Elena was silent as she stared at the man in front of her. She had no idea what to say. She didn't expect to be this nervous. It wasn't like this when she saw John again after deducing that he was her biological father. She supposed that could be because she had known him her whole life and wasn't all that fond of him. This man was a mystery to her. The only thing she knew about him was that he probably wasn't human.
Elena cleared her throat after several minutes of awkward silence. She decided one of them had to break the ice. "Hi. I'm Elena Gilbert."
Lucifer tore his gaze from his newfound daughter and turned to Klaus and his brother. "Leave."
Klaus and Elijah nodded before heading towards the door.
Elena watched the two originals leave in surprise. She wouldn't have expected either of them to take orders from anybody. They were the most powerful beings she had ever met. Yet they didn't even blink when her biological father asked them to leave. She found herself both impressed and terrified.
"Niklaus," Lucifer called out before the two brothers could leave. He waited for the blonde to turn back to him. "Don't think I haven't noticed her resemblance to the woman you asked me to find for you centuries ago. We will speak soon," he said in a dangerous tone.
Klaus nodded before he and Elijah left the house.
Lucifer held out his hand for the young woman. "Lucifer Morningstar."
Elena stared at him in shock as she shook his hand. Until now, she'd been trying to tell herself that the man's first name was a coincidence. She would have to be an idiot not to have noticed the correlation between his first name and the name of the devil. However, she told herself that had to be a coincidence, despite the fact that she now had wings on her back like an Angel. Her own father couldn't be the devil, right? However, the last name, Morningstar, was a little too much to be coincidental. "Your full name is Lucifer Morningstar? I know I will sound crazy for even asking this, but are you the devil?"
Lucifer laughed, impressed with the young woman. "You're the first person to ever ask me that. Most people assume that it's a metaphor or that I'm insane. Yes, I am the devil."
Elena went and sat down before her legs gave out. She probably shouldn't be this surprised to hear that. It wasn't like the supernatural world was new to her. Half of her friends were vampires and she had wings on her back now. Still, finding out her father was the devil himself was the most shocking thing to ever happen to her. "You're the devil. So that makes me the Antichrist?"
Lucifer chuckled. "No. There's no such being as the Antichrist. Humans come up with some strange things in their literature. The supposed Antichrist is one of the most ridiculous theories. Truthfully, I didn't know any Angel could reproduce until I found out about you. To my knowledge, it's never been done before."
"Great. Elijah was right. I'm strange even to the supernatural world. What am I?" Elena asked.
Lucifer went and sat down in a chair next to the couch. "A Nephilim. It's the term for a half human half Angel child."
Elena nodded, taking in the information.
"You seem to be taking this quite well considering. I expected more shock and disbelief," Lucifer said. She was certainly shocked, but he expected more. The other people who would learn the truth about him were either shocked, silent, or ran away. Elena was doing neither of those things.
"The supernatural world isn't new to me. I've been around vampires for almost a while. Still, finding out the devil is real and that I'm his daughter is a lot different. I'm not even sure I believed the devil was real until today," Elena said.
"Well, if it makes you feel any better, the devil you've been taught about isn't real. Humans like to vilify me. They like to make me responsible for their sins. The truth is I merely punished the guilty," Lucifer told her.
"I've learned by now that I can't judge a creature based on what I've heard about them. Vampires are said to all be evil, but I know that that's not true. It actually doesn't surprise me that the same can be said about you," Elena said. She considered herself an open-minded person. She had to be with everything she'd seen. She wasn't willing to believe something just because legend said it was true.
Lucifer was becoming more and more impressed with the girl that was supposedly his daughter. He'd never known anyone to react to him the way she had. Everyone who found out about him reacted badly. Linda had come around several days after finding out, but even she didn't have the kind of reaction that Elena did. "How many vampires do you know. It's not just Elijah and Niklaus, is it?"
Elena shook her head. "No, I've met many vampires. Some of them have been awful, but others end up being good people. I think it's like humans. Some of them are good and some aren't"
"Most people have never met one vampire, let alone several," Lucifer commented.
Elena chuckled. "Mystic Falls seems to attract them. Plus, I'm a doppelganger. That seems to attract them to me as well." Honestly, almost all the vampires she'd met came looking for her because of her being a doppelganger. Even Stefan and Damon were originally drawn to her because she looked like Katherine.
"Yes, I noticed that. Has Niklaus harmed you at all?" Lucifer asked.
"No, but not for lack of trying. The reason I found out I wasn't human is because my wings showed up right before Klaus planned to sacrifice me to remove his curse.
Lucifer's eyes immediately flashed red with rage. He had a feeling that the Mikaelson brothers had gotten involved because of Elena's status as a doppelganger. Well, they would pay for trying to harm her.
Elena was taken slightly aback by the redness in her biological father's eyes, but she quickly recovered from the surprise. "I guess that's what I look like every time someone says my eyes turn red."
"He will be punished for that," Lucifer swore.
"If it makes you feel better, I kind of already made him regret it. When my wings manifested, I flung him away and cut his arm," Elena said.
Lucifer smiled with pride. "Good. I assume he's been holding you hostage since."
"No, not exactly. I got away from him, but the next day he found me. I actually came with him and Elijah willingly. Klaus agreed to help me save a friend of mine in exchange for me coming with them. He told me later that it was to protect me from my friends. He believes they'll turn on me because I'm different," Elena explained.
That made Lucifer slightly less angry at the originals, but they would still suffer for trying to harm his daughter. At least they'd tried to protect her when they realized who she was to him though. "Unfortunately, darling, Niklaus might be right about that. Most people will only need to hear that you're the devil's daughter to turn on you."
Elena flinched a little at his words. "Well, you're definitely brutally honest."
"Absolutely. I don't lie to anyone. You certainly will not be the first person I start with. You're better off knowing the truth. I'm not saying your loved ones will definitely all turn on you, but it's almost guaranteed that at least some of them will. You need to be prepared for that. Even those that are already supernatural creatures may. I am vilified by all, including the supernatural. Unfortunately, you've likely inherited that," Lucifer said.
"This is a lot to take in," Elena said.
"Yes, for me as well. I never expected to be a parent. Even when Niklaus told me about you, I half expected him to be lying or mistaken. It wasn't until I saw you that I truly believed what he told me," Lucifer told her.
"I want to go for a walk. Can I do that or am I still forced to stay in this house?" Elena asked.
"No, you may go where you wish. I certainly have no business stopping you from doing as you please, but you should be careful of your emotions until you've learned to control your abilities. I also request that you not tell anyone what you've learned until then either." Lucifer said. He didn't trust anyone not to harm her if they knew she was his daughter, but at the same time, he wasn't going to impede her free will.
"I won't," Elena promised before getting up and heading for the door.
