Trixie was sleeping in the bed at Klaus house he had taken over for them but when she woke up to the sun on her face she sighed and frowned. The night before when they had entered the school, Klaus was happy because he had gotten the answer he needed but the next morning when they were waiting for his blood bags, Damon had stopped their fun and gotten Klaus spooked. He took Trixie and left shortly after that, leaving only a note to Rebekah to watch out for Tyler and to keep in touch. Trixie knew that Bek's would be pissed but she didnt have much say so when she was snatched by Klaus and rushed to a nearby waiting car. She had asked repeatedly and threatened him even to let her go and help Bek's but he told her no, he wasnt taking chances with her not when it came to Mikael. She had also asked plenty of times who that certain guy was but he wasnt in a telling mood. All she knew was they were headed to Salem Massachusetts to see a witch friend of his that might be able to tell him how to stop the guy Mikael's Trixie it was just another trip that she was going to be bored with soon enough.
"Dont pout love, its not attractive."
"Stow it Nik! Im pissed."
"I am sorry you wont be attending homecoming with Rebekah but I dont want you anywhere near Mystic Falls right now."
"WHY!"
"Because of Mikael ok?"
"Nik please just tell me who that is." Klaus sighed as he glanced to the girl and shook his head.
"Cant love. Maybe later. We are going to be staying in a lovely town for a bit. A witch town. You like that idea?"
"Maybe. You know I cant hide my excitement." Trixie gave a sharp smile as she pretended to be fascinated by the sound of a witch town but Klaus knew he had fucked up. As he pulled up the drive way of a beautiful colonel mansion Trixies eyes did bug out a bit but not much when she remembered that Klaus was watching. Soon, two women and a man exited the house. The girls opened and escorted Klaus and Trixie to the front door while the man brought their two bags, Klaus didnt give her much time to pack as a matter of fact that was the only bag she had left to unpack for home but he had grabbed it first. The guy then went to take the car to the garage while the girls opened the front door, grabbed the bags, and showed them to the living room where a young and very beautiful blonde was waiting. When she turned her bright green eyes light up as she saw Klaus and when she embraced him in a hug and then kissed him Trixie pretended to gag herself as Klaus glared at her.
"Ah my lovely Alexis. How have you been?"
"Lonely. Did you find who you were looking for? Couldnt be this one could it? Shes half vampire." Alexis whispered that last part to Klaus but as Trixie glared at her she smirked as if she knew something Trixie didnt but Klaus laughed.
"Yes as a matter of fact this is her. Be careful love, Trixie has a sharp tongue and sharper fangs."
"Shes the elemental witch!" Alexis was shocked of course and this made Trixie happy but as she bowed to her and extended her hand to Trixie she was shocked herself.
"Uh hello." Trixie took Alexis' hand slowly but before she could shake it properly a snake slithered its way from Alexis shoulders to Trixies hand and bit her. She yelped in pain before hissing at the snake who seemed to only smile at her.
"Ssssssorry love. Danger comesssss in all formsssss." The snake smiled again as it slithered back up Alexis's arm and nodded to her.
"Clear blood, good. Nice to have you in my house. It is a pleasure I assure you. Please dont be put off by Fang here. He wont bite unless directed. Sorry for not warning you though, I have had impostors recently claiming to be a witch just to get inside and get information. Had to make sure you were the real thing."
"I told you she was Alexis, there was no need for that."
"Always a need for caution. Even the big bad Klaus has been fooled once before."
"Nik?" Klaus glanced to her as Alexis gasped a bit and hid her amusement behind her hand before ushering them into the parlor of her house.
"sorry love, I did find one witch that said she could help me find you in the early 1940's but she was a fake. Humans were posing as witches back then and if they know of us, we kill them."
"They expose our secrets so easily and back then the witch trials being done were murder...pun intended. So Fang here tastes ever claiming withes blood to see if it is a real witch or an impostor."
"So, you made a magic talking snake to test people. Huh, bit weird but ok."
"My dear, hes not magical. Just a familiar." Trixie eyed the snake as she questioned Alexis but she waved off her confusion for a bit as she called for servants to bring out food and blood for them all. Alexis then talked to Klaus for what seemed like ages before Trixie got bored enough to ask to walk the grounds. Alexis smiled and as she held her arm out to the ground Fang slithered down and lead the way out the back door and to the back patio for Trixie to see a wonderful garden in the back. She smiled as Fang watched her.
"What?"
"Jusssst wondering how a witch doessssnt know about familiarsssss." Fang smiled to her before slithering back into the house and left an even more confused Trixie standing by herself. She sighed and walked down the back steps to the garden and as she passed some roses she stopped to smell the flowers. She smiled to herself as she walked further and found pink roses. One was hanging very dangerously to breaking but as she stepped closer the poor thing broke and fell to the ground. She frowned as she bent and picked the flower and stem off the ground, poked her finger into the dirt nearby the original bush, and put the flowers stem into the ground. With a bit of concentration and some power she had a new fully bloomed rose bush growing from that one single broken stem and flower.
"Impressive." Trixie startled by the noise turned and glanced around to see who was talking to her. She didnt see anyone but on the ledge of the porch was a cat flicking his tail as he concentrated on a bird. Trixie shook her head, feeling as if she was going crazy, but after glancing again to the cat, still looking at the bird, she walked further into the garden and continued her looking around. She came to another row of flower that lined the back of the garden and as she leaned closer she smelled the bright yellow flowers and thought to herself.
"dandelions? Lilly?"
"Nasturtium or Indian Cress actually." Trixie stalled as she heard the voice again and as she glanced to her side she didnt see anyone following her but turning around still she only saw the flowers she had already walked past. She took a deep breath as she walked past the yellow flowers and towards a little pond in the center of the garden. She noticed a gardener there whistling as he tended to the weeds growing around the pond but as she sat on the bench and he smiled to her she bit her lip before clearing her throat.
"excuse me, did you talk to me earlier?" He smiled as he shook his head and walked closer. He was a fifty something year old man and by the smell of it he was human.
"No mam, I did not. There are wonders out in this garden only the supernatural would know about. Maybe it was something of that matter?"
"Im not sure, Im new to town. Friends with Alexis. Just wandered off and now Im hearing voices."
"Ah, well mam, my momma used to tell me that all voices have a body. Even if its your own." He smiled again as he continued to tend tot he weeds and walked to the other side of the pond. Trixie thought she had to be going crazy now, she wouldnt have been talking to herself but what other explanation was there. Someone called her name and as she looked up she saw Klaus smiling form the back porch. She stood and walked to him, glancing to her right and left as she went, and by the time she got to him he was on high alert.
"You seem tense. Something happen love?"
"I just think Im going crazy." she smirked as Klaus questioned her but as he went to escort her inside the cat from earlier was standing in their way. Klaus scowled and went to kick it but Trixie stopped him and picked the thing up. When she looked at it more closely she noticed how it was all skin and bones, no fur really to talk of. It reminded her of a sphinx and when she petted its head it purred against her hand until Alexis came out and gasped.
"Oh what is he doing back!" Trixie eyed Alexis in confusion as the cat in her grasp hissed at Alexis and jumped from Trixie's arms to rush to the porches railing and jump towards the woods, leaving an even more confused Trixie behind.
"Whats wrong with him? Is he sick?"
"So to speak! That cat is not welcomed on my land! He was a familiar of my best friend, but one night he turned on her."
"Turned on her?" Alexis sighed as she waved it off and smiled as she took Klaus's hand.
"Another time, right now we have business to tend to. My library is this way." Klaus nodded as he gripped Trixies hand and made her follow him into the house and then the library as Alexis pulled out book after book whispering to herself. I am actually giving them out because i lost my wife and son in a crucial Car Accident, i don't have enough time taking good care of the puppies since i travel time to time. Apparently she was looking for some sort of spell Klaus wanted but when she didnt come up with anything by dinner time she told him they would consult her friend in town later that night.
Klaus was sat on one side of the table and Trixie was on the other as Alexis sat at the head and smiled to them. They were being served some fine roasted pork and fixings along with red wine laced with blood for them. As Alexis and Klaus talked Trixie let her gaze wander before she came to a window that lead to the front yard and she smiled a bit when she noticed the cat sitting in the window. She soon remembered that Alexis still hadn't explained to her what the cat was.
"Alexis?"
"Hum?" Alexis was sipping her wine when she turned to Trixie and smiled.
"You said you would tell me alter about the cat. Unlike you, I am still a young witch and dont understand this stuff. I was hoping to learn from you?" Alexis smiled brightly s she took the compliment and high remarks with stride but Trixie knew it would only help her to figure things out if she gave the over egotistic witch the praise.
"Oh well than. That cat is a familiar."
"Whats that?"
"It is a magic animal. Most witches had one but now and days you usually only see powerful witches with one."
"Like Fang?"
"Yes, he found me about three hundred years ago when I was just learning to control my powers."
"Found you?" Alexis smiled as she glanced to her shoulder and Fang nodded to Trixie.
"You sssssee, familiarssssss dont get picked. They pick their masssster."
"So, I dont have one because one never picked me?" Alexis nodded and as Fang copied she smiled and glanced to the window. The cat flicked its ear as Trixie took a sip of her wine.
"Have you ever been to a well known witch town Trixie?" She shook her head as Klaus smiled a bit uneasy under lexis glare then she sighed and shook her head in disgust.
"Why?"
"Well, the familiars only reside in well know witch towns. Now and days they want a witch to fell like they need to be somewhere so they know they are choosing right. A wrong familiar can lead to death."
"Like that cat?" Alexis frowned and shook her head as Klaus reached across the table and put his finger to his lip as he touched Trixies hand.
"Darling, the less you know the better I think." Trixie nodded as Alexis shooed him away.
"nonsense! You've kept enough from her. Besides, shes right. That cat Trixie, he was my friends familiar. He showed up in her back yard one day, she took him in. Like all good witches she knew straight away that the cat chose her but for some reason it wasnt the right match. My friend, she loved a vampire and when he found the cat he questioned her about it. When a witch receives her familiar that means the animal can sense the power coming off the witch. Now think of what that means to a vampire." Alexis watched as Trixie eyed Klaus and he smiled a bit at her.
"It means more power for them. A way to rule and to control others."
"Right, well the vampire didnt want others to know so in the process intending to kill the cat he somehow gave it vampire blood and snapped its neck. Hoping it would come back as a mean blood seeking animal."
"But it didnt?"
"No, he came back alright. He was changed, but for the worse. My friend didnt want to give up her animal but after realizing what it was she put it in a cage and left it for dead in the local cemetery. It is supposed to be there to this day, hence the reason I was shocked to see him with you. He isnt supposed to be let out of the cage for fear of what he might do to the locals and to the withes who let him die."
"Let him die?"
"No familiar shall be harmed unless the witch harming wishes for death." Trixie was wide eyed as Klaus stared in a bit of fascination as well but before she could ask more the man who brought them in earlier called to Alexis letting her know their ride was there.
"Shall we love?" Klaus held his hand out for Trixie and as he helped her stand he pulled her close and whispered to her asking what she was up to.
"Im curious Nik. Why?"
"Dont piss these witches off, we dont need to be banned from here unless you wish to help me murder a few." Trixie blanched at the thought so when Klaus smirked at her she took him seriously and bowed her head before following him and Alexis out to the limo she had waiting to take them to town where the other witches were waiting for Klaus.