"If I have to knocked out one more time, heads are going to explode?" I groan holding my head and necks. My neck is caked with blood. They didn't have the decency to clean me off?What a bunch of jerks.
"Confident for a prisoner." Looking up I find that the source is Damon. He must have come to gloat. As a matter of fact, where is here?
This place looks familiar. Its small but feels like a dungeon. The air feels too stuffy to breathe in. "Am I in your basement?" Because thats the only logical explanation.
I shouldn't laugh and yet thats exactly what happens. "You're afraid of me." I sing though my throat feels scratchy. Along with my awful singing comes the loud protests of my stomach. Distracted as always, I try and figure out when I last ate. My mind can't remember.
"You know I get grumpy when I'm Im hungry."
"Good thing I brought you lunch." He opens the door and walks in with a plate of warm food. The steam coming off the plate is so mesmerising. I must really be hungry. "When I get out, I'm Im going to kick your ass."
"Sure, you will." Patronising as ever. "But first you need to eat something so that you dont die. Elena —" And there goes my appetite. "—will never forgive me if I let that happen."
Starving to death doesn't sound half bad now. "On second thought Im not hungry." Believing that this was for me was stupid. Not eating will punish me more than them but I'm Im too stubborn right now.
So, I close my eyes and focus on anything else. I won't focus on the proximity of our bodies, or the smell his cologne or the fragrance of the food. No, I don't notice any of those things at all.
"You know I'm weak and theres no real way to keep a witch prisoner." I open my eyes because a thought keeps nagging at the edges of my mind. "Why feed me? That would give me enough strength to get out..."
My eyes widen and a breath gets caught in my chest. "Drugs? You were going to drug me?" He can't look me in the eye, my gaze falls to the hand vacate of food. Although his face gives off a calm appearance, his knuckles have gone white from the fist his been making.
"Don't bother denying it. Just—just go Damon. I have nothing to say to you. Any of you." The sting of betrayal hurts more than expected.
"Tell me this. Why? Why would you risk your life and Elenas for him? He's just a stranger."He throws the plate, food splatters everywhere. At least he was careful not to throw it in my direction.
"Because we aren't God. We can't pick and choose who lives and dies." I hope he doesn't see this for what it actually is. Complete and utter bullshit. Only if he knew what I meant to Elijah would I be in trouble. Knowing Damon, he'd use me as bait or some other scheme that would probably get me killed. "Besides that, stranger has treated me better than any of my friends or family." That wasn't bullshit.
"Go away. I'd like to rot in peace thank you." Just get away from me already. Hopefully he's been too far up my sisters ass to notice anything real about me.
Only once he is gone do I finally give in to sleep. I've been mentally and physically exhausted. Might as well try to catch up on sleep. No one is going to look out for me, I might as well do it. Although I am famished but I will myself not to dwell on the food still steaming on the ground. I will not eat off the ground, I'd die before showing them how weak I really am.
I must've slept for two hours max. My angry stomach has rudely awoken me. Stupid vampires. They think they're the good guys and yet lock me up the first chance they got.
How can they possibly think that its that simple anymore? Good vs evil. When really its creature vs human. Thats all that matters. Even though I'm half human half witch, I fall in the former category. I'm supposed to keep the balance. Witches are supposed to protect those who can't protect themselves. And yet we're always dragged into vampire drama.
And really a vampire falling in love with a human is so cliche. Theres an easy option to that, kill the human and make them a vampire. Done.
But a vampire falling for a witch? Now that proves to create more complications. Vampire can't do anything about their state, they're just that. No do overs. But a witch can become a vampire. It only comes at a price that most are not willing to pay. I may not know much but I know that you can't be a witch and a vampire. Witches are the balance. They'd be too powerful as both anyway.
Which is why that sounds more interesting. Would the witch turn, or would they leave the relationship? Or option number three, the most painful one of all. Do they stay together until the witch dies?
I'm on the verge of dying and this is what my mind chooses to dwell on?
I guess I understand why. I must put my mind in overdrive in order to forget that I'm hungry. But now that I mentioned it, the hunger comes back in full force. Pain so sharp shoots from body that I start to dry heave.
I must get the hell out of here.
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I've missed writing Ivy. She's one of my favourites.
Please vote for you think she should end up with. So far it's either Nik or Bon. So vote below. I have to make a decision before Nik gets here so there's not much time left 😊
Niklaus —1
Bonnie —1