𝐁𝐋𝐎𝐎𝐃 𝐋𝐔𝐒𝐓 𐦟 𝐓𝐕𝐃𝐔

Chapter 12

A/N: The dress above is what I picture Cassie to be wearing, just an FYI <3

     Gasping for air, panic set in, Stefan, Klaus. Elijah was gone, she was stabbed in the heart, Damon was dying. A cry came from her lips, "Cassandra darling it's alright, you're ok, everything is alright." Elijah held her hand, squeezing it as tightly as he could, she could barely speak, the tightening feeling in her chest was eating her alive. She was crying yet she didn't know why, her last memories were a blur, she didn't remember much but from the little things that she did she was angry as all hell. "H-how long?" Elijah rubbed her arm, trying his best to comfort her, "That's not important, everything's ok." Cassie caught her breathe, grabbing his hand she repeated her words, "How long has it been?" Her words were stern and cold, Elijah looked away, "6 or 7 months."

"Oh god, oh god." She couldn't physically breathe, she was having a full blown panic attack, Cassie sat up, gripping her chest, the pit in her stomach was unlike anything she had felt. It's not that she had been away for months, it's that when had been stabbed, right when people needed her. Elijah grabbed her bridal style, pulling her out of the coffin she was lying in, he put her on her feet and pulled her into a tight hug, "Breathe, in, and out." It took her a few seconds but she did as she was told, "In and out love. It's ok." Elijah's calmness helped her, she swallowed the lump in her throat. After a few more minutes of this pattern Cassie pulled away just slightly to where she could see Elijah, his hair was different, his whole demeanor was different. "How long were you out? I watched him dagger you." Elijah tucked a piece of hair behind her ear, "I just woke up yesterday, your nephew Damon was the one to help me." Cassie tilted her head in confusion, "Damon's alive?" Elijah nodded, "There's a lot we need to catch up on my love, but first, you need to get changed, we have a very important matter to discuss over dinner."

"What dinner? What-..?" Elijah lead her up the stairs and into a spacious room, his clothes laid out on the dressers, she figured it was his room but she wasn't sure. Elijah reached into the closet, he pulled out a gorgeous dress. "I hope you like it, I picked it out, let me know if you don't there are about 5 other options in the closet." He smiled, holding out the dress for her, she took it into her hands, "Do your hair, makeup, whatever you please, we'll be downstairs waiting. I'll explain everything mi amor, I swear." Cassie looked at him, "Who's we?" Elijah just smirked, leaning in and giving her a quick kiss. He left the room, closing the door behind him. Cassie stood there for another moment, taking in the past few minutes. Cassie walked into the bathroom, there were some beauty products for women, a note laid on the counter next to it all, "Use whatever you may need, it's all yours. Love, Elijah." Cassie blushed, though the gesture was small, it made her feel appreciated.

Cassie got dressed, she did her makeup and let her hair fall down naturally. It had been awhile since she dressed up like this. She could only wonder who was waiting for her downstairs. Looking at herself in the mirror she sighed, she missed when life was simple. When she first came to Mystic Falls the night of the masquerade party. When everyone thought she was a cold hearted bitch, it made life easy. Not a single person depended on her. Cassie put those thoughts to the side and made her way down stairs. The house they were in was huge, she heard chatter around the corner, when she walked in there sat some familiar faces, "Our guest of honor for tonight." Elijah stood up, taking her hand. Her eyes locked on Klaus, anger began to boil up inside of her, she grit her teeth. The pure rage was swallowing her whole, every fiber of her being wanted to cut his head off. The fire behind the table burst even bigger, the sparks flying out and hitting the carpet. Nothing caught on fire but she wished it did. She wanted to burn the house down with him inside of it.

"Cassandra, long time no see." His voice only enraged her even more, she took Elijah's hand and sat down in between Klaus and Stefan. She sat down, looking around. Next to her laid a metal stake knife, without thinking her hand wrapped around it, in a blink she stabbed Klaus in the hand. He let out a groan and snapped his head towards, "I was willing to be civil tonight but that idea is slowly going out the window!" Cassie leaned forward, "Next ones going in your eye you backstabbing prick!" Damon sat across the table drinking his wine, "Now this is quality entertainment." Cassie grabbed the spoon, "If you want entertainment let's see what I can do with this." She held it up before Elijah spoke, "Let's try to remain calm tonight, no blood shall be shed, not yet anyway." Cassie slammed the spoon down, leaning back in her chair. Klaus pulled the knife out of his hand, he took it and threw it in her direction.