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Writer's Notes: Bonjour Argangel! Merci pour votre avis! Bella est un hybride. Nous verrons cela bien plus tard. Damon est un vampire et grâce à la magie, Renee a pu tomber enceinte de Bella. Son côté vampire est en sommeil. Merci encore et bienvenue! Thank you to Micca, asia,delia, Moondancer, triinityz, and honeyimhom for your reviews! I know you don't speak French but above I'm responding to another review. We get to see Elijah's softside and soon we will get to see Klaus's loving side. There is a bumpy road ahead for all of them. But don't fret! It is a beautiful outcome. As always, don't forget to follow, favorite, and review!
Elijah was prepared for angry Klaus when he walked through the door. He hadn't bothered to button his shirt all the way, so you could see his bare chest.
Klaus was instantly in front of his brother. "Sleeping with Bella. Seriously brother, have you gone mad?
"Calm down Niklaus."
"How can I be calm when you just fucked my imprint."
"My mate." Elijah added. "I… have denied myself of any impulses over the last 10 centuries to be by your side. Any emotion or feelings I have ever had, I have suppressed for you.
Klaus growled. "I never asked you to. I'm warning you brother I-"
"I'm warning you. I have forgiven you for every misdeed. I have stood beside you, always. I have forsaken my own desires in the name of your ridiculous redemption. I will not stand by any longer. If I want to do something or if I want something. I will take it. And nothing, that includes you, will stand in my way." Elijah was dead serious, his tone holding an air of authority to it. He was making a stand against his brother now.
Klaus and Elijah were eye to and if looks could kill, Elijah would be dead. "You are treading on very thin ice."
"Good, I enjoy a little danger." Elijah said. "You do not get to tell me no longer what to feel. I care for Bella. She is my vampire mate."
"She is my imprint!"
"And she wants us both to get along. Wants us both." Elijah rebutted.
Klaus was still reeling with anger. "How can I share my world… with you."
"We're brothers Niklaus. You say you do anything for family. Were these lies you told for centuries?"
"This is not a democracy!" Klaus yelled at Elijah.
Elijah nodded. "Quite right. This is a family. Or at least, that is what I thought. Tell me Niklaus. Have you ever just felt… so profoundly wonderful? That the thought of it being taken away, your life would suddenly feel so unbelievably unbearable?"
Klaus was silent, listening to his brother's words, mulling them over in his head.
"I believe that when you love a person, that person loves you in return. I love you Niklaus, with every breath of my being, but you make it extremely difficult to love you. Because of my love for you brother, makes me uniquely vulnerable. You have all the power to hurt me. Yet, I have found a new blossoming love and you threaten to take that from me. Don't rip out my heart brother. You say you do everything for family. Prove it."
Klaus heard his brother's words. He understood, looking at his brother now and the look in his eyes. He could see how true his words were. He still felt angry, but he was letting it go slowly. "Her first time… should have been with me."
Elijah was quiet for a moment, thinking about what to tell Klaus and decided truth was best. "It wasn't her first time Niklaus. Edward… raped her, took advantage of her or dazzled her or even a combination of all three. Her body and her scars are the physical evidence of his abuse on her. Believe me brother, tonight was not in my plans. I did not set out for any of this to happen. But she wanted me to… show her what it was supposed to be like. I showed her and then she surprised me. I won't take back the experience because it was soul shattering."
Klaus felt enraged again. "Where the fuck is this, Edward. I'm going to rip him apart." He roared.
Elijah sighed. Of course, Klaus's explosive anger would be the first thing he went to and honestly, Elijah had gotten angry as well. "We will find him brother. But for now, we do the ritual, break your curse so you can be with Bella. I will make sure she is safe, always, even from you."
Klaus was quiet. The truth was, he was dangerous. He knew that. He was the most dangerous creature on this planet outside of his father. The whole point was to be strong enough to protect the people he loved, from his father and anyone else that threatened them. He lived with the pain of shifting every fullmoon because of his trapped wolf and his curse. He wanted that freedom, to break free and not be in pain, but he also wanted that strength it gave him. Elijah was right, he would need to be able to protect Bella. Even if it was from himself. "You're right." he said, calming down. "Bella needs to be safe. That is what's important. I will break my curse tomorrow, but I don't know how I will handle it. How I will handle my vampire self and my werewolf self-merging into one."
Elijah had never been told he was right before. Especially by Klaus and he felt like they had made a breakthrough with each other. "Brother."
"Protect her at all costs. Even if it means your life. Even if I threaten to put you in a box with our siblings. Promise me you will honor her and protect her, always."
"Always brother."
They had an understanding. A path to go to from here.
[The Next night]
Bella paced back and forward in the parlor at the boarding house. Damon was watching her fiddle with her hands and act nervously. Stefan and Elena were there as well and so was her mom.
"Bella, it's going to be okay." Renee tried coaxing her.
"What if it isn't?" Bella stopped pacing to look at her mom. Her icy eyes were worried and anxious. She just wanted Klaus to be okay.
Renee was worried about Bella and her attachment to the Mikaelson brothers. Damon told her about finding Elijah here with Bella last night and she wasn't exactly happy about it. Bella was spiraling. She didn't know about what all Edward did to her. When Damon explained it to her, she wanted to kill the boy herself. It wasn't enough that he tortured her with his venom, but he took something special from her too. And now she was in a triangle with Elijah and Klaus Mikaelson and it was just too much too fast. "Klaus is a thousand years old."
"But he's breaking his curse mom. A curse that has been keeping his wolf in the dark. I'm his imprint." Bella said and sucked in a breath to steady herself. "And Elijah… he-he is my mate and they're both doing something extremely dangerous. How c-c-can I even think about being calm right now?"
Elena and Stefan exchanged glances with one another. Elena was no stranger to the supernatural world. She was used to it by now because of Stefan and because of Damon. She was a human, like Bella and she understood how she was feeling. She stood and went to Bella and tried to calm her. "Hey, I understand how you're feeling. Any time Stefan has to do something dangerous… it makes me worry. We're human. You're feeling antsy and useless, but just know that it's going to be okay. Klaus can't be killed and neither can Elijah at least, not easily, so let's just take some breaths and just wait for Elijah to come and let you know that Klaus is okay."
Bella looked at Elena. She was quiet like she was most of the time. Caroline could fill any space with her words and the last couple weeks at Mystic Falls High, she was fortunate to sit at the table with Caroline, Elena, Bonnie and Stefan. Bella considered them her friends. She nodded and blew out a breath. "You're right."
Damon rolled his eyes and Renee elbowed him gently making him look at her and she gave him a pointed look. Letting him know that it was a good thing Elena was calming Bella down. "Do you… want me to go check on things?"
"No. Dad I wouldn't put you at risk." Bella said instantly, her icy eyes wandering over to Damon.
"It was just a thought. I'm not unkillable, but I can-"
"It's okay. Elena is right. I feel useless right now and that is why I'm anxious. I want to be there and I can't. I want to support Klaus and be a good imprint."
"Sweetie, you're great no matter what." Renee said, her voice calm.
Bella looked at her watch and then fiddled with her fingers again. "It's almost midnight though. How long does a ritual take?"
"It's not an exact science, but the ritual that Klaus is doing is a hard one. There is sacrifice involved and it comes down to the witch." Stefan spoke up. "It's likely that Klaus's curse breaking, is painful and it involves a lot more than reading words from a dusty old page in a book." He tried a smile. "But midnight is a good pinnacle point. We'll know soon." He gave her a nod.
Bella didn't know if that made her feel any better.
[Mikaelson Manor]
Klaus looked at his hands, he felt incredible power and strength, but also rage. The ritual was over, the vampire and werewolf that were sacrificed, lay in their respective circles. The witch they used for the spell was long gone now, not wanting to stick around for whatever came next. So he was alone with Elijah, who looked at him with caution.
"Niklaus." Elijah said his name simple, making sure that it was Klaus there and he wasn't lost to the spell.
"I am here brother. I'm just… adjusting to how I feel." Klaus said and looked over at Elijah with gold ringed eyes. The power of the hybrid was swirling inside him and he was fighting himself for control.
"Good. Any desire to murder me?" Elijah asked.
Klaus made a hmph sound. "Not in this moment, but I feel rage. I want to kill something, and it isn't you."
"Edward, I assume?"
Klaus nodded and closed his eyes. He calmed himself, thinking about Bella. He wanted to be presentable for her. When he opened his eyes again, the ocean blue had returned.
"It's 2AM brother. I am sure Bella is worried." Elijah mentioned.
"Let's go together." Klaus said. "I'm okay. I can feel the hybrid and I can access it. It is part of me, not who I am. I won't harm her. I can promise you that."
Elijah just nodded and left, together with Klaus to go show Bella that everything was alright.
