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Previously on Divine Beauty:
As I breathe through the pain I can hear Angel, "How bad is it?" He asks Rose since I can't hear him next to me. I keep breathing before I hiss lightly and quickly turn my whip into a flat bandage of ultra-healing plants. I wrap it around my bite mark and press it against my stomach.
"It hurts." I hear her whisper in pain.
"It's healing." He murmurs and I open my eyes to set my sight on the bite to see that it's slowly stitching itself together.
"Oh my God, I thought a werewolf bite was fatal and I thought-" Rose couldn't even finish her sentence before she starts sobbing because of her 'supposed' death sentence. Angel pulls her into a hug grateful that she saved him when his back was turned.
"It's not. You're going to be okay." He tells her and then looks up at me the concern in his eyes. "How about you Poi- Oh shit your legs."
"Yeah I need help before I pass out from blood loss." I say as he gently lays me down on the ground before zooming away to grab something. He comes back with a pillow before lifting me up so my bump isn't resting against the floor. I close my eyes and he pinches my nose.
"Stay right here and keep your eyes open. I'm going to get the first aid kit." He says and I playfully glare at him.
"Ugh, I just wanna go a week without getting hurt or something. Is that too much to ask for?" I growl under my breath making Rose chuckle.
"Being in Mystic Falls I doubt it love." She says with a tone of sarcasm and we both look at each other before busting out in laughter as our adrenaline leaves our system.
Rayen's POV:
Angel carries me to the couch in the living room as he stitches up my legs and disinfecting the wounds. I close my eyes resting as Angel pets my hair trying to calm me down as I rub my bump. Ever since the wolf encounter I feel hotter than normal like I have a fever and I whine slightly before he puts his cold hand on my forehead. I hear him nursing a glass of alcohol, more than likely scotch before I hear some soft footsteps.
"So I talked to Caroline. She said that Tyler was all locked up." When did Ty become a werewolf? I think to myself as he pets my hair.
"So it was Jules." I hear Rose say as I curl into myself while I feel my temp rising with each second passing, "The other werewolf, the one who attacked you."
"Yeah, I'm sorry. I'm the one that picked a fight with her." He sighs softly as I turn around and pull my hair up before I make a wooden hair tie. I sigh softly as the cool air from the broken window hits the back of my neck, "She was coming after me." Wow he's actually apologizing. Maybe we're having an effect on him. I think to myself as I put my hand on my bump.
"All's well that ends well."
"You all healed?"
"Yeah. Seems that way."
"Rose uh, I'm happy that the legend was fake. Maybe werewolves made it up to keep the vampires away."
"I'm going to stay and help you."
"Help me do what?"
"Save Elena. Protect Lady Harjo."
"Really? Why? Why do you call her Lady Harjo?"
"Because I like Elena. She reminds me of me when I was human and Lady Harjo was anointed into the Order of the Thistle. With her reputation when it comes to punishments she deserves the title."
"Punishments?"
"Yes her punishments fit the crime without going overboard when her call sign was Kore."
"Kore?"
"That's Persephone's real name. Apparently the well told story all around the world was rewritten to try and scare young women into behaving and watching their surroundings." She says and I smirk inwardly before I hear her suddenly groan. "Ow…" I feel Angel sitting up straighter before I sit up and look up at Rose as I make my bangs rest behind my ears. The two of us stand up before Angel leans closer to her as Rose pulls down her robe a bit. My eyes widen as I gasp seeing the wound and it is bad. It's almost like an infection with some even harsher edges almost like it's like infected veins spreading out and for some reason I feel my heart beating faster.
"Is that?" I ask softly as I feel my bite mark throbbing from underneath the bandage.
"A werewolf bite? Yes. Yes, it is." My hand goes to my wrap before I walk to the bathroom.
"I'll be back." I say softly as I close the door and pull the bandage back. My jaw and heart drops as I see the same nasty festering and bruising around the teeth marks. "What the hell?" I ask softly and I look at myself in the mirror to see that my color is paler than normal and my eyes are darker. I re-wrap my arm and take a deep breath before I walk out to the living room. "Hey Damon, I'm gonna go home. I'm not feeling good." I say as I push my pain aside from the scratches on my legs and I lean against the wall before he turns to me.
"Why did you-"
"I've gotta go." I say before I let the wood envelope me and take me to my house. My legs give out and I stop myself before I fall to the ground. I walk to my room and lay down on my bed. I close my eyes and try to sleep. I curl up hugging my pillow to my bump. "I just need some sleep. I'm not a vampire. I would've gotten some blood cravings." I whine as I feel a tear roll down my face while the heat in my veins starts becoming more than my flesh and blood can stand. My body shaking as I start singing, "Don't you fret m'sieur Marius
I don't feel any pain
A little fall of rain
Can hardly hurt me now
You're here that's all I need to know
And you will keep me safe
And you will keep me close
And rain will make the flowers grow
And you will live 'Ponine dear god above
If I could close your wounds with words of love
Just hold me now and let it be, Shelter me, comfort me," I cry/sing to myself as my pain becomes higher than my normal pain threshold and my world spins slightly before going dark.
Time Jump
I open my eyes as my body is still burning up and whine as I strip the blankets off of me. I start panting and squirming as the heat starts becoming unbearable. I quickly strip down to my bra and thong before I throw my hands out creating every plant that I know to cool me down. Suddenly I feel very weak and I can't lift my arms up. I start crying as my stomach starts hurting it feels as though someone is stabbing me with a red hot poker. My eyes droop as I feel my body shaking and I wipe my face with a sheet before I feel that I'm sweating. I whine and turn to my phone which I forgot to grab before heading over to the Boarding house. I pull my hair up into a bun and I feel a burning sensation growing in my bump. I open my eyes as I reach over with my vine and let it grab my phone. I bring it back to me and open it up before I call the first number on my phone and I hear it ringing in my ear. I let my magic calm down before becoming dormant for now until I feel strong enough to hold it.
"Hello?" An accented voice asks and for some reason, it makes me calmer making my eyes drop as the pain kind of ebbs away. I sigh lightly before I push the phone closer to me.
"I need help." I say as I let out a whine as the pain in my stomach grows and the heat grows with it. "I don't remember who you are, but I was bit by a werewolf and I... I'm burning up. I'm weak and I can't keep my eyes open. I don't know why this is happening."
"Where are you?" The voice asks and I grip the pillow closer to me as best I can.
"My room." I say as my strength is sapped from me and my phone falls from out of my hand. "Please help us." I whisper as I pass out again with my head lolling to the side.
Nik's POV:
Ever since Rayen's OBGYN called me earlier today and to tell me the gender of our baby, I have been ignoring Maddox's calls since he found out that she was pregnant and he was upset with us for not telling him. I have also been making sure that I buy a bunch of baby clothes and baby essentials. I look through the papers of my finances and I growl as I put my papers down before rubbing my head. I groan as I lean back in my chair and look at the picture frame of Rayen and I at the villa after we made love for the first time. She's wearing a long sheer swimsuit cover on top of her dark green bikini and her skin is littered with hickies. Her hair down in beach curls while she and I kiss in the water. I remember us finding a cave and having some well deserved fun in it. I smirk as I rub my side where her nails left some scars.
My phone starts ringing and I answer it, "Hello?"
"I need help." I hear Ray's voice on the other end as I hear her let out a whine in pain and I immediately sit up straight. My voice is stuck in my throat, "I don't remember who you are, but I was bit by a werewolf and I... I'm burning up. I'm weak and I can't keep my eyes open. I don't know why this is happening." My heart drops even though she isn't a vampire she has the symptoms of a vampire that was bitten. But how?
"Where are you?" I ask once I pull out my burner phone with Maddox's number saved in it. I text him to get over to her and help her now. I listen to her heart and it's beating way to fast for a normal human.
"My room." I hear her say as I can her her phone falling from her hand. "Please help us." She whispers and my heart starts pounding.
"Ray, love?" I ask as I start panicking. I call Maddox and he answers on the first try. "She's in her room. Check on her cool her down and check on our baby." I tell him and i hear him unlock the door before running up the stairs.
"Oh shit." I hear him say under his breath before he puts me on speakerphone and I bite my lip as I listen in careful to hear water running.
"Maddox, what's going on?!" I yell as I stand up and grab the mirror out of the drawer to see that he put her into her tub before filling it up with cold water. I puts his hands out and chants something in Latin.
"I got her stabilized for now. I'm gonna keep her in a coma hoping that her magic and my magic heal her and the baby." He says before I sit on the top of my desk and I sigh.
"Keep an eye on her please. They are the most important thing ignore the doppelgänger rumors." I say as I cover the mirror back up.
"And sir, can you please not tell Greta about this episode she doesn't need to stress."
I smirk as he asks for a favor from me. "No worries. I've got her working on the search and information about the doppelgänger rumors." I say as I lean back onto my papers as my heart slows down knowing he won't let me down.
No one's POV:
While Maddox takes care of Rayen and her baby the rest of the Scooby Doo Gang is busy with Rose and her newfound werewolf saliva induced bloodlust. After she leaves the house during the night, they run after her and Damon keeps Elena close especially with the fact of her having his blood in her system. They find Rose draining a random girl and Damon quickly runs over to her making her drop the corpse.
"Rose, Stop!" Damon yells as Rose zooms towards him to attack making the both of them hit the ground. Damon quickly rolls her beneath him and pins her to the ground. "Rose, Rose! It's me, it's Damon." he says soothingly over and over until he sees that the logical Rose has relaxed, her face going back to normal. She looks over to the body of the drained girl and sucks in a shaky breath.
"Did I do this?" Rose whimpers in pain again, "I never meant to hurt anyone. I never wanted to hurt anyone. I hurt Elena. Did I hurt Lady Harjo? What about the baby?"
"It's okay, Rose." Elena speaks up and Rose looks up at her before he gets off her. He sits her up and cuddles her into his chest.
"I'm sorry, I'm so sorry." Rose sobs over and over.
"C'mon, let's get you home and don't worry. Ray's at home relaxing cause of the excitement cause of the baby." Damon whispers in her ear.
"No, I don't have a home, I haven't had a home in a long time." She sobs hysterically as Damon scoops her up into his arms. "Oh make it stop, please make it stop! I hate it, make it stop!" She begs with a voice and face full of pain and Damon walks away with her in his arms and his brow furrowed. Once they get back to their house he tucks her into the bed as she sleeps and he cleans her face and her neck off.
Damon looks over when he feels Rose move next to him. "Hi, there." He greets her when her eyes flutter open. Elena's sitting on Rose's other side helping fight back the fever with a cold, moist, wash cloth.
"I'm sorry." Rose whispers.
"You went on a murderous rampage. It happens." He shrugs and Rose shakes her head.
"I'm sorry." She looks over at Elena, "I don't like taking human life, I never have."
"It's okay, Rose. No one blames you." Elena tells her soothingly trading the wash cloths.
"You shouldn't be here." Damon says lowly to her and Elena frowns at him.
"It's the worst part about death." Rose continues as she licks her severely chapped lips. "The hunt. The need to kill. The thirst, the pleasure it brings you afterwards. I wasn't meant to be evil. It hurts."
"Then stop talking about it." Damon tells her before turning away to pace a bit. Elena and Rose can tell that he is agitated. Probably upset that he can't do anything to stop this from happening to Rose. The vampire who had helped save Ray and her baby's and his life from the wolf.
Rose ignores him and looks up at Elena. "Damon's a lot like me. He wants to care, but the second he does he runs away from it."
"I know." Elena murmurs.
"I'm sorry for what I've done today."
"I know." Elena nods while Rose looks at the both of them.
"And the two of you need to fight. I know that you're scared, but you have to do it anyway." She tells them and then collapses into fits of coughing. Elena helps her turn before wiping her forehead sweat of her.
"Why are you so nice to me?" Rose asks with a small smile.
"Us humans." Elena replies to her.
"You can never forget it. What it's like to be human. It haunts me. It's the only thing that kept me going." Rose murmurs and Damon turns his head to look at her. "It doesn't hurt as much anymore." Rose suddenly gasps and cries out in pain, her body arching off the bed as she feels unbearable heat flushing throughout her system.
"Damon!" Elena turns to look at him and he comes over. "What do we do?"
"Go." Damon tells Elena.
"Damon."
"Elena, get out of here. I got this." He growls at her.
"It's going to be okay, Rose." Elena says to Rose while Rose tries to smile reassuringly through her pain. Elena leaves and once the door clicks into place he quickly gathers her into his arms. Letting her cry out in pain as he holds her to his chest.
"Oh God! Make it stop, make it stop! I can't take it anymore, make it stop!" Rose sobs as another wave of unbearable heat runs through her and Damon holds her close. Damon and Rose are still cuddling in his bed after she has calmed down a little bit from earlier. Meaning that the pain isn't so great as it had been, but it's still painful.
"Who would have thought you'd be a nice guy?" Rose croaks out after the pain slowly ebbs away for the moment.
"I'm not nice. I'm mean. I like it." Damon smirks at her and she snorts half-heartedly.
"You lie."
"Shh, just sleep." He tells her pushing her head back down to rest against his chest gently.
"She's…nice." Rose whispers as she closes her eyes. Damon rests his head against the wall and shut his eyes as he gets an idea. Being a vampire has its advantages. He manipulates her dream to hopefully help her relax.
There are rolling hills of green grass untouched by man with tall trees that sway in the breeze. Rose spins around looking in delight at everything that she has missed and longed for since she got turned. She's back in St. Austell back among the beautiful landscape and relaxing in the sun.
She's wearing a simple long blue dress that reaches her ankles and her hair is longer and in ringlets like it used to be. She feels like a little human girl again being able to feel the warm sun and not burn from pain. A horse's whinnying catches her attention and she turns to find some magnificent horses nearby grazing. She walks over to one and holds her hand out and strokes his nose before looking around. She looks around before spotting Damon who's sitting on the grass not far from she is. She runs over to him with a wide carefree and pain free smile and sat next to him.
"This was my favorite place to come as a girl." She says and he turns his head slightly. "How did you know?"
Damon smirks at her. "Word gets around." Rose gives him a knowing look and he snorted. "Elena told me." Rose laughs and tilts her head at him.
"Am I dreaming?" She asks and he shrugs at her. She shakes her head at him and leans her head back to feel the warmth of the sun. Something the btoh of them have missed and the both of them sigh.
"The sun is so warm. I miss this. I miss being human."
"Humanity is not all it's cracked up to be." Damon mutters trying to hide that he misses being in the sun without wearing a ring. Although Rose can see that he doesn't believe that.
"I had friends, I had a family, I mattered."
"You still do." He tells her firmly.
"No." She shakes her head and looks at him. "But you do. You built a life, whether you want to admit it or not. You have a girl that cares very much for you. I spent five hundred years just existing."
Damon frowns. "You didn't have a choice. You were running from Klaus."
"There's always a choice." She corrects him. "If it comes down to it and you want to save Elena when Klaus gets her. Give him Lady Harjo. From the rumors, she is the one that calms him down and makes him look like a puppy."
"You know, you are ruining our perfect day with your strange philosophical babbling." He smirks, wanting to hear the rumors she has about his closest friend, and she laughs before turning to give him a side hug. He slings an arm around her shoulders pulling her closer.
"I'd like to enjoy the fresh air. Would you enjoy it with me?"
He smiles down at her. "For a while." She nods and they sit upon the hill side, feeling the sun and the cool breeze brush against their skin. The smell of horses calming her like it always had when she was a child.
"Thank you." Rose whispers and he glances down.
"For what?"
"The pain's gone."
Damon smiles sadly. "I'm glad."
"Will I see them again?" She leans her head up with hope in her eyes. "My family?"
"I think you'll see whoever you want to see." Damon replies.
"That would be nice. Maybe I'll see Trevor too. I'm not afraid anymore." She realizes and stands up.
"I'll race you to the trees." She says suddenly smiling widely.
"Well, you'll lose." Damon smirks before standing up too.
"I'm older and faster." She mocks and he scoff and rolls her eyes.
"Oh, you think?" Rose laughs at him. "Well, I'm controlling this dream. Maybe I'll cheat."
Rose smirks at him. "On the count of three. One, two..."
Damon lets the tears fall when he feels her body slump against him. Rose is dead, but at peace, finally he has ended her suffering. Very gently, he eases out from behind her and cradles her graying and cracked face.
"I'm sorry." He tells her. She was his friend even though he has only known her for a short time and he is so very sorry to see her go. Gathering her in his arms, he picks her up knowing that he has to get rid of her body and his guilt along with it. He goes down the stairs and he sees the ultrasound that Ray must've left behind. He grabs his phone and tries to call his only other friend in the world. "Ray, pick up please." He whispers before he gets her voicemail and he hangs up. He furrows his eyebrows and drops his phone onto the couch.
Damon listens as the car stops and then someone wearing heel starts walking towards him. He has been lying in the middle of the road for an hour and he opens his eyes.
"Sir, are you okay? What happened?" The red-headed girl asks.
Damon groans. "I'm... lost."
The girl arches an eyebrow. "And you're laying in the middle of the road?"
He shakes his head. "Not that kind of lost." He sits up slowly while his head spinning with alcohol. "Metaphorically…Existentially."
"Do you need help?" She asks.
"Well, yes I do. Can you help me?" Damon smirks as he takes a swig from a flask in his hands. The girl scowls and shoves her phone back in her purse.
"You're drunk." She accuses with a scoff.
Damon laughs. "No. Well, yes a little maybe." The girl turns away to walk back to her car. Layla Brookes rolls her eyes and gets up about to walk back to her car when Damon is suddenly standing in front of her looking down at her with death written in his icy blue orbs and all of his face.
"No please don't leave. I really do need your help." He calls after her and she ignores him as he gasps as he appeared before her. He suddenly grabs her shoulder and makes her locks eyes with him. "Don't move." He compels her.
"I don't want any trouble." Jessica murmurs and shakes in fright like a chihuahua.
"Neither do I but all I got is trouble." Damon tells her with a small whine in his voice.
The girl starts panicking. "Why can't I move?"
"What's your name?" He asks instead of answering her.
"Layla." She replies shakily.
Damon smiles drunkenly. "Hi, Layla. I have a secret. I have a big secret and I never said it out loud. I mean, what's the point?" He asks as he starts waving his arms in the air. "It's not gonna change me, it's not gonna make me good. Make me adopt a puppy. I can't be what other people want me to be, what she wants me to be. This is who I am, little Layla."
"Are you going to hurt me?" She sobs as she keeps shaking.
"I'm not sure. Because you are my existential crisis." He says as he cups her face. "Do I kill you or do I not kill you."
"Please don't." She begs.
"But I have to, Layla." Damon shakes his head. "Because I'm not human and I miss it. I miss it more than anything in the world!" He shouts as tears sting his eyes. "This is my secret. But there is only so much hurt a man can take. Okay, you're free to go." He tells her while also compelling her to be able to leave. Layla flees for her car, but she doesn't make it inside. Damon grabs her once again and his fangs rip into her throat savagely. She dies instantly from shock and he lets her corpse drop to the ground.
Ray's POV:
I open my eyes and I see my black and gold constellation themed bathroom ceiling. I groan as I sit up to see that I'm in a tub filled with ice cold water and I see that I'm still wearing my bra and thong. My arms and legs feel heavier than normal and I groan as I rub my bump out of comfort remembering the feeling that I had earlier and for some reason my body doesn't feel right at all. I rub my arms and my legs as my body gets used to the cold water. The door opens and a 6 foot tall athletically muscle toned guy walks in carrying a tray of food. He looks up and smiles softly at me while he sets my tray on a little stand. I lock eyes with him to see his glittering blue eyes littered with magic and familiarity even though I don't recognize him.
"Hey, I'm glad you're awake." He says before holding it in front of me and I see a steak stir fry with water and some vitamins. "Eat up and take these meds. You need them after what you went through."
"Who are you? Why am I in my tub?" I ask as I start eating and he sits down on the ground before putting the back of his hand to my forehead. He sighs and smiles as he pulls it away. For some reason I feel safe and he feels trustworthy, so I let my guard down and I keep my magic from building. I lean back as I eat my food and he pulls the bandage off my arm to reveal brand new pink skin that's slowly turning back to its original tan. I smile as I gently brush over the newly, healed, and sensitive skin.
"James Maddox and you had a fever that knocked you out after being bit by a werewolf." He says and I furrow my eyebrows together. "I had to cool you down fast otherwise you were going to stroke out."
"Okay, thank you for saving me." I say as I take another bite of my steak before I look up at him as I see his face battling with something that he wants to say. "So explain to me why you're in my home and that you know about werewolves?"
"I'm a warlock and in my families grimoire it explained everything because one of my ancestors had a fling with one back in the olden days." I nod as I continue eating before I put the bowl back down and I grab the water before grabbing the meds. I quickly take the meds and wash them down with my water. "I'm also in your home cause the person you called as me to help." I look down at the water to see that it's not clear, instead it's pink as if I was bleeding or I got some type of red washed off of my body.
"James, why is my water pink?" His face drops and he licks his lips nervously. My heart drops as it looks like he's trying to gather his words or his confidence. My body shakes slightly in nervousness.
He takes a deep breath and looks up at me with tears in his eyes, "I am really really sorry. Although my magic and yours healed your wounds it um... couldn't save your baby... baby boy." My jaw drops and tears well up in my eyes. "I am so sorry. I was too late to save him." He says as tears start falling down my face as I stare at him in despair over the unplanned death of my unborn son. That stupid slutty bitch of a were-mutt killed my baby boy.
"N-no. No. That's not possible. My... my baby isn't a vampire." I stutter out as I stand up and try to get out. "I've never had anything with a vampire. Wh-why is is this happening to me?" I sob out as my legs trip over one another before he catches me and I start sobbing in his arms. "I I haven't even held him or named him yet." I sob and he wraps a towel around my body. He's shushing me as he cradles me to his chest as we sit on the bathroom floor. The pain feels as though someone has ripped out my heart and stepped on it multiple times with a dulled heel. My body shaking with each sob as my heart breaks into a million little pieces before someone grabbed them all and threw them in all different directions. My body hiccups as I hear him humming a little fall of rain.
"And you would live 100 years, if I could show you how
I wont desert you now," I hear him whisper sing as I cry and I lick my tears off my face.
"The rain can't hurt me now," I respond as he rocks me to the beat of the song.
"This rain will wash away what's past." He sings in his low voice.
"And you will keep me safe
And you will keep me close
I'll sleep in your embrace, at last," I close my eyes tighter as he rubs my arms and I put my hand on my bump that will no longer grow.
"The rain that brings you here, Is Heaven bliss
The sky's begin to clear, and I'm at rest
The breath away, from where you are
I've come home, From so far." He sings as I feel that he is crying as well.
"Hold your breath, M'sieur Marius
I don't feel any pain
A little fall of rain
Can hardly hurt me now
I'm here, that's all I need to know
And you will keep me safe
And you will keep me close." He kisses my temple like a brother would to try and calm me down.
"And rain will make the flowers grow." He sings as I fall asleep once again from crying.