My Promise

18

I take deep breaths the pain stopped, I was still alive, well alive in Hell... how alive is that? 

I have no idea how long I was burning alive for, it felt like forever I had no concept of time, just pain and it didn't make me numb the longer it went on you felt every second, every painful second, it hurt to breath to move, to do anything to exist it hurt. 

It was still dark in here, maybe I'm in a black hole. 

"Welcome." A voice echoed around me. I couldn't pin point where it came from. I stood my ground and hid my fear something Klaus taught me, don't like your enemy know you are scared. Then they will think you're weak...

"Arabella isn't it?" And the owner of the voice appeared. A smallish man, with green eyes and dark hair, a creepy smile almost like the joker from Batman, it was an odd look for someone to possess. He wore a suit. Black white shirt black tie. "Sorry I'm being terribly rude, I'm Lucifer." "I always pictured the devil being taller." I say with a mocking smile, I was taller than him and I wasn't all that tall. "I wouldn't be so cocky to the man that's controlling your time here." I didn't say anything. 

"Good girl." I rolled my eyes internally at the patronising praise. "So... How's your stay been so far?" "Fantastic... 5 start service, you know what could be improved though-"You have a smart mouth... I like you Arabella. Your mother isn't your biggest fan." "No she hasn't been since I was born ironic isn't it." "Very." He said. "Your the Mikealson orphan." "Suppose so." I say. "Though I prefer to use the term foster child." I really should be angering him but I couldn't help it I needed to not let him believe I was scared. 

"3 weeks you've endured Hell and you haven't turned it off? Is it not painful enough?" He questioned moving on from the previous conversation. "I can assure you I've had a miserable and painful time here." "Then why won't you just." He mimicked flipping a switch. I didn't answer, he didn't need to know. "Not so talkative now." He said amused. "I guess you've not experienced the worse yet." I raised my eyebrows. "Oh burning you alive for a week wasn't the only thing I have up my sleeves." A week! "We still have that wolf attack at your house... you know the one that killed your whole family... Your sister got lucky, she found peace." Good for her. "Your father of course ended up here, he didn't have the luxury of turning it off... he was a boring human after all. Your mother weaselled her way out... Is that your plan?... Mother like daughter." I kept a blank look on my face one I mastered years ago when I was being screamed at some something I shouldn't have got in trouble for... Show no fear they don't win. 

"You're not going anywhere... you hear me." I looked around the dark place, room. I don't even know just to avoid looking at him. When I looked back at him. "You seem bored." He had an unsettling smirk on his lips. I was used to smirks, Damon was practically famous for his smirk, and then Klaus as well but this was unsettling it was an evil, pure evil smirk. 

"How about I let you see your precious babies... well they're not babies are they... if we're being honest... Quiet the grown ups." I narrowed my eyes at him. "Glad to have your attention." It was like I was in the room with them. Back at The Mikealson Mansion, they were all there. Damon was with Stefanie. Eli was in the basement with my body. Freya sat with her. 

Everyone else was doing their own thing. Bex was in bed. I taking a few steps towards her I reached out and held onto her hand. She looked so defeated, so dead inside. I knew she couldn't feel me because I could only just feel her and I knew I was holding her hand in mine. "It's okay Bex... It'll get easier." I say to her. "I'm bored, enough of that." And then suddenly I'm in the basement with my daughter. "The connection between you two is electric." He says. "Well she's my daughter." "Carbon copy of you... Cheerleader, powerful witch, smart, feisty, soft." "You don't know her." "No but she's on the waiting list to come and visit me soon enough." "You'll never get her." "Well Honey you see she has Vampire blood, even if she goes her whole life and dies, she wakes as a vampire... Of course if she doesn't drink blood but that craving is strong... you know how it is... She'll drink some die and she'll be right at home... away from you." He spat at me. "And your promise, of protecting her will go away because you can't protect her from her own fate! Her destiny is here. So is Stefanie... Cute name by the way."