SHADOWS ⧫ klaus mikaelson

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"I saved her life." Damon snarled. "You're so bent on dying, at least this way I know you'll come back." Damon told Elena while Adelaide backed away from her sister slightly.

"As a vampire!" Stefan fumed, checking on Elena, pausing to stare at the hand print now on her arm in confusion. "She'll come back a vampire."
"It's better than nothing else." Damon acknowledged.

"How could you, of all people, take that choice away from her?" Stefan walked closer to Damon as Elena groaned from behind him, still on the floor.

"Go ahead, wish me an eternity of misery. Believe me, you'll get over it." That was the last string from Stefan, as he rushed over to Damon and tackled him, throwing him into the lamp shade.

"Stefan!" Elena yelled, worried for her boyfriend as she knew Damon would respond and she knew Damon was strong because he drank human blood instead of animal blood.

"Admit it. You just wished you had the balls to do it yourself." Damon snapped at Stefan as the two brothers fought. Adelaide yelled at them to stop as Stefan grunted and the two began throwing punches. Stefan was that angry that he managed to use it to punch Damon so he fell to the ground but a second later Damon had used a fire poke to stab Stefan in the stomach. Stefan groaned as Elena pushed Damon away, holding onto Stefan.

"Get out of here!" Elena yelled at Damon.

"What's going on in here?" Alaric asked as he and Jenna entered Damon's room.

"Just get him out of here!" Elena yelled at them, sending glares towards Damon as tears fell from her eyes. Adelaide watched as Jenna gaped at the scene while Alaric went to take Damon out of the room. Damon shoved him off making Alaric put his hands up in surrender as he backed off. Stefan was still groaning as the fire poker needed to be pulled out.

"Ok, Jenna, downstairs are some blood bags. Go get them now. Go." Alaric ordered Jenna who ran out of the room to go get them.

"I've got to go." Adelaide ran out of the room, still trying to comprehend what she had done. She didn't feel boiling or too warm, she felt the same temperature. Her friends and family had always told her she had been really warm and sometimes her skin was too warm to touch for long, but she had never been able to leave burnt marks on people before. She decided she wanted to take a walk to clear her head but as she made her way out of the Salvatore Boarding House, stumbling as she went, she bumped into Elijah. She sprang back, not wanting to burn him either but she nearly tripped over backwards and fell. Elijah quickly used his vampire reflexes to keep her stable before letting go.

"Elijah-" she breathed slightly, "what's happening to me?"

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Elijah had taken her on a walk through the woods while he explained what he did know. First of all he asked her to explain what exactly had been happening to her.

"I don't even know where to start." She laughed nervously, rubbing her fingers together as if itching between them all, a nervous habit she had.

"Let's start off with the fact that I've been able to hear things I should be able to hear. I've always been nosy and good at hearing but never like this... this is definitely supernatural." She explained, as they trekked through the trees. She was wearing her shorts still - which she regretted deeply - but she had tied her jacket around her waste to cover the backs of her legs more and keep them protected against any of the tall plants.

"This morning - I woke up and I couldn't breath. It was like there was no oxygen for someone to breath in-" he cut her off.

"Someone?"

"Yeah, It didn't feel like it was me who couldn't breath, if that makes any sense. I think I've lost my mind this past week." She sighed, running a hand through her hair, messing it up.

"Adelaide, feeling like you've lost your mind is expected of you. You've just found out that the supernatural is real and your sister is about to be killed in a sacrifice you are also going to be in." He told the younger girl, taking in what she was telling him. "Is there anything else that has been going on?"

"I burnt Elena." He stopped and turned to look at her shocked. "I mean... I don't know how it happened. I went over to see if she was okay after Damon forced her his blood and when I touched her arm she pulled away saying I was boiling. Elijah, I left a red hand print on her arm in a matter of seconds." She ranted frantically. "I hurt my own sister." She felt tears spring to her eyes but she refused to let them fall. 

"I'm sure Elena understands you didn't mean to." Elijah told her. 

"I'm scared. I don't want to hurt anyone." she whispered but she knew he had heard her.

"That shows you have a good heart." she forced a small smile, "There's something else." He noted. She licked her lips, biting on her bottom lip before sighing. She turned to look back up at Elijah before speaking.

"There is." She coughed to clear her throat before carrying on, looking at the ground, "I've been having these dreams. They er - there's a man in them. I've never seen him before. He sounds British. I can never see him clearly but I feel like - they don't feel like they're just dreams. They feel like visions, or-"
"Memories." She looked up quickly while nodding.

"Yeah. They feel like memories. But they're not mine. Not that I know of anyway." She explained, a chuckle leaving her lips.

"I think I know who the man in your... visions, is." Her eyes went wide at the news.

"Really? How?" She stuttered.

"Some of the things you have told me - the not being able to breath and the visions, they both add up to a tale myself and my siblings were told when we were newly turned vampires. The rest however - I do not know what supernatural being poses those traits. I can look into it however. I have some witch friends who have books on this sort of stuff." Elijah explained to her, avoiding telling her who the person in her memories was. He knew her memories had been taken from her.. by a vampire. By his brother specifically - Klaus. Klaus had met Adelaide before. She just didn't know it yet, or she did but it was taken from her memories. Elijah also knew that Adelaide was Klaus' mate. It would explain why she wasn't able to breath earlier. Klaus had been placed back into his own body, stopping his breathing for just a few moments and therefore stopping Adelaide's breathing. It made sense. It all added up. Adelaide was Klaus' mate. He didn't want to tell her just yet, however. He thought that it would be best if she heard it from Klaus himself. But wanting to kill her sister, was not going to be a good first, well second, impression on her.

"Are you going to tell me who he is?" Adelaide asked, already knowing Elijah would be keep quiet on the information.

Elijah sighed softly before responding, shaking his head slowly as he did so, "I am not the person to tell you, Adelaide. However the time will come soon. Sooner than you think." 

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