AN: WOW! Thanks a lot for the reviews. Here is another chapter. I know it's soon but I already wrote it so couldn't stop myself from posting it. Please read and review.
Chapter 2: The Abduction
Shanyra wasn't hungry at all. She was only playing with her food at the dinner table. Her mom and her step dad were continuously talking about business deals, profits and parties. It was like she wasn't even there. That wasn't the first time she was being ignored. It's always been like that. It was one of the reasons Shanyra dreaded staying home during the holidays. At least in the school she gets attention from her friends. Specially the boys. Shanyra studied at St. George's School in Switzerland. One of the most expensive boarding schools in Europe. Perks of being daughter of a rich business tycoon. Whereas all the other kids looked forward to holidays, Shanyra wished that the school would stop having vacations so that she wouldn't have to come back home. She felt lonely in the huge mansion. It was more like being in jail than being home.
"I am pregnant." Shanyra said out loud. It immediately stopped the conversation her parents were having. They both looked at her with wide shocked eyes.
"What!" Her mom Eleanor Forbes exclaimed with horror and disbelieve in her voice. Shanyra on the other hand, glanced at her mom and then at her step dad and then smiled a little.
"Just joking. Please continue the conversation pretending I don't exist." Saying that the little girl went back to playing with her food. Feeling quite satisfied for the disruption she caused in her parents' such important business talk. Eleanor shook her head at her daughter with a disapproving look on her face. And then she resumed conversing with her husband; ignoring Shanyra once again.
"Anyway, as I was saying. We must attend this party-"
Speaking of Shanyra's mother, Eleanor Forbes- she has always been an ambitious woman. She was born as a small town girl but never liked that life. She always wanted to see the world and live a luxurious life. Eleanor was completely opposite of her sister Elizabeth Forbes who was happy to live her whole life in Mystic Falls. Elizabeth Forbes loved her town so much that she even became Sheriff Forbes to protect her home. Eleanor on the other hand got out of Mystic Falls the first chance she got. She married a college professor after graduating high school and started living in New York. Eleanor and her first husband stayed married together for four years but got divorced by the time she graduated college. Eleanor was too ambitious to live her entire life as a housewife.
After that she met a writer. He was a young man from Kashmir; traveled to America in search of adventure. Eleanor somehow fell in love with him. She wanted to be with him, marry him even but the young man didn't want to settle down so early in his life. After the writer left Eleanor, she found that she was pregnant with his baby. At first, Eleanor considered abortion since the father was no longer in the picture and she didn't know if she could raise a child on her own but somehow she changed her mind about it. And so, Shanyra was born. She got the looks of her father. For starter, Shanyra didn't have blonde hair unlike her mother. Her eyes were light hazel color, not blue. Her skin wasn't white like her mother's was but fair enough to not consider brown skinned. Even though there were very drastic differences, but there were quite a number of similarities as well between mother and daughter.
Eleanor had traveled to Europe with her infant daughter. She didn't return to Mystic Falls even though her sister asked her to come back home and settled down there with Shanyra. Somehow, Eleanor got more ambitious than before and managed to catch eyes of a rich business tycoon in London. She didn't care that he had three ex-wives, four daughters and three sons. Eleanor married him anyway and started living a rich and prosperous life. In the beginning though Eleanor was genuinely doing everything for her only daughter Shanyra and for her well being. But with passing time, everything else became more important to her than her own daughter. Shanyra grew up not knowing what parental affection was or any kind of any affection for that matter. The only thing Shanyra got from her mom, was her credit card. Never her attention or time.
"I completely forgot to mention honey. Mr. Kol Mikaelson would be joining us tomorrow for lunch. All arrangements must be excellent." Eleanor said to her husband. Shanyra dreaded calling him dad but her mother insisted that she must.
"Meeting Mr. Mikaelson; I couldn't help but wonder though, how did he become so rich at such an young age. What a personality he has!" said Eleanor praising this stranger Kol Mikaelson. Probably another money making businessman.
"I'm done eating. May I be excused now?" Shanyra asked getting up from the table already. She was done enjoying the family time. Neither of her parents responded to Shanyra as if she never spoke up.
"I'll take that as a yes. Good night to you too." Saying that sarcastically, Shanyra went back to her bedroom. She dropped herself on the bed and laid back with her legs hanging off the edge. One more week, she has to live here. Seven more days before going back to school. Shanyra wanted to run away but where would she go? One phone call from her step dad and who knew how many people would start looking for her. She'd be brought right back home before she knew it. Not to mention the lecture she'd get from her mother. No, it simply wasn't worth it.
"Home sweet home!" Shanyra said sarcastically to herself while staring at her bedroom ceiling which was decorated quite elegantly.
The following day, Eleanor was quite busy ordering around the housemaids and the butlers. Mr. Kol Mikaelson would arrive any moment. Everything must be perfect. Shanyra came downstairs and saw her mother going crazy. It was quite entertaining actually. For a while Eleanor didn't even notice her daughter standing nearby. However when she did, she shrieked out loudly.
"Shanyra, what are you wearing?" Her mother asked as if she could not believe her own eyes. Eleanor walked up to Shanyra with fast steps. Her daughter was only wearing simple clothes, black trousers and a red baby t-shirt.
"Clothes mom." Shanyra replied with a duh tone, making her mother narrow her eyes at her(Shanyra).
"Go get changed right now. Wear one of the designer dresses you have. And don't forget to wear accessories." Eleanor instructed, well more like ordered Shanyra.
"We must look very presentable."
"You aren't planning on making him my new dad, are you?" Shanyra asked suspiciously. After all it was only yesterday her mother was admiring this person a lot.
"Shanyra, stop talking rubbish and do as I say please." Eleanor snapped at her daughter with stern tone of voice. Shanyra knew better than to get into an argument with her mother at that time. She went upstairs again, back to her bedroom. Shanyra decided not to go downstairs again unless called. She wasn't hungry anyway. Shanyra did change her clothes though and wore an expensive dress and expensive accessories as told. And then started waiting for a housemaid or butler to known on her door. The knock happened half an hour later. Sighing out heavily, Shanyra went downstairs again. It was time to meet the rich and handsome Kol Mikaelson.
Speaking of whom, Kol was chatting away with Eleanor and Thomas (the step dad) who happened to be the parents of the little girl possessing his soul. It was quite easy for Kol to find this family considering their status in the society. But it also made it difficult for Kol to simply abduct the girl and take her back to Mystic Falls. He couldn't have kidnapped her without getting into trouble. None of the family members went anywhere without high security and couple of body guards. And the girl barely got out of the house. Not to mention, the mansion also got heavy security.
Not that Kol couldn't have handled all that but he didn't want unnecessary trouble. Hence he compelled Eleanor and Thomas at a fancy party they were attending, to believe that he was a rich businessman and made them invite him to lunch. So that was how Kol found himself conversing with the parents at the moment while waiting to finally meet the girl. He'd most probably compel her parents to forget about the girl. Under any other circumstances, Kol would've simply killed everyone in the house. But he was already very weak. He really shouldn't waste his energy doing unnecessary killings. Only Kol knew how many people he had to drain to look normal and not exhausted at this meeting.
"I really feel we should do this project together. I promise you, you wouldn't regret doing business with us Mr. Mikaelson." Eleanor said over enthusiastically. Kol was listening to their blabber and pretending to pay attention as well but then his eyes fell on the young girl and he completely stopped listening to what the parents were saying. He stared at her with unblinking eyes. The girl was so small, so young and so unfortunate. Eleanor on the other hand noticed Kol looking at Shanyra. She got up from the couch and walked over to her daughter to check if her appearance said 'rich' in every way possible, before introducing her to Kol.
"Shanyra, what were you doing in your bedroom? You were supposed to be here to welcome Mr. Mikaelson." Eleanor whisper yelled at Shanyra. She sounded positively pissed.
"I was trying to commit suicide mom." Was Shanyra's smooth reply that Kol heard quite clearly. He couldn't help but smirk to himself. The girl got attitude.
"Oh shush!" Eleanor scolded her.
"I am warning you Shanyra. If you don't behave properly this time, I'll ground you for the rest of your vacation. Now walk with me." Eleanor returned to their special guest with her daughter.
"Mr. Mikaelson, this is my daughter Shanyra." Eleanor glanced at her daughter with a look that said- 'show manners, be polite or you'll regret it'. Shanyra on the other hand stopped the urge to roll her eyes at her mother and smiled sweetly at Kol which was obviously forced.
"It's a pleasure meeting you Mr. Mikaelson." Shanyra spoke convincingly but not convincingly enough to fool Kol. He detected the underlying sarcasm in her voice right away.
"Nice to meet you too Shanyra." Kol said to the girl who seemed to have had many training on how to act like a sweet and charming little girl.
"You've a beautiful daughter Eleanor. Now I'm having trouble deciding who is more beautiful." Kol said to Eleanor, making her blush brightly.
Shanyra however had to lower her face to hide her mocking smirk. She thought only her mother was interested in this Kol guy but it seemed a two way track now. Why else Mr. Mikaelson would openly flirt with her mother? Her step dad laughed at their little flirting; not getting bothered at all. To Shanyra Mr. Mikaelson looked just as much rich as her step dad if not more. Everything he was wearing was most expensive. Mr. Mikaelson seemed like a luxury addict. No different from Eleanor and Thomas. Kol on the other hand turned his attention back to Shanyra who has taken a seat on the couch beside her mother.
"I've heard that you go to a boarding school. Do you like it there?" Kol asked with his sexy English accent.
"Yes Mr. Mikaelson. I've many friends there and the school offers many extra curricular activities." Shanyra gave a memorized answer.
"She just loves sports and belle dancing. She actually got the first prize in several school competitions" quipped in Eleanor like a proud mother. Shanyra however couldn't help but lean closer to her mother and whispered to her-
"Mom, he's interested in you, not me. You should probably talk about your high school days." Eleanor pretended as if her daughter never said anything. Kol as well pretended that he didn't heard that. Though he inwardly shook his head to himself. Shanyra looked at Kol and gave him that same fake sweet smile again.
"Actually, I take off my mother Mr. Mikaelson. You know like mother, like daughter. My mom was head cheerleader in high school. By the way how old are you exactly?" Shanyra asked all on a sudden out of nowhere. There was noway for her mother to stop her.
"I'm twenty one darling, why?" Kol asked curiously.
"Just wanted to know how many years younger you are than my mom. She's interested in you. You could be my future dad. Who knows?" Shanyra spoke nonchalantly avoiding her parents' glare at her. She was intentionally embarrassing her mother and enjoying it immensely. Shanyra always found it hilarious.
"I apologize for my daughter Mr. Mikaelson. She has an awful tendency of joking in between conversations" said her step dad giving Shanyra a disapproving look. Kol however smirked to himself thinking she truly was a pretty little thing with a sharp tongue. And wondered if it was his soul that made Shanyra so feisty.
"It's quite alright. She has great spirit in her and she is spunky. I admire these qualities." Kol said while glancing at the little girl from the corner of his eyes. Therefore he didn't miss to see the way she rolled her eyes at him. Right then Eleanor spoke up, intending to dissolve her earlier embarrassment caused by Shanyra.
"Not to brag or anything, but you should've seen me in high school Mr. Mikaelson. I was twice more spunky than my daughter. I was Miss Mystic Falls in my year. It's quite a prestigious title in the town I was born." Eleanor said proudly. This new information surprised Kol a lot.
"You are from Mystic Falls?" Kol asked clearly not having any clue about it before.
"Yes I am. I must say I'm surprised you know about such a small town Mr. Mikaelson." Now Eleanor was surprised as well.
"I've been there. Are you member of one of the founding families?" Kol asked with more interest.
"Yes, I'm a Forbes actually. You seem to know a lot about Mystic Falls" said Eleanor getting more amused.
"How are you related to Caroline Forbes?" Kol asked straight away making Eleanor a little confused and startled this time.
"She is my niece. I must ask Mr. Mikaelson, how do you know her?" Eleanor asked with serious curiosity.
"One of my brothers really fancies her." Kol replied truthfully. He also realized that Shanyra is actually Caroline's cousin. This could be a little problematic for his plan.
"Oh my! Small world, isn't it?" Eleanor said while laughing a little and feeling a little awkward as well. She hasn't talked to her sister Elizabeth Forbes in almost four years. Shanyra met her aunt and cousin only once in her life. She was only seven that time. On the other hand, Kol started suspecting that Eleanor knew about vampires. She was from one of the founding families after all. Kol had to confirm his suspicion.
"I've met plenty of members from the founding families in Mystic Falls. They fascinate me. Their believe in supernatural beings are quite amusing." Eleanor tensed up as soon as Kol mentioned supernatural. Her heartbeat increased as well. It proved that she knew all about vampires, werewolves and witches. If not about werewolves or witches, then at least about vampires. How come she wasn't full of vervain as she was supposed to? Kol wondered to himself. Perhaps she thought that being so far from Mystic Falls, no vampire could get to her. And she became careless about the danger with passing time.
"Supernatural beings?" It was Shanyra who spoke up and asked about it curiously.
"Yes, they're quite obsessed with hunting down vampires." Kol told Shanyra making Thomas laugh about it in the process.
"Vampires? That is insane." Saying that Thomas laughed some more. Eleanor however didn't join in the laughter. She remained tensed.
"They believe that vampires exist?" Shanyra inquired more curiously and with genuine seriousness.
"Yes, they do. But you don't, do you?" Kol asked a smirk gracing his lips.
"I only believe in things I see with my own eyes. And I've never seen a vampire before." Was Shanyra's mature response. Kol's smirk turned impish this time. Only if Shanyra knew that she was talking to a vampire at this very moment. Not to mention an original vampire no less. Kol was also a bit of a ghost at the time being, so it made him more special.
"Well then how do you believe in God?" Kol asked.
"I don't" replied the little girl straight away, making Kol stare at her intensely for a moment.
"Shanyra, I think you should go upstairs and study." Eleanor said all on a sudden making Shanyra frown at her mother with confusion. Kol understood that Eleanor was suspecting him after the talk about vampires. Shanyra on the other hand, didn't ask any question and stood up to leave. But she could never go back to her bedroom. Kol used his vampire speed and blocked her way; starling the little girl to no limits. He looked her in the eye and said-
"You are going to fall asleep now." Shanyra immediately felt sleepy and she passed out in Kol's arms. Her parents were shocked to say the least. Eleanor was about to scream but Kol compelled her to stay quiet.
"You're not going to look for Shanyra. And you are going to forget about meeting me." Kol compelled both Thomas and Eleanor. Then he picked up Shanyra in his arms and walked out of the mansion.