Dollhouse {Elijah Mikaelson Story}

Chapter 5

Athena sat in her room alone. Her hair fell down one side of her shoulder and drifted down her back like beautiful ocean waves.

Her lips were painted a pink-red colour and her eyes were decorated in a smokey black.

She sighed as she looked in the mirror, blowing a stray hair from her face. Only a few more moments of being her true self, a few more moments of worrying. When she puts on her mask, she puts on a show. Her family wasn't perfect, but everybody needed to believe that they were, or else they would begin to get in the way, break them off so they're weaker.

She quickly positioned the blue glittered mask on her face and tied the black ribbon around the back of her head.

Athena thought about wearing her black lace mask, but she knew many people would wear similar. Even though that mask specifically was made centuries ago. But she chose the blue one, because it stood out from the rest, she definitely knew nobody else would wear one of those and it matched her eyes; which stood out brightly due to the black eyeshadow.

"Athena" Arcadius knocked on her bedroom door "guests are arriving" he had been unusually quiet with her ever since Apollo had been sent down.

"Okay" she stood up, allowing her black dress to flow down to her feet. The corset hugged tightly to her, her back only being covered by a few corset strings, the rest laid bare. The front of the corset, covered in a very intricate lace design.

Athena's skirt, fell outwards, layered with black fabric and black netting.

"Coming" she checked herself in the mirror and then proceeded outwards to meet her father and brother at the door.

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Elijah walked in next to Klaus. It was busy. Obviously they were a very open family, unlike his own.

"Looks like they like to be above everyone" Klaus nodded up.

Elijah snapped his head up and saw Demetrius and Arcadius for the first time. He had already met Athena, but not formally yet. They were stood tall, in exquisite masks. Where was the other brother?

Athena's eyes met with his instantly. She gave him a small smirk before looking away.

Elijah has never really been in the presence of someone older than him, wiser than him. He could sense that she had travelled, she has seen everything he has seen and more.

The music stopped and Demetrius started to give a speech. All three of them held a small champagne glass.

"Welcome, to our house warming ball" he shouted so everyone could hear "we hope you have a good time, have a drink on us, The Drakov's thank you for attending"

Klaus scoffed. and the music started.

The three members broke off into the crowd and Elijah made sure that he always kept tabs on the girl. She was dangerously sneaky, plus he wanted to talk to her as Athena Drakov; not Darcy Drake or any false names she made up.

"Shall we split up?" Elijah asked, already pursuing Athena already, not giving Klaus any time to disagree or hatch a plan to gain information.

"You're following me" she stated as Elijah came up behind her. Usually, the girls he would pursue would ask him if he was following him, but she stated it. She knew. "That's rude"

"What's rude is that you lied about your identity to me" Elijah retaliated

"I didn't want to be seen at that moment, I had just awoke and wanted to learn about the 'new rulers' of New Orleans, I didn't mean for an original to come and start a conversation" she smiled and turned around to look at him "look, now you can see my eyes" she joked