Red✔️ (L. St. John & E. Mikaelson & F. Mikaelson)

Forty-Three *Eleanor's POV*

I stared at Freya in awe. My heart pounded in my chest. She slowly walked towards me.

Fear burst through me. The switch inside of my very soul flicked on as I feared being rejected. Elijah stood directly behind me. His chest was against my back.

"El." Freya spoke. A sob broke through my chest as Elijah wrapped his arms around my waist to hold me up.

"You left me..." I cried out in a soft whisper. Freya shook her head slowly as she smiled at me.

"I didn't. I tried to tell you... tried to warn you.." She told me. I remembered. She kept trying to tell me something on our last night together. She tried to warn me.

"You never tried to look for me..." I pointed out. My voice came out small, like a hurt child.

"I didn't." Freya nodded before grabbing my hands. It was like I was stepping into the past. "But you have to understand, El! I was forced to sleep for a hundred years. I had thought you died." She explained. "I looked for your grave. I went to the brothel to see what had come of it. I grieved you!"

"After you disappeared... I was turned." I whispered. "I lost myself..." Freya frowned as she looked at me.

"You're right here, El..." She touched my heart, and I let out a shaky breath. "You always have been."

"Eleanor." I heard someone say. I turned my head, trying to look around me. Freya grabs my chin, making me look at her.

I stared at her before leaning in and kissing her. I couldn't stop myself. I missed her so much. Elijah let me go as I moved towards Freya. She kissed me back with slow passion as I tried to speed it up with desperation. She pulled back.

"El..." Freya whispered. I let out a breath. It felt like my world was spinning.

"Eleanor!" I could hear someone shouting. I turned my head, confused at the voice. Elijah looked at me. But he didn't shout my name.

"I love you, Eleanor." He promised. His hands grabbed my waist as I stumbled.

"What - what's happening to me?" I breathed. I felt like I couldn't breathe. But at the same time, I was panting.

"We'll always be here, Eleanor." Finn said from beside me. When did he come back to life? I looked at him. His hazel eyes made me melt.

"Eleanor, love." Enzo entered my line of vision. His eyes showed sympathy.

I felt like I was on the biggest trip of my life. Were they... killing me?

"Please...." I gasped as I grabbed a hold of Elijah in one hand, gripping onto him tightly.

"It's going to be alright, El." Freya said from behind me.

"Eleanor!!!" Someone shouted at me. But none of the people around me had shouted.

"I-I'm scared..." I admitted feebley. Finn grabbed my hand.

"You don't have to be.... we're here for you, Eleanor. We'll always be here for you." Finn said as he held my hand tightly.

"Always and Forever." Elijah said as my world went black.