Sorry for the long wait but college just tires a person out, mentally.
Thank you Guest for all of your reviews, it was really nice to read them. (I am assuming that it is the same person)
QuinnFabray I really don't mind the questions, thank you for taking the time to read my story. I am not sure what you meant by a face character but if you meant what they look like then I deliberately didn't write a description, or pick an actress to base her looks off of, because I wanted the reader to imagine her. She is about 800 years old give or take a few years. And when I started out I was originally intending for it to be ElijahxOC but it took me on a completely different journey than what I thought, so right now I am not sure if it is still ElijahxOC. Sorry if that disappoint my readers, but I am hopeful that it will still happen.
Black Star thank you so much for your review! I hope that you like this one!
Witches, Wolves, And Hybrids Oh My!
Staring down at the 'tea' in distaste The Cursed One grimaced. Elijah, wanting to offer his sister a gesture of trust, had taken it upon himself to fill in his new sister about the ring and most of what it entails, so Freya had now offered her the tea to protect her own mind from Dalia. Witches, always managing to take something so wonderful and turn it into something distasteful She thought to herself. Of course, the tea itself might taste good, but The Cursed One certainly didn't trust Freya.
She noticed that Freya was watching her, waiting for her to take a sip. The Cursed One smiled at her, toasted her with the cup, then turned it towards her and spilled it onto the floor. She could hear Klaus give a loud "Ha", but She kept her attention on the witch. Giving Freya a smirk The Cursed One placed the cup on the table, turned her back on the witch, and calmly walked out of the room. Her master did not call her back so She made her way over to Hope's room, content to spend some time with the baby.
Hope kicked and waved her arms, happy to see The Cursed One again, She gave a small smile and picked the baby up. The Cursed One walked around the room, bouncing the baby gently and playing with her, though if anyone asked She certainly wouldn't admit to doing that. Although She spent the time listening to Hope's contented babbling She could still hear the sound of the Original siblings talking about the witch, and her power through Freya. Of course, it would help that The Cursed One would take Hope for brief walks around the manor, just to stretch her own legs of course.
It appeared that She would spend a lot more time than she had originally had thought, Elijah, before heading off to help his brother fight Dalia, had ordered her to stay around Hope and protect her. Of all of the orders She had gotten over the years, she really didn't mind that one as much. Of course, that meant that She didn't get involved in the fiasco that was the fight against Dalia, which She knew meant that Dalia hadn't gotten the full measure of all the weapons they had, namely herself.
She tried to warn Klaus when she heard that Hayley and Jackson were planning on moving Hope, but he was not responding. Helpless to do anything but follow orders She followed Hope to her new 'safe house'.
Once settling into the safe house it was very boring waiting for something to happen. All that she had for entertainment was watching Hayley and the wolves interact, which was in a word, dull. She almost wished for Dalia's arrival just to break up the monotony of dealing with Hayley and Jackson. Though, casting a glance at the vulnerable Hope, The Cursed One couldn't completely wish for the arrival of the greatest threat against the child.
It was certainly interesting the things that one could hear while protecting the child. For instance, Hayley would never suspect that She was now allied with Klaus while still enslaved to Elijah. Furthermore Hayley probably didn't think that anyone would ally with anything Klaus had planned. So as such Hayley did not take any measures to prevent The Cursed One to overhear her and Jackson's plan to take the child.
Upon overhearing Hayley and Jackson She alerted Klaus by a text of the plan, and was told to keep an eye on them, but not to interfere just yet. She kept updating him as needed but was successful in giving nothing away to Hayley and Jackson, not that it was hard. They were so wrapped up in protecting Hope and the coming threat of Dalia that a herd of stampeding horses would have escaped their attention.
She watched as the flowers grew along the wall, almost smiling at the possibility of spilling a witch's blood. She was certainly eager to test her mettle against this powerful threat that the ring was warning her about even before the ring had even been in the presence of this witch, which was unheard of in all of The Cursed One's existence. Still, it was a challenge and one that The Cursed One was all too eager to test her strength against. Sadly She was not able to test her mettle against Dalia quite as yet.
Knowing that the witch could not enter yet She kept hidden, hoping that Dalia could not sense the presence of the ring's binding magic over her thus giving away her own presence. Much as She would have loved to rip open Dalia's throat The Cursed One knew the value of surprise. She would wait until it was the right time to strike. That time, unfortunately, was not now having been ordered not to attack until Elijah gave the word, or there was a direct threat against Hope. So all She could do was listen and hear the interaction between witch and hybrid. Knowing that keeping Dalia in the dark for as long as possible about The Cursed One was a great advantage they had She stood silently along the wall in the next room, ready to leap into action if it was needed, but it seemed that the woman's attention was so distracted by the presence of the child, and the magic of the spell covering the building, that The Cursed One's own presence was successfully hidden from her.
She watched as the witch withdrew, then Klaus showed up pretending not to be previously aware of Hayley's plan. She watched, her face barely concealing her boredom, as arguments went back and forth about the right way to do things.
When Jackson brought in the wolf's body She seemed to be the only one to see that brief glimpse of shock that appeared on Klaus' face before he concealed it. She knew in that moment that he had not killed the young man, but his nondenial of it let her know that something else was in play. When Klaus briefly caught her eye, questioning her oath of allegiance in light this new development, She nodded indicating her continued allegiance to him. When her master stood between Klaus and the others in the room She felt his will and stood with him. When Hayley moved to push Elijah The Cursed One sped to intercept her and threw her across the room, making sure to grab her with her claws fully extended.
When Hayley stood up she glared at Elijah and asked. "Are you going to kill me too? Or are you just going to let your pet do it for you?
The Cursed One snarled and sped towards Hayley, slashing her across the face then planted one foot on her chest and kicked her back into the wall.
"Enough Keira!" Elijah said.
Keira glared at Hayley but obediently withdrew to Elijah's side. Giving Klaus the time to get away. After her master spoke his piece to the others She spoke.
"You know, I haven't fulfilled my daily quota of killing today." Her voice was gentle, almost as if speaking to a close friend before her voice turned dark and deadly. "Do you want to volunteer to help me with that? I would just love to spill some wolf blood, tell me does it taste as good as human?" She ran her tongue along her lips as if contemplating the taste of their blood, daring them to try something.
Hayley certainly looked willing to try it, but apparently, she did have some sort of intelligence because she managed to refrain herself from attacking. The Cursed One smirked at her, knowing full well that Hayley could do nothing at the , now that Klaus was gone, She realized that meant that She was once again stuck with Hayley and her wolves. Only now, instead of ignoring her, the wolves outright despised her. She didn't mind that one bit. She smirked at them, daring them to try to attack her. It certainly would help to vent some frustration at being unable to kill that witch.
Unfortunately, now that Klaus was gone, She realized that meant that She was once again stuck with Hayley and her wolves. Only now, instead of ignoring her, the wolves outright despised her. She didn't mind that one bit. She smirked at them, daring them to try to attack her. It certainly would help to vent some frustration at being unable to kill that witch.
When Hayley left for the bayou with Hope Elijah ordered The Cursed One to go with them and to make sure that no one knew about it, which meant that She was unable to warn Klaus. She didn't think too highly of the plan herself. Much as She enjoyed being around Hope She would have thought that Elijah could have used her on the front lines attacking Dalia but, apparently, he didn't appear to think so. So now She was once again babysitting Hope, and trying to provoke some wolves to attack for entertainment. Jackson kept a tight leash on the wolves, so there was no luck there in getting a good fight in.
Hayley seemed determined to ignore her presence, and that was they way that She preferred it. Unable to get a response from Klaus, although that could have something to due with the fact that he now lay in a casket with a dagger stuck in him, The Cursed One resigned herself to a lonely vigil far away from the child. She shifted and kept watch over the shack where Hope was staying in, content to remain a distance away from the bayou wolves. She couldn't refrain from giving a wolfish smile at overhearing Hayley complain to Marcel about her presence agitating the wolves.
Her vigil was not to last for much longer, thankfully, when Elijah came for Hope's blood She was ordered to follow him back to the manor. She went back willingly, happy to be out of the presence of the ever suspicious wolves. It also meant that She got to hold Freya down as Elijah injected her with Hope's blood. That was so delightful to see the look of surprise and fear on the witch's face. The Cursed One released her hold of Freya and stepped back, smirking at the glare that Freya gave her.
Not knowing what else to do She took to following Elijah around as he walked the manor, quietly though as She didn't want Elijah to get frustrated at her presence and dismiss her. She knew that she needed to remain close just in case if there was information that She could get, although since She knew that Klaus was daggered in a coffin The Cursed One didn't know how that information would help their own cause. She stood leaning against the doorway as Elijah and Rebekah heard Hayley's message to disappear with Klaus' child.
The Cursed One was in the perfect position to see Klaus weakly creep up to listen in. She raised her eyebrow at how weak he looked, She didn't think that she would ever see him so weak and almost helpless, but here he was walking as if the strength had been drained from his body.
She could see the sadness on his face as he heard that Hayley was planning on disappearing forever with his child, and the anger that rose on his face. She gave him a questioning look, silently asking him what his orders were, but he shook his head and gestured at her to remain. She nodded and distracted the siblings in order to allow him to escape.
When the siblings discovered Klaus' disappearance they were so distracted that they didn't even think to question The Cursed One's distraction, or her for that matter. She smiled internally, glad that Klaus was up and about, now the true battle would come. The Mikaelson siblings were simply not capable of defeating someone with Dalia's power. Now with Klaus at the helm they would be sure to succeeed, She only wondered what her part in it would be.
Hope you enjoyed this chapter, please review and let me know what you think!
Black Star, sorry I couldn't tell you in this chapter just what she told Klaus, but don't worry you will find out very soon!