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The brunette sits on the sofa painting her nails as Maddox leaves, her mother making coffee "Izzy…"
She doesn't look up to the witch as he says her name with goodbye nod, just waves for a moment then carry's on with the task at hand, however she is listening to the conversation between Klaus and Katherine, speaking of need the ritual having to be done in the doppelgangers birthplace " Well, how could you? You betrayed me and fled England before I could give you the details, Katerina. But I did find your birth place and I slaughtered your family! …not to mention turned your only daughter against you, So I guess we're cool."
At the mention of her Izzy shoots a glare to Klaus, who just smiles back then looks to the other vampire with aggravation "Let's just hope that Elena isn't as stupid as you are!"
"Oh… come on Klaus, no one's as stupid as she is!" Izzy smiles, blowing on her nails
After telling Katherine she can't leave until told he throws on his coat "I'm going to meet Jenna!"
"Why?" mother and daughter say in unison, earning an eye roll from Izzy, an awkward glance from Katherine and a chuckle from Klaus as he walks out of the apartment
Katherine sips at her coffee, looking over the brunette blowing her nails "that's a pretty color!"
The vampire doesn't acknowledge her, Katherine taking a step closer and sighs "you can't ignore me forever…"
This seems to catch the girl's attention and say says with a bitter smile "give me time…"
She then stands and slips on her shoes, her mother looking to her "where are you going?"
"For something to eat, I'd invite you to tag along but… !" she smiles and leaves her mother who just looks at the door for a moment, then throws her coffee cup at the far wall, letting it smash to pieces
Izzy walks around the small town, watching the people walking by in blissful ignorance for her meal, she smiles when she sees a man staring at her with lust blown eyes from across the street, she waves seductively and minutes later she's sinking her fangs into the rough flesh of his neck. She has the urge to kill him, but decides to let him live to avoid suspicion.
As she walks around the town aimlessly, not wanting to be stuck in the apartment with her mother, she feels a jolt carry through her, a sense of familiarity and follow's it easily, knowing that tingle on the back of her neck all to well as she rounds a corner and sees a brunette running while a sharply dressed man stood in place "Elijah…"
He already knows she's there and looks over, the two making steps to each other "I heard you were indisposed, bad case of dagger in heart!"
"Ismene, it's been too long!" he smiles to the young girl,
Her face splits into a grin as she pulls the original into a hug "come here!"
They start to walk the grounds; her arm linked through his "so tell me Ismene, are you still standing at my brother's side?"
"You ever expected me to leave?" she smiles up at him
He chuckles light and says "I suppose not. Your loyalty to him is questionable as well as honorable."
"Yeah, but you've always been kind of a pessimist Lijie." She says matter-of-factly
He laughs and says "no one's called me that in centuries!"
She shrugs and pulls on his arm "you should come back… I'm sure I could talk to Klaus, you know he didn't mean it!"
"He never does… I still remember what he did to you." He says taking a seat on a bench, pulling her with him
She gives a deep sigh "that was a long time ago Lijie, you know what he's like!"
"Locking you in a confinement room for a year is unacceptable, his anger and disappointment is no excuse! …I see your still wearing the necklace." He gives a true smile, staring at the diamond round her neck
Her hand shoots up to fiddle with the stone "well… it reminds me of a simpler time… Elijah can I ask you a question?"
He gives her a curious look "always…"
Caramel orbs meet chocolate and she asks in earnest "we were happy right? …before everything got messed up, you were happy, weren't you?"
Searching her face he quickly answers "yes, I was very happy. Why would you doubt that?"
Her eyes fall to the floor "one day everything was fine and the next… you just left! After eighty-six years… you never even said goodbye…"
"Oh… Ismene, I'm sorry, my intention was never to hurt you… I just thought it would be easier on us all, I know how you feel about goodbyes." He explains himself
She stands with an angry glare "so what! I don't like goodbyes but at least if you said it I wouldn't have felt like I meant nothing to you!"
He looks down with a shamed gaze as he stands "your right, I made a mistake and I'm sorry… I never wanted you to feel like that, because it is so far from the truth… could you forgive me?"
She is silent for a moment and then looks him in the eyes "well… I guess I could let you off!"
They smile to each other, but as he looks at her beautiful face he says "you're going to inform him of my awakening aren't you?"
He already knows the answer before she says the words "you know I am… Lijie, please understand…"
"I do, I always have… you swore your allegiance to him and I admire your determined devotion, even if it is to Niklaus!" he leans forward and places a tender kiss against her crown
"Goodbye Ismene, it was good to see you again… I truly have missed you!" he gives her a sad smile and walks away towards the house
She watches him walk and sighs woefully "I miss you too…"
Country House ~ 1596 ~ England
Elijah is reading in the garden when a pair of soft hands cover his eyes "hhhmmm… now who could this be, Rebekah? No, Victoria perhaps!"
The hands are removed as he turns; finding them now on voluptuous hips "is there something I should know about you and the scullery maid?"
"No my dear… you have my word!" she smiles at his chuckle, taking a seat beside him
She takes a deep breath of the fresh air and beams "it is a beautiful day."
"It is, so why have you not been out until now?" he asks her curiously
The long haired brunette sighs and answers "Klaus… he wanted me to help with a new portrait!"
The older vampire nods and looks to her "you seem to have become his favorite model…"
She tilts her head lightly, hand fiddling with her diamond necklace "I think he feel's guilt, for my punishment…"
"Ismene, Niklaus does not feel guilt, most days I wonder if he feels anything!" he says to her honestly
She shakes her head "he feels Lijie, just as you and I, but with such a life, such threat and enemies at every turn… I understand why he is guarded, it hurts less!"
He sees her sorrow filed face, old memories clouding her smile "Run!"
Her head shoots up "please Lijie you know I'm no good at that game… I always let you catch me!"
"That's why I like playing it!" he smirks
She starts to giggle, her smile back in place and darts across the courtyard, Elijah quick on her heals, laughing at her screams of delight…
Present Day ~ Alaric's Apartment
Ismene walk's in and sees Klaus and Katherine, but walks past them to the table and picking up the bourbon bottle, grabbing a glass and pouring as her leader asks "Now where have you been?"
"For a bite, I ended up going for a walk, oh and I bumped into our old friend… Elijah!" she answers, throwing the bittersweet liquid to the back of her throat
His eyes widen "what? He's been un-daggered?"
"So it would seem, he was with the girl!" she says with a hint of annoyance
Klaus nods in thought just as Maddox and Greta walk in with Klaus's body, ready to make him whole. The girls exchange bitter glances as he greets the Martin witch, then turns to his vampire, cupping her cheek lightly "you did the right thing in telling me Izzy… this is just further proof to your unquestionable loyalty!"
She can't help but beam at the compliment, nuzzling slightly into his palm, but as he turns from her, her smile falters slightly, not unnoticed by her mother, who wonders the extent of Ismene's involvement with the originals…
After the spell and Klaus's physical return Izzy gets ready for bed, wiping off her make up in the mirror and her eyes fall to the rhombus stone, just as a hand rests against her shoulder "what's the matter sweetheart?"
She looks into the mirror, finding familiar blue orbs looking down on her "Nothing I just… I wish things were different…"
"This is about Elijah isn't it?" he says in an annoyed tone
Her head falls, his hand moving to the nape of her neck as he leans down to her ear, looking to her in the mirror "you need to put all this aside love, it's not the time!"
Her head snaps up and she bites "it's never the time is it!"
He gives a deep sigh and tightens his grip on her neck slightly in comfort "I know how you feel Izzy… I miss them to, but in time, when the curse is broken, when Mikael is dead, all will be right with the world… we will be together again! Have I ever lied to you?"
She shakes her head lightly and leans her face against his "no, I'm sorry… I just hate all this, I miss the old days!"
"As do I… soon enough we will be one step closer Izzy, do you trust me?" he ask her reflection
Their eyes meet in the mirror and she instantly smiles "with my life!"
He places a small kiss into her chocolate curls and heads into the other room, leaving the girl feeling reassured and contented at his words, unaware of her mother on the other side of the wall, listening to every word.
A few hours later Katherine leans against the divider of the living room and bedroom, seeing Ismene sleeping peacefully in the bed, curled up snuggly in the blankets. She looks from Alaric's unconscious body then to Klaus, who's sipping at a blood bag and reading the paper from the day before, the real, in the flesh Klaus! The same man she's been running from for five hundred years, the vampire that could very easily be her end and what does she do…"What do you want with Ismene?"
He looks up is slight amazement "excuse me?"
"Why is she here? Why did you take her in the first place, because you wanted to hurt me, to make her hate me, what?" she stands with folded arms, defiant and demanding
He chuckles lightly and puts down his paper, standing and taking a step to the vampire "Oh, Katerina… she is here because she wants to be!"
"No, I know my daughter, she was never like this before, you did this to her, you made her this way!" she says without thinking, running on adrenaline
Suddenly she is in midair, his hand around her throat as he says calmly "you silly girl, you truly think I turned her against you, you did a good enough job of that yourself! And she is who you made her; you should have stayed away love…"
He drops her to the ground with a thud, she gasps for breath and hold her throat, the original kneeling down and facing her "it seems you may actually care about someone other than yourself! Oh and by the way I didn't take her… she found me!"
He stands and goes back to his paper, Katherine looking from him in shock and then over to her slumbering daughter, and sobs lightly to herself "what have I done!"
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