Hey...thanks? I took some cold medicine so I'm a wil weird.
Hayley and Elijah went downstairs, expecting to find Kol and Finn. But when they reached the fancy lobby, they were nowhere to be found.
"Where are they?" Hayley asked him.
Elijah looked at her seriously. "Listen for them." He instructed. "Your hearing is more powerful than ever before." She had to get used to it sooner or later.
Hayley didn't enjoy being put on the spot. But she understood that she had to learn to control her powers at some point. She slowly nodded her head. But when she tried to listen, all she could hear were the obnoxious and magnified sounds of the lobby: the receptionist quickly typing on the computer, the busboy cleaning glasses, and a maid vacuuming. She couldn't shut any of it out.
Elijah was quickly at her side and put his mouth to her ear. "Focus, Hayley." He whispered. "Close your eyes and concentrate." He could tell that she was already frustrated for not being successful on her first try. But it wasn't expected.
She slowly nodded her head and concentrated even harder. That was when she was able to block out everything in the room and try to go further. Then she heard Kol speaking outside. He seemed to be flirting with someone. Hayley's eyes shot open and a smile spread on her lips from her accomplishment. Without saying anything to Elijah, she practically skipped out toward where she heard Kol. He followed anyway a few steps behind.
When they found both Kol and Finn, they saw that there was a girl speaking to the younger original. She was shorter with beach blonde hair, brown eyes, and pounds of make-up on. Kol was flirting with her so obviously. Finn leaned against the wall, looking quite bored with his little brother's embarrassing habits. Hayley quickly walked down the stairs. She kissed Kol on the cheek. But instead of looking mad, he smirked at her surprisingly.
"Kol, darling, your brothers and I are waiting for you. You promised you'd take me hunting." Hayley said innocently and grabbed his hand. She glanced down at the girl. "Oh, excuse me. I'm Hayley, Kol's girlfriend. What is your name?" She asked politely. But the girl scoffed, rolled her eyes, and quickly walked away.
The moment the girl was back inside the hotel, Hayley let go of Kol's hand and stepped away. Elijah laughed at her hoax. Even Finn looked amused.
"What was that for?" Kol asked.
"If I hadn't done it, we would have been waiting here until tomorrow." Hayley said with a smile as she walked to Elijah's side.
"Tis true." Finn commented.
"I hope that was not the beginning of a horrible irritating bad habit." Kol said to Hayley.
"I can't make any promises." She smirked.
"Where the bloody hell did you find her?" Kol asked his brother as he gestured dramatically toward Hayley. But Elijah's only response was a small laugh.
They were in the park now. Elijah thought it was the safest option for her. They could easily conceal anything that went wrong. But there were still people wandering around practically asking to be fed on.
Elijah and Hayley sat on a bench near the pond. Kol and Finn stood alone and were instructed to intervene should anything happen. But if it did, Kol had no intention on stopping it. He would rather stand back and watch chaos break out.
"What if I kill someone?" Hayley asked quietly.
"I won't let that happen." Elijah promised. She only nodded her head.
"Can you give me a second?" She asked him. For some reason, the thought of him watching her hunt bothered Hayley. Elijah was about to say something, but stopped himself. It took a moment for him to nod his head slowly and finally agree. He got up and moved to another part of the park, but watched her closely.
Hayley stood up and walked to the edge of the pond. Her hearing suddenly picked up a group of boys laughing and joking around on the other side of the water. Clearly they were ditching school. They had to be the same age as her. Once she realized it, she felt weird. Only a few weeks ago, she could have been just like them. But everything had changed. Hayley watched one of them closely. He was rather cute, but he was also the quietest of the group. Suddenly, as if he could feel her watching him, he looked up at her. He stared at her for a moment, not blinking an eye. His friends didn't even notice his diverted attention.
Hayley was too far away to be compelling him. But still, the boy seemed to be utterly mesmerized by her. She slowly started walking away, giving him one long look before turning. She walked toward a group of thick trees that shielded her from the rest of the park. The boy followed and left his friends without a word.
Kol stood up straight from leaning against a tree. His eyes narrowed as he watched Hayley from a distance. "Are you seeing what I'm seeing?" He muttered to himself. But both of his brothers heard Kol perfectly from their separate places around the park. Elijah didn't respond, but knew exactly what Kol spoke of.
The boy made his way into the trees and became confused when Hayley was nowhere to be found. Then he turned around to see she had been standing right behind him. He jumped back a little in surprise. Hayley didn't waste any time. She didn't want to know his name or even hear his voice, anything that would make him appear human.
Hayley stepped forward as his heartbeat sped up. She leaned in so close that the boy thought she was about to kiss him. But then she tilted down to his neck. Her mouth opened just slightly to expose her fangs that seemed to practically be throbbing with hunger. She hesitated, just a second, before she bit into his flesh. The warm blood that slowly dripped down her throat was completely incomparable to the bag Elijah gave her earlier. She bit even harder, earning a quiet gasp of pain from the boy. She wanted more. Hayley was so distracted and entranced by the feed that she didn't sense Elijah come from nowhere to her side.
"Hayley, that's enough." He said to her. But she ignored him. Kol and Finn were now standing only a few feet away. "Hayley, if you don't let go, you will kill him." Elijah said more firmly. The word 'kill' echoed in her head and by some miracle, she found the strength to let go. She tore herself away from her victim and ended up running into Kol. He caught her easily with a smirk and steadied her.
Hayley wiped the blood off her mouth with the back of her hand. She looked up to see Elijah had given the boy some of his blood and then compelled him to forget everything and go straight home. It didn't matter if she managed not to kill him; she still felt guilty for treating him like food. Elijah turned to see her staring at the blood on the back of her hand that she'd wiped off.
"You did fine." He reassured her. She just looked at him, convinced that he would have said the same thing even if she'd ripped the poor boy's head off.
"Are you going to tell her or not?" Kol asked his oldest brother. Elijah's jaw tightened at his brother's meddling. He didn't want to give Hayley something else to deal with along with everything else.
Hayley now became confused. "Tell me what?"
Kol took a step closer, with his signature smirk. "What you are, darling."
She looked up at Elijah for an answer. He took in a deep breath. "Kol seems to believe that you are a siren."
"I don't understand. What does that mean?" She asked.
"There are some who recognize subcultures in the vampire world. Sirens are a group that many believed to no longer exist." Elijah started and gave Kol another glare. "A siren is a female vampire who can hypnotize a victim of the opposite gender with a look alone."
"It's very rare." Kol whispered, amused by Hayley's perplexed expression. But before she could respond, Kol sighed. "Well, I'm sick of watching other people eat. I'm going to find something for myself…maybe a small child of some sorts." He said with an evil gleam in his eye. Elijah sighed at his little brothers dramatics and followed him out of the trees. He didn't trust Kol to behave on his own.
It was now just Finn and Hayley alone. He watched her carefully. But Hayley didn't even notice. Now that no one could catch him, he was finally able to observe her. He understood his oldest brother's infatuation with her. The way Elijah watched over her was similar to the way he used to watch over Sage. Finn's own love was also the reason for understanding why Elijah changed Hayley. But Finn, the quiet and observant one wondered what else there was to this young girl. He hadn't missed the reaction when her and Kol had first touched one another. It made him curious.
Hayley, so lost in her thoughts, had forgotten that Finn still stood a few feet away from her. She was too busy wrapping her mind around being a siren. Her eyes stared out in front of her, not actually looking at anything. Mentally, she was not in the present.
"You truly did well for just being turned." Finn said softly to her. He had noticed when Elijah gave her credit she didn't seem to really believe it. Hayley turned quickly and met Finn's intense gaze. But she stayed quiet. "What did you feel when you shook Kol's hand?" Finn asked calmly.
Hayley seemed surprised by the question, not expecting him to have noticed either of their reactions. But she didn't really see the point in lying about it, even though she easily could.
"I don't really know how to explain it." It was sort of like when Elijah and I found each other at the right time. I always assumed we got that feeling because of the…" Hayley stopped, not knowing if he knew about the prophecy or if Elijah wanted his family to know.
"The prophecy?" Finn asked. Apparently, he did know.
"Yes." She finally confessed. "So I don't understand why any of that would happen with Kol." Hayley said it more to herself. Then she started thinking about that new mystery instead of being a siren.
Finn confidently held out his hand to her, his palm up. But he looked her straight in the eye. Hayley didn't know why it made her so nervous. Ever so slowly, she reached until her own hand was in his. Before she could take it back, Finn softly grasped it. Hayley took a quick inhale. Neither of them needed to say anything. They both felt it. She quickly took a step back, breaking the bond.
Hayley looked up at him, about to ask if he had any idea what it was, but then Elijah called her name in the distance. A human wouldn't have been able to hear it. Even though she had yet to get accustomed to her supernatural powers, Hayley always heard when Elijah called her name.
"I don't understand why I can't come with!" Hayley protested. She stood in the hotel bedroom, her arms crossed and a glare fixed in her eyes. She assumed Finn and Kol could perfectly hear anywhere in the suite, but she didn't care. She wanted to go with them and see Klaus for herself.
Elijah stood patiently, not taken aback by her reaction at all. Hayley's stubbornness was something he'd learned about ever since she was a child. She was never one to do as she was told. Authority had been missing through her entire adolescence practically. So when others did try to give her commands, it didn't sit well with her.
"It is precisely the same reason why I continued to leave you all that time." He stated quietly. "With my siblings back, Niklaus has absolutely no collateral." Then, without meaning to, he shifted his stance. His eyes stared into hers. "You're all he has against me, Hayley." Elijah whispered as he shifted his gaze to the window.
Hayley stood her ground, hiding the sympathy to what he was trying to tell her. She slowly shook her head and cleared her throat. "What good has it ever done, leaving me behind?" She challenged coarsely. "I am so sick of being the helpless girl left to wait around."
Elijah didn't respond. Instead, he thought of all the harm that had come to Hayley because of him and his brother. She was almost kidnapped as a child. Then her mangled body reappeared in his mind again. And now, here she stood: a new vampire. Had he failed at stopping the darkness from ruining her life? Could a prophecy be broken just as magically as it had been born?
Hayley watched him as he became lost in his thoughts. She slowly walked over at him. Her cold hand cupped the side of his face. "You go through all of these ridiculous measures to make sure I'm safe. But you never stop and think of how I'm trying to do the same thing for you." Then her hand slowly moved from his cheek down to his neck until both of her hands were wrapped around his strong shoulders.
"This is it." Hayley clarified. Confusion filled Elijah's face. "This is the last time you let your brother control your actions. I'm not letting you endanger your life because of him ever again."
Elijah stole a glance at all of her features: blue-green eyes, full pink lips, and the blonde hair that glowed red. There was never going to be a time when he could describe the way he felt about her. She would never understand how much she changed his life. From the light she brought him when she was just a child to the purpose she gave him now.
"After tonight, I will never leave you again. My brother can no longer keep me from you." Elijah said before kissing her on the lips. He had always been one of the strongest vampires when it came to control. But with Hayley, he lost all of it. Elijah felt her grip at the collar of his suit, pulling him as close to her as possible. He didn't want to stop and he could only guess Hayley's new vampire senses didn't want to either. But the sooner he dealt with Klaus, the sooner he could return and fulfill his promise to her. Elijah pulled away and kissed Hayley on the cheek before walking toward the door.
Hayley leaned in the open doorway of the bedroom and into the living room to watch him leave. Kol and Finn watched him go. The plan was for Elijah to confront their brother first. Apparently, someone had let it slip that Elijah was awake. But Klaus was under the impression that the rest of his family was still in Stefan's possession. And he still searched for Hayley ever day. He was only step away from killing Damon to get Stefan to return her to him. Everything was becoming chaotic. And after going to extreme measures on both ends, the two sets of brothers decided a meeting needed to be arranged.
The plan was for Finn and Kol to revive Rebekah and finally intervene. Hayley, meanwhile, would wait in the hotel by herself. She didn't bother hiding her frustration at everyone for throwing her aside as if she was incapable of protecting herself or being a hazard.
Elijah was gone in seconds. Hayley could hear him disappear into the distance at vampire speed. Kol watched her now with a smirk on his face. "Oh, come now. Don't look so troubled." He got up from his seat. "You're so much more beautiful when you're happy." Then he thought for a second. "But you are rather erotic when mad."
Hayley glared at him. "Shut up."
"I see…you're mad because Elijah is overprotective while you believe you are perfectly capable of taking care of yourself. Am I correct?" Kol asked. But her only confirmation was the clenching of her jaw.
Kol took a step closer to her and shrugged his shoulders. "Then come with us." He said simply. Hayley immediately became confused. She narrowed her eyes, trying to figure out his game. "What's stopping you?" Kol continued mischievously. Then Hayley became embarrassed at how right he was. She had a free will. She could technically do whatever she wanted. But she had no idea where Klaus and Elijah would be.
"Come with us." Kol said casually. "Wait outside. Then you'll be able to hear everything and know that your precious Elijah is alright." He teased.
"Kol!" Finn finally intervened. But Kol just had on a beaming smile and shrugged his shoulders.
An hour later, Finn, Kol, and Hayley all stood outside a white mansion. Apparently this is where Klaus lived while all of his family was shoved into coffins. It made Hayley disgusted. What kind of monster was this Klaus?
Finn looked down at his watch. "Let us go wake sister." He glanced at Hayley, basically saying that this was as far as he would let her go. He started walking to the house, making sure to be completely undetected.
Kol then winked at Hayley before starting after his brother. "Kol." She whispered quickly. He stopped and raised an eyebrow at her in question. "I just… Why did you go out of your way to get me to come with you?" She asked awkwardly. She didn't understand him what possessed him to do it. Kol didn't seem like the person to help others without it benefiting himself.
Kol looked back at where his brother had walked, making sure he was far enough away that he couldn't hear him talking to Hayley. He walked closer, so close that it almost made her take a step away.
"You aren't as helpless as others think. After all, you escaped, un-daggered us, and died trying to make sure it could not happen again." For the first time since she'd met him, Kol had no grin or smirk on his lips. "You freed me from a century in a coffin. I am simply returning the favor." Now his crooked smile was back, all seriousness gone just as quickly as it had arrived.
Hayley was in awe of Kol. Perhaps she had judged him too quickly before. "A simply thank you would have done the trick." She said sarcastically as he started walking backward away from her.
"Yes, but rather boring I might add." He said before disappearing to another part of the mansion's property.
Hayley sighed and looked around at the surrounding forest. She leaned against one of the many nice cars that were parked on the circular driveway. Then she heard two people approaching from the house. She stood up straighter, trying to be at the peak of her senses.
Stefan and Damon Salvatore were walking toward her. Damon smirked as soon as he saw her, but Stefan stopped dead in his tracks. Hayley said nothing as she glared at both of them. "Well, well, well, someone cleans up nicely. Who knew you could be so hot when you're not on the brink of death?" Damon commented with a smile.
"Why didn't you tell me you were Elijah's gal?" Damon continued, only half concerned about the answer. His question caused Stefan's eyes to flicker toward his older brother. He had no idea of Hayley and Elijah, only that she was Klaus' one true friend.
Hayley continued to ignore Damon. Instead, she eyed Stefan. Right now she wondered why she didn't just tell Elijah it was him that had done all of those things to her. There was a murderous rage gradually building inside of her as she watched him. She tried to tell herself it was the vampirism magnifying such emotions. But it was pointless. Hayley suddenly realized that the car she was leaning against was one of theirs, for they seemed to be waiting for her to move away from it.
"Is this yours?" She asked emotionlessly.
Damon smirked. "Stefan's." He clarified.
Hayley slammed her hand against the windshield. The glass shattered easily. She tilted her head, daring them to do something. But Stefan still stared at the ground. She walked past them, shoving against both of their shoulders as she did so. Now she stood only a few feet away from the front door, not bothering to make sure the Salvatores left. Then she tried to concentrate on listening to what was going on inside. She strained to remember what Elijah told her, focusing on only what she wanted to.
"I like what you've done to the new place, Nik." Hayley heard a female voice say just before a shattering was followed. She assumed it was Rebekah.
"I wanted it to be for all of a us. A place we could all call home. A place we could all be a family. None of us would ever have to be alone again." Another person said so quiet that it was terrifyingly sad. Hayley squinted at the voice. Why did it sound so familiar? The accent, the speech, the sadness…where had she heard it before? Hayley's eyes widened when she figured out who it reminded her of. Her curiosity took over. It didn't matter what she'd promised Kol and Finn. She had to know.
Hayley whipped open the front door and went to the room where she had heard the voices coming from. She stood in doorway of a large dining room, a fireplace blazing on the opposite side. But the sight in front of her kept Hayley from noticing anything else. Nick was held down by Kol as Rebekah held a steak knife in her hand, ready to plunge it into him.
"NO!" Hayley yelled as an instinct. All she registered was Nick about to get stabbed and killed. She raced forward with her vampire speed that was even faster than those of her kind. She flew between Rebekah and Nick, stopping any attacks from trouncing him. Klaus was in shock that she was a vampire. He didn't know what happened to her. It was Stefan, he told himself. A wave of guilt washed over him.
In her anger and shock, Hayley's eyes had turned to their predator form and her fangs slid out. "Stop." She hissed defiantly at Rebekah, showing no fear.
Elijah watched in horror and confusion. What was Hayley even doing here? But more importantly, why was she protecting Niklaus as if she knew him? He immediately intervened, stopping his sister from attacking Hayley, this new vampire whom she did not know.
"Have you gone mad?" Kol asked Hayley with Klaus still held restrained in his grasp.
She quickly turned to face him. "Let him go." She demanded. But Kol only narrowed his eyes, trying to hide how utterly confused he was. "I said let him go!" In her anger, she pushed him off of Klaus. Kol practically let her due to his concentration already being deterred.
"Who the bloody hell is this?" Rebekah almost yelled as she started toward Hayley. Elijah was about to stop her from doing any harm. But he was stopped in his tracks when he saw Klaus step protectively in front of Hayley as soon as their sister started forward.
"Get away from her." Elijah found himself growling. He flew into Klaus, shoving so hard against the wall that it shook. Hayley stared in dismay. She didn't try to pull him off of Nick. She'd never seen Elijah angry before. And it caused her to freeze in place.
"Stop!" She begged. Elijah quickly looked at her, confused on why she was protecting him. "What's going on?" Hayley whispered to Elijah. She finally put together that something was missing. She didn't understand. Why did this all feel so wrong?
Klaus shoved his older brother off of him. He now looked at Hayley. His siblings were in complete awe of how much his entire demeanor softened as he regarded her.
"How do you know Niklaus?" Finn asked the question they all wanted the answer to, while they remained absolutely speechless.
Hayley then squinted at him. "What are you talking about? Nick is my friend. He's not Klaus." She murmured. Then she stopped asking questions and started trying to put it together herself. Slowly she was figuring it out. The things that always confused her friendship with Nick were finally making sense. They never saw each other when Elijah was with her. And he left her soon after Elijah went to Mystic Falls. Hayley's eyes slowly rose to meet Klaus'. They were filled with tears.
"All that time…" She whispered. But she couldn't even continue. A gasp escaped her. It was filled with such anxiety that it almost sounded like she was in pain. That was why Stefan and Mikael had kidnapped her. It wasn't for Elijah; it was for him. They knew she was his friend. And they had planned on using her against him just like Elijah had feared that Klaus would do to him.
Klaus took a step forward. "Let me explain." He begged as he reached out a hand toward her. But she stepped back in fear and disgust.
Hayley shook her head and she walked backwards. "Stay away from me." She whispered harshly. And before anyone could say anything, she had disappeared from the mansion at vampire speed.
Elijah wanted to go after her immediately. But he was too angry and confused with his brother. He completely caught Klaus off guard, nailing him to the floor by the neck.
"What did you do?" Elijah practically snarled. "How does she know you?" He slammed Klaus' head harder into the wooden floors.
Klaus finally focused on the situation at hand. He shoved his older brother off of him and stood strong on his feet. He'd had enough of allowing his siblings to push him around. "We are friends." He said darkly. There was now an evil gleam in his eye as he read how angry the very idea made Elijah.
"That doesn't appear to be true anymore." Kol said almost in a laugh.
"What sick game are you playing?" Elijah spoke. "You wished to trick her into believing you were someone else and then kill her in front of me?" He guessed.
"The prophecy wasn't just about you!" Klaus finally admitted. He'd made references to him about it once before. But Elijah had never figured them out.
"You lie." Elijah snapped.
"Am I, dear brother?" Klaus challenged with a tilt of his head. "You were only shown one part of the prophecy. It goes beyond what you believe…what you think you know."
"Elijah, what he speaks of could be true. When Kol and I touched her, we could feel it." Finn cut in surprisingly. But Elijah still glared at Klaus as if he was going to rip his head off. His jaw was clenched and his hands in fists.
"She is to become part of our family." Klaus said simply. "This is bigger than you or her." He stated in a condescending tone.
Elijah quickly walked toward his brother. He was completely in Klaus' face, leaving barely a centimeter between their skins. "Stay away from her." He sneered, something Elijah almost never did. And then he was gone, off to find Hayley wherever she went. His siblings could deal with Niklaus. He needed to locate Hayley and get her as far away from here as possible.
So I know I made Hayley a siren in Silence Changes. But that concept was fun to work with so I did it again. The other thing...I want to know your thoughts! Write a review and I will love you forever. FOR-EV-ER! FOR-EV-ER! FOR-EV-ER!