My mother used to tell me that there is no such thing as good and bad. There is only the evil and the selfish. For years, I never understood. Actually, I take that back. I never believe it to be true and I never wanted to. I believed that there were good people in the world. That even if they did one thing bad, deep down they were still good.
However, as you live for 1000 years, you realize that no one is really good. You see, for centuries my family has been treated like a piece of gum at the bottom of a shoe. No one cared about us. We were considered an abomination to society. At times, I did believe what my family did was wrong, but at least they never hid it.
As I grew older, so did my hatred for humans. Humans hide all their insecurities, feelings, and thoughts. They do this because they don't want to be treated differently. The moment someone or something out of the ordinary happens, instead of embracing it, they hide from it. Humans agree with society's way of thinking about how the world is and anything that doesn't make sense, they try to hide it as best as possible.
My family never hid away any of our differences, even before we were turned immortal. That's what I loved about my family. No matter how different we were, no matter if we have a different option against the rest of the world, we would not hide it. They were my comfort.
My home.
And it sucks to have your home taken away from you.
Usually it's easy enough to find my siblings. However, I do not know if it is because of the fact the last time I did a spell was a century ago, or the fact that they are probably dead.
Or the most realistic option, Niklaus daggered them all. Finn is most likely still in a coffin. Kol was daggered I'm pretty sure a few years before I was. So he may still be in a box too. Bex probably found another lover my dear older brother didn't agree to.
Hundred years later and I still don't understand their little dynamic or how they're each other's favorites. But still, if they're daggered, that doesn't explain why I can't find Nik.
Though luckily, I have at least one sibling living and breathing at the moment, and I'm driving to him now. Driving is more efficient. The last time I drove was 100 years ago, and cars have gotten a little more advanced. Though people are still bloody stupid while driving these days. I was only awake for a few minutes when I went outside into the street, and a car ran me over. All I did was walk, and this car came out of nowhere. The worst part was that he blamed me for "walking in the middle of the road". How about you think about stopped when you see someone walking you absolutely blubbering idiot!
Anyhow, I had to get around and try to blend in and considering how I basically looked like I was in the 1900's and have a British accent in a small town like Mystic Falls, I was not doing a good job. So, I guilted the guy who ran me over into giving me a ride. Then afterwards, I may have knocked him out and stole his car. What? He did run me over.
I tried to learn to drive this stupid thing all by myself but I was not making much progress and I was starving. So I gave up on it until I located my brother in the middle of freaking nowhere. There was no way in hell I was walking here so I gave it a go again. I would say I am better then before but definitely not the average driver.
Anyways, I start to pull up on this house and park my vehicle. I walk to the front door and seeing that the door is already opened, I walk in.
This place is a mess. I see broken wood pieces scatter everywhere. My eyes then go to the staircase. I see vervain all on the floor next to some shatter glass. On the floor next to the stairs, there is half of a coat rack with some blood on it.
"Well, looks like someone came here before me." I think to myself. I continue walking to this room where I see some more stairs, this time smaller. Over the rail, I see the head of a person on the floor next to his body. In the distance, I see a man in a suit cleaning off his hands with a handkerchief.
"Well hello brother." I say with my hands on the railing and watch as my brother turns around stunned. He stares at me, a little shocked. Then he snaps himself back to reality.
"What no hug? No 'Oh I have missed you my favorite sister!' Seriously? Nothing?" I ask but Elijah keeps cleaning himself. "I literally just came back from the dead." I state crossing my arms.
"Well 'my favorite sister' when you siblings get daggered at least once every century, it really is not a jaw dropping surprise when you awake and considering your situation was different from our other siblings, I knew you would wake up eventually." Elijah states in a gentleman tone. Yep, definitely missed this.
"And about that hug, I'm still a little..." Elijah looks down at his bloody suit. "messy."
"Nice to know in my absence, you still clean after yourself, Elijah." I say with a smug look.
"You know me sister. The noble one of the family." He stares at me while still wiping his hands.
"Noble?" I stare at the body below me. "And what do you call that?" I point the body.
"A man who helped a girl become a devil." Elijah states at he walks closer to me and the body. He look at it with no remorse on his face.
"Katherine, I presume?" I state and I walk down the stairs to him and he gives a short 'Hm'. "Well funny that you mention that, because less then 2 hours ago, I saw her doppelgänger."
Elijah continues to look at the dead corpse and not say a word. "Your expression makes me believe you were already aware of this girl?"
"Precisely. She was actually here no less than a few hours ago little sister. However, two vampires came here and took her away from me." Elijah states as he finally looks at me with a stern face. I look at him in realization.
"Let me guess." I say with a small smirk and crossing my arms. "One of them has dark hair, chiseled jaw, and eyes as blue as the ocean? While the other is more of a brunette, green eyes, and extremely muscular? Both look like they could be on the next top model?"
"I'm assuming you made quite an impression on them?"
"Why would you assume that?" I say as I take a seat on the sofa. "I will admit I might of gotten under the younger sibling's skin. Though he seems like he has a a lot of anger issues so it was not that hard."
Elijah turns to me. "Mhm. And the other?"
"Well..."
Flashback
I'm starving. Like I would eat anything that was on the ground starving. I'm walking down the street when I see a vampire sinking his neck into a human down across the street.
"Really? Right in the open too." I say in my head. I did not feel like dealing with a vampire at the moment. I continue walking until I find food. However, I guess this vampire noticed that I saw and came in front of me. Suddenly, I feel this tall figure standing less then 5 inches away from me.
He is much taller then me. I would say about 8 inches taller. Worse day to not wear heels. He has fair tone with black hair and blue eyes. His mouth is covered with blood and his eyes have black lines around them.
"Great. Just my luck." I say rolling my eyes. "Why hello." He says with a smirk.
"Look, I really just want to eat some food right now so I'm just gonna head on my way." I try to walk past him but his strength stops me. I'm too tired to use magic on him at the moment so I just look at him and plead with my eyes. He looks at me with a confused face then comes to a realization.
"You're a witch, aren't you?" He asks. "No..I'm just a human who is not at all shocked that you have blood dripping down your mouth!" I say sarcastically. He lets go of me.
"Hey, first of all, I'm the only one around here who gets to be sarcastic alright short stack of pancake?" He says while pointing at me and I roll my eyes and cross my arms. "And secondly, you must be new because I've never seen you around here before. I also would have remembered your accent if I have." He says sorta flirtatious. I just stare not saying a word. Then after a moment continue walking.
He comes in front of me again and stops me. "Hold on! Are you not gonna answer me? Come on I'm giving you all the charm." "You know what? How about I give you any answer you want if you buy me some food and bring it back here right now."
"And why would I do that?" He asks finally wiping the blood off his mouth.
"Because you want to know about me and I could care less about you and can continue to walk to the nearest restaurant."
"Fine." He then disappears and within a few seconds he is back with a burger, fries, and a shake.
"'Mmmm. Thank you." I state while leaning against a car and start to eat my food. "So what do you want to know?"
He starts asking me basic questions like what's my name, my age, my family and what I'm doing in Mystic Falls. I give him a brief statement about each question. I state how I'm 19 and I'm here visiting some family. (I mean technically I became immortal at 19 and I am here to see family.) He gives me some basic details about him. How his name is Damon, and he has a brother here named Stefan. It then clicks to me that they are Salvatore's and I have heard stories about them. Especially his brother Stefan. Or as he is more known as the ripper.
"Well it was nice talking to you, but I need to get myself some more food." I say as I throw my trash in a trash can near by. "You just ate that whole meal. How are you still hungry?" He looks at me questioning. "Well this little girl has a big stomach, especially when it feels like you haven't ate in years."
I brush my self off as I hear Damon say "So you're just leaving? I thought we connected on an emotional level?" He says with a mocking sad tone. "You know, I will forever cherish those 15 minutes we shared. It was nice to meet you Damon Salvatore." I start walking away. Then I here him call something out.
"Wait! I never got your last name." I turn around while still waking. "Maybe the next time we meet, you will find out." I shout out and look forward again.
"This is a small town! It might be sooner then you think!" Damon calls out. I continue waking down the street and can here Damon whoosh away.
End of flashback
"I would say I made a better impression on him." I state still seated in the sofa with my legs crossed.
"Well Kalle, you timing could not be any better." My brother states with a small smirk. I look at him confused. "I'm gonna need you to become friends with them."
"I'm sorry brother, but may you repeat that? Because I swear I just heard you say you wanted me to become friends with vampires. And I know you did not say that knowing how much I despise vampires."
"I thought you despised humans?"
"I can despise both at the same time equally." I say with my arms once again crossed.
"You don't despise me or your siblings." Elijah states as he steps closer to me.
"Because you are my family and I love you guys." I stop and think for a moment. "Actually, Finn is debatable."
"So, you just hate most of existence?" Elijah asks questioning. "Yep, pretty much."
Elijah sighs and takes one step forward. "Kallandra, I'm not a big fan of this idea either. But considering the fact I just fought both of them, I know that those boys will not be able to protect the girl."
"First of all, I hope mother is rotting in hell for giving me this name. Second of all, says the guy who was killed by them only a few hour ago." I say while furrowing my eyebrows. "Sister, I need the girl to trust me, and if I kill those boys she would never even step 100 feet in distance of me."
"So? Just kidnap her, kill the boys, and everything is solved." I state while shrugging my shoulders.
"I thought you were against killing?"
My voice pitches higher and I tilt my head. "I'm against killing humans. Vampires are technically already dead."
"So you would kill a vampire, without that vampire doing anything?" Elijah asks me.
"All vampires kill Elijah. They have all done something."
"You did not answer my question. Would you kill that vampire?"
I look at him without saying a word. I sigh and face defeat. "Look, why do you even want to protect this girl in the first place?"
"The exact reason I wanted to protect Katherine all those years ago." Elijah states in a more serious tone. I know exactly what he is talking about. Or I guess you can say who he is talking about.
"Klaus."