The Oldest Mikealson

[38] Stefan

"Esther. What is it that you have that belongs to me?" Everyone in the room stood up with shocked and frightened faces. Damon walked over to me so he was standing next to me, I grabbed his arm and tightened my grip. 

" Someone by the name of Stefan Salvatore..." I closed my eyes as she said his name. I silently took a deep breath before speaking up again. 

" Come soon or else..." Before I can speak up again, I hear someone screaming in the background. I knew it was Stefan, and it broke my heart. I hit my head against Damon's shoulder and tried not to let the tears overflow. 

"See you soon, Arie." After that, she hangs up. The sound of Stefan yelling in the background keeps replaying in my head. I could tell everyone heard since the tension in the room was thick. Tears had fallen, but I didn't care, I needed to get Stefan out of there. I take a deep breath, wipe my tears, and let go of Damon. Everyone was either staring at me or looking down at the floor. Caroline and Elena were holding each other while sobbing. Bonnie was crying while Enzo was comforting her.

I turn to Bonnie and pull her aside. "I need you to do me a favor. Esther is most likely using her power to do god knows what, I need you to stop somehow whatever she is getting her power from. It's going to make her weaker and easier to attack." I look at her with seriousness. She nods her head and whips her tears.

 I didn't waste a second and ran out the door.  I needed to get to Stefan, and I knew exactly where she was keeping him. "Ra! Aurora!Stop!"  

"No! I'm the reason he is screaming in pain! Me! And I'm the one that gonna get him out!" I yell back. There is no time for conversation, we need to move. 

"Fine! But I'm coming with you!" he yells back and gets in the passenger seat while I go in the driver. 

I didn't even put my seat belt on and sped out the drive to the Mikaelson mansion. Once we get there, I turn off the motor and speed inside the house. 

"Stefan!" Damon and I yelled in sync.

We didn't hear anything as we walked through the first floor. We meet back up at the entrance and look around. 

"The basement," I whisper to myself and start speed walking through the house until I stand in front of a door waiting for Damon. Once he is standing in front of me, we nod to each other and go to open the door. It's locked.

Damon steps back and pulls me with him, he pushes into the door, making it open. As we stand at the top of the stairs, we see Fin standing at the bottom, looking at us. Damon and I look at each other, one of us needs to get Stefan out of here. Go was all that Damon had to say. Damon speeds down the stairs and starts to fight Fin. 

I quickly take my phone out and text Bonnie to start her magic. I speed past the boy, and I'm met with Esther doing a spell in the corner and Stefan sitting in the middle, tied to a chair. His head is leaned back, and he is trying not to scream and trying to hold it together. 

All of a sudden, I hear someone start yelling, I look in the corner, and Esther is screaming since she is losing her magic. I quickly went over to Stefan, who was now in and out of consciousness. 

"Stefan!" Panic is heard in my voice as I shake him and grab his face. He opens his eyes and looks up at me. I need to hurry up cause I don't know how long Bonnie can hold onto. "Stay with me, Stefan, please." 

"Rora," he whispered tiredly out. 

I walk behind him to untie him, but the ropes are soaked in vervain. I take a deep breath and start untying the rope. The vervain burns my skin, but I don't stop, I'm the reason why he's here, the scream sounded like he was hurting more than my hands are, so I have to do this. 

Once I get the rope untied, I quickly stand in front of Stefan and throw his arm around my shoulder. I turn around and see Damon walking over to us, this whole time, Esther is trying to figure out how to get more magic while Fin is on the other side, lying on the floor. I quickly hand Stefan to Damon and tell them to start heading up. 

As Damon goes to the first step, my whole body starts to burn like I was swimming in lava. Not being able to hold it in, I start to scream. Damon's head snaps to me, and he places Stefan at the bottom of the stairs and speeds over to me. He kneels and grabs my shoulders, trying to get me up. 

"Go, take Stefan back. I'll be right behind you. Go!" Damon doesn't move for a few seconds, his eyes hold uncertainly, clearly hesitating, so I push him toward Stefan. He grabs his brother and goes up the stairs. I try to walk up the stairs, but I don't make it. 

My body is more focused on the burning pain. I look over my shoulder at my mother and see her smirk. I feel a hand grab both of my arms, but my eyes are becoming heavier. I tried to escape whoever was holding me, but since my legs were so weak, I fell to the floor. I look up and see Fin leaning down to get a hold of me again. 

My body still feels like it's burning, but now a loud noise starts to ring in my head. I don't think I can hold on for much longer. Fin sits me down on the chair that Stefan was on before and leans my face forward. At this point, my body is paralyzed, the pain is making my body so weak. Fin walks behind me and ties up my hands with thick cuffs, most likely to stop my magic. 

Thin fingers grab my chin and bring my face up. Esther moves the hair that covered my face and smiles down at me. "Oh, Arie, you have left me no other option. I hope that at some point we can become a family once again before everything happens." She takes a couple of steps back and stands in front of me, her arms wide open to her sides.