Hey brother!There's an endless road to rediscover. Hey sister! Know the water's sweet but blood is thicker. Oh, if the sky comes falling down, for you There's nothing in this world I wouldn't do.
“Freya, Freya-stop. He’s a sociopath, he gets into your head. He does it, to everyone. You’re not weak.” He reminds her, looking into her desperate eyes to find some sense of herself. “You think I love you because you’re this big powerful witch? You think I love you because you can help me? No, you’re crazy. I don’t give a shit. I love you because you cared, you cared when no one else did. And you did what my sister asked you to, even if you had more experience or you knew a better way. You trusted her, you’re trusting me. That’s so much, Freya. You could be a human and I’d love you to same. So don’t you dare apologize to me. Don’t you dare apologize when this is my fucking cousin, this is my mess. It’ll come back, okay? It’s coming back. And even when it’s not here, even when you feel weak you are everything to me, Freya.”
“Okay.” She replied in a whisper, sounding small and sad. But she believed everything he said, word for word. She knew he meant it. “You’re everything to me too.” And she meant it too.
“Freya, Freya-stop. He’s a sociopath, he gets into your head. He does it, to everyone. You’re not weak.” He reminds her, looking into her desperate eyes to find some sense of herself. “You think I love you because you’re this big powerful witch? You think I love you because you can help me? No, you’re crazy. I don’t give a shit. I love you because you cared, you cared when no one else did. And you did what my sister asked you to, even if you had more experience or you knew a better way. You trusted her, you’re trusting me. That’s so much, Freya. You could be a human and I’d love you to same. So don’t you dare apologize to me. Don’t you dare apologize when this is my fucking cousin, this is my mess. It’ll come back, okay? It’s coming back. And even when it’s not here, even when you feel weak you are everything to me, Freya.”
“Okay.” She replied in a whisper, sounding small and sad. But she believed everything he said, word for word. She knew he meant it. “You’re everything to me too.” And she meant it too.
Includes: Leith Ostrinson, Freya Mikaelson, Kai Parker
Set at: The Falls, September 9th
Leith admittedly dresses nicer than he usually does, you know. Just in case. With a button up shirt with a collar and dark wash jeans, his hair doesn't look like as much of a mess as he is. He looks like his old self which is what he needed to convince Freya he was. It felt so odd walking beside her, he knew Kai would be at the location as soon as he got the note, so they were walking into fire. Looking over to Freya he can only smile, to see her this calm and confident in him, he wishes there wasn't sure fallacy behind it. Would she remember him as someone who lied to her? He hoped not. "At least this lighting is flattering.."
Freya looked at him with a chuckle. "The lighting? Really Leith? That's what you have to comment on right now?" She raised an eyebrow and shook her head, not knowing if he was genuinely being funny or just trying to distract himself from the task before them. "It's going to be okay. This is going to work." She reached out beside her and held onto his hand to reassure him.
Kai was obviously enthused to get a magical note from his little cuz'. It certainly took the sting out of actually trying to find him in which he was clearly taking a break on. He had a fun fruit salad of new magic in him so whatever it was that Leith had planned for him, he was sure it wouldn't phase him in the slightest. So he skipped on down to the 'pretty' tourist site of this god forsaken town and sat along the water, looking over the scenic, likely polluted view.
Leith chuckles lightly. "Naturally, any lighting is flattering on your face." He rolls his eyes as if annoyed by her eternal beauty before following the careful path he'd taken plenty of times. He knew they were coming close to the place, he could hear the water rushing and in turn his heart was racing. Lucky none of them were vampires, that's for sure. "I know, princess. I'm not worried for me." Naturally, he worried for her because he knew the truth. He held the chain on his neck tightly to his chest and continued on his way.
Freya laughed. "And you always flatter me." She smiled before taking notice of the sound of the rushing water a little ways off. Following alongside him, she continued to hold onto his hand, not wanting to let go until she had to. Despite having faith that their plan would work out as planned, she still couldn't help but be nervous.
Leith begins to see the shadow of a man by the falls, assuming that's Kai he stops Freya in her tracks, hands on each shoulder. Yanking the chain from his neck he places it in one of her hands. On the end, hanging from it is Leven's ring. He wanted her to have it, even if everything went well. "I'm so sorry. I love you so much and everything you've done for me and Leven has meant more to me than you know. But this isn't for you. This fight, it's mine. I'm sorry." He presses his lips to hers once more before jogging over to where his cousin was, passing through the allotted barrier.
Freya Confusion fills Freya's mind, barely registering his words that sounded like a goodbye. She kissed him back and once he pulled back she tried to follow him but was met with resistance, a magical block. "Leith, what is-" Then understanding hit her. He never intended for her to help him take down Kai at all. "Leith stop! No! Don't do it! Let me in!" She couldn't just be forced to stand there and watch, not again.
Kai turns around at what sounds like an emotional commotion. "Aw, you brought your girlfriend? How sweet! She gonna be your cheerleader?" He asks holding his heart as if to react to a cheesy onscreen kiss. "Well you have me here. What's the plan, lesser twin?"
Leith blocks Freya out. He knows if he acknowledges her that Kai can just siphon the barrier away. For now he needs to do what he came for. "You're going to merge with me."
Freya pounded her fists on the barrier, wishing that her magic wasn't gone so that perhaps there was something she could do. But sadly, there wasn't. She just had to watch and hope for the best outcome. Hearing Leith's words 'you're going to merge with me', fear gripped her. With Kai having her power he clearly had the uphand. "Stop this! Leith stop!"
Kai looks at Leith seriously for a moment before roaring out in laughter. "Are you serious? Do you know how much magic I've got in me? Like 3 of yous. Three!" He pushes him playfully as if waiting to hear another option. A real plan. "What's stopping me from killing you right now?" He asks, raising a challenging, yet still playful brow.
Leith puts his hands up. "This is what you want. This is what you always wanted. To be considered, to be in control. You want all of us dead because of it. If you're the leader, you have control. So what's stopping you? If you're so sure you'll win, don't tell me you're scared.." He challenges back.
Freya just had to sit and watch the events unfold, clutching at the necklace in her hands as it was clear he was just going to ignore her. "Why did you have to do it this way?.." She mumbled, wanting to look away but not being able to.
Kai shakes his head and it's clear as the intensity in his eyes increases. Instead of fighting him he takes out his trusty knife from his back pocket and cuts a deep gauge in the skin there. "Fine, it's your funeral." He clarifies, holding out his hand to him.
Leith grabs the knife from him and does the same, being more careful not to damage any nerves in his hand though. Dropping the knife to the ground he grabs Kai's cut hand and closes his eyes. "Sanguinem desimilus... Sanguinem generis fiantus." As he repeats the incantation the ground starts to shake and he waits for Kai to repeat it with him.
Freya feels the ground shake beneath her, knowing that at this point there was no going back. "No! NO!" She pounded the barrier once more. She could only hope that by some miracle Leith would win and it would all be relatively okay. Tears welled in her eyes as she watched to see who would emerge the victor.
Kai closes his eyes and repeats back to him, "Sanguinem desimilus... Sanguinem generis fiantus." He can feel the wounds on their hands beginning to close up, the ceremony coming to the decision of which of them had the more power. Which of them would absorb the other as a new part of themselves. Suddenly, the ground stops shaking and their bodies fall to the ground. There's only waiting now. And the barrier slowly falls away.
Freya As she felt the barrier dissolve, Freya ran over to them, crouching down on the floor next to Leith. "Leith, please wake up. Please please wake up." She had her hands on his cheek and waited for any sign of life. She ignored the fact that the barrier being down probably meant one thing. She wouldn't believe it until she was sure. "Wake up!" She held onto him, pulling his torso into her lap, holding onto him.
The blood stopped rushing to his face and his skin was cold to touch. His chest didn't fall and rise again. The color of his skin even began to lack life. Perhaps he thought only magic from a Gemini witch would be able to work in the ceremony. He thought by some miracle the artificial magic of a siphoner wouldn't count. But now, now he couldn't think. He couldn't plan or change or love. He was gone. And all that could be hoped for was that he'd find his sister on the other side.
Kai began to stir slightly and he looks both ways to crack his neck into place. "What a nasty fall." He comments, standing up straight and brushing off his denim jeans. "Really should have done that on the grass." He walks over to where Freya was standing over Leith and looked down over him. "I guess it goes to show, you'll never be foreground when it comes to me." He talks down to her, patting her shoulder before going to walk off. As if it was a friendly tussle. As if there wasn't a dead boy right next to where he was once standing.
Freya watched in horror as Kai stood to his feet. The smugness in his voice made her sick to her stomach and she didn't move until he was out of earshot. When she had her magic again... it would be as if all hell was coming for him. Looking back at Leith, she saw no signs of life. His skin was dull, his heart beat and breathing had ceased, causing a cold hard truth to resonate with Freya. He was gone. "NOOOO!" She let out a bloodcurdling scream, feeling like she had broken in two. The man she loved was dead in her arms and it was too much for her to handle. She had fallen for him so deeply and he had been ripped away from her before her very eyes.
Hayley had forgotten how someone so close to her hadn’t actually met her daughter. “I think we should change that. She’s napping right now but you can still see her. She’s upstairs.” Hayley paused. “Only if you want to…”
Leith smiles, thankful that she trusts him enough to even want him near her again, all things considered. “Last time I saw her we were running for your lives..” He reminds her with a slouched smile. “Don’t wanna scare her.”
“We will… and then I’ll work on making you that birthday cake.” Freya joked, hoping to make him smile once more. This would be over soon and they would figure things out. It would all be okay and Leven’s death would be in vein. She could see it so close to them, happiness. “You just tell me what I need to do and I’ll be there right by your side.” She held his hands in her’s.
“Spells are kinda like recipes. I guess I can trust you with a cake.” He admits with a small chuckle, nudging her slightly. “All you have to do is throw the weapon. Then we watch him suffer. It’ll be lots of fun.”
“Really?” A glimmer of hope lit up in her eyes. “That would work. If he’s trapped he can’t hurt anyone and then we can make sure he never does so again. I knew you’d figure out a plan.” Just like she had been telling her brothers he would. “We’re going to do this. We’re going to stop him.” Freya replied, holding his cheeks in her hands, relief washing over her.
The hope she sees in him, it reminds him so much of his sister, it’s refreshing in a time where he’s sure. She vested solving this in him and he failed her, that in itself spoke a little tragically. It was worth it to see the stress leave her face. If these were their last moments together, he wanted them to be good. He wanted them to be happy. “We’re going to be okay.” Even when the merge did work in his favor, he’d be changed. And he didn’t want for that person to be around Freya. He’d have to go back home, back to the people would soon lead.
‘‘You know, I was pissed at the whole dying thing at first, but it’s great actually.’‘ He nodded to Leith’s words, agreeing with him, and having the same thoughts. When he asked about Freya, and if Dominic had told her about the spell, he had to bullshit. ‘‘Nah, didn’t say much really, just said I knew you. That’s it.’‘ He didn’t want to lie to Leith, after what he’d done, but then he didn’t want to tell him the truth either. ‘‘What kinda shit you been doing?’‘
“Oh just gearing up for my coming of age party, to put it lightly.” He puts it vaguely, that much is clear. “My coven is fucked up. Explaining the whole ceremony is more of a headache than it’s worth. How about a drink? To life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness?”
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