Disclaimer: I am not the proud owner of Criminal Minds. Cuz if I was, I would get to meet Kirsten Vangsness. Alas, I have not done this.
Hey, so I'm glad you guys seem to like it so far. It might be a little different from my Morgan and Garcia fics, seeing as I've never done a JJ/Hotch one. We'll see how it goes. Thank you so, so much for your reviews and feedback and I hope you like this round!
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1993
Elle sat in her fancy apartment and observed the dark portal in front of her that she used as a mirror to watch any person in the world. And right now she was using it to observe Jennifer Jareau. The girl, the purest of souls, was six years old now. She was cute as all get out. Her honey blonde hair was worn in pigtails currently and she was dressed in a pink jumper. She was now six years old and the apple of everyones' eye. Her smile filled people with joy and warmed hearts. Her voice was like a twinkling bell that they wanted to hear for the rest of eternity.
She scoffed and waved her hand in front of her, dissipating the portal so that it went up in a cloud of dark smoke and eventually to nothing. She rose from her chair and went to the bar in her apartment to mix a drink. The girl had a mere twenty years left before her curse was complete. Angrily, her mind shot to how her sisters had foiled her plan to kill the girl. Instead, she was in a deep sleep that no one could save for her true love could save her from. In her mind, true love didn't exist. As a young fairy growing up she believed in the sickening thing known as love. She had watched her sister, Penelope fall madly in love with the wizard, Derek. She had watched her former mentor, David fall in love with Erin, another mentor.
But it had never come to her. The only thing she found that she truly loved was her magic. The darkness brought her calm, stability. She could always count on it to keep her company. It would never leave her. It would never abandon her.
People left; magic was forever.
She made it her goal to take away everything good in the world. And Jennifer Jareau, being the kindest, most innocent human being to walk the earth in over a century was a good way to stop the light.
If only she could keep her pesky sisters and their fellow band of immortal fighters from getting in her way.
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"She's growing up so fast," Emily said fondly, observing Jennifer, fondly called JJ by her friends, loved ones, and family. She was at a park, swinging on the swing set with a friend of hers. Emily and her sisters were sitting on a park bench, keeping an eye on her like they had promised David six years ago. They and Spencer and Derek made it their goal and number one priority to keep watch over the girl and keep Elle at bay.
So far, in the six years since she had cast her terrible curse, they had yet to see her in the flesh. In fact, there was no trace of her anywhere. Her dark magic kept her from being detected by the power of good magic and she managed to stay hidden.
Alex nodded and smiled. "She certainly is," she said. "She's growing up to be quite the little cutie."
"Ah, yes," Penelope said smugly. "Just like me."
Emily whacked her arm playfully. "Vain much, Penelope?" Her sister just smiled in return.
They were silent for a moment and watched as JJ jumped off the swings and made her way towards the slide. She waved her friend over to come join her. She jumped up and climbed the ladder that led her to the top of the slide. With a giggle of joy, she slid down it and raised her hands in victory when she reached the bottom. Her friend followed suit.
"How could Elle possibly want to eradicate something so pure?" Alex sighed. "She brings so much light to the world."
"She's controlled by dark magic now," Penelope said bitterly. "What else should we expect? She chose this, she chose to abandon the light."
"I still don't understand why she turned. Why would she just turn her back on us, on Good?" Emily said softly. Though their sister had gone evil and was dead set on destroying any part of good magic, they missed her; she was family after all. They had been trained together, raised together. There were some bonds that could not be broken, and blood was one of them.
After three centuries of being consumed by the vengeful rage of the dark magic though, they knew there was no hope for bringing her back. She was too far gone.
"I would love to have a baby of my own," Penelope mused. "Right now though, JJ is too important."
Alex patted her shoulder. "Maybe one day," she murmured.
They turned their attention to JJ again and watched as her mother called her over for them to leave. As the little girl left with her mother, the three fairies stayed put on the bench. Their hearts all ached in their chests. JJ wasn't their own child, but they loved her like she was. They were her protectors, after all.
"Guys, how are we going to protect her from a spinning wheel?" Emily asked after several minutes of silence. It was a question that was weighing on their minds. "I mean, spotting a spinning wheel these days wouldn't be too hard, seeing as they're not exactly as common as they used to be. But who knows where Elle could be hiding it. Maybe she's stashed it somewhere in the Jareaus' home?"
Penelope shook her head. "I don't think she would," she said. "Elle is too big on theatrics for that to be where she puts it. My guess is it will be somewhere more...extravagant."
Alex nodded in agreement. "I think Penelope is right," she said. "It's going to be a show for her. It has to be. It's like she gets off on it."
"Pfft," Emily snorted. "It's the only thing she gets off on."
Penelope couldn't stop the laugh that bubbled out of her mouth. "Hehe. Very funny!"
"What's so funny?" Spencer asked, Derek and he coming up behind the bench with two cup carriers of coffee.
"Just a joke," Emily responded simply. She accepted the cup of coffee Spencer handed to her and took a sip. She nodded appreciatively. "Man, this shit is good," she drawled. "Wish we had this back home."
"Alas," Alex said, sipping her own latte. "They don't. We'll survive."
"Maybe you will," Derek grunted, sitting down on the ground beside where Penelope was sitting. He leaned his head against her thigh. She put a hand on his head and then dropped a kiss on it. "But I love this stuff. Never want to go without it again. You know, this human stuff isn't that bad. And I especially like that round thing we've been eating for the last few years...it's really good, I can't remember the name of it."
"You're thinking of pizza, my love," Penelope confirmed. "And you're right. That stuff is good."
Spencer frowned. "Where did JJ go?" he asked.
"She left," Alex said. "Sandy took her home."
"And still no sign of Elle, right?" he continued.
"Still been six years since we last saw her," Penelope said dryly. "We're still musing about how to find her spinning wheel. Have you been able to discover anything, Spence? You're the team scholar, after all."
He shook his head. "I'm keeping track of finding any dark magic in the area, but so far nothing yet," he said. "If she's in the area, she's keeping quiet and not using magic."
"She's not in the area then," Emily said. "It wouldn't happen. She's addicted to magic."
"Expand the radius of the search then," Derek said, sipping his coffee. "Or contact David. Find out if he can do anything. Maybe he can convince Erin to get more people looking for Elle while we focus on keeping JJ safe."
Alex shook her head. "Do you honestly think Erin would help out? She's so difficult to work with. Let's face it...we're on our own."
"What about Maeve?" Penelope asked, focussing her attention on Spencer.
He nodded. "It's possible," he pondered aloud. "We should still talk to David though. He is the wizard we report to."
"Agreed," Derek said. "And we should do it sooner rather than later."
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"JJ!"
Little Jennifer Jareau looked up from her coloring book on the living room floor. Rising to her feet, she went in the direction of her mother's voice. She found Sandy in the kitchen.
"Yeah, Mommy?" she said with a smile.
Sandy looked at her with her a stern scold. She pointed to a small bowl of milk right outside the sliding glass door that led to their patio. Immediately JJ knew what she was talking about.
"Jennifer, what did I tell you about feeding that cat that's been hanging around outside?" she said in a scolding tone.
JJ looked down at the floor. "You told me not to feed him," she said quietly.
"And what did you do?"
"I - I fed him," she admitted. Looking back up with desperate eyes, she added, "But Mommy, he was hungry! I couldn't let him starve. I even gave him a name. His name is Tommy. Please don't make me get rid of him!"
Sandy shook her head. "You know you're not allowed to have any pets, JJ," she said.
Fat tears filled JJ's eyes and she nodded. "I know, but I didn't want him to be hungry," she blubbered. "And he's just a kitten. He's really little, like me and he doesn't have a mommy like I do and -"
Shaking her head, Sandy sighed. "Alright, JJ," she began. "You can keep Tommy. But you have to take care of him. That means feeding him, cleaning up his litter box. And you have to do it by yourself. Do you understand?"
Immediately the tears dried up and she smiled brightly. "Thank you, Mommy!" she cried, jumping up and down. "I'll take the best care of him ever!" As if he had heard her call his name, Tommy, a small black and white kitten showed up at the door and began meowing. His eyes looked straight in, as if he was looking for JJ specifically. She skipped towards the door and opened it, picking up the small kitten and cuddling him towards her chest. Tommy began to purr and licked her cheek. "I will take the best care of him in the whole world! No cat is going to be more loved than him!"
"You make sure you take good care of him," Sandy said, heading out of the room. "I'll go tell Maria that she needs to get a litter box and some kitten food."
JJ began to stroke the fur on Tommy's back and murmured, "We're going to be bestest friends!" Then she hugged him tightly to her chest and kissed the top of his head.
Hope you like this chapter! We're going to follow JJ's growth for one more chapter, the story will start getting to the more romancy parts :) Bossman is coming!
