chapter seven
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Alex walked into her home to quietness. her home was never quiet, so she knew there was trouble. she immediately vamped to the main dining room and there stood all of her sibling, alive. Rebekah, Kol, and Finn were all undaggered. this was the first time all of the siblings were together for 1,000 years.
"what... what's going on?" she asked. this wasn't planned, and by the looks on their faces, their anger and hatred towards their half brother on full display, she knew something was happening.
"we're leaving, Alek. you can join us if you want" Rebekah spoke. Alex looked between her siblings in shock, they were going to leave Klaus behind... she couldn't let that happen.
Alex stood in the middle of her siblings, trying her best to hold back her tears, "I have been taken away from you all more than once. I haven't been able to see you all at once in nearly a thousand years! you will not take that away from me because you want revenge for being daggered!"
"our decision has been made, Aleksandra," Elijah spoke in his soft tone, "it's time for you to make yours"
the door to the room slowly creeped open. all siblings stood in shock at who walked through. Klaus was visibly in tears along with his heretic sister. their mother was alive.
Ester Mikaelson approached her hybrid son, "look at me," she demanded. through glossy eyes he did as he was told, "do you know why i'm here?"
Klaus took an unsteady breath, "you're here to kill me"
"Niklaus, you are my son, and I am here to forgive you," Ester turned to face the rest of her children, "I want us to be a family again"
Alex was at a loss for words. the last she saw of her mother was a thousand years ago when she and the village witches out her under a sleeping spell. her emotions got the best of her, and Alex fell to her knees.
Ester noticed and kneeled in front of her youngest, "my dear, Aleksandra... I knew you would survive"
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the Mikaelson siblings all freshened up, getting 21st century style haircuts and clothes, and got ready for the ball their mother set up. a way to set off their reunion as a family. Alex had just gotten back from dropping off an invitation at the Lockwood mansion when she walked in to see Rebekah sitting on the couch getting her nails painted, and her brothers getting dressed in their suits.
"Rebekah," the youngest son, Kol, started, "tell me how handsome I am"
Rebekah looked up from her nails, "oh, Kol, you know I can't be compelled"
Finn and Elijah silently chuckled as Alex made her appearance, "don't listen to her, brother. you look absolutely charming" she smiled and fixed her brothers tux. she gave her brothers a kiss on the cheek and sat down beside Rebekah.
"and where have you been?" Rebekah asked her sister.
"I was handing out invitations," she shrugged, picking up a magazine.
"you mean seeing if that hybrid boy was home?" Rebekah smirked. she knew her sister fancied the boy and loved to tease her about it.
Alex sighed, "and what if I did? it's not like he was there. he and the other hybrids left town. and besides, he made it clear that he wants that blonde bimbo over me when he didn't even say goodbye to me"
Kol turned to his favorite sibling with a grin, "would you like for me to have a chat with him?"
she shook her head, "that won't be necessary, brother"
Klaus then barged into the room, "you went after Elena? what is wrong with you?" he asked towards Rebekah, making his entrance loud and unnoticed.
"oh, here we go" Kol groaned. Alex rolled her eyes as her other brother continued.
"do you want another dagger in your heart?"
Kol rolled his eyes, "again with the dagger threats. don't you have any other tricks?"
Klaus scoffed at his younger brother, "oh, go back to staring at yourself"
"and who are you? my father?"
"no, Kol, but you are in my house"
the two bothers stood threateningly close to each other, "then perhaps we should go outside"
"enough!" their mother shouts, preventing the brothers from fighting, "Niklaus, come"
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Alex entered the ball area wearing an elegant marron strapless ball gown with gold decorating the top. she had hoped that Tyler would come back and be here, but seeing as he had disappeared along with the other hybrids, she was there alone. that is, until she ran into an ex.
"Stefan Salvatore" she greeted him, holding a glass of champagine, "I didn't think I'd see you here tonight"
Stefan studied the girl from head to toe, noticing the difference of her appearance from the past 145 years. her hair was shorter, but still long and brunette with gold highlights shining through. her full lips were painted red to match her dress. and her dress, so identical to the one she wore to their last ball together.
"I'm here to protect Elena from whatever your mother wants from her"
Alex nods and walks closer to Stefan. she placed her hand on his chest and adjusted his tie, "of course. always protecting the doppleganger. though, as I do recall... last time this happened you chose me"
Alex watched as Elena walked in, and Damon rushed at her side. Stefan, being distracted with Alex, didn't even notice she arrived.
he watched her carefully, almost worried that if he looked away from her that she would be gone again. but he couldn't let himself do that, so instead he tried to ignore the feeling of her touch, her soft hazel eyes that he fell in love with long ago, and everything she made him feel.
"what do you want, Alex?" he sighed, trying his best to change the topic. Elijah called for everyone's attention, interrupting their chat.
Alex bit her lip and smiled up at the boy, "save me a dance," she then made her way over to the steps her family stood upon. she stood in between Klaus and Rebekah.
"welcome!" Elijah greeted everyone, "thank you for joining us. you know, whenever our mother brings our family together like this, it's tradition for us to commence the evening with a dance. tonight's pick is a centruies-old waltz, so if all of you could please find yourselves a partner, please join us in the ballroom"
Alex descended the stairs, but waited to enter the ballroom. she watched as Damon took Elena in to dance and Stefan stood on the sidelines, "seems that your brother may get what he wants afterall," she says from beside him.
Stefan doesn't say a word, he was jealous. but he and Elena were broken up, so he had to respect her decisions like he did when they were together. he turns to look at Alex and holds out his arm, "how about that dance?" he asks, earning a smirk from the heretic.
Alex wraps her arm round his, "now there's the Stefan I know. the one that would never turn down a dance with a woman in red"
back when the two first met, Stefan told the girl that his favorite color was red, so when Stefan would bring Alex to all of the balls, she would wear a red dress every time. Stefan vividly remembered that time, when he was human and in love with the girl, but shook the memory away and guided the girl to the dance floor. as they danced, Stefan's eyes were lingering on the Elena and his brother.
Alex rolled her eyes at the boy, "starring is rude, Stefan," she pestered him.
"so is letting people believe you were dead for 145 years," Stefan gives the girl a blank face. he put on an act, trying to make her believe that he still hated her, but he couldn't. the second he laid his eyes on her at the gym, every negative feeling he felt was gone.
her eyes softened, "I didn't know that I would come back, I swear it. I tried to come back for you, but Katherine wouldn't let me. I died to save you, Stefan. I didn't know what would happen next. all I cared about was keeping you alive"
"I still died, Alex. and I waited for you, for years, hoping that you'd come and would be alive and come back to us, but you never came back. I didn't sleep for weeks, staying up day and night, telling myself that you would come running into my arms and tell me that you loved me and would never leave me again"
Alex felt a pang in her heart at his words. she hated that she made him feel this way, she never wanted that to happen. she moved her gloved hand that was on his arm to the side of his face, and he fought back the instinct to close his eyes and lean into her touch.
"Stefan, I'm sorry. I really am. do not doubt that I loved you for a second, because I did. I had to leave because I loved you, Stefan. I took a bullet for you because I loved you. I wouldn't have been able to forgive myself if your father had hurt you"
"even after all of that, he still shot me. so I guess it was all for nothing," with that, he walked away, a tear falling down his cheek as he walked away from the girl he couldn't imagine a life without as a human. the girl who showed her face again after 145 years and he still wished would run into his arms and tell him that she would never leave him again...
the original heretic stood alone in her thoughts. she held regret in her heart, she didn't want to leave Stefan all those years before, but she had no choice. and now, something she would never admit was that she came back to Mystic Falls for him alone. she came back to be with him again...