✅️ Gemini Runaway

My Cousin Jo

"Rae, your nose." Klaus pointed out.

Holding my hand underneath my nose there was some blood but I waved it off sniffling so it would go away in a little bit. "I'll be fine. We're going to find Jo."

It was an hour later when I saw a small chair be left in the driveway and for Caroline to vamp up to the door ringing the doorbell. She flung her arms open with a bottle of wine in her hands wrapping her arms around me. "I come with alcohol, my friend."

"Hi Care, Nik should be coming down in a second. I looked up the directions to the college." I told her hugging her back before Klaus vamped downstairs.

He held open his palm eyeing Caroline. "I'll drive ladies."

"Why do you need to drive. Are you trying to be the Alpha male?" She snapped.

He smirked, sending me a look since I wasn't saying anything. "I am the Alpha male and I know that you two will probably want to talk."

"Yeah but I am cam drive and talk at the same time." She got in his face.

Holding my hands up I pushed in between them. "Okay, Nik just drive there. Caroline you drive home. Let's go." The three of us got in the car and for the most part of it was spent in silence. Klaus had one hand on the steering wheel while he drove.

"So you said your cousin taught you magic. How old were you and what about the rest of your family?" Caroline asked, sitting in the backseat with me in the front passenger seat.

Turning back around to her I sighed thinking about what Jo started teaching me magic. "I was a teenager. As for the rest of my family they view me as a witch against them. She's always accepted what I am because her brother was the same. Even though he tried to kill her."

Walking into my bedroom Jo sat down with her bag on my bed sitting down across from me. She had her hair very shorter than mine was at the time. "You know I don't care what the rest of our Coven says right. You are a witch even if you weren't born with your own magic."

"What makes you think that I was thinking that, cuz?" I asked her surprised that she would even be right on the money about it.

She sent me a look flipping through pages in a notebook that had some specific spells written down that she felt were important. "By the look in your eyes, Rae. My brother Kai is just like you an outcast so that is why he was sent away because he let his anger take control over him. I have faith you won't ever do that. Now these are just a few of the spells I think can be useful since we won't always be around one another, repeat after me."

"Alright. Are we holding hands too?" I questioned knowing that I could siphon away her magic.

She shook her head yes holding out her open palms so I placed my hands on top of hers. "Don't worry I stored my magic away in a hunting knife you won't hurt me, Raelyn. Now pay attention.....Phasmatos tribum exum sue redem su pas quo."

"Phasmatos tribum exum sue redem su pas quo - A spell to take away a witches power." I repeated her.

She praised me. "Good what about this one, Te ni rien a boka."

"Family members interact through consciousness."

She smiled nodding in my direction. "Phasmatos tribum melan veras raddiam onu pavadus ponemus." 

"A linking spell. Thank you for helping me, Jo." I dropped our hands wrapping my arms around her in a gentle hug.

She wrapped her arms around me where we just remained in that position for a while. "I will always be there for you. We are family no matter what. Witches or not, we look out for each other."

Walking up to the room that had her name on it I paused raising my hand turning towards the pair standing behind me. "If you two wouldn't mind staying out here. I need to speak with her privately."

"Sure." Caroline nodded.

"Rae.." Klaus began until she nudged him with her elbow so he took it back. "Fine, we will be out here if you need anything."

Turning back on my feet I pushed the door quickly opened and closed, locking it behind me before Klaus could change his mind. "Excuse me but you can't just come in here - Raelyn?"

"Hi Jo, did you miss me?" I waved with a light smile seeing her rise from her desk wearing a white lab coat immediately dropping her notebook.

My cousin rushed towards me wrapping me in a tight hug. "Ohhh! How are you. How...why are you here. I mean not that I overjoyed to see you it's just.."

"It's fine. I know it's unexpected but I just needed to see you." I broke the hug where she grabbed another chair letting me sit down when she pulled her chair across from me wanting for me to start talking.

She clasped her hands together. "So what do you need to get off your chest. Is it about what happened to Jacob?"

"How did my mother find your location exactly because she came to Mystic Falls and begged me to forgive her after she lied to me about how someone wins the Merge."

Jo covers her mouth releasing some tears. "Oh gosh. I...she didn't come alone Rae. My father was with her and he came to check up on me but I should have guessed he came after you when I felt Jacob's spirit die. I...I'm...I'm sorry I had no idea he was using her to find you."

"The Coven dies if I don't take my place as leader before he dies."

"Well I don't care about that. If you don't want to be in charge of everyone then you don't have to do anything. I chose to protect Lucas and Olivia from my brother. I chose to put my magic away after he was gone, you deserve to choose your own life too." She pushed her black hair from her face, placing her hands over mine in my lap.

Slumping my shoulders I blurted my next words quickly not sure if I could keep thinking I was going crazy anymore. "I saw him, Jo. I saw your brother Kai."

"What do you mean, Rae?" She made a face at me.

Huffing in a long breath I shifted my shoulders removing my hands away from hers playing with my thumbs while I spoke. "There is someone on the other side of the door that is named Klaus Mikaelson. He is one of the first vampires in history and I recently met his mother who tried to kill me. I was able to stop the spell she was doing to murder all of her vampire children but after I blacked out I saw him. I saw him eating pork rinds and he attempted to siphon me before I regained consciousness."

"So you're saying that you went to his prison world and came back out. Does that mean he is free, oh crap if he is he will come straight for me." She began to panic rising to her feet until I called her name.

"Josette! I don't know what it was but he can't possibly be here. I can't siphon him out of his prison world. That can't be remotely possible even for a siphon witch. I am just saying that whatever happened to me can't be good. It must have been something to do with the strength of the spell I took on cause I almost died ... .or I would have been dead if it wasn't for Klaus."

Jo slumped her shoulders finally calming down, still confused almost as much as I was about this whole thing. "Alright so what exactly do you think I can do about this. I'm not saying that I won't help but what happened after you siphoned the magic of the spell away from this woman?"

"I passed out and took almost all her magic but...Dic mihi hva du vet..." Jo gasped as I spoke the next part into her mind so that Caroline and Klaus couldn't hear us since I didn't have any sage to burn to prevent them from listening in otherwise. "You have to promise not to say anything to the guy and girl outside this door that came with me, this started happening after I did the spell to find you."

Rolling up the sleeves of my shirt on my right arm I held my forearm out to her seeing her eyes go wide in shock and horror at what she saw. The black veins that had first appeared the spell to consume Esther spell had returned and we're making their way up my arm. "Holy crap, cuz. We are in serious trouble. If...if that gets worse then you might."

"Die, I know Jo." I sniffed through some tears knowing Klaus would hate me if I told him I might die so I needed to fix this before he ever found out about it. "You're the only family member I trust so I am begging for your help with this.";

Comments really appreciated ❤️