Forgotten

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Within seconds, Kol places his hand over my mouth, and I just scream even louder. He sighs and then the door opens again and this time his sister walks in. "What did you do?" She asks him. "I told her my name and she started screaming." He responds defensively.

Rebekah walks over to me and puts a hand on my arm. "Elizabeth, everything is okay. Your safe!" She attempts to soothe me. I shake my head and she frowns. "If he takes his hand off your mouth, can you please stop screaming?" She asks. I nod.

Kol pulls his hand away, and I gasp for breathe as if I was being choked. They look at me with confused lips, but I ignore them. Too many years. Too many years of the exact same thing happening, only they weren't doing it just to quiet me.

"Where is that piece of-" the door opens and my personal monster walks in. He walks over to me, and places a hand on my arm. I shake it lose and he sighs. "I didn't mean for any of this to happen." He tells me but I shake my head. "You are a coward! You wanted me to do your dirty work! You shoved me to those men. And you let them beat me. I was a slave in my own body!" I tell him as I sit up with Kols help. "I refused to do anything to those people for months, and we would return and he would beat me. But then he started touching me. He took me in ways Elijah and I had never even gone! And I had no choice but to hurt and kill those people. But the beatings didn't stop there. Even when I did what he wanted, he would still hurt me. I hate you! I hate you!"

Kol leads Klaus out of the room, and I am left with just Rebekah. She rubs her thumb over my hand in a soothingly manner. "I want to see Elijah." I say. She nods and then leaves. I sigh as I sit in the room all by myself again. Memories come closer to me, but I try to block them out as best I can.

The door opens once more, and there the love of my life walks in. "Elizabeth." He whispers. He walks over to me and I start to cry. I lean into him and lay my head on his chest. He wraps his arms around me, careful of my shoulder, and it's just us for minutes.

I can tell he has so many questions for me, but he's giving me time. I hold onto him as everything those boys did to me come aback to replay in my mind. I sob into his chest and he just holds me tighter.

After what seems like hours, I finally sit up, looking into Elijah's eyes. That's when I tell him everything. Everything Jason did to me, everything Dillan told me. I hear occasional shuffling outside the door, so I know the other three originals are listening to me, but I don't care. Elijah holds my hand as I sob out the horrors of what those boys did. Then I tell him about the werewolf. It biting me, and the burning. Then when I felt everything burn again when Klaus was with me.

When I finish, Elijah just sits there with some look on his face. I can't quite place what look it is exactly. So many emotions play into it: sadness, fear, guilt. Elijah just pulls me back to him and I hear a door slam downstairs. I shudder in his arms, and he tightens his grip around me.

We both hear yelling downstairs, and Elijah kisses the top of my head then excuses himself to go see what's going on. I lay down slowly, and just lay there. A million things go through my mind and I sigh as I try to handle them all.