Trixie could hear the witches ohhing and awwing over Klaus and how he was a hybrid now but a few were whispering how it went against nature that he was alive. They had been warned though that he wasnt here to fight, just to ponder with a few of them and that if any of them decided to try and take him out his half breed would fix them. Of course everyone knew about her, the only elemental witch to control all elements for over five hundred years but she didnt for a minute think they were scared of her. Just cautious.
"Bored love?"
"Yes much!" Trixie glared at Klaus as he sighed and frowned to her.
"What do you want to do then?"
"Cant I go for a walk? I mean, you need to talk to the witches not me."
"You cant for one second think of how this might be a good time to figure out some spells or what not that you dont know yet?"
"Nik, I could set anyone on fire, douse them with water and before they can say thank you dig their grave where I shall put them in without air for them to suffocate and die a gruesome death. What possible spell could I learn from here?" Klaus smiled at her sick way of thinking but nodded none the less.
"Keep your phone on you. Dont go looking for trouble please and when you need me call."
"Thank you Nik." she leaned up a bit and kissed his cheek as he groaned at her affection and watched her walk out the door.
"You know where shes going right?"
"Im hoping she is Alexis. If you are right, then it is her destiny. Not mine. Mine consists of finding a way to stop my father. Now where were we?" He turned and smiled to the witches back in the bar as Trixie chuckled to herself as she walked down the dark streets of Salem. She noticed the witches house and museum along with a few ropes in trees to signify where some witches were hung. She shuttered as she made her way to the town square where a holding device was on display where awaiting witches would wait for their trial.
"Pity the town didnt use that for everyone huh?" Trixie glanced around and as she set her eyes on the same cat she saw at Alexis's house she smiled a bit.
"I guess, but one shouldn't be as stupid as others in most cases." The cat grinned to her as he vanished and reappeared near the device.
"Yes, but to condemn a person for being a witch without proper accusation rights...that itself determines the person fit to be in here as well." Trixie smiled wide finally knowing she wasnt crazy and as she walked up to the cat he watched her with interest.
"You are?" The cat titled his head sideways a bit before it rolled onto its back and stuck all four legs up in the air.
"Dead darling." She chuckled as he rolled his body over but not his head and as she gasped he smiled then turned his head around to the right position.
"You are dead."
"Well undead really. Once a familiar dies they are supposed to only come back when their next witch is born. Yet I have been walking this earth for over four hundred years and walking undead for nearly two fifty. Alexis is right in one thing."
"Whats that?"
"Being in a cage for so long can drive even the strongest man alive insane." Trixie eyed the cat as he chuckled to himself and flicked his tail side to side.
"Are you a ghost?"
"A figment yes but ghost no. I can not physically leave me confinement but my spirit can and seeing as how witches only see me I was quite surprised your vampire friend there tried to take a swipe at me."
"So you arent dead totally?"
"desiccated." Trixie frowned as she turned to glance to the bar she had left Klaus in but when she looked back to the cat she frowned even more as she glanced around to try and locate where he was now. She finally seen him curling his body around a nearby tree as he flicked his tail towards her and smiled.
"What do you want?" The cat eyed her and his eyes shined a bright yellow as he vanished and reappeared a bit further down the road.
"Help." He vanished again and appeared further but all she could see this time was his bright yellow eyes, as if they were headlights on the road during a foggy night. She shivered as she used her vampire speed and rushed to the cats side but he was forever getting further and further from her as she caught up. She finally snapped her fingers and brought a flame to her finger tip to light the way. Before she could get further down the road she heard a loud meowing coming from her right and as she turned she came face to face with the sign for the old Salem cemetary.
"Oh for fucks sake!" She shook her head as she saw a glimpse of the yellow eyes in the distant and as she rushed to them she was momentarily confused as she turned around and noticed the fog had seemed to creep in on her and no matter how hard she tried to see with her flames she couldnt see further than a foot in front of her. Finally getting frustrated she took a deep breath before throwing her arms to the side and making a huge gust blow through, lifting the fog and reviling an old and unkept cemetary. She shivered and hugged herself as she noticed bones sticking out in some graves where the weather had washed away the dirt and others had coffins visible where they were not buried in cement before the dirt. She walked a little stone path for a few minutes before hearing a louder meowing and stopped quickly before turning to her left and seeing two eyes watching her. Cautiously she walked over to the eyes and as she got close she noticed a big black cage first before seeing the same cat she had just been following inside but he was much bonier this time, as if he was already dead, yet when she got close his ears perked up and he turned his head slowly to her and smiled.
"Hello." She shook her head as she sat beside the cats cage and put her fingers through to rub his head. He purred and it was ragged as if he hadn't had water in forever.
"How long have you been here?"
"Two hundred and fifty seven years. waiting for my next witch to take pity on me." Trixie eyed him and as his eyes met hers she sighed before she smiled to him.
"You chose me didnt you?"
"You are powerful and we share a common interest."
"Which is?"
"Half breed." She stopped to think about that and he was right. He had been turned by a vampire as a cruel trick on his witch but when he didnt die but came back he was discarded as trash. She had been turned and when she didnt come back as a full vampire but as a half breed she was used for her powers rather then begin treated as an individual.
"So, you only want me because we are both half vampire?" She frowned as she thought about how that sounded a lot like Klaus. He had only for a time wanted her for her powers and when she was being used she had trouble finding real friends. Until Kol that was. He treated her as an individual and as she thought about how it made her feel to be accepted instead of used or looked down upon she felt pity for the cat.
"I chose you because you know my pain." He closed his eyes and as he laid his head down Trixie sighed before nodding to herself and smiling as she ran her fingers over his head again.
"Ok than." His eyes flew open at that sentence and as he tried to sit up she stopped him before looking around and finding a broken bottle close to them. She grabbed it and as she bit her wrist she put her blood into the bottle, just enough to get him going, and when she slipped it into his cage he eyed her with a bit of caution but then gratefully took the offer and lapped up the blood. His skin soon lost that dusty look and started to seem a darker grey almost black color. His eyes got brighter as he drank and when he could finally sit up on his own even if it was a bit wobbly he smiled to her.
"Thank you."
"No problem. Every animal needs a chance to live. No matter what they are." She turned her way around and as she set out to find something to break the cage with she heard a chuckling from behind her.
"nothing around here will break my bonds to this cage but your will." Trixie eyed him suspiciously but then touched the cage itself and felt that it was hard made steel. She sighed as she knew it would take a steel cutter or something to get through the bars but when she smiled the cat copied.
"Heat."
"Indeed." He scooted to the side of the cage as she grabbed the bars in both hands and concentrated on a lava feel and how hot that would be. Soon the bars were melting under her grasp and when she did the same thing to the other two in the middle she smiled with pride at her accomplishment but it didnt last long before the cat rushed her and jumped. She shrieked but as she braced for impact she heard a bird call out in pain and turned to see the cat with its kill in its mouth. He devoured that bird within seconds before going after another, jumping almost twenty feet high, and landing with a light feather touch with a raven in his jaws. His eyes were bright yellow as he devoured that meal too and then turned to smile at Trixie showing her his set of white teeth, they almost seemed human at first, but as he approached her slowly she noticed how they were pointed and that his main canines were elongated further then a normal cats would be. He sat right in front of her and as he dipped his head she noticed how she could see his spine through his fur less body and even on his tail his spine bones were visible. His ribs were easily noticeable as were his shoulder bones, about every bone on him was easily seen but as she studied his head she noticed he had dark black almost tattoo like drawings on his face.
"What are the markings for?" He smiled as he twisted to the side and showed off random markings all over his body.
"Spell markings, given to me at birth by my familiar mother. Protection against elements and every kind of weather that could kill a regular cat. I am all but invincible."
"So what can kill you?"
"Now? Nothing." He smiled as he crawled into her lap and rubbed his head against her hand. She petted him and smiled when she was reminded of the sphinx cat yet again.
"So whats your name?" he glanced up to her as he shrugged his shoulders and flicked the only part of his body to have any kind of fur on his skin, the tip of his tail, towards her arm and smiled as she watched him intently.
"I guess you can call me anything you want."
"What did your last witch call you?"
"Chester." Trixie smiled as she laughed a bit at this name but was surprised to see him chuckling as well.
"Dont like that name huh? How about Talon?" She ran her fingers over his razor sharp claws that were lightly kneading her leg and he smiled to her.
"That sounds purrrrfect." He smiled as she nodded and then felt her phone going off. His ears perked up a she glanced to it and sighed. Noting it was time to go he stood and let her stand as well before leading her out of the cemetary and then with one graceful and light jump landed on her shoulders and wrapped himself around her neck. She smiled to him as she petted his head and made him purr again but this time it was loud and strong as he rode on her shoulders as she walked to where Klaus wanted to see her.
Klaus was pacing back and forth as he waited for Trixie, the phone call from Rebekah was disturbing and as he wondered what else the petty humans back in Mystic Falls were going to dig up on his family he heard footsteps approaching him in the center of town. He turned and saw Trixie walking his way with a big smile on her face and as she got closer Klaus looked around for signs of what was making her happier than he had seen her since Kol was around.
"Trixie love, there you are. Where were you?"
"I was soul searching. I went for a walk Nik, dont worry."
"I always worry. You know this. Why are you so happy love?"
"Nothing in particular actually. Just found something I have been missing." Klaus smiled too as her double meaning but without asking any further questions he took her hand and lead her back to the bar where she had left him with the witches that were supposed to help him.
"Well, its time to head home anyways so lets be going love."
"Home as far as Mystic Falls?"
"No, Alexis's house. She has been kind enough to let us stay the night."
"Oh, great." Trixie's eyes fell as she wondered how Talon was going to be with her tonight if Alexis was around. She had shown much distaste for the cat but as Klaus went into the bar to find the witch she stayed outside to stay away from the tense environment the witches created every time Klaus was around.
"Do not fret over me Trixie. I shall find a place for the night to bunk and feed at. I will be around when the morning light hits."
"But, what if we leave?"
"You have accepted me as your familiar. No matter where you go, I shall always be able to find you. I shall not be far behind you wherever you go." He bowed his head as the door to the bar opened again and Klaus eyed the half breed with suspicion.
"Are you alright love?"
"Perfect Nik. We going?"
"Yes. Come." He held his hand out to her and as she grabbed it she noticed Alexis giving her a sly look as if she had heard everything her and Talon had talked about. She wondered if Klaus would be mad at her or if Alexis would deny her the chance to have this friend of sorts but neither of them said a word as they rode back to the mansion in the limo.