Unleashed ↠ Elijah Mikaelson

11

"Well, well, well" Rebekah saw her opportunity to agitate her brother when he walked through the door with the witch "look what the cat dragged in"

Elijah shot a deathly glance to his sister.

"I told you this wasn't a good idea" Cassandra huffed, wanting to just drain the power from the blonde's veins and use it against her, just to teach her a lesson.

"Ignore her, she'll cease in a moment" elijah told Cassie.

"I can't say I won't try" Cassandra huffed loudly to show her disdain "I am actually here to help, we found a piece of the dress that we believe this creature wears, it's a girl"

"Well, congratulations" klaus walked around laughing to himself.

Cassie rolled her eyes once more. She didn't know how much of this family she could take without going full psycho witch on them. Even being around them pulled at every nerve, testing her self control.

"This is the one and only time I'll be staying around here, I'm just going to do a spell to identify who this woman is, I'll either take my chances going home or stay here for the night" Cassie explained

"You can take your chances" Rebekah spat

Breathe Cassie. It was like she wanted Cassandra to react, out of what? Jealousy? Pure hatred for Cassandra's kind?

"I need to siphon power from someone" Cassandra turned around and changed the subject "and I need a few candles"

Klaus got the candles from the fireplace, five long cream coloured ones that had been only lit once, causing a few drops of wax to dry when it was travelling down the sides.

"You can siphon me" Elijah stepped forward; he untucked the wooden chair for Cassie to sit down and then he knelt beside her, handing her his arm.

Both were at the same eye level, making the moment seem a little more intimate than it should be. Maybe if the siblings weren't there, she'd do something she would regret, maybe she was quite lucky that her moves were being watched like a hawk. "Are you sure?" She asked, normally she never really cared for the source in which she drew from, but she knew it hurt, and she didn't really want to cause him any pain.

"I'm sure" Elijah nodded and nudged his arm forward.

"Okay" Cassie gently placed her hands on Elijah's arm, which immediately tensed. She shut her eyes and took a breath in, as well as taking the power from his veins.

Elijah's free hand clutched the wooden table, trying to ignore all of the pain it was causing him. He gritted his teeth and breathes heavily.

"Niklaus, she's hurting him" Rebekah tried to stop it but Klaus stopped her from doing anything stupid.

Eventually, Cassie stopped, feeling the power in her veins, she raised her hands and wiggled her fingers. This made her feel good.

"Okay then" she looked Elijah in the eye, lingering for a few seconds more than just a glance. "Let's try this"

Cassie turned and held her hands over the fabric, uttering some incantation that nobody could really understand. Her hands shook with power, she was never really used to that much.

The candles lit and the flame flickered as if bowing down to a breeze that nobody really could feel. There was nothing really spectacular, but nothing was ever that simple. Cassandra's eyes rolled back, showing just the Whites in her eye as her body convulsed. Her voice fluctuated, from loud to quiet.

And then everything went silent, her body flew to the floor with a thud as she hit herself back into reality.

"Well?" Klaus asked

"What did you see?" Elijah asked, taking her hand and helping her to her feet

"Something I am very sceptical of" she replied "I saw a few people, people I couldn't recognise, witches, women's who's face seemed to be blurred, but one stuck out for me"

"Who?" Elijah urged her to tell him

"I'll only tell if you promise not to go and kill her" Cassie had tears in her eyes and her neck snapped from Elijah to klaus to Rebekah

"You have my word" Elijah agreed.

"I saw Eloise" she revealed "but I don't know if I believe it or not, she was my friend"

"She was" Rebekah said "you can never be too careful"

"I saw her, on the ground, beside the body of the vampire we saw today" Cassie revealed "it's either her or she's working with whoever this is"

"I think we should snap her neck and see what happened" Klaus smirked

"No" Cassie refused

"I'm going into the bayou" Elijah stood "now I know what I'm looking for"

"Elijah, no" Cassandra protested but she could feel her fatigue set in, she felt like weights were hanging from her eyes and her lips were dry and chapped. She didn't have much energy, she didn't have much fight.

"I'll start of in the town, I'll see if I can find her and I'll question her, if I don't find anything I'll come straight back"

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"What have you done?" Eloise rocked on the floor, she had tears fill her eyes as she stared at the vampire on the floor "I knew this man, he was good, he didn't deserve this"

"Eloise, I'm sorry"

"No" she spat, tucking her blonde hair behind her ear as she crawled over and looked closer at the man "this has gone too far"

"What?"

"It's gone too far now, at first I was okay with turning a blind eye to your murderous, vampiristic tendencies, but now the town is turning on each other" Eloise sobbed "you've killed more people than what the vampires have, you were a witch"

"I still am a witch..."

"No" she shouted "everything about what you are now is unnatural"

"And who's fault is that?! Because it sure as hell isn't mine"

"You could have helped, you could have learnt how to control yourself" she replied "but instead you kill and maim and torture"

"Eloise, give me another chance"

"It's too late" she sniffed, wiping her nose with the handkerchief she retrieved from her bright orange and red dress "from now on, you are on your own"

"You are not being serious? Eloise you are the only person I have"

"No, you have plenty of others" she protested "just those others wouldn't look at you in the same way"

"Please"

"I have to go" she said "it is almost midday and we both have our errands to do"

"Eloise, let me prove to you I am still the same witch"

"That sounds familiar" she scoffed "goodbye"