Hey adorable, wonderful, sweet, and absolutely loyal readers of mine,
Let's see if you can find the MCMU character I've hidden here and yes Gabe Turner is one of the references. Well at least his face and physique is from Seb Stan in CA:WS. ;) I like to hide little bits like this and Iris Winchester being Natasha Romanoff. I'll occasionally sneak someone else' physique or their face.
Anyways back on track now. A great big thank you to all of you newer followers and Favorite-ers that have enjoyed reading Rayen's story. I would love it if y'all would write a review then maybe it will come faster to me wanting to write for all of you to get excited. And yes, I need to feel like y'all get excited when you realize that this story has been updated. ^. ^ I would also love to thank those that have been with me since the beginning or since the first couple of chapters.
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I am so sorry, but the death of her and Klaus's child in the previous chapter needed to happen not only because she's a 17 year old that lost her mother, older, cousin, and in the passed her father. She isn't as grown up as I write her out to be, she just doesn't have the correct mental health just yet. But it's also so that other things can work out in the future between them. Please don't kill me. I promise I have a plan for her and Klaus to regain a child that they just lost.
Your writer,
Beautiful Dreaming Warrior
P.S., I don't own any of the Vampire Diaries cast or their canon actions. I only own those that you don't recognize. MORE REVIEWS = FASTER REACTION TIMES FOR ME TO UPDATE.
P.P.S., I know the song at the end wasn't released just yet, but my bestie helped me cause we actually harmonize really well to it in real life.
Previously on Divine Beauty:
Damon's POV:
"You should go to sleep." I tell Stefan and he looks at me. "Go after the day we've all had. I'll stay up a little bit longer anyways just to make sure she doesn't have a nightmare. He nods and we both leave Poison Ivy to sleep, so she can sleep peacefully I lean against the door frame watching as she looks so innocent and I'm overrun with guilt. Her baby died because of me. All because I taunted the mutt. I scowl before John Gilbert walks into my home. I growl and roll my eyes, "What do you want?" I ask and before John could even form a word to answer me. "And make it snappy, Poison Ivy's sleeping."
John narrows his eyes at me. "You're sleeping with her?"
"Not your business. So what do you want?"
"We didn't finish our conversation."
"I'll bite."
He and I walk over into the study. "I've been thinking. Personal feelings aside, Damon, I think you and Stefan will do all that you can to protect Elena. So I come bearing gifts." John lays a cloth onto the desk top and unfolds it revealing a dagger with a tiny bottle.
I raise my eyebrow as I look over the supposed gifts. "What the hell is that?"
"This is how you kill an original." John answers me and he picks up the corked bottle of the cloth. "In this vial, is ash from a white oak tree that dates back to the genesis of the Originals. The dagger must be dipped in the ash and then plunged into their heart." John taps me on the chest with the tip of the dagger before I take it away from him.
"How do you know this, John?"
"Isobel." John replies with a nod. "She's very good at finding things, but of course you know that."
"Where is Isobel?"
"Let's just say if she accomplishes what she's attempting, Klaus will never set foot in Mystic Falls. Where Elena is concerned, you and I are on the same side." Damon grabs his arm and pulls him closer to me.
"And Ray? You haven't said a single word concerning her protection or the fact that she's sleeping here with us."
"She'll be safe as well even though I've heard the rumors." John says and I roll my eyes.
My eyes narrow at him. "You don't really care what happens to her do you?"
John shrugs at me. "I do care, but Elena is my daughter. I will do what's best for her and that may or may not include keeping the little Lady Harjo safe. Rohan and I were close at one time when he and Rebecca announced their pregnancy with her and yeah so I do care for her. She's a sweet girl, but she isn't my daughter. But you and your brother do seem to care for her a great deal, so I am confident you will keep them both as safe as you possibly can."
"I agree with that statement." I nod as I look over to the living room before John starts to walk off again, but I quickly grab his arm again. "Listen to me very carefully, John. If I find out that you done anything to put Rayen in Klaus' path, even if it's to keep Elena safe, I will kill you."
"Tell me, Damon is it easier to pretend that her miscarried baby was both of yours so you can try to hide your feelings for Elena?"
"Shut the hell up, John." I warn him knowing he's planning on trying to get info out of me cause of my guilt. "You don't know what you're talking about."
"I'm not denying that you enjoy being around her acting like the baby's father, but there will come a time. I don't know exactly when, whether it be sooner or later, but who will you chose to save? Rayen or Elena?" He asks as he leaves me alone to think about what he asked. Do I save Elena by giving Ray to Klaus or do I sacrifice Elena to save Ray?
Rayen's POV:
I wake up and Steffie made me a full breakfast even though I can't eat it before driving me home. I quickly get dressed into a t-shirt dress with a pair of combat boots with thigh high red socks and I straighten my hair putting a red bow to hold my bangs back. He then drives me to the doctors office and on the way he holds my hand slightly calming be down and I give him a peck on the cheek.
"I can come back after your recovery period?" He says slightly asking me and I smile.
"I'm good. My cousin and her friend will be coming to the hospital to come pick me up." I say and he pulls me over to hug me.
"I am so sorry about what happened." he whispers in my ear and he kisses my cheek.
"Not your fault hon." I say before I get out of the car and I walk in before I check in.
Time Jump
I open my eyes after the surgery and I see Melody with curly bright purple hair braided into twin french braids. Which is a contrast from her old green and blue mermaid hair. She's also wearing her favorite dark purple halter top with sheer purple angel sleeves and a pair of light black jeans. I see her magic making her hair glow with a white halo like an angel as it is enveloping my lower abdomen. I smile before I start petting her hair and she wakes up. I turn the wrong way and I feel a twinge of pain coming from my lower abdomen. She looks up at me worriedly as her magic returns back into her body.
"Hey are you okay?" She asks and I nod.
"Yeah. Still a bit tired from the anesthesia, but I'm okay." I say as she stands up to help me sit up.
"That's good. Iris is talking to the doctor right now to see when we can go home." Melody says as she gives me some ice chips and sits down next to me before I move.
"Good. I've spent enough time in the hospital this year." I say softly. "Thanks for being her Mel."
"Of course. What's blood family for?" She says as she and I fall asleep feeling completely safe as we know that either one of us will wake up if our body senses that we need to or not. I hear footsteps walking in and I sit up throwing my hand out as I open my eyes. I see familiar red Annie like curls and dark oceanic blue eyes. She grips the whip despite it burning her hand and smirks at me. I smirk back seeing that she's wearing a pair of dark green jeans, a long sleeve white top, a black leather jacket, a cream colored scarf, and her makeup is very natural, but still very eye catching.
"Your reflexes are still as sharp as ever malen'kiy tsvetok." Iris says and I smile as I dismiss the whip letting her come over giving me a hug. She pets my hair, "I'm really sorry about your baby." She whispers and I let a tear fall as I remember the unbearable heat and pain.
"Thank you." I say softly as I move slightly letting Melody rest her head on my shoulder.
"So what did the doc say? When can I get out of here?" I ask as I pull away and she smiles.
"With a little persuasion he says that you can leave after the change and rewrap your stitches." She says as she starts brushing my hair and she pouts slightly. "When did you start straightening your hair?"
"Just today. I didn't want to try and fix my curls." I say as she keeps brushing it while Melody rests on my shoulder. Doc TC comes in and checks on my stitches before he rewraps them and gives me a list of what I can and can't do with the stitches in me. The girls help me get dressed and walk me over to the limo before we head to the house. I unlock the door and Mel walks me in, "You can come Iris." I whisper and she walks in before helping Mel to lay me on the couch. I lay down and turn the tv on.
We have a girls night as Mel unpacks her bags, Iris cuts the fleshy part of her palm and lets her blood heal my wound even more. She rewraps my stitches, "So is it true that Hades made Hecate wipe your memories?"
"Yeah, because of the whole Greecian meeting and me showing off my powers and apparently he's been hearing whispers of some of his enemies were wanting to use me against him." I say as she clips the end for me and the doorbell rings. "I'll get it. Can you start making your delicious beef stroganoff with steamed rice?" She pecks my cheek.
"Of course, don't strain yourself please. We don't know how my blood mixes with the healing herbal properties that run through your blood." She says before she zooms into the kitchen and I limp over to the door. I open it up and I see Elijah standing on the porch with a bouquet of small alstroemeria's, purple iris's, and snap dragons.
"Are those for me? Thank you." I ask confused as to why he's here, "What's the occasion?" I ask feeling really weird about him giving me a flower bouquet.
"I was wondering if you'd like to come with me to the Lockwood's party."
"I'm actually taking my cousin and my best friend. I'm really sorry."
He looks slightly shocked before recovering, "Oh, then I believe I will see you there."
I smile and nod before I close the door, "That you will. See you then." I close the door and Mel comes down the stairs.
"What's this about a party?" She asks as she takes her hair out of the braids and I smirk before I make the flowers mold into the wood door.
"After we eat dinner Mrs. Lockwood is throwing a party, so as the last Harjo-Maxwell alive I have to go and I think it's time to introduce you two to the town." I say as we both walk into the kitchen. "Then we come back here, watch tv, have a mini mani pedi party with some face masks, and movie night." Iris looks back at us as she's stirring and smirks.
"I'm down for it as long as you wear something to support your gauze, so it won't loosen up." Iris says and Mel nods as she makes me sit down on the bar stools.
"Okay as long as the both of you wear dresses that I pick out." I say as the both of them look at me and nod. "Good. Let's eat then."
Time Jump
I smile as I see Iris's curls softened and one half pinned behind her ear and she's wearing this cute halter top cocktail dress that has a keyhole neck line that's backless with a skater A-line to it with a pair of cream colored heels. She's doing her makeup and making sure that her cheek bones and her eyes are enhanced to make her look gorgeous. Melody is straightening her hair wearing one of my brand new golden tassel V-neck long sleeve mini dress that hugs her hourglass figure and she has these cute purple heels that have a golden shimmer to them. Melody already did her makeup sticking with a soft smoky eye with blood red lipstick. They went to the back of my closet and found a dress for me. They stuck me in a cobalt blue belted asymmetric hemed high-low maxi dress, that my mom bought me a while ago. They match a pair of black heels that have a blue shimmer to them to my dress and they quickly straightened my hair before putting it up in a braided chignon with my bangs curled and pinned to the side. Iris is doing my makeup and I'm hoping she has my eyes smudged with a slightly darker tan eye shadow than my skin and a nude lipstick.
"Okay, I'm done. Is Riptide back from hunting?"
"No, he usually comes back when he hears my car leaving." I say and I smile as she pulls away and sprays my perfume behind my ear and on the hollow of my throat.
"Okay, I'll change his water and leave his little door open for him then." Mel says as we walk down stairs with matching clutches and we get into my car and head off to the party.
"Let's turn some head." I say as I tell Iris where to go and we let the valets park it. They help me out of the car before we up the stairs and I see Mrs. Lockwood at the doors. "Hello Mrs. Lockwood, this is my cousin Melody Harjo and my best friend Iris Winchester."
She gives me a hug and smiles at my guests, "Welcome and please go inside and enjoy the party." She says and I smile before the three of us walk in and look around as everyone looks at the three of us.
"Let's have some fun." I say as we stay together and walk around the party Iris grabs herself a glass of Moscow Mule while getting Melody a Tequila Sunrise and me a coke with half ice. I introduce the both of them to people that have watched me grow up.
"Have you spent much time in Richmond for your book?" I hear Mrs. Lockwood ask someone and I watch Iris tense up slightly. "There's such a wealth of history there."
"No. I'm focusing mostly on the smaller regions of Virginia. Lots of research. Strictly academic." I hear Elijah say and Iris looks at me before making sure that her face stays hidden from his view.
"That's fascinating." She says and I smirk before taking a sip of my coke. Since I know that she is probably gonna find anything and everything that's interesting to keep this guy in town. Mel's flirting with one of the bartenders and I smile happily knowing that ever since she's started practicing her mother's magic, since she didn't get the same as me, she has become a lot more confident. I'm really glad that she happily uses her magic
"Damon what are you doing here?" I hear Jenna ask and I turn around to see Angel here walking into the room.
"Hi. You came." A female voice says before he can answer Jenna and I turn to see that it's Andie Starr, the news reporter, the one that he and I always made fun of while I was in the hospital.
"Hi."
"Hi." They kiss making me choke a bit before I compose myself and I suddenly miss my jerk of best guy friend since Steffie has been trying to keep Elena out of trouble.
"Thanks for introducing us, Jenna." Angel smirks as he walks over towards Mrs. Lockwood and Elijah, so I step closer to hear better than I would where I was standing.
"Damon." She greets him with a smile.
"Carol." He returns the greeting. "What a surprise."
"Elijah, I want you to meet Damon Salvatore. His family is one of the original Mystic Falls' founding families."
"Such a pleasure to meet you." I see him look towards me and when I smile his eyebrow twitches but he doesn't look me in the eye.
"No. The pleasure's all mine." Elijah says and I roll my eyes not knowing why Angel is giving me the cold shoulder. I thought we were friends.
I walk over to Iris, "Keep an ear out for any information from them. I'm going to check on my stitches."
"Be careful, remember to dab if there's any dried or fresh blood." She says before flirting with some of the women more towards her age that are single. I nod before going to the restroom and pulling up my dress and unwrap a bit to check on them. I hiss lightly as I dab the small drops of blood off my tummy. I rewrap and tighten the fastenings before fixing my dress and my hair. I walk out and I hear someone talking in the study.
I walk closer and open the secret passage way into it before I crack the door open slightly. "I'm a bit confused as to why you are here. Are you here to save Elena from Klaus or are you here to give Poison Ivy to him?"
"Why don't you just stay focused on keeping the girls safe and leave the rest to me?" Elijah says as he walks towards the door, but before I can react Angel zooms in front of it stopping him from leaving.
"Not good enough." Angel growls out and I can practically hear Elijah's patience snap as he grabs Angel by the throat before slamming him into the wall. I gasp lightly watching Angel grab Elijah's throat trying to push him off, but the Original simply unwinds his fingers before snapping his wrist.
"You young vampires, so arrogant." I open the door a little bit more as Elijah leans into Angel, "How dare you come in here and challenge me."
"You can't kill me, man. It's not part of the deal." Angel says as I hear his hisses of pain and I slide out before I close the door. I walk over to the liquor cabinet before making myself a scotch on the rocks.
"Silence." He says before he tries to jab a wooden pencil into Angel's neck. Keyword tries I easily made that pencil turn to dust.
"Next time you try to hurt Angel make sure that one of the two deal makers doesn't know the room's around inside and out." I say before making them look at me.
"I'm an Original. Show a little respect." He says before dropping Angel to the ground. He looks over at me as I sip on the scotch. "I heard alcohol is bad for pregnant women."
I glare at him as I feel a flare of magic in me. "It is. Good thing I'm not pregnant then, huh?" I say as I drink my scotch. His eyes widen before his lips open a bit. "Don't try to apologize. I'll only want to stab you with the pencil." He nods and leave before I walk over to him and offer my hand.
"I'm fine." He growls as he snaps his wrist back into place.
"Take it you stubborn leech." I reply before he looks up at me and I give him my teasing smirk. He gives in and I make him a whiskey neat as he walks over to me. "Now tell me what the fuck is happening and why you're acting like an ice cube?" He explains everything to me and he apologizes after I pull it out of him cause he feels guilty that I lost Rohan cause he antagonized Jules.
The three of us leave and head home taking off our makeup, let our hair down, and get into our comfy pj's. The girls get downstairs ready for us while I take my time getting into a pair of sky blue silky shorts and a matching tank top. I brush out my hair as Riptide sits on the vanity and looks out the window. "What do you see hon?" I ask as I look to where he is and I pick out a truck that I've never seen before. I slip on a pair of thigh high socks before I walk out of my room as I hear a slight struggle downstairs. I split my whip into two and I walk down the stairs being as quiet as I can. I see Melody on the ground with the clear sign of being pistol whipped and I growl as I see people in my kitchen. I see a man get thrown into the dining room breaking my table.
"This is why you check your homework before breaking into a home." I hear Anya/Iris say and I see the guy coming back up. I smirk and wrap my whips around him, "Nice to see you came down to the party."
I walk in making sure to wrap him tighter making him hiss and since he didn't get invited in it has to be a wolf. "I was getting dressed." I say with a smirk before I see her holding a guy that's bigger than her by at least a whole foot and a good 150 pounds. "Now who are you?"
"Stevie." he chokes out and I smirk.
"Good boy, now tell me why were you sent here?" I ask as I tighten my hold on the wolf in my custody and I see them both looking at one another before I squeeze the one I have tighter. "Tell me or your friend is going to pop like an annoying pimple and I honestly don't want to clean up a mutt's guts."
"We got told to get you in while Jules and Brady get the vampire that killed Mason." I smile and let go of the one I have.
"Thank you. Now tell me where you were going to take us to meet the child murdering mangy mutt. You interrupted our girls night." I say as the wolf I was constricting is on the ground nursing his wounds.
No One's POV:
Damon groans as he starts coming too and he quickly finds out that they made him sit upright in a high-back chair which he looks closer at the small details to see that it's the same chair that he used to set Mason Lockwood in. As he moves his neck, he is restricted by something around his neck, and prodding into his skin as he moves. He quickly scans the room while trying to see where Alaric is and he turns to see Alaric lying in the floor eyes wide open and unseeing. Glazed over with death, so he quickly looks down to his hands and he sighs in relief seeing that he has his ring on.
"Morning, sunshine." Stevie states as he rubs his neck and he looks around as Damon's eyes wander over to him. He leans down to his ear, "Poison Ivy is here to get you just gotta wait a bit." Damon smirks slightly. "Sorry I gotta do this." A chain rattling catches his attention and he pulls away. "I saw this movie once, some torture porn flick. They had this collar device that was really cool, so I just modified it with some wooden nails, and when I pull." He jerks on the chain and Damon cries out as the wood digs into his flesh.
"So I hear you have the moonstone." Jules walks in the room while smiling at him smugly.
Damon laughs lightly. "Oh, if you only knew the irony of this moment right now." He smirks weakly. "Let me tell you how this is gonna go. You're gonna let him go." He nods over to Alaric and he sees Rayen's magic glowing behind her where my door frame is. She pokes her head out and she winks at him before pulling it back in before going to a different room. "You're gonna torture me, I don't talk, someone loses a heart. Last time, it was your boy Mason." Jules nods at Stevie who jerks on the chain again and he groans in pain.
"Tyler, why are you doing this?" Stefan asks in pain gripping at his chest and he turns to see Rayen's magic glowing slightly.
"I can't let you break the curse." He says as he keeps his gun trained on Stefan just like Brady had told him to do even though Stefan is Ray's friend.
Stefan looks up at him as he sees Rayen's head pop out. "You know about the curse?"
"You're liars, all of you!" He scowls.
He shakes his head and Rayen growls lightly. "No. I swear to you. We don't want to break the curse, Tyler. We don't want to do that."
"Oh yeah? But I do." He hisses and shoots Stefan in the leg. "I can't be like this forever."
"Tyler, I'm just trying to save Elena." Stefan tells him as he looks up at Tyler and Rayen as she starts to step out. "I'm also trying to keep Ray off his radar."
"Elena and Ray will be fine!" Tyler frowns.
"They didn't tell you that part, did they? Who are the liars now?" Stefan asks.
"Tell me what?"
"In order to break the curse, either Elena has to die to break it with Ray's magic being the battery to kill her." Tyler pales instantly as he lowers his gun.
"What?" Her eyes widen and she looks at Stefan trying to see if he's telling the truth.
Stefan nods. "Yes. The curse needs Elena to die. And Bonnie found that they used a nature manipulator to kill the first doppelgänger no matter what Tyler…the both of them will die." Stefan frowns and Rayen disappears. "Do you know if Ray is safe?"
"I…I don't think she is." Tyler states as he is starting to look worried and confused.
"You know what the great thing about buckshot is? It scatters through the body, maximum damage." Jules smirks before she cocks the gun and aims it at him. "Where's the moonstone?"
"Get over it, honey. You're never gonna get it." Damon smirks and Jules gets ready to shoot him. Rayen comes out of the frame and traps Stevie in a wolfsbane cage barely brushing his skin. She wraps her whip around Brady's neck making sure to make the wolfsbane is a more concentrated form.
"Now, are you going to let go of my friend or am I going to have to kill your boytoy?" I say as I glare at Jules and she puts her gun at me. I slightly freeze up, but I tighten the whip making her glance at Brady as he cries out.
"You looking for this?" I hear Elijah ask and we all look over at him, watching as he walks into the living room with the moonstone in hand. He places the stone on to the table behind the couch and I furrow my eyebrow.
"Go ahead." He urges with a hidden tone to it. "Take it." Apparently there was one behind me ready to push a needle into my neck and he goes after it before Elijah plunges his hand into the werewolf's chest jerking his heart out. Blood splatters around the floor some of it landing on Rayen's thigh high sock clad foot. He drops the heart drop to the ground and automatically two more wolves go for him. Elijah easily them out just as easily as the first one making Jules flee rapidly. She smirks and she lets Brady go with his tail between his legs, but not before she stabs and breaks off a wolfsbane stake tip in his kidney. She walks over to Damon and easily takes off the collar.
She slaps him across the face. "How dare you not tell me that in order for Elena to die in the sacrifice I had to be used as a battery? I already was used as one to open that damned tomb." Ray growls at Damon before she steps over the dead wolves and goes back home through her little hole. "I'm done trying to keep you and Stefan alive Damon." She says softly with a pinch of sadness in her tone and she turns around as it starts to close over her body.
Rayen's POV:
After I take that creepy collar off Damon, my anger boils over cause of him keeping stuff from me still and I quickly slap him across the face. He looks up at me looking betrayed as my hand stings slightly, "How dare you not tell me that in order for Elena to die in the sacrifice I had to be used as a battery? I already was used as one to open that damned tomb." I growl at Damon before I turn and step over the dead wolves before going back to my little hole. "I'm done trying to keep you and Stefan alive Damon." I say softly with a pinch of sadness and I turn around as it starts to close over my body.
"Poison Ivy I-" He starts to try and apologize but I cut him off before I go back home to see Anya/Iris waiting for me.
"Anya, tell Klaus that I know and that if he ever loved me... then never come near me again. I know that he wanted to use me as a battery to kill the doppelgänger." I say as I take my socks off and throw them into the wash before going up to my room. "Girl's night is cancelled." I close my door and hold Riptide as he jumps into my arms before I lay down with him nuzzling my cheek. As he purrs and nuzzles my face my tears start falling as I hear footsteps at my door. It opens and I smell Melody's Victoria secret perfume. She comes in and turns on my radio putting in a cd by my guess. She crawls into bed on the other side and she cuddles next to me petting my hair and Riptide.
"Sisters forever." we whisper in our fathers' native tongue.
"No matter what." I whisper back as we look at one another her eyes glowing white slightly while I think she sees mine glowing gold since that's what Nik used to tell me they did. "Someone's gonna get hurt
Na-na-na-na, na-na, na-na-na-na
Someone's gonna get hurt
Na-na-na-na, na-na, na-na-na-na
And it's not gonna be me
Good morning gorgeous
I drove your truck in the lake last night
Hope she was worth it
Don't worry, I slept just fine," I smile softly as we sing in unison and Riptide purrs as he gets comfy between us. His paw on Mel's arm, "You keep throwing punches but you won't win this fight
You're just fucking yourself when you don't read the signs
I'm going to the kitchen, coming back with a knife
'Cause I've had enough this time
This is your final warning
There's a dark cloud overhead
This is your final warning
Just remember what I said
Someone's gonna get hurt
Na-na-na-na, na-na, na-na-na-na
Someone's gonna get hurt, na-na-na-na
And it's not gonna be me," We start falling asleep to Melody's old favorite celeb crush's panty dropping voice (according to her) and we giggle sleepily as we hold hands feeling our different magic healing each other. "Good afternoon dear
How does the rope feel around your neck?
Just one more error
Could be a fatal step
You keep throwing punches but you won't win this fight
You're just fucking yourself when you don't read the signs
I'm going to the kitchen, coming back with a knife
'Cause I've had enough this time," The haunting song about a mistress that was the center of a failed murdered plot plays on in the background as our breathing evens out.