summary: hayley arrives with a witch to help, while [your name]’s visions take a turn for the worse.
pairing: dad! elijah mikaelson x child! female! reader
word count: 1.1k words
warnings: mentions of death, canon divergence, hayley is pregnant but timeline is all screwed bc i said so, visions, prophetic shit i guess
a/n: :D also... just putting this out there....... why is description so difficult? like everything i write seems almost like a script or some shit. i need to work on my description big time
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“Hello? Hayley?”
Hayley was quiet on the opposite line, a frown deep in her soft features. What was he doing, calling her?
Klaus cleared his throat, but she stayed quiet.
“I was hoping you would know of someone who could help us. We need a witch. One that deals with visions.”
Hayley closed her eyes, sighing softly. “Why?”
Klaus blinked slowly, his jaw clenching in frustration.
“Klaus, I’m not going to help you unless you give me a reason.”
“I shouldn’t have to give you a reason,” he sneered, anger slithering up his spine as if a snake had replaced what nerves he had left.
“Alright, then,” Hayley rolled her eyes. “Have fun finding a witch.”
Hayley pulled the phone away from her ear, prepared to hang up when she heard Klaus yell her name through the receiver.
“Wait,” he said, his voice constrained for the time being. “There is… a problem we’ve been having. A child,” he said.
Hayley stayed quiet, her hand hovering over her own stomach.
“She’s been having visions. Prophetic visions. We… are hoping to find someone who can help her.”
Hayley cleared her throat, pursing her lips soon after. “Okay,” she said. “You’re still in Mystic Falls, right? I’ll… see what I can do.”
“Come too,” Klaus said. “We do not need a witch on our grounds when we’ve no idea who they are.”
“I’ll be there,” she said, before hanging up the phone. She knew exactly who to call.
—
Time went by slower that week than it had in some time. The witch Elijah had called had no idea how to help little [Your name]. She left almost as soon as she had arrived, claiming that some other forces were in control of the child.
Elijah was tempted to find her and rip her a new one—how dare she give up when she hadn’t even begun to help?
It was on a night that Elijah had just laid [Your name] to sleep when a knock came from the front door. No one else had been home. Klaus and Kol were out at the Grill, and Rebekah was at the high school with the prom committee. It was just him and his little girl. He sighed softly and left his daughter’s room, promptly answering the front door.
“Hello?” he greeted as he opened it, his eyes growing wide at the sight of a pregnant Hayley Marshall. Beside of her stood a fiery redhead, who he could only assume was a witch—he could practically smell the magic drifting off of her.
Elijah looked down at her belly before looking back up at Hayley in shock. “Hayley…”
The brunette gave him a soft smile. “Hi, Elijah. Is Klaus here? He was asking for a witch. I brought him one. I need to talk to him, too.”
“No,” Elijah frowned. “But, I’m sure he’ll be back soon. Who are you?” he turned to look at the redhead.
She smiled, revealing a set of almost perfect teeth. “Penelope.”
“And what are you here for?” Elijah raised an eyebrow.
“Uh,” Penelope looked over at Hayley for help.
“Again,” Hayley rolled her eyes. “Klaus asked for my help. I brought him a witch that knows about visions and stuff like that.”
Elijah’s eyes widened. “Oh,” he breathlessly said, looking between Hayley and Penelope. A part of him wondered if he should wait for his siblings to return… but he knew that whatever he could do for his daughter would be beneficial in the long run.
“Come in,” Elijah said, moving out of the doorway.
Hayley and Penelope came inside. The former kept a hand over her belly while the latter looked around the house in utter amazement.
“This is gonna sound stupid, but I don’t think I’ve ever been in a place this big,” Penelope whisper-yelled to the woman standing beside her.
Hayley rolled her eyes, but it was a playful gesture. She just smiled at her friend.
“So,” Penelope soon said, turning to face Elijah. “What can I do to help?”
Elijah led the women up to his daughter’s bedroom. However, he did not go inside, opting to instead explain what was going on, first.
“I adopted her about… well, nearly a year and a half now,” he said. “She has always been susceptible to dreams of all sorts. Lands filled with candies, snow during the summer, her favorite characters becoming her friends. But she has also had… visions. What we now know to be precognition,” Elijah frowned, crossing his arms over his chest as he spoke.
Penelope clung to his every word.
“She is terrified. She has seen my brother die. She witnessed a girl with something that my brother and sister have been searching everywhere for. [Your name] has never once heard them talking about it.”
Penelope tilted her head. “What is it you are wanting me to do?” she asked.
“Can you get rid of it? Take her power away? Allow her to be a normal child, with normal dreams?” Elijah asked, staring her down.
Penelope looked from Elijah to Hayley, frowning. “I’m not sure. But I will see what I can do,” Penelope said, patting the satchel at her side. “My mother’s grimoire has a lot of info about visions,” she said. “I’m sure I’ll be able to do something to help.”
Elijah gave a small not, uncertainty getting the best of him. Would she be able to help? What if there was nothing they could do for his little girl?
The original vampire would have led them somewhere else, a guest room perhaps, had it not been for the little girl now standing at her opened door.
“Daddy?” [Your name] quickly spoke, tears springing in her big eyes.
Elijah wasn’t human, but his non-beating heart sprung to his throat in an instant. He bent down to her height and held out his arms to the child. [Your name] ran to them, hugging onto the man.
“What’s the matter?” Elijah softly asked, pressing a kiss to her temple.
“I had another dream,” she said, trembling in his arms.
“About what, my love?”
“I don’t know,” she let out a soft sob, roughly wiping her eyes to try and stop her tears.
Elijah quickly grabbed her hands, stopping her. He couldn’t bear the thought of her getting hurt by her own hands.
“[Your name], look at me,” he frowned. “You’re alright. You are safe,” he said. “Nothing can get to you here. I will always protect you.”
“Always?” she looked up at him with wide eyes. Her bottom lip quivered as she spoke.
“Always,” he nodded.
She sniffled softly, looking at his hands that were now holding hers. [Your name] took in a deep breath, her eyes soon wandering up to his. “I saw you, daddy,” she said.
Requested by @kpopgirlbtssvt: Hi! Can I please request an (platonic) Elijah x 3-4 year old fem!child oneshot where when Elijah went to Mystic Falls (when he needed Elena) and when he’s walking, he hears crying and finds her alone on the streets. I’m sure his heart would absolutely break at the sight and he would do anything he can to help calm her down. He obviously wouldn’t leave her on the streets, deciding right then and there that he wants to adopt her, so he brings her home with him. Omggg he would be such a soft (and veryyy protective) dad and all of the Mikaelsons (once they were undaggered) would love her so much 🤧 (Also Elijah would absolutely lose it if the Mystic Falls gang ever brought Y/n into any of the drama)
pairing: adoptive dad! elijah x adopted daughter! reader, mikaelsons x child reader
word count: 1.4k words
warnings: uh reader is female,,,, and was abandoned. OH and this is basically pure fluff so there’s that as well
author’s notes: WOW omg let me just say i loved writing this!! thank you so much for requesting!! also my gifs wouldn’t load and i wanted to use one that fit what he would have looked like towards the beginning of tvd so!! credit for the gif goes to the creator, but i wasn’t able to find the creator
The sound of soft sobs met his ears, causing him to stop in his tracks. He had just come from meeting with Elena… he should have gone straight home. But the cries he heard made his heart ache. A deep frown etched into his face and he hesitantly took a step towards the sound.
At his movement, it was obvious whoever had been crying had tried to stifle their noise. But he came down the long sidewalk, past the brick buildings that surrounded Mystic Falls. He frowned as he came upon a dumpster, and just beyond it was a small girl, maybe four years of age. Her eyes were big and filled with tears and her little body was trembling. She was terrified.
Elijah’s eyes widened. He slowly bent down in front of her, not wanting to scare her. “Hello,” he softly spoke.
She hiccupped, her little hands gripping onto her shirt. “Hi…”
He gave her a soft smile. “It’s so nice to meet you,” he softly said. “What is your name?”
“[Your name],” she said, looking up at him. She was starting to calm down—this stranger was captivating. She couldn’t help it. She tried to wipe her tears away, and she softly sniffled.
“My name is Elijah,” he spoke, hesitantly sitting down on the ground with her. Normally, he wouldn’t have done something so mundane. But this child was no threat.
She sniffled again and kept her arms close to her body.
“Why are you out here all alone?” he asked, not moving to touch her. He didn’t want to scare her in any way.
[Your name] swallowed thickly and she closed her eyes. “I… my mommy… she just… left me here,” she whimpered. “She left me.” The poor child looked up at Elijah with tears welling in her eyes.
His eyes grew wide in return. “Oh, no, my dear,” he softly said, gently holding a hand out to the girl. “I am so sorry… Let… me take you home. Gather you some clean clothes. Are you hungry? I heard your stomach grumble…”
[Your name] stared at his hand for just a moment before she hurriedly got to her feet, grabbing onto his hand.
Elijah’s features softened at the realization that this child trusted him.
[Your name] moved closer and suddenly hugged onto him, her little tears wetting his white undershirt. He just frowned and wrapped his arms around her.
“I’m so sorry you were left all alone, [Your name],” he softly said, resting his chin on top of her head. “But I promise you, you will never be alone, again.”
—
“You what?” Klaus stared at Elijah in disbelief, looking at the little girl who was cuddled into Elijah’s side. “You cannot just adopt children off of the street, Elijah. Even…”
He trailed off, watching the girl. She was about to cry again, and she looked at Klaus with big, puppy dog eyes.
He sighed softly. “Fine. But I am not changing her diaper—”
“I don’t wear diapers!” [Your name] quickly defended herself, pouting up at Klaus.
Elijah let out a soft laugh. “Yes, well. Klaus, if you wouldn’t mind, I would trust you to watch her for just a couple of minutes while I go and find her some clothes and proper food…”
Klaus glared daggers at Elijah but he solemnly nodded, watching as Elijah sat [Your name] down. The girl gripped onto Elijah’s pant leg, clearly unsure of the man in front of her.
“Fine. I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to offend you, love,” he said.
“Love?” [Your name] blushed and she couldn’t help the fit of giggles that overtook her.
Klaus rolled his eyes and bent down to her height while Elijah quickly took off to get her what she needed. [Your name] nervously stood there, her little hands folded and pressed against her tummy. Her stomach growled and Klaus frowned.
“Do not tell me you’re hungry.”
[Your name] rose both of her eyebrows, but she didn’t say anything. She looked away from him, her little lips pursed.
“Good God, woman,” he groaned and got to his feet. She looked up at him curiously. He held out his hand and she hesitantly took it, allowing him to lead her to the kitchen. But as soon as they had gotten there, Elijah was bag with multiple bags of things.
“Good, you’re going to make something for her?” Elijah asked, sitting some of the bags down. “I will go and get her settled into a room, if that’s alright with you, brother.”
Klaus stared at Elijah, dumbfounded of the newfound confidence his brother threw at him. Perhaps this little devil truly was good for him. Klaus rolled his eyes and looked at [Your name].
“What do you want?”
Her eyes widened and she looked towards the bags, gasping as she pulled out a small container of instant macaroni and cheese. “This!” she excitedly said, quickly bringing it over to Klaus.
He rose an eyebrow. “This is it?”
She quickly nodded and went back to Elijah.
Although Klaus knew this child would drive him crazy, he couldn’t help but feel an overwhelming urge to protect the rascal. That, and he knew if he pulled anything, Elijah would stake him.
—
“Who is that?”
Elijah looked back to the entryway, spotting his little girl standing there with wide eyes.
Rebekah tilted her head as she watched Elijah. “Who is that?” she repeated.
“Daddy,” the girl began, gripping onto her pajama shirt.
“Elijah—a father?” Kol scoffed from where he sat, looking at the girl.
Elijah frowned and he walked over to [Your name]. He looked back at his recently awoken siblings.
“This is [Your name]. I adopted her just a few months ago. The two of you were still daggered. It so seems that she must have had a nightmare.” he frowned.
“She has been having quite a few of them, lately,” Elijah said, pressing a soft kiss to her cheek. The girl cuddled into Elijah, keeping herself calm.
Rebekah’s eyes softened. She could hear her pounding little heart.
“[Your name],” she said, giving her a soft smile. “You are such a cutie. What have you been dreaming about?” she asked, hesitantly coming over. Elijah looked relieved that his sister was being mature about this.
[Your name] nearly began to cry again. She hadn’t even told Elijah what her nightmares were about. She shook her head, hiccupping in Elijah’s chest.
Kol scoffed once more and came over, pushing his sister out of the way. “Come here,” he said.
[Your name]’s eyes widened, and she shook her head.
Kol’s eyes softened and he held out his hands. “Really. Come here,” he said. “You can trust me.”
[Your name] looked up at Elijah and when he didn’t do anything to stop it, she went to the other man. Kol walked back over to the couch and sat down, keeping the girl on his lap. “What have you been dreaming out, little one? Surely, you’re much stronger than your dreams. You can do whatever you set your mind to.”
Her eyes widened. “I…” she began to cry again. “I am alone,” she said. “Elijah leaves me where my mommy did… alone. All alone,” she looked back at Elijah, who quickly came to her side.
“I will never let you be alone like that. Ever. I promise you, [Your name].”
She nodded and rubbed her tired little eyes.
“Come,” Kol cleared his throat. “Let your Uncle Kol tuck you in. I’ll be sure to scare all the nightmares away, alright?”
[Your name] nodded and Kol left right away.
Rebekah looked at Elijah in confusion. “Has your domesticity rubbed off on our chaotic brother?”
“It appears so,” Elijah chuckled. “I… apologize for not saying something sooner. It just did not come up into conversation.”
“It’s alright. She seems like a sweet child.”
“She is.”
“I will protect her with my life, Elijah… I do believe Kol will do the same.”
“Trust me,” Elijah chuckled softly. “Klaus has proved he would buy an entire country for her. She will grow up in a loving home,” he said, a bit of a strain coming to his voice. “I will never treat her like we were treated, I guarantee you that.”
So, I mentioned writing an Elinity story featuring a daughter with Kiernan Shipka as a face claim before. This was because I’ve only seen the first six episodes of The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina and didn’t think I could do her character justice if I used her. But now? I think I might try it and have the story be a crossover fic instead. Mostly because of these crossover gifs....
