#Verse: Family Ties

[ripper-royalty]

@baby-royalty liked for a small starter

"So when it comes to burning report cards... You might wanna make sure you don't leave the part with the grades in the fireplace."

[retconned-royalty]

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Damon didn't remember the seven minutes between dropping his phone and the general awareness that he was in a car. No not a car. Lizzy's car. His daughters car.

The vampire groaned and let his head loll back against the expensive leather headrest, smearing it with blood. He wasn't healing. Whatever they used had vervain......Or his blood alcohol content was something something so stupidly high that there just wasn't enough blood circulating to start the healing process. At this point he had no way of knowing.

Internally he was kicking himself, Lizzy shouldn't have to see him like this. She was the ONE THING he was trying to get right lately. But no he calls her in he middle of the night because.... Well because no one else picked up the damn phone.

I'm sorry.

He wanted to say.

"I need a drink..."

[hybrid-royalty]

"This cookie tastes o f f... good texture though."

Lizzy that's fucking s o a p.

[stoic-royalty]

@baby-royalty asked:

"Oi, headcanon though, Lizzy's Little Red nickname obviously came from her first ever rain jacket that came with a red hood but more importantly? There have got to be pictures of a really small Lizzy standing and jumping in puddles in that coat, and Klaus should let her do a recreation of such an iconic shot from her childhood. Have a blessed day x"

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"After your third birthday, Niklaus started taking a lot more interest in you - our littlest Mikaelson."

"At the ripe age of three, you were still having trouble sleeping on your own. There were many nights where you'd call out until I came to check on you, or if you were feeling brave, you would come crawl into my bed yourself - and proceed to kick me in the back for the remainder of the night."

"I remember one such night that Niklaus awoke before I did and when I came to check on you he was already sitting by your bed. I waited in the doorway, even in the darkness I could see your eyes as big as saucers, looking up at him curiously. No fear. You never feared anything. I watched as he settled you down and promised a story..."

"Niklaus was a delightful storyteller in our youth, he used to beguile Kol, Rebekah, and.. And Henrik with masterful (and no doubt blasphemous) retellings of our gods and the tales of our people. So much so that our youngest brother would beg for a story each night as we lay in bed, something to dream about, and when Niklaus ran out of ancestral stories he would make up new ones. After.. After we lost Henrik the joy seemed to fade for him."

"Until I listened to him spin you the tale of Little Red Riding Hood, the girl who ran away with a wolf in the woods. Not exactly the traditional telling, but you were mesmerized back to sleep, just like our youngest brother used to be nearly a thousand years ago. From that point forward you were obsessed with the girl in the story and the color red, and... Well, and wolves of course."

"You see Elizabeth, it wasn't the raincoat that earned you the nickname, it was the nick name that made you buy us a raincoat that you wore every single day for at least a month - regardless of the weather."

[little-elenaarchive]

Elena has a death wish part 495 starter for @hybrid-royalty

After the instagram post, Elena couldnt stop thinking about the missing vervain bracelet and the amouth of danger that put everyone in. What if Klaus compelled Lizzy to kill Stefan? Or Damon? Or katherine? A little sleeper agent of death. That would destroy Lizzy...

Or what if he was compelling her to give him all the information about mystic falls? What if he was hurting her the way he hurts everyone else?

She couldn't idly stand by knowing what she did, and she certainly couldn't be the reason anyone else got hurt or killed. So it was up to Elena. Klaus can't kill her, he needs her blood for hybrids.

She was the safest one there.

So Elena made her way to Nola, without telling anyone, framed it as an impromptu road trip for some alone time... and then sent word with a vampire she found for Klaus to meet her in the french quarter, a public resteraunt.

Now all she had to do was wait. Hopefully he showed up.

[multi-royalty-arc]

Just me gushing over the little family that’s come to life @malka-lisitsa @hybrid-royalty-main @baby-royalty @impurc

[malka-lisitsa]

Everyone just appreciate that Lizzy mentally said a prayer, thanked God for her family, and her life, before this.

"Mama." There she goes, incapable of n o t being the good daughter that hands over her report card to her mother. Her life giver. "...it's n o t what it looks like, it's- it's not ALL b a d."

The doppelganger snatched the report card up to look intimidating, she saw it in a movie once. Looking over the report card, she was hit with the sudden realization that she not one single time had ever stepped foot in a school to attend it. She has no idea what the marks mean, she has no idea how to read this.

Katherine recalls the basic concept that A is the best grade and she sees one of those, so that's good. Theres a lot of dashes... and I's?

"The note here at the bottom says you're missing class a lot. Why?" Not going to ask about the letter grades, she doesn't want to look stupid even if her daughter would never hold that against her.

The note also said threw a student over the fence, but she doesn't really care about that considering she knows it could have been off the roof just as easily.

[ripper-royalty]

"Lizzy, I will help you any time I can." He smiled warmly, thinking of all the years Lexi just didn't leave his side until he felt comfortable enough to be left alone. "We both know I won't always be there, but I don't care if it's been days, months or years since you started practicing this. If you come find me I'll walk you through the steps." 

"You're not alone okay? I'm sorry it seems like you... Inherited this. But I'm here for you. Always." 

"Nasty boys and cheap girls, floors that got obliterated. That's three things. I can remember to find three things!" In a world full of chaos, Stefan is bringing very specific focus into Lizzy's head that she's never heard of before. Stefan doesn't leave it up to her interpretation, this is solid and tangible and r e a l. Even he knows she needs firm direction, the world seems so much easier to process already.

"Huh. The world is actually pretty disgusting, when you take everyone else into account. Y u c k." Isn't this why public school was a HORRIBLE idea? Nastiness protects people from the picky eater vampires.

"Will you help me, practice? The first few times. Can I come find you, if I need you?"

[ripper-royalty]

If you could take the cure and be human with her, would you do it Stefan?

"In a heartbeat."

"We'd leave Mystic Falls. Settle down somewhere. Have a gaggle of kids maybe..."

[retconned-royalty]

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"Oof," He looked down as Nugget, snuffling successfully around his socks. "Let's keep Deathwish Jr. from running into the street today then. How about that?"

"Plop your butt in a chair sweetie pie, I need you to catch me up on this week's gossip. Does Megan still have that weird lump? What about Ross and Rachel, they still kicking it or did she finally dump him?" Damon never used the actual name of any of her classmates, just whatever he could best remember them by.

[hybrid-royalty]

Name your price for Liz Biz. I’ll pay up for my princess of chaos.

"Don't embarrass yourself Lucien. Even given another thousand years to amass wealth you wouldn't be able to touch what she's worth. Run along and maybe try to find some friends from your own class."

[hybrid-royalty]

The hybrid waved off that little detail as they walked into Rousseau's, "Elijah's little army of bean counters would have nixed than little venture regardless." 

He very clearly expected to be followed as he took a seat at the bar, raising a finger and pointing to a bottle of his favorite local distillery. Camille wasn't working tonight, but he was a frequent enough patron that they brought him two small glasses and left the bottle on the counter. This wasn't their first meeting and it wouldn't be the last, but Klaus seemed a bit more... Pensive than usual. Thoughtful. He poured them each a glass before he spoke again. 

"Is she... Happy." 

No argument there. At this point, she could get a place of her own rather than still living with her friend. "Fair enough. Perhaps I should start keeping notes." The response is genuine. "What all are you wanting to know exactly. You know we spend a fair amount together. The devil could get lost in the amount of details I could give you."

Despite her words, ophelia suspects she already can guess the finer details he is interested in. "Thus far. No one has been killed. Well, one has, but that was a simple fix on my part. So far, she hasn't found herself in any trouble severe enough that I felt the need to intervine. She nearly bought a dairy queen in an attempt to make an endless supply of chocolate button blizzards. "

[stoic-royalty]

To The Attentions Of Elizabeth’s Parents And Guardians,

It is with regret that the Nevermore Academy Infirmary must contact you concerning the well-being of your daughter, Elizabeth Mikaelson. Your daughter is currently residing in our venom and poisons ward under meticulous care, after a werewolf bite that occurred on Academy Grounds. 

I strongly urge you to visit at once so that you may assess your child’s condition. While we have procedurally administered your daughter the vial of blood required to reverse the effects of the venom, we are faced with the circumstances of the bite being that of a sensitive nature with regard to young lives. We are hoping she’d take kindly to a familiar face, in addressing this.

Members of staff witnessed the bite this afternoon, and the incident report filed with them denotes that the relationship between your daughter and the student in question, was a compromising one. We don’t take kindly to partial nudity on public grounds Mr Mikaelson, it is her naivety alone that saved her from expulsion.

Wolf bites aren’t an entirely common problem between our students, and you can understand the significance of the relationship between the individuals involved. We at Nevermore can only hope you share in our interest to prevent this from happening again, with heed to the wellbeing of our students.

Formally awaiting your correspondence and arrival.

Head Nurse For The Nevermore Academy Infirmary, Agatha 

Elijah had made @baby-royalty listen to him read the entire letter out loud, then he looked at her expectantly.

"Well, any thoughts?"

[little-elenaarchive]

Interesting. Lizzy posted on her Instagram for the first time this week, she doesn't do the most back in New Orleans.

...there's a distinct lack of vervain bracelet on her left wrist? Maybe the image is just flipped. Weird.

She looks so c u t e though!

Well its concerning to say the least. At first, Elena does consider it just flipped weird. But the longer she looks at it, the longer she realizes the sign in the background isnt backwards. Which means that the bracelet is actually missing.

New orleans, with Klaus, and no bracelet. Lizzy doesn't usually post on her instagram when shes in NOLA. She did it on purpose.

This is a cry for help.

Elena should tell someone, but who? If she tells Stefan or Damon they'll march down there and try to rip Lizzy out of his hands, they'd get killed.

She could tell Katherine... and HOPE for that outcome, but that would only hurt Lizzy... both if Katherine went and got killed... and if she didn't go out of self preservation... She cant rell Bonnie or Caroline because they'll end up telling one of the boys...

Suddenly, Elena is realizing she has just one option left.

"It's me.... I have to go.."

[multi-royalty-arc]

Rebekah feeling conflicted because she worked hard to keep the lives of Lizzy and Alyssa separate. She loved them both equally, and she always has. It was hard to keep them apart but not impossible, they all thought they were doing the girls a favour, but watching them bond now leads her to believe maybe it was the wrong decision all those years ago. Rebekah hadn't been the only one who thought it was an ideal plan. Everyone had been wary about when Katherine may return. If she would take Elizabeth and run. How could she explain to her own child that she would never see here sister again..

[malka-lisitsa]

"I love you just the way you are, and I'm here to remind you of that whenever you need to hear it."

That's Lizzy for you. She's always showing up for her mama. Even when Katherine doesn't ask (because she never does). Mostly because that's admitting weakness. Needing help? and ASKING for it? That awards the other person the opportunity to say no- to deny her of her need and that really hurts- so. No she doesn't ask for help unless she's truly desperate...

Fortunately, she doesn't always have to ask or even need help. Sometimes, her daughter just reminds her that she would burn the world for her mother. Unconditional love, genuinely. She doesn't blame Katherine for her choices or her past. She doesn't care what she's done, she's Mama. That's enough for her. Katherine is enough for her. Just as she is. Why the fuck can't anyone else love her like that?

Sometimes, it's too much, and Katherine can't comprehend that its genuine, that its not transactional, that its not manipulation, that its for HER.. So she doesn't always react the way you would expect, sometimes its defensive- not because Lizzy has done anything wrong... but because Katherine is damaged and scared. Love disappears for her. All the time. It turns on her. It drops her. And trusting it in the past has only ever gotten her gutted... so she puts up defenses. It's an automatic reaction. Five hundred years of betrayal and loss does that.

So hopefully, Lizzy understands when Katherine's reaction isn't sappy or vulnerable that it doesn't mean she doesn't appreciate her daughters love... it means it's so important that she's protecting herself from the possibility of it disappearing.

"Duly noted."