let me freaking rise

For the record this huge act of selflessness fully cancels out all of my previous misdeeds.

[xfreakingrise]

antiripper​:

💨 ― He was slumped over, on his knees, and doing what appeared to be cradling his own chest in a tight embrace. In his mind’s eye, it was someone he cared about in his arms ― the vision a different one every time. Throat torn out, eyes devoid of life. MG held the body close and quietly sobbed. He remembered them all yet still, every time felt more real than the last.

“MG, what’s wrong?” Lizzie caught sight of the sobbing and rushed to his side. “What happened?” 

[xfreakingrise]

triplecursed​:

🌒️ ― In every room of her home, she happened upon images of her family’s murdered bodies, strewn across every surface. Anguish and anger had broken through the visions long enough for her to flee into the streets of New Orleans. The cobbled street below began to crack and separate behind her as she ran; innocent bystanders shrieked and wowed in awe at the phenomenon. Like her, her powers were unstable, volatile, and she was only vaguely aware that she was doing it. Her feet stop, and she’s standing there, dazed in her grief. “What’s happening to me?”

Lizzie heard her friend and ran towards her. She had seen it happening to more than a few people now and assumed that Hope was the next victim. She dreaded when it would come for her. “Hope, it’s not real. Something is doing this to us. It’s not real. Think. Use your logic. If it doesn’t make sense, question it.” 

[xfreakingrise]

kasparweitz​:

“You tell me.” He returned the question. Clearly something he had to say resonated with her and it was in that she’d find the answer.  

“Sure feels like it.” Lizzie answered, realizing she needed to do some introspection and figure out just why that resonated the way that it did. 

[xfreakingrise]

mysticbennett​:

“No, no, no!” Bonnie cried out, an arm wrapped around her body, the other holding her head as the vision plagued her again. Having to experience her own death, the death of her loved ones… It brought her to her knees and tears streaming down her face. It was too much. These things had nearly destroyed her and seeing them over and over again? She just wanted to curl up and sleep for a thousand years, a deep dreamless sleep where she couldn’t bear the pain. But seeing Enzo’s death over and over again was one of the worst. It had been one of the most painful experiences in her life and she had forced herself to hold onto that pain for far too long to keep his spirit with her. It had taken her years to stop crying and having nightmares over it. And now she was experiencing it all over again. And whoever was doing this made it even worse, because now she was also seeing the death of the people she loved. Lizzie, Josie, Elena, Damon… all of them dead in front of her, making her feel so powerless. “Please make them stop.”

“Aunt Bonnie, what’s happening?” Lizzie caught sight of her sobbing uncontrollably. “What’s wrong? Make what stop?” She looked all around for something that could be the cause of her distress. She put her arms around her as if to shield her from whatever was causing the tears. 

[xfreakingrise]

ethanmachado​:

“lizzie, whatever you do, don’t come any closer, okay? i am not safe to be around right now” ethan was not sure what was real and the last thing he wanted to see was lizzie hurt. he had already seen images of his mom and sister, dead, he thought, he was not sure. without realizing it, the veins grew underneath his eyes and his fangs started to grow out of his gums, he closed his eyes and shook his head, mumbled for it to stop but he had no control of it “i don’t want to hurt you” he added, still could feel lizzie’s presences even if his eyes were closed.

— @xfreakingrise​

“Ethan whatever you saw, it’s not real. Something is happening. Like it did before. People are seeing things. But we will figure it out. You just have to trust me, okay?” Lizzie held out a hand to him. “It’s some sort of monster doing all of this but with everyone working together we can fix it. Please, just trust me.”

[xfreakingrise]

kasparweitz​:

“We are all flawed, Lizzie. I don’t believe a single being - alive or un-dead to be immaculate.” He didn’t differentiate. “No one person can be judge, jury, and executioner and that is not what I seek. While the circumstances of those flaws may differ here than the outside world, it doesn’t make you any less needing of clarity or for someone to find understanding.”

“Did you just... get in my head or something?” Lizzie asked as the man spoke words that she desperately needed to hear. 

[xfreakingrise]

ethanmachado​:

“i will remember that” ethan replied, although he didn’t want to be annoying. he shrugged “we could go eat somewhere, regular food, or explore the city? i haven’t seen everything” he just wanted to hang out with her, so for him it didn’t matter where they went.

“Maybe explore the city and see if we can find any small places to stop along the way.” Lizzie suggested, a smile across her face. “I’ve been wanting to see what other places there are to eat at besides the obvious Rousseau’s. Let’s having it be a little adventure.” It had been a while since she had gotten out. She needed this. They both did. “Off we go then?” 

[xfreakingrise]

kasparweitz​:

“Lizzie it is.” He said with a warm welcoming smile. “Guidance Counselor to be precise though by chance you may catch me teaching a class in magic.” 

“Right, well, that’s quite the job considering we are all many kinds of messed up.” Lizzie replied. 

[xfreakingrise]

xwitchjo​:

Josie instantly breathed a sigh of relief when she saw her twin in front of her. Her arms flung around Lizzie’s neck. “I love you.” She whispered. It wasn’t something Josie said all too often, but that vision in her head was way too real for her liking. “Something is wrong.”

“Yeah, I love you too Jo.” Lizzie replied, returning her sister’s hug. “What kind of wrong?” She asked, her brows furrowing more at Josie’s words of warning. “What can I do to help?” 

[xfreakingrise]

joeyxparker​:

“yeah” he nodded, looked over at the blonde “do they dare to come to visit when they might know anything about the city? the dark secrets” not that he knew nothing either, he thought about the vampires. but perhaps it was not something anyone worried about, only him who was not used to all the creatures in the world “i thought portland was big” 

“Portland? Is that where you’re from?” Lizzie asked curiously. “Dark secrets huh?” She wondered just how much he knew. Or if it was the simple words of a naïve tourist who believed in all the voodoo and hoodoo of the quarter. 

[xfreakingrise]

drgilbert​:

“I trust you to do the right thing, Lizzie. You always have had a big heart.” Elena admitted to her niece, offering a warm smile toward her. Feeling the baby kick, her hand went down to her stomach as she reconciled with the knowledge she’d have to tell her niece sooner or later who the father was if she didn’t want her finding out from someone else.

Lizzie noticed her flinch. “Is that the baby... kicking?” She asked with a raised eyebrow. 

[xfreakingrise]

malivoreborn​:

“Turns out dying multiple times and never being able to find any iota of peace can be quite an enlightening experience.” The golem offered with a shrug. “You guys seem rather fond of my brother.”

“Because your brother has always been Team Super Squad. Last I remember, you were working against us.” Lizzie replied. “How can I believe your sudden change of heart?” 

[xfreakingrise]

xwitchjo​:

It started with flashes of light, Josie couldn’t make anything out at first, then two silhouettes started to appear. The Gemini shook her head. She knew well enough by now something, someone, was messing with her mind. The two people came into view in her head, it was Lizzie and… herself but she was dark again. Josie felt frozen with fear. Why would someone be giving her this memory? Then the light flashed again and she realized it wasn’t a memory… this was different. They looked slightly older, they weren’t in the school gym. They were in the woods, holding hands, chanting those familiar words. Josie could no longer shake the vision, whatever was doing this had complete control over her mind. She was forced to watch as they went through with the merge, both of them dropping to the ground, but Josie knew only one would get up. After a moment that’s what happened, the fake Josie stood up with a small smirk on her face and the vision ended. Josie had tears streaming down her face, her breathing too heavy. “It wasn’t real.” She whispered.

“Josie, Josie what’s wrong?” Lizzie, the real Lizzie, was shaking her back to reality. “Are you okay?” She crouched down beside her, seeing the tears flowing from her eyes. “What wasn’t real?” She looked at her twin with great concern. 

[xfreakingrise]

joeyxparker​:

the parker witch stood near the windows inside of rousseau’s, looked out at all the people “is it always crowded on the streets?” he asked whoever was near by “never seen so many people in my whole life. my family was pretty big and the people we knew, but this city is… seems to be more people here”

— @xfreakingrise​

“In New Orleans?” Lizzie asked, looking towards the young man who spoke. “Yeah, it’s almost always this bustling. Apart from all the tourists you have the locals who are always out and about. This is by no means a sleepy city.” 

[xfreakingrise]

kasparweitz​:

“You must be Elizabeth.” Formalities first, always. He was making round through introductions, familiarizing himself with the students. “Or Lizzie? Whichever it is you prefer.” Notes left behind from predecessors could only tell so much and now he was here to observe and figure out how best he could assist in whatever concerns the students may have. 

@xfreakingrise​

“Lizzie.” She answered, very few people had the privilege of calling her by her full name. “And you must be the new teacher, right?” 

[xfreakingrise]

ethanmachado​:

“do you think it will only help with blood bags?” he tilted his head, frowned “i mean, how can they control it if they only drink from them?” maybe they had to drink more than one “i don’t want to bother him too much” he still felt bad about it, like he had broke a promise or something “i know, lizzie. but i feel that everyone have their own life to deal with than to worry about my life” he admitted, with a nod “do you want to get out of here? i can drink a few blood bags so i don’t lose control”

“Don’t worry about bothering people. We’re all here to help one another. That’s the point.” Lizzie replied, knowing that it could be really hard to ask for help sometimes. “Get out of here?” She raised an eyebrow. “And go where?” 

[xfreakingrise]

antiripper​:

💨 ― The smile he wore was sheepish. Not reassuring, or even confident, but there because there was nothing else he could wear. “Way ahead of you.” It didn’t come out annoyed. In all actuality, he was validating her concern. “This isn’t about me. It never should have been.” And if he had any say in it, there wasn’t going to be a repeat; with him, or Ethan. “I promise I will.”

“Please just keep me in the loop going forward.” Lizzie replied. “I can’t feel that isolated again.” MG was one of the people who she had felt she could constantly rely on, but during the time he had turned his humanity off she felt cut off from him completely.