#aurora saw the first one and said “tristan sent me that”

[ladamedemartel]

You are my joy. You are worth tens of thousands.

memes!

The emeralds were exquisite. It had been ages since Aurora had worn something so grand, and, she doubted if even in her mortal days she had had as many jewels as adorned this one single piece. She continued to marvel at them, feeling Tristan press a kiss into her temple. Perhaps his fingers itched to place the necklace on her, but Aurora was not ready to stop looking at her gift. A Christmas gift. Their second Christmas since the compulsion had broken for whatever reason. Lucien had sworn that he would give her answers by Christmas, but he had yet to appear, let alone offer any explanation for why they had suddenly been freed from Elijah's chokehold; they knew it was not a spell, for they had long ago learned that they could bend mortals to their will as Elijah had bent them and the gift had not disappeared when his hold had broken over them. Still, while she wished for answers(if only to ensure that they did not fall prey to such a scheme again), the emeralds were certainly a more dazzling gift.

"Knowing you, I expect I'll get tens of thousands between the next few Christmas'." If there weren't tens of thousands already scattered amongst the boxes before her. Aurora felt a bit badly. There were two presents for her for everyone one that she'd gotten for Tristan. As much as she had wanted to get him more gifts, the thought of Mikael lurking around the corner had dissuaded her as she would have been devastated to leave too many things behind when they were only starting to rebuild their lives as their own once again. Perhaps, if Tristan had gotten her this many gifts, they truly would be safe, at least for a little while.

@lordofthestrix

[crimsonlyinglilly]

Day 27 “Or what?”                                       

| Defiance | Display | Last Resort |

Still with Caged Founder and another day for @juneofdoom

Elijah deals with the aftermath of Finn's visit and his choice

Follows directedly on from Guilt and Failure

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“Goodbye brother.”

He waited until he heard the elevator doors shut before he acted, pushing himself from his chair.

It's not hard to get Tristan on his knees, after decades he had learnt all the boundaries of the ritual, learnt just when it would stop him, a slight shift to set Tristan off balance and let gravity do the rest.

Elijah had learned to take control back in ways that weren't just Tristan giving it to him.

Much like switching the chains they use in bed to those that could keep Elijah contained and leaving Tristan chained to the bed for days, far easier to get away with since the three of them now resided away from headquarters, they had all had a choice in the regency townhouse which Elijah preferred walking back to each evening.

The city was busy, it was alive and after decades shut away in the french countryside it was freeing seeing people go about their lives.

He's almost sure he found a way to kill those of his sireline he just hadn't tried it yet, first it was due to his own caution, not wanting to risk his one ace until he was sure it would lead to an escape, then he had been too shattered to think to use it, now it was due to most the time not wanting them dead, although Tristan found ways to push it.

Like today, he wasn't truly surprised Tristan possessiveness came out, after ninety years of keeping him from his family, any of the, returning was a threat to him.

Still didn't mean he enjoyed having to sit through Tristan’s little display and allowed himself to be pawed at in front of his brother, in front of Finn, like his older brother needed another reason to look down on him.

Besides the angrier he made himself seem the less likely Tristan would look into it.

“Tell me if that was Klaus who visited, would you have decided we needed to have sex on my desk to show off.” He asked sharply as Tristan stayed on his knees

“No,” Tristan answered, sitting back to look up at him “I'd have called Aurora, I promised she'd get to be the one to show our relationship off to him.” Tristan confessed making Elijah freeze and look at him in shock.

“You discussed this?” he said in surprise, his planned lecture vanishing.

“Never really needed to, Rory’s been planning to repay the pair of you since we recovered ourselves. They’re changed but would you deny her revenge?” Tristan asked

Elijah gritted his teeth, revenge against him was fine, he had done something to deserve it, Klaus was as much a victim to that cruelty as Aurora was.

“She'll be disappointed to learn Finn will tell them.” he said instead of his thoughts

“Doubt it, Finn's not going to say a thing.”

“True, he doesn't care.” He sighed

Tristan sent him an almost pitying smile that made Elijah wish he could throttle him.

Finn had offered an escape. All he had to do was keep the Strix from interfering, he could keep acting normal, distract Tristan.

There was an end in sight.

He pulled out a gold letter opener, one of if his golden chain links he had reshaped out of boredom and spite in the first few months of his captivity, nearly a century ago now and the thought almost makes his heart jump in panic, one century how many more-

No, he had an escape now. He ignored the very childish ‘Finn promised’ that echoed around his mind. It had been too long since he had a sibling touch his mind; it had stirred up old feelings that was all.

“Blood for blood.” He told Tristan as he presented the dagger. 

He smiled when he noticed the recognition in Tristan's eyes as he saw which blade it was, Elijah had had it enchanted twenty years ago by Lauren, one of The Sisters, wounds caused by it healed slowly, ignoring Supernatural healing. Even on ancient vampires like Tristan, it would cause a simple cut to last over a day before the power faded and it healed.

“You volunteer that'' Tristan's argued changing it to “there was barely any.” when Elijah said nothing but raised an eyebrow, which was true but besides the point, Tristan had bitten his lip with inhuman fangs just to prove a point to Finn, to show off Elijah's helplessness.

Tristan had made the deal situations where Tristan acted without thinking and Elijah paid for it; much like when Tristan had torn his heart the second time because simply seeing Lucien had wounded him up and he unthinkingly took that out on Elijah.

“My lord Tristan, not keeping his word.” he called mockingly sweet.

Wasn't it a delight, for Tristan to be even more tried to his word, half noble upbringing and half the need to prove himself better than Elijah.

Elijah knew for all his reputation he worded his deals carefully to give him a loophole and when trapped would break them for his family.

He wasn’t truly hungry, even with the blood he had given to Finn, Tristan had made sure he always had blood unless he was being spiteful and found a reason to ‘punish’ him.

But Tristan hated pain, even after centuries he never learned to take it and since Elijah couldn’t simply bite him, Tristan had to do it himself.

He had been strangely insistent on creating a balance in their relationship, to be more equal.

Ridiculous and completely Aurora’s fault, there could be no balance since Tristan had stipped him of his ability to defend himself.

The moments of contentment and joy that had been growing more common were temporary.

The fact that Tristan had stopped and never mentioned electrocution after the one time Elijah had said stop, didn't matter.

Neither did the fact Tristan had let Elijah spend months away from him and the manor, when the Martel siblings tried ECT to treat Aurora's mind and Elijah had voiced his discomfort at the after effects.

Not alone, Elijah still needed guards even on the missions for the Strix to deal with werewolves; they couldn't leave their founder unprotected after they stopped him from being able to completely protect himself.

“Does my treasured Sire have a request where?” Tristan's voice pulled him from his thoughts.

“Diagonal, across your dominant arm’s forearm.” he answered thoughtlessly, Tristan’s words settling in his mind to remind him ’treasured’ like a hard won prize not a person

Aurora’s dreams of a happily ever after were just that dreams, it was more proof that Elijah was losing it that he kept letting himself forget that.

Finn’s return, news of mother’s plan was perfect timing before he let himself fall too far.

In a way he should thank Tristan, the possessive show and humiliation just made this choice easier, a reminder that he could so easily return to being a prop and tool.

“I’m cutting my hair.” he announced suddenly as Tristan started to stand from his knees

“No.” Tristan replied quickly looking at him with confusion.

“Or what?” Elijah asked as a hint of honest curiosity in his tone, there was a lot Tristan had used over the years;

Returning him to his first cell, leaving him there in the dark, but he hadn’t done that in decades.

Leaving him chained to the wall, which was how Elijah had first found his way into Tristan’s bed, even his first sired smugness was better than the wall after a while.

Plain torture which Tristan has alway excelled in even if it had never worked on Elijah the way he hoped, pain was just pain after all and Elijah was familiar with pain.

Starvation, which just got more effective since he had started teaching the human recruits and taking responsibility for the Sisters young foundlings forcing him to turn them away for their own safety from him.

While Tristan overt control had faded a lot over the years, he knows Tristan likes his hair long.

Tristan scowled at him.

“Fine.” he gave in, pouting but seemingly letting it go

He blinked at Tristan, that was- not entirely unexpected he found, but before he started thinking to much about it, about how much Tristan had changed over the years, how much Elijah had managed to regain. 

It didn’t matter, so what if Tristan trusted him or was trying to let them be equal, if he meant it when he claimed that having Elijah wasn’t just revenge or for power.

Elijah couldn’t live like this anymore, and he couldn’t let himself hope there was anything better.

[tanjamikaelson]

LOVE FOR ETERNITY - PART 45

MASTERLIST

PART 45: | DEATH IS NOT THE END |

[MARSEILLES, FRANCE: AUGUST, 1002.]

It was time for Renée’s and Tristan’s wedding, so Natali was going back to the Marseilles with her father and her mother. She didn't know if Kol was still there, but she was hoping he was because she has to tell him something that she thinks she figured out. She was sure her parents think she forgot him already, that’s why they’re letting her to go back there again.

When they came into the castle Natali was back in the bedroom where she was staying before and she needed to get ready for the wedding. While she was with her servants that helped her to get ready, Tristan’s sister Aurora, came into her room.

 - “Hi, can I keep you some company?” Aurora asked as she stepped into the room.

 - Natali nodded, but asked curiously, “Did my sister sent you?”

 - “To be honest, she did.” Aurora says honestly.

 - “I knew it.” Natali said knowingly, “So did you two became a good friends?”

 - “Yes, we did. And I would like to have a chance to meet you too.” Aurora told her softly, with a small smile.

 - “Why? I won’t be here for much longer.” Natali questioned. It was a little odd that Aurora all of sudden wants to get to know her more.

 - “Why did they even sent you back to your castle?” Aurora asked, not answering to Natali’s question.

 - Natali sighed, she hoped no one would ask her that, “Because I was hanging out with Kol.” he replied, “I don’t know if you know who he is.”

 - “I do know. I know all of his siblings.” Aurora told her briefly.

 - Natali fixed her gaze on Aurora’s when she heard her answer, “Is he still here?” she asked without hesitation, if anyone knew if Kol was still living here that would be Aurora.

 - “Yes.” Aurora simply replied, watching as Natali slightly smiled and moved her gaze to the ground, “I can arrange you to meet him, if you want.” she suggested, realizing that Natali was interested in him.

 - “Really?” Natali’s eyes widened as she looked back up, “And you wouldn't tell my sister?”

 - “No one has to know.” Aurora gave her a smile, “It will be our little secret.”

 - Natali quickly nodded, as her smile flashed bright, “Yes, please. I need to see him.”

 - “You like him, don’t you?” Aurora questioned, glaring at obviously happy girl in front of her, too happy if she didn't liked him.

 - Natali felt her cheeks blushing, she never really thought about that, until now, “Uh.. I don’t know.” she replied, uncertain of her answer, because she really wasn't sure if she likes him and she couldn't tell Aurora why she really wants to see him.

 - “Well you can find out when you see him.” Aurora tells her, moving herself closer to the door and continuing, “We should probably get going now and I’ll tell you later where to meet him.”

Natali nodded smiling and then the two of them went to the wedding ceremony. As Natali expected Kol or any of his siblings weren't at the wedding, she was sure her parents and her sister said how they can’t come.

After the wedding ceremony was over Aurora found her standing alone in the ballroom and she told her how Kol is going to wait for her in Aurora’s room. It would look like the two of them are going there and hopefully no one will suspect anything.

When they were coming closer to her room Natali felt a nervous feeling washing over her, she never felt like this before.

 - When they’ve were in front of Aurora’s bedroom, she turned towards Natali, saying, “I need to go now and meet someone else, but you two can talk in here until I come back.”

Natali just gave her a smile and when Aurora walked away she grabbed the door handle and slowly opened the door. When she entered the room and quickly closed the door she saw Kol sitting on the bed. He stood up at the same moment when his eyes landed on her.

 - “I’m sorry I disappeared like that. My paren-” Natali began saying in attempt to explain herself, but Kol interrupted her before she said anything else, “I know everything, darling.”

 - “Good. Then should I get straight to the point?” Natali said and Kol nodded for her to continue, “While I was in my castle I was thinking that If I’m like yo-” she was cut off by Kol before she could finish, “You’ll lose your ability to do magic.”

 - “No.” Natali shakes her head in disagreement, “What if I don’t? I’m different and since I need to siphon magic and vampires are made if it, if I could become one I would have an endless source of power.”

 - “I don’t know if you can become a vampire.” Kol told her, thinking that her idea maybe actually made sense, but there wasn't a way for her to be a vampire.

 - “How did you become?” Natali asked.

 - “My mother was a powerful witch and she turned us.” Kol informed her.

 - “Well where is she now?” Natali asked, hoping his mother could turn her into a vampire as well.

 - “She is dead.” Kol told her.

 - “Oh, I’m sorry.” Natali said in a sad voice and she was a little disappointed.

 - Kol placed his hand on hers and said, “Darling, maybe you’ll find some other way.”

 - “I don't know if I will remember some other way.” Natali said looking down at her feet.

 - “So you came up with that idea on your own?” Kol asked.

 - “Yes. It that too hard to believe in?” Natali asked.

 - “It’s not.” Kol shakes his head.

 - “Well if you don't know how I can be a vampire, maybe I should go until someone suspects something.” Natali told him.

 - “I’ve heard Aurora said how we can be here until she comes back.” Kol said stopping her from leaving.

 - Natali softly smiled, asking, “Did you learn to control your hunger?”

 - Kol shakes his head, “No. Don’t worry I eat before I came here.”

 - “Oh good, you won't eat me.” Natali laughs.

 - “Only if you want me to.” Kol says with his well known smirk.

 - “You’re being inappropriate now.” Natali told him, trying to hide that her cheeks were blushing.

 - “My apologize.” Kol tells her, still smirking.

After few minutes of silence they heard some screams out side of the room. With his vampire hearing Kol heard what was going on and apparently Tristan saw how Aurora and their servant Lucian are together and they took Lucian. Aurora came storming into her room, like she forgot that they are there. When Natali saw how upset she was she tried to calm her down, but Aurora yelled at her and threw them out of the room.

 - “I better go, before someone sees me.” Natali said.

 - “I’ll go first.” Kol said and vamp speed.

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[THE PRESENT DAY:]

Natali heard her good friend and allie Sonia screaming out for her, her voice was echoing through her brain. In a dream she found herself on the other side where she could see Sonia who was walking towards her. With a help of some witches and due to the weakened state of the other side she managed to contact Natali through her dreams and seek out for help. She told her that something bad was happening to the other side, it was collapsing and everyone got pulled into oblivion by an invisible force. Natali could see it with her own eyes, it was happening in her dream. Sonia didn't know how much time she has left, but the witches from Natali’s coven that were dead were doing everything in their power to keep her on the other side until Natali doesn't bring her back.

She sat up with a jerk, alarmed about situation that was happening on the other side. Not wasting anymore seconds she pulled the covers off of her and got out of the bed. She took the clothes that was scratched across the room and just as she was about to open the door she heard that Koo woke up as well.

 - “Where do you think you’re going?” Kol questioned, looking directly at her.

 - “I don’t have time to talk right now.” Natali replied briefly and without saying another word she walked out of the room, closing the door behind her and leaving confused Kol alone.

 - “Anna!” Natali yelled as she quickly walked down the stairs.

She heard that Anna was downstairs in the foyer and without giving an explanation why she immediately gave her an order to bring Sonia’s ashes into the living room, while Natali prepare everything for the spell she is about to do.

When Anna came back into the living room holding an urn with their friend ashes she saw that Natali already drew a circle with a chalk and poured the salt along the chalk line. Anna knew exactly what Natali is about to do and she seemed like she was in the rush, so she didn't wanted to ask any questions. Natali took the urn from Anna’s hands and created another circle within the white chalk circle, by scattering Sonia’s ashes. Once everything was in the correct position she moved to stay opposite of where Sonia’s ashes were. She closed her eyes, slowly expanding her hands out to her sides with her palms facing upwards, and she lit up a few candles before she started chanting, “Os, caro, spiritum. Ex mors ut vitam aeternam haec anima et revertetur. Os, caro, spiritum. ”

Natali chanted confidently, as she lost herself in the magic that was coursing through her veins. Wind began to swell around her as Sonia’s ashes began to return into flesh and her chanting became more stronger.

Once Sonia was completely returned to flesh, Natali opened her eyes. Sonia panted for breath on her hands and knees, before she looked up, a wide smile forking on her lips. She was glad that she was finally back in the world of the living. The other side is an awful place and she didn't wanted to spend an eternity there or maybe even somewhere worse since it looked like the other side was collapsing.

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It didn’t took long for Sonia to recover from being resurrected. She feed, she rested and now she was feeling like she was never even dead. Natali and Anna were mostly with her for the past few hours and when the three of them came back into the living room Kol was already there, awaiting them.

He was feeding on some girl, sharing her with another vampire and when he heard that Natali, Anna and Sonia entered the room he withdrawn his fangs and looked up at them.

 - Kol smiled in amusement pointing at Sonia, “Ah Sonia, I didn’t know you were dead.”

 - “He remembers my name.” Sonia remarked, smiling bitterly at him.

 - Kol narrowed his eyes, “Why wouldn’t I remember your name?” he asked, pretending like he doesn't know what was she talking about.

 - “Oh well.. I don’t know. Maybe because you always called me Sofya, Seona..” Sonia reminded him as she took a few more steps closer.

 - Kol tried to sustain his chuckle, “I did, didn’t I?”

 - Natali sighed, propping next to Kol on the couch, “Oh, he was just joking because you hate when someone mistakes your name.”

 - “Well I just think that I leave a more than good first impression on someone, so that someone shouldn't get my name wrong.” Sonia purred smugly.

 - “Don’t flatter yourself Sonia.” Anna joked slightly and Sonia shot her a look, not pleased by her comment.

 - “How did you die anyway?” Kol questioned looking at Sonia.

 - Before Sonia could answer him Natali began speaking, “Well you know she has a tendency to fall in love with a pathetic humans.” she paused for a moment to take a look at her friend, “And so that human happened to be a vampire hunter and he killed her while she slept in his bed.” Natali flashed them a smile before saying, “I enjoyed ripping his head off.”

 - Kol nodded his head in understatement, “Oh, I’m sure you did.”

 - “I guess I’ve served my punishment for that. The other side is an awful place.” Sonia told them, expecting for Natali to tell her that her punishment is over. She knew that Natali could bring her back years ago, but she didn't do it on purpose.

 - “And it taught you something, hopefully.” Natali tells her, taking a glass of whiskey that was on the table in front of her and she gulped it's contents down in one go.

 - “Humans are just a food and nothing else.” Sonia repeated the sentence which Natali was telling her ever since she fell in love with the first human. She needed to be killed by one of her human lovers to realize she should have listened to Natali.

 - “Exactly.” Kol exclaimed cheerfully, grabbing a wrist of the girl he was feeding on few minutes ago, “Serve yourself then.”

 - “I think she is quite dead.” Sonia told him, looking at the girl who wasn't moving even for a little bit.

 - Kol took a brief look at her, “Oh well then.” he waved his hand to the servant that brought another girl from the next room into the living room, “There are plenty more of them to go.” he says, an infamous smirk appearing on his face.

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While Kol and Natali were in her famous nightclub “Eternal night” with some of their friends, the guards showed up in their booth saying how a girl that claims she is Rebekah Mikaelson want to see them. They were compelled to not let anyone in who requests to talk with Kol or Natali, so Rebekah was left hanging outside until it wasn't confirmed that was really her. And she wasn't happy even a bit that they weren’t informed of who she is.

 - “Is this a bloody joke, who doesn’t know I’m a Rebekah Mikaelson.” Rebekah exclaimed, walking towards their booth, escorted by two handsome looking servants.

 - “Well I certain didn’t know. I’ve never met you.” Sonia stated as she eyed Rebekah.

 - Rebekah turned her gaze towards her, “Good for you that you have a pleasure in meeting me now.” she says in a smug voice.

Sonia smiled at her self-confidence and she already knew the two of them will get along.

 - “What are you doing here sister?” Kol asked.

 - “Make a little room for me, will you?” Rebekah questioned, wanting to sit and when she did her eyes glanced between her brother and Natali, “Klaus wanted to kill me.”

 - “What?!” Kol and Natali exclaimed in unison, already thinking about all the ways they could make him suffer and dagger him again.

 - “It’s a long story actually.” Rebekah pointed out and paused her self.

 - “Do tell.” Natali told her, ready to listen closely.

 - “After the two of you left Davina was sacrificed at the Harvest and instead of her and the other three girl to come back some of the witches came back, including Genevieve.” Rebekah began explaining.

 - “Genevieve. I didn’t heard that name in a century.” Natali stated, she and Kol knew Genevieve while they were making dark objects back in good old days, but she never did work for them.

 - “Yeah well, she was dead after I killed her.” Rebekah told them and Kol’s lips curved into a smirk.

 - “You did? Why?” Kol questioned his sister, becoming more curious, “Did she hit on that twat of yours?”

 - Rebekah rolled her eyes at his words, “Marcel is another story, but no she did not.” she told him, pausing for a moment and taking a deep breath before speaking again, “Marcel and I had her to summon Mikael into town in 1919, then I realized it was a mistake and I wanted her to undo the spell but she told me that it isn't possible and she wanted to tell Klaus everything so I infected her with virus.”

 - “And now she came back to have a revenge on you?” Natali asked.

 - Rebekah nodded in response, “Yes. And she did. She had some werewolves to bite me and weaken me so she could do a spell and show to Nik what Marcel and I did.”

 - “Tell me Klaus killed Marcel instead of you.” Kol said in amusement, taking a sip of his drink.

 - “Well I will have to disappoint you, he didn't killed him, but he did banished him from the Quarter.” Rebekah told him.

Kol sighed in frustration, tightening his grip on the glass.

 - “And may I ask why you and Marcel didn’t leaved together now when you had a chance?” Natali questioned, knowing how to hit Rebekah at the right spot.

 - Rebekah pressed her lips together before looking at her, “He choose New Orleans over me.. again.”

 - Natali and Kol weren’t surprised to hear that, “I hope you finally realized he is not worth your love.” Natali says to her.

 - “Maybe.” Rebekah muttered under her breath, it was barely hearable over the music that was playing in the background.

 - Natali smiled, “Well you are more than welcome to stay here with us.”

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