Hey you 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.
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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 past the death of 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.
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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.
Previously on Divine Beauty:
"But then that leaves Lady Harjo as the only option doesn't it?"
"I know you wouldn't let anything harmful happen to Rayen either. But I do know that Klaus would want her more." Elena says as I sit up and stand up quickly, but a bit woozy. I stand up quickly make a stake before pressing it against the end of my ribs.
"Which is why I'm the one who's going to bleed to death." I say as I quickly run the stake through my corset yelping slightly as I watch him turn around and somehow someone zooms me into the house. I whimper as I fall to the ground and pull the stake out of my body before I lean back. I gasp and cough some of my blood as I wipe my chin. I look up as I watch my blood pour out of me.
"No!" Elijah calls out before he tries to bum rush the door only to be forced back by the barrier. "Yes. Yes, you can have your deal." He says to Elena hastily. "Let me heal her." I smirk as I stand up as best I can and lean against one of the banisters near the door.
"Give us your word." I whisper slightly as I feel my eyes close and my knees wobbling.
"I give you my word!" Elijah replies as I stumble out of the house and letting Elijah catches me. "Rayen…"
"M'sorry." I rasp out.
"No, you…I should have told you." Suddenly I feel him go stiff as I open my eyes and I see that Elijah is dying once again.
I shake my head, "Trust me. I won't go back to Nik. Not after he lied." I switch to Wikang Filipino and he closes his eyes.
Rayen's POV:
We've mostly been staying at home for the past couple of days. Swimming, practicing our gifts, and having Anya teach us some self-defense. Today I wake up slightly sore from the workout Anya gave us yesterday. Gabe calls me and asks if he can come over. I agree and quickly get into a pair of legging and a red and silver tank top. I put some natural makeup just to look more awake and he knocks on the door. My jaw drops and he smiles. Why is it he looks so yummy? He comes over wearing a very panty dropping black suit with his freshly pressed silver like shirt rolled up to his elbows and his hair gelled back. I make us breakfast and he has me sign the papers, so when I get a buyer's offer then all he and I have to do is sign over the deed to the new owners. He and I flirt, but not really since I'm under aged. He leaves letting the girls tease me about flirting with an older guy and we get into comfy clothes before going to the studio. We start taking down the pictures that my parents and I took before we carefully pack them up. I let the girls box everything up from the dressing rooms and the office while I take everything apart lighting and camera wise. I grab my old stereo before I plug it in and press play for the CD.
"Yeah-eh-heah
You are my fire
The one desire
Believe when I say
I want it that way" I start singing as I put my lighting appliances away.
"But we are two worlds apart
Can't reach to your heart
When you say
That I want it that way" I hear Melody singing and I look up as I see her labeling the box. Anya comes out and we all stand up before getting in a triangle with me in the front.
"Tell me why
Ain't nothin' but a heartache
Tell me why
Ain't nothin' but a mistake
Tell me why
I never want to hear you say
I want it that way," The three of us sing and dance in unison as we go with the flow and dance we stop and go back to our individual things.
"Am I your fire?
Your one desire
Yes I know it's too late
But I want it that way," Anya asks as she puts her boxes with the rest of them.
"Tell me why
Ain't nothin' but a heartache
Tell me why
Ain't nothin' but a mistake
Tell me why
I never want to hear you say
I want it that way," We dance with the boxes in our arms and we keep packing and labeling. "Now I can see that we've fallen apart
From the way that it used to be Yeah
No matter the distance
I want you to know
That deep down inside of me," I grab one of my light stands and hold it like a microphone.
"You are my fire
The one desire
You are (you are you are you are)" I start singing as the girls are my back up singers and I smile as I take a breath before belting out, "Don't want to hear you say
Ain't nothin' but a heartache
Ain't nothin' but a mistake
(Don't want to hear you say)
I never want to hear you say
I want it that way
Tell me why
Ain't nothin' but a heartache
Tell me why
Ain't nothin' but a mistake
Tell me why
I never want to hear you say
I want it that way
Tell me why
Ain't nothin' but a heartache
Ain't nothin' but a mistake
Tell me why
I never want to hear you say
(Never want to hear you say it)
I want it that way
'Cause I want it that way" We finish off our areas and take our boxes out to the car before we start taking my files and my editing stuff. The girls and I smile as they go and get the costumes that are in the back. I grab my phone and text Ty telling him that I miss him and that he should text me.
"Do you want us to take the costumes and shoes to goodwill?" Anya asks as the two of them come over.
I turn to them and smile, "Yeah. I think we all need to do karma a solid." I say as I grab a box before we walk over to the goodwill store front and we donate all of the boxes. "Don't say who they were donated from."
Meanwhile (in No One's POV:)
Jonas and Luka are heading to their apartment debating on whether or not to tell Stefan about Elijah's old plan to kill Klaus while they are setting up the place for a powerful spell. It's so powerful that if they lose their concentration and or lose their will to continue then they both or just one of them could lose their life and or their ability to use magic.
"But what if they can find the burial ground?" Luka asks as he and his father walk up to their apartment. They were just coming back from discussing plans with Stefan about them killing Klaus. Jonas is steaming, seriously not happy with the plan that they came up with at all. He made a deal with Elijah a while ago and he is planning on keeping that deal.
"They won't." Jonas corrects his son. "We tried to find it ourselves, Luka, for weeks."
"We we don't have a back-up plan though dad and we need to be doing everything we can to save Greta."
Jonas looks at his son and puts a hand on his shoulder as he nods in understanding. "We will save her son, but Elijah is the answer. Not Stefan and his brother. Those people, they're our enemies and they need to be dealt with."
Luka's eyes widen as he looks in his dad's eyes. "What, dad you're going to kill them?" And in his heart and in the pit of his gut a brief concern for Bonnie flares up. Even though she may have betrayed his trust using her magic on his mind, but he didn't want to see her dead.
"No. I'm going to let Elijah do it." Jonas corrects his son with a smirk and Luka arches an eyebrow at his father's confidence. He watches his father pick up the picture of Rayen that his dad had Luka steal from her house. "We'll get Lady Harjo and the doppelgänger after we've pulled the dagger from him. They are the only way that Elijah can secure Greta's release."
Rayen's POV:
"We should go to the Grill for dinner. I hear they have a live band coming in tonight." Melody says with a smile as we bring in the last of the boxes and take them up to the attic.
"It would cut back on how much food that we'll have to go grocery shopping for." Anya says as she hands Melody the last box to put up there before she jumps down and we close the hideaway.
"That's true." I say as I see Melody pick up Riptide and he rubs his head against her shoulder. The girls look at me and pout and batting their eyes at me, "Grr fine. But first I need the both of you to help me get flowers for mom and dad. I know the." I say as I go into my room and unwrap the gauze. I check my wound and see that it's fully healed although now it is a scar. I throw the gauze away and get dressed. I pull on a pair of white skinny jeans, a black billowy bell sleeved shirt with intricate, embroidered details at the neckline have a gypsy vibe, and a pair of black leather Louis Vuitton's ankle boots with three inch heels and white laces. I go into my bathroom and straighten my hair before I braid my hair behind my ear. I wing my eyeliner and smudge it under my waterline before adding my newest lipstick that's called, 'Burgundy Burn.' I smirk as I look at myself in the mirror and I walk out to see Anya and Melody going through my shoes.
"Ugh why can't I find anything to go with this outfit?" Melody whines as she goes through my shoe pyramids. I look her over to see she's wearing a white off the shoulder top with billow sleeves like my top, a pair of ripped jeans, and a beaded turquoise head piece with wavy hair and simple makeup like mine but with light pink lipstick. I go to my newer shoe pyramid and grab her a pair of white strappy chunky heeled shoes. Riptide does his little chirping thing as he watches a squirrel out on the tree branch.
"Wear these and they'll show off your newly painted toes." I say and she smiles before slipping them on while I look over Anya's outfit. "And for you..." I look over her black skinny jeans, her gray, black, and white poncho top with tassels on the end with cold shoulder and billowy sleeves, and a simple wing like Melody and I but her lipstick is more of a crimson color. "Ooh!" I go over to my other pyramid that's in the back of my closet and grab a pair of chunky seventy inspired heels and I walk back out and hand them to her. Anya smiles and slips them on before I grab my wallet. "Okay so we're just going to head over to the cemetery and go to their plots." They nod and we head downstairs before Anya grabs her keys and the three of us climb into her car.
Time Jump
I walk up the hill to the twin oak trees and I smile and wave my hand to clear the graves of weeds that have grown over it. I look over to their headstones which are a mixture of Jet Black, Tropical Green, and Blue pearl granite and their writing is embossed and carved with silver. I sit down on the bench next to their plot and I see Anya reading the inscriptions while Melody is twisting her ring that she got from my parents. She bends down and pushes it into the dirt.
"Hey mom, hey poppa. Mel and I brought someone to help me do this." I say softly and I lick my lips. "I got pregnant. I was going to name him Rohan Markus after you poppa and Mark." I drag my nails on his picture and press a kiss to my fingers and then to his picture. "I was 15 and a half weeks along, but I was poisoned." I let a tear slide down my face. "I wasn't strong enough to protect him. His little heart gave out and I had to get rid of him." I cry slightly and Mel wraps her arms around me. Anya walks behind and rubs my back. "I wish you were here to help me with this. I'm only 17." I say as I cry my heart out while the girls hold and just be there for me. Their presence calms me down faster than if I were up here by myself. I pull away and stand up before I put my hands on their headstone before I kiss the top letting my magic create climbing daisy chains, gladiolus, and statices. "I will get stronger." I whisper pushing my magic into the ground to protect it and I stand up.
I lift my head square my shoulders, 'Remember these pieces of advice my little sassy princess, the world watches women with black tinted glasses. So no matter what when people try to break you.' I fix my makeup and look at the girls as I feel my magic swirling in my body.
"Ready to go?" I ask and the girls do the same as me. They square their shoulders and fix themselves. 'Keep your chin up, shoulders straight, and your smile on. Never show fear or weakness.'
"Let's go before auntie and uncle come back to kick our asses." Mel says as she puts her arm around my waist. 'Build your strength through the both of them to be as strong as the mighty oak tree.'
"Let's go honor their memory." Anya says as she wraps her arm around Mel's arm and my waist. 'Remember those that think of you as weak shall be eaten by the strength you have taken root in your body.'
I smile and wrap my arms around their waists bringing them closer to me, "Let's go." I say as we walk down the hill back to our car.
I see a human shadow silhouette by the car and I stand up straight. I get a shock to my system as I feel my parents' presence and I smile before I bow my head slightly to it. I look back to where it was and I feel a bit disappointed again once I see that the silhouetted shadow is gone. We drive off and to the grill the air feeling lighter than before. We walk in happily as the band plays and we get one of the last booths. We order our food, drinks, and we dance to our hearts' content. Mel and I go into the bathroom and I get my stash of beauty products and fix ourselves as our bodies are buzzing from the alcohol.
"Are you going to tell me what's going on in this little town?" Mel asks as she brushes out her hair while I fix my foundation. I look at her and smile.
"Soon. I promise." I say softly before we put the stuff back and head back out to see Elena, Care, Bonnie, and Jenna. I roll my eyes before Mel and I rejoin Anya on the dance floor. We dance and ignore the Elena crew as they look surprised that we're there. But even though I have nothing against Jenna because I doubt that even she knows about everything that's happened. We stop dancing as we see Care get onto the stage and go to the microphone.
"Hey, everybody. Let's hear it for the band!" She says into the microphone and she gets some cheers as the three of us go back to our booth. "Weren't they awesome?" She waits for the applause to fade and the three of us start eating. "So there's this guy. And, uh, he told me to tell him how I feel about him. Like it's so easy. Um, you know, just cause I talk a lot doesn't mean I always know what I'm actually talking about." I smirk as she nervously rambles. "Ah, like now, I'm feeling loopy and I don't really know how to express myself..." She pauses for a moment and smiles. "I can sing! Yeah, yeah. You know what, I'm going to sing."
"C'mon, off stage." I hear the lead singer tell Care as I see her turn to him and is more than likely compelling him. The guy whispers back to her before she nods before saying something else to him. The lead singer turns around and cues the band to start playing, Eternal Flame by The Bangles.
Mel leans against me and we watch as the vamp take a calming breath. "Close your eyes,
give me your hand,
darlin', do you feel my heart beatin',
do you understand,
do you feel the same?
Or am I only dreamin', is this burnin', an eternal flame,
I believe, it's meant to be darlin',
I watch you when you are sleepin',
you belong with me,
do you feel that same,
or am I only dreamin',
is this burnin' an eternal flame,
say my name,
sunshine through the rain, of a life, so lonely,
come and easy the pain,
I don't want to lose this feeling,
whoa-oah." Caroline sings and I smile as I see Mattie jumping up on stage before pulling her into a passionate kiss. We all cheer them on and I smile as we finish eating. Anya smirks and stands up.
"Where are you going?" I ask and she just winks at me. I whine and continue eating before I hear the feedback of a mic.
"Good evening everyone since we had that lovely karaoke singer we'd like to invite, Lady Rayen Harjo, to come up and sing whatever song she'd like." The lead singer says and I see Anya smirking onstage. Melody drags me up there and whispers to the lead singer what song to play. Once I hear the first few notes I smirk and grab a hold of the mic as I throw daggers at the girls. I close my eyes as I watch people pull out their phones and start recording.
"I tried to kill the pain
But only brought more
(So much more :-:the girls sing back up for me and I smile as I let out all of my emotions into the lyrics.)
I lay dying
And I'm pouring, crimson regret, and betrayal
I'm dying
Praying
Bleeding
Screaming
Am I too lost to be saved?
Am I too lost?
My God! My tourniquet
Return to me salvation
My God! My tourniquet
Return to me salvation
Do you remember me?
Lost for so long
Will you be on the other side?
Will you forget me?
I'm dying
Praying
Bleeding
Screaming
Am I too lost to be saved?
Am I too lost?" I notice that everyone is dancing and or recording while the girls and I sing. The girls do some little whisper improve lines that they heard in the original song, "My God! My tourniquet
Return to me salvation
My God! My tourniquet
Return to me salvation
My God! My tourniquet
Return to me salvation
My God! My tourniquet
Return to me salvation
My wounds cry for the grave
My soul cries, for deliverance
Will I be denied?
Christ! Tourniquet! My suicide." I dance around on the stage as the girls continue their improve lines and the crowd goes wild before we get off the stage. I lean into Anya's ear. "I'll be back. I need to pee." She nods as she goes to flirt with the guy bartender and Mel flirts and dances with a girl that looks like ruby rose but she's a bit thicker and she has multicolored hair that's flipped over her right eye. I smile as I walk into the back and do my business before flushing and washing my hands. I feel a shudder in my magic before I look to see dark circles trying to form under my eyes.
Meanwhile (in No One's POV:)
Melody sees Elena walk away from Bonnie and she walks up to her and sits next to her. "So you're a witch?" She asks bluntly and smirks as she sees Bonnie freeze up and she chuckles. "Don't worry. I am too. I felt your magical presence when I got into town along with some other line that I'm not familiar with."
Bonnie smiles feeling even more relaxed than she ever has, well except when she was with her grandma, as she recovers from her shock. "Yeah. How long have you been practicing?"
"Like since the middle of last summer? But since I felt Sassy's power surge through the plants I started practicing more and creating my own spells that last longer than normal with the mixture of runes." She sees Bonnie's confused face and she turns to see an older warlock walking and looking around. Melody stands up and tilts her head.
"Dr. Martin. You okay?" Bonnie asks as she walks over to him and Melody follows after her.
"Where is she?"
"I don't understand." She frowns as Melody cross her arms over her chest.
"There you are." Jonas narrows his eyes at Melody and she falls to her knees before she whispers counter spells and scratching runes into the ground to stop the pain that he's trying to give her.
"Stop!" Bonnie says as she kneels down to Melody.
"My son is dead!" Jonas says to the both of them angrily and his power lets up as his tears well up in his eyes.
Bonnie's eyes widen and Melody stands up. "Whatever it is you think you need to do, there's a better way."
"They killed Elijah and they killed Luka and my only shot at getting my daughter back is if I have Elena and Lady Harjo..." Jonas murmurs as she looks down at the both of them.
"No, no, Dr. Martin."
He lifts his hand with anger in his eyes making lights bust from the other side of the room, plunging one half of the Grill into darkness. Screams fill the air and people start running out crazily.
"Where is Elena?" He demands and he looks to Melody. "Tell me where they are."
"I don't know. I haven't seen her." Bonnie lies as she shakes her head and Jonas narrows his eyes before busting more lights, before glaring down at her.
"She left when I was flirting with the Irish girl that you scared away."
"No one's getting out of here until I have them both." Jonas tells them both strongly.
"Don't do this. Please don't do this." She begs, but it doesn't do any good and Melody looks to the bathroom hoping that Ray doesn't come out. Jonas channels his energy making the bottles on the bar began to smash and soak everything. With a slight wave of his hand the bar was set alight and Bonnie attempts to stop him, but Jonas presses his fingers against her forehead. She collapses behind the bar unconscious and Melody starts working on getting her to wake up. Jonas leaves when he doesn't see either of the girls.
Matt runs over to Bonnie and Melody. "Bonnie! Hey, Bonnie!"
"She'll be fine. She just needs to rest." She says and the two of them smile at one another. "Let's get her out of here, blue eyes." He smirks as he picks her up and The two of them run out as Ray comes out and stares at the flames.
"This is what happens when I leave to pee?" She says and rolls her eyes before using the wood to smother the flames. She walks out letting the air pull the smoke from the bar.