"What is Niklaus's plan?"
"I…please-"Lily croaked, her wrists were blistered and raw…the vervaine soak rope was the only thing holding her up. The dress she was wearing was stained with various patches of blood. "Please Mikael-"she was so hungry, he had slashed her skin in several places as he was bleeding her out. The red head was now ravenous.
"Just tell me what he is planning and I'll let you feed." He coaxed her, Lily swallowed wanting to get rid of her dry throat, she inhaled and bit back a groan when she was hit with the tidal wave of human blood. Mikael was holding up a barely conscious man right in front of her, they were only a couple of feet away from her. "You know you want it…that heady, delicious taste…" he pushed the man forward enough for the tip of her nose to skim the man's jaw. Lily gasped, her eyes morphed red and her fangs elongated.
"Now what is Niklaus's plan?" he asked his tone was harsh,
"I don't know-"she murmured leaning forward, there was a growl and the man was gone. Lily blinked she was so close "What-"
"You didn't answer my question." He smoothed down his shirt, "so once again I have no choice but to take things to the next level-this should have loosen you up-"with that he pulled the thick heavy curtains apart, bathing the room in sunlight. Lily's screams filled up the room, her skin sizzled and burned; she cried out when her arm was set alight, as soon as it started the curtains were closed. Mikael doused her putting out the flames, her dress was threadbare, and she was covered in blood, grime and sweat.
"Now…what-"
"If I know he's plan don't you think I would have told you?" Lily spat, she closed her eyes but they snapped opened when he gripped her chin.
"Or you could be protecting him, that's what foolish people do when they're in love-"he snarled, "Since you're being uncooperative-"
"Sir-"there was a knock on the door interrupting them, Lily hissed when it cracked open allowing a slither of sunlight to enter the room, she bowed her head not having the energy to holder herself up anymore. She could see her ring was only a couple of feet away; he had placed it on the wooden table, almost as if to taunt her. "Niklaus has been sighted-"the other vampire exclaimed, Lily's ears perked up at that…he left her? How could he? Lily bit down on her bottom lip, hurt blossomed within her. Did she mean that little to him?
Mikael chuckled "That's your great love? He ran off like the coward he is…I have things to do, I want to catch up." He uttered, "Have fun with her…"he uttered. Lily whimpered she didn't know how long she could be chained up for…every bone in her body, every muscle was aching. The red head forced herself to look up, seeing that the vampire who had interrupted them wasn't alone, there was another one…and both were older than her. "And don't kill her. I want to be the one who rips her heart from her chest and present it to Niklaus." Mikael smirked and was gone.
Lily's jaw clench, and fear began to seep into her as the two vampires moved closer to her.
Lily yawned and slowly blinked, she sniffed and snuggled into her warm blankets, her eyes landed on the digital alarm clock, and it was nearing six in the morning. She could have ten minute doze before she absolutely have to get up. Lily rolled over and sighed.
"Morning Jen…"her eyes drifted closed before they snapped opened again. "Argh-"she yelled and rolled backwards.
"Oh…that's gotta hurt." Jenna cringed and peered over the edge of the bed, looking down at her friend.
Lily glared up at her "What the hell are you-that key is for freaking emergencies." She huffed and sat up; Jenna cackled and held out her hand. The red head gladly took it and pulled the strawberry blond haired woman down as well.
"Lilly-"
"You so deserved it." she giggled and flopped down; Jenna pouted and collapsed beside her. "So why are you here?"
"Erm…well I was up early and-"
"Did you had Alaric have sex last night and you come to give me the details?" she shifted and propped herself up on her elbows,
Jenna blushed "Noo….-"she saw the look that Lily gave her and smiled sheepishly before nodding. "Ok you totally got me."
Lily groaned and rubbed her temple, "Ok…I so do not need to know and-why are you even telling me for?" she scrunched up her nose, fearing that if Jenna did tell her she won't be able to look Alaric the same way.
"Because you're my best friend…"Jenna whined "and it's a best friend's prerogative to listen as her best friend gives her details about her love life." She uttered,
Lily snorted and stood up; she was only dressed in an oversized shirt and a pair of girl boxers. She shuffled over to her closet, as Jenna made herself at home on her bed. "Look if you ever get a guy you can tell me all the filthy things he did huh?"
Lily rolled her eyes, and pulled out a pair of black jeans, and looked through her closet for a blouse. "Yeah I doubt it-"
"Lily you're gorgeous….just be a bit more approachable and guys-"
"Not interested in that. So come on then how was your night with Alaric?" she asked, Lily steered the conversation away from herself, she didn't want divulged information about her lack of love life. She can honestly say no one has taken her interest; no one has set her pulse racing, or sparks travelling through her. Actually she was happy now. But even Lily could feel that this whole mess with Elijah was the beginning of something new.
"Well it was great…"Jenna sighed a smile on her lips, "He was great….he sends my heart racing and even though I know him…every time I see him-"Lily was watching her friend's reflection through the mirror, she pulled out a teal coloured blouse "there are always butterflies in my stomach." She admitted "god I sound so dorky." She laughed and shoved her face into the pillow.
Lily felt the silken material of her top, "No it's not completely dorky…you love him don't you?" she asked softly. Jenna stilled and moved the pillow off of her…
"I…think I am falling for him." Jenna confided Lily beamed at her. "But…I feel like he's hiding something…"this sombre the red head somewhat.
"Well whatever it is I'm sure he'll tell you in his own time." Lily reasoned with her, she cleared her throat and checked the time, an ebb of guilt was creeping into the pit of her stomach, when Jenna finds out, there would be no ifs, since Lily was certain the truth would come out, so when she did find out she just hoped the woman would be able to come to terms with what she is. "Well I have to get ready for work…so was your gushy talk the only reason for you to be breaking into my home?" she asked, Jenna smirked and jumped onto her feet, she should be making a move as well.
"No I just wanted to tell you that Ric told me his high school nickname was tripod…"she sauntered over to the doorway "And now I know why." She wagged her eyebrows up and down suggestively.
Lily snorted and laughed "Jenna you creeper go away." Jenna dodged the pillow the red head had lobbed at her and skipped off home.
"Tripod…oh he is so gonna get teased." Lily muttered under her breath. And headed off to her bathroom to get ready for the day.
Soon enough Lily was standing in her kitchen having some toast with a bag full of blood. When she was done she shuddered.
"Bread and blood do not mix." She grumbled and checked the empty bag into the bin, she glanced out of her kitchen window and saw Meryl swiping the paper from her lawn.
"Come on Meryl it's not even a bloody Sunday." She yelled at the old lady, Meryl merely smiled and waved. "Ergh…why do old people have to be adorable?" She huffed, and made sure she had her car keys. Lily just picked up her cell and grabbed her purse as she made her way towards the door, when her phone rang. She cocked and eyebrow wondering why Stefan was calling her.
"Hey Stefan what can I do for you?" she locked the front door behind her
"Come over to the Boarding House, you're needed here."
"I got to get to the school…somewhere you should be-"her brows furrowed, the sun was still out and the weather was warm.
"You'll be out of here as soon as." He promised. "You should come."
Lily sighed, if he called her that meant it whatever it was, was important. "Fine." She agreed, and hanged up on him. Lily climbed into her car and backed out of her driveway, and drove towards the Boarding House.
The car came to a stop, and she left her bag in it before exiting the car. Lily waltzed up to the large house, and heard the gravel crunching beneath the heels of her boots. The red head vampire didn't bother knocking on the door, since Damon and Stefan usually left it unlatched.
She entered the house. "Hello?" she called and decided to head to the kitchen, opting to see if she could find anything tasty to eat. It was fair though there were plenty of times the raven head vampire helped himself to her food, much to her annoyance he continuously went after her chocolates.
Lily entered the kitchen, she could hear footsteps above her, it must be Stefan, and she stood on the tips of her toes and rummaged through the cupboard. She snorted spotting a box of chocolates right at the back.
"Damon you girl…Lily pulled the lid and inhaled the chocolaty smell, "Belgium choc my fave." She grinned and picked a piece up, she bit into it and forced herself not to groan, one thing was for sure, Damon had great taste in alcohol and chocolates.
"I prefer chocolate truffles myself." A familiar voice rang out, Lily eyes widened and she immediately stiffened, realising who exactly it was. She spun around and scowled
"Rose-"
"Wait no-"Rose didn't get a chance to finish her sentence since Lily sprung forward and slammed the older vampire into the wall. "Lil-"she groaned in pain when the red head plunged a knife into her gut. As soon as the red head was on her, she was off. She was hauled off of the older vampire by Damon and Stefan, the pair had come running down hearing the commotion.
"Whoa Lily I'm all for girl fights…but come on." Damon uttered, he grunted when Stefan elbowed him. He rolled his eyes and hurried off to get a blood bag, Stefan could deal with breaking the news to her.
"Well you are aware a kidnapper-"
"Rose is with us." Stefan said loudly, his grip slackened when Lily didn't put up a fight,
"What?" Lily asked in confusion, and watched as Rose pulled out the large knife from her stomach.
"Yes your side…"she huffed. "I apologise for what I did, but I want to help you and the doppelganger…"
"And-"Damon pitched in, having returned from the cellar, he handed the brunette a blood bag which she took gratefully. "Some dude called Klaus." He added,
Lily snorted "Klaus? I swear that's the name of a cartoon fish?" she commented, Rose's eyes nearly bugged out. Damn she really didn't have a clue she thought.
Just then there was a knock on the door, alerting the vampires that Elena finally arrived. "Go on Stefan…wait are those my chocolates?" Damon asked. "Lily-"
"I'll get the door." Lily exclaimed, and rushed off, both Rose and Stefan watched as the raven head vampire chased after the red head
Lily was currently sitting in an armchair in the parlour, as Elena and Stefan took a seat on the leather couch. Rose and Damon stood in front of the trio, the fire was roaring behind them.
"Ok-"Rose started as she paced in front of them, Lily glanced at the time since she didn't want to be late to work "you have to understand I only know what I've picked up over the years, and I don't know what's true and what's not true." She uttered,
"Rose no offence but can you speed it up please?" Lily said, Rose nodded
"Yeah, it's just that's the problem with all this vampire crap." She explained, the red head sank into the brown leather armchair, "but Klaus I know is real…" she said, her eyes darted over to Lily, and she wondered if the other rumours heard she was true, but from Elijah's reaction to her last time they cross paths, there was clearly something going on.
"Who is he?" Elena asked curiously, she didn't trust the other female vampire at all.
"He is one of the Originals." Damon answered; he was leaning against the mantelpiece. "A Legend."
Stefan nodded "One of the first generation of vampires." He said,
Lily pressed her lips together, well that was something new…it was odd she didn't hear that much about these so called Originals, but then again she didn't tend to stick with other vampires to hear these sort of stories.
"So he's like Elijah?" Lily questioned,
Rose shook her head "No he was like the Easter bunny compared to Klaus" she exclaimed, the red head nearly choked on the air she was taking in, Elijah was the Easter bunny? He slapped a man's head off its shoulders…she definitely didn't want to meet Klaus. "He's a foot-solider, Klaus is the real deal."
Damon rolled his eyes; Lily could tell that he wasn't impressed at all by what she was saying. "Klaus is known to be the oldest"
Elena's brows scrunched up in concentration "Hold on you're saying the oldest vampire in history is coming after me?" she asked.
"Yeah…doesn't sound too good does it?" Lily muttered
"Yes-"
"No-" Rose and Damon said at the same time, the pair of vampires exchanged looks, "They're saying-I mean what she saying is true-"
"Which is." Rose declared
"Or she could be just saying it so we don't kill her." Lily stated,
"Which I'm not." Rose uttered, the red head merely harrumphed and looked away.
"Then we're looking at a solid maybe." Damon uttered, "And where are you going?" he asked as Lily stood up,
"I have kids to teach-"
"Well hold your horses we're almost done."
She huffed and sat down on the arm-rest, "Look-"Stefan murmured trying to calm the doppelganger "Lily killed Elijah-"Rose cringed at that, and Lily pointedly looked away, thinking he's death was too easy, surely there must be a reason for him being known as Original…"so no one knows you even exist.-"
"That you know of." Rose mumbled.
"Nice…you're good at comforting someone." Said Lily sarcastically, popping her hip out slightly,
"Look I never met anyone who even laid eyes on Klaus-"
Rose scoffed "There's a person who met Klaus." She nodded towards the red head, causing Stefan, Damon and Elena to look at her.
"You met Klaus?" Damon asked narrowing his eyes.
"Yeah…."she shook her head "No I haven't you must either be mistaken Rose or high." She uttered, causing Rose to blink. "No I didn't…is that why you took me as well?"
"Yeah why go for her? She's annoying-"
"Shut up Damon." Lily barked the vampire merely stuck his tongue out at her. She went to throw the pillow at him but Stefan cleared his throat.
"They do have a point though why did you take her?" Stefan asked.
Rose sighed and sat down on the edge of the table, "There were rumours that Lillian Petrova was close to the Originals and we hoped that if we found her for them, they'll show mercy on us."
There was a moment of stunned silence before Lily burst out with laughter, Damon sniggered and Stefan shook his head. Elena let out a puff of air, times like these she felt like the most mature one, not the bunch of vampires who were snickering their asses off.
"Oh god Rose…you….damn you're funny." Lily wiped a tear "Ok we should keep her, she's a funny vampire."
"Ok now that we establish that Lily has no relationships with the Originals what so ever, we can say Klaus is just a mixture of folk lore and bedtime stories. We don't know what's real." Stefan declared,
"He's real" Rose stressed "and if you're not afraid of him then you're an idiot."
"Look you got us we're shaking." Damon drawled,
"Alright great sarcasm Damon, but I have to shoot off-"
"Wha-"
"I have to go to work." Lily said and was halfway towards the door before she paused "Erm…sorry about the stabbing. If it's any constellation Damon hides his good bourbon in the linen closet." She grinned, causing Rose to laugh and nod.
"Oi-"Damon shouted but the red head was already gone.
"Seriously Tyler?" Lily sighed, she was at the front of the class and had given the teens a pop-quiz and it was nearing the end of it, she did a head count and was discerned to see that neither Caroline nor Elena were here. She knew the blond vampire would occasionally skip if her cravings were bad, but the doppelganger had no reason to miss today's lesson.
"What?...I'm –"the new werewolf asked playing dumb, Stefan and the others snickered knowing that he wasn't even trying to be convincing.
"Honey unless you're smiling down at your crotch can you put your cell away?" Lily drawled cocking an eyebrow.
"I-"
"Yeah no time for your crappy excuses. You can re-do your test in detention tomorrow." She grinned, and turned her back so she could wipe the board. "Don't roll your eyes Tyler-"
Tyler's jaw dropped and Matt snorted, "How-"
"Magic." The red head exclaimed as the bell rang "alright off you scoot. Place your quizzes on the front desk please." Lily dismissed them, and rolled her eyes when she saw them all running out like bats out of hell. "Can you guys at least pretend you're not so eager to leave?"
"Love you Ms Peterson-"she knew that was Matt.
"You got a great-"
"Another detention Tyler." She shouted causing the jock to curse. Lily coughed and finished piling up the piles of papers; she had a free hour which gave her enough time to find a certain descendent of hers. Where on earth did Elena go? She hummed exited the classroom, the corridors were empty since teens were in their next class.
Lily just passed the girls bathroom that was located near the staff room, she paused hearing the sound of running water and grumbling. The vampire sighed realising that it was most likely it was a student who was truanting, she pushed the door open.
"Hey-Caroline" she exclaimed somewhat miffed to see the blond here, Caroline jumped and was startled by the appearance of the red head, she swallowed she recalled what Elena said, it was to make sure Stefan was distracted and not to let anyone know where she was, which included Lily.
"You skipped my lesson and spent it in the bathroom?" Lily asked, the door shut behind her, she discreetly eyed the sink and saw the dirt smudges there,
"No-"Caroline blinked "I didn't-"
"Caroline you wasn't in my lesson, why are you here?" she asked coolly she could see that the blond was nervous.
"I…my hands were dirty had to wash them…"she muttered as she wiped her hands. Lily hummed,
"You were with Elena wasn't you-"
"What no…-"
Lily scoffed and blurred forward so that she was right in front of her. "You're lying. I don't appreciate being lied to Caroline now say the truth." She canted her head to the side.
"What? There's nothing…I just didn't feel like-erm my cravings…they were-"
"Caroline." She said sternly, it was very similar to the tone she used on Clara when she was misbehaving.
"I…Elena…she well….she said something about truth and that how she could be the only one…I said don't trust her…"the baby vampire rambled,
Lily's eyebrows shot to her hairline, and groaned in frustration "Elena is with Katerina she wants answers. Of course….such a Petrova move." She grumbled, she honestly wasn't angry at the teenager, hell if she was in her shoes then she probably would've done the same.
"No-"one look shut from the older vampire caused the young vampire to shut up. "She said she just wanted to know the truth, and that Katherine would be the only one to know."
Lily scoffed and leant against the sinks "And she thinks Katerina will say the truth?" she questioned. Caroline shrugged the petite female tutted under her breath, there was only one way to get Katerina to talk and that was to give her something she wanted…now what would a vampire who was locked up want? Easy, blood.
"Right stay here and try not to skip any classes." She said to Caroline, and turned on her heel and left. Lily carried onto the staff room, and spied just the teacher, Alaric who was reading the paper.
"Hey Alaric." Lily grinned
"Oh hey." The hunter smiled at her, looking up at her, "You want something…"
Lily's jaw dropped "How-"
"Your face…you showed too much teeth." Alaric uttered, Lily made a face and dropped down in the seat opposite him. "So what do you want?" he asked setting the paper down, Lily leant forward.
"Well…you know how I covered for your ass when you started this job, and made your lesson plans…"
"Yeah…"Alaric nodded slightly suspicious; he knew somehow he would have to pay her back.
"Well I need you to cover my last two lessons." She said casually, he opened his mouth about to protest but the red head interrupted him before he could get a word in edgewise "Come on I know you have the rest of the day free, you're just marking." She exclaimed.
Alaric groaned and stretched his arms above his head "I really don't want to…."he muttered.
Lily shrugged a smile played on her lips, well asking him didn't work, and perhaps a little blackmailing would do the trick. "Alright…well I'll guess I catch you later tripod." She quipped and got up, Alaric blinked and balked, and before she could leave he grabbed the vampire's wrist.
"Wait…what did you call me?" he asked,
Lily smiled and moved forward "Tripod…Jenna likes to talk…interesting nickname, imagine if that gets around the school-"
Alaric groaned, and dropped her wrist; he'll definitely be speaking to his girlfriend, about divulging every little secret to her friend. "Fine…you're evil." He muttered.
Lily chuckled and pressed a kiss onto his cheek "Love you to Alaric."
Lily avoided stepping into a pile of mud; the red head vampire was so intent on watching the ground she wasn't really paying attention to what was up ahead. So it wasn't too much of a surprise when she walked into a tree.
"Ok….oww."She hissed touching her temple, "no one is around to see that." Lily shook her head and hitched the strap of her bag higher up her shoulder; she finally arrived at the church ruins where the tomb was located.
She silently made her way down the stone steps and could hear both her blood relations. Lily heard the doppelganger throwing something down.
"I want you to tell me about Klaus…"it was actually a good idea to see the older Petrova vampire, but it was another thing to believe whatever that comes out of her mouth may be true.
"Hmm you've been busy." Lily detected that the vampire was parched; her throat was low and raspy.
"And I also brought you this…your family history" it was no doubt the family book, "says in here your family history ended with you, but we can clearly see that isn't the case."
No kidding, she thought after all she was here as was Elena. Katherine scoffed "You think that if you brought me some family keepsake that'd I open up?" she croaked, Lily decided to make her entrance.
"Lily-"Elena swallowed.
"I was wondering when you was going to show up, we can't have a little family meeting without all members present." Katherine smirked,
Lily canted her head to her to the side then glanced over to Elena. "So I'm guessing she's not going to open up?" she commented, "ever thought of blood?" she asked the teenager,
Elena nodded, she did but she didn't have the means of actually getting the blood. "I just couldn't get into Damon's supplies." She muttered. She wouldn't even attempt to try Lily's house, since the vampire would no doubt catch her before she can make her getaway.
"Well you're lucky I got this." Lily pulled out the bottled blood from the depths of her bag; this instantly attracted the starved vampire's attention. She slammed into the invisible barrier, "Here." she handed the bottle over to the doppelganger and a small plastic shot glass. It was Elena who was going to be doing the interrogating plus she was still angry at the part she played in the deaths of her family.
"Lillian-"Katherine growled "what-"
Lily leant against the large boulder that was in the ruins, "It's simple Katerina, Elena wants answers and every time you do answer you'll get some blood. "She smirked.
Katherine snarled "What makes you think I'll be open up to that?" Elena swallowed it was obvious that the red head vampire had the clear advantage here, Lily stepped up to Katherine but made sure to stay an arm length away, after all she didn't want to be trapped in there with her.
"Katerina you're not looking so good, we both know that it take up to twenty to thirty years for your body to shut. You know it'll be painful as your body desiccates." Lily murmured "Now we won't want that to happen do we?"
Katherine's eyes hardened, Elena blinked times like these she could see the almost invisible resemblance of personalities between Lily and Katherine. The trapped vampire slid down the side of the wall, indicating that the pair had her.
Lily settled down against the edge of the barrier, she could feel the cool wall through her top. Elena knelt down and poured a few drops of blood into the cup, the red head handed her a stick, which the doppelganger used to pass over the cup to Katherine. Who picked it up with shaky hands.
"There's a glimpse of the Petrova fire within you." Katherine uttered to her doppelganger. The pair watched as she downed the blood in one swallow.
"More blood?" Lily questioned, in response the other vampire set the cup down, Elena slid it back over the barrier.
"It's a long story I and Klaus, it goes all the way back to England 1492 after I left from Bulgaria, or was thrown out." Katherine began her tale, as she held a cupful of blood.
Lily leant her head back, and listened silently, she knew this part of the story, and after all she still had her grandmother's journal. "Thrown out?" Elena asked
"She had a baby out of wedlock." Lily stated, Katherine looked over to her "I have my sources Katerina."
Katherine nodded and groaned feeling her bones creek "My parents, your true ancestors disowned me, all because I had a baby, the shame…"
"It was kept secret?" Elena questioned.
Lily bit down on her bottom lip, and felt her cell vibrating against her thigh where her bag was placed. "Hmm…my baby was given away…."the red head wasn't completely oblivious to the flash of emotions crossing Katherine's face as Elena was. She did wonder what would have happened if Katherine was the one to bring Annabelle Petrova up.
"I was banished to England where I had to quickly adjust. So I became English." She uttered, her English accent wasn't as strong as Lily's one. "It was there where I caught the eye of the nobleman named Niklaus." She announced…."something which I heard you've done…"she murmured low enough so only Lily could hear.
"You're wrong." She said just as quiet, so Elena wouldn't hear. Katherine shrugged, there were always rumours flying around.
"I was taken by him at first." Katherine informed them "before I learned what he really was, and what he wanted from me and then I ran like hell." She uttered.
Lily paced up and down, as she listened to Katherine telling her story, the older vampire explained how she went on the run from Elijah and how Trevor of all people helped her.
"So what did Klaus want?" Elena asked standing up, like Lily she needed to stretch her legs, Katherine remained in her sitting position.
"Same thing he'll want from you." Katherine murmured "he wants to break the curse…"now that part for Lily didn't make any sense at all, why would a vampire be willing to break a curse that wouldn't really benefit their kind, sure she knew that if the vampires broke the curse well then the werewolves won't be able to…surely there was more to that.
"By sacrificing the Petrova doppelganger." Elena uttered,
"He wanted to drain every single drop of blood from my body." Katherine said looking up at her; she saw the brief flash of scarlet hair in the background.
"No…not just you. If this curse is as old as they say it is, it won't be that simple." Lily broke the brief moment of silence.
"There's more" Elena breathed glancing over her shoulder to see the red head.
Lily was now once again sitting down, as Elena handed over another cup of blood. "What does the Petrova bloodline have to do with Klaus?" she asked, Lily was sitting opposite the doppelganger and beside her ancestor, the wall separated the, but she could still see her.
"It's really tedious." Katherine uttered gulping down the blood; the red head saw that the blood was doing wonders for the trapped vampire as she had now lost the greyish tint to her skin. "The curse was bound by the Petrova blood; witches are crafty with their spells." She set the cup down again, Lily stretched her legs outwards, "the doppelganger was created in a way to undo the curse. As the Petrova line continued the doppelganger would appear, the curse can be broken." Lily's brows furrowed, then it made sense for Katherine's pursuers to come and seek her family out, since if their line continued then soon enough one of them would have children and it would go on till the doppelganger arrived.
Elena nodded "So you ran before he could kill you?"
Katherine sighed "Something like that." she drawled, and once again Lily and Elena were thrown further into her tale.
They learnt that Trevor had led Katherine towards Rose's cottage, where she insisted on taking her back to Klaus.
"So Rose never took you back to Klaus did she?" Elena asked.
"No." Katherine replied, her eyes flitted over to her great granddaughter, "Not because she had a change of her." She then went on again to explain how she stabbed herself forcing Rose to give her blood before she hanged herself.
"You killed yourself?" Elena asked shocked,
"Are you that surprise? Katerina will always rather stay alive then end up as a bag of bones." Lily muttered digging her heals into the dirt.
Katherine smirked "You know me so well Lillian. Klaus needed a human doppelganger as a vampire I was no longer of any use to him." She shrugged her shoulders, leaving Elena miffed she would never imagined herself being able to do that.
"Although it didn't work did it Katerina." Lily commented.
"You've been running from him for over five hundred years." Elena added that certainly was no life, spending decades after decades looking over your shoulder.
"I underestimated Klaus's spirit for vengeance. But living out of a suitcase is better than dying so you can your blood spilt over some silly little rock." Katherine argued, sitting up, she was feeling much better now with some blood in her system.
Neither vampires missed their descendent shifting nor looking panicked. "What's the matter?"
"Katerina-"Lily warned
"Afraid I'm right." The brunette ignored her "you don't want to die, well there is another way out…"she used her nail to cut her wrist "here's your chance…your opportunity is going, going and it's gone." She exclaimed as the small wound healed up. Lily rolled her eyes, she knew that Elena wouldn't want to become what they were, and forcing her to think for a second what was she actually doing with the Salvatore brothers. "I made the other choice." She announced, and carried on with the tale.
"Better you die than I?" Lily repeated, "How are we related?"
Katherine merely smirked; the red head shook her head she didn't even care, that's what got her "Rose and Trevor spent the last five hundred years running, because you used them. Trevor just got killed." Elena murmured
"I never thought he would have lasted that long." she said simply.
Lily let out bitter laugh "You don't even care do you?" she uttered, Katherine glared at her,
"What is the point of caring?" she snapped "you should learn that lesson quick Lillian, I was looking out for myself, and I will always look out for myself." Katherine turned the pages of the book that contained their family history. "If you want to know how our line continued this is where Lillian comes in, Klaus was on my heels, last time I crossed him I barely escaped, he was this close-"she held up her thumb and index finger and parting them an inch or two. "To learning where I was…there were rumours of other Petrovas…" Katherine started. "So he probably ended up there."
"And…needed a sense of direction, and I left a trail leading to them. I am not to sure what happened,-"
Lily cleared her throat, that part in her life was always a blank and she had no desire to fill it. "There was a fire in our family home…I and my youngest sister Clara barely escaped, I was wounded and knew I wouldn't survive so I forced Clara to go on."
"You had vampire blood in your system…"Elena said, she was interested in the red head's past, since Lily barely spoke about it.
"I did…but that's not part of the tale. I helped Clara escape, and she lived a full and happy life, where she had several children…so that's how it continued." Lily murmured. That's all Lily could remember, time really did fade memories, all she remembered was screaming, Clara, rain and feeling numb, unlike Stefan she wasn't one to stow away her thoughts in diaries. She sighed and leant her head back, her mind wondered back to when her vampirism began.
"So how much of your little story is true?" Elena asked breaking Lily out of her musings as she stood up, she groaned and stretched her legs out, Katherine was still going through the family book, the older Petrova didn't fool Lily, she knew that despite the thick coat of armour she had surrounded her heart in, Katherine was like her, she missed her family. After all she was once human, the red head still had Annabelle's journals, and they were stored away.
"I have no reason to lie Elena, I have no reason to do anything except to read and rot." Katherine called out, Elena walked passed her English teacher, and her mind was full of what her ancestor revealed.
"It's nothing less than you deserve." Lily drawled,
"Ouch…kitty got claws." Katherine smirked glancing over her shoulder; the red head cocked an eyebrow.
"I got fangs honey." Lily shot back, causing the brunette vampire to chuckle.
Elena kept pacing "Ok so even if its partially true that's what you came back for, because you wanted to be the one who handed me over to Klaus."
"Traitorous bitch." Lily muttered, Katherine glared at her.
"I heard that-"
"Good." Lily sniped; Katherine slammed the book shut and struggled as she got onto her feet, using the wall to aid her.
"Five hundred years on the run, I figured Klaus would be willing to strike a deal." Katherine said, her voice was still croaky. Lily peered around her great grandmother, and saw the tomb it was a dark, damp and a place where you don't want to be.
"So you got Mason Lockwood to find you the moonstone." Elena said,
Katherine nodded "Right."
Lily got onto her feet and her mind was working a mile a minute. "You got Tyler to activate his curse meaning you want a werewolf as well…."
"Damn you are good." Katherine drawled,
Lily hummed and eyed her, there was only couple of mouthfuls of blood left in in the bottle, she tucked a stray curl behind her ear. "As you said Katerina, witch's spells are tricky things-"she dealt with several witches in her time, "there's more right? You killed Caroline and turned her, hence you wanted a vampire."
"Hmm…it could've been anyone really, but I kind of like you and I liked the poetry of Caroline." Katherine stated, Lily licked her lips,
"And what else?" Elena asked, realising how big this actually was.
"A witch to do the spell, mine bailed but little Bonnie would do just fine." Katherine revealed, Lily pulled out her cell and checked the time, it was nearing early evening, and damn time sure did seem to fly fast.
"So you were just going to hand us all over to be killed?" Elena asked shakily, and was miffed at how cold her blood relation was,
"Better you die than I" Katherine sank back into the shadow, Lily growled and ran her fingers through her hair.
"Lily-"Elena uttered, the red head moved forward and enveloped the teenager into a hug, knowing all she really wanted was some comfort.
"It won't come to that." Lily whispered furiously into her ear, "I won't let it." she didn't spent the last three centuries and over for one of her descendent to be used like this. She was one of the closest links Lily had to Clara and her children and she wouldn't lose them.
Lily sighed and grabbed her bag, "Look Elena she's not going to come out let's just go." She urged the doppelganger, but the teenager was frustrated and worried all at once.
"Fine." Elena grabbed the bag she had taken with her, and handed the red head the bottled blood.
Lily swallowed "No point of making a getaway now." she uttered, causing the brunette to look at her in confusion, her unasked question was soon answered as Stefan appeared in the tomb.
"Elena, Lily-"
"Stefan." Elena exclaimed, "What are you doing here?"
Lily was shuffling towards the exit "I could ask you the same question, and why did you let her stay?" he rounded on her.
The older vampire scoffed "I don't control her Stefan, if she wanted to be here it was her choice. Katerina has been filling us in on this Klaus person." She stated.
Stefan frowned "Look whatever she said to you, it was a lie, do not believe her." Lily didn't think this true, sure Katherine could lie all she want but what would she gain from spinning them a tale? There was something in her eyes telling the red head that her great grandmother wasn't taking them for a ride.
"What if she isn't lying?" Elena demanded
"You don't have to worry, I will protect you…we will." Stefan gestured to himself and Lily, they already knew Damon wouldn't be left out of this.
"That's the problem, you guys could die trying to." Elena uttered
Lily glanced over her shoulder as Katherine emerged into the light, "There's nothing you could do Stefan, Lillian…I haven't even told you the best part yet." She declared. Katherine then told them what happened after she returned to Bulgaria.
"He killed them?" Lily breathed; she was stunned at what she heard.
Katherine nodded "My entire family, just to get back at me for running. See Lillian you weren't the only one who's been through that." she murmured, Lily looked away, her heart went out to her, Katherine had been through exactly what she went through…perhaps they were more alike than she first thought. "Whatever you do to escape Klaus he will get his vengeance…on your friends, on your family on anyone who you ever loved."
Stefan didn't believe the manipulative vampire for a second, he could see that both Lily and Elena were being drawn into it though. "No look at me-"he gently grasps the doppelganger by her shoulders "do not listen to her."
Katherine shook her head "Stefan always the protector-"her smile fell "but even you must know she's doomed. Look even Lily knows it. There's nothing you could do to stop this, unless you got this" she exclaimed and held up the moonstone.
Lily groaned in frustration, of course Damon wouldn't think to check her before throwing her into the tomb.
"That's it-"Stefan said a smile coming onto his face, thinking he figured out what Katherine was doing "the ultimate lie, you spun this whole thing thinking we had to get the moonstone from you."
Katherine shook her head "I didn't spin anything Stefan, it's the truth." She folded her arms across her chest.
Lily's fingers curled around the strap of her bag. "Let me guess, you want to exchange that stone for your freedom? You manipulative psychotic bitch." Stefan snarled, Lily had to hand it to him, that did sound like something that Katherine would do.
"My freedom?" Katherine scoffed "that's where your wrong Stefan, because when Klaus shows up to kill us all which he will, I'll be in the tomb, where no vampire will come because they won't get out. I'll be the safest psychotic bitch in town." She smirked, and walked away.
"Thanks again Alaric, your dirty nickname will be kept safe." Lily laughed as she dropped down on to her bed,
"It better, well see ya tomorrow." Alaric hanged up.
The red head sighed, she was back at home again, she glanced at the time, her mind was still buzzing from Katherine's story, what stuck out to her was when she said 'they gave my baby away' making her think, she that deep down inside her, her humanity was still there. Lily's eyes drifted upwards to where her attic was.
That was where she kept all of her old things from her past, after a minute she swung her legs over the edge of the bed and tugged at the trap door, she climbed up, and routed around the dusty room. She dropped to her knees, and finally pulled out a dusty old diary; she stood up and paused when something floated towards the ground. Lily scooped it up, and her eyebrows shot up to her hairline seeing it was a sketched drawing, of three people, she turned it back over and saw something Bulgarian written on the back.
She recognised Katerina's name, and assumed this must be her parents. She gently ran her finger tips over the image of Katerina's mother, her great-great grandmother. She tucked it into the diary, and climbed down the ladder.
Lily slipped on her boots again, and locked the door behind her; she could see Stefan and Elena on the porch embracing one another.
The red head looked around and blurred off into the direction of the church ruins where the tomb was located.
"Katerina." Lily called standing just beyond the barrier, they had left the lamp she could see it just hidden behind the wall "I've got something for you." she uttered, and once again settled herself down on the floor, sure enough Katherine emerged.
"Ah my favourite Petrova figured a way to get me out?" she asked.
"Erm…no." the red head scoffed, "but this is for you." she pulled out the drawing and placed it on the floor, and then proceeded to slide it over to her. Katherine picked it up and snarled when she saw what it was.
"What's the meaning of this"? She hissed.
Lily didn't bat an eyelash "It's your mother, father and sister right?" she murmured softly as Katherine dropped down onto the floor leaning against the wall. "You drew it?"
"Yes…why?" she looked up at her great granddaughter.
Lily gave her a small smile "If I had the chance to see my family again, even if it was a hand-drawn one I would take it. It's yours Katerina…"she exclaimed, she didn't expect the brunette to thank her, her expression was enough. She watched as Katherine drank in the image of her mother and ran her fingers over it.
"Your baby was named Annabelle…"she uttered, causing Katherine's head to snap up. Lily licked her lips,
"Was she happy?" Katherine asked just as softly,
Lily smiled and nodded "She was…she found out about vampires…here." The red head slid over the diary.
Katherine looked at her, "Why are you being nice?" she asked "after everything that's gone on?" sometimes Lily would surprise her and this was one of those times.
"Katerina we're over three hundred years old, sometimes holding a grudge is pointless, you're trapped in here." Lily murmured and watched as Katherine flicked through the journal. "But all in all…family is always going to be there, whether you want them to or not." She said and for once they shared the briefest of smiles.
"Please…please…please." Lily begged, her legs wasn't holding her up, she was being held up by the vervaine soaked ropes, her skin had long since blistered and burnt. She was barely conscious. Her head drooped. "Just stop…"
"Mikael told us to have fun, and you see how he is if you don't listen to him." one of Mikael's minions Alex grinned, the other was still holding onto closed curtains. "Now what is Niklaus's plans?"
Lily growled, but there was no heart in it, she was just so, so tired. She wanted the constant pain and throbbing to stop "If I knew of Nik's plans don't you think I would have told him, you pathetic weasel of a man-"SLAP, her head snapped to the side at the force of the hit, her head felt like it was breaking in two.
"Respect me you little chit. I don't get why they are so interested in you, you're nothing but a whore-"Alex taunted her.
Lily flashed her fangs, "At least someone wants me, and you're just a pitiable excuse of a vampire." She goaded him,
Alex growled and stalked towards the curtains, "I'll enjoy hearing you scream." He smiled lecherously and pulled them apart.
A horrified scream left Lily's lips; she didn't think she could scream any more. The longer the sun was on her skin the louder she screamed. The red head screamed and was beginning to panic more as her arms were set alight
"STOP, STOP, STOP" she shrieked and gasped when something was thrown over her. Lily gagged and looked through her bleary eyes and just managed to catch sight of someone familiar with blond hair before she blacked out.
Lily groaned and blinked, it took her a moment to realise that she was lying on something soft it was a bed.
"Ah welcome back love."
"Nik?" her brows furrowed, she felt him brushing aside some of her red curls, "what happened with-"
"There all dead love, now I believe you'll need this." Lily winced as she was moved, she felt him behind her, there was a crunch and she felt something being pressed against her lips. She swallowed and felt her strength returning, they were back in the apartment she had been renting.
"You led me on a wild chase ya know." Nik murmured, Lily blinked and pressed her face into the crook of his neck, her arms wrapped around his shoulders.
"Well I thought you left-"she muttered,
"You was wrong, Mikael needed a decoy." Nik said, brushing his lips against her temple, "He'll be on my heels now though…"
Lily frowned and pulled back, she shifted so that she was now on her knees, "And I'll come with you, we still got that Italy trip to go…"she caressed his jaw.
"You'd do that? Come with me?" he questioned, revelling in her touch, Lily moved forward and bumped her nose against his.
"Of course…I want to be with you Nik," she said sincerely,
"A monster?"
Lily laughed "Hardly a monster…although you are prone to throw a tantrum once in a while…"she kissed his stubble lined jaw. "And you love showing off…but that's what I love about you…"her eyes bugged out; ok she wasn't meant to say that.
"You love me?" he asked, Lily frowned the way he said it was almost as if he had no one ever say that to him before.
She swallowed, did she love him? He set her heart racing…his smile lit up the room for her…he was always there…so yes she did. A large smile appeared onto her face as she came to her realisation, she'd been fighting it for months, but it was the truth. "Yes Nik, I love you…just you." she said and pressed her lips against his, they shared a tender, gentle loving kiss; she felt his fingers in her hair and stroking the nape of her neck.
"I…love you to." Nik admitted, he loved her for so long, so it was even worst what he was about to do, "but Mikael will keep hunting me." He cupped her jaw,
"I will come with-"he placed his thumb against her lip.
"I don't wish for you to run for me, this isn't the life I pictured you living all those years ago." Nik uttered he was getting emotional a side of him which only Lily brought out. "So…-"he was holding her daylight ring as it was laced in vervaine, he caught her eyes with his, his pupils dilated
"I want you to forget me until I say so; you won't remember anything to do with me…or what happened with Mikael. Goodbye Lillian…"her pupils dilated "one day we shall meet again." He pressed a kiss on her temple and lingered there for a moment, before he was gone in a pulse of air.
Lily blinked and looked around in confusion, her temple tingle and she shook her head. Was someone here? She thought but Lily brushed it off.
AN: Apologies for any grammar or spelling mistakes. Thanks to those who reviewed, I do appreciate them. Outfit link on profile.
So in this Chap-At the beginning the continuation of the Mikeal saga. In the present, Jenna is Lily's wake up call, she tells her Alaric's nickname. Lily arrives at the Boarding House, where she laughs at the idea of knowing Klaus. At school she finds Caroline and Elena not there, she tracks Elena down, and helps her with interrogating Katherine. Katherine tells her story, Lily adds on how the line continued with Clara, Stefan arrives, and Lily ends up going back to the tomb, and telling Katherine about her daughter. In the past Klaus comes to her rescue, she tells him she loves him, he does the same, but knows Mikeal will come after them again, so he compels her to forget.
Next chap-More Elijah focused in the past. Lily somehow gets dragged along on a road trip with Rose and Elena.
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