily smiled and scurried off. She glanced over her shoulder and saw that Jenna was still staring after her….something strange was going on with the pale woman, she opted to check on her later, but for now she had somewhere else to be. As soon as Lily was sure there was no one around, she blurred off towards the sound of Elena shouting.
She sped and weaved her way through the trees, coming to a stop at the well in the old Lockwood area.
"Elena?!" Lily came to halt right beside the human, who was on the edge of the stone well. "What's going on?" she asked the frantic doppelganger.
Elena was relieved when the vampire appeared beside her. "Stefan…Lily he's down there…and the chain-"Lily's eyes widened and she hopped up onto the edge, "No it's filled with vervaine-"she cried out as the red head dropped,
"What-"she grunted when she felt a hand gripped her wrist and she was jerked upwards. Caroline had arrived, "thanks-"she didn't fancy being stuck down in a vervaine filled well.
"We have to get him out…NOW" Elena snapped. Caroline frantically chewed on her bottom lip.
"Calm down." Lily ordered, her eyes landed on the chains. "You're going to have to go down there." Elena nodded, as the red head picked up the chains. "Come on Caroline." Together both vampires secured the doppelganger with the chains,
"Ready?" Caroline asked leaning on the well standing on Elena's other side; the brunette was perched on the edge of the well. Lily had a firm grip on the chains.
"Ready?" she asked her. Elena nodded and was about to be lowered but Bonnie came running over to them.
"What's going on?" the witch asked "you took off in a blur." She told Caroline
"I heard Elena screaming." The blond vampire said
"Stefan is stuck down there." Lily uttered "Ok, now help her." Both Bonnie and Caroline helped Elena off of the edge, and the red head vampire started to slowly lower her, the younger vampire offered to do this part, but Lily thought it'd be best if she did, she wasn't too sure that Caroline had gotten accustomed to her super strength yet.
"Here goes…"Lily murmured and kept going.
"Lily you can stop." Elena called from the bottom of the well, the vampires could hear the brunette hitting the water.
"Well…this wasn't on my list for today." Lily commented, causing both Bonnie and Caroline to smile.
"No kidding….erm…Lily could-"the blond swallowed "I-"
"Spit it out Caroline." She could feel the chains being jerked slightly; Elena must be attaching Stefan to them.
"I…can you compel my mom tonight…I would but…you-"Lily's eyes softened and she nodded.
"It's fine."
"Lily pull him up." Elena's voice echoed within the stone walls.
The red head vampire did just that, and started to pull "Get ready." She said to Caroline and Bonnie, her pace was much swifter and quicker and with a final jerk Stefan appeared. She winced at the sight of him; his skin was blistered and burnt. Caroline and Bonnie lowered him to ground,
"He'll need blood." Caroline said, Lily nodded and leant over the edge she could just managed to make out Elena.
"Right…Elena come on." she called down.
Lily could hear splashing "Wait let me find the moonstone." She yelled back, the older vampire sighed and glanced over to Stefan…that must've hurt. She was glad that she didn't go in…especially since she was wearing shorts.
"Elena?" Bonnie yelled. "Hurry." They were all getting impatient.
"Hold on I think I found it-"Elena shouted, there was a brief moment of silence, Lily shifted on the balls of her feet. All of a sudden there were loud shrieks from below them. Causing them all to jump.
"Elena?" Lily shouted
"What's going on?" Caroline yelled, all they could hear were screams and splashing.
"Pull me up!" without hesitation Lily did just that and tugged hard, so much so that Elena felt as if she was flying upwards. Soon enough she was propped on the edge, Lily unsnapped the chains easily and Bonnie was handed a wooden box, no doubt where the moonstone was hidden.
"Oh my god." Elena exclaimed seeing the state that Stefan was in, as soon as she was freed she dropped down beside the ghastly looking vampire. She picked up a sharp rock and sliced her skin,
"It's ok." Lily murmured to Caroline grabbing her wrist, knowing that the recently transitioned vampire hadn't grown use to the exposure of blood. "You're getting better." She added, as they watched Elena feeding Stefan her blood.
Lily and Caroline were both standing in the cellar that Liz was occupying for the last couple of days.
"You know Caroline everything you want to say you should do it now." Lily said softly, seeing Caroline sitting down on the edge of the cot. "Call me when you want me." She smiled and turned on her heel exiting the cellar after Caroline nodded.
Lily climbed up the stairs and cocked an eyebrow seeing the mess of strewn leaves on the floor, and the armchair….her eyes landed on the bloodied fire-poker and then dropped to the white cloth that was wrapped around hat appeared to be a body. She cursed realising what had happened.
"Well you being here is certainly a pick-me-up-"Damon grunted when he found himself pinned to the wall, Lily's hand was wrapped around his throat.
"You killed him specifically after I told you not to." Lily scowled, "What the hell is wrong with you?"
Damon glared at her, and she allowed him to push her away. "He's working with Katherine ergo he's the enemy." He stated.
Lilly pinched the bridge of her nose, "You are aware this is Katherine? You of all people should know that she will retaliate…"
Damon poured himself a drink, "But we've got one up on him." he chipped in, she wasn't convince though…besides working with Katherine he had no other reason to kill him unless there was something else.
"He said something didn't he?" Lily asked quietly, Damon's eyes met hers. "He goaded you?"
Damon clicked his tongue "I had no idea that I was that easy to read…"
Lily sighed and shook her head "No I just know you…."she could hear Caroline calling her for her to come down. "Just…I thought you said you was over Katherine" she said.
Damon's head snapped up at that, "What? I am?"
Lily scoffed "Yeah it looks like that." she nodded towards Mason's body, she exited the room and went back down to the cellar.
She peered through the door, "Hey-"
"Hi come in…" Caroline swallowed and stood up; Lily took her place so that she was now sitting down in front of the sheriff. "Mom Lily is going to take your memories away….about what happened." She said shakily. They needed someone with experience and the red head was more than willing to step in.
"You don't need to take my memories." Liz uttered looking at her daughter.
Lily remained quiet knowing that this conversation was strictly between the two. She fiddled with her daylight ring, twirling the band around her finger. "I'll keep your secret…all of yours." She added to Lily "and you're worried about the others-"she was referring to Stefan and Damon "then I'll just tell them you compelled me…I won't tell. I won't do anything to hurt you Caroline." Liz said earnestly, Lily shifted back slightly so Caroline could sit in front of her mom.
"We never talk like this ever…"Caroline grasped her mother's hand, "and today meant to much to me…"Lily felt a pang in her gut…she was never close to her own mother, even when she died she didn't mourn her, she only mourned for her sisters and father.
"Me too." Liz said tearfully, squeezing Caroline's hands.
"I know I can trust you but you can't trust them…so Lily…"Caroline stood up, the red head moved forward and caught Liz's eyes with her own. The vampire's pupils dilated.
"You will forget who are the vampires of this town are." Lily compelled her, Liz repeated in monotone. "You were sick so took a couple of days off…where Caroline took care of you….-"
"Lily what are you doing?" Caroline asked in confusion, all she was meant to do was make sure her mother forgot the whole incident.
"Making sure you don't make the same mistake I did. You have a chance to be close with your mother Caroline…and you should take it." Lily said gently, and turned back to face Liz. "Caroline made you soup…wasn't that great, but you loved that she did. You two talked and you promised her that she and you will spend more time together…then you got better." Lily compelled her "But right now you are going to go to sleep." Liz's eyes drooped and Lily gently pushed back so she was lying down. "Take her home..." she stood up.
Caroline nodded "Thank you Lily." She said sincerely.
"Anytime." Lily patted her shoulder and looked down at her watch, it was nearing eight now ample timing for her to leave. "Call me if you need anything." She said over her shoulder before blurring off.
Lily groaned and sank into her tub; she felt the warm water washing over her. As soon as she arrived home, she spotted her car in the driveway. She really needed to talk to Jenna but opted to leave it for tomorrow, since she could hear that they were going to have dinner soon. The red head took a sip of her wine and rested her head against the cool tub.
So today hadn't gone as she expected but…they did managed to get the moonstone. Lily downed the rest of her wine and set the glass on the floor, before sinking under the water….she closed her eyes…after this whole Katherine mess she would either go on vacation or just leave Mystic Falls….sure she loved it here, but the truth was she was lonely, it felt like she was meant to be looking for someone instead…someone special, it was a nagging feeling in her gut. The vampire was brought out of thoughts by a bang. She gasped and sat up, causing the water to slosh over the rim of the tub.
"Lily-"she frowned realising it was Alaric who was shouting. What the hell was he doing here? she could hear him frantically knocking on the front door "Lily-"she grabbed her robe and slipped it off before padding barefooted down the hallway, she wrenched her front door. "Alaric what's wrong?" he was in a complete panic.
"It's Jenna…she's hurt-"he didn't even get to the end of his sentence before there was a pulse of air and she was gone. Lily blurred into the Gilbert house, and immediately smelt the blood in the air. "Whoa-"she gasped seeing Elena on her knees besides Jenna. Her eyes latched on to the large knife that was sticking out of her friend's gut. "Move." She told Elena as Alaric ran back into the house.
"It'll be ok…"Lily murmured and gripped the knife and pulled it out, causing Jenna to cry out causing Alaric to look away, the vampire immediately bit into her wrist and pressed it against Jenna's lips, where she coaxed her to swallow. Elena pushed up Jenna's top and saw the wound was all gone.
"What happened?" Lily asked.
"Katherine compelled her to stab herself." The hunter replied "Lily are-"she nodded knowing already what he was going to ask.
"Jenna you are going to fall asleep till tomorrow and you won't remember anything only that you had a nice dinner with Alaric, Jeremy and Elena." Right before their eyes Jenna's eyes drooped till she was asleep. "Why would Katherine attack her?" she asked as Alaric scooped Jenna up so he could take her upstairs.
"Because she was trying to send a message to me and Stefan." Elena said tearfully, Lily sighed and pulled her into a hug.
"Really…I am trying to sleep." Lily murmured,
"Well go right ahead love…."she heard his husky voice right beside her ear, "I'm not stopping you-"
"Your lips are-"her eyes snapped opened feeling his incessant lips travelling up the column of her throat. "Niklaus-"she sighed seeing the mischievous blond haired male….he and her had explored New York for over eight month, and stayed together for that…and the red head could tell that she was seriously falling for him. He was everything she wanted and needed. He hovered above her,
"Please not Niklaus…if you must shorten my name I prefer Klaus…"he murmured catching her hand in his and pressing a soft kiss to the backs of her knuckles.
"Well I prefer Nik." She countered "so what's the agenda for today? Hmm…exploring some of the museums? Again or-"he cut her off when he pressed his lips against hers. Lily gasped when he nipped her bottom lip, their kisses soon turned heated, hands were everywhere "Nik-"
"Lily just lose yourself-"he muttered and pulled the sheet over their bodies causing her to laugh.
The red head vampire sighed her head was resting against his chest. "So what's got you in a good mood?" she asked idly drawing invisible circles on his chest. His arm was wrapped around her waist.
"No reason I can't lavish on my very-"
"You sweet-talk way too much." Lily cut him off and leant over him… "so how about us going to-"he reached up and pressed a single digit on her full lips, shutting her up.
"How about a trip to Italy? Very rich culture there" he suggested, and was kind of taken aback by her reaction.
Lily stiffened and sat up, pulling the sheet up with her, she shifted so that "Nik…we…the-"
"Don't you want to go away with me?" he asked sitting up..
Lily bit her bottom lip "I do…but look I-the thing is if this is some fling for you, then I rather not go away and-"he growled and surprised her by pulling her close, so her nose bumped his.
"It was never just a fling for me…"he said, she could see the sincerity in his eyes. "Never…you mean too much for me for that…I want you to come away with me. Take a risk sweetheart." He whispered the last part.
Lily smiled "I guess we're off to Italy." She declared and laughed when he pulled her close.
The red head vampire sighed and checked her case for what felt like the seventh time….she had everything, he had left earlier to sort some things for their trip out, she looked at her reflection and saw that her eyes were bright and she knew it was because of him. Her bright green orbs dropped to the necklace he had given her, she trailed the tips of her fingers over the locket, it was one of the first things he had given her.
There was a knock on the door, "Nik did you forget your key again?" she called out heading towards the front door. "At least you didn't break the lock…"she pulled the door open and trailed off seeing that it wasn't Klaus at the door. "Sorry I thought you was someone else…can I help you?" she asked, shifting ever so slightly, she was getting a bad vibe from this stranger.
"Oh I was wondering if Niklaus was here?" he asked,
"Nope…"her brows furrowed together, from what Klaus had told her no one would come looking for you.
"Right…but I can see that he has taken residence up here…his scent is all over you." The man casually stated, Lily blinked.
"You're a vampire…."she breathed she should've listened to Klaus and made the deeds of this house in the name of someone.
"A very special vampire…."he smirked as he stepped over the threshold "and you are Lillian Petrova…"he took another step towards her. Forcing Lily to take a step back. "I've been searching everywhere for you. We have a mutual interest…"she frowned in confusion; her eyes darted to the open door behind him. "Niklaus…"
"Who are you?" Lily uttered.
"Someone you should be afraid of." He smiled revealing his teeth. The female had enough and blurred towards the door, she gasped and was thrown against the wall. An iron grip was around her throat. The man bared down upon her. Lily clawed at his and groaned in pain when she felt him crushing her wind-pipe. Her feet didn't reach the floor as he held her up.
"My name is Mikael…."the man revealed, "and I believe that I am going to look forward to getting to know you." he grinned, her eyes widened and before she could even blink he snapped her neck. Lily was loss in a world of darkness.
AN; Apologies for any grammar or spelling mistakes. Thanks to those who reviewed. Outfit link on profile. AN on the profile page as well.
So in this Chap-At the beginning we see Lily and the Originals had all moved to a new town. Klaus manages to successfully get Lily to feed. In the present, Lily scrounges around the Gilbert house for tea where she rumbles Ric and Jenna. Carol calls and they get roped into helping out. She and Stefan find out Mason and Katherine are working together, Lily tells Damon not to kill him. She then helps Elena with Stefan. Caroline asks her compel her mom since she's still a newbie, Lily adds something else for her. A moment with Damon before she heads home. She's soaking in the tub but Alaric needs her. Lily heals Jenna and compels her. In the past we see Klaus and her relationship moving on...but she gets a visitor and is taken.
Next chap-Masquerade Ball, confrontations and some more of her past.
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