⚜ The Originals | Zariah ⚜ [1]

Chapter IV - Everything has changed

"Please come in." I said while looking at myself in the mirror

It was Elijah that entered the room. I turned toward him.

"You look lovely." He commented and came closer to me.

"Elijah, remind me why I have to go there?" I asked and turned against to look into the mirror.

Klaus was planning a birthday celebration today and I had zero interest attending it. He has changed a lot since we turned. We all did. I saw Rebekah's innocence disappear, Kol became ruthless, Elijah became stoic and over-protective over us. But Klaus. Klaus was the worst. Only thing he wanted was to break that stupid curse and he would do it at any cost.

"Because it's his birthday. Besides, it's the only day of the year when I ask you to be kind to him." He answered

"I thought this day was Yule?" I said jokingly. He smiled at me headed towards the door

"I will let you finish."

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The party was full of aristocrats. I din't know who most of them were and I didn't care. They weren't worth nothing more than food anyways. I looked into the crowd. I didn't see Rebekah anywhere but I noticed Trevor talking to a brunette in a blue dress. Ever since Klaus turned him about a year ago, the young vampire he has been trying to do everything  to get into Klaus' inner circle and get daylight ring. When he noticed us, he excused the girl and approached us.

"Good evening, Trevor. I am pleased you could join us." Elijah greeted Trevor with a fake smile

"I could not miss the birthday celebration." he replied and bowed in front of us. How pathetic.

Even though we were aristocrats, I hated it when people sucked up to us. It was so artificial and they always tried to get something from us in return.

"So, where's the surprise?" I asked bored

"Right this way."

Trevor lead us to the girl he was talking to earlier. He went up to the girl and she turned to look at us. Her face. I could not believe that. She looked identical to the girl that died almost five hundred years ago. She looked exactly like Tatia. She was a doppelgänger. I looked at Elijah. His eyes were fixed on the girl.

"Hello." the brunette greeted

"Katerina. I would like to introduce you to Lord Elijah and Lady Zariah." the young vampire introduced us to the doppelgänger

"Forgive me. You remind me of someone." I drawled, still looking at her in disbelief

"Pleasure to meet you." the girl said and bowed to us with a sweet smile

"The pleasure is all mine." Elijah answered and took her hand in his and kisses it

I could see right through him. He wanted to know this mysterious girl at all costs. I'm sure she reminded him of Tatia or even his other lover whom he had leave when we fled yet again. Katerina told us where she came from and why she came to England. She was a sweet, innocent girl. So full of life.

"So, where is this mysterious man I've heard so much about?" asked Katerina, looking around the room

"Fashionably late." Elijah turned towards the girl

"He likes to make an entrance." I interrupted him

"There he is." Elijah pointed to the stairs from which Klaus was descending

Klaus, of course, like Klaus, liked to make an impression. Everyone in the room looked at the vampire and he approached us.

"Katerina, may I introduce to you the lord Niklaus."

Elijah introduced him to the girl. And she bowed slightly. Klaus also took her hand and kissed it.

"Niklaus is the name my father gave me. Please, call me Klaus. From where have you come, Katerina?"

"Katerina is from Bulgaria." I answered for her

"Zdravei, Katerina." he tried to show off by speaking in Bulgarian

The brunette started laughing and Klaus excused himself and took the girl with him. Elijah again wished him happy birthday. Klaus left with Katerina and I turned to Elijah. What was that about that girl?

"So that is why you wanted to return to England? Because of that girl? Can you tell me what the hell this is about?" I raised my voice

"Maybe a little discretion." He took my arm and led me out of the room so no one could hear us.

"We heard news about Katerina. She is a doppelgänger. Niklaus needs her to break the curse."

"So she is going to die? Just like Tatia did right?"

I'm as furious with them as I am with Trevor who brought her here. I remember perfectly when Tatia disappeared. Then it turned out that Esther used her blood to put Klaus' w side to sleep. She killed her and now the same thing will happen to Katerina.

"I won't let her die." he announced

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This chapter is a bit of a filler to show how the Mikaelsons changed before we go to modern times.

It also had a bit of dialog and it was a bit hard for me to write but I pushed through and I hope you like it. <3